Baroness Heather Hallett chairs the Covid-19 Inquiry, praised for its vaccine rollout praise while urged reforms; long-standing NHS physician and public servant.
The Covid inquiry has found that care homes were treated as an afterthought and that a protective ring around them did not exist. Discharges of hospital patients into care homes without testing or isolation are among the problems, contributing to over 43,000 deaths in UK care homes between March 2020 and July 2022. The report recommends better planning, PPE access, visiting guidance, and end-of-life training.