Grandmother died long before care home informed family, Covid inquiry told
A care home allegedly told a woman her grandmother had been dead for 10 minutes when the family is sure she died a “considerable period of time” before that, an
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Van-Tam tells inquiry his family was threatened with having their throats cut
One of the country’s top scientists received “extremely hateful messages” during the pandemic, including threats to his family about “having their throats cut”, the UK Covid inquiry has heard. Professor
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Disclosure of Nicola Bulley’s health struggles was ‘avoidable and unnecessary’ – police chiefs
The bungled handling of the release of personal information about Nicola Bulley’s health struggles was “avoidable and unnecessary”, and police and media need to rebuild trust, police chiefs have said.
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Pandemic preparedness plan was ‘woefully deficient’ even for flu outbreak – Sir Chris Whitty
Pandemic preparedness plans in place ahead of the Covid-19 crisis were “not particularly helpful” and would have been “woefully deficient” even for a flu pandemic, England’s chief medical officer has
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Johnson and Sunak were happy to let people die from Covid, Sir Patrick Vallance tells inquiry
Boris Johnson wanted to let Covid “rip” despite the fact people would die, while Rishi Sunak also thought that was “okay”, the public inquiry has heard. In further revelations from
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Care home families not informed of ‘do not attempt CPR’ notices, inquiry told
Many families were not told relatives in care homes would not receive CPR in the event of a cardiac arrest, an inquiry has heard. Sandra Ford (pictured), a GP and
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Family’s relationship with mother crumbled due to care home rules, inquiry told
A woman has told an inquiry how she and her family felt they were “losing” their relationship with their late mother as a result of “inconsistent” restrictions in place for
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Elderly woman moved into ‘red’ ward despite not having Covid, inquiry hears
An elderly woman was forced to stay in a hospital ward rife with coronavirus, her daughter has told the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry. Margaret Kilpatrick (pictured) told the inquiry that her
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Woman made to feel like ‘nuisance’ by care home staff, inquiry hears
A woman whose husband was in a care home during the early stage of the Covid-19 pandemic said she was made to feel like a “nuisance” by staff, an inquiry
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Inquiry told of ‘slopping out’ and children being imprisoned with sex offenders
A man who was sent to young offenders institutions in the early 1970s told an inquiry how he was forced to “slop out” and was held in custody with sex
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