Care home residents were sacrificed to 'protect the NHS' during Covid pandemic causing 43,000 deaths after failings saw virus 'spread like wildfire', damning inquiry finds
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- More than 43,000 residents died after hospitals discharged infected patients into care homes without adequate protections, allowing the virus to 'spread like wildfire'.S1
- Adult social care sector was ‘afterthought’ in initial weeks of Covid-19 outbreak, says Baroness Heather HallettS2
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Care home residents were sacrificed to 'protect the NHS' during Covid pandemic causing 43,000 deaths after failings saw virus 'spread like wildfire', damning inquiry finds
More than 43,000 residents died after hospitals discharged infected patients into care homes without adequate protections, allowing the virus to 'spread like wildfire'.
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‘Protect the NHS’ slogan hurt care home residents in pandemic, inquiry finds
Adult social care sector was ‘afterthought’ in initial weeks of Covid-19 outbreak, says Baroness Heather Hallett
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Care home residents were sacrificed to 'protect the NHS' during Covid pandemic causing 43,000 deaths after failings saw virus 'spread like wildfire', damning inquiry finds
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Published Oct 20, 2026
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- More than 43,000 residents died after hospitals discharged infected patients into care homes without adequate protections, allowing the virus to 'spread like wildfire'.S1
- Adult social care sector was ‘afterthought’ in initial weeks of Covid-19 outbreak, says Baroness Heather HallettS2
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