Bereaved families decry Matt Hancock’s Covid inquiry evidence on care homes

<p>Campaigners says former health secretary’s submission was ‘full of excuses and completely devoid of accountability’</p><p>Bereaved families have said Matt Hancock’s evidence to the Covid inquiry “was full of excuses and completely devoid of accountability” as he described discharging untested patients into care homes as “the least worst option”.</p><p>In his testimony to the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/covid-inquiry">UK Covid-19 inquiry</a> on Wednesday, the former health secretary defended the decision to move hospital patients into care homes during the early weeks of the pandemic to free up bed space.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/02/matt-hancock-covid-inquiry-care-homes-hospital-discharge-policy">Continue reading...</a>