Family members ‘should have been allowed into care homes earlier in Covid outbreak’

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 The subjects are the photographer's family.) Karen Hastings visits her stepfather Gordon, who suffers from dementia, at the Langholme Care Home on November 28, 2020 in Falmouth, England. Many care homes in the UK currently do not have access to rapid Covid testing nor do they have the resources to facilitate indoor visits or any visits for families of their residents. (Photo by Hugh R Hastings/Getty Images)
Family visits over the pandemic often required a physical barrier (Picture: Hugh R Hastings/Getty Images)

Loved ones with an ‘essential carer’ role should have been allowed to enter care homes much earlier in the coronavirus pandemic, the official Covid inquiry has found.

Baroness Heather Hallett’s latest report sets out the devastating consequences...

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