Covid Inquiry: Pandemic Impact on Care

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Covid inquiry begins examination of impact on social care sector

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Covid inquiry to look at impact of the pandemic on care services for elderly and disabled people.

Nearly 46,000 care home residents died with Covid in England and Wales between March 2020 and January 2022 .

Families say they have been waiting for this moment for years , describing the way Covid swept through care homes as one of the clearest and most devastating failures of pandemic.

Government says it supports the inquiry and is committed to learning lessons from it.

Maureen Lewis and Jean Adamson want answers to what happened in the pandemic.

They say the ban on care home visits kept families apart for months .

The inquiry will also examine difficulties faced by care workers who supported people in their own homes.

The report is expected to last five weeks , with the report not due until next year .

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