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Covid care home policy was 'least worst decision' - Hancock

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Matt Hancock was responsible for care services in England where more than 43,000 people died with Covid between March 2020 and January 2022 .

He urged the Covid Inquiry to focus on the substance of what the government was doing at the time.

Mr Hancock said the decision to discharge patients from hospitals into care homes was "the least worst solution".

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81

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79

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50

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informal

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English

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54

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short-lived

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