The People's COVID Inquiry asks: Was this scale of death, long-term illness and distress inevitable? Why were Covid-positive patients discharged into care homes on three separate occasions? Was the UK social care sector well-equipped to meet the pandemic, and could nothing more have been done to enable social care workers to protect both themselves and those depending on their care?
Over 140,000 people have now died in the UK of Covid-19. Shockingly, six in ten people who have died have been disabled, and more than 35,000 people have died in care homes. Social care has been stretched to breaking point, and heavy care responsibilities have fallen upon families and loved ones, invariably falling most heavily on women.
WITNESSES:
Professor Martin McKee | Professor of European Public Health, member of Independent SAGE
Dr Rachel Clarke | Consultant in Palliative Care Medicine
Ellen Clifford | Disabled People Against the Cuts
Clare Phillips | Operations manager supported living services for adults with learning disabilities
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