Andrew Marr 'sickened' by care home scandal as he hears accounts from Covid bereaved

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Andrew Marr called the Covid care home scandal 'sickening', after the High Court ruled the Government acted unlawfully

Picture: AlamyAndrew Marr has called the policy of discharging patients from hospital to care homes during in the pandemic "sickening", after the High Court ruled the Government acted unlawfully.

Adding: "Neither Matt Hancock, who says he was not given the vital advice, not the new health secretary Sajid Javid, nor the officials responsible for the advice, were prepared to come on and answer questions about it tonight." It was later revealed to Mr Williams that a total of 22 patients had died from Covid at his father's care home, making up around a quarter of residents.He went on: "I thought my father would have been much safer in the care home, I was more concerned about my mother who was out here with myself.

He said today's ruling was a "Its a massive step forward" for the member of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families group.High Court judges ruled on Wednesday that despite there being "growing awareness" of the risk of asymptomatic transmission throughout March 2020, there was no evidence that then health secretary Matt Hancock addressed the issue of the risk to care home residents of such transmission.

 

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