There was no scientific advice to test all patients discharged from hospitals into care homes at the start of the Covid ...

A public health agency official has told the UK Covid-19 inquiry that visiting in care homes during the pandemic was about "managing risk". Heather Reid, the interim director of Nursing, Midwifery and ...

Nursing homes that allowed visitors during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic did not see higher infection rates, even during one of its most dangerous phases, academic researchers conclude in a ...

A GP has issued a Covid warning for this summer, claiming that viruses “don’t stick to seasons”. While certain illnesses, ...

The High Court ruled in 2022 that government policies on discharging hospital patients into care homes at the start of the pandemic were ‘unlawful’ ...

Former health secretary Matt Hancock denied claims the government's attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in early 2020 was empty rhetoric.

Module six of the inquiry is focused on the effect the pandemic had on both the publicly and privately funded adult social care sector across the UK.

A former social care nurse has told the Covid Inquiry that she wrote her final wishes on a card in case she died at work ...

COVID is still with us, and there will be other pandemics. It’s critical that we don’t forget the lessons we’ve learned.” ...

HuffPost UK asked GP, Dr Suzanne Wylie, a medical adviser for IQdoctor, about who may need yearly vaccines. “As with the flu ...

Matt Hancock will appear on Wednesday for a full-day session to face questions during a module set to last five weeks.

A large-scale study of older adults found that severe COVID-19 infections requiring hospitalizations are associated with accelerated cognitive decline. Milder cases that do not require hospital care ...