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Evening Standard
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Aine Fox

Hancock: Moving patients from hospitals to care homes was least-worst decision

Former health secretary Matt Hancock arrives to give evidence for the care sector module of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (Jeff Moore/PA) - (PA Wire)

Discharging patients from hospitals to care homes in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic was “the least-worst decision” at the time, former health secretary Matt Hancock has said.

Bereaved people whose loved ones died in care homes have urged truth and accountability from those appearing before the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, as its focus for the next month falls on the care sector.

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