‘Superficial damp squib’: Covid inquiry recommendations fail to impress bereaved families

The National Covid Memorial Wall in London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Of all 10 reports due to be published by the long-running Covid-19 inquiry, this week’s findings on adult social care were especially anticipated.

The impact of Covid-19 on the care sector was calamitous: tens of thousands of people died, staff were forced to wear bin bags due to a lack of protective clothing and relatives were banned from seeing their loved ones in their dying days.