
The Coronavirus public inquiry has made public all manner of decisions taken by the UK government, during the pandemic, that have shocked the nation.
In particular, Jenny Harries, current head of the UK Health Security Agency, has been accused of failing to protect care home residents, when it emerged that, as England’s deputy chief medical officer, she suggested in March 2020 that COVID-infected patients be discharged from hospital to care homes if the NHS were to be overwhelmed.