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Grieving relatives plan legal action against government over Covid care home deaths

The government and potential co-defendants have been alerted to the pending legal action

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock’s I’m a Celeb appearance ‘insulting’, says bereaved daughter

Dr Cathy Gardner, whose father died from Covid in a care home, urges viewers to boycott ITV show

The Guardian - UK

Government will not challenge court ruling on care home discharge policies

A spokesperson said the Government did not see a public interest in an appeal on certain points.

The Independent UK

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Family of victims of Tory Covid care home mistake could be set for £200m

Judges said the Tory Government failed to consider the risks from asymptomatic transmission when they allowed hospital patients to be discharged to care homes

Daily Mirror

Matt Hancock apologises for 'pain and anguish' caused to people during Covid pandemic

Matt Hancock said the coronavirus pandemic was 'incredibly difficult' for many people. During an interview, the former Health Secretary apologised for the pain it caused to people

Daily Mirror

Hancock apologises for pandemic ‘pain and anguish’ after care home ruling

Earlier this week the High Court ruled that the Government’s care home discharge policies at the start of the pandemic were “unlawful” .

The Independent UK

'My father died of Covid in a care home - I left him well but I never saw him again'

The High Court ruled the Government acted unlawfully in the early months of the pandemic when it discharged Covid patients to care homes without testing them for the virus

Daily Mirror

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Families of care home residents who died of Covid say government ‘threw loved ones to the wolves’

Matt Hancock wrongly claimed to have thrown a ‘protective ring’ around care homes, bereaved relatives say after damning High Court ruling

The Independent UK

Families demand Boris Johnson resigns over unlawful Tory Covid care home policy

Cathy Gardner and Fay Harris brought legal action against the Government for its care home policies in early 2020, when they lost their fathers Michael Gibson and Donald Harris

Daily Mirror

"Now I'll take the Government to court for my dad": Ruling on Covid deaths in care homes 'opens floodgates'

"They were trying to hide it, trying to stop it. Now I can seek justice for my dad. But it’s not just my father, it’s for the people who didn’t have a voice.”

Manchester Evening News

Vulnerable ‘badly let down’ when untested patients were discharged to care homes

Ex-health secretary Matt Hancock’s claim of a “protective ring” around care homes during the pandemic has been branded “a joke”.

The Independent UK

Government policy on allowing untested hospital patients into care homes was 'unlawful', court rules

“It is also now clear that Matt Hancock’s claim that the Government threw a protective ring around care homes in the first wave of the pandemic was nothing more than a despicable lie of which he ought to be ashamed and for which he ought to apologise.”

Manchester Evening News

Policies on discharging patients into care homes during Covid ruled unlawful

Bereaved families and care groups said the High Court ruling proves there was no protective ring around care homes at the start of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Court says UK's nursing home COVID-19 policy was illegal

A British court has ruled that the government’s decision to discharge untested patients from hospitals into nursing homes early in the coronavirus pandemic was illegal

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Discharging patients into care homes during Covid pandemic was 'unlawful', High Court rules

Two High Court judges have ruled the Government and NHS England acted "unlawfully" during the early stages of the pandemic when it came to discharging patients into care homes

Evening Standard

Government broke law by failing care home residents who died of Covid, High Court rules

Two women whose fathers died from Covid-19 have won a High Court challenge against the Government over policies on discharging patients to care homes at the outset of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Women whose fathers died from Covid win High Court challenge against Government

Cathy Gardner, whose father Michael Gibson died, and Fay Harris, whose father Donald died, partially succeeded in their claims.

Wales Online

Discharging patients to care homes during pandemic was 'unlawful', rules court

Ruling in case brought by two women whose fathers died from Covid-19

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The Independent UK

Care home residents ‘failed’ by government discharging Covid patients as Hancock slammed for ‘despicable lie’

Bereaved relatives says Matt Hancock should be ‘ashamed’ of claim that care homes were protected

The Guardian - UK

Covid care home discharge policy was unlawful, says court

High court judgment deals blow to claim government threw ‘protective ring’ around vulnerable residents in England

Wales Online

Welsh morning headlines: The latest news, coronavirus, Ukraine and sport news as food banks see demand soar

Parents are skipping meals, turning off appliances and going without heating to afford the internet so their children can do their homework

The Independent UK

Women await ruling after challenging Government pandemic care home policy

Cathy Gardner and Fay Harris, whose fathers died, took High Court action against Health Secretary Sajid Javid, NHS England and Public Health England.

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