Relatives who lost loved ones in care homes during the pandemic have slammed a secret government report from 2020 revealing how policy decisions to prioritise NHS bed space detrimentally affected adult social care.
After reading the report, Dr Cathy Gardner, who took the government to court after her father Michael Gibson died of Covid in a care home, told openDemocracy: “These people are murderers.”
Gardner, whose successful case brought alongside Fay Harris found that the government’s care home policy was both “unlawful” and “irrational,” said the report “beggared belief”.
