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Welsh government said more action on Covid in care homes wouldn’t ‘add value’

UK Covid inquiry heard of commissioner’s ‘anger’ after Welsh deputy health minister rejected call for more action

Welsh government said more action on Covid in care homes wouldn’t ‘add value’
Welsh deputy health minister Julie Morgan said she was ‘not convinced’ by a call to do more to tackle Covid in care homes | Matthew Horwood/Getty Images
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The Welsh government rejected calls to do more to tackle coronavirus cases in care homes because it didn’t think it would “add value”, the UK’s Covid-19 inquiry has heard.

The early days of the pandemic were particularly dangerous for care homes residents, who were among the most vulnerable to the disease.

But today’s hearing in Cardiff was told how Julie Morgan, Wales’ deputy minister for health and social services, said she was “not convinced” by calls for a detailed plan to address this.