03-07-2025
Hancock's ‘insulting' testimony at Covid inquiry criticised by families
The former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told the Covid inquiry that discharging patients from hospitals into care homes in the early stages of the pandemic had been 'the least worst decision' at the time.
Mr Hancock said the likelihood of things getting worse if they'd stayed in hospital was 'very high'. Lawyers representing victims' families called his testimony 'an insult to the memory of each and every person who died'.
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