00:00The COVID inquiry says failures to protect care home residents had devastating consequences during the pandemic.
00:08It criticises decisions on hospital discharges, PPE and restrictions on visits.
00:13More than 43,000 deaths involving COVID were recorded in care homes between March 2020 and July 2022.
00:21The inquiry says residents were put at risk when potentially infected patients were discharged from hospitals
00:27without adequate testing or isolation.
00:30It also found visiting restrictions continued too long in some homes, harming residents' health and well-being.
00:37The report raises concerns about blanket do-not-resuscitate orders and the pressure placed on care staff.
