'An afterthought' – that is the damning description of how Government treated care homes during the pandemic, according to a coruscating report from the independent Covid 19 Inquiry.

Alex and Kenny lift the bonnet on the report's disturbing findings with Quiet Riot favourite Christina Pagel, UCL Professor of Operational Research and co-founding member of Independent Sage.

From Government incompetence to the ordeal faced by care home workers, via the countless individual tragedies as Covid turned care homes into death traps, the report makes for distressing but essential reading. But what has changed, and what should change?

• The first round of consultation for The Big Conversation on Care has ended, but watch out for the next phase, when you will have another opportunity to have your say

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• The latest ⁠How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything?⁠ is out!

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• Cover image based on a photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

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Way Too Early 12/1/22

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