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Covid inquiry

27 October 2026

  • Close-up of a Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice badge pinned to a pink scarf

    Lack of a ‘protective ring’ around care homes meant our loved ones died of Covid

    Letters: Diane La Rosa and Teresa Pacey-Devlin on the deaths of their fathers during the pandemic. Plus more letters responding to the Covid inquiry from John Robinson, David Flood and James Townsend

21 October 2026

  • Eric and Eva embrace cheek to cheek, smiling

    ‘It should never be forgotten’: families recount care home victims’ experiences in wake of Covid findings

    Relatives recount distress and loneliness their loved ones went through in pandemic as a result of isolation policy

20 October 2026

  • Eskgreen Care homeResident Jane Ross using a walker (88 years old) gets a little bit of support with her mobility at Eskgreen Care home. Eskgreen is situated on the banks of the River Esk in Musselburgh 02/06/2020

    The Guardian view on Covid-19 and care homes: the inquiry’s scathing verdict must be heeded

    Editorial: The government did not throw a ‘protective ring’ around social care, and vulnerable people were left exposed
  • The National Covid Memorial Wall in London.

    ‘Superficial damp squib’: Covid inquiry recommendations fail to impress bereaved families

    Latest report paints a painful picture of the care sector during the pandemic. But timid recommendations and a lack of accountability threaten to undermine it

    • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
      Covid inquiry report shows why culture of care workers being undervalued must end, says Andy Burnham – as it happened

    • Share your reaction to the Covid public inquiry findings on adult social care during the pandemic

    • UK government failures led to Covid spreading ‘like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry finds

July 2026

  • A flock of dark birds gather on dry yellow grass on Wimbledon Common near people by a pond.

    Brief letters
    A rhyme to recall rising temperatures

    Brief letters: The new normal | Cool school | Italian idiom | Word Wheel | Covid failings
  • The then prime minister Boris Johnson at a gathering at No 10 on 13 November 2020.

    As a frontline worker, my anger over the Tories’ handling of Covid has not abated

    Letter: Responding to the Covid inquiry’s findings on PPE, midwife Laura Matthews recalls the fear she felt working without adequate protection

    • The Guardian view on Covid and Hillsborough: families forced the state to face the truth

    • Johnson government wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds

    • ‘Catastrophic failure’: UK Covid families welcome inquiry findings on PPE

May 2026

  • A Red Cross worker disinfects after contact with the bodies of people who died of Ebola in Rwampara, Ituri province, DRC, on 20 May 2026.

    With Ebola, we need to learn from past failures

    Letters: Readers respond Devi Sridhar’s call for the world to act now over the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

April 2026

  • People queuing outside a Covid-19 vaccination centre in London, with signs for science museum and London underground visible in background

    Trust in vaccines needs rebuilding despite ‘extraordinary feat’ of Covid jabs, inquiry finds

    Heather Hallett hails scheme but urges ministers and health services to promote better vaccine awareness

March 2026

  • Covid-19 Bereaved Families Gather as the Inquiry Hearings Conclude in LondonLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM MARCH 04, 2026: Members of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice hold placards and pictures of loved-ones who died during the pandemic as they gather outside Dorland House during the final hearings of the COVID inquiry in London, United Kingdom on March 04, 2026. The inquiry, chaired by Baroness Heather Hallett, has been set up to examine the UK's response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic with Module 10 focused on considering the impact of the pandemic on the population of the United Kingdom with a particular focus on key workers, the most vulnerable, the bereaved, mental health and wellbeing. (Photo credit should read Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

    Importance of properly funded social care is laid bare in Covid inquiry

  • Medical staff transfer a patient through a corridor at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital in Lancashire

    First Edition newsletter
    Friday briefing: What the Covid inquiry reveals about the NHS – and why it should worry us

    Newsletter
  • People embrace at the National Covid Memorial Wall

    NHS was ‘on brink of collapse’ during pandemic, Covid inquiry finds

  • Long covid concept

    Brief letters
    For many of us, the Covid pandemic still isn’t over

  • Covid-19 investigations
    Tory peer to leave Lords after investigation finds he breached standards over Covid PPE deals

  • double quotation markThe Covid-19 inquiry is sounding a clear warning. If it’s not heeded, yet more lives will be lost

    Ben Connah
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