New figures have shown 4343 deaths from covid-19 in care homes in England and Wales in
a fortnight, prompting calls for fresh efforts to stop treating people in care homes as “second …

New figures showing a sharp rise in the number of deaths in care homes in England and
Wales are “deeply alarming” and demonstrate the need for better surveillance and …

Care homes have been very badly hit by the covid-19 pandemic. This has highlighted their
historical neglect and marginalisation and has belatedly brought them into the spotlight. We …

Data from the Office for National Statistics show that covid-19 was responsible for most of the
76 000 excess deaths during 2020 in England and Wales, with only around 2000 …

The death toll in England and Wales is at its highest level since weekly statistics began 15
years ago, with 16 387 deaths registered in the week ending 3 April—37% more than …

Piccininni and colleagues show the importance of using excess all cause mortality to
measure the impact of covid-19. 1 This approach has drawn attention to the shocking rates …

The pandemic has disproportionately affected people living in care homes, who accounted
for an estimated 30% of all deaths from covid-19 across 25 countries despite making up only …

England's health secretary, Matt Hancock, was insisting in the media that only around 30%
of deaths in England were in care homes, saying that it was lower than the European …

In due course I expect there will be a public inquiry into our handling of the covid-19
pandemic, and endless research and analyses. For now, though, my main concern is what …

Last month the Guardian reported that, since March 2020,“Up to 8700 patients died after
catching covid-19 in English hospitals.” 1 The question is whether any of these cases could …