The claimants challenged what they said was the Defendants’ failure to protect residents of care homes in England from the risk of serious harm or death from COVID during the first wave of the pandemic between March and June 2020.
Judges:
Lord Justice Bean
Citations:
[2021] EWHC 2946 (Admin)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
See Also – Gardner and Another, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Others Admn 27-Apr-2022
Patient transfer policy was unlawful
The claimants had relatives who died in care homes early in the COVID-19 pandemic. They said that the policy of moving patients from hospitals to care homes without testing had contributed to the deaths, and many others, and had been unlawful. The . .
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Updated: 28 April 2022; Ref: scu.669257