{
  "id": 15780509,
  "title": "The Guardian view on Covid-19 and care homes: the inquiry’s scathing verdict must be heeded | Editorial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/the-guardian-view-on-covid-19-and-care-homes-the-inquirys-scathing",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-20T17:44:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/20/the-guardian-view-on-covid-19-and-care-homes-the-inquirys-scathing-verdict-must-be-heeded"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The government did not throw a ‘protective ring’ around social care, and vulnerable people were left exposed The families of the 43,000 care home residents in the UK whose deaths between March 2020 and July 2022 were either caused by, or contributed to, by the Covid pandemic, have waited a long time for the official verdict on the way they were treated. The report published on Tuesday confirmed…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}