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Coroner's Covid findings stoke calls for inquiry into pandemic policy
Analysis: bereaved families concerned that lessons were not learned after first waveExclusive: rare inquests raise care concernsSee all our coronavirus coverageThe failures and concerns highlighted by a senior coroner, Alison Mutch, following the deaths of two men, Anthony Slack and Leslie Harris, from Covid-19, have reinforced bereaved families’ calls for a government inquiry into the handling of the pandemic, and for more inquests.Very few inquests have been held into deaths of people from coronavirus, following the then chief coroner’s guidance in March that Covid-19 is “a naturally occurring disease” and inquests are not normally necessary unless a person died due to additional factors, for example neglect. Continue reading...
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