Care home residents were neglected and some were left to starve because of restrictions imposed during the covid pandemic, the opening of the Scottish covid inquiry has been told.
Families want to know why covid was allowed to enter care homes and “spread like wildfire” during the pandemic, said Shelagh McCall KC, representing a group of bereaved relatives. She said that evidence to be presented to the inquiry would point to a systemic failure of the model for care delivery in Scotland, for its regulation and inspection.
The inquiry, which started taking evidence from witnesses on 24 October, has been set up to establish the facts of what happened in Scotland and to learn …