Families who lost relatives to Covid in care homes consider legal action after a High Court ruling.
Lawyer Aamer Anwar, who is acting for families bereaved by Covid, said they would look into what legal action could be taken as a result of the ruling in England.
The lawyer also raised concerns that the Scottish public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic, led by Lady Poole, could "attempt to avoid scrutiny" of care homes. Dr Cath Gardner and Fay Harris took Public Health England and the health secretary, then Matt Hancock, to court after they both lost their fathers early in the pandemic.
They ruled this was because the drafters of those documents failed to take into account the risk to elderly and vulnerable residents from non-symptomatic transmission which had been highlighted by Sir Patrick Vallance in a radio interview as early as 13 March.Nancy Lovering died after being discharged into a Crieff care home
Ms Barrie told BBC Scotland the High Court ruling for England came as a "bolt out of the blue" with a "mixture of sadness and relief".She said she was now considering taking legal action and felt the verdict in England would prompt similar action in Scotland. The Scottish inquiry would have to consider the hospital discharge policy for untested patients going into care homes and the ability of those residences to support individuals who were asymptomatic and were therefore thought not to pose a risk to other residents, Dr Macaskill said.
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