Social services chief: we’ve failed to learn lessons from Covid

Pandemic hit poorest and most vulnerable the hardest because existing structure was unable to cope, says James Bullion
Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFailures by successive governments to fix the care system led to countless avoidable care home deaths from Covid, England’s most senior social services leader has said.James Bullion, who steps down next week as president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, told the Observer he was angry