Claim: Age UK said that lockdown caused a rise in suicides among elderly people.
Fact-check: Age UK did not say that elderly suicides rose during lockdown - Full Fact
Verdict: age uk did not say this. a counsel to the covid inquiry inaccurately described the charity's evidence on this point. we can find no evidence of a rise in elderly suicides during the pandemic.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2023-10-25T00:00:00