Members of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies needed counselling and security advice
Slower interventions to curb the spread of coronavirus led to more stringent measures for longer, says Thomas Hale
British Medical Association has criticised inadequate PPE, poor public health messaging and Test and Trace failures
The second module of the inquiry into Covid-19 will scrutinise the government’s initial response to the pandemic
Local government chief says sharing results of national exercises would have ‘changed what we were doing’ during Covid
Former health minister was ‘unaware’ of high influenza risk to Northern Ireland – or of departmental risk register
Arlene Foster says UK government should have ‘stepped in’ – but others disagree about scale and cause of problems
Covid inquiry also hears how government spent months without contact details for public health chiefs across the UK
The former first minister also said she “deeply regrets” the impact of Brexit on Scotland’s pandemic preparedness
Experts on emergency planning and management give frank assessment of UK’s preparedness as public hearings continue
Families in Wales who lost loved ones to Covid-19 feel let down by their leaders, representative tells UK inquiry
Families’ lawyers demand answers over role of discrimination in determining who died
