Government lost control of Covid when it stopped contact tracing, BMA says
British Medical Association has criticised inadequate PPE, poor public health messaging and Test and Trace failures
Laura Oliver
Government’s Covid response must be judged on number of deaths, inquiry hears
The second module of the inquiry into Covid-19 will scrutinise the government’s initial response to the pandemic
Results of pandemic planning exercises kept secret from local councils
Local government chief says sharing results of national exercises would have ‘changed what we were doing’ during Covid
No one told me about pandemic risks, says former NI deputy Michelle O’Neill
Former health minister was ‘unaware’ of high influenza risk to Northern Ireland – or of departmental risk register
Was Westminster to blame for gaps in Northern Ireland’s pandemic planning?
Arlene Foster says UK government should have ‘stepped in’ – but others disagree about scale and cause of problems
Scotland had to drop PPE planning when pandemic hit, admits medical chief
Covid inquiry also hears how government spent months without contact details for public health chiefs across the UK
Nicola Sturgeon told off for bashing Brexit at Covid inquiry
The former first minister also said she “deeply regrets” the impact of Brexit on Scotland’s pandemic preparedness