Hospitals had not completed vital PPE preparations when Covid hit – despite concerns being raised in 2018
The former health secretary criticised local councils, civil servants and the World Health Organisation over UK failures
A November 2019 document shows the government chose not to prioritise adult social care in its flu pandemic plans
A London council has been accused of abandoning vulnerable tenants – including a disabled woman – in unsafe flats
Pair say UK lacked capacity to ‘scale up’ testing and treatment, and not enough was done about health inequality
Former health secretary says government didn’t ask right questions before Covid and admits ‘groupthink’ on herd immunity
Others speaking in the inquiry have described Operation Yellowhammer as ‘a really major consumer of resources’
Lack of government planning and weakness in health and social care left UK vulnerable to Covid, says Sally Davies
Doctor and campaigner Julia Patterson on how politicians have betrayed the NHS and how we can fight for its future
Tory MPs championed a report from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) that used debunked figures
Covid-19 inquiry hears how, despite warnings to stockpile PPE, Black healthcare staff had fewer masks available
Ex-PM accused of being ‘in denial’ about the impact of cuts to UK services under his leadership
