Care homes ‘not a priority’ in pandemic planning months before Covid hit
A November 2019 document shows the government chose not to prioritise adult social care in its flu pandemic plans
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‘It’s killing her’: Council leaves people with mould, mice and broken toilets
A London council has been accused of abandoning vulnerable tenants – including a disabled woman – in unsafe flats
Key takeaways as Whitty and Vallance give evidence to Covid inquiry
Pair say UK lacked capacity to ‘scale up’ testing and treatment, and not enough was done about health inequality
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt faces public Covid inquiry for first time
Former health secretary says government didn’t ask right questions before Covid and admits ‘groupthink’ on herd immunity
Deputy PM defends pause of pandemic prep to plan for no-deal Brexit
Others speaking in the inquiry have described Operation Yellowhammer as ‘a really major consumer of resources’
UK didn’t invest in public health – Cameron and May’s chief medical officer
Lack of government planning and weakness in health and social care left UK vulnerable to Covid, says Sally Davies
NHS at 75: Fund it properly or hold a referendum on its future
Doctor and campaigner Julia Patterson on how politicians have betrayed the NHS and how we can fight for its future