UK was not equipped to deal with Covid deaths, bereaved families tell inquiry as Module 1 concludes
Philip Banfield echoes National Audit Office warning about lack of gowns – and criticises standard of NHS-issue masks
“Major engineering and structural changes” were made to improve equipment when Covid hit, a health expert has said
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
The UK’s only nation to border the EU was left to prepare for Brexit with no ministers, says Denis McMahon
The Cabinet Office has lost its judicial review of the inquiry’s decision to force disclosure of unredacted messages
Lack of ministers hampered Covid response, says Denis McMahon, and crucial policies barely mentioned risk of pandemic
Covid inquiry also hears how government spent months without contact details for public health chiefs across the UK
Vaughan Gething accuses UK ministers including Matt Hancock of hampering Welsh pandemic prep by refusing to engage
There were no specialist ‘high consequence infectious disease’ units in Wales, Frank Atherton told the Covid inquiry
The former first minister also said she “deeply regrets” the impact of Brexit on Scotland’s pandemic preparedness
