Local government chief says sharing results of national exercises would have ‘changed what we were doing’ during Covid
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
Pair say UK lacked capacity to ‘scale up’ testing and treatment, and not enough was done about health inequality
Doctor and campaigner Julia Patterson on how politicians have betrayed the NHS and how we can fight for its future
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
A senior civil servant said the government's planning was focused on a no-deal Brexit and flu pandemics
Covid-19 inquiry expert witnesses found almost no emergency planning material that mentioned health inequalities
