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Published in: Home: NewsScotland 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
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisWhy the climate crisis is a care crisis – and how we can avert it
We’re watching a global failure to protect life unfold in the pursuit of profit. Here’s what needs to happen instead
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Published in: Home: NewsUK government ignored our letters, Welsh minister tells Covid inquiry
Vaughan Gething accuses UK ministers including Matt Hancock of hampering Welsh pandemic prep by refusing to engage
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureWhat the Black feminists who resisted state violence can teach us about care
The history of political organising among marginalised communities in the UK shows us the value of nurturing networks
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Published in: Home: NewsWelsh capacity to deal with infectious diseases was ‘inadequate’ before Covid
There were no specialist ‘high consequence infectious disease’ units in Wales, Frank Atherton told the Covid inquiry
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureCheap labour and AI won’t fix our care crisis. Here’s a real solution
People are living longer, with more care needs. We must rebalance our relationship to work, the planet and each other
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWe need a National Care Service like the NHS to fix our social care crisis
Seventy-five years after the founding of the NHS, we need an equally bold solution to fix our broken social care system
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Published in: Home: NewsNicola 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
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Published in: Home: NewsChild refugees are being forced to wait months for UK school places
Vulnerable children are missing out on crucial development because of long delays in the education system
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Published in: Home: AnalysisIs Ireland getting ready to unite?
Sinn Féin is preparing for government in the Republic, having already won in the North. What would its success mean?
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Published in: Home: NewsScottish government knew about PPE concerns two years before pandemic struck
Hospitals had not completed vital PPE preparations when Covid hit – despite concerns being raised in 2018
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionDemocrats are finally going on the offensive against the hateful GOP agenda
Kamala Harris gave a fiery speech on the anniversary of Roe v Wade being overturned. Her party must follow through
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Published in: Home: NewsMatt Hancock blames everybody but the government at Covid inquiry
The former health secretary criticised local councils, civil servants and the World Health Organisation over UK failures
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Published in: Home: NewsCare 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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Published in: Home: News‘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
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Published in: Home: NewsKey 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
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Published in: Home: NewsFormer 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
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Published in: Home: NewsDeputy 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’
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Published in: Home: NewsUK 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
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Published in: Home: OpinionNHS 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