Journalist focusing on policing and East London local Politics
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Published in: Home: NewsBMA chief: UK stockpiled just 3% of daily PPE needed for CovidPhilip Banfield echoes National Audit Office warning about lack of gowns – and criticises standard of NHS-issue masks
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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
