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Covid-19 inquiry begins work examining Government’s response to pandemic

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has opened its investigation into the decisions made by Boris Johnson’s Government during the pandemic. There will be a particular focus initially on early 2020 until the first lockdown was imposed in late March. The inquiry ...

31 Aug 2022 at 12:49

Lord Brailsford ‘pressed reset button’ on Covid-19 inquiry, families say

Lord Brailsford has “pressed the reset button” on Scotland’s coronavirus inquiry after it was plunged into crisis when the judge originally set to run it quit alongside four senior lawyers, grieving families have said. The new chairman of ...

29 Nov 2022 at 17:31

O’Neill ‘not fully briefed on pandemic risks and responses as health minister’

Michelle O’Neill has said she was not fully briefed on the detail of risks and potential responses to a pandemic when she was health minister. The Sinn Fein vice president served in Stormont’s health portfolio from May 2016 to the then ...

12 Jul 2023 at 13:52

Covid campaign group formed after people left feeling ‘abandoned’ by Government

People who lost loved ones in the pandemic came together to form a campaign group after feeling “abandoned” by the Government, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard. Many of those who have spoken out about their losses have faced abuse ...

18 Jul 2023 at 14:48

Scotland

Credibility of Scottish Covid Inquiry called into question on first day

Families in Scotland who lost loved ones to Covid-19 have questioned the credibility of an inquiry reviewing the Scottish Government’s response to the pandemic on its first day. Proceedings started on Wednesday with a presentation ...

26 Jul 2023 at 17:44

Covid inquiry to receive Boris Johnson’s messages now recovered from old phone

Boris Johnson will hand over messages from his old mobile phone to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry after technical experts managed to recover them, his spokesman has said. The apparent breakthrough announced on Friday came after he was ...

21 Jul 2023 at 18:40

Yousaf: Ministers’ emails and texts will all be submitted to Covid inquiries

Scotland’s First Minister has confirmed his Government will comply with demands to supply all email and WhatsApp messages requested by the Covid-19 inquiries. Humza Yousaf said Scottish ministers will “fully abide by the ...

29 Jun 2023 at 13:59

Northern Ireland

‘No surprise’ briefing for minister sparse on pandemic plan detail, probe told

It is not surprising that a briefing document presented to Northern Ireland’s new health minister in January 2020 contained only two paragraphs about emergency planning for a pandemic, a senior Stormont civil servant ...

11 Jul 2023 at 16:12

Pandemic planning resources ‘diverted’ to Brexit preparations – NI medical chief

Brexit preparations took staff away from pandemic planning, Northern Ireland’s chief medical officer has said. Sir Michael McBride said the work of the Department of Health was also impacted by the lack of a ...

10 Jul 2023 at 17:53

Overall issue was capacity to deal with pandemic, UK Covid-19 Inquiry hears

The capacity of UK health systems to deal with a pandemic was more of an issue than organisational reforms before the Covid-19 outbreak, an expert has said. Professor Dame Jenny Harries, who was deputy ...

26 Jun 2023 at 18:29

Woman who lost husband during pandemic confronts Hancock outside Covid inquiry

A woman who lost her husband to Covid-19 confronted Matt Hancock outside the inquiry on Tuesday. Lorelei King, 69, raised two A4 posters of her husband for the former health secretary to see as he ...

27 Jun 2023 at 15:32

Pandemic plan ‘didn’t envisage mass test and trace would be necessary’ – Selbie

Pandemic preparation plans “never envisaged” that mass contact tracing and mass testing would be needed, the former head of Public Health England (PHE) said. Duncan Selbie told the UK Covid-19 ...

27 Jun 2023 at 16:32

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