Tag Archive for: BBC News

‘Patients paying the price’ for strikes – NHS chief executive/in /by
Amanda Pritchard says patients are facing disruption for "both sides" failing to find agreement in a dispute over pay in the health service.
Sunak’s 15-year plan to ‘transform’ NHS workforce/in /by
The prime minister says the UK must "act now, for the long term" to protect the NHS.
Matt Hancock says UK’s pandemic strategy was completely wrong/in /by
Planning focused more on burying the dead than averting disaster, ex-health secretary says.
Monkey dust like ‘dancing with the devil’/in /by
An addict says the psychoactive substance has "destroyed" the town of Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent.
Covid Inquiry: Abuse of experts must stop, says Whitty/in /by
Sir Chris laments treatment as he gives evidence to Covid Inquiry on pandemic preparedness.
Isolating sooner might have avoided first lockdown, Hunt says/in /by
The UK should have prepared to test and isolate more, the ex-health secretary tells the Covid inquiry.
Covid Inquiry: Former chief medical officer close to tears over pandemic deaths/in /by
Dame Sally Davies apologises to bereaved families and says the UK was poorly prepared for the pandemic.
Prof Davies apologises to relatives of Covid victims/in /by
England's former Chief Medical Officer says "how sorry I am" to those who lost loved ones in the pandemic.
Covid Inquiry: Mistake not to consider range of pandemics – David Cameron/in /by
David Cameron says "group think" meant government focused on flu pandemics, rather than other diseases.
Covid inquiry: UK’s public services were ‘depleted’ when Covid hit/in /by
The nation's health was declining and the NHS was struggling by 2020, the Covid inquiry hears.