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The correct response to a disaster like Covid is to plan for the next one. I don’t see Britain doing it | Lucy Easthope
Think local, listen to the experts and get diverse voices in the room. If we plan effectively, we can avoid another catastrophe Lucy Easthope is an international adviser on disaster…
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Reeves to appoint Covid corruption tsar to claw back billions of waste
Chancellor understood to believe £2.6bn of public money lost to fraudsters during pandemic could be recouped Rachel Reeves will appoint a commissioner within weeks tasked with recouping billions from Covid…
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Vulnerable people with Covid struggling to access treatments in England, experts warn
Responsibility for prescriptions moving to 42 integrated care boards has led to patients having to work out how to get treatment, often when ill Clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) people with…
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UK in ‘worse state’ to deal with pandemic than before Covid, say experts
Health professionals argue inequalities, crisis in NHS and pressure in care homes leave Britain vulnerable The UK is probably less well-equipped to cope with a pandemic than it was before…
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The Guardian view on the Covid inquiry’s first report: poor preparation with tragic consequences | Editorial
Citizens were failed by a lack of planning, and Lady Hallett wants a better system to be built fast Citizens of all four nations of the UK were failed by…
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Covid inquiry: Hallett prescribes ‘red teams’ as antidote to flawed thinking
Lady Hallett says failure to challenge consensus views on UK’s readiness to respond to pandemic was ‘acute problem’ Groupthink underpinned the flawed thinking behind the UK’s pandemic response, a succession…
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The politicians named in Covid inquiry report over failures prior to pandemic
Many of the failings are seen as institutional but the report namechecks some politicians for their role in the crisis The first report by the official Covid inquiry has been…
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The Covid inquiry report makes it clear: Britain was completely and fatally unprepared | Devi Sridhar
The UK must never succumb to such shocking complacency again. Planning for the next pandemic must start now In 2002, Sars, a dangerous coronavirus, spread across the world with a…
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Hancock and Hunt failed to prepare UK for pandemic, Covid inquiry finds
Health secretaries failed to fix flaws in contingency planning before Covid killed more than 230,000 in UK, report says Covid inquiry – live updates Five key takeaways from Covid report…
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Sharp increase in pupils suspended or excluded from schools in England
Teachers struggling with disruptive and violent behaviour as record 787,000 pupils suspended in 2022-23 Teachers in England continue to struggle with disruptive and violent behaviour in classrooms and playgrounds, as…