Matt Hancock should be sacked for lying, says Dominic Cummings
Dominic Cummings giving evidence to the Joint science and technology and health and social care committee meeting said Matt Hancock … Read more
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England’s chief nurse was ‘dropped’ from No 10 press conference after voicing Dominic Cummings criticism
The Independent reports that England’s chief nursing officer has confirmed she was “dropped” from a No 10 coronavirus press briefing in … Read more
Legal challenge for UK ministers for refusal to order PPE inquiry
The Guardian reports that a high court legal challenge against the government has begun after they refused to order an … Read more
Chief statistician warns that Government’s use of testing figures ‘falls well short’ of normal standards
In a letter to health secretary, Matt Hancock, the UK Statistics Authority chair Sir David Norgrove says that the government’s … Read more
Hancock complacent as care home crisis continues
After a week of belatedly showing some apparent concern at the high levels of deaths in care homes from Covid-19, Matt Hancock … Read more
Minister admits, UK likely to miss 100,000 coronavirus tests target
The cabinet minister, Robert Buckland, admits that the UK government is likely to miss its target of carrying out 100,000 … Read more
£60,000 cannot make up for loss, say grieving NHS families
The families of NHS and social care workers who died after contracting coronavirus in the course of their duties will … Read more
Testing for Covid-19 – an unresolved fiasco
Matt Hancock’s sudden conversion on April 23 to the cause of mass tracing of contacts of people infected by Covid-19 and commitment … Read more
IFS says that A&E target that could be scrapped by Tories has has helped save 15,000 lives a year
A new study has led to warnings to ministers to think twice before scrapping the A&E waiting-time target. The new … Read more
‘Bullied’ doctors at Matt Hancock’s local hospital say he won’t talk to them
The Guardian reports that the health secretary Matt Hancock has repeatedly failed to respond to concerns that his local hospital … Read more