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#CovidInquiry – a damning report

“#FatalStrategicFlaws” in #pandemic planning led to thousands of #AvoidableDeaths, says inquiry lead #BaronessHallett

'Although #BorisJohnson promised a “world-beating system”, only half of close contacts were reached through #TestAndTrace in badly affected areas. The use of private companies such as #Serco added to the complications, while, unfathomably, local #NHS expertise was overlooked.'
https://sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-and-care/the-covid-inquiry-a-damning-report/
#Covid19 #ToryLegacy #IdeologyBeforePeople

#CovidInquiry – a damning report

“#FatalStrategicFlaws” in #pandemic planning led to thousands of #AvoidableDeaths, says inquiry lead #BaronessHallett

'Although #BorisJohnson promised a “world-beating system”, only half of close contacts were reached through #TestAndTrace in badly affected areas. The use of private companies such as #Serco added to the complications, while, unfathomably, local #NHS expertise was overlooked.'
https://sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-and-care/the-covid-inquiry-a-damning-report/
#Covid19 #ToryLegacy #IdeologyBeforePeople

#CovidInquiry – a damning report

“#FatalStrategicFlaws” in #pandemic planning led to thousands of #AvoidableDeaths, says inquiry lead #BaronessHallett

'Although #BorisJohnson promised a “world-beating system”, only half of close contacts were reached through #TestAndTrace in badly affected areas. The use of private companies such as #Serco added to the complications, while, unfathomably, local #NHS expertise was overlooked.'
https://sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-and-care/the-covid-inquiry-a-damning-report/
#Covid19 #ToryLegacy #IdeologyBeforePeople

#CovidInquiry – a damning report

“#FatalStrategicFlaws” in #pandemic planning led to thousands of #AvoidableDeaths, says inquiry lead #BaronessHallett

'Although #BorisJohnson promised a “world-beating system”, only half of close contacts were reached through #TestAndTrace in badly affected areas. The use of private companies such as #Serco added to the complications, while, unfathomably, local #NHS expertise was overlooked.'
https://sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-and-care/the-covid-inquiry-a-damning-report/
#Covid19 #ToryLegacy #IdeologyBeforePeople

#CovidInquiry – a damning report

“#FatalStrategicFlaws” in #pandemic planning led to thousands of #AvoidableDeaths, says inquiry lead #BaronessHallett

'Although #BorisJohnson promised a “world-beating system”, only half of close contacts were reached through #TestAndTrace in badly affected areas. The use of private companies such as #Serco added to the complications, while, unfathomably, local #NHS expertise was overlooked.'
https://sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-and-care/the-covid-inquiry-a-damning-report/
#Covid19 #ToryLegacy #IdeologyBeforePeople

Number waiting over 18 weeks for #NHSEngland #HeartTreatment in #England rises fivefold

Exclusive: doctors fear some of 163,000 people with serious issues may suffer a heart attack, stroke or die as a result of delay
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/11/number-waiting-for-nhs-care-for-serious-heart-problems-in-england-rises-fivefold
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #BreakThenPrivatise #IdeologyBeforePeople

#Labour urged to end #TwoChildBenefitsCap as research reveals policy pushing families into #poverty

New data shows families with #disabled #children, and #SingleParents with offspring under the age of three facing financial hardship
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/06/labour-urged-to-end-two-child-benefits-cap-as-research-reveals-policy-pushing-families-into-poverty
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #IdeologyBeforePeople

'#Budget plans risk ‘second lost decade’ of #LivingStandards, #JeremyHunt told

Exclusive: #JosephRowntreeFoundation finds widening gulf between demand for #TaxCuts and reality for millions struggling'

'...the budget risked keeping the #UK #economy locked on track to leave working families £1,900 a year worse off in 2029 than they were in 2021.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/04/budget-plans-risk-second-lost-decade-of-living-standards-jeremy-hunt-told
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #IdeologyBeforePeople

'#Measles outbreaks' [In #England & #Wales]: why are cases rising and #vaccination rates falling?

#Covid19 confusion, debunked link to #autism and lack of #NHS funding all contributing to rise in this serious disease
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/20/uk-measles-outbreaks-why-are-cases-rising-and-vaccination-rates-falling
#ToryPoliciesInAction #PublicHealth #NHSEngland #NHSWales #UnderfundingPublicServices #BreakThenPrivatise #IdeologyBeforePeople

'the #Tory low #tax, #FreeTrade pitch: a hard sell in a world that needs neither

#JeremyHunt has an almost religious belief that the #InvisibleHandOfTheAmarket works – even when it punches #Britons
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/19/the-guardian-view-on-the-tory-low-tax-free-trade-pitch-a-hard-sell-in-a-world-that-needs-neither
#ToryPoliciesInAction #IdeologyBeforePeople

#PhysicianAssociates aren’t #doctors and shouldn’t be regulated as such, says #BMA

Union says government’s plans for #GeneralMedicalCouncil regulation diminishes role of doctors and could confuse #patients
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/18/physician-associates-arent-doctors-and-shouldnt-be-regulated-as-such-says-bma
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #IdeologyBeforePeople

'...Case, stated that the then education minister, #GavinWilliamson, and #Johnson rejected calls for masks in #schools because they were in “no surrender mode towards unions”. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/30/boris-johnson-mad-if-he-did-not-think-whatsapps-would-become-public-civil-servant
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Covid19 #CovidInquiry #IdeologyBeforePeople #NastyParty