Covid inquiry: UK's public services were 'depleted' when Covid hit

Decisions were “finely balanced” and, with hindsight, might have been different, Fiona Scolding KC says.

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The UK should have prepared to test and isolate more, the ex-health secretary tells the Covid inquiry.

She said many Whorlton Hall patients were “wholly dependent on professional support”, and added: “For each of those sentenced today, it was clear from the evidence in this case that there were occasions where the care they provided was not only devoid of the appropriate respect and kindness required, but also crossed the line into…

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