Some £9.9 billion of the £13.6 billion spent on personal protective equipment (PPE) has been written off because it was unusable or its value has crashed since the pandemic. The
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Nicola Sturgeon called Boris Johnson “a f****** clown” in pandemic WhatsApp messages, an inquiry has heard. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry was shown messages between the former Scottish first minister and
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The Scottish Government did not accept Covid-19 was “here to stay”, an inquiry has heard. Giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Wednesday, Professor Mark Woolhouse, professor of infectious
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The UK is “really unsafe” from future pandemic threats, a leading academic has told MPs. Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, director at the Oxford Vaccine Group, said he was concerned that
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Scotland’s national clinical director did not retain any informal, one-to-one messages relating to management of the pandemic but denies deleting WhatsApps daily in a “pre-bed ritual”, an inquiry has heard.
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Scotland’s chief medical officer told colleagues to delete WhatsApp messages “at the end of every day” during the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard. Professor Sir Gregor Smith’s has added
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All of Nicola Sturgeon’s WhatsApp messages sent and received during the pandemic have been deleted, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard. The former first minister (pictured) has previously said she
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The mother of an 11-year-old girl with long Covid has launched legal action against a health board in what is thought to be the first case regarding the condition of
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The first Sunday in March will be marked with a UK-wide day of reflection as people remember all those who died during the pandemic. March 3 will be the first
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Lives could have been saved in care homes in Scotland if it was not for the confusion caused by guidance issued in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, it
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