“Woefully inadequate” record-keeping by the Government makes it “impossible” to have confidence that all its Covid-19 testing contracts with Randox were awarded properly, MPs have said. In a highly critical
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Mental health in the North was more badly affected by the pandemic than elsewhere in England, a new report has found. Experts have estimated that the mental health crisis in
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A new commission on how the UK will commemorate the victims and the heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic has been launched by the Government. Set to report back by March
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The coronavirus inquiry will be conducted “as speedily as possible” so lessons can be learned before another pandemic strikes, the chairwoman of the probe has pledged. Baroness Heather Hallett (pictured)
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More than a third of prisoners showed symptoms of severe anxiety disorder following lockdown measures introduced during the Covid pandemic, research has indicated. The report Coping with Covid in Prisons
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Unresolved disputes between the Government and suppliers of poor quality personal protective equipment (PPE) could cost the taxpayer £2.7 billion, MPs have warned. “Significant failings” by the Department of Health
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A man who lost his grandmother to coronavirus has said free testing and other measures should never have been axed, as he reflected on the “absolutely heart-rending and tragic” milestone
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A Parliamentary committee has called for increased efforts to vaccinate people in vulnerable groups against Covid-19 as infection rates continue to rise again. A report by the Public Accounts Committee
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHS) has been issued with a formal reprimand by the official information watchdog over the use of private messaging channels by ministers and
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Scottish Labour have demanded that Holyrood introduces new measures to keep people safe from Covid as infections continue to rise. Jackie Baillie, the party’s health spokeswoman, set out their Covid
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