Large UK-wide pandemic preparedness tests planned this year
Health 2025-07-28 23:02
The stress test will involve thousands of people to help the UK prepare for potential future threats.

Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm evidence to be heard in private
Health 2025-07-28 23:02
Covid inquiry says hearings into the firm, led by Michelle Mone's husband, must be held in closed session.

Michael Gove denies trying to circumvent Dyson ventilator checks
Health 2025-07-28 23:02
Former cabinet minister says it would be ludicrous to suggest he tried to shortcut safety checks in the pandemic.

Mone accuses Covid inquiry of 'cover-up'
Health 2025-07-28 23:02
She says husband Doug Barrowman and her are targets of a "politically motivated witch hunt".

Hancock criticises 'wholly naive' Covid inquiry
Health 2025-07-28 23:02
The former health secretary was giving evidence about medical equipment deals during the pandemic.

Johnson wanted tighter Covid rules, inquiry hears
Health 2025-07-28 23:02
In his diaries, Lord Vallance wrote that ex-PM thought rules were not ruthless enough.

Cash to isolate 'would have cut Covid deaths'
Health 2025-07-28 23:02
Baroness Dido Harding tells Covid inquiry Rishi Sunak blocked higher support payments.

Covid inquiry to look at impact on care services
Health 2025-07-28 23:02
The Covid inquiry will examine the impact of the pandemic on care services, starting on Monday.

Covid inquiry hears of 'generational slaughter'
Health 2025-07-28 23:02
Relatives of care home residents tell the Covid inquiry they will never get over how their loved ones died.

Covid care home policy was 'least worst decision' - Hancock
Health 2025-07-28 23:02
Former health secretary Matt Hancock denied claims the government's attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in early 2020 was empty rhetoric.
