Delaying routine care was least bad of ‘awful options’, Matt Hancock tells Covid inquiry
Inquiry chair challenges ex-health secretary over his assertion NHS was available to all during crisis
Cancelling non-urgent treatment of patients during the Covid crisis was the “least bad” of a series of “awful options”, Matt Hancock has said.
In his third and at times combative appearance at the Covid-19 inquiry, in which he repeatedly interrupted the inquiry counsel, Jacqueline Carey KC, the former health secretary defended his decision to allow the NHS to postpone routine treatment and care from April 2020.
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By Anna Bawden and agency
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Inquiry chair challenges ex-health secretary over his assertion NHS was available to all during crisis
Cancelling non-urgent treatment of patients during the Covid crisis was the “least bad” of a series of “awful options”, Matt Hancock has said.
In his third and at times combative appearance at the Covid-19 inquiry, in which he repeatedly interrupted the inquiry counsel, Jacqueline Carey KC, the former health secretary defended his decision to allow the NHS to postpone routine treatment and care from April 2020.
Continue reading...
By Anna Bawden and agency
Delaying routine care was least bad of ‘awful options’, Matt Hancock tells Covid inquiry to Continue reading...
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