Delaying routine care was least bad of ‘awful options’, Matt Hancock tells Covid inquiry

  • Thread starter Thread starter Anna Bawden and agency
  • Start date Start date

View the thread, titled "Delaying routine care was least bad of ‘awful options’, Matt Hancock tells Covid inquiry" which is posted in News about the NHS on NHSForums.com

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.

Continue reading...

By Anna Bawden and agency

Delaying routine care was least bad of ‘awful options’, Matt Hancock tells Covid inquiry to Continue reading...

NHS Forums - For NHS Staff | Patient Forums
 
Click to expand...

Reply to the thread, titled "Delaying routine care was least bad of ‘awful options’, Matt Hancock tells Covid inquiry" which is posted in News about the NHS on NHSForums.com

News About the NHS

Three local NHS CEOs join NHS England as directors

Three local NHS CEOs join NHS England as directors
3066580_confed22day264_332442.jpg

Two integrated care board chief executives and a trust CEO have been appointed as part-time national directors at NHS England.

Continue reading this article about Three local NHS CEOs join NHS England as directors

by Health Service Journal

NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.

NHS privatisation and PFI - what Lord Darzi’s review missed

NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

<p>Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’</p><p>The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.</p><p>An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.</p> <a href="NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds">Continue reading...</a>

Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’

The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.

An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.

Continue reading...

By Ian Sample Science editor

Continue reading...

What's New on NHS Forums?

Find what's new on NHS Forums by clicking here

Latest Topics

Back
Top