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Matt Hancock says he ‘reluctantly’ stopped non-urgent treatment during pandemic

Matt Hancock says he ‘reluctantly’ stopped non-urgent treatment during pandemic

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The former health secretary Matt Hancock has said he “reluctantly” approved of the decision to pause non-urgent planned care during the pandemic.

Ministers prioritised hospital capacity for Covid and emergency patients, and so paused elective (non-urgent) treatment from April 2020.

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