“It’s really quite hard not to feel outright anger at the evidence that we’ve heard over the last few months.” – Tony O’Sullivan This was the final session of the […]
People’s covid inquiry
People’s Covid Inquiry: impact of the pandemic on the population—families, NHS staff, and mental health
The first witness in this session was Stephen Reicher, professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of St Andrews. Reicher felt that one of the biggest mistakes the government […]
People’s Covid Inquiry: profiteering from the people’s health?
“The issue with personal protective equipment (PPE) was so appalling, they (ITU) were receiving second hand PPE, some of which had blood on it” – Michael Rosen, author and patron […]
People’s Covid Inquiry: impact of covid on frontline staff and key workers
Michael Mansfield QC began the fifth session of the People’s Covid Inquiry by pointing out that the Archbishop of Canterbury had now added his voice to the many organisations and […]
People’s Covid Inquiry: inequalities and discrimination
“We all face the same storm but we are not all in the same boat” – Sonia Adesara The session was introduced by Sonia Adesara, NHS doctor, who pointed out […]
People’s Covid Inquiry: impact on the population—families, social care, and disabled people
“The first responsibility of any government is to protect its citizens” —Matt Hancock August 2020 The first witness was Ellen Clifford, a disability consultant. She began by saying that while […]
People’s Covid Inquiry: How prepared was the NHS?
Tony O’Sullivan, co-chair of the campaign Keep Our NHS Public, welcomed viewers to the first session of the People’s Covid Inquiry (PCI). He said that the aim of the inquiry […]
People’s covid inquiry: How did the UK government respond?
Jacky Davis reports from the second session of the People’s covid inquiry “We have a growing confidence that we will have a test track and trace system that will be […]
People’s Covid Inquiry: Did the UK government adopt the right public health strategy?
“We truly did everything we could, and continue to do everything we can to minimise loss of life and suffering”—Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, 26 January 2021 On 24 March […]
John Puntis: We need a people’s covid-19 inquiry now
In a powerful plea for justice, Kamran Abbasi suggests in an Editorial in The BMJ that the consequences of government mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic amount to “social murder.” However, […]