Hancock defends £44,000 takeaway bill for staff working '18-hour days'
24 Nov 2020 Health & Social Care
Hancock defends £44,000 takeaway bill for staff working '18-hour days'
"When people are working 18 hours a day, of course I’m going to feed them," health secretary says
PPE suppliers referred by ministers and civil servants marked 'high priority' in pandemic
18 Nov 2020 Health & Social Care
PPE suppliers referred by ministers and civil servants marked 'high priority' in pandemic
Businesses in high-priority lane 14 times more likely to win contracts, NAO finds
Sedwill sets out thinking on public inquiry into Covid-19 response
18 Nov 2020 Health & Social Care
Sedwill sets out thinking on public inquiry into Covid-19 response
Former cabinet secretary tells MPs decision makers don’t have to wait to learn lessons on pandemic handling
UK was not as prepared for Covid as it could have been, ex-chief medic says
13 Nov 2020 Health & Social Care
UK was not as prepared for Covid as it could have been, ex-chief medic says
UK has been "found wanting", Dame Sally Davies says, with the government responding too slowly to the pandemic
'You need to pull on all the talents': test and trace head defends use of consultants
11 Nov 2020 Health & Social Care
'You need to pull on all the talents': test and trace head defends use of consultants
Harding also defended the reliance on outsourcers in the "team of teams" that is NHS Test and Trace
Don't overburden NHS Test and Trace, chief medic warns
04 Nov 2020 Health & Social Care
Don't overburden NHS Test and Trace, chief medic warns
Speed of test turnarounds is critical, Chris Whitty says, as he also warns it would be "stupid" for scientists to interfere in minutiae of policy decisions
NHS ‘improves accuracy’ of contact-tracing app as downloads near 20 million
03 Nov 2020 Health & Social Care
NHS ‘improves accuracy’ of contact-tracing app as downloads near 20 million
Update will end ‘ghost notifications’, government claims
England’s second lockdown could go beyond 2 December, says Michael Gove
02 Nov 2020 Health & Social Care
England’s second lockdown could go beyond 2 December, says Michael Gove
Explaining move into a second national lockdown, the Cabinet Office minister says ‘the situation has been worse than any of us expected’
Sunak urged to find cash to make pandemic-driven innovations permanent
02 Nov 2020 Health & Social Care
Sunak urged to find cash to make pandemic-driven innovations permanent
Spending Review should also stump up funding to deal with “huge” service backlogs, report says
Government facing calls to tighten Covid restrictions as deaths hit their highest level since May
28 Oct 2020 Health & Social Care
Government facing calls to tighten Covid restrictions as deaths hit their highest level since May
Latest figures from government scientific advisers are ‘utterly bleak’, according to reports
‘We have covered all bases’: Treasury rejects request for extra cash from areas in high Covid restrictions
15 Oct 2020 Health & Social Care
‘We have covered all bases’: Treasury rejects request for extra cash from areas in high Covid restrictions
Statement comes as it is announced London and Essex will move into tier 2 restrictions this weekend
Ministers accused of 'ignoring own advisers' after rejecting SAGE call for 'circuit breaker' lockdown
13 Oct 2020 Health & Social Care
Ministers accused of 'ignoring own advisers' after rejecting SAGE call for 'circuit breaker' lockdown
Scientific advisers called for "immediate action" on 21 September, minutes show