There is a core truth at the heart of the leaked messages – that the Government failed to sufficiently protect elderly and frail care home residents during the early weeks of the pandemic 🔎 Analysis by janemerrick23
was right to publish them, there is a core truth at their heart: the Government failed to sufficiently protect elderly and frail care home residents during the early weeks of the pandemic., when questions were being asked – by this newspaper and others – of the then health secretary and senior public health officials such as deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries why care homes were not being routinely tested for Covid as the virus tore through the elderly population.
This does not make the revelations of Mr Hancock’s WhatsApps any less compelling. They add colour and detail to the evidence that has emerged since the start of the pandemic – and are likely to be borne out in the forthcoming officialIn that sense, the WhatsApps are less of a smoking gun, more bullets of a gun that was already smoking.
He says Ms Oakeshott was not present in the dozens of meetings he held with chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and others about the development of the policy, and therefore the coverage in– which like Ms Oakeshott was sceptical of lockdown – of missing out key messages showing that there was a meeting revealing that the Government simply could not provide enough capacity to test everyone in April 2020.
In April 2020, Mr Hancock was publicly spearheading a campaign to deliver 100,000 tests in the community to try to curb the virus. In fact, the leaked or “stolen” messages reveal his near-obsessive drive to deliver that policy.
Danmark Seneste Nyt, Danmark Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også læse nyheder, der ligner denne, som vi har indsamlet fra andre nyhedskilder.
Matt Hancock rejected expert Covid advice on care homes, leaked Whatsapps suggestMatt Hancock has been accused of rejecting expert advice to give Covid tests to residents from the community going into care homes in the early stages of the pandemic
Læs mere »
Hancock Whatsapps lift lid on decisions that cost thousands of livesThere is a core truth at the heart of the leaked messages: that ministers failed to sufficiently protect elderly and frail care home residents during the early weeks of the pandemic 🔎 Analysis by janemerrick23
Læs mere »
Exclusive: Matt Hancock told to quit as MP after WhatsApp messages over care home Covid tests leakMatt Hancock has faced fresh calls to stand down as an MP from within his local Conservative Association after WhatsApps over his testing strategy leaked.
Læs mere »
Matt Hancock denies claim he ignored advice on care home testing as source close to MP claims Whatsapps were 'stolen'Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has disputed claims he rejected expert advice from professor Chris Whitty on Covid tests for people going into care homes at the start of the pandemic.
Læs mere »
George Osborne's WhatsApps to Matt Hancock are a lesson in the dark art of passive aggressionGeorge Osborne’s WhatsApp messages to Matt Hancock are a lesson in the dark art of passive aggression 📱 The understatement, the disdain, the powerplay – it’s almost enough to make you forgive him for that whole austerity thing ✒️ RebeccaCNReid
Læs mere »
Matt Hancock sets up TV company after £320,000 I'm A Celebrity appearanceThe former Health Secretary faced widespread backlash for his appearance on the reality show but proved to be popular as he made it to the final finishing in third place.
Læs mere »