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I told Chris Whitty at the time that scientists were providing cover for weak leaders taking harmful decisions, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Two stories caught my eye this week. First, that the elderly are being left hanging about in A&E waiting rooms while younger people “with simpler needs” get seen more rapidly, within the four-hour target. “Our study demonstrates older people living with frailty may not be appropriately prioritised within the acute…

Former chief adviser Dominic Cummings hit out at a ‘dysfunctional system’ as the former prime minister ‘trollied’ indecisively

Dominic Cummings hit out at a ‘dysfunctional system’ as the former prime minister ‘trollied’ indecisively.

The former health secretary was criticised by the former top Downing Street adviser during a lengthy appearance before Lady Hallett’s probe.

The inquiry also saw diary entries showing that Boris Johnson suggested he believed the pandemic was 'nature’s way of dealing with old people'

Dominic Cummings said there was no shielding plan early in the pandemic and vulnerable groups were ‘appallingly neglected’.

Crass and aggressive language laid bare in evidence of exchanges between Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and Patrick Vallance

The former top aid hit out at a ‘dysfunctional’ system during the pandemic as he gave evidence to the Covid-19 inquiry.