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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Cuts to NHS budgets to blame for our response to Covid, new inquiry told

Funding cuts to the NHS and a lack of investment in public health are likely to have hampered Britain’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Britain’s top scientists said on the second day of the public inquiry.

Baroness Hallett is overseeing a national inquiry into Covid and its devastating effects, focusing her initial investigations on Britain’s preparations for a pandemic prior to March 2020.

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