The response of the Welsh Government to the pandemic has come under fire from the barrister representing bereaved families at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Kirsten Heaven, addressing the inquiry on behalf of The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru, said the people of Wales are still feeling "trauma due to the devastation caused by Covid-19" and feel "let down" by government.
She added: "They have experienced first-hand what they consider to be the catastrophic failure of the Welsh Government to adequately prepare for and respond to a pandemic in Wales."
Unlike Scotland, Wales has not been granted its own inquiry and Ms Heaven said the families of the bereaved are "very disappointed" in "what they consider to be an inadequate response" to the probe by the Welsh Government. She said the families were "frankly shocked by the brevity and lack of detail" of witness statements submitted by the Welsh Government and its advisers to module one of the UK inquiry.
