[ad_1] Joe SkirkowskiBBC News, SomersetGetty ImagesGlastonbury kicks off in just two weeksPeople heading to Glastonbury and other festivals are being reminded to remain aware of health risks so they can enjoy events safely.Glastonbury kicks off the festival season - but ongoing risks around measles, sexually transmitted diseases and illegal drugs remain."Most risks can be avoided by taking simple steps to help protect yourself, remembering to keep yourself cool and avoid
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[ad_1] Covid inquiryDido Harding said she had repeatedly urged greater financial support payments during the pandemicIf the UK had spent more money helping people to self-isolate during the pandemic then fewer people would have been infected or died, the former head of NHS Test and Trace has said.Baroness Dido Harding, who was in charge of the programme in England, told the Covid inquiry she repeatedly argued to increase financial support,
[ad_1] PA MediaLord Patrick Vallance, former government chief scientific adviser, gave evidence to the inquiry in west LondonBoris Johnson pushed for a more "ruthless, authoritarian approach" towards people who refused to self-isolate during the pandemic, according to documents seen by the Covid inquiry.The instinct of policy makers was to favour "punitive measures" over financial support, wrote Lord Patrick Vallance who spoke to the PM throughout the crisis and appeared alongside
[ad_1] Getty ImagesThe government ignored an early warning by two Nobel prize-winning scientists that all healthcare workers should be routinely tested for coronavirus in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard.The advice came in a strongly-worded letter sent in April 2020 by the chief executive of the Francis Crick Institute, Sir Paul Nurse, and its research director, Sir Peter Ratcliffe, to the then health secretary Matt Hancock.Asymptomatic care home staff
[ad_1] Nick TriggleHealth correspondentBBCListen to this article on BBC SoundsMinisters, health staff and the public gathered in London last week for a summit to discuss the 10-year NHS plan in England. It was the final roadshow in a nationwide tour to help set out the strategy the government says will rescue the "broken" NHS, which has a waiting list of nearly 7.5 million patients and public satisfaction of just 21%
[ad_1] Matt Hancock has defended government deals to buy personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic, saying the country was in a "desperate situation" at the time.In a bad-tempered session at the Covid inquiry, the former health secretary repeatedly criticised the line of questioning describing it as "naive", "hostile" and "inappropriate".He said he was "not at all surprised" when a so-called VIP lane for PPE suppliers with a political connection
[ad_1] Faisal IslamEconomics editorBBCIn the next 24 hours and then over the following fortnight up until the Spring Statement, the government is going to talk a lot about a broken welfare system that is failing the people who use it, the economy and taxpayers.Taking a tough call on fixing it goes against the instincts of much of the Labour Party and has already sparked an internal backlash that could rise
[ad_1] Baroness Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman have accused the Covid inquiry of an "establishment cover-up" after their second attempt to be given an official role in the inquiry was rejected.The couple claimed they were the targets of a "politically motivated witch hunt" after the inquiry's chairwoman, Baroness Hallett, refused their application to be made "core participants".PPE Medpro, a firm led by Mr Barrowman, was awarded government contracts worth
[ad_1] Getty ImagesMichael Gove outside the Covid Inquiry after giving evidence on Monday, 10 March.Michael Gove has told the Covid inquiry it was "ludicrous" to suggest he tried to force through a deal for a new ventilator made by the electronics giant Dyson without proper safety checks.Emails show a senior official at the health watchdog warned that the former cabinet office minister was trying to "circumvent the regulatory process" in
