0h 11min, mar 19, 2026 y - Covid Inquiry: 3rd Report

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Patients were harmed as the NHS was on the brink of collapse in the UK during the pandemic, the Covid inquiry says.

The third report of 10 due to be published by the long-running inquiry concluded the health service "only just coped".

It described staff working in "war zones" and patients not getting the care they needed as hospitals and ambulances struggled to cope with the surge in Covid.

The inquiry also criticised the weak state the NHS entered the pandemic in and suggested the Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives slogan may have caused harm by deterring those with other health problems from seeking help.

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