sep 9, 2024 - 3rd Stage of UK COVID Inquiry

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The NHS was “creaking at the seams” when the pandemic hit – and this undermined the care given to both coronavirus patients and those needing treatment for other conditions, the Covid public inquiry has been told.

On the opening day of the third stage of the inquiry, which is looking at healthcare, lawyers said the health service entered the pandemic with too few staff and beds.

The problems meant non-Covid care had to be cancelled en masse, while those who were severely ill with the virus could not always get the care they needed.

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