Matt Hancock, the language of COVID & the consequences
Thursday at the COVID Inquiry saw further discussion of the role of Matt Hancock who was Health Secretary in 2020.
Earlier in the week Dominic Cummings had been sharply critical of Hancock particularly in respect of care homes and making sure COVID did not spread and cause deaths. As a matter of record that did not happen with tragic but potentially avoidable consequences.
Chris Wormald who was Permanent Secretary at the Dept of Health was asked if he thought Hancock was lying or thought to be lying about what was happening and what was being done in the early months of COVID. Wormald said that he thought rather than Hancock ‘over promised’. He went on to note that Hancock set ambitious targets to promote achievement against them.
In reality the targets and spin were not matched by things actually happening. The consequences are to be found in the COVID death toll and those living with long COVID
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