Sharon Collins witnessed first-hand the devastation that took hold in hospitals when her father died after catching coronavirus on a ward, and says ITV's Breathtaking is 'real life'
As ITV's drama Breathtaking airs, we look at what the Covid PPE scandal actually was, where the millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money went, why equipment didn't reach desperate NHS workers and who is being held to account
ITV's Breathtaking exposes the sacrifices made by NHS staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. As the number of people needing hospital care for the virus soared, hospital patients were discharged to care homes to free up vital beds, but this sparked deadly consequences among the elderly
things, would not be right to pre—empt the process, legal complexity and all of those things, but he is looking at exactly those areas you have described. it is right we find every which way we can do to try to make this right for the people so wrongfully tweeted at the time, compensation is part of that, but as you say, there are legal things that might be possible. there - are potentially on the table. i - would not want to speculate. those are the types of things been looked i at. what is also riling people is i the mess around ppe procurement in covid. i'm sure before christmas you saw michelle mone former conservative peer admitting she lied about her involvement in a ppe deal but she also believes very strongly she and her husband have been made scapegoats, a criminal investigation, i would not expect you to comment on that, but many ppe contracts seem to have gone wrong, £9 billion of waste. how are you trying to get money back from other companies involved in the waste of billions of pounds on the pandemic? will anyone else be held accountable?
they are potentially on the table. i would not want to speculate. those are the types of things been looked at. what is also riling people is the mess around ppe procurement in covid. i'm sure before christmas you saw michelle mone former conservative peer admitting she lied about her involvement in a ppe deal but she also believes very strongly she and her husband have been made been made scapegoats, there's a criminal investigation, i would not expect you to comment on that, but many ppe contracts seem to have gone wrong, £9 billion of waste. how are you trying to get money back from other companies involved in the waste of billions of pounds in the pandemic? will anyone else be held accountable? anybody who took advantage of an incredibly difficult time for our country, to either defraud the public or do things that were illegal should be pursued with the full force of the law. we were all going through an awful time as a country and the job was to get ppe to those on the front line who needed it.
contracts seem to have gone wrong, £9 billion of waste. how are you trying to get money back from other companies involved in the waste of billions of pounds on the pandemic? will anyone else be held accountable? anybody who took advantage of an incredibly difficult time for our country, to either defraud the public or do things that were illegal should be pursued with the full force of the law. we were all going through an awful time as a country and thejob going through an awful time as a country and the job was to get ppe to those on the front line who needed it. everyone will remember how stressful that was. if people who were trying to take advantage of that system and defraud the taxpayer, that is completely and utterly wrong, appalling, and we should pursue them with the full force of the law. [30 should pursue them with the full force of the law.— force of the law. do you believe that the people _ force of the law. do you believe that the people date? - force of the law. do you believe that the people date? there - force of the law. do you believe | that the people date? there are rocesses that the people date? there are processes the _ that the people date? there are processes the government - that the people date? there are processes the government has i that the people date? there are i processes the government has too that the people date? there are - processes the government has too do those investigations and that diligence. where we believe that has
procurement in covid. i'm sure before christmas you saw michelle mone, former conservative peer, admitting she lied about her involvement in a ppe deal but she also believes very strongly she and her husband have been made there is a criminal investigation, i would not expect you to comment on that, but many ppe contracts seem to have gone wrong, £9 billion of waste. how are you trying to get money back from other companies involved in the waste of billions of pounds during the pandemic? will anyone else be held accountable? anybody who took advantage of an incredibly difficult time for our country, to either defraud the public or do things that were illegal should be pursued with the full force of the law. we were all going through an awful time as a country and the job was to get ppe to those on the front line who needed it. everyone will remember how stressful that was. if people were trying to take
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