Could the Covid inquiry reshape the UK?
Learning the lessons of the Covid pandemic throws a spotlight on Scotland makes decisions in a crisis.
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Learning the lessons of the Covid pandemic throws a spotlight on Scotland makes decisions in a crisis.
The UK Covid inquiry is spending three weeks gathering evidence in Scotland.
This week, the inquiry turned its attention to the devolved nations, starting with Scotland. Jacqui Wise reports on some of the key takeaways Jane Morrison, lead member for the campaign group Covid Bereaved Scotland, told the inquiry how her wife died five days after contracting covid in hospital. Morrison said 25% of the group, which represents grieving families in Scotland, lost someone because of nosocomial infection. She told the inquiry that one of the group’s members was allowed to wander around Hairmyres hospital in East Kilbride after testing positive for covid. “This makes a mocke...
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