Covid inquiry: “Inexcusable” lockdown errors, “toxic” government culture, damaging school closures
Covid inquiry: "Inexcusable" lockdown errors, "toxic" government culture, damaging school closuresThe UK covid inquiry's latest report focused on political decisions made during the pandemic.Jacqui Thornton summarises the key lessons Jacqui ThorntonAll four UK governments were too slow to respond to the covid-19 pandemic and many lives could have been saved with more decisive action.This was the assessment from the UK covid-19 inquiry's second report, 1 2 which focused on "core decision making and political governance" between January 2020 and May 2022.
Authors
- Jacqui Thornton
Institutions
- Transnational Press London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r2548
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00