The mantra was to protect the NHS - at whatever cost.
If there were images of the beloved NHS hospital systems collapsing due to Covid-19 the government in power would be unelectable for some time and would surely loose the next election.
Mr Hancock's primary task was surely to protect the party by protecting the NHS. He did that. Some are outraged many are not.
All political parties are guilty of not driving reform or even discussing reform for health care provision.
Last edited by East_coast; 28-06-2021 at 04:38 PM.
I suspect there will be an independent enquiry lined up for 2 years or so later. That will find a lacked of preparedness, some bad calls and some good calls. Probably the worst is years of neglect in terms of legislation for the care industry.
No minimum stock levels of PPE, care workers daylighting between 2-4 care homes.