An extract from the (future) Covid Inquiry:
Q: Prime Minister, now that we have established that you decided not to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 and allowed the virus to spread freely, can I ask, what provisions did you make to provide care for those who would become infected?
Q: Prime Minister, now that we have established that you decided not to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 and allowed the virus to spread freely, can I ask, what provisions did you make to provide care for those who would become infected?
PM: Well, eh…the..NHS. Our fantastic NHS… was poised and ready to treat the sick.
Q: But was the NHS not already beyond safe bed occupancy levels when you decided to lift mitigation strategies?
Q: But was the NHS not already beyond safe bed occupancy levels when you decided to lift mitigation strategies?
PM: Ahh, but the NHS had over 6,000 beds available, and no patient was ever refused treatment.
Q: According to the government's own data, at the time you ordered the lifting of social restrictions did the NHS not have LESS capacity than before the pandemic struck?
Q: According to the government's own data, at the time you ordered the lifting of social restrictions did the NHS not have LESS capacity than before the pandemic struck?
PM: Well, I don’t know the exact numbers…but we had expanded bed capacity through the Nightingale hospitals…and as I say no patient was refused treatment.
Q: We are discussing what the situation was at the time you ordered a lifting of all restrictions PM, not April 2020.
Q: We are discussing what the situation was at the time you ordered a lifting of all restrictions PM, not April 2020.
Q:..After allowing this novel coronavirus to spread unmitigated through the British people during a period when the NHS was smaller and weaker than before the pandemic, did we not experience record waiting times in A&E, the longest waiting list in NHS history, people dying in...
ambulances,..in short, patients unable to get care, Prime Minister?
PM: No. No. Not all. I was assured by [enter name of patsy] we had enough capacity for the less than 10% rise in admissions, and I am assured that no patient was refused care when they needed it.
PM: No. No. Not all. I was assured by [enter name of patsy] we had enough capacity for the less than 10% rise in admissions, and I am assured that no patient was refused care when they needed it.
Q: So, you made no provisions to treat the inevitable increase in severe Covid-19 cases when you decided to let 'it rip' through society, and in fact, lifted all mitigations at a time when the NHS was already overwhelmed and people were struggling to get the care they needed...?
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