About this episode
Baroness Hallett discusses the NHS's struggle during the pandemic in the third report of the Inquiry.
Baroness Hallett delivers the third of the Inquiry's reports, this one covering the impact on the NHS of the pandemic. She concludes that healthcare systems in the UK only just survived and the impact on staff and patients was devastating. Jim Reed reports.
People in this episode
Host: BBC Radio 4
Guest: Jim Reed
Topics covered
- NHS
- pandemic impact
- healthcare systems
- Baroness Hallett
- Covid Inquiry
- staff impact
- patient impact
Keywords
- NHS
- pandemic
- healthcare
- Baroness Hallett
- Covid Inquiry
- impact on staff
- impact on patients
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NHS
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