Doctors and unions join bereaved families to highlight issues for Covid inquiry

British Medical Association and Trades Unions Congress add to calls for No 10 to step up preparations

Doctors and trade unions have joined forces with families bereaved by Covid to highlight issues ranging from border controls to the supply of face masks that they want addressed by next year’s public inquiry into the UK’s handling of the pandemic.

The British Medical Association, Trades Union Congress, the Independent Sage group of scientists and human rights campaigners are presenting a united front with Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice to increase pressure on Downing Street to step up preparations for the inquiry.

Pandemic preparations

Public health measures

Support for NHS staff, hospitals and care homes

Border controls

PPE and procurement

Vulnerable households

111 services

Support for frontline workers

Inequalities related to race, disability and regions

Differences between devolved nations

Prisons and immigration centres

Migrants and refugees and the homeless.

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