Covid report: Govt must tackle crisis in our NHS, as matter of national security

EMBARGO: Immediate release

Responding to the Covid inquiry report, in which it reveals that the NHS was close to collapse, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said: 

"The testimony from this inquiry has been truly devastating. The Conservatives’ neglect and failure left the NHS completely ill-equipped to cope, and the consequences were catastrophic. Never again can they be allowed near our health service.

"If a pandemic were to hit again our NHS would break. We must - as a matter of national security - tackle the crisis in our overwhelmed hospitals, most importantly through fixing the broken social care system."

ENDS