UK - critical voices
- Leading doctors argue against local lockdowns - BMJ 13.10.20220551
- NHS 111 call centre was unsafe, says worker who nearly died from Covid - Guardian 12.10.20220563
- UK's early response worst public health failure ever, MPs say - BBC 12.10.21259472
- Pandemic preparedness: Government must release 2016 report, says information commissioner - BMJ 12.10.20220553
- Covid cases at UK food factories could be over 30 times higher than reported - Guardian 27.09.20226723
- Coronavirus: Thousands fined for breaking 'unclear and ambiguous' lockdown rules, MPs warn - Sky News 21.09.20217227
- 'The seasons are against us': what we learned from UK's top Covid scientists - Guardian 21.09.20239733
- Coronavirus: Hospitals told not to test staff or patients for Covid-19 - Independent 18.09.20220627
- Covid-19: Flying before we can walk - 17.09.20221476
- Leaked documents prompt questions over cost, evidence, and reliance on private sector - PubMed 11.09.20221475
- Operation Moonshot: Testing plan relies on technology that does not exist - BMJ 16.09.20221473
- Covid-19: Government plans to spend £100bn on expanding testing to 10 million a day - BMJ 09.09.20221474
- Scapegoating young people for Britain's rising coronavirus rates is a poor strategy - Guardian 09.09.20219380
- Covid-19 has exposed the reality of Britain: poverty, insecurity and inequality - Guardian 08.09.20215767
- England's Covid testing troubles: 'Something is clearly going wrong' - Guardian 08.09.20215768
- Hospitals in England will miss target for restoring pre-Covid services - Guardian 06.09.20215609
- UK police deal with thousands of potential Covid-19 quarantine breakers - Guardian 04.09.20215570
- Test and trace in the UK: how well are we doing? - Guardian 03.09.20215610
- Rising UK infections: what do the latest figures mean? - Guardian 31.08.20215608
- Government quietly drops 1.3m Covid tests from England tally - Guardian 14.08.20217873
- UK to plunge into deepest slump on record with worst GDP drop of G7 - Guardian 09.08.20216915
- Up to 750,000 UK Covid test kits recalled due to safety concerns - Guardian 08.08.20215977
- The loss of UK prisoners' rights is the forgotten injustice of the Covid-19 crisis - Guardian 08.08.20215976
- Protesters march for fair pay for nurses and other NHS staff - Guardian 08.08.20215974
- Six months into Covid, England's quarantine programme is still a mess - Guardian 07.08.20215875
- Labour calls for inquiry into purchase of 50m unusable face masks - Guardian 06.08.20215843
- Neil Ferguson: The Covid modeller - Newstatesman 31.07.20222672
- Covid-19: England had worst excess mortality in Europe in April - BMJ 31.07.20215882
- Chief nurse was dropped from briefings after refusing to back Cummings - Guardian 20.07.20214492
- Test and trace failures risk exponential case growth in England, official warns - Guardian 19.07.20214268
- Tired of being Boris Johnson's patsy, Patrick Vallance fights back - Guardian 16.07.20220700
- Covid-19: UK must prepare now for winter peak or risk many more deaths, scientists warn - BJM 14.07.20213996
- NHS data reveals 'huge variation' in Covid-19 death rates across England - Guardian 13.07.20213043
- Covid-19: Government is criticised for “scandalous” £10bn spent on test and trace programme - BJM 10.07.20213997
- What Happens Next With the U.K., Brexit and Coronavirus - TIME 07.07.20212081
- The Pro-Privatization Shock Therapy of the UK’s Covid Response - Nybooks 06.07.20228786
- UK set to award Covid-19 testing contracts worth £5bn to private bidders - Guardian 02.07.20212509
- There's another pandemic stalking Britain: hunger - Guardian 28.06.20212423
- Video: The State of Privacy - Frontline 26.06.20211835
- Call for a rapid forward looking review of the UK’s preparedness for a second wave—an open letter to the leaders of all UK political parties - BMJ 23.06.20263995
- DfID staff 'devastated and demoralised' by Foreign Office merger - Guardian 21.06.20212369
- Government ignored warning to stockpile PPE as Covid-19 spread - Guardian 12.06.20211881
- UK coronavirus: Matt Hancock not ruling out compulsory cooperation with test and trace system - Guardian 11.06.20212140
- Coronavirus: enforcing UK lockdown one week earlier 'could have saved 20,000 lives' - Guardian 10.06.20212047
- Coronavirus testing hit by struggle to match results with NHS records - Guardian 28.05.20217110
- What went wrong in the UK’s covid-19 response? - BMJ 24.05.21255045
- MPs hear why Hong Kong had no Covid-19 care home deaths - Guardian 19.05.20225770
- How will Britain dig itself out of a £300bn coronavirus hole? - Guardian 14.05.20226510
- Scientists Say U.K. Must Do More to Suppress Coronavirus - Bloomberg 12.05.20227733
- Top experts not asked to approve 'stay alert' coronavirus message - Guardian 11.05.20227724
- Video: PM said he was setting out a roadmap but if we’re to complete the journey safely we need clear directions. - Keir Starmer 11.05.20207869
- Coronavirus and the Banality of Evil - CD 06.05.20207269
- Cartoon: Coronavirus will change society, but for whose benefit? - Guardian 02.05.20206818
- The scandal of modern slavery in the trade of masks and gloves - BJM 01.05.20206342
- * Revealed: the inside story of the UK's Covid-19 crisis - Guardian 29.04.20206518
- The government's secret science group has a shocking lack of expertise - Guardian 27.04.20206057
- * Revealed: UK ministers were warned last year of risks of coronavirus pandemic - Guardian 24.04.20205940
- * Leaked Cabinet Office briefing on UK pandemic threat – the key points - Guardian 24.04.20205939
- Revealed: Cummings is on secret scientific advisory group for Covid-19 - Guardian 24.04.20206519
- What does the leaked report tell us about the UK's pandemic preparations? - Guardian 24.04.20205941
- Across the world, face masks are becoming mandatory. Why not in the UK? - Guardian 24.04.20205935
- Matt Hancock forced to deny ‘political’ opt-out from EU ventilators - The Guardian 21.04.20206391
- At least 100 UK health workers have died from coronavirus, figures show - Guardian 20.04.20205243
- Boris Johnson is the wrong man in the wrong job at the wrong time - The Guardian 20.04.20205176
- NHS staff told 'wear aprons' as protective gowns run out - Guardian 17.04.20205039
- Government has failed to protect us against Covid-19, health workers say - Independent 16.04.20204998
- Coronavirus: Remembering the NHS workers who have died - BBC 15.04.20204784
- You Clap for Me Now: the coronavirus poem on racism and immigration in Britain – The Guardian 15.04.20204933
- Domestic abuse killings 'more than double' amid Covid-19 lockdown - The Guardian 15.04.20204924
- Coronavirus: Top doctor urges UK government to consider Korean antibody tests - Sky 15.04.20204997
- Why is coronavirus killing so many more people in the UK than in Ireland? - Guardian 14.04.20204981
- Over 100 MPs and peers in call to back creative industries in lockdown - The Guardian 14.04.20204844
- 'I feel fear and guilt': an NHS junior doctor on the effect of getting Covid-19 - Guardian 14.04.20204982
- Patel refuses to take children from Greek camps threatened by Covid-19 - The Guardian 13.04.20204675
- 10,000 UK coronavirus deaths: don't forget that this was preventable - The Guardian 12.04.20204751
- UK hunger crisis: 1.5m people go whole day without food - Guardian 11.04.20205246
- We don't need a Churchill, Thatcher or Blair. We need a leader for this crisis, now - Guardian 08.04.20204900
- Alarm sounded over rise in non-coronavirus deaths in Scotland - Guardian 08.04.20204947
- Coronavirus: UK will have Europe's worst death toll, says study - Guardian 07.04.20204491
- Despite what Matt Hancock says, the government's policy is still herd immunity - Guardian 03.04.20203610
- Why has the UK lagged behind in testing for the coronavirus? - Guardian 03.04.20203420
- Labour urges UK government to publish findings of 2016 pandemic drill - Guardian 02.04.20203608
- * Covid-19 and Continuous At Sea Deterrent - Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 01.04.20203374
- UK discussed joint EU plan to buy Covid-19 medical supplies, say officials - Guardian 30.03.20202985
- Covid-19: why is the UK government ignoring WHO’s advice? - BJM 30.03.20204232
- 'Chaos and panic': Lancet editor says NHS was left unprepared for Covid-19 - Guardian 28.03.20202962
- UK coronavirus: tests prioritised for NHS workers, 'not available on the internet next week' - Guardian 25.03.20202661
- Workforce, airborne transmission, and wilful neglect - BMJ 24.03.22283689
- Britain had a head start on Covid-19, but our leaders squandered it - Guardian 23.03.20202041
- Diet, health, inequality: why Britain's food supply system doesn't work - The Guardian 22.03.20202471
- UK Response to COVID-19: Urgent Need for An Inclusive Transparent Decision Making Process - CfGD 18.03.20202113
- 'Not fit for purpose': UK medics condemn Covid-19 protection - Guardian 16.03.20202503
- I’m an epidemiologist. When I heard about Britain’s ‘herd immunity’ coronavirus plan, I thought it was satire - Guardian 15.03.20202505
- People's Assembly Statement on the Coronavirus Crisis - Peoples Assembly 14.03.20202523
- Emergency law would safeguard jobs of NHS volunteers as virus crisis deepens - Guardian 08.03.20200860