Latest updates: health secretary says he is ‘sorry for the loss people have suffered’ but does not say what government could learn
At the Royal College of General Practitioners’s annual conference Prof Chris Whitty, the government’s chief medical adviser, is taking part in a panel discussion now.
Prof Martin Marshall, chair of the RCGP, is interviewing him.
I am sorry for anyone that’s been hurt throughout this pandemic, and especially those people that would have lost their their loved ones, their brother or sister, or mum or dad, perhaps a close friend, and also those people that may not have lost their lives but they’re still suffering with low Covid, which is something I’m particularly concerned about. Of course I’m sorry about that.
MK: So what are the mistakes you are apologising for?
SJ: I’m always very straightforward with you Martha. I don’t know all the lessons that we are going to have to learn about this. I don’t think anyone does at this point. I think the best place to determine this will be the independent public inquiry.
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