A new report from two House of Commons committees highlights the UK’s failed pandemic response. Martin McKee unpicks the findings […]
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Exercise Alice: the UK government tested the response to a coronavirus, but why are we only discovering this now?
If we don’t seem to have learned much from Exercise Alice, what can we learn from the attempts to conceal it, asks Martin McKee […]
Martin McKee: Has the United Kingdom government given up the fight to protect and promote health?
The struggle to improve the health of the public is never-ending. As the pandemic has shown, there are always new threats that can emerge. Looking ahead, it is apparent to […]
Martin McKee on “Spike: The virus versus the people”
How was it that the United Kingdom did so badly during the initial waves of the covid-19 pandemic? This is a question that has puzzled many people, but not, apparently, […]
What Dominic Cummings said next—the case for an urgent inquiry into England’s pandemic response gets stronger and stronger
What can we learn from Cummings’ recent interview, apart from what has long been obvious that the machinery of government is broken? […]
Martin McKee: What did we learn from Dominic Cummings’ evidence to MPs on the covid crisis?
Cummings’ evidence portrays a system that is not fit for purpose and goes some way to explaining why the UK’s performance on covid-19 was so poor […]
Martin McKee: What went wrong in the UK’s covid-19 response?
One day we may know, but Boris Johnson is in no hurry, writes Martin McKee In May 2020, Sarah Wollaston, Mike Gill, and I called for a rapid inquiry into […]
Covid-19 vaccine wars: developing the AstraZeneca vaccine was a triumph, but then things went wrong
The UK’s tabloid press was having a field day. “NO, EU CAN’T HAVE OUR JABS” said the Daily Mail, a message echoed by the Daily Express with “WAIT YOUR TURN! […]
The UK’s PPE procurement scandal reminds us why we need ways to hold ministers to account
Martin McKee looks at what lessons we can learn from the government’s many failures in procuring PPE during the pandemic […]
Martin McKee: How can we hold political leaders accountable for failures in pandemics?
Covid-19 has had a huge impact across the world. There is no doubt that political decisions have played a major role, says Martin McKee […]