PA MediaSome victims of the infected blood scandal have been told interim compensation payments of £100,000 due to be made before Christmas have been put on hold.

The NHS in England came within “six or seven hours” of running out of gowns and other protective equipment during the Covid pandemic, Matt Hancock has said.

Covid inquiryBoris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said.

Covid inquiryThe most senior doctor in NHS England has said he was “personally terrified” that hospitals could have been overwhelmed in the early stages of the pandemic.

ReutersTwo more cases of a new strain of the mpox virus have been detected in London, in household contacts of the first patient, health officials say.

BBCFive times Prof Kevin Fong broke down in tears in a nondescript hearing room in West London, while giving evidence to the Covid inquiry.

Getty ImagesAt least one NHS trust put in place a blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for sick patients in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard.

Covid InquiryA mother of premature twins has told the Covid inquiry she did not feel like she was treated as a parent after giving birth in the early stages of the pandemic.

Mark TilleyAmbulance crews faced crucial delays trying to save dying patients in the pandemic because of the time it took to put on protective equipment, the Covid inquiry has been told.

Treating patients during the pandemic was like responding to a daily terror attack, the Covid inquiry has heard.