Matt Hancock says he ‘reluctantly’ stopped non-urgent treatment during pandemic
Former health secretary also pressed at Covid inquiry on the ‘slowness’ of the resumption of elective care
The former health secretary Matt Hancock has said he “reluctantly” approved of the decision to pause non-urgent planned care during the pandemic.
Ministers prioritised hospital capacity for Covid and emergency patients, and so paused elective (non-urgent) treatment from April 2020.
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