PROFESSOR Sir Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer, told the Covid-19 inquiry this week that health chiefs risked overstating the dangers of the disease. “I worried at the beginning, and I still ...

BORIS Johnson is “no longer sure” lockdowns worked in tackling Covid. The former PM said he believes the restrictions “had ...

Alongside Sir Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, the Inquiry heard from Professor Kevin Fong, former national clinical adviser in emergency preparedness at NHS England.

Writing about Chief Medical Officer Sir Chris Whitty in his Pandemic Diaries, the former Health Secretary noted that the ...

The must hire more staff and tackle health inequalities to better prepare itself for the "certainty" of another pandemic, ...

Chief medical officer tells Covid inquiry that UK had ‘very low’ capacity compared with other wealthy countries. ...

The Government potentially overstated the danger of Covid to the public at the start of the pandemic, Prof Sir Chris Whitty ...

Critics of lockdowns have pointed to the numbers of people who died from non-Covid conditions during the pandemic.

Professor Sir Chris Whitty said he did not think that any different messaging about the prospect of long-term effects at the ...

Speaking to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Professor Sir Chris Whitty was asked about reasons for the first lockdown in March 2020.

Speaking at the probe in London on Thursday, Professor Sir Chris Whitty said shielding was both beneficial and harmful. When ...

Sir Chris, who became a well-known figure during the crisis due to his regular appearances at Downing Street press ...