Covid inquiry: Hallett prescribes ‘red teams’ as antidote to flawed thinking
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from on (#6PAE3)
Lady Hallett says failure to challenge consensus views on UK's readiness to respond to pandemic was acute problem'
Groupthink underpinned the flawed thinking behind the UK's pandemic response, a succession of witnesses at the heart of government told the Covid-19 public inquiry.
The former prime minister and the former chancellor, David Cameron and George Osborne, admitted it; as did the current and former chief medical officers Prof Chris Whitty and Dame Sally Davies. The former health secretary Jeremy Hunt and the Cabinet Office minister Sir Oliver Letwin agreed.
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