Ministers shifting blame to Public Health England for Covid-19 errors, say experts
by Denis Campbell and Peter Walker from Science | The Guardian on (#558G5)
Former health officials say the government is unfairly laying fault at the door of PHE
Experts have accused ministers of shifting the blame for their own mistakes during the coronavirus crisis on to Public Health England, amid speculation that the agency may be scrapped.
Downing Street on Wednesday failed to guarantee that PHE will survive in its present form as an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care when the government reviews its response to Covid-19.
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