Matt Hancock says he ‘reluctantly’ stopped non-urgent treatment during pandemic
by PA Media from World news | The Guardian on (#6SCYX)
Former health secretary was also pressed on the slowness' of the resumption of elective care, at Covid inquiry
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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