‘As the government faces mounting criticism that well-connected people made millions out of Britain’s PPE crisis, Panorama investigates who won out.’

‘More than £12 billion was spent in the first six months of the pandemic on contracts to provide personal protective equipment.’

‘Reporter Richard Bilton meets one man who made £40 million on a deal and speaks to others who felt ignored in favour of less experienced suppliers. As the government refuses to reveal the full details of all its so-called VIP deals, the programme reveals the high-profile connections to one lucrative contract.’

Watch the full programme here

DAUK’s Chair Dr Jenny Vaughan interviewed on Sky News in March regarding the government’s handling of the pandemic. She highlights that the government should have acted sooner during the first wave and gives her summary of where we’ve been and where we’re possibly heading.

“I’m very worried that there’s a lot of blame shifting going on here and political posturing and point scoring, bottom line is that colleagues of mine have, across the country have given their lives on the front line to save as many lives as possible.”

“And what we should be doing now is to try and actually fix the issues that led to the avoidable deaths. “

Dr Jenny Vaughan

Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden appeared on This Morning where she reacted to Conservative MP Desmond Swayne, who encouraged anti-vaxxers and said the NHS were “exaggerating”

Shaking her head, Dr Samantha replied: “I just can’t even, when you’re a member of the NHS and you are giving your all and spending 16 hours in PPE and working seven days a week, working yourself into the ground to keep patients safe.

“To hear that from somebody representing the government is really upsetting and it’s not acceptable, the pictures that you see of ambulances, queues down the road, they are real, and they have sick patients inside.

“And if the Tory MP wants to see that they are very welcome to volunteer in my ICU, where we are short-staffed, to help turn patients on to their fronts, so that they can fight for their lives.”

“And if the Tory MP wants to see that they are very welcome to volunteer in my ICU, where we are short-staffed, to help turn patients on to their fronts, so that they can fight for their lives.”

Read the report in The Mirror here: https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-begs-covid-sceptical-tory-23400306

Dr Katie Sanderson of DAUK spoke to CNN this morning regarding the growing trend of Covid deniers. She explained:

“The reason it is so upsetting people saying covid is a hoax is because you know that it will cause some people to behave in a way where they take risks they wouldn’t otherwise have taken. They get COVID and they potentially become very, very unwell. And that’s preventable.”

“And you just sometimes wonder, what do these people want? Do they want people to be dying in hospital car parks, dying in the streets, dying in corridors before they will accept that this is this is serious? It sort of beggars belief.”

She explained that “It’s unknown how effective the vaccination is going to be with this delay of the second dose, and that’s really concerning.”

Watch the full clip here.

“I support my patients who have already been consented to have their vaccine at the three week mark.” said Dr Patel

“What people need to do, is to take notice of what the government’s been saying about staying at home, literally only doing things really essential when it comes to shopping and exercise, and not going partying on New Year’s Eve.” Dr Jenny Vaughn, Vice Chair of DAUK, speaking on BBC.

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