Responding to Dominic Cummings' Select Committee appearance, RCN Chair of Council, Dave Dawes, said:
“Failures in planning, decision-making and accountability left nursing staff dangerously short of the protection they needed from the very beginning of the pandemic. But even today, we are continuing our demands for increased protection for health care workers as new variants emerge.
“Hearing today's proceedings will have been difficult for anyone who has lost a colleague, family member or friend to Covid-19.
"We believe the formal public inquiry should be expedited as a matter of urgency."
