The former prime minister said in a witness statement that the health service had 'failed to grip the decades-old problem'. The claim was disputed by Lord Stevens, who was head of the NHS at the time.
Boris Johnson has claimed he was forced to plunge the UK into lockdown because of NHS 'bed blocking'. In a section of his witness statement shared with the official COVID inquiry, the former prime minister said the 'extreme measures' announced on 23 March 2020 were introduced because the health service had 'failed to grip' the problem of delayed discharges.
' Lord Stevens further told the hearing that senior ministers 'sometimes avoided' Cobra meetings in the early days of the pandemic chaired by Mr Hancock.
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