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Helen MacNamara’s quietly devastating evidence to the Covid inquiry reminded me how desperately we need more women channelling their anger into politics, says Emma Beddington

I told Chris Whitty at the time that scientists were providing cover for weak leaders taking harmful decisions, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Former health secretary was seen as an overconfident ‘liar’ during the pandemic, according to former colleagues

Former NHS England boss Simon Stevens turns out to be just the warmup act for the main event, Christopher Wormald

Editorial: The absence of national planning for the pandemic and Boris Johnson’s shameful leadership are in the spotlight

Letters: Michael Rosen, Jane M Card, Colin Montgomery, Prof Pete Dorey and two others respond to the news of Boris Johnson’s attitude to the spread of Covid

The search for blame rather than truth at the inquiry is fuelling a theatre of humiliation, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Simon Stevens and Chris Wormald recall inefficiency, lack of planning and a ‘horrible dilemma’ on life-or-death decisions

Two stories caught my eye this week. First, that the elderly are being left hanging about in A&E waiting rooms while younger people “with simpler needs” get seen more rapidly, within the four-hour target. “Our study demonstrates older people living with frailty may not be appropriately prioritised within the acute…