During the Covid inquiry, it was revealed that the UK government disregarded timely advice from Nobel laureates Sir Paul Nurse and Sir Peter Ratcliffe recommending routine testing for healthcare workers. Their April 2020 letter to the health secretary went unanswered for three months, which Sir Paul expressed was alarming. The delay in implementing comprehensive testing policies likely exacerbated the pandemic's effects, resulting in higher infection and mortality rates among NHS and care home staff, revealing critical failings in the pandemic response by the government.
For the secretary of state to ignore a letter from two Nobel laureates in physiology or medicine for three months is a little surprising, I would say.
It was likely that the decision not to routinely test NHS and care home staff led to an increase in infections and deaths in the early stages of the pandemic.
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