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Scotland's pandemic Health Secretary has said the country "could have been better prepared" for Covid.
In a stop-start hearing at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Jeane Freeman admitted there were areas in which NHS Scotland could have been more ready for the pandemic.
But she added there was not a plan that "would have been able to cope" with the virus.
Freeman also said Tory austerity measures had an impact on the health service and claimed that Scotland never ran out of personal protective equipment (PPE).
She was attending the hearing remotely on Wednesday afternoon. The first half an hour of the hearing had several breaks as Freeman's internet connection cut out several times during questioning.
Former Scottish Chief Medical Officer Catherine Calderwood, who resigned after breaking her own Covid rules, had also been due to answer questions but her hearing was postponed on Wednesday morning.
Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and former Deputy First Minister John Swinney will speak at the inquiry on Thursday.
Ex-MSP Freeman served as Health Secretary in the Scottish Government between 2018 and 2021.
She was asked by lawyer Kate Blackwell if "lessons hadn't been heeded, plans hadn't been updated, assumptions remained unchallenged and Scotland was not as prepared as it could have been."
Freeman replied: "There were certainly areas where Scotland could have been better prepared in terms of the underlying structure and the delivery of all those recommendations, but Scotland's like other countries around the world, was dealing with a virus, which was unknown and new.
"So in that sense, I don't believe there is a plan that would have been able, in and of itself, to cope with COVID-19."
Freeman also said Tory austerity in the build-up to
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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer With less than a week to go before their contract expires, the leaders of SAG-AFTRA are striking an optimistic note about the progress of negotiations. In a video sent to members on Saturday, union president Fran Drescher and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland say they hope to be able to achieve a deal with the studios. If they do, that would avert a “double strike,” in which performers would join the Writers Guild of America on picket lines outside the major studios. “I just want to assure you that we are having an extremely productive negotiations that are laser-focused on all of the crucial issues you told us are most important to you,” Drescher said. “We’re standing strong and we’re going to achieve a seminal deal.”
SAG-AFTRA leaders told their members today that the guild’s ongoing contract negotiations have been “extremely productive” and that they “remain optimistic” that a fair deal can be reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
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People living on a busy Stockport road say they have been plagued by endless roadworks for the last two years - and want it to stop. Manchester Road, in Heaton Chapel, has been repeatedly dug up to allow utilities firms - responsible for electricity, water, gas and internet - to carry out maintenance and upgrade work.
Robert Downey Jr. described his experience behind bars in a new interview. The "Oppenheimer" actor spent time in prison in the '90s and after his release was later sentenced to federal prison for skipping out on probation after being arrested while driving under the influence.
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Queen Charlotte to keep us going in the meantime, but we can't wait for series three of Bridgerton - especially now that Netflix have released the first-look shots of the show. We'd already been told that Bridgerton series three was set to focus on the relationship between fan favourites Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton), but there are still so many open-ended storylines that we need some closure on.
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