Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK

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Truth, justice, accountability, saving lives 7,000 bereaved families Creators of the Covid Memorial Wall Press: press@covidfamiliesforjustice.org

We welcome the conviction of a man who cashed in while our loved ones died. Yet so many rich and powerful individuals, like Michelle Mone, have faced no justice. We will not stop fighting until we hold everyone who profited at our loved ones' expense to account. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fraudster jailed over multi-million pound PPE scam

Craig Morris was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison at Northampton Crown Court.

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How do we know whether the recommendations from the Covid-19 Inquiry are actually translating into change? Featured on the hub today, a tracker created by @cbffjuk.bsky.social to monitor the UK Government’s progress in implementing the inquiry's recommendations. www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...

Covid Inquiry Recommendations Tracker (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice)

The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice has created a tracker to monitor the UK Government’s progress in implementing the recommendations of the Covid-19 Inquiry

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👀 Read my blog on the PPE scandal & how we’re still fighting for accountability. Without true accountability, we won’t be protected for the future. @cbffjuk.bsky.social @lawrencedunhill.bsky.social

Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK@cbffjuk.bsky.social · last wk.

The PPE scandal has been exposed. Why has almost nobody been held responsible? Our member @profnaomifulop.bsky.social writes for Patient Safety Learning’s hub on the VIP Lane and bereaved families’ fight for accountability. www.pslhub.org/learn/corona...

Chris Wormald’s failures during the pandemic “obscured reality and the need for more action”, according to the Covid Inquiry. He was rewarded with a peerage Now we learn he received a record £500,000 payout after being sacked. Reward for failure. www.ft.com/content/6913...

Top UK civil servant received record £500,000 payout after Starmer sacking

Sudden circumstances of Chris Wormald’s exit led to a much more generous settlement than initially thought

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👀 Read impt covid inquiry report findings on UK Govt ‘VIP lane’ used to procure PPE frm people with political connections incl friend of Michael Gove’s who ran a fashion company. PPE bought through VIP lane was of poorer quality & higher cost. @lawrencedunhill.bsky.social @cbffjuk.bsky.social

Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK@cbffjuk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Covid-19 Inquiry has today released its findings on Module 5, including the ‘VIP Lane’, which enabled suppliers with political connections to win huge PPE contracts during the pandemic 🧵1/

"The Covid-19 inquiry’s procurement report and the Hillsborough law are not accidental companions...In both cases the movement for justice was driven by ordinary people who refused to let institutions control the account of their own failures." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on Covid and Hillsborough: families forced the state to face the truth | Editorial

Editorial: Lady Hallett exposed waste and secrecy. Hillsborough campaigners showed why public bodies must be honest before and after catastrophe strikes

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My Dad was a London bus driver who contracted Covid and died, because he had no PPE or modifications on his bus. So it breaks my heart to have it confirmed that £10bn was wasted on PPE that was not fit for purpose. How many deaths could have been avoided had the Conservatives used proper channels.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK@cbffjuk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 Our full statement responding to the 5th report of the Covid-19 Inquiry - which covered the Government's procurement failings, including the £10 BILLION wasted on PPE

Very pleased to give bereaved families’ statement following publication today of #covidinquiry report into procurement. Lays bare the corruption & cronyism that led to avoidable deaths, incl my mum’s, & wasted billions of public £. @cbffjuk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

‘Catastrophic failure’: UK Covid families welcome inquiry findings on PPE

Campaigners feel vindicated by some of report’s conclusions but are unconvinced by its verdict on VIP lane

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Today I am back in London for the Covid Inquiry as the report on Procurement will be published. Unfortunately some of the report will remain secret while we all wait for the NCA to complete its (6 year?) investigation into Medpro. A reminder of some of the key points: