On patients, Healthcare Workers and the wider nhs. The hearings will also focus on issues such as the Diagnosis And Treatment of patients with long covid, protective equipment in hospitals, and the policy of shielding. More than 30,000 people in the uk have shared their personal stories from the pandemic 7 as part of a report called every story matters, which will be published today. At the worst point, i didnt want to live any longer. My lungs were white,. Id got covid pneumonia. Every single household across the country lived through covid in a different way. Everything in you has just drained, gone. The first person i met, mandy, was a community midwife, when reports showed a new virus emerged. Like everybody in Health Care, we were really struggling, trying to get equipment was absolutely horrendous. Mandy still finds it hard to breathe. Even after our short walk. She spent three weeks in hospital after Catching Covid at work at the height of the pandemic. A bit breathless. Coming
the sound of artillery fire. you can tell every minute that this is a city that is being intensely fought over. we start here in the uk, where the prime minister rishi sunak has set out his priorities for 2023 in his first major speech of the year. let s have a listen to some of what he had to say. first, we will have inflation this year to ease the cost of living and give people financial security. second, we will grow the economy, creating better paid jobs and opportunity right across the country. third, we will make sure our national debt is falling so that we can secure the future of public services. fourth, nhs waiting lists will fall, and people will get the kjaer they need more quickly. fifth, we will pass new laws to stop small boats, sunak making sure that if you come to this country sunak illegally, you are detained and swiftly removed. rishi sunak spent the first few weeks of his premiership last autumn trying to restore stability after the turmoil of liz truss go
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