Hancock was ‘frustrated’ by reluctance to use private sector in Covid testing

Former health secretary Matt Hancock has told the Covid-19 Inquiry he was “deeply frustrated” by Public Health England’s reluctance to involve the private sector in scaling up the UK’s testing capacity.

He said the agency did not have the capacity to scale up when it came to testing, and expressed doubt that it could be ramped up “at the flick of a switch” if another