Excess deaths - time to stop the headlines and do the serious work
The Health Secretary had an epiphany. Will that translate into serious investigations?
The Health Secretary Steve Barclay told Sky News that “it’s extremely complicated as to what the drive of those excess deaths are” and called the year-ending report of the excess deaths “concerning.”
An epiphany that is late but welcome.
In August 2022, we drew attention to the rising toll of excess deaths. In the week ending 29 July, deaths were 18 pe…