The Didsbury-born husband of Debbie, whom he married at Manchester’s Jackson’s Row Reform Synagogue in 1985, said patients were reporting concerns about cancelled cancer treatment and incorrect Covid-19 test results.

And, while ministers have not yet committed to holding an inquiry, they have widely accepted that there are lessons to be learned.

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