- The Covid-19 inquiry has warned the government must urgently rebuild public trust in vaccines and combat online misinformation ahead of a future pandemic.
- The inquiry's fourth report found that a lack of trust in government and health systems contributed to susceptibility to false information about Covid vaccines.
- It concluded that mandatory vaccines for care workers were a 'political' decision, not based on clinical advice.
- Inquiry chair Heather Hallett called for action across all four nations to build trust in communities with lower vaccine uptake and improve accessibility.
- Despite these concerns, the overall vaccine rollout was hailed as a 'success story' for its rapid development without compromising safety, though a YouGov poll shows 69 per cent of NHS workers feel unprepared for another pandemic.
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