Over the summer, NHS chiefs were told not to worry too much about a second wave because the £12 billion test-and-trace would be zapping new cases. That, to put it politely, didn’t work – and the NHS is dealing with the fallout. Matt Hancock now faces a normal winter hospital surge combining with Covid. He now wears a ‘protect the NHS’ facemask, a message controversial with doctors who fear it deters the sick from getting the treatment they need.