Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 63
63
Not Addressed
The NHS responded quickly and strongly to the demands of the pandemic, but compared to...
Conclusion
The NHS responded quickly and strongly to the demands of the pandemic, but compared to other health systems it “runs hot”—with little spare capacity built in to cope with sudden and unexpected surges of demand such as in a pandemic. Recommendations and lessons learned
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response is a verbatim restatement of a separate committee recommendation (ID 17545) and therefore does not provide a direct response to this conclusion about the NHS's lack of spare capacity.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government · verbatim extract
Not Addressed
The experience of the demands placed on the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic should lead to a more explicit, and monitored, surge capacity being part of the long term organisation and funding of the NHS.
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