Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 2
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Acknowledged
Paragraph: 59
Previous exercises to test the national response capability, namely Exercises Cygnus and Winter Willow, did...
Conclusion
Previous exercises to test the national response capability, namely Exercises Cygnus and Winter Willow, did not squarely address a disease with the characteristics of covid-19. Nevertheless, some useful lessons were learned and applied, such as the drafting of legislative measures that might be needed.
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The government recognises that previous exercises did not fully address a disease with COVID-19 characteristics and agrees that lessons, such as legislative drafting, can be learned for future outbreaks.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
The government recognises that previous exercises such as Cygnus and Winter Willow have not squarely addressed a disease with the characteristics of COVID-19, and agrees that there are lessons to be learned. For example, the drafting of legislative measures, as was the case in these exercises, that might be needed to tackle similar outbreaks in the future.
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