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Sixth Report - Coronavirus: lessons learned to date

Health and Social Care Committee HC 92 Published 12 October 2021
Report Status
Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations
200 items (44 recs)
Government Response
AI assessment · 155 of 200 classified
Accepted 37
Accepted in Part 21
Acknowledged 23
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 61
Rejected 12
Government response
Government’s Response to the Health and Social Care Committee and Science and Technology Committee Joint Report: Coronavirus: Lessons Learned to Date · published 30 Jun 2022
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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
4 Conclusion Deferred
Para 61

The Civil Contingencies Secretariat did not have adequate resources to maintain a substantial standing capability...

Conclusion
The Civil Contingencies Secretariat did not have adequate resources to maintain a substantial standing capability to survey the development of potential threats, and it had a limited reach into the range of Government departments required to respond to a pandemic. … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government partially accepted the underlying issue, noting that CCS capabilities are under regular review and a new Resilience Strategy is being developed to consider the resourcing and capabilities of CCS and other relevant bodies.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Department of Health and Social Care
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