Third Report - Coronavirus: lessons learned to date

The government partially accepts the observation, committing to improve the NSRA methodology through an external review by RAEng and exploring ways to increase accessibility for external experts and diversify challenge in risk assessment.

The government partially accepts, acknowledging that lessons from previous pandemic exercises should have been better identified and implemented, and commits to improving future preparedness by developing a new pandemic strategy, investing in R&D, and strengthening international partnerships.

The government partially accepts the recommendation, agreeing on learning from diverse international expertise and detailing how the National Risk Register methodology is being reviewed by the Royal Academy of Engineering to increase external challenge and accessibility.

The government partially accepts, agreeing on positive learning and engagement with international partners and disciplines, and is considering ways to increase external expert accessibility and challenge in the National Risk Assessment process.

The government partially accepts, highlighting ongoing engagement with international practices and efforts to improve the National Risk Assessment (NSRA) methodology and external challenge, though it does not explicitly commit to increasing CCS resourcing or reporting specific stress test results.

The government, without directly acknowledging the "public health failures" conclusion, commits to reforming SAGE in the future to include more diverse and international representation, aiming to improve learning and preparedness.

The government partially accepts, stating it agrees on the importance of learning and engagement with other countries and is considering ways to increase external expert access and diversity of challenge, especially for the National Risk Assessment.

The government partially accepts the recommendation, stating it has published scientific evidence and advice, including SAGE papers, within 10 days of meetings, arguing this strikes a reasonable balance for transparency. They commit to continuing to publish advice and note this will be considered by the COVID-19 Public Inquiry.

The government partially accepts the recommendation, stating it has published scientific evidence and advice, including SAGE papers, within 10 days of meetings, arguing this strikes a reasonable balance for transparency. They commit to continuing to publish advice and note this will be considered by the COVID-19 Public Inquiry.

The government partially accepts, agreeing on the importance of learning and international engagement. It states the Cabinet Office is reviewing the NSRA methodology with the Royal Academy of Engineering and considering ways to increase external expert accessibility and challenge.

The government partially accepts, agreeing on the importance of learning and international engagement. It states the Cabinet Office is reviewing the NSRA methodology with the Royal Academy of Engineering and considering ways to increase external expert accessibility and challenge.

The government partially accepts, agreeing on the importance of learning and international engagement. It states the Cabinet Office is reviewing the NSRA methodology with the Royal Academy of Engineering and considering ways to increase external expert accessibility and challenge.

The government partially accepts, agreeing to learn from international engagement and committing to review the National Risk Assessment (NSRA) methodology to increase external expert challenge and diversity.

The government partially accepts, agreeing on the importance of learning and international engagement. It states the Cabinet Office is reviewing the NSRA methodology with the Royal Academy of Engineering and considering ways to increase external expert accessibility and challenge.

The government partially accepts the recommendation, agreeing on the importance of learning and engagement, and highlighting efforts to improve expert challenge to the National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA) methodology, including an external review by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

The government partially accepts, agreeing on positive learning and engagement with other countries. It details ongoing reviews of the National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA) methodology, including commissioning an external group and considering ways to increase external expert accessibility.

The government partially accepts the implicit recommendation, agreeing to learn from and engage with other countries. It details ongoing improvements to the National Risk Assessment (NSRA) methodology, including increasing expert challenge and international learning, to better prepare for a broader range of risks.

The government partially accepts, agreeing to learn from international engagement and committing to review the National Risk Assessment (NSRA) methodology to increase external expert challenge and diversity.

The government partially accepts the observation, acknowledging that more needs to be done to improve data sharing and interoperability. It cites numerous ongoing programs and initiatives, including the Data Standards Authority and the NHS Data Sharing Service, and commits to making further progress in this area.

The government partially accepts the recommendation, agreeing on the importance of diverse expertise and international learning, which it says it already does flexibly. It highlights commissioning an external review of the National Risk Assessment (NSRA) methodology and is considering ways to increase external expert accessibility and challenge.

The government partially accepts the recommendation, stating improvements to CCS resourcing are being considered following a review. It claims CCS already conducts stress tests and is considering how to report exercise outcomes in the annual report, balanced against security.

The government partially accepts the recommendation, highlighting existing partnerships with St John Ambulance and Royal Voluntary Service for volunteer deployment in specific programmes like vaccinations, and states NHS England is continuing to consider improvements to the volunteer model.

The government partially accepts the recommendation, agreeing on learning from diverse international expertise and detailing how the National Risk Register methodology is being reviewed by the Royal Academy of Engineering to improve expert challenge and accessibility.

The government partially accepts, agreeing to learn from other countries and disciplines. It describes how the Cabinet Office is reviewing the NSRA methodology to increase expert and diverse challenge during and after the process.

The government partially accepts the recommendation, agreeing to learn from international engagement and committing to review the National Risk Assessment (NSRA) methodology to increase external expert challenge and diversity.

The government partially accepts, agreeing on positive learning and engagement with other countries, but the response largely details ongoing reviews of the National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA) methodology and increasing external expert accessibility, rather than committing to making the case for international death reporting standards via WHO.

The government partially accepts the conclusion, agreeing on the importance of learning from other countries and enhancing challenge. It notes an ongoing review by the Royal Academy of Engineering of the National Security Risk Assessment methodology, and the Cabinet Office is considering ways to increase external expert input.

The government partially accepts the committee's findings, agreeing on the vital need for operational competence to rapidly scale up test, trace, and isolate programmes in future emergencies. It highlights UKHSA's current surge capacity (700-800k PCR, 2.5m LFD daily) and commits to working with local authorities and maintaining local relationships to build resilient and scalable infrastructure.

The government partially accepts the recommendation, agreeing on the vital need for operational competence to scale up test and trace. It details UKHSA's current surge capacity (700-800k PCR, 2.5m LFD daily) and commits to working with local authorities and maintaining local relationships to build resilient and scalable infrastructure for future emergencies.

The government partially accepts, detailing a commitment of £5.4 billion over three years for social care reforms and an additional £1.7 billion for the charging system, with more details to be announced later.

The government accepts the recommendation to develop a strategy for securing appropriate PPE for all NHS and care staff, including those from BAME backgrounds, acknowledging the committee's concerns about inequalities. It highlights existing efforts to ensure good fit-test performance for masks and engagement with BAME staff, while asserting that fit-test rates are not generally low.

The government accepts the recommendation, stating it will consider how to reduce health inequalities as part of the levelling up agenda and commits to continued action including developing a Staff Network Maturity Framework and Staff Network Chair development programme through NHS England.