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Recommendation 11
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Establishment of UKHSA was a complex and urgent task driven by pandemic imperatives.
Conclusion
The Department told us that there was an operational imperative to establish UKHSA before the winter of 2021–22, which was driven by the state of the pandemic and the need to create a single source of advice for Ministers and a single operational response.26 The establishment of UKHSA was a complex task. The Chair of UKHSA compared it to creating a FTSE 50 sized company through a merger of three entities, with different systems and cultures, in six months.27
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 24 September 2023. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗