Home / Tags / Pandemic Preparedness
Index live
Tag

Pandemic Preparedness

Recommendations related to pandemic preparedness

11 recommendations 18% accepted

Tag overview

Government Response
Accepted (1)
Accepted in Part (1)
Awaiting Response (9)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 1 inquiry

Across 1 inquiry

COVID-19 Inquiry

Tagged Recommendations

11 total
COVID-M1.4 Accepted in Part COVID-19 Inquiry

UK-wide Civil Emergency Strategy

The UK government and devolved administrations should together introduce a UK-wide whole-system civil emergency strategy (which includes pandemics) to prevent each emergency and also to reduce, control and mitigate its …

- The available evidence indicates partial implementation across the UK. Scotland reported its action delivered and closed, while the latest cited UK Government update still …
Cabinet Office
COVID-M1.5 Accepted COVID-19 Inquiry

Pandemic Data Systems and Research

The UK government, working with the devolved administrations, should establish mechanisms for the timely collection, analysis, secure sharing and use of reliable data for informing emergency responses, in advance of …

- The available evidence indicates partial implementation across the UK. Scotland reported its action delivered and closed, while the latest cited UK Government update still …
Cabinet Office
COVID-M3.1 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

IPC Structures and Transmission Risk

The UK government must ensure that there is a body (equivalent to the UK Infection Prevention and Control Cell) in place ready to be convened at the outset of any …

- The Module 3 report was published on 19 March 2026. - No formal government response to Module 3 recommendations has been published as of …
Department of Health and…
COVID-M3.2 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Visiting Restrictions Guidance

The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should publish guidance for the implementation of visiting restrictions in hospitals in the event of a future pandemic. The …

- The Module 3 report was published on 19 March 2026. - No formal government response to Module 3 recommendations has been published as of …
Department of Health and…
COVID-M3.3 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Fit-Testing Preparedness

The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should work with employers, including health boards and trusts, to review the availability of qualified fit testers and take …

- The Module 3 report was published on 19 March 2026. - No formal government response to Module 3 recommendations has been published as of …
Department of Health and…
COVID-M3.5 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Scale Up Urgent and Emergency Care

The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, in conjunction with organisations responsible for delivering services, should plan for surge capacity in urgent and emergency care during …

- The Module 3 report was published on 19 March 2026. - No formal government response to Module 3 recommendations has been published as of …
Department of Health and…
COVID-M4.1 No Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Establish Pharmaceutical Expert Advisory Panel

The UK government should establish a standing pharmaceutical expert advisory panel, in consultation with the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The …

- An implementation status cannot yet be assessed. No government response or recommendation-specific delivery evidence was located by 23 July 2026, so the absence of …
Department of Health and…
COVID-M5.1 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Pandemic Stockpile Composition and Inspection

The UK government and devolved administrations should ensure, within 12 months of the publication of this Report, that the pandemic stockpiles: retain stock that is better aligned with the range …

- An implementation status cannot yet be assessed. No government response or recommendation-specific delivery evidence was located by 23 July 2026, so the absence of …
Department of Health and…
COVID-M5.3 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Emergency Procurement and Distribution Systems

The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, within 12 months of the publication of this Report, should each have ready systems for the emergency procurement and …

- An implementation status cannot yet be assessed. No government response or recommendation-specific delivery evidence was located by 23 July 2026, so the absence of …
Department of Health and…
COVID-M5.4 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Emergency Healthcare Equipment Regulations

The UK government and devolved administrations should publish simplified regulations for emergency healthcare equipment that are aligned with and cover the range and severity of pandemic risks identified in the …

- An implementation status cannot yet be assessed. No government response or recommendation-specific delivery evidence was located by 23 July 2026, so the absence of …
Department of Health and…
COVID-M5.6 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Blueprints for Critical Care Medical Technology

The UK government and devolved administrations should jointly commission a group of experts to develop blueprints for rapidly scalable critical care medical technology, aligned with the range and severity of …

- An implementation status cannot yet be assessed. No government response or recommendation-specific delivery evidence was located by 23 July 2026, so the absence of …
Department of Health and…