UK ‘no better prepared for the next pandemic’ with ‘dangerous gaps’ in its health security
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A former Government advisor has warned that the NHS would not survive another deadly new virus, as the Covid-19 inquiry begins on Tuesday.
By Sarah Newey, global health security correspondent
The UK is no better prepared for the next pandemic than it was for the coronavirus, a former top Government scientific advisor has warned.
Ahead of the Covid-19 inquiry – which kicks off on Tuesday with preliminary hearings on Britain’s pandemic preparedness and response – academics, Government insiders and industry experts said the country still has ‘dangerous gaps’ in its health security.
The UK has performed well in several areas, including vaccine development, the agility of regulators and the ONS surveillance programme. But experts are concerned that key infrastructure has been sold or dismantled, that coordination within Whitehall on pandemics is lacking, and that the NHS would not survive another deadly new virus.
‘I was one of the people who thought the pandemic would be a great incen...
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