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This was not the only way to proceed, and indeed the UK was an outlier...
Conclusion
This was not the only way to proceed, and indeed the UK was an outlier internationally in the gradualist approach that was being taken before late March.120 Countries in East Asia were the first to experience covid-19. Their response was a much more rapid and muscular imposition of social distancing and requirements to isolate.121
Government Response
Acknowledged
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
We endorse the Health and Social Care Committee’s call for additional resources to be directed to social care. That Committee has made the case for an increase of £7 billion a year by 2023/24. We note that despite the government’s recent announcement the level of new investment in social care from 2023/24 remains unclear.
Source
Inquiry
Coronavirus: lessons learnt
Report
Third Report - Coronavirus: lessons learned to date
12 Oct 2021
HC 92
Addressee Bodies
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Timeline
Recommendation age
4.6 yrs
Report published
12 Oct 2021