COVID-19: Supply of ventilators

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 24 Sep 2020 Closed: 25 Mar 2021 Parliament page
This inquiry continues our work on the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, focussing on the NAO’s investigation into the supply chains and procurement of ventilators. The NAO report will set out the facts about the government’s spending on efforts to rapidly increase the number of ventilators available to the … Read more
10 Recommendations
12 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 4 events
25 Mar
2021
Report published
16 Mar
2021
Correspondence
25 Nov
2020
Report published
12 Oct
2020
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
12 Oct 2020
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COVID-19: Supply of ventilators
Alex Chisholm · Cabinet Office David Williams · Daily Mail Emily Lawson · NHS England and NHS Improvement Gareth Rhys Williams · Crown Commercial Service Sir Chris Wormald · Department of Health and Social Care
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twenty-seventh Report - Covid-19: Supply of ventilators HC 685 25 Nov 2020 22 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
7 Conclusion Deferred
Twenty-seventh Report - Covid-19: …
When we challenged the Department on why it did not begin its initial efforts to...
When we challenged the Department on why it did not begin its initial efforts to buy more ventilators until the 3 March, it explained that there was a “huge amount” of work done in February to understand the disease and … Read more
Government Response
The government agreed to consider standardising local asset register information in the longer term, including promoting standardised taxonomies and information exchange, with a broader target implementation date of Summer 2021.
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Government Response AI assessment · 22 of 10 classified
Accepted 12
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 6
Total 10 recs + 12 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
16 Mar 2021 Correspondence from Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary, re Treasury Minute response – Covid-19: Supply of Ventilators, dated 12 March 2021
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