Recommendation COVID-M5.6: Blueprints for Critical Care Medical Technology
From Module 5: Procurement, published 14 July 2026.
Recommendation
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 pandemic risks identified in the National Security Risk Assessment, within 12 months of the publication of this Report.
The blueprints should be issued in accordance with the emergency healthcare equipment regulations and buyer’s guide (see Recommendation 4 of this Report) and regularly reviewed to ensure that they reflect technological advances.
In brief (written by this site)
The Inquiry recommended commissioning expert blueprints for scalable intensive care medical technology. In September 2026, the Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 5 report when the Executive Office's publications list was checked (Northern Ireland Executive response, Sep 2026). A check of gov.scot in September 2026 recorded that the Scottish Government had not published a response to the July 2026 report (Scottish Government response, Sep 2026). The Welsh Government also had not published a response when its collection of inquiry module responses on GOV.WALES was checked in September 2026 (Welsh Government response, Sep 2026). The record holds nothing dated later than the response of September 2026 (Welsh Government response, Sep 2026).
Sources
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 2 Oct 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
No formal government response published. The Welsh Government had not published a response to the Module 5 report of 14 July 2026 when its page of responses to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry module reports on GOV.WALES was checked on 25 September 2026.
No formal government response published. The Scottish Government had not published a response to the Module 5 report of 14 July 2026 when its collection of responses to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on gov.scot was checked on 25 September 2026.
No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 5 report of 14 July 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was checked on 25 September 2026.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Department of Health and Social Care has been found in the sources searched (last checked 20 October 2026). This is separate from the response above.
Responsible bodies
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Who has spoken
- Welsh Government
Response - Scottish Government
Response - Northern Ireland Executive
Response