Pandemic Preparedness
Recommendations related to pandemic preparedness
7
Recommendations
29% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (1)Accepted in Part (1)Awaiting Response (5)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 1 inquiry
Across 1 inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
7 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 government accepted this recommendation with modification in its response published 16 January 2025, rejecting a single unified UK strategy as "unwieldy" but committing …
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 government accepted this recommendation in its response published 16 January 2025, agreeing that data and research are crucial to pandemic preparedness (UK Government …
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 …
No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
Department of Health and…