'Chaos and panic': Lancet editor says NHS was left unprepared for Covid-19
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Numerous warnings were issued in medical journal but not heeded, Richard Horton writes
The NHS could have prevented "chaos and panic" had the system not been left wholly unprepared for the pandemic, the editor of a British medical journal has said.
Numerous warnings were issued but these were not heeded, Richard Horton wrote in the Lancet. He cited an example from his journal on 20 January, pointing to a global epidemic: "Preparedness plans should be readied for deployment at short notice, including securing supply chains of pharmaceuticals, personal protective equipment, hospital supplies and the necessary human resources to deal with the consequences of a global outbreak of this magnitude."
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