Government under fire for failing to act on pandemic recommendations
by Jamie Doward from Science | The Guardian on (#52BPC)
A simulation exercise three years ago had a 'sobering impact', and warned about lack of NHS capacity to deal with an outbreak
The government is under pressure to reveal how it responded to four key recommendations made three years ago after a major simulation exercise found the NHS would not cope in the face of a flu pandemic.
The recommendations are revealed in the June 2017 minutes of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group - Nervtag - which advises the government on pandemics.
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