Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland had ‘no set plan’ to deal with Covid-style pandemic

Former first minister also tells inquiry communication between UK and devolved administrations was too ad hoc

There was no set plan" in Scotland for dealing with a pandemic of the nature of Covid-19, Nicola Sturgeon has told the UK Covid inquiry.

The former first minister said she accepted that the 2011 four nations pandemic plan - which focused on influenza - was inadequate, but that did not mean no part of it was useful. There is no plan that will ever completely replicate what happens in reality when a pandemic unfortunately confronts us."