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\u201cOne of the points that I think has been well made by Oliver Letwin and by others, is that it is training; it is the acquisition of general skills in crisis management, that is among the most useful ways of ensuring we have pandemic preparedness.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd of course, it is possible that had a particular meeting or had a particular work stream been taken forward then we might have identified something that could have strengthened our ability to weather the pandemic.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut nowhere have I seen – outside of one or two scholarly articles from John Hopkins and elsewhere – anyone who was suggesting that Government should be orienting its work towards the particular type of pandemic that Covid was to become.\u201d<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Mr Gove\u2019s argument tallies with that given some weeks ago by former Health Secretary Matt Hancock.<\/p>\n Mr Hancock used his evidence session to also argue Brexit preparations helped Britain come through the pandemic.<\/p>\n Mr Hancock told the inquiry Brexit prep stopped Britain\u2019s intensive care drugs from \u201crunning out\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe work done for a no deal Brexit on supply chains was the difference between running out of medicines in the peak of the pandemic and not running out.<\/p>\n \u201cWe came extremely close within hours of running out of medicines for intensive care during the pandemic, it wasn\u2019t widely reported at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n “At the point at which the pandemic struck, because of the no-deal Brexit work, we knew more about the pharmaceutical supply chain in the UK than at any time in history.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had relationships with the pharmaceutical suppliers and the data to know exactly who had what available and where and the extent of that information was the difference between running out and not running out of drugs in intensive care in the pandemic.<\/p>\n
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