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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

COBRA, the national 'nerve centre' for directing major emergency actions in the UK, is a relatively small entity that does not match up to the specifications of a well-endowed national emergency operations centre. Organised voluntarism must be fully incorporated into the civil protection system. Culture and inclusiveness.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

Since 2008, pandemics have been top of the list of 96 threats and hazards in the UK National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies in all editions. Covid-19 has revealed that the UK civil protection system is inadequate. The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.