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

Emergency Planning

Yet the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts include no experts on managing emergencies, even though this is the most extensive, and perhaps the most profound, emergency that the country has faced in the last 75 years. Covid-19 has revealed that the UK civil protection system is inadequate.

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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.