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

Emergency Planning

Wales has developed three regional emergency response coordination centres, but the rest of the UK is not following suit. Abundant experience from the rest of Europe shows that regional coordination of civil protection resources makes sense. For years, local authorities have been starved of funds and resources. The local level.

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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. The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.