The Covid Inquiry has been presented with an incredibly complex flow chart that exposes the Government’s convoluted chain of command tasked with protecting the British population from future pandemics. Created in August 2019, the diagram links over 100 organizations involved in preparing the country for potential infectious threats, including the Cabinet Office, Department of Health, and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). However, the diagram, despite being a helpful representation of the system, appears more like a tangled bowl of spaghetti than a clear, coordinated framework for a cogent national response. The inquiry will investigate six modules, including the UK’s preparedness for a pandemic, the decisions made by UK leaders to combat the virus, the impact of Covid on healthcare systems, vaccines and therapeutics, government procurement, and the care sector.
Chief lawyer of the inquiry, Hugo Keith, has stated that the confusing organizational web of committees and subcommittees made it challenging to determine who was responsible for overseeing the state of preparedness for infectious threats. Officials failed to consider the potentially massive impact that lockdowns would cause in the UK, indicating that the country was unprepared. Brexit further hampered the UK’s pandemic preparedness, as it required an enormous amount of logistical planning and may have drained critical resources. Lawyers for bereaved families have criticized the Government’s preoccupation with Brexit, expressing concerns that it drained resources and capacity needed to combat potential infectious threats. The Covid Inquiry is set to hold hearings across the UK until at least 2025 and has promised to include bereaved families and an ambitious investigation to recognize their loss.
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