Warning comes as former UK minister calls for independent body to plan for future emergencies
Groupthink and British exceptionalism have harmed the UK’s ability to prepare for the Covid-19 pandemic, according to England’s former chief medical officer.
Sally Davies, who was in the role between 2010 and 2019, was speaking during a joint House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and Health and Social Care Committee hearing on lessons learnt from coronavirus on 2 December.