“The Government’s UK COVID-19 Inquiry highlighted its own failings in its first module, published in July 2024. It highlighted inadequate planning, dated and inadaptable plans, little consideration of existing health and social inequalities, limited scientific and inadequate training provided to Government ministers, flawed risk assessments, outdated documentation, and lack of freedom and autonomy to express different opinions – allowing ‘groupthink’ mentalities to prevail during decision making.
“Resilience clearly needed to be pushed up the agenda not just in UK Government, but across agencies, companies, voluntary groups and, ultimately, the entire population.”
In a new article, DRI Director of Global Strategy and Innovation Rachael Elliott looks at the pros and cons of the UK’s new Government Resilience Action Plan. What is the verdict? Check out the full article in Resilience Forward.
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