Question follow-through · 15215
NHS: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS preparedness for a pandemic.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS preparedness for a pandemic.
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2024
Answer published
Ensuring the United Kingdom is prepared for a future pandemic is a top priority for the Government, and the Department continuously reviews and updates our pandemic preparedness to reflect the latest scientific information, lessons learned from exercises,...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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