Peers have criticised the government’s handling of swine flu saying some of its pandemic plans were under-prepared.
The Lords’ science and technology committee calls for clarity on how intensive and critical care departments will cope with high patient numbers.
And it wants to know how the government will ensure NHS staff are supported in providing services outside their usual expertise when it’s all hands on deck.
Ministers maintain that the UK was well placed to cope with the pandemic.
The committee praised the government’s actions in stockpiling antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu and entering into advance purchase agreements for pandemic specific vaccines, but it asked for better guidance on ethical decisions on who could have access to these treatments.
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