UK Covid-19 Inquiry - Module 1: The resilience and preparedness of the United Kingdom

Chapter 6: A New Approach

The chapter kicks off with a fair suggestion: ministers should question the advice they are given.

A whole series of suggestions follow from the very same people who crafted the box in which they thought and acted: Walport, Vallance, Whitty, Edmunds, and sundry civil servants.

The Inquiry identified eight problems with the quality of advice provided to po…