Poor data flows hampered government’s Covid-19 response, says the Science and Technology Committee
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee finds poor data management to have hampered the government’s Covid-19 pandemic response
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Published: 08 Jan 2021 0:01
Poor data flows and a failure to capitalise on UK strengths in data science have bedevilled the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has found.
The committee’s 92-page report,
The UK response to Covid-19: use of scientific advice, published 8 January, is focused on how the government has obtained and made use of scientific advice during the pandemic.