there is the section on global and public health. if you could scroll down the page, please. paragraph five. the main work areas in the group are, the first bullet point, emergency preparedness and health protection, director emma reed, this directory prepares for and response to emergencies including cobra and works on the government s prevent strategy. it practices for terrorist or other threats such as pandemic flu or a bowler, it ensures the delivery of national immunisation and screening programmes. it also runs a global health security programme, supporting middle and low income countries. there was no reference there, in that first day briefing pack, to the level of risk that pandemic flu posed. there is no
emma reed. introduction to emergency preparedness, resilience and response, and on that first page, we can see in paragraph one, a reference to the fact that the dhs sea, and conjunction with nhs england and public health england must provide a coordinated response to the challenge of risks set out in the national risk assessment, such as national hazards. that includes the risk of pandemic flu? yes. you can see references the risk of pandemic flu? yes. you can see references to the risk of pandemic flu? ie3 you can see references to the department coordinating health response to the incidents in salisbury and amesbury. emergency preparedness, above paragraph six, the civil contingencies act 2004 outlines the national response to civil