haven t managed to persuade enough people to get vaccinated. the measures we have introduced over the past few weeks have helped to increase the numbers of the vaccinated, but not by enough. for a long time, it was the political consensus that we did not want a vaccine mandate, but now we have to look at the reality. the national audit office has accused the government of being under prepared for a pandemic like covid 19. in a new report, the spending watchdog says ministers and officials had anticipated a flu pandemic, or a highly infectious disease such as ebola, but not for a virus like covid, where some of those infected don t show symptoms. the department of health said there would be a full public inquiry next year. let s speak to mike granatt, former head of the civil contingencies secretariat in the cabinet office. thank you very much forjoining us. how surprised do you think the government ought to be about a report like this when there were
eisenhower, who said that all plans fail at first contact with the enemy but planning is central. it doesn t matter planning will fail and you need to examine the system and evidence about the system and you understand the system. if you don t plan, you can t do that properly. the second thing is, if you have proper plans in place you can push decision makers into making the right decisions at the right time and i suspect that the public enquiry will have to look very hard at how these decisions were made and how ministers were stimulated to look at the right things at the right time. look at the right things at the right time- look at the right things at the riuhttime. ~~ v, iv, ,, v v, right time. mike, really appreciate ou talkin: right time. mike, really appreciate you talking to right time. mike, really appreciate you talking to us right time. mike, really appreciate you talking to us and right time. mike, really appreciate you talking to us and much - right time. mike, re
early investment by the government in research and development is praised by mps. the vaccine taskforce being set up outside government is described as a master stroke, with the success of the vaccine programme said to have redeemed many failings elsewhere. the report praises the response of the nhs to the pandemic, with a rapid increase in critical care beds. but it notes that even before covid struck, most hospitals were running at close to full capacity, and that meant that services, including some cancer care, were put on hold. the ensuing backlog has become one of the enduring legacies of the pandemic. the mps note that bame communities experienced high levels of severe illness and death, which highlighted inequalities in society. the government response is that they have been consistently guided by scientific experts and are committed to learning lessons from the pandemic. hugh pym, bbc news. i m joined now by mike granatt,
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