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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The 2004 Civil Contingencies Act has been sidelined throughout the Coronavirus disaster. In the UK emergency planners do not manage the events they plan for. We should acknowledge that they require a proper, fully articulated structure and a system to manage them, backed by renewed national legislation.