Anyone else think this should've happened a little sooner?
The job will be within the Emergency and Health Protection Directorate, which the advert says ‘plays a vital role in preparing for and responding to all types of national incidents, such as diseases, outbreaks or terrorist attacks’. It will also involve also ‘providing policy leadership across the health and care system’ to prepare the nation for future health crises.
‘It’s very clear now how ill prepared the nation was at the outset and how they failed to heed the warnings from numerous exercises.’ The Department of Health and Social care spokesperson said: ‘This is not a brand new role – we have had an experienced pandemic preparedness team in place for many years who have covered these responsibilities across a number of different posts. This simply reflects an expansion and merging of different teams.’
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