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UK Science, Research and Technology Capability and Influence in Global Disease Outbreaks

Inquiry

The Coronavirus covid-19 outbreak is the latest in a series of disease outbreaks that have spread internationally, presenting major challenges to communities, national governments and international institutions. 

Scientific knowledge and advice are foundational to the prevention, management and treatment of these global outbreaks, at both an international and national level. 

Once the covid-19 pandemic has passed its peak, it will be necessary for international and national systems to learn from the crisis. The Science and Technology Committee will inquire formally into the place of UK research, science and technology in the national and global response, and what lessons should be learned for the future. 

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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First Report - The UK response to covid-19: use of scientific advice
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Response to this report
Government Response to the Science and Technology Committee report: The UK Response to Covid-19: Use of Scientific Advice
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Correspondence

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Correspondence from Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, relating to the rapid stand-up of Covid-19 testing
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Correspondence from the Chair to Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, relating to the rapid stand-up of Covid-19 testing
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Correspondence from Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to the Chair relating to the rapid stand-up of Covid-19 testing
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Oral evidence transcripts

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30 March 2022
Inquiry UK Science, Research and Technology Capability and Influence in Global Disease Outbreaks
Witnesses Professor Ann John (Co-Chair at Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (SPI-B).)
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2 March 2022
Inquiry UK Science, Research and Technology Capability and Influence in Global Disease Outbreaks
Witnesses Dr Sarah Scobie (Deputy Director of Research at Nuffield Trust), Ed Humpherson (Director General for Regulation and Head at Office for Statistics Regulation), Professor Graham Medley (Chair at Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M).), Dr Raghib Ali (Senior Clinical Research Associate at MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge), and Dr Camilla Holten-Møller (Chair, the Expert Group for Mathematical Modelling at Statens Serum Institut, Denmark)
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14 December 2021
Inquiry UK Science, Research and Technology Capability and Influence in Global Disease Outbreaks
Witnesses Dame Kate Bingham (Former Chair at UK Vaccine Taskforce), Dr Angelique Coetzee (Chair at South African Medical Association), Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, Moderna, UK Health Security Agency, and UK Health Security Agency
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Written evidence

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Office for Statistics Regulation (C190126)
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Professor Simon Wood (Professor of Statistical Computing at University of Edinburgh) (C190125)
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Professor Graham Medley (Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (C190124)
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