Pandemic Ready: Safeguarding Our Future Through Preparedness

Final report of the Standing Committee on Pandemic Preparedness. This responds to the commission by the former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, for the Standing Committee on Pandemic Preparedness to provide advice to the Scottish Government on preparedness for future pandemics.


Footnotes

1 WHO Director-General’s keynote address at the University of Glasgow, WHO, 5 March 2024, https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-keynote-address-at-the-university-of-glasgow 5-march-2024

2 UK Government, National Risk Register 2023, 3 August 2023, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-register-2023

3 Scottish Government, ‘Future pandemic expert group established’, 19 August 2021, https://www. gov.scot/news/future-pandemic-expert-group-established/

4 Scottish Government, ‘Standing Committee on Pandemic Preparedness: terms of reference’, 25 April 2022, https://www.gov.scot/publications/standing-committee-on-pandemic-preparedness- terms-of-reference/

5 Scottish Government, ‘Vision for health and social care: Health Secretary speech’, 4 June 2024, https://www.gov.scot/publications/health-secretary-opening-speech-vision-health-social-care/

6 Scottish Government, ‘Standing Committee on Pandemic Preparedness: interim report’, 30 August 2022, https://www.gov.scot/publications/standing-committee-pandemic-preparedness- interim-report/

7 Scottish Government, ‘Standing Committee on Pandemic Preparedness: interim report – appendix’, 30 August 2022, https://www.gov.scot/publications/standing-committee-pandemic- preparedness-appendix-interim-report/

8 Royal Society of Edinburgh, ‘Coming out of Covid-19: Reimagining Scotland’, 26 October 2021, https://rse.org.uk/the-rse-post-covid-19-futures-commission-reimagining-scotland/

9 Scottish Science Advisory Council, ‘Building on the Science Legacy of COVID-19 in Scotland’, 5 April 2022, https://scottishscience.org.uk/publications/ssac-report-building-science-legacy-covid- 19-scotland

10 World Health Organization, ‘Pandemic prevention, preparedness and response accord’, 10 June 2024, https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/pandemic-prevention-- preparedness-and-response-accord

11 G7 pandemic preparedness partnership, ‘100 Days Mission to Respond to Future Pandemic Threats’, 12 June 2021, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/100-days-mission-to- respond-to-future-pandemic-threats

12 Scottish Government, ‘Standing Committee on Pandemic Preparedness: interim report’, 30 August 2022, p.6, https://www.gov.scot/publications/standing-committee-pandemic- preparedness-interim-report/

13 The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry, https://www.covid19inquiry.scot/

14 The UK COVID-19 Inquiry, https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/

15 The UK COVID-19 Inquiry, ‘Module 1 Report – The resilience and preparedness of the United Kingdom’, 18 July 2024, https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/module-1-full-report/

16 UK Covid-19 Inquiry, ‘Module 1 Report – The resilience and preparedness of the United Kingdom’, p.2, 18 July 2024, https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/module-1-full-report/

17 The UK Caldicott Guardian Council, ‘The Caldicott Principles’ https://www.ukcgc.uk/the-caldicott- principles

18 Scottish Government, ‘Health and social care: data strategy’, 22 February 2023, https://www.gov. scot/publications/data-strategy-health-social-care-2/

19 Research Data Scotland, ‘RDS publishes latest business plan’, 8 April 2024, https://www. researchdata.scot/news-and-insights/rds-publishes-latest-business-plan/

20 UK Data Service, What is the Five Safes framework?’, https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/help/secure-lab/what-is-the-five-safes-framework/

21 Royal Society, ‘Dr Anthony Fauci on the lessons from AIDS and COVID-19’, 15 April 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vFLPjYVbp0&t=64s

22 Chief Scientist Office, ‘Innovation’, https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/innovation/

23 NHS Scotland Centre for Sustainable Delivery, ‘Accelerated National Innovation Adoption (ANIA) Pathway’, https://www.nhscfsd.co.uk/media/euil5qvw/introducing-the-ania-pathway-booklet-a5-1.pdf

24 Scottish Government, ‘Standing Committee on Pandemic Preparedness: interim report – appendix’, 30 August 2022, p.13, https://www.gov.scot/publications/standing-committee-pandemic-preparedness-appendix-interim-report/

25 Selected references:

26 COVID-19 National Preparedness Collaborators, ‘Pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: an exploratory analysis of infection and fatality rates, and contextual factors associated with preparedness in 177 countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Sept 30, 2021’, The Lancet, 16 April 2022, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00172-6/fulltext#%20

27 UK Data Service, ‘What is the Five Safes framework?’, https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/help/secure-lab/what-is-the-five-safes-framework/

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