preparedness

Work on the first two modules - resilience and preparedness; and decision-making and political governance - has finished.

"Those lessons must inform our preparedness for, and response to, any future pandemic or society-wide emergency in the future," she said.

She underlined that lessons from the inquiry "must inform our preparedness for, and response to, any future pandemic or society-wide emergency in the future".

The findings follow the inquiry's first report published last year, which focused on "resilience and preparedness" for the health emergency.

“There is nothing to do but confess my lack of preparedness to Miss Mortimer,” she thought.