Government intervention was required when supply routes for PPE couldn’t meet the rapid upswing in demand following steep rise in Covid 19 cases.

Ideally infection rates will continue to drop, but planning guidance means we must prepare for infection rates continuing at the present rate into next year (including over the winter) or a second wave later this year.

This discussion paper summarises the demand modelling and future planning presentation given at the recent Task & Finish Group meeting.

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