Thousands of clinically vulnerable not reached at start of Covid crisis, watchdog finds

Lack of contingency planning and outdated data meant that at-risk people could not be contacted Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHundreds of thousands of clinically vulnerable people could not access state support for several weeks at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic because of a dearth of official data, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found.The National Audit Office (NAO) said a lack of contingency planning meant officials had to scramble to develop from scratch a system to identify those who might need support while they were unable to leave their homes. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/10/thousands-of-clinically-vulnerable-not-reached-at-start-of-covid-crisis-watchdog-finds #coronavirus #health_policy #uk_news #public_services_policy