The Government was too reliant on scientific advice during Covid and didn't give enough weight to the economic impact of lockdown, health officials say 🔴 Chris Whitty says “cost-effectiveness” and “health economics” should be considered in future
The current and former chief medical officers for England have both suggested that the expertise the government received through the Sage committee should have been balanced with economic advice on the costs ofAn excerpt of the written submission by current Chief Medical Officer, Professor, to Baroness Hallett’s inquiry reveals he recommends that the “cost effectiveness of particular interventions” and “health economics” should be taken into account alongside medical and scientific advice in...
She says that ministers “need a balance to the biomedical input from Sage and to look at the health emergency/pandemic from the perspective of the economy and well-being of society”. In the early stages of the pandemic in 2020, Mr Johnson – regularly flanked by Sir Chris and Sir Patrick Vallance, who was chief scientific adviser, at Downing Street press conferences – insisted his government was “following the science”.
In written evidence, Sir Chris, who will testify in person before Lady Hallett on Thursday, says: “There may be a need to look at operational issues and the cost effectiveness of particular interventions within CMO or SAGE advice, so health economics may be relevant to the medical and scientific advice.
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