In May 2021, the government published the Boardman review into government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic. It aimed to understand what lessons the government could learn from the procurement of PPE, ventilators, vaccines, test and trace and food parcels for the clinically extremely vulnerable to be better equipped to meet any future similar challenge. It made 28 recommendations across five broad themes of preparedness and strategy, organisational structures, resourcing, purchasing, a...

In May 2021, the government published the Boardman review into government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic. It aimed to understand what lessons the government could learn from the procurement of PPE, ventilators, vaccines, test and trace and food parcels for the clinically extremely vulnerable to be better equipped to meet any future similar challenge. It made 28 recommendations across five broad themes of preparedness and strategy, organisational structures, resourcing, purchasing, and governance and regulation.57 The Cabinet Office wrote to us in May and informed us that the Prime Minister had agreed to accept all of the review’s re Type: conclusion | Number: 27 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 5: PAC conclusion: Government has yet to improve its approach to managing risk or set out which trade-offs it intends to make in future emergencies. 5: PAC recommendation: The Cabinet Office should, by 31 October 2021, write to us detailing how, and when, it will