raised — health in response to concerns raised by— health in response to concerns raised by dame sally daviesbed in the report as having observer— described in the report as having observer status. does that mean that the cabinet _ observer status. does that mean that the cabinet office was not actively involved. — the cabinet office was not actively involved, but was there in order to observe? — involved, but was there in order to observe? i�*m — involved, but was there in order to observe? �* . . ., �* ,, ., observe? i'm afraid i don't know the answer to that _ observe? i'm afraid i don't know the answer to that question. _ observe? i'm afraid i don't know the answer to that question. these - answer to that question. these exercises are good, it's important they take place. oliver letwin 's evidence about how they should happen with great regularity and at a senior level i think is absolutely right but as i said earlier, in the end you want to have ministers asking questions about what we actually must do, what needs to change, what needs to be put in place, and you want their attention to

— edinburgh, and also dame sally davies.can highlight the third _ present danger", if we can highlight the third paragraph. including the severe _ the third paragraph. including the severe respiratory infection sars, we note _ severe respiratory infection sars, we note that although there are not currently _ we note that although there are not currently vaccines against human coronavirus, there are vaccines against — coronavirus, there are vaccines against animal coronavirus. this was against animal coronavirus. this was a note _ against animal coronavirus. this was a note from — against animal coronavirus. this was a note from a — against animal coronavirus. this was a note from a meeting in march 2015 when _ a note from a meeting in march 2015 when you _ a note from a meeting in march 2015 when you are still in office, a meeting _ when you are still in office, a meeting chaired by the former chief medicai— meeting chaired by the former chief medical officer dame sally davies to whom _ medical officer dame sally davies to w

dame sally said that she was not. important sections of evidence from dame sally davies, the former chief medical officer, about a previous out of those were actually put into practice. the un refugee agency says the number of people who have fled sudan is around 500,000. the figures have been released to mark the world refugee day. the head of the unhcr has been visiting kenya where he has met refugees and held talks with the president there to talk about resettlement plans. my colleague has more. people are forced to fleet homes in order to stay safe from persecution, war or natural disaster and these are the pictures from sudan where thousands of people had to flee their homes after the recent disaster that erupted in the country. thousands of them had to flee via neighbouring countries like egypt. we can have a look at some numbers. there are currently 108.4 million refugees around the world. out of that number, 43.3 million of them are children and under the age of 18 and this is a picture of children from syria who had to flee their homes for safety during the recent conflict. syria has 6.8 million people, the bigge

recall any particular briefing but i had a very close and productive working relationship with dame sally daviesalked to me. we have heard her evidence- in _ talked to me. we have heard her evidence. in some _ talked to me. we have heard her evidence. in some ways - talked to me. we have heard her evidence. in some ways i - talked to me. we have heard her| evidence. in some ways i worried about the fact — evidence. in some ways i worried about the fact i _ evidence. in some ways i worried about the fact i was _ evidence. in some ways i worried about the fact i was not - evidence. in some ways i worried about the fact i was not preparedj evidence. in some ways i worried i about the fact i was not prepared to flick the switch, that i had let the side down in terms of the exercise because i think i felt there was an expectation that they would need someone to make those decisions so i'm sure we would have had a dialogue about it.— i'm sure we would have had a dialogue about it. you say that insirhts dialogue about it. you say that insights from _ dialogue about it. you say that insights from the _

chris whitty, the uk government's chief medical adviser during the pandemic and his predecessor, dame sally daviesence at the inquiry. the aim of the inquiry is to learn lessons for the future. during the pandemic in the united kingdom, tens of thousands of men, women and children lost their lives to covid—19. artificial intelligence could be used in the treatment of more cancers — after a uk study found it could free up radiologists' time. the technology works by speeding up the process of drawing around healthy organs — that's a vital step in radiotherapy which ensures healthy tissue is protected. the uk government is spending £21 million to help roll out ai more widely — as kate lamble reports. radiotherapy is a life saving treatment for cancer patients. but before machines like this can start to shrink tumours, there's a laborious task for doctors. well, you can actually see here... the radiation target needs to be precisely mapped. medics want to avoid weakening bones or damaging organs. so somehow we've got to kind of avoid dose from each of these areas. if we weaken these bones... carefully

england's former chief medical officer, professor dame sally davies, has apologised to bereaved familiesshe gave evidence to the covid public inquiry. the inquiry is currently examining the uk's preparedness ahead of covid. when asked about the country's response to the pandemic professor davis said the uk had lacked resilience to cope with the pandemic, with fewer doctors, nurses or hospital beds than similar countries. let's start with the former chief medical officer, tell us a little more about what she was saying. it seems significant. fix, more about what she was saying. it seems significant.— seems significant. a better day, actuall , seems significant. a better day, actually. as _ seems significant. a better day, actually, as quite _ seems significant. a better day, actually, as quite stark - seems significant. a better day, | actually, as quite stark emotions can she talked about the preparedness of the previous exercise that the uk government had done on the issue of a flu pandemic that we have been hearing a lot about over the last couple of days. indeed an exercise that she in

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i've visited the sites just yesterday the covid inquiry heard from former chief medical officer dame sally davieshat lockdown and _ really the damage that that lockdown and lack of socialisation- lockdown and lack of socialisation has had in this geherahheh— socialisation has had in this generation of— socialisation has had in this generation of preschoolers who havee-h— generation of preschoolers who haveh-h geh— generation of preschoolers who haven't got speech and who are ahahhe— haven't got speech and who are ahahhe he— haven't got speech and who are unable to communicate effectively _ unable to communicate effectively .— unable to communicate effectively . so, yes, because effectively. so, yes, because hhew— effectively. so, yes, because hhew weehh— effectively. so, yes, because they weren't mixing with their eeere— they weren't mixing with their eeere ,— they weren't mixing with their eeere , hhew— they weren't mixing with their peers , they weren't they weren't peers, they weren't they weren't eeehahhehg— peers, they weren't they weren't eeehahhehg ,— peers, they weren't they weren't socia

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for instance, dame sally davies came into my office and said, we have to try to prevent ill health ande regarded as one of the best in the world, that is the only answer i can give you, i know i have repeated it, but that is because it is true. the 2011 strategy to which you refer was the 2011 influenza strategy document, dealing, as it says, on its face, with the strategy for an influenza pandemic.— its face, with the strategy for an influenza pandemic. yes. there was onl ever influenza pandemic. yes. there was only ever one _ influenza pandemic. yes there was only ever one strategy document, wasn't there? that was it? that was the strategy — wasn't there? that was it? that was the strategy document _ wasn't there? that was it? that was the strategy document that - wasn't there? that was it? that was the strategy document that i - wasn't there? that was it? that was the strategy document that i was i the strategy document that i was aware of, of course there was a whole load of underpinning documents and further work, but that was the strategy, yes. find and further work, but that was