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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

UK has no plan for mobilising doctors if war breaks out, top military chief admits

The UK currently has no plan for how to mobilise doctors, nurses and hospitals in the event of all-out war, the UK’s top military chief has admitted, in yet another sign of Britain’s unpreparedness for a possible conflict.

Giving evidence in front of the Commons defence select committee, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said the UK currently doesn’t have a “complete plan for how we would mobilise the National Health Service in the event of armed conflict at an Article Five level”.

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