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”.