Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which health bodies from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were involved in Exercise Pegasus.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Exercise PEGASUS, the largest simulation of a pandemic in the United Kingdom’s history, involved all four nations and thousands of participants across different parts of the exercise. Participants that are health bodies included, but were not limited to:

• the Department of Health and Social Care;
• the Welsh Government, via the Health, Social Care and Early Years Group;
• the Scottish Government, via the Directorate General, Health and Social Care;
• Northern Ireland’s Department of Health;
• the UK Health Security Agency;
• Public Health Wales;
• Public Health Scotland;
• the Northern Ireland Public Health Agency;
• NHS England, including all seven regions;
• NHS Supply Chain;
• NHS Wales, including the Performance and Improvement, and Shared Servies Partnership;
• NHS Scotland, including all 14 territorial health boards;
• NHS Blood and Transplant;
• the Scottish Ambulance Service;
• Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection Scotland;
• the Office for Life Sciences;
• the Food Standards Agency;
• the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency;
• the Health Research Authority;
• the Health and Safety Executive; and
• the Care Quality Commission.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement did Exercise Pegasus have with pharmaceutical providers on the procurement of pre-prophylactic drugs for immunocompromised patients.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Exercise PEGASUS, the largest simulation of a pandemic in United Kingdom history, involved thousands of participants across different parts of the exercise. Multiple other non-Governmental organisations representing the breadth of society were engaged and will continue to be in advance of phase four of the exercise in 2026. This includes engagement with partners from across the pharmaceutical industry, a focus group with those who are clinically vulnerable, and engagement with our key personal protective equipment (PPE) delivery partner SCCL on the PPE requirements across health and social care on the core anchor days of the exercise.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement did Exercise Pegasus have with providers in the procurement of adequate Personal Protective Equipment for immunocompromised patients.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Exercise PEGASUS, the largest simulation of a pandemic in United Kingdom history, involved thousands of participants across different parts of the exercise. Multiple other non-Governmental organisations representing the breadth of society were engaged and will continue to be in advance of phase four of the exercise in 2026. This includes engagement with partners from across the pharmaceutical industry, a focus group with those who are clinically vulnerable, and engagement with our key personal protective equipment (PPE) delivery partner SCCL on the PPE requirements across health and social care on the core anchor days of the exercise.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement did Exercise Pegasus have with pharmaceutical providers on the procurement of vaccinations.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Exercise PEGASUS, the largest simulation of a pandemic in United Kingdom history, involved thousands of participants across different parts of the exercise. Multiple other non-Governmental organisations representing the breadth of society were engaged and will continue to be in advance of phase four of the exercise in 2026. This includes engagement with partners from across the pharmaceutical industry, a focus group with those who are clinically vulnerable, and engagement with our key personal protective equipment (PPE) delivery partner SCCL on the PPE requirements across health and social care on the core anchor days of the exercise.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Exercise Pegasus involved consultation with clinically vulnerable patient groups.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Exercise PEGASUS, the largest simulation of a pandemic in United Kingdom history, involved thousands of participants across different parts of the exercise. Multiple other non-Governmental organisations representing the breadth of society were engaged and will continue to be in advance of phase four of the exercise in 2026. This includes engagement with partners from across the pharmaceutical industry, a focus group with those who are clinically vulnerable, and engagement with our key personal protective equipment (PPE) delivery partner SCCL on the PPE requirements across health and social care on the core anchor days of the exercise.

Found: the meeting Members present: Debbie Abrahams (Chair); Rushanara Ali; David Baines; Lee Barron; Johanna Baxter

Found: ) David Baines (Labour; St Helens North) Lee Barron (Labour; Corby and East Northamptonshire) Johanna Baxter

Found: ) David Baines (Labour; St Helens North) Lee Barron (Labour; Corby and East Northamptonshire) Johanna Baxter

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Debbie Abrahams (Chair); Rushanara Ali; Johanna Baxter; Mr Peter