The report has now been published and the web page below is no longer being updated.
The Independent Review will gather a large volume of documentation and information from a variety of sources.
In order to organise that data, the Review Team has developed the following structure which builds on topics within the Terms of Reference. The list is not fixed, and will be added to as further areas are highlighted.
It is provided here as a point of reference for those wishing to make a submission to the Independent Review. If there is an area of importance which you think is not covered in the topics or sub-topics below, please let us know.
| Border Closure and Rules | Airbridge Border rules Comis Communications at the border Data tracking regarding the border Exemptions, including key workers Quarantine and testing regime Repatriation Travel Notification Service · |
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| Command Structures and Decision-Making | Business as usual arrangements, such as planning and registrar services Codes Complaints and whistle-blowing Constitution Covid funding programmes and allocations Delegation framework Equalities Funding criteria General HR policies and practice; sickness levels IT actions over home working Medical-leadership structure Public health governance Public health advice Scrutiny including PAC Vision statements and strategies · |
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| Education Provision | Communications Data tracking for schools Essential workers Exams Free school meals Hub schools Infection control Mental health Remote learning School closures School holiday support Strike action Vulnerable children and safeguarding in schools · |
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| Financial Support to Individuals and Businesses | Advice and support to business Communications between Government departments and business Data sharing between Treasury and the Department of Enterprise Data tracking for financial support Earning-replacement scheme; including its take-up Impact on economy Other financial support Salary-support scheme; including its take-up Welfare benefits; including demand for them · |
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| Government Communication and Messaging | “Are you OK? ” campaign Communication with police and other agencies Communication between government departments Communication — other Community support line Consultations and responses Public announcements The 111 phone line · |
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| Government Procurement and Supply | Contract standing orders Financial regulations Medical equipment Personal protection equipment (“PPE”) Procurement process Supply chains · |
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| Hospitals and Health | Capacity and infrastructure Data on infection and loss of life Delivery of Covid healthcare in the community Delivery of Covid healthcare in hospitals Delivery of non-Covid healthcare Effect on waiting lists Long Covid Primary care Shielding Staffing · |
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| Preparedness for a Pandemic | Civil Defence Corps Covid emergency-command structures Current emergency planning Conduct of exercises Infrastructure and utilities Logs and sitreps Mass fatalities, coronial service Mass-notification system Pandemic planning Risk Register · |
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| Restrictions and Lockdowns | Lockdown one — March to June, 2020 Lockdown two — January, 2021 Lockdown three — March and April, 2021 Masks Modelling Policing lockdowns Social distancing · |
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| Social Care | Abbotswood Care homes Community-based services Mental-health services Nursery provision and childcare Safeguarding Social care demand data Voluntary sector · |
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| Social Issues | Disability and learning disability Domestic abuse Employment rights Foodbank demand data Housing and homelessness Immigration and asylum Inequality of impact Justice system Prisons and detention · |
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| Steam Packet | Communication between Steam Packet and government Isolation exemptions Outbreak Protocols · |
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| Testing and Tracing | Contact tracing Frontline-worker testing Genomic testing Home testing Isolation Outbreak management Procurement Testing in IOM Testing in UK · |
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| Tracking Data for Health and Testing | Death rates Hospital capacity and performance of non-Covid services Hospital stay times Hospitalisation rates Infection rates; the ‘R’ number Intensive care and ventilator rates Long Covid data Modelling Positive-test rates Testing capacity Tracing performance · |
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| Use of Emergency Legislation | Civil Contingencies bill Communication of legislation to Tynwald Monitoring of spending Publication of legislation Rationale for using EPA and PHA Scrutiny of emergency powers Use of Emergency Powers Act Use of Public Health Act · |
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| Vaccine rollout | Boosters Communication and messaging Delivery Indemnity Patient group direction Procurement Staffing and resourcing Take-up rate Vaccine hesitancy · |