Over Half of UK Believes a Pandemic Outbreak Could be Realised

Disparity between public confidence and readiness to address a breakdown or delay in communication between healthcare agencies could result in spread of swine flu

London, 17 June 2009 – More than half of the UK population feels that a breakdown in communications between healthcare agencies would allow a pandemic outbreak such as swine flu to spread unnecessarily and slow the effective distribution of vaccines, according to a survey by specialist healthcare technology consultants, 21C.