Abstract
Abstract This paper aims to analyse the coordination and cooperation in Primary Health Care (PHC) measures adopted by the British government against the spread of the COVID-19. PHC is clearly part of the solution founded by governments across the world to fight against the spread of the virus. Data analysis was performed based on coordination, cooperation, and PHC literature crossed with documentary analysis of the situation reports released by the World Health Organisation and documents, guides, speeches and action plans on the official UK government website. The measures adopted by the United Kingdom were analysed in four periods, which helps to explain the courses of action during the pandemic: pre-first case (January 22- January 31, 2020), developing prevention measures (February 1 -February 29, 2020), first Action Plan (March 1- March 23, 2020) and lockdown (March 24-May 6, 2020). Despite the lack of consensus in essential matters such as Brexit, the nations in the United Kingdom are working together with a high level of cooperation and coordination in decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an unexpected challenge faced by both developed and in developing economies
United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain and France are the countries with the highest number of cases, and the United Kingdom is in the 4th position in this list (Johns Hopkins University, 2020)
The objective of this paper is to analyse how the British government has responded to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak emphasising the coordination and cooperation process into the adopted measures to avoid the spreading of the virus
Summary
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an unexpected challenge faced by both developed and in developing economies. The United States has the largest number of fatalities with 57.511 by May 4th (Johns Hopkins University, 2020) This global pandemic demonstrates how different country’s economic and social systems are interconnected. Intersectoral public policies and coordinated efforts between the different government agencies are part of the solution to economic, social and population health recovery. The health systems of countries such as Italy, Spain and parts of the USA have been close to collapse due to the overwhelming number of cases of people with COVID-19 and the lack of physical and personnel capacity and organisational structure to meet the sudden increase in demand. The objective of this paper is to analyse how the British government has responded to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak emphasising the coordination and cooperation process into the adopted measures to avoid the spreading of the virus. The paper is not exhausting the elements which could be responsible for success or failure into COVID-19 countries’ response, as political or institutional factors
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