This article will briefly discuss pandemic planning and its relevance to surgeons. It will cover principally the UK response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2), although it will also compare and contrast other diseases and reference more general principles of major incident planning. Areas that individual surgeons and departments can, and should, influence are discussed.
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