Sage advice update#
Sage advice full#

We have published minutes for meetings 43, 44 and 45 and updated the list of evidence provided to SAGE with 16 new papers.

Sage advice update#

During this time, we will update these pages with the evidence we are collecting to keep the public informed, while also continuing to provide free and frank advice to policy makers. This is to allow scientists time to publish their research through the right academic channels.Īs our understanding of the virus grows, we will continue to feed into the essential scientific advice needed by the government to respond to the virus. Some of the bespoke new modelling that SAGE has drawn upon to formulate its conclusions has not yet been published here. These are academic papers that have not yet been through the peer-review process, which can take months, and have been drawn upon by SAGE to ensure that the most current evidence is being reviewed in order to provide rapid advice to policy makers. The growing evidence base on COVID-19Ĭontained within this release are the methods and findings that have informed SAGE advice on the COVID-19 outbreak to date.Īmong the papers referenced here, some are pre-prints. Both the evidence they have considered and their consensus statements have been included in this current batch of evidence. These groups consider the scientific evidence, and provide their consensus conclusions to SAGE. In the case of COVID-19, this includes the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group ( NERVTAG), Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling ( SPI-M) in the Department for Health and Social Care, and the Independent Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours ( SPI-B). SAGE relies on external science advice, including advice from expert groups and their papers. The advice provided by SAGE is one of many essential sources of information that government weighs up before adopting new policies and interventions, and gives maximum assurance that the complexities and implications of any policy have been properly considered. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies ( SAGE) provides ministers and officials with evidence-based scientific advice in emergencies, ensuring government advisers are informed and best-placed to make critical decisions based on a range of credible scientific evidence. The collective evidence we have published today has played a considerable role in shaping our recommendations on when, how and why the government have made the interventions it has so far.

Sage advice full#

The UK is home to experts who are at the forefront of their chosen fields and we are making full use of their expertise to grow our understanding of COVID-19 as we work tirelessly to tackle this disease.

This is an incredibly fast-moving, developing situation and as part of our collective efforts to give the clearest and most reliable scientific advice, SAGE has and continues to draw upon a huge range of experts and a huge range of evidence. Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance: View the scientific evidence supporting the government response to COVID-19 (Updated 8 April 2022).