Chris Whitty Quotes

We do not have sufficient testing and this is a global problem because basically every country is wanting this new test, for a disease that wasn't actually being tested for anywhere three months ago, there is a global shortage and that's a bottleneck for us.

Chris Whitty

• Problem
• Disease
• Wanting

There is a global shortage and that's a bottleneck for us.

Chris Whitty

• Global
• Shortage
• Bottleneck

A key part of responding to the novel coronavirus outbreak is to develop drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and a thorough understanding of the virus.

Chris Whitty

• Understanding
• Responding
• Coronavirus

The faster people are recruited to clinical trials and other studies, the sooner we will get the evidence so patients can get the best possible treatment .

Chris Whitty

• Treatment
• Patients
• Trials

Public health research should help people have the most enjoyable and fulfilling lives they can have, which are also the healthiest lives they can have.

Chris Whitty

• Help
• Lives
• Public Health

This is going to be a close-run thing — we all know that — and anybody who looks around the world can see this is going to be difficult for every health system, we do think that if everybody sticks to staying in your household unless absolutely essential this ... will be probably manageable by the NHS but we cannot guarantee that.

Chris Whitty

• Health
• Difficult
• System

Multi-morbidity is increasing: it is an issue the medical profession needs to address. Increasing specialisation only makes sense if we also maintain and celebrate generalist skills throughout our careers.

Chris Whitty

• Sense
• Medical
• Issue

Initially we had to start off to make sure the test worked, we had to be confident about that and then it was rolled out in stages and continues to be rolled out in stages.

Chris Whitty

• Worked
• Sure
• Test