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1344634

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of trends in the number of people requiring covid-19 tests; and what steps he is taking to ensure sufficiency of testing capacity.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	29084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered // answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1176654

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce temperature screening at airports for the coronavirus following the government of China’s confirmation that the virus can be transmitted from person to person.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>As announced by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 23 January, enhanced monitoring measures were put in place for all direct flights from Wuhan to the United Kingdom in response to the outbreak of Wuhan novel coronavirus (WN-CoV).</p><p>We are now rolling out enhanced monitoring of all direct flights from China. These measures do not include the introduction of temperature screening. Expert advice suggests temperature screening would be of very limited effectiveness and detect only a small minority of cases. This is because symptoms do not usually appear until five to seven days, and sometimes up to 14 days.</p><p>This means that only a very small proportion of people would likely be symptomatic during a flight or immediate arrival to the UK and would therefore be picked up by temperature screening.</p><p>The focus of the proposed measures is to identify those who may be at risk of having contracted WN-CoV, ensuring that they have information and support if they are concerned and can contact Public Health England staff at the airport.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 30/01/2020 15:51:24 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1176686

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that passengers arriving in the UK on flights from Wuhan since the outbreak of the coronavirus in China have not been medically screened upon their arrival.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>Enhanced monitoring measures are in place for all direct flights from Wuhan to the United Kingdom in response to the outbreak of Wuhan novel coronavirus (WN-CoV). We are rolling the enhanced monitoring for all direct flights from China. The focus of the measures is to identify those who may be at risk of having contracted WN-CoV, ensuring that they have information and support if they are concerned and can contact Public Health England staff at the airport.</p><p>These measures do not include the introduction of ‘medical screening’ such as temperature screening. Expert advice suggests ‘medical screening’ such as temperature screening would be of very limited effectiveness and detect only a small minority of cases. This is because symptoms do not usually appear until five to seven days, and sometimes up to 14 days.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 30/01/2020 15:55:05 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1173871

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the outbreak of Coronavirus in the People’s Republic of China, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of disease screening arrangements at UK airports.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	9108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>We have been closely monitoring the situation in Wuhan and China more widely. We have put in place proportionate, precautionary measures. Our approach has at all times been guided by the advice of the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty. Professor Whitty, Public Health England, aided by independent experts, are in close contact with their international counterparts, and are continually monitoring the scientific evidence as it emerges.</p><p>These measures do not include the introduction of ‘medical screening’, such as temperature screening. Expert advice suggests that medical screening would be of very limited effectiveness and detect only a small minority of cases as symptomatic. This is because symptoms do not usually appear until five to seven days, and sometimes up to 14 days, after infection, meaning that only a very small proportion of people would be likely to present symptoms during a flight or immediate arrival to the United Kingdom and therefore be picked up by temperature screening.</p><p>Travellers who have arrived from Wuhan within the last 14 days are asked to stay indoors and self-isolate and contact NHS111 for further information – irrespective of whether they show signs of infection – while people in Northern Ireland should phone their general practitioners. Nobody who has returned from the area should leave home until they have received clinical advice that it is safe to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 9109 question first answered 03/02/2020 17:51:59 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1173872

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Home Department on the (a) identification and (b) segregation of people entering the UK who are at risk of carrying the Coronavirus.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	9109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>We have been closely monitoring the situation in Wuhan and China more widely. We have put in place proportionate, precautionary measures. Our approach has at all times been guided by the advice of the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty. Professor Whitty, Public Health England, aided by independent experts, are in close contact with their international counterparts, and are continually monitoring the scientific evidence as it emerges.</p><p>These measures do not include the introduction of ‘medical screening’, such as temperature screening. Expert advice suggests that medical screening would be of very limited effectiveness and detect only a small minority of cases as symptomatic. This is because symptoms do not usually appear until five to seven days, and sometimes up to 14 days, after infection, meaning that only a very small proportion of people would be likely to present symptoms during a flight or immediate arrival to the United Kingdom and therefore be picked up by temperature screening.</p><p>Travellers who have arrived from Wuhan within the last 14 days are asked to stay indoors and self-isolate and contact NHS111 for further information – irrespective of whether they show signs of infection – while people in Northern Ireland should phone their general practitioners. Nobody who has returned from the area should leave home until they have received clinical advice that it is safe to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 9108 question first answered 03/02/2020 17:51:59 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1184411

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that people with symptoms of covid-19 are tested quickly.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	28066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has developed a highly sensitive test to detect the virus, one of the first countries in the world to do so, which has been rapidly rolled out to their regional labs across the country and to National Health Service labs. PHE and NHS England have a combined capacity to process approximately 3,500 tests per day. PHE has processed over 25,000 tests as of 10 March and has not exceeded capacity during this time. The NHS is planning to bring new capacity online in the coming weeks which will help those who are hospitalized or most at risk from COVID-19.</p><p>We do not intend to test those self-isolating with mild symptoms. The advice at the following link is designed to help people prevent the spread:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-people-with-confirmed-or-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-people-with-confirmed-or-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 19/03/2020 17:27:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1185502

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Government's eligibility criteria are for covid-19 testing.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	uin	30157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>As we have moved from ‘contain’ and into the ‘delay’ phase of COVID-19, Public Health England, together with NHS England and the Department, has agreed we will need to prioritise testing for those most at risk of severe illness from the virus.</p><p> </p><p>Most adults in good health who develop symptoms will fully recover, and the Chief Medical Officer has advised that we need to prioritise testing to those who have the greatest clinical need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Tests will primarily be given to:</p><p> </p><p>- all patients in critical care for pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or flu like illness;</p><p>- all other patients requiring admission to hospital for pneumonia, ARDS or flu like illness; and</p><p>- where an outbreak has occurred in a residential or care setting, for example long-term care facility prisons.</p><p> </p><p>We are also seeking testing capacity to extend to National Health Service staff who are symptomatic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/03/2020 15:42:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1185311

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how long the covid-19 testing and diagnosis process takes; and what steps he is taking to make covid-19 testing more (a) accessible and (b) efficient.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford South
	tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
	uin	30199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>Testing in most laboratories currently takes 24-48 hours from the time a sample arrives. This is because of the numbers received and handling the COVID-19 specimens safely involves a complex laboratory process.</p><p>Public Health England (PHE) has rolled its own test out to a number of National Health Service collaborators to increase daily testing capacity and it is evaluating commercial tests to allow the NHS to consider faster tests.</p><p>On 17 March, the Prime Minister announced that capacity would increase to 25,000 a day in two weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/03/2020 16:05:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1185981

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to test people suspected of having COVID-19 in line with World Health Organisation advice including (1) the elderly, and (2) disabled people living on their own.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
	uin	HL2698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s response is built around protecting those who are most vulnerable in our society. Testing is a crucial part of the United Kingdom’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and we are working on multiple fronts to deliver additional testing capacity into the system.</p><p> </p><p>As we have moved from ‘contain’ and into the ‘delay’ phase of COVID-19, Public Health England, together with NHS England and the Department, has agreed we will need to prioritise testing for those most at risk of severe illness from the virus. Our aim is to save lives, protect the most vulnerable, and relieve pressure on the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, tests will primarily be given to:</p><p> </p><p>- all patients in critical care for pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or flu like illness; and</p><p>- all other patients requiring admission to hospital for pneumonia, ARDS or flu-like illness</p><p> </p><p>The Government is looking at wider testing for those in less critical states. As announced on 27 March, the Government is working with industry, philanthropy and universities to significantly scale up testing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 31/03/2020 14:33:38 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

1186353

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to prioritise the testing of all health and care workers in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL2753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2020 answer text <p>Our priority is to make sure that we carry out tests on those who need them most. Currently this is possible for COVID-19 cases in hospitals and care homes. As capacity for testing expands, we will increase the range of people who can be tested. In future key workers, such as health workers, and clinically high priority cases will be prioritised for testing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 31/03/2020 14:56:43 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham