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1205173

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what medical advice he has received on the longevity of covid-19 symptoms.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	61584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>The Medical Officers at the Department have advised that the time to recovery for somebody with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 depends on the severity of illness and varies from relatively quickly through to extremely prolonged. Typically, time to recovery is within 10-14 days for mild and moderate cases. If a person feels unwell for longer than this, they should contact their general practitioner.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/09/2020 15:30:19 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1205174

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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: Disease Control
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 the number of covid-19 patients who experienced symptoms for over (a) 1 month, (b) 2 months and (c) 3 months.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	61585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 21/09/2020 14:37:56 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1205176

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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: Disease Control
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 should a person infected with covid-19 feel unwell.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	61587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2020 answer text <p>The time to recovery for somebody with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 depends on the severity of illness and varies from instantaneous through to extremely prolonged. Typically, time to recovery is within 10-14 days for mild and moderate cases. If a person feels unwell for longer than this, they should contact their general practitioner.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/09/2020 10:31:16 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1205177

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support is available to people infected with covid-19 who experience symptoms more than 2 weeks after diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	61588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service and the wider scientific community are currently working to better understand the disease course of the COVID-19 virus, including the severity and duration of symptoms. The UK Research and Innovation – National Institute for Health Research ‘Rapid Response Rolling Call’ has funded a large post-hospitalisation study. The study, announced in July, will establish a national consortium and a research platform embedded within clinical care to understand and improve long-term outcomes for survivors following hospitalisation with COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have worked with the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust to develop a digital, interactive, personalised recovery programme for people recovering from COVID-19. The new ‘Your COVID Recovery’ service, which was announced on 5 July, forms part of NHS plans to expand access to COVID-19 rehabilitation treatments for those who have survived the virus but have not fully recovered.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 64113 66223 question first answered 06/09/2020 16:15:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1205178

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of long-term physical symptoms experienced by some people with covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	61589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2020 answer text <p>Research into the long-term health symptoms and impacts of COVID-19 is ongoing and on 4 July, the Government announced a research study into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19, which is being led by UK Research and Innovation and the National Institute for Health Research. However, it is clear that for some of those who have survived, the virus and the treatment they have received to combat it will have a lasting impact on their health.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/09/2020 10:05:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1204730

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
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: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what methodology his Department is using to collate data on sex, race/ethnicity and socio-economic background with regard to people (a) testing positive for covid-19 and (b) dying from covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	60880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Demographic data is collected for age, gender and ethnicity, but currently only age and gender is available weekly. For pillar 1, data is collected by the hospital, and is then enriched using patient records. For pillar 2, this data is collected when people register for a test and is voluntary, which means that people have the option not to provide their information. We do not currently report on socio-economic background.</p><p>Weekly age, sex and ethnicity data for both cases and deaths in England are available weekly in the national flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports, which are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports</a></p><p>Breakdown of cases by index of multiple deprivations, as a recognised surrogate for socioeconomic class, is also available in the same report.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/11/2020 16:20:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 31066 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1204750

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
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	NHS Trusts: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Trusts in England are piloting routine PCR covid testing for staff.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	60757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>We have made testing available to all symptomatic National Health Service staff as a priority. We are also testing those who are asymptomatic in specific circumstances where appropriate. For NHS workers specifically, NHS England has recently published guidance on when testing of this nature might be appropriate, including where an incident has taken place, an outbreak or where high prevalence has been established.</p><p>Following a pilot with 34 trusts, the NHS is now rolling out regular testing of asymptomatic patient-facing NHS staff to include all trusts, using lateral flow testing devices.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/11/2020 18:29:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1204758

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
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 timeframe is for the provision of localised data on people that tested positive for covid-19 to (a) local authorities and (b) GPs.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	60760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>All upper tier local authorities have access to record level (including sex, age, occupation and postcode) test and case data. Directors of Public Health are also receiving fully identifiable test, case and contact tracing data where the case data includes, address, postcode, sex, age, NHS Number, occupation, test date, and additional data describing progress through the NHS Test and Trace contact tracing process. Public Health England (PHE) provides access to this data via a secure platform to Directors of Public Health to support them to carry out their outbreak management responsibilities. This data is currently updated on a daily basis.</p><p>PHE began providing record level positive test data, including postcodes, to local authorities (including Directors of Public Health) on 24 June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 53316 56061 57982 67607 question first answered 03/11/2020 22:37:30 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1204815

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
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: Contact Tracing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many contacts the NHS Test and Trace scheme has received on average each day since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	60858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Between the launch of NHS Test and Trace on 28 May and 5 August, we identified 53,427 people who tested positive in England during this period. 78.2% (41,254) of the people who tested positive for coronavirus and were transferred to NHS Test and Trace were reached by our contact tracers and asked to share details of their close contacts. Where contact details were provided, 89.1% (214,890) of close contacts were reached and advised to self-isolate.</p><p>Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-test-and-trace-england-and-coronavirus-testing-uk-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-test-and-trace-england-and-coronavirus-testing-uk-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/11/2020 13:36:42 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1204823

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
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	Pharmacy: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the inclusion of community pharmacies in the rollout of antibody testing; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	60887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>Since the end of May, lab-based antibody tests have been available to all National Health Service staff that want one. NHS England has made antibody tests available to all its staff including those working on NHS premises but not directly employed by the NHS, and those in primary, community, and mental health care including community pharmacists providing NHS pharmaceutical services, dentists and dental staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/09/2020 20:28:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden