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1199261

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date	02/06/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have updated the translated COVID-19 guidance to reference the addition of the loss of taste and smell to the official symptoms list; and if so, what steps they are taking to raise awareness of this update in relevant communities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL4940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Following the change to the COVID-19 case definition, guidance documents were updated to include the symptom of a loss of, or change in, normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia). These are provided in the English language, published in an online only format on GOV.UK.</p><p>Several guidance documents were updated to include the new symptom. A limited number of original guidance documents were translated into languages other than English. Translated versions of the updated guidance have not been produced as at 5 June 2020. Public Health England is currently reviewing the requirements for translation of new guidance documents and incorporating other updates.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 15/06/2020 12:47:17 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1199267

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to mitigate the adverse effects of the COVID-19 lockdown for people who are shielding or over the age of 70.
tabling member printed	Lord Crisp
uin	HL4950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government will continue to ensure support is available for those who need it for as long as people are advised to follow shielding guidance. We know this is challenging guidance to follow and we want to ensure that people who are shielding continue to receive the right advice for them at a time.</p><p>From 1 June those shielding may wish to spend time outdoors once a day. This can be beneficial for mental and physical wellbeing for people of all ages, particularly those shielding alone. The advice is for people who are shielding to spend time outdoors alone or with members of their own household or, for those shielding alone, with one person from another household.</p><p>To ensure vulnerable individuals, including those shielding and the over 70s, we have put a core support offer in place to help them stay at home where they wished to follow this advice, including delivering over 2 million free food boxes, providing priority supermarket delivery services, providing care, ensuring people can get medicines delivered to their homes and enlisting the help of National Health Service volunteer responders in delivering shopping and calling people for a ‘check in and chat’.</p><p>We have also announced £5 million of funding for mental health charities to support adults and children and a further £4.2 million is being awarded to mental health charities as part of the Government’s £750 million package of support for the voluntary sector during the pandemic.<strong> <br> <br> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 19/06/2020 13:48:31 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3783 label Biography information for Lord Crisp

1199268

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Health: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking as part of the social care strategy to promote to all people over the age of 60 the NICE Guideline NG16 that sets out that it is possible to "delay or prevent ... dementia, disability and frailty in later life".
tabling member printed	Lord Crisp
uin	HL4951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department has prioritised prevention and through the Care Act 2014 it has required local authorities to have measures in place to identify people in their area who would benefit from services to help reduce, delay or prevent needs for care and support.</p><p> </p><p>The Challenge on Dementia 2020 commitments included action on risk reduction, and messaging has been incorporated in the NHS Health Check for all eligible adults in England aged 40-74 to increase dementia awareness and motivate people in midlife to make positive changes.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 18/06/2020 11:15:04 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3783 label Biography information for Lord Crisp

1199269

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Social Services: Financial Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether public-sector pension boards, pension companies and insurance companies are involved in the social care strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Crisp
uin	HL4952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government will consult with a range of sectors, including the financial services industry, when considering social care reforms.</p><p>The Government’s priority for adult social care is for everyone who relies on care to get the care they need throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. We know that this does not reduce the need for a long-term action plan for social care. Putting social care on a sustainable footing, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, is one of the biggest challenges that we face as a society.</p><p>There are complex questions to address, which is why we have invited cross-party talks. These will take place at the earliest opportunity in light of the current circumstances. The Government will then bring forward a plan for social care for the longer term.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 15/06/2020 12:39:49 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3783 label Biography information for Lord Crisp

1199273

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bethell on 14 May (HL3016) and 28 May (HL4613), what assessment they have made of how the answers given “answer all aspects of the question”.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL4985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>I can only reiterate that Written Answers are drafted by teams who are experienced in their area of work and provide the best available information.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 17/06/2020 15:24:32 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1199290

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Care Workers: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what guidance they will provide for care workers in self-isolation as part of the test and trace programme; whether, under that programme, all care workers who came into contact with a care home resident with COVID-19 symptoms would be expected to self-isolate; and whether a care worker returning to work using public transport after a period of self-isolation would be expected to isolate again if they received another alert.
tabling member printed	Lord Patel of Bradford
uin	HL5058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>On 4 June Public Health England updated guidance on the management of staff and exposed patients or residents in health and social care settings to reflect NHS Test and Trace.</p><p>This guidance outlines that if a health or care worker has had close recent contact with someone who has COVID-19, healthcare workers must self-isolate if the NHS Test and Trace service advises the individual to do so. If contacted after a previous period of isolation, they would be expected to isolate again. Close contact excludes circumstances where personal protective equipment is being worn in accordance with current guidance on infection, prevention and control.</p><p>The COVID-19: management of staff and exposed patients or residents in health and social care settings guidance was first published on 4 April in an online only format on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 17/06/2020 15:27:56 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3798 label Biography information for Lord Patel of Bradford

1199295

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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: Quarantine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what their current policy is on self-isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic; under what circumstances that policy will change; and when that policy will be reviewed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL5085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom currently advises that people who have any symptoms of COVID-19 - a high temperature, a new, continuous cough or a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste; are waiting for a COVID-19 test result; have tested positive or someone in their household or support bubble has symptoms; is waiting for a test result; or has tested positive, should self-isolate.</p><p>If a person lives alone, they need to self-isolate for at least seven days. If someone in a person’s household or bubble has symptoms, the person will usually need to self-isolate for 14 days.</p><p>If someone has been outside the Common Travel Area in a country which is not covered by the travel corridor exemption, within the last 14 days, then, unless they satisfy one of the exemption criteria, they will need to self-isolate for the remainder of the 14-day period, starting from when they arrived in the Common Travel Area.</p><p>The Government keeps these arrangements under regular review.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 22/07/2020 13:27:34 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1199296

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Clinical Trials: EU Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 12 May (HL4366), which aspects of the forthcoming EU Clinical Trial Regulation (Regulation (EU) (No 536/2014) they currently consider to be in the best interests of (1) UK patients, (2) industry, (3) non-commercial researchers, and (4) hospitals.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL5107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Medicines and Medical Devices Bill 2020 will provide the mechanism to allow the United Kingdom to decide any aspects of the forthcoming European Union Clinical Trial Regulation (EU CTR) it would want to implement through national legislation.</p><p>The CTR is largely based on internationally recognised requirements to conduct a clinical trial and national UK legislation already implements many aspects of these international requirements.</p><p>Future changes made to the UK legislation will be done on the basis of what is in the best interests of the UK with the focus on remaining a leading global player, promoting patient safety; attracting more research to the UK; and enabling the UK to keep up with emerging technologies and maintain an internationally competitive clinical trials infrastructure.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 17/06/2020 15:05:15 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

1199300

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Travellers: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to set up a task force to address the risks to health faced by Gypsies and Travellers living in caravans in camps without amenities such as running water and sanitation during the COVID-19 pandemic, on the lines of the task force for rough sleepers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL5145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>We currently have no plans to set up such a task force.</p><p>We have been in close contact with Gypsy and Traveller voluntary and community sector organisations and are working hard to support these communities through the pandemic.</p><p>Ministers have written to councils and caravan and campsite owners about the particular needs of some Gypsy and Traveller communities at this time but it is our view that local authorities are best placed to determine how to support vulnerable groups, in line with their public health responsibilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 10/06/2020 10:53:12 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1199303

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the minimum turnaround time for the NHS test and trace results to be processed; and what assessment they have made of whether that time is fast enough to isolate outbreaks before further people become infected.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL4903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government launched its new NHS Test and Trace service on 28 May 2020. Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 is eligible for a free test and should book one as soon as their symptoms start. The contact tracing process starts as soon as NHS Test and Trace receive notification that someone has tested positive for COVID-19. People identified as having been in close contact with someone who has had a positive test will be contacted and told to stay at home for 14 days, even if they do not have symptoms, to minimise the risk that they unknowingly spread the virus.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of tests at Regional Testing Centres and Mobile Testing Units are returned within 24 hours, with 90% returned within 48 hours. Other than postal tests and other insuperable problems, all tests will be turned around within 24 hours by the end of June.</p><p> </p><p>We are tracing the contacts of thousands of positive cases, using both online services and over the phone, and we are encouraged by the progress so far. In total, since 28 May to 10 June 2020, 72.6% (10,192) of the people who tested positive for COVID-19 were reached by our contact tracers and asked to share details of their close contacts. 90.6% (87,639) of close contacts were reached and advised to self-isolate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 30/06/2020 15:41:41 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton