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<p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly
with other Cabinet colleagues, and ministerial meetings with external organisations
are routinely published on GOV.UK. Officials attended a meeting chaired by the Home
Office, alongside the East Berkshire Director of Public Health, Slough Local Authority
colleagues and integrated care board partners, about people who had been placed in
hotels who were diphtheria positive, where local concerns about this decision were
raised with the Home Office.</p><p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has made
recommendations for all new arrivals to receive a diphtheria containing vaccine as
part of the ongoing outbreak response amongst asylum seekers. In addition, there are
long-standing recommendations in place for migrants to be registered with primary
care, and to have an assessment to check that they are up to date with the routine
vaccinations and receive the recommended vaccines according to the United Kingdom
schedule. To support the diphtheria outbreak response, UKHSA has produced a range
of materials including information leaflets translated in a range of languages.</p><p>UKHSA
published supplementary guidance on 1 February 2023 for cases and outbreaks in asylum
seeker accommodation settings. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1133676/Diphtheria-AS-supplementary-guidance-1February23.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1133676/Diphtheria-AS-supplementary-guidance-1February23.pdf</a></p>
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