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Written Question
Coronavirus: Screening
Wednesday 20th May 2020

Asked by: Baroness Andrews (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to prioritise different groups in society as the COVID-19 testing programme expands and the lockdown begins to be lifted and, in particular, whether ethnicity will be a factor in prioritisation.

Answered by Lord Bethell

We have rapidly expanded our testing capacity. Further increases are a top priority for the Government, and our overall ambition is to ensure that everyone who needs a test can get one.

As capacity continues to increase, we will consider when we are able to expand eligibility to other groups and the order of prioritisation both between and within groups. Our decisions will continue to be guided by the science and will take account of Public Sector Equality Duties.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 22 Apr 2020
Covid-19: Care Home Deaths

"My question is about the information we have on the deaths of care workers in care homes. Given that so many of our care homes are extensively staffed by BAME workers, and we are incredibly grateful, can the Minister say whether we are likely to have figures for the proportion …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 19 Feb 2019
Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill

"My Lords, first, I welcome the Minister. I will not add to her burdens by trying to find another metaphor for the difficult position she is in. We have had poisoned chalices and hand grenades, but I am sure she would be more than capable of dealing with all that. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 19 Feb 2019
Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill

"I take the noble Lord’s personal assurances on that. Who could disagree with what he has just said about the need to have these sorts of vigorous, expansive and generous trading arrangements, which we hope will involve skills, health and knowledge? My question is really: why are these powers in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 05 Jul 2018
NHS and Social Care Services: Parity of Esteem

"Is the noble Lord aware that on 4 July 1948, on the eve of the creation of the National Health Service, Aneurin Bevan also said that the NHS was the highest expression of moral leadership? Does he agree that we now need an equally high expression of political moral leadership? …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Nov 2017
Older Persons: Human Rights and Care

"The Question is that this Motion be agreed to...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 01 Nov 2017
South East Coast Ambulance Service

"How many ambulances are there across East Sussex and West Sussex at the moment compared with five and 10 years ago? If it is difficult to collect that information centrally, can the Minister make efforts to make it available to us in some other way? I ask that because I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Care Sector

"My Lords, it is a real privilege to take part in this debate. Like so many other noble Lords, I am extremely grateful to my noble friend for creating the opportunity for us to have this debate but even more so, obviously, for the force and clarity with which she …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Oct 2014
Ebola

"The Minister mentioned SARS in his Statement. We have very few precedents, and he has already described this as being uncharted territory in relation to Ebola. What lessons were learnt after the SARS epidemic, particularly in relation to the organisation of global research? It was a different case because the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Jun 2014
People with Learning Disabilities

"My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, on securing this debate, and I want to congratulate her even more on the work she has done literally over decades to bring this extraordinarily important problem to the attention of other professionals as well as government. I had the …..."
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