Written Question
Friday 18th December 2020
Asked by:
Baroness Noakes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of nosocomial infection rates for SARS-COV2 throughout 2020 in (1) England, and (2) the UK.
Answered by Lord Bethell
Information on the estimated nosocomial infection rate for COVID-19 throughout 2020 in England is not available. Data is collected on the time between admission to hospital and the first positive swab for COVID-19, as part of a daily COVID-19 sitrep. The sitrep data collection began on 20 May 2020 and does not therefore cover the full pandemic.
Due to health systems being devolved in the United Kingdom, the Government does not have data on nosocomial infection rates for the other UK nations.
Written Question
Friday 18th December 2020
Asked by:
Baroness Noakes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their current estimate of the rate of nosocomial infection for SARS-COV2 in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland.
Answered by Lord Bethell
Information on the estimated nosocomial infection rate for COVID-19 throughout 2020 in England is not available. Data is collected on the time between admission to hospital and the first positive swab for COVID-19, as part of a daily COVID-19 sitrep. The sitrep data collection began on 20 May 2020 and does not therefore cover the full pandemic.
Due to health systems being devolved in the United Kingdom, the Government does not have data on nosocomial infection rates for the other UK nations.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Dec 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020
"My Lords, I am angry about the main instrument before us today. I am particularly angry—and hereby declare my personal interest—that the whole of my home county of Kent has been placed in tier 3.
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Dec 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020
"“Uninformed” and “superficial” are the most polite that I could find. The document does not even scratch the surface of what Parliament ought to be given. It ducks the question of whether alternative policies would have resulted in better or worse outcomes. It proceeds on the basis that the only …..."Baroness Noakes - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Nov 2020
Covid-19 Update
"My Lords, there have been estimates that hospital-acquired Covid infections are as high as one-quarter of all hospitalised Covid patients, which seems pretty shameful and is likely to be a major contributor to the Covid death statistics. What do the Government currently estimate the impact of hospital-acquired Covid infections to …..."Baroness Noakes - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Nov 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
"My Lords, my amendment is about the evidence for the lockdown in the order before us. The Government have no easy task in finding the optimal policy responses to the virus. They deserve the best advice they can get, but I am not sure they are getting it.
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Nov 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
"At end insert “but that this House regrets that the modelling used to support the claims that (1) the National Health Service would be overwhelmed, and (2) daily deaths from COVID-19 would be 4,000 or more, has not been subjected to independent review and challenge.”..."Baroness Noakes - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Oct 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020
"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Moylan on his maiden speech, and I particularly welcome a fellow Brexiteer to our ranks.
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Oct 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Oct 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020
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