Written Question
Monday 1st February 2021
Asked by:
Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what formula is being used for the allocation of covid-19 vaccine supplies to the devolved Administrations.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
To ensure vaccines are shared equitably across the United Kingdom, the Barnett formula is used to calculate vaccine supply allocations to the devolved Administrations.
Written Question
Thursday 28th January 2021
Asked by:
Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what partnerships and support the Government is providing to genomic sequencing centres (a) in Africa and (b) globally to help identify variants of the covid-19 virus.
Answered by Edward Argar
Public Health England’s (PHE’s) International Health Regulation (IHR) Strengthening Project and the United Kingdom Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) have provided genome sequencing support to Nigeria to independently sequence the virus. The IHR and UK-PHRST continue to provide support, remotely or through in person deployment, to a number of countries around the world.
In addition, PHE IHR and UK-PHRST are exploring opportunities to support Africa Centres for Disease Control’s sequencing strategies. PHE is also providing genome sequencing support to Gibraltar, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
Written Question
Wednesday 27th January 2021
Asked by:
Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional cold chain storage refrigerators capable of safely storing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have been (a) ordered, (b) delivered and (c) deployed by the Government in each month since 1 September 2020.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
Public Health England (PHE) secured 58 ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers which provide sufficient storage for approximately five million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccines which require ULT storage. These ULT freezers were in place, commissioned and ready to receive vaccine prior to the commencement of the programme at the beginning of December 2020. The ULT freezers are for PHE to manage the national storage of COVID-19 vaccines which require storage at -70°C. The National Health Service has secured its own ULT freezers to support local storage.
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Written Question
Tuesday 26th January 2021
Asked by:
Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases have been recorded in the UK of the variants of covid-19 that originated in (a) South Africa and (b) Brazil since 1 December 2020.
Answered by Jo Churchill
As of 20 January 2021, there were 71 cases of the COVID-19 variant that originated in South Africa and 10 cases of the COVID-19 variant that originated in Brazil recorded in the United Kingdom.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jan 2021
Vaccine Roll-out
"I praise again the work of Cardiff and Vale University health board for its vaccine roll-out. Yesterday it delivered 10 times the number of vaccines in one day that it did on its first day of delivery of the programme; it is doing an incredible job. The Secretary of State …..."Stephen Doughty - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 11 Jan 2021
Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out
"It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) for her introduction to the debate.
I declare an interest: my partner is a teacher who has been dealing with covid-safe procedures in school, and has dealt …..."Stephen Doughty - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jan 2021
Public Health
"I must respectfully disagree with a number of previous speakers. These lockdown measures are necessary—they were necessary when they were introduced in Wales by the Welsh Government on 20 December—because of the sheer crisis that the health service faces. If we needed any more information to underline that, we only …..."Stephen Doughty - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jan 2021
Public Health
"The Secretary of State mentions the vaccine as one of the crucial routes out of this, and I pay absolute tribute to all the incredible scientists and NHS staff who are preparing to deliver it. However, one of the things my constituents are asking me is how we can be …..."Stephen Doughty - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Dec 2020
Covid-19 Update
"The Secretary of State has rightly set out the very stark picture today—not only of the variant, but of the growing pressures, including the pressures that are likely to be placed on our NHS at this critical time. Will he therefore agree, particularly given the crucial supply chains for the …..."Stephen Doughty - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Dec 2020
Coronavirus Vaccine
"This is hugely welcome news. As well as paying tribute to the scientists, I pay tribute to all the teams in our local health boards who are preparing to deliver the vaccine—particularly Fiona Kinghorn and her team at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board—and the armed forces who have been …..."Stephen Doughty - View Speech
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