Coronavirus: Birmingham
(asked on 13th March 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure hospitals in Birmingham will have enough rooms to isolate covid-19 patients.
Most of those who get the virus will only experience mild symptoms similar to a cold or flu. There will of course be those who will need hospital care, and how that need will be distributed is hard to predict. However, NHS England has an operating Framework for Managing the Response to Pandemic Influenza, it sets out the roles, responsibilities and functions of NHS England in preparing for and responding to an influenza pandemic. It is intended to complement and support existing plans, policies and arrangements. More information on the Government’s and NHS England’s response can be found at the following links:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-guidance