Coronavirus: Children
(asked on 1st July 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on home visiting community phlebotomy for children with serious health conditions which require them to be shielding during the covid-19 outbreak.
When shielding, adults and children should continue to receive the healthcare and support they need at home wherever possible, preferably virtually or online. Where remote service delivery is not possible, for example in the case of phlebotomy, this should be delivered through infection-controlled home visiting where clinically necessary. In guidance issued on 4 June, systems were therefore instructed to expand and resource all relevant home-based services such as a home-visiting phlebotomy service. The guidance is available at the following link: