Disease Control: Medical Equipment

(asked on 13th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they took, following the conclusion of Exercise Cygnus, to ensure that additional funding was made available for purchasing equipment from stockpiles to be used for satellite care so that timely decisions could be made regarding the discharge of patients from hospitals to residential care, community care or home.


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Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 22nd June 2020

The lessons learned from Exercise Cygnus continue to be considered by the Government and a range of stakeholders, including expert advisory groups and local emergency planners in reviewing response plans. As part of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Programme we maintain national stocks of clinical countermeasures for a future influenza pandemic with arrangements in place for how these would be distributed in an emergency. The content of the stockpiles is informed by scientific and clinical advice and kept under review. The Department receives advice on these matters from Public Health England and various independent Government advisory committees including NERVTAG and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.

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