Mentions:
1: Maria Caulfield (Con - Lewes) , both of which were necessary public health outcomes. - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) Neither Immensa Health Clinic Ltd, nor its related company Dante Labs Ltd, was accredited by UKAS at - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) - Speech Link
2: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) As the UK Health Security Agency has noted, accreditation was not mandatory prior to the pandemic but - Speech Link
Nov. 29 2022
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Nov. 29 2022
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Jan. 26 2023
Source Page: DHSC annual report and accounts: 2021 to 2022Found: , health improvement, health protection and healthcare, public health and preventing premature mortality
Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Independent - Gorton and Denton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish the full independent quality audit carried out at the Wolverhampton site of Immensa laboratories; who conducted that audit; and when that audit was conducted.
Answered by Maggie Throup
We are unable to provide the information requested as it is currently subject to legal professional privilege.
Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Independent - Gorton and Denton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to publish the full independent quality audit carried out at the Wolverhampton site of Immensa laboratories; and if his Department will publish provide details of that audit, including (a) who carried it out and (b) when they did so.
Answered by Maggie Throup
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department followed its standard procurement processes when awarding covid-19 testing contracts to Immensa.
Answered by Maggie Throup
Following a competitive process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Immensa Health Clinic Ltd were selected as one of a number of laboratory suppliers onto Public Health England’s National Microbiology Framework. Subsequently, the Department awarded a contract to Immensa Health Clinic Ltd in accordance with the terms of a smaller competition under this Framework and in compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Due diligence is carried out for all Government contracts and appointments and all suppliers undergo a rigorous regulatory and validation process.
Asked by: Baroness Debbonaire (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the new contract with Immensa to deliver further covid-19 tests was agreed before or after the discovery of false negative covid-19 test results by the company for people testing in the South West.
Answered by Maggie Throup
The contract was awarded to Immensa Health Clinic Ltd in August 2021 prior to the recent findings under investigation.
Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the Immensa Wolverhampton laboratory false testing results on the rates of covid-19 the South West.
Answered by Maggie Throup
Investigations are ongoing.