Living with Covid-19
Debate between Baroness Evans of Bowes Park and Viscount Thurso
Tuesday 22nd February 2022
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Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Con)
As I have said, we have launched the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, which will systematically tackle the top preventable risk factors and associated ill health, such as smoking and obesity, to improve the public’s health. We will also set out a strategy to tackle the core drivers of inequality in health outcomes in a new White Paper on health disparities this year.
Viscount Thurso (LD)
My Lords, what advice will the Government give to employers? Will responsible employers be expected to provide testing for their employees?
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Con)
We will revise the workplace guidance for employers and work with them; again, it will be published shortly, before the full measures we announced yesterday come into effect.