Covid-19

Alison McGovern Excerpts
Monday 16th March 2020

(4 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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Yes, and I have asked Simon Stevens, the head of the NHS, to ensure that local trusts and clinical commissioning groups keep their local MPs informed of what is happening locally, what is having to happen and how they are responding. Of course, the NHS is incredibly busy at this time preparing for events to come, but that would be a good idea.

Alison McGovern Portrait Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab)
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What extra support will be available for pharmacists, and when will local authorities know what their public health funding allocation will be?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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The public health budget is going up and pharmacists are an incredibly important part of the NHS family.