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Mon 23rd Mar 2020
Coronavirus Bill
Commons Chamber
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Chi Onwurah

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Committee stage & 3rd reading & 3rd reading: House of Commons & Committee: 1st sitting & Committee: 1st sitting: House of Commons
Monday 23rd March 2020

(4 years, 8 months ago)

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I am grateful to the Minister for that intervention.

Chi Onwurah Portrait Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab)
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On that point, I should emphasise that equality of access to healthcare must surely apply to our excellent healthcare workers. Some concerns have been raised with me that healthcare workers are receiving advice from their national health service trusts that is different from that given to ordinary working people, particularly when it comes to isolation when there are symptoms at home. As one person put it to me, the applause and support for healthcare workers is all very well, but they also want to know that their health and wellbeing is considered to be just as important as everybody else’s, if not more so.

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