Covid-19 Update

Clive Efford Excerpts
Monday 15th November 2021

(3 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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My hon. Friend highlights the importance of access, whether through vaccination centres, walk-in centres, pop-up centres or pharmacies. A record number of pharmacies are working on our vaccination campaign. I would be more than happy to speak to him to see what more we can do.

Clive Efford Portrait Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab)
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The London Ambulance Service has had to call on volunteers for support in recent months, and it has nearly 90 drivers from the fire service and the Metropolitan police. Is the Secretary of State aware of that? If not, why not? What is he doing to ensure we have an ambulance service that can cope if we have a spike in covid or additional demands due to severe weather, or both?