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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (Second sitting)

"Q Mr Trenholm, you referred to the fact that the CQC will be assessing ICSs in future, which was a recommendation of the Health and Social Care Committee. You also referred to oversight of social care provision. Can you clarify whether that is by virtue of your assessment of …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (Second sitting)

"Q First to Councillor Jamieson on the changed procedures during the pandemic for the discharge of patients into social care, do you welcome the embedding of those changes into legislation for the future?

Cllr James Jamieson: Certainly, we are very pleased that we have repealed some of the legislation, …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (Second sitting)

"Q Very good. Thank you. As a follow-up question to both panellists, could you comment on the benefits arising from the preventive measures in the Bill on the fluoridation of tap water and obesity?

Professor Maggie Rae: Obviously, from my position as president of faculty, I want more emphasis …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (Second sitting)

"Q Minister, would you outline your understanding of how the Bill will impact the people of Wales? I believe the areas to be the UK-wide medicines information system and social care discharge to assess measures, which may well be relevant in border areas, but there may be other points.

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (Second sitting)

"Q Is it a fundamental objection to the content of those elements of the Bill or is it a procedural matter?

Eluned Morgan: Interesting. We do not necessarily have an issue with the policy of some of them, but we are very concerned with some aspects of the constitutional …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (Second sitting)

"Can I have one further question?..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (Second sitting)

"Q Thank you very much. Minister, we met recently about the NHS in north Wales and you very kindly sent a detailed response. I am very appreciative of that. One of the things we discussed was interoperability —the fact that the health service in a lot of Wales interacts …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (Second sitting)

"Thank you...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Jul 2021
Health and Care Bill

"I welcome the Bill, particularly its intention to better integrate health and social care in England. As vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on obesity, I am pleased to see the introduction of restrictions on the advertising of high fat, salt and sugar products online, and on television before 9 …..."
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Written Question
Coronavirus: Screening
Tuesday 6th July 2021

Asked by: James Davies (Conservative - Vale of Clwyd)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the performance of lateral flow devices available in the UK; and what comparative assessment he has made of the performance of those devices that are available in the UK and overseas.

Answered by Jo Churchill

Since August 2020, Public Health England has evaluated over 150 lateral flow antigen devices (LFDs) produced by United Kingdom and international manufacturers. To date, 31 of these have displayed performance characteristics desirable for mass testing, with a very high specificity and sensitivity against viral loads associated with infectiousness. Devices are also tested for robustness, usability and evidence of cross-reactivity with seasonal coronaviruses.

The Department monitors the evaluation of LFDs that are performed in other countries to shortlist LFDs for validation that meet criteria designed to identify the most likely future requirements and use cases in the United Kingdom.