Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training was given to Covid-19 Clinical Assessment Service general practitioners prior to the commencement of their roles in August 2020.

All general practitioners who support the COVID-19 Clinical Assessment Service (CCAS) are required to complete essential training on a range of subjects before starting their role.

This training includes:

- safeguarding;

- a senior clinician module;

- CCAS Self-Assessment Framework;

- COVID-19 Breathlessness – Clinical Triage Support Tool; and

- training on the system used to take a patient’s history and make clinical notes.