Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support GP services in Coventry during the covid-19 outbreak.

Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are working with their local practices and Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance to ensure that there is an appropriate `hot hub’ service for potential COVID-19 positive patients requiring a face-to-face consultation following clinical triage/consultation, so they can seek the treatment required or be referred onward. Transport is available for those who need it. The CCG have escalation plans in place to ensure appropriate capacity to respond to current pandemic demands.

Improvements have also been made to IT infrastructure, with the roll-out of several new systems, including GP Connect.