Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

(asked on 19th April 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with representatives of charities supporting severely immunocompromised groups to discuss their involvement in co-creating and disseminating communication and guidance to people on safely managing their risk after 1 April 2022.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 28th April 2022

We have regular meeting with charities representing and supporting patients in immunocompromised and immunosuppressed groups. The Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency, Dr Jenny Harries, is the clinical lead for programmes supporting these patients and has met with charities at stakeholder engagement sessions.

On 4 April 2022, updated guidance was issued for those whose immune system means they are at higher risk of serious illness if they become infected with COVID-19, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-people-whose-immune-system-means-they-are-at-higher-risk/covid-19-guidance-for-people-whose-immune-system-means-they-are-at-higher-risk

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