Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to minimise the risk to clinical professionals of contracting covid-19.

Public Health England have published guidance for clinical professions and includes specific guidance on infection prevention and control at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-guidance#guidance-for-health-professionals

All guidance is published on gov.uk and standard operating procedures are published on NHS England and NHS Improvement’s website. There is also guidance for National Health Service staff in primary care, secondary care, community based health and social care and ambulance services at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/