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 ensure that Northwick Park Hospital is receiving the support it needs to tackle to covid-19 outbreak.

Northwick Park Hospital is one of a group of hospitals chosen to care for COVID-19 patients.

The Government is working around the clock to give the National Health Service and the wider social care sector the equipment and support they need to tackle this outbreak.

In the past two weeks, the NHS Supply Chain have delivered 170 million FFP3 masks, surgical masks and other personal protective equipment to NHS trusts and 58,000 healthcare settings including general practitioners, pharmacies and community providers.

While this is a new coronavirus, Northwick Park Hospital staff have extensive experience of treating infectious diseases. They also have appropriate facilities designed to provide the best care for patients who have the virus whilst keeping everyone else being treated at Northwick Park Hospital safe.

The NHS in London and Public Health England are well prepared for outbreaks of new infectious diseases. The NHS has put in place measures to ensure the safety of all patients and NHS staff while also ensuring services are available to the public as normal.