Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available to people who rely on fundraising events to access private medicines that will be cancelled due to the covid-19 outbreak.
As part of our concerted national efforts to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak, we are doing everything we can to ensure patients continue to access safe and effective medicines.
For those who rely on fundraising events to access private medicines, events which do not involve people gathering in one place may still go ahead provided they comply with Government policy and guidelines which can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/charities-act-2016-new-fundraising-rules
Examples of events that could still go ahead are virtual races or meetups. Further advice on fundraising during the COVID-19 pandemic can be found at the following link:
https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/more-from-us/news/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-fundraising