Pharmacy: Coronavirus

(asked on 20th May 2020) - View Source

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 pharmacists are included in (a) the next stage of the Government’s response to the covid-19 outbreak, (b) plans for the roll-out of testing and (c) forthcoming vaccination programmes; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 9th June 2020

Ministers, officials and NHS England and NHS Improvement have been in regular contact with the pharmacy sector in relation to phase one of the response to the pandemic and continue to engage with them, seeking views and support, as we move into phase two. This include plans for the roll-out of testing and any forthcoming COVID-19 related vaccination programmes.

We are committed to increasing testing capacity so everyone who needs a test can access one. As a result, COVID-19 testing eligibility has recently expanded to all symptomatic people in England and Wales, and all symptomatic people over the age of five across the United Kingdom.

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