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 isolate covid-19 wards from other parts of a general hospital.

On 19 May, the Government published best practice guidance on reducing the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in hospital settings. This included guidance on patient placement, flow through the hospital, and inpatient settings. The guidance is publicly available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-control/reducing-the-risk-of-transmission-of-covid-19-in-the-hospital-setting