Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received on the effectiveness of the application of the overseas quarantine regulations to healthcare professionals.

The Department received feedback from a number of stakeholders and experts on the application of the quarantine regulations to healthcare professionals and they were amended as appropriate.

As of 31 July, all health and care workers entering the United Kingdom from non-exempt countries or territories are required to self-isolate for 14 days. Before this date, healthcare workers had been exempted but this was removed in order to ensure consistency with the general public and to protect public health and the wider healthcare sector. We continue to keep this position under review to ensure consistency with current evidence and developments.