Coronavirus: Disease Control

(asked on 31st March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 15 March (HL6546), which (1) charities, and (2) stakeholders, were consulted by the Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency, Dr Jenny Harries, with regard to (a) immunocompromised patients, and (2) the Living with Covid strategy.


Answered by
Lord Kamall Portrait
Lord Kamall
This question was answered on 27th April 2022

The Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency has consulted with the Cabinet Office Disabilities and Health Charities Communications Forum. Those in attendance included:

Age UK; Anthony Nolan; Blood Cancer UK; British Liver Trust; Business Disability Forum; Cancer Research UK; Carers UK; Diabetes UK; Epilepsy Action; Kidney Care UK; Macmillan Cancer Support; Mencap; MS Society; Parkinson's UK; Patients Association; Rare Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Alliance; Rethink Mental Illness: Richmond Group; Scope; and Versus Arthritis.

We have also met with a coalition of approximately 20 charities representing individuals who are immunosuppressed or are at higher risk from serious illness should they contract COVID-19. This included: Kidney Care UK; MS Society; British Liver Trust; Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance; Bowel Cancer UK; The Rare Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Alliance; National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society; Blood Cancer UK; Crohn’s and Colitis UK; Muscular Dystrophy UK; Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation; Versus Arthritis; Age UK; Macmillan Cancer Support; Kidney Research UK; Scleroderma and Raynard’s UK Lupus UK; Anthony Nolan; Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis; British Liver Trust; Cystic Fibrosis Trust; and Leukaemia Care.

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