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Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Laboratories ( 3 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: We continuously review our laboratory requirements as the pandemic progresses to ensure we have sufficient capacity. The new Leamington Spa laboratory will in the immediate term be dedicated to COVID-19 testing for the National Testing Programme, working alongside the network of Lighthouse Laboratories and partnerships with public, private and academic sector laboratories. The long term plan...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Department of Health and Social Care: Serco ( 3 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: No fines or other financial penalties have been paid by Serco or sub-contractors.

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Laboratories: Finance ( 3 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: This information is not currently available as the contracts for these laboratories are yet to be published.

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Laboratories: Contracts ( 3 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: The construction of the laboratory in Leamington Spa is underway and will start processing tests from spring 2021. We have paused development work on the laboratory in Scotland until we have further detailed projections on long-term testing demand. The Leamington Spa laboratory will be run by the Department, which will hold supply contracts for resourcing, equipment, machinery, facilities and...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Quarantine ( 3 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: The discretionary funding is determined according to the COVID-19 Relative Needs Formula (RNF). The RNF is used to allocate funding for each local authority based on population size and levels of deprivation. It also takes account of allocations to authorities across previous tranches of funding.

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Screening ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: Rapid lateral flow device testing is available for staff in secondary schools, colleges, primary, school-based nurseries and maintained nursery schools.

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: NHS: Staff ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: The NHS People Plan is a shared programme of work to increase the workforce, support new ways of working and develop a compassionate and inclusive workplace culture in order to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan. We are working closely with NHS England and NHS Improvement, Health Education England, systems and employers to determine our workforce and people priorities beyond April 2021 whilst...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Dental Services: Coronavirus ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: We will continue to work closely with the dentistry sector to review whether any of the available testing technologies could be appropriately and safely deployed to further eliminate the risk associated with asymptomatic patients attending for treatment.

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Laboratories: West Midlands ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: The Department has announced a new laboratory based in Leamington Spa opening in 2021, cementing the United Kingdom as a world leader in diagnostics. When at full capacity, the laboratory will be able to process up to 300,000 polymerase chain reaction tests per day.

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Quarantine ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: We have made no such estimate. The Government continues to work closely with the 314 local authorities in England to monitor the efficacy and payments made under the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme. The scheme is now being extended to the summer and funding to local authorities to make discretionary payments to people facing hardship is being increased to £20 million a month, to...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Medacs Healthcare: Coronavirus ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: The Medacs contracts have a maximum approved expenditure of £350 million over two years.

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Screening ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: The Government does not publish data in the format requested. However, we are currently creating a digital solution to capture all home tests not returned by post within seven days.

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Laboratories: Conditions of Employment ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: Medacs Healthcare is a leading healthcare staffing company which are contracted to provide healthcare recruitment services including workforce for the Leamington Spa laboratory. Many employees will therefore be contracted through Medacs terms and conditions. Individuals applying for roles are vetted and screened to ensure they meet the requirements and have relevant experience in...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Laboratories: Staff ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: When operating at full capacity, the Leamington Spa laboratory will require a multi-skilled workforce of up to 2,000 people. Specific roles will include data scientists, bioscience leads, shift supervisors, laboratory equipment managers, senior, junior and trainee laboratory technicians, warehouse leads and a range of administrative and facilities management roles. We have decided to...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Test and Trace Support Payment ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: Eligibility for the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme is based on a number of criteria, including whether an applicant is in receipt of means-tested benefits. An applicant’s salary including overtime payments is not assessed.

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Screening ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: There are currently 183 universities accredited to provide rapid lateral flow tests via asymptomatic test sites.

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Quarantine ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: Notifications on self-isolation periods are given out by contact tracing staff who have received training for their role on the policies, operating procedures and scripts related to contact tracing. This training is updated in line with any changes to Government policy and guidance. Individuals who feel that they have been incorrectly notified of their self-isolation period are able to raise...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Screening ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: Lateral flow tests have undergone rigorous testing and evaluation including at Public Health England’s research laboratories. The latest figures show a sensitivity of 57.5% generally and 84.3% in people with high viral loads They are accurate, reliable and successfully identify those with COVID-19 without symptoms and could pass on the virus.

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Contact Tracing ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: We are continually monitoring case numbers and reviewing what this means for NHS Test and Trace operations. We have the ability to increase or decrease contact tracer resource provision at speed in response to rising or falling numbers of cases. In addition, we continue to work with local authorities and other community partners to ensure a systematic approach to tracing and to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Screening ( 2 Mar 2021)

Helen Whately: The Government has published ‘Liverpool COVID-19 community testing pilot: interim evaluation report summary’, which is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/liverpool-covid-1 9-community-testing-pilot-interim-evaluation-report-summary/ liverpool-covid-19-community-testing-pilot-interim-evaluatio n-report-summary This is an interim report from an...


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