Maggie Throup: The consultation ‘Making vaccination a condition of deployment in the health and wider social care sector’ relates specifically to health and care workers, not to wider use of domestic vaccine certification. There are no plans to extend domestic certification to include flu vaccination.
Maggie Throup: All United Kingdom citizens and those with the rights to reside in the UK who are fully vaccinated outside the UK have full rights to travel.
Maggie Throup: We work closely with the hospitality sector providing quarantine accommodation and continue to monitor the operation of the managed quarantine service. CTM is the Government’s hotel quarantine service supplier. To ensure all our managed quarantine hotels are safe environments, we have standard operating procedures (SOPs), testing and infection prevention control processes for staff and...
Maggie Throup: A single complaint was reported in one managed quarantine facility. Following this incident, a full risk assessment was carried out by the hotel, including introduction of improved vermin controls and subsequently an environmental health officer upon inspection gave the facility a five-star rating, which is the highest rating that can be achieved. There has been no indication of vermin or...
Maggie Throup: The organisations participating in the workplaces daily contact testing pilot evaluation scheme are as follows: - John Lewis; - Jaguar Land Rover; - Primula (Kavli); - Northumbria Water; - Oxford Biomedica; - Greencore; - Co-op - Castlewood; - British Steel; - Longley Farm; - Agrial Fresh Produce; - Pilgrim’s; - Moy Park; - AB Foods Silver Spoon; - Danish Crown Pork; - Apetito; - Network...
Maggie Throup: The organisations with sites approved for the daily contact testing workplace evaluation are as follows: - John Lewis; - Jaguar Land Rover; - Primula (Kavli) ; - Northumbria Water; - Oxford Biomedica; - Greencore; - Co-op - Castlewood; - British Steel; - Longley Farm; - Agrial Fresh Produce; - Pilgrim’s; - Moy Park; - AB Foods Silver Spoon; - Danish Crown Pork; - Apetito; - Network Rail; -...
Maggie Throup: From 8 August passengers returning from France who have been fully vaccinated with an authorised vaccine in the United Kingdom, United States of America or certain European countries for 14 days do not need to quarantine or take a day eight test.
Maggie Throup: From 8 August, arrivals from or transited through France in the last 10 days who have been fully vaccinated under the United Kingdom vaccination programme approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency do not need to quarantine. They are still expected to take a day two test.
Maggie Throup: As of 19 July, GISAID data showed there have been to date 2,959 cases of the Beta variant in France or 5.2% of all cases, compared to 1,052 cases of the Beta variant in the United Kingdom or 0.2% of all cases, 44 cases or 0.5% of all cases in Greece and 621 cases or 1.4% of all cases in Spain since the start of the pandemic. As of 14 July, more sequences uploaded to the GISAID international...
Maggie Throup: We are aware of one case of vermin across the Managed Quarantine Service estate and a refund is being issued to the guest affected.
Maggie Throup: NHS England continues to target a higher share of funding towards geographies with high health inequalities as outlined in the 2021/22 Planning Guidance. The new Health and Care Bill will form new integrated care systems to ensure the healthcare system is effectively managing population health and tackling health inequalities. The Bill will ensure that duties previously applied to clinical...
Maggie Throup: The success of the vaccination programme means that stringent economic and social restrictions may not be needed to prevent unsustainable pressure on the National Health Service this autumn. The risk of COVID-19 is now being managed through pharmaceutical interventions like vaccines and antivirals, including vaccines for those aged 12 to 15 years old, continuing the Test, Trace and Isolate...
Maggie Throup: Public Health England has not made a comparative assessment. We continue to advise that members of the public continue to wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed spaces where they are likely to come into contact with those they do not regularly meet.
Maggie Throup: The cancellation of the Valneva supply contract does not directly impact the clinical trials which are ongoing. Clinical trial participants who received a Valneva vaccination as part of their trial will continue to be able to prove their vaccination status and will be treated as fully vaccinated in domestic settings and at the United Kingdom border.
Maggie Throup: The Department is currently developing a Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy, which is planned for publication later this year. The Strategy will consider issues related to collaborative commissioning and national sexual and reproductive health standards across the National Health Service and local authorities. The Health and Care Bill will facilitate collaborative commissioning by...
Maggie Throup: No recent assessment has been made. In 2021/22 the national Public Health Grant to local authorities in England is £3.234 billion. The Grant supports the delivery of their public health functions, including contraceptive services. It is for individual local authorities to determine how funding is spent to meet local population health needs.
Maggie Throup: The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) will be established on 1 October 2021. The OHID will develop a new Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy planned for publication later this year and will consider issues related to women’s sexual and reproductive healthcare, including addressing the unmet need for contraception.
Maggie Throup: The Department is currently in the process of drafting the new Tobacco Control Plan working closely with Public Health England and other Government departments. We expect the final Tobacco Control Plan to be published by the end of the year.
Maggie Throup: As of 1 September 2021, there were 1,707 consultants in NHS Test and Trace. We are unable to provide information on the average cost of consultants as this is commercially sensitive.
Maggie Throup: The information is not held in the format requested.