PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Care Workers: Coronavirus (10 March 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has in place to ensure care companies and care workers are adequately supported and protected in the event of a large scale outbreak of covid-19.

Asked by:
Sarah Owen (Labour)

Public Health England have published guidance for companies and care workers. This advice will be regularly updated as the scale of the outbreak increases. The guidance is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-social-or-community-care-and-residential-settings-on-covid-19

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
13 March 2020