PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Disadvantaged: Coronavirus (24 September 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to protect people living in deprived areas from covid-19.

Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)

Answer

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities (Kemi Badenoch MP) is reviewing the findings from Public Health England’s reports to better understand the drivers behind the disparities in the risk and outcomes from COVID-19 and the relationships between the different risk factors. Her work will help us to improve understanding of the virus and who it affects so we can build on and protect our most vulnerable communities the existing action. This includes our childhood obesity plan, National Health Service health checks, our tobacco control plan and diabetes prevention programme.


Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
13 October 2020

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