PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Disease Control (28 September 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking during the second wave of covid-19 to protect people who were in the shielding category during the first wave.
Asked by:
Sarah Owen (Labour)
Asked by:
Sarah Owen (Labour)
Answer
In recent months the Government has reintroduced shielding advice for clinically extremely vulnerable people in tier 4 areas or during periods of national lockdown. The updated guidance and letters signpost people to mental health support and the Government has provided additional funding to local authorities to support clinically extremely vulnerable people during these periods of enhanced restrictions. NHS Volunteer Responders also remain on hand to support people, including clinically vulnerable people with serious mental illness.
Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
27 January 2021
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