PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Influenza: Care Homes (3 September 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) testing and (b) surveillance in care homes during the covid-19 pandemic for the implications of his policies on preventing influenza in that setting.

Asked by:
Sarah Owen (Labour)

There was negligible circulation of influenza in care homes in 2020-21 due to the measures designed to stop the spread of COVID-19. Existing systems for multi-virus testing of care homes remain in place and can be deployed when required.

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
16 September 2021