Appearances and Speeches

The National Health Service is facing significant pressure as it responds to patient demand from COVID-19 cases and it is a success that hos

Expenditure on COVID-19 will be published as part of the Department’s 2019-20 Annual Report and Accounts later this year.

Personal protective equipment supplies are being coordinated at a United Kingdom-wide level and allocation is made based on clinical need ac

Holding answer received on 24 March 2020 The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.

Holding answer received on 25 March 2020 In March 2020, the National Health Service had 3,700 critical care beds for adults and, a

Holding answer received on 24 March 2020 Air ambulance organisations are independent charities with their own governance arrangeme

Holding answer received on 24 March 2020 The Department continues to engage with the air ambulance sector via Air Ambulances UK, t

Work preparing the National Health Service has been ongoing and we have already doubled ventilator capacity.

Planning for pandemics, like all civil emergencies, is based on a Reasonable Worst-Case Scenario (RWCS).

The number of people who attended accident and emergency and general practitioner surgeries as a result of illegal drug use is not recorded