Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 1801

Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

Tabled: 25 July 2024
Answered: 31 July 2024

Question

Mary Kelly Foy

LabourCity of Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of preparedness for future pandemics.

Answer

The Department is embedding lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic within its approach to pandemic preparedness. This includes amending the approach to cover all five routes of communicable disease transmission, rather than focusing on planning for specific t...

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