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HANSARDCovid-19: Mental HealthI should be very glad to look at that request and would be grateful if the noble Baroness would forward it to me. The Young Minds movement is very important. I would say that…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateTo be clear to the noble Lord, the dashboard was made available on 22 June. It has a very large amount of local information, including information from 111, hospitals and the test…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord is entirely right. I have four children, all of whom have returned to school this week, and they are all attending smaller classes for smaller amounts of time on…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, we have an energetic fake news and rebuttal team at the Department for Health—which I regard as an enormous shame. It is a waste of our time and indicates how dangerous…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord stretches my scientific expertise to the limit, but my understanding from the CMO is that a distinctive feature of this virus is its surprising lack of mutation. It…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I remember the incident well and I intended no discourtesy whatever. I reassure the noble Lord that I left the Chamber and instructed my officials to draft that letter;…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, it is beyond my reach to instruct the House on its debates, but I would entirely agree with the noble Baroness that one of the saddest and most challenging aspects of…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord overstates his case a bit—it is 28% of Britons who are obese—but his point is very well made. We have undoubtedly been challenged as a nation because too many of us…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, the mayor is mistaken. He has been presented with all the data that we had. He has sat down with public health officials and been through that data, which has been…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord raises a significant challenge that has emerged from Covid: our profound reliance on public transport to keep our major cities and, candidly, much of our economy…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Mental HealthMy Lords, we are feeling our way in this area. There have been benefits from some of the moves online. People have been able to see more of their consultants, they have found that…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord is right that the R figure is important, but in many ways, at this stage of the epidemic, the prevalence figure—the total number of people who carry the disease—is…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI pay tribute to the NHS in the Leicester area, which has done magnificently. I understand that the facilities there are extremely resilient. In Leicester, as in many other…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, home testing by those with learning difficulties should be a straightforward matter. Anyone seeking a home testing kit can apply for one online; we have a large supply…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Baroness asks a sensible question. It is, however, an unfortunate truth that, by the time someone tests positive, it is likely that they may have infected other members…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, we take the PHE report extremely seriously but there is still work to do in understanding how the disease affects different groups, including ethnicities. Some effects…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Baroness talks of an incident that I do not know the details of, but I do not deny that we are on a learning curve. We will publish new guidelines tomorrow on our local…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, there is very wide access to tests. Anyone who wants a test can apply for one today and, in almost any location in the country, will get one this afternoon.…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIt is my understanding that many day centres will be reopened, although they will have to undergo a very careful risk assessment and, depending on the physical layout, may not be…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy noble friend points to the crux of the matter, which is that the correct response to such a local outbreak requires careful collaboration between PHE, with its expertise,…01 Jul 2020