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HANSARDEuropean Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (EFTA States) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, these regulations relate to the recognition of professional healthcare qualifications in the UK and social work qualifications in England. They are part of the…16 Nov 2020HANSARDEuropean Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (EFTA States) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 17 September be approved.16 Nov 2020HANSARDEuropean Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (EFTA States) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I am enormously grateful for the searching questions of the noble Baronesses. They have covered an enormous amount of ground, and I am not sure whether I can cover it…16 Nov 2020HANSARDReciprocal and Cross-Border Healthcare (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I express admiration and gratitude for the stamina of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for sitting through this debate several times. I have also sat through it…16 Nov 2020HANSARDReciprocal and Cross-Border Healthcare (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 30 September be approved.16 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I am extremely grateful for the thoughtful questions of the noble Baronesses. I shall try to answer them as completely as I can but will write on any that I have…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I am not sure that I entirely understood the question. In terms of the private beds that we intended to use, that capacity was extremely valuable as a fallback during…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIf the noble Lord would not mind, could he repeat the question, because I could not hear the words, I am afraid?12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the noble Lord for his championing of nurse practitioners, because we are going to rely on all qualified healthcare workers to administer an injection to support this huge…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy noble friend will be aware of the prioritisation list published by the JVCI. I am afraid that the over-50s, of which I am a member, are not highest on the list, but they are at…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord is completely reasonable in his concerns but that is not the approach we are taking at the moment. Actually, public support for the lockdown measures—the wearing of…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI greatly thank the people of Leicester for their patience with the lockdown and with the very large number of measures that have been put in place there. The noble Lord is aware…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, the noble Lord raises a very good point. We pay tribute to all those who stepped forward, whether they were young doctors at the end of their training or older doctors…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy noble friend is right that the advice to business is extremely important, and we are ambitious to try to unlock the economy to enable people to return to as normal a life as…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I reassure the noble Lord that the 67 DPHs who are taking the tests in the first round are those who stepped forward. I believe that they include DPHs in Lancashire, but…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the noble Lord for his characteristically detailed and forensic question. The lateral flow test, as I am sure he knows, has the terrific advantage of giving very few false…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy noble friend is entirely right; in any epidemic, nosocomial infection is one of the greatest challenges faced. If you want to find a recent infection of Covid, the best place…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I share the noble Lord’s sentiment that the vaccine is an uplift and a source of optimism, but I hope that he will not mind if I also use this opportunity to say that…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe role of Kate Bingham, the head of the Vaccine Taskforce, has been to acquire vaccines—and that is what she has done. She has served the nation brilliantly by acquiring six of…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am extremely grateful to my noble friend for flagging up this important concern, which I acknowledge is a serious worry for those in the athletic and sporting arena. Colleagues…12 Nov 2020