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HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyI am sorry to hear about the problems that the hon. Gentleman’s constituent has had in accessing help. We do recognise that there are serious pressures. Winter is a busy time for…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyThe hon. Lady is right to raise that matter. Every day, we monitor the number of appointments with GPs, A&E visits, pharmacy visits and the impact that those are having on our…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyMy hon. Friend makes a valid point. While we do not have a shortage, there are, as I have clearly outlined, supply issues. When deliveries are made to pharmacies, those pharmacies…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyMy right hon. Friend is right to encourage parents to take their children for the flu vaccine. She is also right to highlight the level of demand in her local A&E. Parents are…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyPerhaps if the hon. Gentleman had not been heckling me throughout my opening remarks, he would have heard that we are working with manufacturers and wholesalers across the…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyLet me reassure Members that, as I said in my opening remarks, there is no shortage of antibiotics to deal with strep A. There have been pressures on supplies; there have been…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyI thank my hon. Friend for raising this important point. UKHSA is looking at the data on this outbreak and previous ones. I am happy to meet him to discuss that, particularly if…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyI reassure the hon. Lady that we have not waited to act. We have already issued serious shortage protocols, which are routine mechanisms when there is pressure on supplies. We…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyMy hon. Friend is right to advise people to take their flu vaccination. What I was trying to say, but the Opposition did not really want to hear, was that strep A occurs in all…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyIf the hon. Gentleman forwards to me the details, I will happily look at that. I would just point out that, as of 12 December, a number of European countries, including Ireland,…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyI thank the hon. Lady for her question. I know families are concerned about the recent outbreak of strep A in children. Although the vast majority of strep A cases are mild and…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyWhere there has been an outbreak in a local area, many directors of public health are starting children in classes or in schools with known cases on prophylactic antibiotics,…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyJust to confirm, the five SSPs issued on Friday were in addition to the three issued previously. If colleagues are having problems with the pharmacies in their constituencies not…19 Dec 2022HANSARDIan Paterson: Patient Safety and Government Implementation PlanOn 16 December 2021, the Government published their response to the findings of the inquiry into the issues raised by disgraced surgeon, Ian Paterson. We reiterated the apologies…15 Dec 2022HANSARD Vaccines: Potential HarmsI thank my hon. Friend the Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen) for securing the debate. It is important that all Members get to discuss and debate such issues,…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Vaccines: Potential HarmsI will give way quickly, because I have only a couple of minutes.13 Dec 2022HANSARD Vaccines: Potential HarmsI will write to my hon. Friend with an update on that report. It was touched on that the MHRA has licensed the vaccine for babies, but that has not yet been approved by the JCVI,…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Vaccines: Potential HarmsI will not. I have just three minutes to respond to the many points that my hon. Friend made. It is important to put on the record that all the vaccines used in the UK are safe,…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Vaccines: Potential HarmsI completely disagree. I worked on the covid wards with patients who were dying from that virus. We had infection control measures, antibiotics, dexamethasone—a steroid—and every…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Vaccines: Potential HarmsI will give way for one brief point.13 Dec 2022