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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateFor all my huge enthusiasm for technology, it is obviously critical for people to have a face-to-face appointment in primary care at their GP’s surgery, if one is needed. We have…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI don’t know.05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs part of the coronavirus response, we must ensure that we keep our physical NHS up to date, and we will build the new hospital in Kettering. We will complete it before 2030 at…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateNo.05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe hon. Lady has taken a close and repeated interest in this very important subject. We have put in place updated guidance on visiting care homes, which is a very important and…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAbsolutely. The PPE distribution system was described by the head of the armed forces as the biggest logistical exercise he had seen in his professional lifetime. It has been a…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThere is a challenge where case rates are going up sharply. Of course, the virus does pass on through social contact. We need to work with the local councils to bring the virus…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs well as the expansion of testing that my hon. Friend mentions, I can tell him that we are expanding NHS testing capacity within Stoke, and we are putting in the extra funding…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe challenge is that the primary transmission of the disease is between households and households mixing with one another. The approach that we have taken in England since we…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs well as responding to coronavirus, we need to ensure that we invest in the physical infrastructure of the NHS. I would just correct the hon. Lady, because the proposal in her…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWith permission, I would like to make a statement on coronavirus. The virus is spreading, both here and overseas. In the past week, over 450,000 people tested positive for…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThis is a very important question. The vaccines taskforce has done incredibly important work in supporting the scientific development and manufacture of vaccines and in procuring…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes. The hon. Member makes a really important point. This is why I resist the temptation to set a simplistic threshold above which a certain level of action is taken. That is…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am delighted to have the chance to agree wholeheartedly with the First Minister of Scotland. We have been working closely together to ensure that the apps work together and…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOf course they are involved, but this specific issue was in a PHE legacy computer system that we had already identified needed replacing; I had already commissioned its…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOf course, I have come to this House to be clear and transparent to it and to the nation as to the nature of this particular problem. It is wrong constantly to be picking on a…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThat is exactly what we are doing—absolutely. For instance, this morning I also spoke to Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, about how we continue to strengthen the join-up between…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe are doing a huge amount of work to trial these next-generation tests at the same time as expanding the current testing capability. For instance, if we have to have a test,…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe short answer is yes. The proposals that we are working through and that I will bring to this House are to have a more simplified approach to the local action that we took. We…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMr Deputy Speaker, we have had three voices of Wales in a row, including yours, Sir. I could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman from Plaid Cymru. The impact of long covid can…05 Oct 2020