We soon will need to put the worst of the pandemic measures behind us and concentrate on the promotion of prosperity for the many. Controlling the disease should rest on the offer of vaccinations, better treatments, individual decisions about reducing… read more
Question:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of hospital beds that will be needed for cases of the Omicron variant of covid-19 in January based on the latest forecasts. (91819) Table… read more
Yesterday the Secretary of State for Health took to the pages of the Daily Telegraph to explain why he wants a more cautious policy. The crucial passages said “We face a tsunami of infections in the coming days and weeks. Omicron spreads at a pace we … read more
The idea of democratic politics is to elect Ministers who can draw on the best possible expert advice, but then apply commonsense and judgement to it to fashion acceptable policy. Always Ministers have to balance advice on topic A against advice on to… read more
The Department of Health and Social Care has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (90313): Question:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the number of beds in NHS Engla… read more