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    Re: Johnson. PMQs coming up Archived Message

    Posted by Mary on May 20, 2020, 4:21 pm, in reply to "Re: Johnson. PMQs coming up"

    The BBC's take from Vicky Young

    'Here is a round-up of what came up in this week's PMQs:

    Boris Johnson announced that 189 NHS workers and 131 social care workers' deaths have been reported as involving Covid-19

    Keir Starmer used his questions to ask about care homes - specifically why patients were discharged to care homes without being tested to make sure they were not infected

    He also criticised the lack of "effective" testing and tracing in the UK

    And he urged the PM to drop the surcharge for overseas health workers using the NHS

    The PM replied that the surcharge brought in £900m and that it is "very difficult" to find alternative ways of funding the health service

    On care homes, he said no one was discharged to a care home without approval from a clinician

    He also said 24,000 traces had been recruited and that he had "growing confidence" that a test, track and trace system would be in place by 1 June

    Like the Labour leader, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford also went on the surcharge, asking if the government was "embarrassed this is how his government chooses to treat NHS workers"

    The PM responded that he valued the health service and the government had made massive investments in the NHS'

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