government will take the tough decisions to protect the british people decisions to protect the british people and we will have a vaccine and science led approach to dealing with the and science led approach to dealing with the pandemic. the and science led approach to dealing with the pandemic. with the pandemic. the prime minister has with the pandemic. the prime minister has come with the pandemic. the prime minister has come to - with the pandemic. the prime minister has come to the i with the pandemic. the prime i minister has come to the house unable to state whether carers in the community is visiting home after home in one day, often of older people and those clinically extremely vulnerable will still have access to free tests in order to keep themselves and their patients say. he has said that testing for nhs staff will be a matter for the nhs. surely he can do better than this. even the nhs and carers need to be able to plan ahead for what is coming. will he come cle
who are vulnerable and symptomatic will have access to testing. i should will have access to testing. i should have said that in my answer to his should have said that in my answer to his question. in a should have said that in my answer to his question. to his question. in a recent survey the majority to his question. in a recent survey the majority of to his question. in a recent survey the majority of nhs to his question. in a recent survey the majority of nhs leaders - to his question. in a recent survey the majority of nhs leaders agree j to his question. in a recent survey l the majority of nhs leaders agree it is not the right time to end freeze testing. can the prime minister tell me why he disagrees with those leaders and what scientific advice he has considered to come to this decision that could have a real impact on the nhs elective recovery plan? i impact on the nhs elective recovery ian? . impact on the nhs elective recovery . ian? ., ., , impact on the nhs ele
through some of the areas where there are still questions because those became obvious in the debate. i think the main changes are as follows. from thursday, this week in england, the legal requirement to self isolate will end. alongside that, support payments to self isolate will end, something thatis self isolate will end, something that is politically controversial because keir starmer accused boris johnson effectively of taking away the tools people need in order to self isolate and this will hit the most vulnerable. the other announcement was the ending of free asymptomatic testing for the public asymptomatic testing for the public as the prime minister put it in england from the 1st of april. some testing will be free. he said he would set out the details in march but older people and people in high risk settings will still get free testing. for the public, that will go from the of april.
to save his own skin. you would not believe it from what the right you would not believe it from what the right honourable gentleman has ust the right honourable gentleman has just said the right honourable gentleman has just said but the cooperation between the uk government, scottish authority. between the uk government, scottish authority, has been outstanding. and will continue to be outstanding. i can tell will continue to be outstanding. i can tell him, he asked about free tests can tell him, he asked about free tests and can tell him, he asked about free tests and how they are to be paid, the three tests and how they are to be paid, the three tests will continue until the three tests will continue until the beginning of april. of course, if people the beginning of april. of course, if people want to continue beyond then, if people want to continue beyond then, and if people want to continue beyond then, and i if people want to continue beyond then, and i set
our laboratory networks will help us understand the evolution of the virus and identify any changes in characteristics. we will prepare and maintain our capabilities to ramp up testing. we will continue to support other countries in developing their own surveillance capabilities because a new variant can emerge anywhere. and we will meet our commitment to donate 100 million vaccine doses byjune as part of our agreement at the uk s g7 summit to provide a billion doses to vaccinate the world over the next year. labour leader sir keir starmer says huge efforts have been made in the last two years and the country wouldn t be here today without the heroism of key workers including those in the nhs. he said the pm promised a plan for living with covid but all we ve got today is chaos and disarray . an approach that seems to think that