
APPG on Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics is a cross-party group of UK Parliamentarians concerned about #vulnerablegroups
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http://appg-vulnerablegroups.org/ 25-09-2020 13:26:06
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According to the Minister for Health, the #Forgotten500k campaign that I spearheaded last year with Nikola Brigden, Mark Oakley, and Dr Lennard Lee (Oxford University) generated more political questions than any other matter in recent history.

Jeremy, Storm & Vanessa On 5 Henry Bonsu @estherk_k Alexis Conran Lots of hospital trust are telling their staff not to test for covid if they are ill too. Shocking disregard for vulnerable patients and also their own staff. So yes we need masks in hospital settings. This is the one place that should be safe.


Why are we putting so many at risk? Why are so many ignoring basic principles We need more people to stand up like this and speak out Enough us enough. People are DYING Andrew Gwynne MP Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 Will Quince Carol Vorderman Stephen Griffin Frances Ryan Kit Yates Dr Dan Goyal


Congratulations to Victoria Atkins MP on her appointment to Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Care and to the new health team. We hope that you will work with the APPG VGP to prioritise and protect the immunocompromised still shielding or living restricted lives due to Covid 19

Pleased to be able to finally share our report ‘Forgotten but Engaged’ which goes live today and will be presented UK House of Commons See below for report and thread for headlines tinyurl.com/uekr2fpk Psychology at Bath University of Bath News Forgotten Lives Uk IPR APPG on Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics

On the day Boris Johnson is interviewed on his decision making we are here UK House of Commons asking for change for those who are still living indoors to shield from the ongoing threat of #COVID19 We need strategy & targeted support. More here: tinyurl.com/3vdtxskn University of Bath


Today Dr Jo Daniels and I met in UK House of Commons to present research with APPG on Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics Forgotten Lives Uk we hope will help improve life #mentalhealth #politicaltrust #representation of 1.2 million immunocompromised. Significant promised made. Thanks all 808 people who took our survey.


Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 however they have also upheld an appeal by the NHS to delay further roll out to a cohort of approx 14m, for 15 months. meaning many who should get it wont. They will pay more storage charges on the drugs already bought and many will go out of date and have to destroyed

Today we delivered a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signed by 16 charities & organisations representing immunocompromised people across the UK. On this 4th anniversary of the first UK Covid-19 lockdown, we're calling for support for those facing continued risk & isolation.


On 4th anniversary of UK Covid19 lockdown Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 for APPG on Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics was proud to stand with National Kidney Foundation Anthony Nolan Blood Cancer UK & 16 charities & Forgotten Lives Uk delivering a reminder to Rishi Sunak that the immunocompromised continue to face risk & isolation with little support



1/x *** New Research ***. 😀What can be done to protect immunocompromised patients? New press release from AstraZeneca. astrazeneca.com/media-centre/p…, and it's about a therapy called Sipavibart, the successor to Evusheld.
