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Medicine

  • Research Briefing

    Coronavirus: Covid-19 booster vaccines frequently asked questions

    Wednesday, 08 February, 2023

    This Commons Library briefing addresses commonly asked questions about the roll-out of the Covid-19 booster vaccine.

    • Research Briefing
    • Diseases
    • Health services
    • Medicine
    • Covid-19
  • Debate Pack

    National HIV Testing Week 2023

    Wednesday, 01 February, 2023

    A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for Wednesday 8 February for National HIV Testing Week 2023. The debate will be opened by Maggie Throup MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Health
    • Health services
    • Medicine
  • Debate Pack

    Sudden unexplained death in childhood

    Monday, 16 January, 2023

    A debate is scheduled to be held on Tuesday 17 December, at 4.30pm, in Westminster Hall on Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood. The debate will be opened by Kwasi Kwarteng MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Children and families
    • Communities
    • Health services
    • Medicine
  • Research Briefing

    Public access defibrillators

    Friday, 30 December, 2022

    This briefing provides an overview on the provision and funding of public access defibrillators and the law surrounding their use.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Health
    • Medicine
  • Research Briefing

    Health and Care Act 2022: Final stages in Parliament

    Friday, 04 November, 2022

    This briefing looks at what happened to the Health and Care Act 2022 in its final stages in Parliament – focussing on the issues debated and amendments made.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health
    • Health services
    • Medicine
  • Debate Pack

    Investing in the future of Motor Neurone Disease

    Tuesday, 18 October, 2022

    A debate has been scheduled in the Commons Chamber on Investing in the future of Motor Neurone Disease on Thursday 20 October 2022. The subject for this debate has been chosen by the Backbench Business Committee. The debate will be opened by Andrew Lewer MP and Jessica Morden MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Diseases
    • Medicine
    • Sciences
  • Debate Pack

    Safety of Covid-19 vaccines

    Tuesday, 18 October, 2022

    On Monday 24 October 2022 there will be a Westminster Hall debate on e-petition 602171 relating to the safety of Covid-19 vaccines. The debate will be opened by Elliot Colburn MP on behalf of the Petitions Committee.

    • Debate Pack
    • Diseases
    • Government
    • Medicine
    • Covid-19
  • Research Briefing

    Detection of poliovirus in London sewage samples

    Wednesday, 07 September, 2022

    Between February and June 2022, multiple vaccine-like-type-2 poliovirus isolates were collected from the London Beckton Sewage Treatment Works. This briefing paper sets out information about polio disease and the response of the UK Government and the UK Health Security Agency.

    • Research Briefing
    • Diseases
    • Health
    • Health services
    • Medicine
    • Sciences
  • Debate Pack

    Debate on Covid-19 vaccines and the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

    Monday, 05 September, 2022

    A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 6 September 2022 at 4.30pm on ‘Covid-19 vaccines and the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme’. The debate will be opened by Sir Jeremy Wright MP (Conservative).

    • Debate Pack
    • Diseases
    • Medicine
  • Research Briefing

    Waiving intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines

    Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

    To meet demand for Covid-19 vaccines, some countries have argued for a waiver on intellectual property rights for vaccines. This paper sets out the debate.

    • Research Briefing
    • International development
    • International trade
    • Medicine
    • Covid-19
  • Debate Pack

    The impact of the covid-19 pandemic on people with heart and circulatory diseases

    Tuesday, 21 June, 2022

    There will be a debate on the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on people with heart and circulatory diseases in Westminster Hall on 22 June 2022. This debate will be led by Jim Shannon MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Diseases
    • Health services
    • Medicine
    • Covid-19
  • Research Briefing

    UK Vaccination Policy

    Tuesday, 08 March, 2022

    This Commons Library briefing paper provides an overview of UK vaccination policy. It includes an introduction to the science of vaccination and covers UK vaccination programmes, as well as considering the response of the Government to the UK's loss of the World Health Organization's (WHO) measles elimination status.

    • Research Briefing
    • Diseases
    • Health
    • Health services
    • Medicine
    • Sciences
    • Covid-19
  • Research Briefing

    UK and G7 commitments to donate Covid-19 vaccines

    Tuesday, 08 February, 2022

    The G7 has pledged to donate 1 billion Covid-19 vaccines to other countries in response to the pandemic. The paper describes progress towards this goal.

    • Research Briefing
    • International development
    • Medicine
    • Covid-19
  • Research Briefing

    The Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review

    Wednesday, 02 February, 2022

    This briefing provides an overview on the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety review, its findings, and the Government action in response to its recommendations.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services
    • Medicine
  • Debate Pack

    Prescription charge exemption and cystic fibrosis

    Tuesday, 01 February, 2022

    A Westminster Hall debate on Prescription charge exemption and cystic fibrosis is scheduled for 2 February 2022 between 2:30-4pm. Paul Maynard MP will open the debate.

    • Debate Pack
    • Diseases
    • Health services
    • Medicine

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