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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 43900, tabled on 6 May 2020

Question

Chi Onwurah
Labour
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times the ethics advisory board for the covid-19 Tracking App has met to date; who attended each of those meetings; and if he will publish the minutes of those meetings.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Ms Nadine Dorries
Conservative
Mid Bedfordshire
Commons

Answered on

21 May 2020

The Ethics Advisory Board (EAB) has been meeting weekly since Thursday 2 April and has met five times to date. A list of members is published at the following link:

https://www.nhsx.nhs.uk/covid-19-response/nhs-covid-19-app/members-ethics-advisory-board/

As well as board members, meetings are attended by a secretariat and the EAB may also invite expert stakeholders to attend. The Board’s Terms of Reference allow for agreed minutes to be made publicly available.

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Department of Health and Social Care
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