{"value":{"id":1187635,"askingMemberId":1387,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-03-24T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-04-07T00:00:00","uin":"HL2873","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they have provided to (1) employers, and (2) key workers, with (a) type 1, and (b) type 2, diabetes about self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4708,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-04-27T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Public Health England (PHE) has published guidance on social distancing for the United Kingdom population, including those with diabetes type 1 and 2. Those with diabetes are at an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 and so must be particularly stringent in following social distancing measures.</p><p>PHE has also published stay at home guidance which is applicable to anyone with diabetes, type 1 or 2. A copy of the guidance is attached.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Coronavirus: Diabetes","attachments":[{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/1187635/original/Full_guidance_on_staying_at_home_and_away_from_others__1_.pdf","title":"HL2873_guidance","fileType":"pdf","fileSizeBytes":82619}],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1187635","method":"GET"}]}