The Hampstead and Kilburn MP has learned that early years providers are advising parents to keep their children at home, in line with Government guidance, but parents are then being told by their GP or the NHS helpline that their symptoms are not severe enough for them to need to self-isolate or to get a test.
This confusion has implications both for families and early years staff who care for them.
Ms Siddiq (pictured) has asked the children’s minister for an explanation as to why there ‘appears to be a disconnect’ between the Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care.
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