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It is an honour to be re-elected to serve Pudsey, Horsforth and Aireborough. 

I am very grateful for all the support I have received and please do not hesitate to get in touch if there is anything I can do to be of assistance. 

Stuart Andrew MP

COVID: Coronavirus

For advice on the Coronavirus (COVID) outbreak:

Personal and health advice:

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    COVID: Surgeries

    Please note that I have had to cancel all of my surgeries for the foreseeable future.

    For urgent enquiries my team and I can be contacted as usual on stuart.andrew.mp@parliament.uk or 020 7219 7130.

    Please be prepared to provide your full name and address when doing so. 

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    Constituency Office Closure

    Please note that the lease of my constituency office on Town Street has come to an end. My constituency office has therefore temporarily closed, and we will be moving to a new office. I will provide an updated address as soon as possible. 

    In the meantime, I can be contacted by email on stuart.andrew.mp@parliament.uk, by telephone on 0207 219 7130, or by writing to the House of Commons. 

    I will update again with details of my new office once it is all arranged. 

    COVID: Symptoms

    The most important symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are recent onset of any of the following:

    • a new continuous cough
    • a high temperature
    • a loss of, or change in, your normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia)

    For most people, COVID-19 will be a mild illness. However, if you have any of the symptoms above, stay at home and arrange to have a test to see if you have COVID-19 – go to testing to arrange.

    If you have symptoms of COVID-19 however mild, self-isolate for at least 10 days from when your symptoms started. You should arrange to have a test to see if you have COVID-19 – go to testing to arrange. Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital.

    If you are not experiencing symptoms but have tested positive for COVID-19, you must self-isolate for at least 10 days, starting from the day the test was taken. If you develop symptoms during this isolation period, restart your 10-day isolation from the day you developed symptoms.

    You could be fined if you do not stay at home and self-isolate following a positive test result for COVID-19 or if you are contacted by NHS Test and Trace and instructed to self-isolate.

    After 10 days, if you still have a temperature you should continue to self-isolate and seek medical advice. You do not need to self-isolate after 10 days if you only have a cough or loss of sense of smell or taste, as these symptoms can last for several weeks after the infection has gone. See the ending isolation section below for more information.

    If you live with others, all other household members must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days. The 14-day period starts from the day when the first person in the household became ill or if they do not have symptoms, from the day their test was taken. If anyone else in the household starts displaying symptoms, they must stay at home for at least 10 days from when their symptoms appear, regardless of what day they are on in their original 14-day isolation period. The ending isolation section below has more information.

    If you have symptoms, try and stay as far away from other members of your household as possible. It is especially important to stay away from anyone who is clinically vulnerable or clinically extremely vulnerable with whom you share a household.

    Reduce the spread of infection in your home by washing your hands regularly for 20 seconds using soap and water, or use hand sanitiser, and cover coughs and sneezes.

    Consider alerting people who you do not live with and have had close contact within the last 48 hours to let them know you have symptoms of COVID-19.

    Following a positive test result, you will receive a request by text, email or phone to log into the NHS Test and Trace service website and provide information about recent close contacts.

    If you feel you cannot cope with your symptoms at home, or your condition gets worse, then use the NHS 111 online COVID-19 service. If you do not have internet access, call NHS 111. For a medical emergency dial 999.

    If you develop COVID-19 symptoms again at any point after ending your first period of isolation (self or household), follow the guidance on self-isolation again. The section below has further information.

    COVID: National Lockdown

    Following the Prime Minister’s announcement, we are now entering another national lockdown.

    This pandemic continues to be one of the hardest challenges we have all faced. I very much understand the ramifications that lockdowns have mentally, physically, socially and economically on all of my constituents and it gets considerably harder to ask for more sacrifices from you all each time. As much as I hate restricting anybody from the freedom to enjoy their lives as they choose, the reality is that we are now facing a significant threat due to the spread of a new variant of this virus, which is between 50% and 70% more contagious. I am also deeply concerned by the conversations I have been having with our NHS workers across the country, who have never seen hospitals filling up at such an alarming speed. This is a reality that I simply cannot ignore.

    Therefore, we must once again stay home. Exceptions to this are to shop for basic necessities, attend work or charitable/voluntary services where it is not possible to do so from home, exercise with your household (or support bubble) or one other person once per day and within your local area, meet with your support or childcare bubble where it is necessary to do so, to seek medical assistance or avoid illness, injury or risk of harm (including domestic abuse) or to attend education or childcare for those who are eligible.

    Colleges, primary schools and secondary schools will close until the February half-term except for the children of critical workers and vulnerable children. All other children will learn remotely. Higher education will remain online until mid-February for all except future critical worker courses. Early years settings remain open.

    Those who are clinically extremely vulnerable are advised to once again shield, and to only go outside for medical appointments, exercise or if it is essential and should not be attending work.

    While this is going to be a very challenging time, there is certainly hope ahead with the vaccination rollout picking up pace and I do very much feel that this is almost over. It is, however, necessary to take this step now not only to reduce the spread of the virus and protect the lives of thousands across the nation, but to ensure that our health service is not overwhelmed at such an important time.

    There are no words for how grateful to all of my constituents for everything you continue to sacrifice during this pandemic. I do hope that, while we are undoubtedly entering a difficult period, that the vital difference of two approved vaccinations and many more being developed can provide some light at the end of the tunnel and hope on the horizon for you all.

    Further information is linked below:

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