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1437711

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make the new single test for detecting risk of four cancers in women available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	134004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>The WID-Test is still at a research stage. If large population trials prove successful, the test will be referred to the UK National Screening Committee.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 10/03/2022 14:57:23 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1437716

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Ambulance Services: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to improve ambulance response times in the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group area.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	134032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>In the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group area, three Hospital Ambulance Liaison Officers are supporting patient handover at acute hospitals. Agency staffing is supporting front line paramedics on the clinical support desk, providing additional clinical triage to help avoid unnecessary ambulance responses. Staff have been redeployed to the Bristol clinical hub as appropriate to work as call takers, dispatch support clinicians and clinical validation. There has been engagement with acute trusts on handover delay issues, including monthly and daily meetings and information on pressures at acute hospital has been used to inform where ambulance patients are transported to.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/03/2022 13:54:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1437718

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications of his policies of the findings of the Research Report entitled Estimating the Harms of Nicotine-Containing Products Using the MCDA , by Professor David Nutt and others, published in European Addiction Research, ref 20:218-225, that using snus causes only 5 percent of the harm of smoking cigarettes.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	133973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 08/03/2022 16:47:39 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1437719

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Oral Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make a comparative assessment of prevalence of oral cancer amongst (a) South Asian women and (b) the adult population; and if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a product standard for chewed tobacco products as recommended in the 2006 study entitled Levels of toxins in oral tobacco products in the UK published in the journal Tobacco Control, volume 15, issue 1.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	133974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>‘Oral cancer in England’, published in May 2020, compared the incidence of oral cancer in Asian/Asian British people with other ethnic groups in the adult population, although it made no specific assessment of prevalence in South Asian women. We have no plans to make such an assessment.</p><p>No assessment of creating a product standard has been made. Products standards for tobacco are contained in The Tobacco and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2016. The Department is due to publish its post implementation review of the Regulations shortly.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 15/03/2022 11:21:04 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1437721

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has asked the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to provide advice on the use of the Novavax covid-19 vaccine in the UK vaccination programme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	134034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>There are several safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines already in deployment the United Kingdom. The Government will continue to be guided by the advice of the independent Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on which vaccines should be deployed in the UK’s vaccination programmes. The JCVI has discussed the potential use of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine (Nuvaxovid) in the national vaccination programme. Its considerations will be published in due course and kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 148200 154108 question first answered 20/04/2022 16:57:34 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1437728

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 125137 on Coronavirus: Screening, what number of validated PCR tests is in use in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	133999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>Currently there are nine validated polymerase chain reaction tests used in the National Health Service as follows:</p><p>- Abbott Alinity m SARS-COV-2 assay;</p><p>- Abbott m2000 real time SARS-COV-2 assay;</p><p>- Life Technologies (ThermoFisher) TaqPath Covid assay;</p><p>- Hologic Panther Aptima SARS-COV-2 assay;</p><p>- Cepheid GeneXpert;</p><p>- Roche Cobas Liat;</p><p>- DNA Nudge;</p><p>- PrimerDesign PROmate; and</p><p>- Roche Cobas.</p><p>Since 31 December 2021, we no longer nationally procure DNA Nudge. From 31 March 2022 we will no longer nationally procure Primer Design PROmate. NHS trusts may also locally procure tests which would undergo local validation and verification before use, as part of their ISO 15189 accreditation.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 10/03/2022 17:43:32 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1437729

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	DNACPR Decisions: Darlington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that all DNR notices put in place during the pandemic in Darlington have now been removed.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	134088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on individual Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions at specific National Health Service trusts. Concerns about individual DNACPR decisions should be raised with the health or care provider involved in the first instance.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission continues to ensure providers understand their responsibilities should allegations of inappropriate application of DNACPR decisions be made, as well as raise cases with the relevant bodies as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/03/2022 12:27:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1437768

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the vacancy rate in the NHS is for (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) midwives, (d) other clinicians, (e) healthcare assistants, (f) other patient facing staff and (g) all staff; and what plans he has to fill those vacancies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	133975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>NHS Digital’s data on vacancy rates in National Health Service hospital trusts doctors, registered nurses and all staff in December 2021 shows that there are 110,192 vacancies consisting of 39,652 nursing and midwifery vacancies; 8,158 doctor vacancies; and 62,382 other vacancies. Rates for other clinicians, healthcare assistants, patient facing staff is not held in the format requested. Many of the vacancies will be covered by bank and agency staff</p><p>We have funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England and committed to delivering 50,000 more nurses. In July 2021, the Department commissioned Health Education England to review long term strategic trends for the health workforce and regulated professionals in the social care workforce. The Department has also recently commissioned NHS England to develop a workforce strategy and will set out the key conclusions in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/03/2022 14:01:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1437770

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Midwives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure continuity in NHS midwifery care.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	134080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The ambition for the National Health Service in England is for midwifery continuity of carer to be the default model of care for maternity services, and available to all pregnant women. We have committed that by 2024, 75% of women from a black/black British and Asian/Asian British ethnic background and women from the 10% of neighbourhoods that are most deprived nationally will receive continuity of carer.</p><p>Continuity of carer will be enhanced for women from the most deprived areas and there will be additional midwifery time and/or additional staff dedicated to women from these areas with the highest health and social care needs. In advance of this, most pregnant women from black, Asian and mixed ethnicity backgrounds and also from the most deprived areas will be placed on a continuity of carer pathway in 2022.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are investing £6.8 million to support Local Maternity Systems to co-produce and implement their equity and equality action plans, including the implementation of continuity of carer for black, Asian and mixed ethnic groups and those living in the most deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/03/2022 15:52:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 56215 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1437798

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on social media advertising in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 up to and including 28 February; and on which platforms that money was spent.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	133924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>Publicity and advertising spend of over £25,000 is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/spending-over-25-000--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/spending-over-25-000--2</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/03/2022 13:57:27 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies