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1230709

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Social Services: Disability
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 work with (a) disabled people, (b) their families and (c) social care providers to develop an action plan to reintroduce safe and flexible community care and support services.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	84283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities and service providers should have maintained contact with carers and those receiving services throughout the lockdown. They will now be discussing arrangements to reintroduce care packages where these had been limited due to lockdown restrictions.</p><p>Understanding and mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on disabled people was a focus of the Social Sector COVID-19 Support Taskforce. The Taskforce was supported by several advisory groups, one of which was the learning disability and autism advisory group. The group included members with lived experience.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations of the Taskforce will shape our approach to COVID-19 in the adult social care sector and, in particular, the plans we put in place for winter which we will set out in the Adult Social Care Winter Plan, being published later this month.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 83711 83885 question first answered 09/09/2020 12:25:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1230765

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Care Quality Commission: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the Care Quality Commission is prevented from promoting its Give Feedback on Care service through all media channels; and whether his Department plans to amend that position.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	84298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>There are no specific restrictions placed on how the Care Quality Commission (CQC) promotes Give Feedback on Care via media channels.</p><p>However, the CQC is publicly funded and is mindful of obtaining the best value for money when promoting public campaigns related to its Give Feedback on Care service. Any costs over £100,000 are required to go through the Cabinet Office expenditure approval process and due to the potentially significant costs in securing some types of media promotion, the CQC instead uses a range a delivery channels, including voluntary sector partners, social media and low cost digital marketing, to raise awareness of their role and purpose and to support and encourage more people in England to feedback on their experienced or raise concerns.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 08/09/2020 18:35:31 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 45051 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1230049

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect on the NHS of the long-term health consequences of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	905251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Leicester Biomedical Research Centre is leading our research into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19. This includes a study of 10,000 patients who were admitted to hospital with COVID-19, which will give us valuable information about the longer-term effects of the disease and how we can best support recovery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 01/09/2020 15:13:59 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1230050

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the causal factors for the mortality rate in the care home population during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	905253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Care homes were hard hit by COVID-19 despite all the efforts of Government, local authorities and care homes themselves.</p><p>Our understanding of this cruel disease has informed all the steps taken to protect residents.</p><p>And there is ongoing work by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies care home working group to improve our understanding which will in turn inform our actions.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 01/09/2020 15:31:23 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1230051

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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	Mental Health Services: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to ensure adequate provision of mental health services in schools when they reopen as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	905254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s £8 million Wellbeing for Education Return programme will support staff to respond to the emotional and mental health pressures some children and young people may be feeling.</p><p>We are continuing to establish mental health support teams in schools, including two teams in the Sheffield area.</p><p>This complements the new Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum, which makes mental health a key part of primary- and secondary-school education.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 01/09/2020 15:11:15 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1230052

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to help prevent a second wave of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	905279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s strategy, based at all times on scientific advice, has been to stay alert, control the virus, save lives, and avoid or minimise a second wave.</p><p>Our strategies around controlled relaxations of national measures, local lockdowns and test and trace are all designed to manage that risk.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 01/09/2020 15:05:19 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1230110

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many roles in his Department have either equality, diversity or inclusion in the job title.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	83929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department is committed to Diversity and Inclusion (D&amp;I), with a strategy which aims to create an inclusive culture where difference is valued, diversity is harnessed, and everyone has equal opportunity to achieve their potential.</p><p>Within the Department we have 10 posts which have either ‘equality, diversity or inclusion’ in the job title. Seven of these roles are within Human Resources and the remaining are in the different business areas.</p><p>Within the Department, there are also five posts with ‘inequalities’ in the job title and two posts with ‘neurodiversity’ in the job title.</p><p>In addition to this, we have visible Senior D&amp;I Champions in place and their role includes sponsorship and aligning priorities and forward plans with staff networks. The Departmental Champions works with other Civil Service D&amp;I Champions to push forward the diversity and inclusion agenda across the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2020 12:12:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1230199

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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	Health Professions: Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons regulation of the health professions is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly but not to the Scottish Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	83860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The devolved nations, institutions and their respective devolution settlements are all different and are considered as individual organisations. The devolution settlements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland enable different powers to each of the respective devolved legislatures and to the Ministers of the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 09/09/2020 12:22:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1230293

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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	Social Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will take steps to work with disabled people, their families and social care providers to develop an action plan to reintroduce safe and flexible community care and support services.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	83711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities and service providers should have maintained contact with carers and those receiving services throughout the lockdown. They will now be discussing arrangements to reintroduce care packages where these had been limited due to lockdown restrictions.</p><p>Understanding and mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on disabled people was a focus of the Social Sector COVID-19 Support Taskforce. The Taskforce was supported by several advisory groups, one of which was the learning disability and autism advisory group. The group included members with lived experience.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations of the Taskforce will shape our approach to COVID-19 in the adult social care sector and, in particular, the plans we put in place for winter which we will set out in the Adult Social Care Winter Plan, being published later this month.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 83885 84283 question first answered 09/09/2020 12:25:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 45019 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1230328

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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	Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he estimates waiting lists for (a) outpatients appointments, (b) day cases and (c) non-emergency surgery will return to pre-covid-19 levels.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>On 31 July, further guidance was issued to local National Health Service providers and commissioners on outlining the next phase of the NHS response to COVID-19 and concurrent non-COVID-19 activity. Focus is on accelerating the return of non-COVID-19 health services to near-normal levels, including making full use of available capacity between now and winter, whilst also preparing for winter demand pressures. This will be done alongside continued vigilance in light of any further COVID-19 surges. The guidance sets out that trusts and systems are now expected to re-establish (and where necessary redesign) services to deliver through their own local NHS (non-independent sector) capacity the following elective activity levels:</p><p>- In September, delivering at least 80% of last year’s activity for both overnight electives and for outpatient/daycase procedures, rising to 90% in October;</p><p>- Return to at least 90% of their last year’s levels of MRI/CT and endoscopy procedures, with the goal to reach 100% by October; and</p><p>- 100% of last year’s activity for first outpatient attendances and follow-ups (face to face or virtually) from September through the balance of the year (and aiming for 90% in August).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2020 12:16:27 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell