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1248273

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department’s has a five-year strategy for tackling medication errors and medication-related harms in NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	110825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service approach to improving patient safety overall is set out in the ten-year NHS Patient Safety Strategy, which covers a range of initiatives that will have an impact on patient safety, including medication safety.</p><p>Additional steps taken specific to medication safety include supporting the adoption of electronic systems for prescribing and medicines administration in NHS hospitals which reduce the risk of medication errors in hospital and commissioning a report to support safety improvement in overprescribing/problematic polypharmacy.</p><p>In response to the World Health Organization Global Patient Safety Challenge, the Medicines Safety Improvement Programme was established. In 2017, the Department established a Short Life Working Group to advise on a programme to improve safety in use of medication, including the best way to measure progress. A review of progress against their recommendation is being conducted on behalf of the National Director of Patient Safety and is expected to report to the Medicines Safety Improvement Board in December.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 110826 question first answered 12/11/2020 12:11:44 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1248274

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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	Prescription Drugs: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the Government's progress in meeting the aims of the WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge to halve severe avoidable medication-related harms by 2022 compared to 2017 levels.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	110826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service approach to improving patient safety overall is set out in the ten-year NHS Patient Safety Strategy, which covers a range of initiatives that will have an impact on patient safety, including medication safety.</p><p>Additional steps taken specific to medication safety include supporting the adoption of electronic systems for prescribing and medicines administration in NHS hospitals which reduce the risk of medication errors in hospital and commissioning a report to support safety improvement in overprescribing/problematic polypharmacy.</p><p>In response to the World Health Organization Global Patient Safety Challenge, the Medicines Safety Improvement Programme was established. In 2017, the Department established a Short Life Working Group to advise on a programme to improve safety in use of medication, including the best way to measure progress. A review of progress against their recommendation is being conducted on behalf of the National Director of Patient Safety and is expected to report to the Medicines Safety Improvement Board in December.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 110825 question first answered 12/11/2020 12:11:45 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1248276

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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	Operating Theatres: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will instruct NHS Improvement to guide the Centre for Perioperative Care in considering preventative guidelines on surgical fires as part of the National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures Redevelopment workstream.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	110827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>The national patient safety team at NHS England and NHS Improvement have been involved with the Expert Working Group to consider the prevention of surgical fires and will continue to support the development of guidance to prevent these types of incidents from occurring.</p><p>The Centre for Perioperative Care have taken on the responsibility for ensuring that the National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures continue to be fit for purpose. NHS England and NHS Improvement will continue to support their progress on this.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 18/11/2020 12:33:22 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1248303

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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: Screening
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 and what proportion of covid-19 tests carried out since the 31 March 2020 were taken with a home testing kit.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	110734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>We do not publish data in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/03/2021 12:45:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1248343

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to start the pilot scheme to allow family members to visit relatives resident in care homes during the covid-19 outbreak; and how the Government has identified the care homes that will be taking part in that pilot.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	110749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>We want to bring an end to the pain of separation and help care homes bring families and loved ones together. The launch of visitor testing is a crucial step to making that happen.</p><p>Following a successful trial in 20 care homes, we have started the phased rollout of new rapid tests to all care homes across England to support visiting. The first 385 care homes are now able to begin testing visitors and we aim to roll this out to all care homes by Christmas.</p><p> </p><p>Testing is only one way of minimising the risk of visiting a care home. If a visitor has a negative test, is wearing appropriate PPE, and following other infection control measures, then it will be possible for family and friends to have more meaningful visits to care homes.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/12/2020 17:23:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1248344

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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: Written Questions
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 plans to respond to Question 89666, on Coronavirus: Bolton, tabled on 14 September 2020 by the hon. Member for Bolton South East.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	110770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-14/89666" target="_blank">89666</a> of 12 November.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/11/2020 12:53:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1248359

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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: Travel Restrictions
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 last discussed with Cabinet colleagues the potential merits of the UK implementing covid-19 travel restrictions similar to those implemented by New Zealand.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
uin	110906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s travel corridor policy remains a critical part of the COVID-19 response as it reduces the risk of importing infections from abroad, while at the same time permitting inbound travel from certain destinations without the need for travellers to self-isolate where the risk of importing COVID-19 is deemed sufficiently low. Travel corridors are informed by risk assessments provided by the Joint Biosecurity Centre, working closely with Public Health England.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 110905 question first answered 11/12/2020 13:33:18 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1248370

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) sensitivity and (b) specificity of the different methods and products used in testing for covid-19 infection; and by what methodologies each of those assessments were so made.
tabling member constituency	Yeovil
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Fysh
uin	110863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>On-going assessment of quality, sensitivity and specificity are monitored using quality control materials. Public Health England and the National Health Service have a national quality assurance network and issues with assay performance are managed through an alert system which may result in informing appropriate authorities such as the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.</p><p>When independently introducing new tests into service, laboratories assess the performance of assays including sensitivity and specificity according to the manufacturers stated performance in the Instructions for Use. The standard methodology is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smi-q-1-commercial-and-in-house-diagnostic-tests-evaluations-and-validations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smi-q-1-commercial-and-in-house-diagnostic-tests-evaluations-and-validations</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/11/2020 22:00:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

1248394

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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	Heart Diseases: Young People
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 people aged 15 to 25 years old have had heart disease in the UK in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	110835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The numbers of people age 15-25 who have had heart disease in the United Kingdom, either currently or within the last five years, is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/11/2020 13:54:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1248397

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made at the time of the March 2020 lockdown of the capacity of the NHS to cope with a second wave of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Yeovil
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Fysh
uin	110868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The focus in March 2020 was on the required National Health Service capacity to respond to the first wave of COVID-19 cases, rather than a potential second wave.</p><p>Guidance issued by the NHS in March had set out an operational aim to expand critical care capacity to the maximum and free up 30,000 or more general and acute beds.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/11/2020 15:34:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh