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1519824

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Health Professions: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with relevant professional bodies on recognition of Ukrainian professional qualifications in the UK’s health and social care sector.
	tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
	tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
	uin	59561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>There have been no discussions between the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the relevant professional bodies on recognition of Ukrainian professional qualifications in the United Kingdom’s (UK) health and social care sector. Healthcare professional regulators, who set and enforce the standards that regulate healthcare professionals, are independent of government and directly accountable to Parliament.</p><p>The Government knows there are high-skilled Ukrainians in the UK who would be an asset to our outstanding National Health Service. Therefore, Government provided advice in Welcome Packs, given to all Homes for Ukraine arrivals, on how to obtain an international qualification recognised within the UK. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1100294/Ukraine_Welcome_Guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1100294/Ukraine_Welcome_Guide.pdf</a></p><p>In addition, guidance has been produced in Ukrainian, Russian and English on gaining accreditation for medical professionals. This guidance will be published on GOV.UK in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2022 12:03:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1521243

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	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: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
	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 her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of midwives in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	62094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>NHS England retains oversight of local workforce plans and is updated on vacancy rates. However,while recruitment and retention is undertaken at individual trust level.</p><p>In 2022, an additional £127 million has been invested in the National Health Service maternity workforce and improving neonatal care, including in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport. This is in addition to the £95 million invested in 2021 to fund a further 1,200 midwives and 100 consultant obstetricians. The NHS People Plan focuses on improving the retention of NHS staff by prioritising staff health and wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2022 14:40:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1521473

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	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: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take steps to (a) increase the number of midwives recruited into the NHS and (b) help ensure that NHS midwives feel valued, in order to increase retention.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	61763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>NHS England retain oversight of local workforce plans and are updated on vacancy rates. The Heads of Midwifery and other senior maternity staff meet weekly to discuss staffing and how units are managing. Day-to-day recruitment and retention is carried out at Trust level.</p><p>To increase the maternity workforce, in 2022, an additional £127 million has been invested by NHS England into the maternity system to go towards the maternity National Health Service (NHS) workforce and improving neonatal care, including in Knowsley. This is on top of the £95 million invested in 2021, to fund the establishment of posts for 1,200 more midwives and 100 more consultant obstetricians.</p><p>The NHS People Plan has been developed to focus on improving the retention of NHS staff by prioritising staff health and wellbeing. £45 million has been invested in 2022/23 to support the continuation of 40 mental health hubs across the country, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2022 12:08:04 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1521474

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	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	Hospitals: Staff
	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 announcement on 5 September 2022 that the NHS plans to add the equivalent of 7,000 additional beds this winter, (a) what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of (i) clinical and (ii) ancillary staff in hospitals to support those additional beds along with the usual increased winter demand and (b) whether she plans to take steps to increase the numbers of (i) clinical and (ii) ancillary staff in hospitals.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	61764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>On 12 August 2022, NHS England wrote to National Health Service trusts, foundation trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs) on increasing capacity and operational resilience in urgent and emergency care for winter 2022/23. ICBs are responsible for developing plans to recruit sufficient staff. No recent assessment of the adequacy of the number of clinical or ancillary staff to support additional beds or for increased winter demand has been made.</p><p>There are now over 30,000 additional staff working in NHS provider trusts and commissioning bodies than in July 2021, including a further 3,500 doctors and 9,100 nurses. There were an additional 16,570 professionally qualified clinical staff and 5,387 support staff in June 2022 compared to June 2021.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2022 15:03:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1521787

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2022
	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: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to publish data comparing the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access repayments against leading European countries with similar access or rebate schemes in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	62791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to do so.</p><p>Prices paid for medicines internationally are generally confidential. It is therefore not possible to make an accurate comparison of the net price of medicines between the UK and other countries, with or without rebate rates.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2022 14:51:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1521789

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2022
	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: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make a comparative estimate of the annual savings that (a) unbranded generic, (b) branded generic and (c) biosimilar medicines have contributed to the NHS drug bill compared to branded prices had those medicines not been available for each year since 2012 for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	62793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The current Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access expenditure forecast assumes that average spend at patent expiry will decrease by 70% for a non-biologic medicine or 45% for a biologic medicine. The Secretary of State has also commissioned further policy advice on this matter. These assumptions will be reviewed ahead of the negotiation of a new Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2022 14:44:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1522112

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	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: Warrington North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what a) financial and b) other steps her Department is taking to help tackle NHS workforce shortages in Warrington North constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	63076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention, including in Warrington North.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2022 15:58:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1522455

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	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	Surgery: Brentford and Isleworth
	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 estimate her Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in Brentford and Isleworth constituency in the past 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	63213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2022 16:00:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1522764

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access
	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 Voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of an exemption from payments for new active substances from that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	64035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access includes a 36 month exemption from payments for drugs containing a new active substance, starting once the marketing authorisation has been granted. Treatment of new active substances under a future voluntary scheme is subject to negotiation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2022 16:47:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1522772

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	Evusheld
	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 undertake a review of the decision not to procure Evusheld for people vulnerable to Covid-19 this winter.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	64095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The decision not to procure Evusheld at this time for prevention through emergency routes is based on independent clinical advice by the multi-agency RAPID C-19 and a national expert policy working group. The decision is based on a range of evidence, including clinical trial data, in vitro analysis and emerging observational studies. RAPID C-19 monitors activity in clinical trials for emerging evidence and where treatments are proven to be clinically effective to enable access for National Health Service patients. The Chief Medical Officer for England is content that the correct process for providing clinical advice has been followed and it has now been referred to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for further evaluation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2022 11:28:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon