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1236279

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2020
	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: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the Government holds on the number of deaths from covid-19 occurring within twenty-eight days of receipt of a covid-19 negative test result.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	uin	92666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) does not collect the data requested.</p><p>The PHE weekly COVID-19 surveillance report publishes mortality surveillance for England.</p><p>The most recent weekly COVID-19 surveillance report can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-covid-19-surveillance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-covid-19-surveillance-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/10/2020 09:57:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 49828 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1192686

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2020
	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: Death
	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 employed or volunteering in NHS hospitals who have died as the result of a covid-19 infection were working on (a) intensive care wards, (b) Blue (covid-19) wards and (c) Red (non-covid 19) wards.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	uin	42864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>As of 13 May 2020, the number of National Health Service workers who have died from COVID-19 in England is 147. At this stage, the data that we hold is not available in the format requested. We will continue to review what data we publish.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/05/2020 09:55:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 20377 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1192694

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2020
	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: Protective Clothing
	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 advice submitted to his Department by Public Health England on the provision and use of personal protective equipment was last updated.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	uin	42865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government updated its guidance ‘COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE)’ and its guidance ‘Considerations for acute personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages’ on 3 May 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/05/2020 09:30:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1180173

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	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	Healthcare Assistants: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) EU and )b) overseas nationals employed as semi-skilled ancillary staff in (a) National Health Service hospitals and (b) the private care sector as care assistants.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	uin	19724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>The following table shows the number of support staff in Central Functions and Hotel, Property and Estates, by nationality group, in National Health Service trusts and CCGs in England, as at 31 October 2019, the latest available data (full time equivalent).</p><p>This is not a measure of the number of ancillary staff employed in NHS funded services carried out in the private sector. This does not include staff involved in contracted out services.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Care setting</p></td><td><p>Level</p></td><td><p>European Union</p></td><td><p>European Economic Area</p></td><td><p>Rest of World</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All care settings</p></td><td><p>All levels</p></td><td><p>6,893</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>6,267</p></td><td><p>7,472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central functions</p></td><td><p>Healthcare Assistant</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central functions</p></td><td><p>Support Worker</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central functions</p></td><td><p>Clerical and administrative</p></td><td><p>2,578</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>2,613</p></td><td><p>3,665</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hotel, property and estates</p></td><td><p>Clerical and administrative</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hotel, property and estates</p></td><td><p>Estates (maintenance and works)</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hotel, property and estates</p></td><td><p>Healthcare Assistant</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hotel, property and estates</p></td><td><p>Support Worker</p></td><td><p>3,561</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3,083</p></td><td><p>2,897</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/02/2020 17:53:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1180174

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	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: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to the (a) NHS and (b) private care sector of the proposed immigration limits on unskilled and low-paid workers from (i) the EU and (ii) overseas.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	uin	19725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>We are continually monitoring and analysing the impact on both cost and numbers of staff in the National Health Service and social care sector as a result of multiple changes including the future immigration system.</p><p>The changes to the immigration system and the ending of freedom of movement will mean that social care employers will need to redouble efforts to promote jobs in social care to workers in the United Kingdom.</p><p>For the NHS, the final NHS People Plan will be published by the National Health Service in early 2020 and will set out a clear framework for collective action on workforce priorities, with a focus on growing and sustaining a well-skilled workforce across the whole NHS.</p><p>Alongside these plans continued effective oversea recruitment will be facilitated through an NHS Visa which will incorporate fast-track entry, dedicated support and reduced fees, to encourage increasing numbers of skilled overseas professionals to come and work in the NHS.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 19726 question first answered 27/02/2020 17:52:31 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1180175

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	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: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to tackle potential labour shortages as a result of the Government's proposed immigration controls.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	uin	19726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>We are continually monitoring and analysing the impact on both cost and numbers of staff in the National Health Service and social care sector as a result of multiple changes including the future immigration system.</p><p>The changes to the immigration system and the ending of freedom of movement will mean that social care employers will need to redouble efforts to promote jobs in social care to workers in the United Kingdom.</p><p>For the NHS, the final NHS People Plan will be published by the National Health Service in early 2020 and will set out a clear framework for collective action on workforce priorities, with a focus on growing and sustaining a well-skilled workforce across the whole NHS.</p><p>Alongside these plans continued effective oversea recruitment will be facilitated through an NHS Visa which will incorporate fast-track entry, dedicated support and reduced fees, to encourage increasing numbers of skilled overseas professionals to come and work in the NHS.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 19725 question first answered 27/02/2020 17:52:31 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1140329

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the (a) CEO, (b) Accountable Officers and (c) chief nurses of the CCGs rated as inadequate in NHS England’s assessment framework on the performance of those CCGs; what measures have been agreed to help ensure improvement of the performance of those CCGs; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	uin	278885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has meetings with many health leaders and other key stakeholders on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p>All clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) rated as inadequate in the annual performance assessment of CCGs are placed in NHS England’s special measures regime. This is a non-statutory, internal support regime, tailored to the CCG’s circumstances, requiring the delivery of an action plan for improvement.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 23/07/2019 15:27:09 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1028578

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	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
	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 publish the social care green paper.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	uin	203761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>As an ageing society, we need to reach a longer-term sustainable settlement for social care. Given wider events, and because we recognise that parliamentary colleagues will wish to engage thoroughly in the debate following publication, it was not possible to publish the Adult Social Care Green Paper by the end of 2018. The Government is committed to publishing it at the earliest opportunity this year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/01/2019 15:10:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

999740

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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: Standards
	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 publish the Get it Right First Time report.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	uin	186913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Getting it Right First Time has published the following six reports:</p><p> </p><p>Orthopaedic Surgery - March 2015</p><p>General Surgery - 4 August 2017</p><p>Vascular Surgery - 1 March 2018</p><p>Cardiothoracic Surgery - 12 April 2018</p><p>Cranial Neurosurgery - 22 June 2018</p><p>Urology - 11 July 2018</p><p> </p><p>A further six reports are expected to be published shortly:</p><p> </p><p>Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery</p><p>Spinal Surgery</p><p>Ophthalmology</p><p>Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery</p><p>Paediatric Surgery</p><p>Obstetrics and Gynaecology</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 07/11/2018 12:15:55 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

944052

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
	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 make an announcement on the roll-out of HPV vaccination for boys.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	uin	165437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on whether or not to have a human papilloma virus vaccination programme for boys was published on 18 July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>A decision will be announced very soon.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/07/2018 15:00:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale