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1188980

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2020
	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	Dental Services: Coronavirus
	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 his Department is taking to ensure that NHS dentistry services will continue to be available after the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	38537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text NHS dentistry was reorganised in late March along with other NHS primary care services to minimise face to face care to contain the spread of COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic. Dentists were asked to suspend all routine treatment and instead to offer urgent advice and, where required, prescriptions for antibiotics by telephone. Urgent treatment was made available through urgent dental centres (UDCs) set up in each National Health Service region<p /><p /><p />As of 25 May there are currently over 550 UDCs open. Patients are triaged into UDCs by their own dentistry or through NHS 111. The urgent dental centres are expected to provide, where urgently needed, the full range of dental treatment normally available on the NHS<p /><p /><p />The NHS England and Improvement guidance issued from the Chief Dental Officer on 25 March applied directly only to NHS dental care. When providing private care dentists should consider any advice or guidance issued by regulators, the relevant professional body, Chief Professional Officers, or the NHS, as appropriate. All official guidance should be considered in delivery of private or NHS treatment but guidance issued to the NHS is only binding for NHS care<p /><p /><p>NHS England and Improvement announced on 28 May that NHS dentistry outside urgent care centres will begin to restart from 8 June with the aim of increasing levels of service as fast as is compatible with maximising safety. The letter to dentists setting this out is available at the following link:<br></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-ontent/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/Urgent-dental-care-letter-28-May.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-ontent/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/Urgent-dental-care-letter-28-May.pdf</a></p><p /><p /> <p> </p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/06/2020 15:20:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1237194

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2020
	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: 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, whether his Department plans to publish a plan to ensure that the NHS is able to receive sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment for use in winter 2020-21 as recommended by the Public Accounts Committee in July 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	94431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>‘Personal protective equipment (PPE) strategy: stabilise and build resilience’, published on 28 September, sets out how the Government has moved beyond the emergency COVID-19 response by stabilising the supply for PPE and build resilience. It also includes details about how Government is preparing for and managing the ongoing response to the pandemic alongside the usual seasonal pressures. We are confident we have secured enough supply for this winter period and that we have the processes and logistics in place to distribute PPE to where it is needed. The strategy is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-protective-equipment-ppe-strategy-stabilise-and-build-resilience" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-protective-equipment-ppe-strategy-stabilise-and-build-resilience</a></p><p>We have around 32 billion PPE items on order and this month we will have a four month stockpile of all COVID-19-critical PPE in place, with a tremendous contribution from United Kingdom manufacturers.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/11/2020 13:59:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 50385 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1345266

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2021
	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: Ventilation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued or plans to issue to hospitals on ensuring adequate ventilation during the covid-19 outbreak; what standards are used to measure the adequacy of such ventilation, what enforcement activity he plans to undertake to ensure that such guidance is followed; and whether he plans to make funding available to improve standards of ventilation.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	29800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>‘COVID-19: Guidance for maintaining services within health and care settings. Infection prevention and control recommendations Version 1.2’ was issued to ensure that risk assessments should include evaluation of ventilation to ensure maximum workplace risk mitigation. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/990923/20210602_Infection_Prevention_and_Control_Guidance_for_maintaining_services_with_H_and_C_settings__1_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/990923/20210602_Infection_Prevention_and_Control_Guidance_for_maintaining_services_with_H_and_C_settings__1_.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘Health Technical Memorandum 03-01 Specialised ventilation for healthcare premises. Part A: The concept, design, specification, installation and acceptance testing of healthcare ventilation systems’ gives comprehensive advice and guidance on the design, installation and operation of specialised building and engineering technology Health Technical Memorandum 03-01 Part A gives comprehensive advice that for other types of healthcare facility that are outside of the hospital setting such as general practitioner practices, a risk assessment of the nature of the treatment being delivered, condition of the patients and intensity of use needs to be undertaken by those responsible for the facility in order to determine the extent to which this guidance will be applicable. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HTM0301-PartA-accessible-F6.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HTM0301-PartA-accessible-F6.pdf</a></p><p>The Care Quality Commission is responsible for compliance with the Health Technical Memoranda under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (revised). There are no plans to allocate funding to improving ventilation standards or to make funding available to improve standards of ventilation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 29801 question first answered 13/07/2021 14:07:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1345268

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2021
	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	GP Surgeries: Ventilation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue to GPs and clinical commissioning groups on ensuring adequate ventilation in GP surgeries in order to reduce the risk of covid-19 infection; by what standards GPs and clinical commissioning groups should plan and measure that ventilation; what steps he plans to take to ensure that guidance on ventilation is followed and risk accordingly reduced; and whether he plans to allocate funding to improving ventilation standards.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	29801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>‘COVID-19: Guidance for maintaining services within health and care settings. Infection prevention and control recommendations Version 1.2’ was issued to ensure that risk assessments should include evaluation of ventilation to ensure maximum workplace risk mitigation. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/990923/20210602_Infection_Prevention_and_Control_Guidance_for_maintaining_services_with_H_and_C_settings__1_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/990923/20210602_Infection_Prevention_and_Control_Guidance_for_maintaining_services_with_H_and_C_settings__1_.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘Health Technical Memorandum 03-01 Specialised ventilation for healthcare premises. Part A: The concept, design, specification, installation and acceptance testing of healthcare ventilation systems’ gives comprehensive advice and guidance on the design, installation and operation of specialised building and engineering technology Health Technical Memorandum 03-01 Part A gives comprehensive advice that for other types of healthcare facility that are outside of the hospital setting such as general practitioner practices, a risk assessment of the nature of the treatment being delivered, condition of the patients and intensity of use needs to be undertaken by those responsible for the facility in order to determine the extent to which this guidance will be applicable. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HTM0301-PartA-accessible-F6.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HTM0301-PartA-accessible-F6.pdf</a></p><p>The Care Quality Commission is responsible for compliance with the Health Technical Memoranda under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (revised). There are no plans to allocate funding to improving ventilation standards or to make funding available to improve standards of ventilation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 29800 question first answered 13/07/2021 14:07:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1344274

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2021
	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	Intensive Care
	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 items of ICU clinical consumables his Department plans to dispose of as part of its work on rebalancing the ICU clinical consumables stock.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	28198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2021 answer text <p>Work on rebalancing the intensive care unit (ICU) consumables stockpile is focussed on preserving and realising the value of stock under management through usage, sales and appropriate donations. Product currently identified as inappropriate for sale or donation is scheduled to be disposed of through recycling and energy recovery.</p><p>This currently represents one million items or 0.11% of the total number of products held in the ICU consumables COVID-19 stockpile.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/07/2021 11:14:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1198510

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the eligibility for covid-19 testing to be available to (a) staff and (b) patients of care facilities that are not Care Quality Commission registered settings.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	51996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/08/2020 answer text <p>We will shortly be writing to Directors of Public Health to ask them to help us determine which Extra Care and Supported Living adult social care settings, including those that may not be Care Quality Commission registered, meet certain risk-based criteria and therefore should be eligible for initial round of asymptomatic testing.</p><p>All care workers with symptoms should be self-isolating and can access testing through the self-referral or employer-referral portal. Our approach to testing asymptomatic care staff is based on evidence regarding prevalence and risks and clinical guidance, rather than a blanket approach.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 19/08/2020 20:20:38 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1242485

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	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 his Department is taking to assess the effect of covid-19 on NHS mental health services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	102080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>We recognise the pressures on mental health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. National Health Service mental health services have remained open for business throughout this time, including delivering support digitally and by phone. For those with severe needs or in crisis, NHS mental health providers have established all-age 24 hours per day, seven days a week mental health crisis lines.</p><p>We are working with the NHS, Public Health England and other key partners to gather evidence and assess the potential longer-term mental health impacts, and plan for how to support mental health and wellbeing throughout the coming weeks and months. In addition, NHS England and NHS Improvement are working at pace on their winter planning for NHS mental health services, to help them respond to demand.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 16/10/2020 11:02:33 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 54619 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1198873

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	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, whether SAGE plans to consult people with experience in (a) disability, (b) psychology and (c) psychiatry when discussing the easing of the covid-19 lockdown.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	52001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>We know that some groups are particularly at risk during this difficult period. We are committed to working closely with partners from across the health and care sector, including the mental health and social care workforce.</p><p>In the case of COVID-19, the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has been providing ministers and officials with expert advice based on the latest scientific evidence. The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B), who feed into SAGE, is comprised of many leading experts in the field of psychology. The composition of experts in SAGE changes to address the crisis facing the country, to reflect the expertise needed at that time. SAGE is open to input from experts outside the core group to address gaps outside their expertise when needed.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/06/2020 10:18:52 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1189968

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	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 at home covid-19 antigen tests have (a) been sent to homes and (b) delivered results since 31 January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	39542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>We introduced large-scale home testing in April, making testing accessible many more eligible individuals. As of 2 May, 115,589 Home Tests have been ordered and we are working to increase capacity even further.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 16/06/2020 12:11:24 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1347448

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2021
	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 data his Department holds on the available covid-19 PCR testing capacity for each of the regional testing centres in England.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	33927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>We hold a number of data fields including information on geographical metrics; logistical and operational data; information on contractors and sub-contractors; and site-specific information.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/07/2021 12:37:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 15690 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth