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1271769

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2020
	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	Hospital Beds
	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 increase the number of high dependency hospital beds to reduce waiting lists for minor operations for people who have additional medical issues that require a high dependency bed.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	130708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>As part of their response to the current pandemic, providers have increased critical care surge beds. However, this has not been to specifically help reduce waiting lists. The use of these beds will be dependent upon the prevailing priorities for treatment.</p><p>Each provider will carry out a risk assessment to determine whether a patient requires a period of time within critical care post procedure and ensure that a bed is available if required.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/01/2021 14:21:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1271771

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2020
	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	Knee Replacements: 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, what the national average waiting time is for knee surgery in most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	130709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Information on average waiting times for knee surgery is not published in the format requested. Knee surgery is included in the category ‘trauma and orthopaedics’, for which the median waiting time in weeks for October 2020 was 14.3 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/01/2021 14:23:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1271803

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2020
	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	Surgery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date NHS England will recommence the publication of cancelled elective operations data.
	tabling member constituency	Watford
	tabling member printed	Dean Russell
	uin	130871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The collection of cancelled elective operations is currently paused until at least March 2021. The cancellation is part of a package of measures designed to help reduce burden on the National Health Service during the response to COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/01/2021 14:28:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell

1271665

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2020
	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: North of England
	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 he is taking to develop the NHS budget in the Northern Powerhouse to (a) increase prosperity, (b) tackle mental health challenges and (c) reduce the premature death rate in the North.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	130880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has provided a long-term settlement that will rise to £33.9 billion of additional funding by 2023/24 to support the NHS Long Term Plan. This sets out clear actions the National Health Service will take to strengthen its approach on health inequalities. This includes tackling mental health challenges and reducing the premature death rate, consistently across every region, including in the Northern Powerhouse. These actions support the Government's commitment to 'level up' across the country. In addition, under a devolution deal, the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership has increased flexibilities over the £6 billion spent on health and social care in the area.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/01/2021 15:08:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1271813

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2020
	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 has made of the effect of the newly identified strain of covid-19 on the capacity of healthcare settings (a) nationally, (b) in Hampshire and (c) in Portsmouth South constituency; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	130825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>As a result of the rapid spread of the new variant and rapidly rising incidence rates in the South East, the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) now consider that the new strain of SARS-CoV-2 to be more transmissible. This is a dynamic situation and additional investigation is being undertaken by United Kingdom (UK) experts to understand the potential impact of the new variant.</p><p>On 19 December 2020, the Prime Minister introduced tougher restrictions for large parts of South East England with a Tier 4: ‘Stay at Home’ alert level. Throughout the pandemic, the evidence has shown that rising rates of infection will lead to increased hospital admissions risking intolerable pressure on the National Health Service (NHS) in the toughest winter months. The introduction of Tier 4 will protect the NHS and save lives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/01/2021 17:14:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1271808

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2020
	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 provide a response to Question 108295, tabled by the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse on 23 October 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
	uin	130863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>We take parliamentary scrutiny incredibly seriously and it is fundamentally important that hon. Members are provided with accurate and timely information to enable them to hold the Government to account. We are working rapidly to provide all Members with accurate answers to their questions, as well as supporting the Government’s response to the unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The hon. Member’s question will be answered as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/01/2021 14:26:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 72744 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1271835

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2020
	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 Authorities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the commissioning criteria of the nations' health authorities will be required to change as a result of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	130792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Healthcare and adult social care services are out of scope of the services framework rules in the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020. This means there will be no disruption to the commissioning or procurement of health and care services, or supply chains.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/01/2021 12:36:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West