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1145030

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	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	Body Bags
	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 body bags have been stockpiled under the Operation Yellowhammer in preparation for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	287531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department, as part of its overall, multi-layered continuity of supply programme, is building a Centralised Stock Build (CSB) of medical devices and clinical consumables that have an European Union/European Economic Area touchpoint in their supply chains. This stock build is being led and managed by NHS Supply Chain (Supply Chain Coordination Limited).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 17:01:53 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1144687

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	NHS: 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 EU citizens working for the NHS in the West Midlands that have been granted settled status; and what proportion of those EU citizens this represents.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	286676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Information about the number of European Union citizens working for the National Health Service, in the West Midlands or elsewhere, who have been granted settled status is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 17:08:06 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1144704

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Influenza: Vaccination
	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 his Department has had with organisations in the flu vaccine supply chain on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	286864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Flu vaccine cannot be stockpiled in advance as it is a seasonal vaccine. However, additional planning to ensure supplies of the flu vaccines has been undertaken. The Department, Public Health England and NHS England have been in regular discussion with vaccine suppliers to minimise the risk of supply disruption following European Union exit, and to ensure that contingency plans are in place.</p><p>Officials continuously monitor the flu vaccine supply landscape to enable timely and appropriate action to be taken in the event of supply issues.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 17:06:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1144729

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Health Professions: Hampshire
	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 FTE (a) general practitioners, (b) other doctors and (c) nurses employed by the NHS in Hampshire in (i) 2010 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Damian Hinds
	uin	286692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics for England. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors and nurses and health visitors in Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as at May 2019, the latest available data, compared to recent years, full time equivalent (FTE) rounded.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Doctors</p></td><td><p>Nurses and Health Visitors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2012</p></td><td><p>577</p></td><td><p>1,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2013</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>1,172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>1,272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>1,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>666</p></td><td><p>1,249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>1,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>712</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>718</p></td><td><p>1,311</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics</p><p>Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust came into being in January 2012 as a result of the integration of Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust, which achieved Foundation Trust status in 2006, and Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust.</p><p> </p><p>The following table below shows the number of general practitioners (GPs), excluding locums, nurses and other direct patient care staff working in general practice as of March 2016, earliest available data of the same month and March 2019, latest available data, in NHS North Hampshire CCG, NHS South Eastern Hampshire CCG, NHS West Hampshire CCG and NHS North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG. FTE rounded.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>March 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Regular GPs (excludes Locums)</p></td><td><p>729</p></td><td><p>729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurses</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Direct Patient Care</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>233</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p>GP locums are excluded as improvements have been made to GP locum recording methodology and figures are not comparable prior to December 2017.</p><p>Data prior to March 2016 has not been provided as improvements were made to the methodology for recording staff working in general practice in September 2015 and data prior to this is not comparable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 18:30:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1144246

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	Nurses
	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 steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of the number of nurses in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Laura Smith
	uin	286349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>On 4 September as part of the Spending Review, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rt. hon. Sajid Javid MP) announced a £210 million package of support for the National Health Service workforce. Funding includes personal development budgets to support nurses’ learning and development needs over the next three years, and a funding boost to wider education and training budgets to support delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p>The latest Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) data as of 30 August, shows there were 20,190 students accepted onto nursing and midwifery courses, an increase of 4.3% compared to the same point in August 2018. We expect more students will be accepted onto courses before the UCAS clearing period closes on 23 October 2019.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement is currently delivering a rapid clinical placement expansion programme working with trust directors of nursing, the higher education sector and healthcare sector to provide targeted support and resource to increase placement capacity for the September 2019 intake.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 18:17:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1144247

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	Health Services: 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 recent steps the Government has taken to reduce NHS waiting times.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Laura Smith
	uin	286350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>NHS England’s Operational and Planning Guidance for 2019/20 sets out deliverables against key performance areas, including referral-to-treatment and urgent care, and the Government expects the National Health Service to deliver these actions set– in full – as key steps towards fully recovering performance against access standards.</p><p>In addition to this, under the NHS Long Term Plan, an extra £33.9 billion a year is being provided to improve and transform urgent and emergency care services, expand the amount of planned surgery year on year, cut long waits and reduce the waiting list.</p><p>The additional funding will support the NHS in achieving performance standards. More than that, it will also drive the reforms that deliver a better and more sustainable NHS with improved care for patients.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 18:22:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1144283

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	Doctors: Qualifications
	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 discussions he has had with health care regulators on ensuring doctors working in the UK are fit to practise in the event that the UK withdraws from the Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	286148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Legislation introduced by the Government will provide for the continued recognition of European Economic Area and Swiss healthcare professional qualifications in the event that the United Kingdom leaves the European Union without a deal. The General Medical Council, which regulates doctors across the UK, will continue to protect, promote and maintain the patient safety by controlling entry to the register, and by taking action against medical practitioners that do not meet the standards required to practise in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 18:26:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1144360

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	NHS and Social 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 recent assessment he has made of the effect on levels of staffing in (a) NHS bodies, (b) care homes, and (c) other social care services of a potential decrease in net migration from other EU countries in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	286178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department continues to monitor and analyse overall staffing levels in the health and social care sectors and we have been monitoring leaver and joiner rates of European Union staff on a regular basis since the 2016 referendum. We are not complacent and have plans in place to ensure there will continue to be sufficient staff to deliver the high-quality services on which the public relies. Our overall programme of work is comprehensive, thorough and continuously updated and will stand irrespective of the terms in which the United Kingdom leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 17:02:39 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1144443

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	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, what discussions his Department has had with Oldham Council on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement on the availability of medicines.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	286245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>As part of a responsible Government, the Department is doing everything appropriate to prepare for European Union exit. We want to reassure patients that our plans should ensure the supply of medicines and medical products when we leave the EU on 31 October.</p><p>The Department, alongside NHS England and NHS Improvement, are ensuring that there is regular communication with frontline National Health Service organisations and stakeholders in the health and social care sector regarding EU Exit preparations. NHS England and NHS Improvement will be holding EU Exit roadshows in the lead up to 31 October, building on the regular communication that the Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement has with the frontline.</p><p>On 26 June, we wrote to suppliers of medicines to the UK from or via the EU or European Economic Area setting out our continuing multi-layered approach to support continuity of supply of medicines and medical products from 31 October.</p><p>Further details can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans</a></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 17:05:08 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1142962

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	NHS: Finance
	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 make additional funding available to NHS trusts and health boards to meet potential additional costs associated with changes to reciprocal healthcare in the event of the UK leaving with EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	284223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced on 1 August that he has made an additional £2.1 billion available to prepare for European Union exit which includes the creation of an Operational Contingency Fund, to meet the costs of ‘no deal’ operations. This fund is available for bids where EU Exit operational costs arise that cannot be met by existing funding settlements.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 17:08:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams