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1177250

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date	10/02/2020
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	Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk that Coronavirus could be transmitted to the UK on the surface of electronic goods manufactured in China.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>We do not yet know the routes of transmission of COVID-19. However, other coronaviruses are mainly transmitted by large respiratory droplets and direct or indirect contact with infected secretions. It is highly unlikely coronavirus can be spread through packages from affected countries or through food.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 13/02/2020 14:50:13 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1176933

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Cancer: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the article, Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes, published in Nature on 5 February.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The article adds to the growing body of evidence that cancer genes and mechanisms are altered by mutations in non-coding DNA, this is approximately 95% of the genome which does not contain code for a protein. Analysis of whole genome sequencing data can provide information on how mutations in both coding and non-coding regions relate to cancer and other diseases.</p><p>In 2018, the Government committed to sequencing at least one million whole genome equivalents over the next five years and this will provide the data for further analysis of the contribution of both coding and non-coding DNA to disease processes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 12/02/2020 17:42:17 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1176607

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Liothyronine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the operation of data protection legislation in respect of Clinical Commissioning Groups asking to see patients' personal health data when reviewing the use of liothyronine for the purposes of cost cutting.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are legally responsible, as data controllers in their own right, to abide by data protection legislation when processing any data. The Department does not assess their operation of data protection legislation.</p><p>CCGs are the responsible commissioner for the prescription of liothyronine and it is for CCGs to have regard to guidance set out by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England and NHS Improvement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 12/02/2020 17:41:55 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1176630

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to develop and launch a national helpline which is open 24 hours every day to support those affected by prescribed drug dependence; and whether such a service will be developed with the input of relevant charities and patient groups.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL1382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>In September 2019, Public Health England published an evidence review on the problems of dependence and withdrawal associated with some prescribed medicines. The review recommended the Department considers supporting the development of a time-limited national helpline and associated website. NHS England and NHS Improvement are considering the recommendations from the review, including the recommendation for a helpline, and other evidence to develop a set of actions to reduce and treat prescription medicine dependency.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 13/02/2020 14:49:45 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1176635

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	NHS: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to increase the amount of long-term funding for the NHS.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service will see its day-to-day spending rise by £33.9 billion in cash terms by 2023-24. We are now enshrining this funding in law through the NHS Funding Bill.</p><p>In September 2019 we announced the next stage of our strategic investment in the NHS; the Health Infrastructure Plan (HIP). The HIP will deliver a long-term, rolling five-year programme of investment in health infrastructure. This will ensure that health infrastructure is fit-for-purpose for decades to come.</p><p>At the centre of the HIP is a new hospital building programme, which we are backing with £2.7 billion funding for six new hospital schemes that are receiving funding to go ahead now, aiming to deliver by 2025, and £100 million seed funding for a further 21 schemes, covering 34 hospitals, that have the green light to go to the next stage of developing their plans, aiming to deliver between 2025 and 2030.</p><p>Future NHS capital funding will be provided for in the multi-year capital settlement the Department will receive at the next capital review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 12/02/2020 17:41:42 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1176638

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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: Weather
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of NHS trusts' ability to manage increased patient risk this winter.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornton
uin	HL1390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>To support performance this winter additional capital and revenue funding was made available to systems and trusts to support staff and bed capacity throughout the winter. This has allowed Trusts to increase bed numbers and facilities to support better flow and, as a result, the National Health Service has reported over 1,000 more hospital beds are open this winter than at the same time last year.</p><p>In addition, a further £240 million has been provided again this year for adult social care to help reduce delays in patients being discharged from hospital by providing social care support.</p><p>This is all additional to winter funding last year that provided £145 million of capital funding to hospitals. £36.3 million was also provided to ambulance services for 256 new state-of-the-art vehicles and ‘make-ready hubs’ which shorten the turnaround times for vehicles and increase their availability. The winter period is usually considered to be from December to March, therefore an assessment of demand for ambulance services can be made after winter has finished.</p><p>Despite a huge increase in demand, the Care Quality Commission’s State of Health and Adult Social Care Report 2018/19 shows that the vast majority of patients continue to receive good, safe care. Overall quality of care in NHS acute hospitals has improved, with 72% of core services rated as good or outstanding, up from 66% in the previous year.</p><p>The quality of care in NHS ambulance trusts has also improved over the last year, with seven out of 10 trusts rated as good and none rated as inadequate. And, as at January 2020, 84% of adult social care settings were rated as good or outstanding. Four out of five adult social care services are rated as good, similar to 2018, and 996 services are providing care that is rated as outstanding.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL1391 HL1392 question first answered 12/02/2020 17:21:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1782 label Biography information for Baroness Thornton

1176639

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Hospitals: Weather
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they have given to hospitals to help them manage any increases in activity and workforce shortages over the winter period.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornton
uin	HL1391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>To support performance this winter additional capital and revenue funding was made available to systems and trusts to support staff and bed capacity throughout the winter. This has allowed Trusts to increase bed numbers and facilities to support better flow and, as a result, the National Health Service has reported over 1,000 more hospital beds are open this winter than at the same time last year.</p><p>In addition, a further £240 million has been provided again this year for adult social care to help reduce delays in patients being discharged from hospital by providing social care support.</p><p>This is all additional to winter funding last year that provided £145 million of capital funding to hospitals. £36.3 million was also provided to ambulance services for 256 new state-of-the-art vehicles and ‘make-ready hubs’ which shorten the turnaround times for vehicles and increase their availability. The winter period is usually considered to be from December to March, therefore an assessment of demand for ambulance services can be made after winter has finished.</p><p>Despite a huge increase in demand, the Care Quality Commission’s State of Health and Adult Social Care Report 2018/19 shows that the vast majority of patients continue to receive good, safe care. Overall quality of care in NHS acute hospitals has improved, with 72% of core services rated as good or outstanding, up from 66% in the previous year.</p><p>The quality of care in NHS ambulance trusts has also improved over the last year, with seven out of 10 trusts rated as good and none rated as inadequate. And, as at January 2020, 84% of adult social care settings were rated as good or outstanding. Four out of five adult social care services are rated as good, similar to 2018, and 996 services are providing care that is rated as outstanding.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL1390 HL1392 question first answered 12/02/2020 17:21:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1782 label Biography information for Baroness Thornton

1176640

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Ambulance Services: Weather
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the demand for ambulance services over the winter period.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornton
uin	HL1392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>To support performance this winter additional capital and revenue funding was made available to systems and trusts to support staff and bed capacity throughout the winter. This has allowed Trusts to increase bed numbers and facilities to support better flow and, as a result, the National Health Service has reported over 1,000 more hospital beds are open this winter than at the same time last year.</p><p>In addition, a further £240 million has been provided again this year for adult social care to help reduce delays in patients being discharged from hospital by providing social care support.</p><p>This is all additional to winter funding last year that provided £145 million of capital funding to hospitals. £36.3 million was also provided to ambulance services for 256 new state-of-the-art vehicles and ‘make-ready hubs’ which shorten the turnaround times for vehicles and increase their availability. The winter period is usually considered to be from December to March, therefore an assessment of demand for ambulance services can be made after winter has finished.</p><p>Despite a huge increase in demand, the Care Quality Commission’s State of Health and Adult Social Care Report 2018/19 shows that the vast majority of patients continue to receive good, safe care. Overall quality of care in NHS acute hospitals has improved, with 72% of core services rated as good or outstanding, up from 66% in the previous year.</p><p>The quality of care in NHS ambulance trusts has also improved over the last year, with seven out of 10 trusts rated as good and none rated as inadequate. And, as at January 2020, 84% of adult social care settings were rated as good or outstanding. Four out of five adult social care services are rated as good, similar to 2018, and 996 services are providing care that is rated as outstanding.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL1390 HL1391 question first answered 12/02/2020 17:21:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1782 label Biography information for Baroness Thornton

1176203

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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	MMR Vaccine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of children aged five who have not had both doses of the MMR vaccination.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England reports childhood vaccination coverage statistics for England. In 2018/19 there were 94,342 children aged five years who did not have a record of receiving both doses of the Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) vaccine. Of these, 55,916 children had received dose one of MMR and 38,426 had no record of receiving MMR.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 12/02/2020 17:41:01 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1176204

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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	Asthma: Medical Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the study from the University of Cambridge The costs of switching to low global-warming potential inhalers. An economic and carbon footprint analysis of NHS prescription data in England, published on 30 October 2019, which found that switching to more environmentally friendly asthma inhalers could achieve large cabon saving and reduce drug costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are aware of and have considered the study referenced. The findings are being taken into account alongside other evidence in understanding the impact on patient care, the environmental impact and the costs involved in a change in the mix of inhalers to lower carbon alternatives.</p><p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, the National Health Service restated its commitment to the carbon targets in the UK Government Climate Change Act 2008, reducing carbon emissions, on a 1990 baseline, by:</p><p>- 34% by 2020; and</p><p>- 51% by 2025</p><p>In particular, the NHS Long Term Plan commits that a substantial reduction in the carbon impact of inhalers and anaesthetics over 10 years, will contribute to the overall NHS carbon reduction targets. The propellants used in pressurised inhalers are potent greenhouse gases.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 12/02/2020 17:40:47 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath