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1288527

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date	22/02/2021
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they first started testing all care home staff for COVID-19 in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL13544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department began piloting testing of care homes on 1 May 2020 and launched the care home portal to allow care home managers to order tests for all staff and residents on 11 May. The whole care home portal was expanded to all adult care homes, including care homes for adults with learning disabilities or mental health issues, for all care home residents and care home staff, regardless of symptoms, on 7 June.</p><p>Regular retesting for residents and staff of care homes for over 65 year olds and dementia commenced from 6 July. This included weekly testing for staff and every 28 days for residents. All remaining adult care homes were able to apply for retesting from 31 August.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL13545 question first answered 07/04/2021 10:41:40 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1288528

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they first started testing all care home residents for COVID-19 in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL13545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department began piloting testing of care homes on 1 May 2020 and launched the care home portal to allow care home managers to order tests for all staff and residents on 11 May. The whole care home portal was expanded to all adult care homes, including care homes for adults with learning disabilities or mental health issues, for all care home residents and care home staff, regardless of symptoms, on 7 June.</p><p>Regular retesting for residents and staff of care homes for over 65 year olds and dementia commenced from 6 July. This included weekly testing for staff and every 28 days for residents. All remaining adult care homes were able to apply for retesting from 31 August.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL13544 question first answered 07/04/2021 10:41:40 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1246741

registered interest
date	26/10/2020
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	Au Pairs: Spain
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Spanish au pairs will (1) be covered by UK–Spain reciprocal healthcare arrangements after 1 January 2021, or (2) require separate health insurance to work in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL9606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Regardless of any future healthcare arrangements, people who have moved to the United Kingdom or European Union before 31 December 2020, will continue to have life-long reciprocal healthcare rights provided they remain covered under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement. This means existing healthcare arrangements will not change for those UK nationals who are resident in EU and EU citizens in the UK before 31 December 2020, for as long as they are living in that country and covered by the agreement.</p><p>For people not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, the future of reciprocal healthcare arrangements between the UK and EU are subject to negotiations, which are ongoing.</p><p>The UK has set out that it is ready to work to establish practical, reciprocal healthcare provisions with the EU for the future. The UK is open to arrangements that provide healthcare cover for tourists, short-term business visitors and service providers. These arrangements could benefit UK nationals and EU citizens travelling or moving between the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 05/11/2020 09:05:53 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1244751

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
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	Musculoskeletal Disorders: Surgery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is interventional procedure guidance available on CE marked vertebral body tethering systems from (1) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, or (2) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; and for what kinds of patients, if any, vertebral body tethering will be made available.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL9341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>There is no current interventional procedure guidance available on CE marked vertebral body tethering systems from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) or the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. NICE will be producing interventional procedures guidance on vertebral body tethering for scoliosis. The guidance will involve the evaluation of the procedure, rather than looking at any specific device or product, and will focus on the safety and efficacy of the procedure. The expected date for the publication of the guidance is still to be confirmed.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 28/10/2020 12:38:22 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1244752

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
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	Scoliosis: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what new guidance for the treatment of children with scoliosis has been developed since the withdrawal of the MAGEC system.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL9342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have advised that they are currently in the process of reviewing guidance on the MAGEC system in the treatment of people with scoliosis. A robust investigation is currently ongoing to determine whether the benefits of these devices continue to outweigh the risks. In the interim, alternative treatments are available for children with scoliosis, such as casts, back braces and other surgical procedures. The MHRA will consider the use of MAGEC rods on a case-by-case basis where clinicians deem it to be essential.</p><p>Any significant change in status to the availability of the MAGEC system in the United Kingdom, will be updated in guidance when appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 18/11/2020 16:07:32 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1244753

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
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	Scoliosis: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the National Institute for Health Research is funding any research into the use of vertebral body tethering for adolescents with advancing scoliosis.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL9343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including scoliosis. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. The NIHR is not currently funding or supporting research into the use of vertebral body tethering for adolescents with advancing scoliosis.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 28/10/2020 12:07:36 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1238025

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what data they have collected from their regular retesting of care home staff and residents, as announced as part of their social care testing strategy on 3 July.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL8490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>There is a variety of information that is collected about the individuals getting tested in line with the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010, as well as data to support the operational processes involved in testing - for example the address of the care home, how many test kits are needed and so on.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 30/11/2020 12:08:46 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1238026

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Bethell on 23 September (HL Deb, cols 1919–32), what steps they are taking to ensure that care home staff receive (1) priority testing for COVID-19, and (2) COVID-19 test results within 24 hours.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL8491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>The adult social care sector has been, and continues to be, one of our highest priorities for access to COVID-19 testing. Care homes have been prioritised for repeat asymptomatic testing. Care homes are provided with tests so they can test staff weekly and residents every 28 days. We are issuing more than 120,000 tests a day to care homes across the country.</p><p>There has been a high demand for tests and our laboratories continue to turn test results around as quickly as possible. We are bringing in new capacity, technology and staff to process tests faster. This includes increasing the number of permanent staff at existing lighthouse labs, announcing four new laboratory facilities that will join our network as well as surge labs to process more tests in the short-term.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/10/2020 15:17:53 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1238027

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) guidelines they have published, and (2) advice they have provided, about priority COVID-19 testing for care home staff.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL8492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Essential workers continue to be able to access testing as a priority through the online portal and have been able to since April 2020.</p><p>The <em>Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting tested</em> guidance, which is available in an online-only format, shows the list of key workers which includes social care staff and specifically says they are being prioritised for testing.</p><p>Essential workers and members of their households who display symptoms of COVID-19 should book tests by visiting the COVID-19 online test booking portal on GOV.UK. This is set out in the <em>Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting tested</em> guidance.</p><p>From 6 July, we rolled out weekly retesting of care home staff in care homes. The announcement was published on 3 July. We are continuing to prioritise care home testing, where we are issuing more than 120,000 tests a day to care homes across the country.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/10/2020 11:27:43 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1238028

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many care home residents tested positive for COVID-19 in each week from 1 April to 1 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL8493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. Data on the total number of positive cases is published in an online only format.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 24/02/2021 16:07:48 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough