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1231820

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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	Health Services: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department does not collect data on how many migrants have received bills for healthcare treatment in error during the covid-19 exemption period for charges.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	86214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>Administration and the charging of patients is the responsibility of individual National Health Service trusts. The Department does not routinely seek additional data which was not routinely collected before COVID-19, to enable NHS trusts to focus on the delivery of their services to patients.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/09/2020 15:45:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 46428 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1231905

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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	Health Services: EU Nationals
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 the NHS issues to people with settled status on providing documentary evidence to prove that they are entitled to free NHS treatment.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	86078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>European Economic Area (EEA)/Swiss citizens do not require confirmation of settled/pre-settled status to access National Health Service care. Settled/pre-settled status is an immigration status related to the European Union Settlement Scheme, securing an individual’s rights under the Withdrawal Agreement to reside in the United Kingdom beyond 2020.</p><p>Access to free NHS secondary care is entirely based on being ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK. Being ordinarily resident means, broadly, living in the UK on a lawful and properly settled basis for the time being, with non-EEA nationals who are subject to immigration control also required to have an immigration status of ‘indefinite leave to remain’. From 2021, the new global immigration system will apply the same requirements to migrants from the EEA and Switzerland.</p><p>Where a patient’s ordinarily resident status is not known, it will be for the NHS organisation that provides the treatment to assess this, based on the evidence of lawful, settled residence the patient provides.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/09/2020 15:47:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1231189

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
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	Phlebotomy: Redbridge
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 adequacy of waiting times and access to phlebotomy services in the London Borough of Redbridge.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	84710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The local National Health Service in Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals is moving community blood testing services that (pre-COVID-19) took place in Queen's or King George Hospitals, into some general practitioner surgeries and health centres.</p><p>The teams are working hard to ensure the new services are up and running as soon as possible. Establishing these community settings and getting them up and running means that patients who require non-urgent blood tests are currently facing waits but the new services means patients can expect a reduction in waiting times. Additional clinics in Redbridge have also been established.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 84711 question first answered 14/09/2020 16:00:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 45715 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1231190

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
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	Phlebotomy: Redbridge
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 improve access to phlebotomy services in the London Borough of Redbridge.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	84711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The local National Health Service in Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals is moving community blood testing services that (pre-COVID-19) took place in Queen's or King George Hospitals, into some general practitioner surgeries and health centres.</p><p>The teams are working hard to ensure the new services are up and running as soon as possible. Establishing these community settings and getting them up and running means that patients who require non-urgent blood tests are currently facing waits but the new services means patients can expect a reduction in waiting times. Additional clinics in Redbridge have also been established.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 84710 question first answered 14/09/2020 16:00:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 45716 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1231191

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
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	Health Services: Redbridge
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 improve referral to treatment times in the London Borough of Redbridge.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	84712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>As a result of COVID-19, there has been a severe impact on referral-to-treatment waiting times for providers across Barking, Havering and Redbridge, as with many across the country. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working closely with providers to put a robust strategy in place and all acute providers are working together closely to maximise capacity across north east London boroughs.</p><p>There is a plan in place to significantly reduce the current number of people waiting over the remainder of 2020/21, and this includes a monthly trajectory from the Phase Three response, with a focus on key specialties such as acute pain, trauma and orthopaedic surgery, urology and neurosurgery.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/09/2020 15:57:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 45717 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1230656

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Personnel Management
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 full-time equivalent staff were employed in the Department's human resources section in April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	84193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>45.75 full-time equivalent staff were employed in the Department’s Human Resources section as of 30 April 2020. This figure includes civil servants on permanent contract, fixed term appointment and loaned in from other Government departments. Since this time the Department has expanded in size, and this has included growth in the Human Resources section.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/09/2020 16:22:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

1230707

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Clinical Trials: 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 effect of (a) the covid-19 outbreak and (b) resultant (i) funding reductions and (ii) other factors on the operation of medical trials; and what estimate he has made of the number of deaths as a result of those affected medical trials.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	84241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 led the National Health Service to suspend many routine clinical services and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to prepare to support the Government’s research response. Subsequently, decisions were taken by research sponsors, funders, investigators and study sites to pause some non-COVID-19 research, and by the NIHR Clinical Research Network to pause set up of new sites or studies, other than for nationally prioritised COVID-19 studies. This led to a rapid and significant reduction in clinical research activity.</p><p>The NIHR published a Restart Framework in May 2020 and has established groups to oversee and coordinate the restart of non-COVID-19 research. Restart of non-COVID-19 trials of life-preserving or life-extending treatments that are not otherwise available to patients remain a priority.</p><p>We have no evidence to date that studies underway prior to the pandemic, including those paused or stopped, have been impacted by reductions in funding. We are working with partners to assess the potential impact on funding available for future studies.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/09/2020 16:11:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 45048 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1230084

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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	Clinical Trials: Children and Young People
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 clinical trials involving 13-24 year olds with cancer which have been disrupted or abandoned as a direct result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	83809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network reports that its portfolio of studies is not consistently coded with specific age ranges, and thus the information requested is not directly available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/09/2020 16:16:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1228679

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to (a) undertake and (b) commission research into the longer-term effect of the covid-19 lockdown on people's mental health.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	82467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>Through the Rapid Response and the Rapid Rolling Calls, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation have funded studies that aim to make a significant contribution to the understanding, prevention and management of COVID-19.</p><p>As part of the Rolling Call, a highlight notice was published in June for research proposals which aimed to reduce the emergence of new, and exacerbation of existing, mental health problems, and to improve outcomes for those whose mental health has already been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 64 applications were considered as part of the mental health highlight notice, and the successful studies are in the process of being contracted.</p><p>The NIHR Policy Research Programme’s current call ‘Recovery, Renewal, Reset: Research to inform policy responses to COVID-19 in the health and social care systems’ seeks to fund research which will provide timely evidence to inform policy decisions on recovery from the initial crisis, and to mitigate longer-term impacts on individuals, health and social care systems and wider society.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/09/2020 16:07:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1228755

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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: Clinical Trials
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 clinical trials involving 13 to 24 year olds with cancer that have been disrupted or abandoned as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	82271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network reports that its portfolio of studies is not consistently coded with specific age ranges, and thus the information requested is not directly available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/09/2020 16:13:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous