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1345998

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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	NHS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS provides a comprehensive service, available to all and free at the point of use.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	902641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>Further to the £33.9 billion settlement for the NHS Long Term Plan, we will be providing an additional £3 billion this year, to ensure all patients have access to the care they need as the National Health Service recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/07/2021 13:44:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1345258

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
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	Bio Products Laboratory
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 value of contracts is that the NHS holds with Bio Products Laboratory Limited; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	29741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department holds one contract with Bio Products Laboratory Ltd (BPL) with a value of £3.3 million. Public Health England is responsible for manging the contract which includes distribution of products into the National Health Service. NHS England and NHS Improvement hold one contract with BPL with a value of £5.3 million.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/07/2021 14:12:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1345266

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
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	Hospitals: Ventilation
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 he has issued or plans to issue to hospitals on ensuring adequate ventilation during the covid-19 outbreak; what standards are used to measure the adequacy of such ventilation, what enforcement activity he plans to undertake to ensure that such guidance is followed; and whether he plans to make funding available to improve standards of ventilation.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	29800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>‘COVID-19: Guidance for maintaining services within health and care settings. Infection prevention and control recommendations Version 1.2’ was issued to ensure that risk assessments should include evaluation of ventilation to ensure maximum workplace risk mitigation. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/990923/20210602_Infection_Prevention_and_Control_Guidance_for_maintaining_services_with_H_and_C_settings__1_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/990923/20210602_Infection_Prevention_and_Control_Guidance_for_maintaining_services_with_H_and_C_settings__1_.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘Health Technical Memorandum 03-01 Specialised ventilation for healthcare premises. Part A: The concept, design, specification, installation and acceptance testing of healthcare ventilation systems’ gives comprehensive advice and guidance on the design, installation and operation of specialised building and engineering technology Health Technical Memorandum 03-01 Part A gives comprehensive advice that for other types of healthcare facility that are outside of the hospital setting such as general practitioner practices, a risk assessment of the nature of the treatment being delivered, condition of the patients and intensity of use needs to be undertaken by those responsible for the facility in order to determine the extent to which this guidance will be applicable. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HTM0301-PartA-accessible-F6.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HTM0301-PartA-accessible-F6.pdf</a></p><p>The Care Quality Commission is responsible for compliance with the Health Technical Memoranda under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (revised). There are no plans to allocate funding to improving ventilation standards or to make funding available to improve standards of ventilation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 29801 question first answered 13/07/2021 14:07:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1345268

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
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	GP Surgeries: Ventilation
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 he (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue to GPs and clinical commissioning groups on ensuring adequate ventilation in GP surgeries in order to reduce the risk of covid-19 infection; by what standards GPs and clinical commissioning groups should plan and measure that ventilation; what steps he plans to take to ensure that guidance on ventilation is followed and risk accordingly reduced; and whether he plans to allocate funding to improving ventilation standards.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	29801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>‘COVID-19: Guidance for maintaining services within health and care settings. Infection prevention and control recommendations Version 1.2’ was issued to ensure that risk assessments should include evaluation of ventilation to ensure maximum workplace risk mitigation. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/990923/20210602_Infection_Prevention_and_Control_Guidance_for_maintaining_services_with_H_and_C_settings__1_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/990923/20210602_Infection_Prevention_and_Control_Guidance_for_maintaining_services_with_H_and_C_settings__1_.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘Health Technical Memorandum 03-01 Specialised ventilation for healthcare premises. Part A: The concept, design, specification, installation and acceptance testing of healthcare ventilation systems’ gives comprehensive advice and guidance on the design, installation and operation of specialised building and engineering technology Health Technical Memorandum 03-01 Part A gives comprehensive advice that for other types of healthcare facility that are outside of the hospital setting such as general practitioner practices, a risk assessment of the nature of the treatment being delivered, condition of the patients and intensity of use needs to be undertaken by those responsible for the facility in order to determine the extent to which this guidance will be applicable. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HTM0301-PartA-accessible-F6.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HTM0301-PartA-accessible-F6.pdf</a></p><p>The Care Quality Commission is responsible for compliance with the Health Technical Memoranda under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (revised). There are no plans to allocate funding to improving ventilation standards or to make funding available to improve standards of ventilation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 29800 question first answered 13/07/2021 14:07:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1344113

registered interest
date	06/07/2021
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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will launch a strategy to tackle the reported rise of children presenting at accident and emergency departments with viral infections outside of winter time.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	28385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>Children attending accident and emergency departments are usually seen in dedicated facilities by specialist staff trained in children’s medicine. Children are protected by the National Health Service constitution in the same way as adults and should receive care and be admitted or discharged within four hours of arrival at an Emergency Department. The NHS Long Term Plan is a strategy supporting reform of urgent and emergency care services to ensure all patients get the care they need quickly and relieve pressure on A&amp;E departments.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/07/2021 13:51:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 13472 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1343607

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Immunosuppression: 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 progress his Department has made on research on the efficacy of (a) monoclonal antibodies and (b) other alternative treatments for immunocompromised and immunosuppressed groups.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	27083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has supported 15 studies on monoclonal antibodies and other therapies for immunocompromised and immunosuppressed groups, including cell therapy and the use of probiotics. Twelve of these studies are now complete and three are ongoing. All NIHR-funded research is expected to be published in peer-reviewed, open access journals once completed to promote translation into patient care where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/07/2021 13:56:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1343632

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Immunosuppression: 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 progress his Department is making on research into the efficacy of the use of (a) monoclonal antibodies and (b) other alternative treatments for immunocompromised and immunosuppressed groups.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	27123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has supported 15 studies on monoclonal antibodies and other therapies for immunocompromised and immunosuppressed groups, including cell therapy and the use of probiotics. Twelve of these studies are now complete and three are ongoing. All NIHR-funded research is expected to be published in peer-reviewed, open access journals once completed to promote translation into patient care where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/07/2021 14:00:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith