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1712880

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Palliative Care: Integrated Care Boards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding support her Department is providing to Integrated Care Boards on the operation of (a) hospices, (b) palliative care and (c) end-of-life services.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	23036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by core National Health Service staff and services. However, we also recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people at end of life, and their families. Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing NHS services.</p><p>The amount of funding hospices receive is dependent on many factors, including what other statutory services are available within the integrated care board (ICB) footprint. Charitable hospices provide a range of services which go beyond that which statutory services are legally required to provide, and consequently, the funding arrangements reflect this.</p><p>However, since 2020, NHS England has provided hospices with over £350 million to secure and increase NHS capacity, and to support hospital discharge, as part of the COVID-19 response. In addition, since 2021/22, nearly £63 million has been provided to children’s hospices as part of the Children and Young People’s Hospice Grant. Furthermore, additional investment in children and young people’s palliative and end of life care, including hospices, has also been made through the NHS Long Term Plan’s commitment to match-fund clinical commissioning groups, and subsequently ICBs, totalling over £23 million.</p><p>As set out in the Health and Care Act 2022, ICBs are responsible for determining the level of NHS-funded palliative and end of life care locally, including hospice care, and are responsible for ensuring that the services they commission meet the needs of their local population.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2024 11:12:02 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1712884

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Palliative Care
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 her Department is taking to help support (a) hospice and (b) other end-of-life services.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	23039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>As part of the Health and Care Act 2022, the Government added palliative care services to the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission, promoting a more consistent national approach, and supporting commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care.</p><p>The majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by National Health Service staff and services. However, we also recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people at end of life, and their families. Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing NHS services. The amount of funding hospices receive is dependent on many factors, including what other statutory services are available within the ICB footprint. Charitable hospices provide a range of services which go beyond that which statutory services are legally required to provide, and consequently, the funding arrangements reflect this.</p><p>To support ICBs, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications for both adults and children. NHS England has also commissioned the development of a palliative and end of life care dashboard, which brings together relevant, all age local data in one place. The dashboard helps commissioners understand the palliative and end of life care needs of both adults and children in their local population, enabling ICBs to put plans in place to address and track the improvement of health inequalities.</p><p>NHS England has also funded seven strategic clinical networks for palliative and end of life care. These networks support commissioners in the delivery of outstanding clinical and personalised care for people in the last years of life, and reduce local variation.</p><p>At a national level, NHS England has confirmed it will renew the Children and Young People’s hospice funding for 2024/25, again allocating £25 million of grant funding for children’s hospices, using the same prevalence-based allocation approach as in 2022/23 and 2023/24. The Government has provided £60 million of additional funding to help deliver the one-off payments to over 27,000 eligible staff employed on dynamically linked Agenda for Change contracts by non-NHS organisations, including some hospices.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2024 11:18:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1648253

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	Hypermobility
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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and (ii) hypermobility spectrum disorder.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	191455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/07/2023 16:29:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1569046

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
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	Social Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a 10-year workforce plan for the social care sector.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	128718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. We have set out our long-term vision for the social care workforce in the ‘People at the Heart of Care’ white paper, including how Government will invest to support learning and development alongside new frameworks to increase opportunities for career progression and development. In spring 2023, the Government will publish a plan for adult social care system reform which will set out how we will build on the progress so far to implement the vision in the white paper.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/01/2023 10:15:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1327526

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Respite Care
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 the Government is taking to ensure carers have access to breaks from their caring responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	6474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that access to breaks is important support for carers, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The Care Act 2014 introduced new rights for carers, for the first time putting them on the same footing as the people for whom they care. They now have legal rights to an assessment of and support for, their needs where eligible.</p><p>Day services and other forms of respite care are vital services and we are working with local authorities, in collaboration with Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to ensure, where possible, the safe resumption of these services. We have also provided funding through the £1.8 billion Infection Control Fund to support the reopening of day and respite services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/06/2021 16:11:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1282853

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
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	Midwives and Nurses: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the emergency standards of the Nursing and Midwifery Council to reintroduce emergency education standards to enable final year nursing students to opt-in to support the response to the covid-19 pandemic through extended clinical placement, if he will ensure the same health and safety provisions under those standards are applied to (a) student midwives and (b) student nurses.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	148012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2021 answer text <p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom and nursing associates in England. On 14 January 2021, the NMC made emergency changes to its education standards. The standards give flexibility to Approved Education Institutions (AEIs) to decide how to structure and apportion academic learning and clinical placements for nursing and midwifery students.</p><p>AEIs retain responsibility for ensuring the health and safety of students in whatever capacity they are undertaking clinical placements. The NMC’s emergency standards require training providers to ensure placement allocations take account of current, relevant public health guidelines with due regard to the health and wellbeing of individual students.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/02/2021 16:45:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1282590

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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	Coronavirus: Screening
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 ensure that private nurseries and early year providers have access to covid-19 testing kits and lateral flow testing kits.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	147058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is continuing to work closely with colleagues across Government and local authorities to secure the most effective approach to asymptomatic testing for the whole of the early years sector. Early years staff, as critical workers, continue to have priority access to polymerase chain reaction testing via the online portal, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-getting-tested" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-getting-tested</a></p><p>The Department is having ongoing discussions about providing testing via the education testing programme as well as encouraging local authorities to consider prioritising appropriate testing for staff in private, voluntary and independent settings and childminders via the Community Testing Programme.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/03/2021 17:28:50 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 80356 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1274798

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
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	Contact Tracing: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to extend access to the NHS covid-19 to Apple iPhone and Android phones that do not support iOS 13.5 or Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and higher.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	134587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>The COVID-19 app works on the vast majority of smartphones, approximately nine out of 10 in the United Kingdom. Not all handsets can use the app as it requires Bluetooth technology provided by Apple and Google in the operating system. On 14 December 2020, Apple released a version of their operating system (12.5) that brings the exposure notification contact tracing technology to older iPhone models. However, the app also uses other software components that are not available in these older versions of the operating system. Whilst we do not have plans to re-design the app in order for it to work on older iPhone models, we will continue to look at options to increase uptake of the app.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/01/2021 11:32:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1247735

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
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: Pay
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 potential merits of increasing the pay of (a) nursing and (b) other NHS staff on Agenda for Change terms.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	110246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The established mechanism for determining pay rises in the National Health Service are the independent Pay Review Bodies. For recommendations on pay for AfC staff for 2021/22, including nurses, we intend to look to the NHS Pay Review Body. We expect to issue a remit letter to the NHS Pay Review Body in the coming weeks following the conclusion of the Spending Review. The Government will carefully consider the Review Body’s recommendations when we receive them.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/11/2020 22:42:02 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 59212 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1197737

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
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	Social Services: Fees and Charges
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 equity of social care fees passed onto relatives when a loved one has passed away.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	49889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally and so no assessment has been made.</p><p>If any debt is incurred when paying for care, we expect the local authority to follow the principles set out in the relevant guidance; that they should act reasonably; and that any arrangements for debt repayments are agreed between the relevant parties.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/06/2020 10:09:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy