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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

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

1231223

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	Radioisotopes
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 access to medical radio-isotopes in the event that an agreement is not reached on a future relationship with the EU by the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	84731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department, in consultation with the devolved administrations and Crown Dependencies, is working with trade bodies, product suppliers, and the health and care system in England to make detailed plans to help ensure continued supply of medicines and medical products, including medical radioisotopes and over-the-counter medicines, to the whole of the United Kingdom at the end of the transition period in all scenarios.</p><p>The Department understands that a flexible approach to preparedness may be required for medicines that cannot be stockpiled, such as some medical radioisotopes. We have asked suppliers of those products to use airfreight, which some suppliers are already doing now.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail on the plans to help ensure continuity of medical supplies has been communicated to suppliers, and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-medicines-and-medical-products-suppliers-3-august-2020/letter-to-medicine-suppliers-3-august-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-medicines-and-medical-products-suppliers-3-august-2020/letter-to-medicine-suppliers-3-august-2020</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 84734 question first answered 10/09/2020 18:16:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 45727 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1231225

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	Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether medicines and medical supplies will be treated differently at the UK-EU border to other items following the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	84732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>The Border and Protocol Delivery Group’s (BPDG) recently published Border Operating Model sets out the processes for importing and exporting goods, including additional requirements that will be needed for importing and exporting certain medical products, such as medicines that are controlled goods. The Department is working closely with BPDG and HM Revenue and Customs to ensure trader readiness to comply with the Border Operating Model.</p><p>To further support the flow of critical goods, medicines and medical products have been designated category 1 status, and we have put in place additional contingencies through our multi-layered approach to help ensure the supply of medicines and medical products at the end of the Transition Period.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/09/2020 18:10:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 45728 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1230372

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	Medical Treatments: 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 the covid-19 outbreak on the number of patients receiving elective NHS treatment in (a) Wirral and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	83839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The number of patients who completed Referral-To-Treatment pathways between March and June 2020 was down 44% in England on the same period last year. For patients seen at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, the effect was slightly larger, with a drop of 46% for the period March to June 2020 compared with the same period last year.</p><p>On 31 July further guidance was issued to local National Health Service providers and commissioners on outlining the next phase of the NHS response to COVID-19 and concurrent non-COVID-19 activity. The focus is on accelerating the return of non-COVID-19 health services to near-normal levels, including making full use of available capacity between now and winter, whilst also preparing for winter demand pressures. This will be done alongside continued vigilance in light of any further COVID-19 spikes locally and possibly nationally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2020 12:19:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 45030 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1228896

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	NHS Trusts: Hospital Beds
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 level of bed occupancy is in acute NHS Hospital Trusts in England, by (a) Trust and (b) region.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	81542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Bed availability and occupancy rates are collected and published via NHS England. Data are available by trust and by region at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/09/2020 15:01:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 44278 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1228901

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	Health Services: 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 the current level of restoration of NHS services is as covid-19 restrictions are eased, by region.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	81543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>On 31 July, further guidance was issued to local National Health Service providers and commissioners on outlining the next phase of the NHS response to COVID-19 and concurrent non-COVID activity. The focus is on accelerating the return of non-COVID health services to near-normal levels, including making full use of available capacity between now and winter, whilst also preparing for winter demand pressures. This will be done alongside continued vigilance in light of any further COVID-19 spikes locally and possibly nationally.</p><p>Providers, working as local systems, were asked to submit draft plans for how they intend to intend to meet the key actions in the guidance by 1 September, with final plans due by 21 September. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/07/Phase-3-letter-July-31-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/07/Phase-3-letter-July-31-2020.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/09/2020 15:04:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 44279 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1229184

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	Intensive Care: Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the NHS plans to resume the (a) collection and (b) publication of data on critical care bed capacity across the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	81520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>NHS England’s collection and publication of critical care bed capacity data was paused as part of the initial response to COVID-19. A date to restart collection and publication of this data has not yet been decided.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/09/2020 15:08:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 44269 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1227464

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Primary Health Care: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 14993, whether he has had additional discussions since that date with NHS England on alternative procurement routes for primary care modernisation proposals after the suspension in 2019 of new Local Improvement Finance Trust projects.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	78674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service is currently supporting developments and improvements through the Estates and Technology Transformation Fund (ETTF) and an improvement grant budget within primary care estates. The ETTF aims to accelerate changes in general practice infrastructure to enable improvement in access and service quality. The ETTF is investing £800 million in both capital and revenue between 2016 and 2021. This is in addition to annual investment in general practice information technology and ‘business as usual’ capital.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/09/2020 15:46:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 43865 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1225591

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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: Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2020 to Question 64364 on NHS: Parking, what assessment he has made of the potential financial effect on NHS staff of the removal of the hospital parking charge exemption.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	75335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 8 July, Official Report, column 966.</p><p>No assessment of the financial effect of ending free parking for NHS staff has been made.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/08/2020 21:10:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 40384 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis