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1466297

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Ambulance 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, what steps his Department has taken to (a) increase recruitment of ambulance staff and (b) ensure retention of ambulance staff for (i) the South Central Ambulance Service and (ii) UK wide ambulance services.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p>In 2022/23, NHS England and NHS Improvement are allocating £150 million to support improvements to response times through retention and additional call handler recruitment. In September 2021, £1.7 million was provided for health and wellbeing initiatives for staff in England, including immediate welfare needs. The recruitment and retention of ambulance staff elsewhere in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter.</p><p>This funding has allowed South Central Ambulance Service to increase its recruitment of 999 call handlers. A working group has been also established to review the support provided to staff, such as raising awareness of counselling services.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/06/2022 10:05:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 4674 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1466341

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Doctors: Training
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 it his policy to require the NHS to provide student doctors with pre-paid expenses cards to cover petrol costs incurred in driving to medical placements in the context on increases in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	10021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/06/2022 10:39:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1466389

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Asthma: Health Services
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 average waiting time is for patients to be first seen at each severe asthma centre.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	9969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/06/2022 10:38:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1466469

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he taken to ensure patient safety in the context of recent pressures on the urgent and emergency care system.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement monitor patient safety and work with systems to manage any potential risks. In 2022/23, an additional £50 million has been invested in NHS 111 to support increased call taking capacity and ensure that patients can access urgent care when necessary. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with integrated care boards to improve patient flow and reduce ambulance handover delays, maximising Same Day Emergency Care services and access to Urgent Treatment Centres as an alternative to accident and emergency where appropriate.</p><p>In Slough, funding for 17 intermediate adult social care beds has been extended to June 2022 and an additional 20 bed community ward at Heathlands Heathwood Hospital has been created. An immediate ambulance handover policy is also in place at hospitals in Slough and capacity to accept paramedic handovers increased by 30%.</p><p>In the South East, Urgent Treatment Centres and Same Day Emergency Care provision is being developed to ensure alternatives to emergency departments are available at acute sites. This is addition to engaging system partners to alleviate pressures through urgent community response, developing virtual wards, enhanced health care in care homes and bringing together local health systems to reduce length of stay and increase discharges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 9987 question first answered 16/06/2022 15:31:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 4675 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1466478

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure emergency and urgent care capacity demands are met in (a) Slough and (b) South East.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement monitor patient safety and work with systems to manage any potential risks. In 2022/23, an additional £50 million has been invested in NHS 111 to support increased call taking capacity and ensure that patients can access urgent care when necessary. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with integrated care boards to improve patient flow and reduce ambulance handover delays, maximising Same Day Emergency Care services and access to Urgent Treatment Centres as an alternative to accident and emergency where appropriate.</p><p>In Slough, funding for 17 intermediate adult social care beds has been extended to June 2022 and an additional 20 bed community ward at Heathlands Heathwood Hospital has been created. An immediate ambulance handover policy is also in place at hospitals in Slough and capacity to accept paramedic handovers increased by 30%.</p><p>In the South East, Urgent Treatment Centres and Same Day Emergency Care provision is being developed to ensure alternatives to emergency departments are available at acute sites. This is addition to engaging system partners to alleviate pressures through urgent community response, developing virtual wards, enhanced health care in care homes and bringing together local health systems to reduce length of stay and increase discharges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 9986 question first answered 16/06/2022 15:31:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1466507

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	University Hospital of North Durham: 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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of bed capacity at University Hospital North Durham in relation to the local population.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	10013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. However, NHS England and NHS Improvement advise that County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust assessed the demand on services and reviewed current bed capacity at University Hospital North Durham as part of its annual planning requirement. In response, an additional 24 beds will be made available during the second half of 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/06/2022 10:00:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 4654 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy