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1401366

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust: Surgery
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 reduce waiting times for surgery in the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	100434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has reopened elective services and is working towards safely reducing their waiting lists. The Trust has an elective recovery programme in place, supported by the local clinical commissioning groups. This includes the use of independent sector to treat patients in community settings and use theatres and outpatient facilities at the weekend. The Trust has also optimised its use of technology, to deliver timely and convenient care for patients and health inequalities data is complementing its clinical prioritisation to minimise the risk of treatment delays.</p><p> </p><p>We have made £2 billion available in 2021/22 and a further £8 billion in the next three years to increase activity and tackle backlogs in elective care in England.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/01/2022 14:31:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1401367

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Health Services: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to mandate private healthcare workers to work in NHS services in the response to the Omicron covid-19 variant.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	100435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>We have no current plans to do so. New national arrangements between NHS England and 10 independent sector providers commenced on 10 January 2022 until 31 March 2022. Up to 3,000 staffed beds will be made available to the National Health Service to provide surge capacity in response to the Omicron variant. The arrangements will also enable NHS trusts to send a wider range of patients to the independent sector for treatment, including those requiring some forms of cancer surgery and other care not normally delivered by private providers under existing arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/01/2022 15:14:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1401368

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	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 assessment he has made of the impact that current delays to hospital discharge are having on waiting times for NHS services.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	100436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made. Guidance on hospital discharge was issued in November 2021 and details of additional measures to reduce the number of people delayed from leaving acute hospitals has been communicated to National Health Service organisations and local authorities. Since March 2020, we established a national discharge taskforce and allocated £3.3 billion available to support safe and timely hospital discharge.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/01/2022 14:11:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1401376

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	NHS Trusts: 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, how many NHS Trusts have not restarted elective services since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	100444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>All National Health Service trusts have restarted elective services. The NHS aims to maintain levels of care through the separation of elective and non-elective capacity to maximise elective activity, while managing pressures in urgent and emergency care.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/01/2022 14:33:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1401377

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	NHS: Vacancies
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 staff vacancies in the NHS on patient mortality rates.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	100445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>We have not made a formal assessment. Safe staffing levels remain the responsibility of local clinical and other leaders, supported by national guidance and regulated by the Care Quality Commission.</p><p>Monthly workforce statistics for October 2021 show over 1.2 million full time equivalent staff. Since October 2020, there are 4,800 more doctors, over 10,900 more nurses and over 44,700 more National Health Service Health and Community Hospital Services staff in total. We are on schedule to deliver 50,000 more nurses by the end of this Parliament and we have also funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/01/2022 14:28:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1400061

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
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	NHS: Staff and Care Workers
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 (a) recruit and retain NHS and social care workers, (b) tackle the staffing shortage in the NHS and social care services.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	98216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>Workforce statistics for October 2021 show that there are over 1.2 million full time equivalent staff working in the National Health Service or over 1.3 million, headcount. We are on schedule to deliver 50,000 more nurses by the end of this Parliament and ensure a sustainable long-term workforce supply in the future. We have funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England - an increase of 25% over three years. This expansion was completed in September 2020 and has delivered five new medical schools in England. The NHS People Plan aims to retain staff by assisting organisations to provide ongoing support to staff to improve their health and wellbeing.</p><p>The adult social care reform white paper, ‘People at the Heart of Care’, sets out an investment of at least £500 million in the adult social care workforce. This aims to deliver a rewarding career with opportunities to develop and progress, where social care staff are recognised and their wellbeing prioritised. On 10 December we announced £300 million for local authorities and care providers to recruit and retain care staff through the winter. This funding will enhance the existing £162.5 million Workforce Recruitment and Retention Fund. On 24 December, we announced that care workers, care assistants and home care workers will be eligible for the Health and Care Visa for a 12-month period. These roles will also be added to the Shortage Occupation List.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/01/2022 13:41:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1385551

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
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	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, how many medicines failed human clinical trials that had previously passed an animal clinical trial in 2020 .
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	87579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s Clinical Trials Unit does not hold data for United Kingdom trials where non-clinical or animal safety studies supported development of the medicine in human trials and where that development did not continue.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/12/2021 11:59:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1379973

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
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	Health Services and Social Services: Vacancies
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 provisions in the Health and Care Bill tackle staff shortages in the NHS and social care sector.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	77381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>The Health and Care Bill places a statutory duty on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to produce a report on the system in place assessing and meeting workforce need of the health service in England. This report must be published at least once every five years. NHS England and Health Education England must assist in the preparation of this report, if requested to do so by the Secretary of State. The report will set out the roles and responsibilities of the various bodies involved in workforce planning, providing greater transparency and accountability.</p><p>In July 2021 the Department also commissioned Health Education England to work with partners and review long term strategic trends for the health and social care workforce. This will review and renew the long-term strategic framework for the health and registered adult social care workforce, to help ensure we have the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours to deliver world leading clinical services and continued high standards of patient care. This will be published in spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/11/2021 12:45:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1379974

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
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: Reorganisation
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 effect of provisions in the Health and Care Bill that enable reorganisation of the NHS system on the ability of that organisation to manage demand for services; and what steps he is taking to ensure services are maintained during a period of reorganisation in future.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	77382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>The Health and Care Bill will ensure that organisations across the health and care system can work together effectively, to deliver high-quality, sustainable care. The Department works closely with NHS England and partners such as the Local Government Association, to ensure implementation of the Bill will remove barriers and help local leaders to address the backlog in elective care.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/11/2021 12:43:51 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1379975

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
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: Procurement
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 the Health and Care Bill includes adequate provisions to enable the (a) scrutiny and (b) investigation of private companies that bid for NHS tenders.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	77383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The Bill provides for procurement regulations to be made for health care services. The regulations and associated guidance will include measures on transparency and scrutiny of decisions. The current arrangements for inspecting providers, including independent sector providers, by the Care Quality Commission will remain. Relevant providers, including those in the independent sector, will also continue to be licensed by NHS England and NHS Improvement.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/11/2021 17:52:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman