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1240511

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of negotiations on the future relationship with the EU on the health and social care sector.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	907125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom are ongoing. The UK has been engaged continuously and constructively in those negotiations, and issues which affect the health and social care sector play an important part in them. We must not prejudge the outcome of those negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 06/10/2020 15:58:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1237106

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
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 patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England have been waiting for more than one year for hospital treatment.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	94443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The number of incomplete referral-to-treatment pathways where a patient is waiting over 52 weeks for treatment in Coventry, the West Midlands and England is provided in the following table. Data provided is for July 2020 and is the most recent available:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Provider/National</p></td><td><p>Number waiting over 52 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>475</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>1,599</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wye Valley NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>481</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>83,203</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>NHS England collects and publishes referral-to-treatment performance data at both a local and national level. Data is available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/09/2020 09:05:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 50387 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1237143

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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: Reciprocal Arrangements
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 has made an assessment of the potential effects on (a) the use of European Health Insurance Cards and (b) other medical insurance for British citizens at the end of the transition period in the event of (i) an agreement being reached and (ii) no agreement being reached with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	94505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>From January 2021, those people protected under the Withdrawal Agreement will continue to be entitled to a United Kingdom issued European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). For those not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, their EHIC may not be valid from January 2021.</p><p>For people not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, the future of reciprocal healthcare arrangements between the UK and European Union are subject to negotiations.</p><p>The UK has set out that it is ready to work to establish practical, reciprocal healthcare provisions with the EU for the future. The UK is open to arrangements that provide healthcare cover for tourists, short-term business visitors and service providers. These arrangements could benefit UK nationals and EU citizens travelling or moving between the UK.</p><p>The Department will be continuing to monitor the impact of future reciprocal healthcare arrangements including on the groups which may be most affected.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/09/2020 09:12:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 50393 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1236715

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
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	NHS Trusts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to inform NHS trusts of their financial settlement for the remainder of 2020-21, for the period October 2020 to March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	93612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>On 15 September 2020, NHS England and NHS Improvement wrote to integrated care system and sustainability and transformation partnership leaders to confirm their individual system financial envelopes for the period October 2020 to March 2021. Each system will identify how to deploy the envelopes to the individual organisations in the system including National Health Service trusts. NHS England and NHS Improvement have provided detail at organisation level, which systems may wish to use as a starting point for their work, but all organisations are expected to work together to ensure resources are used to deliver maximum benefit for patients and value for taxpayers across the system as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/09/2020 08:41:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1235505

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Long Covid: Research
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 allocate resources to the Government's rapid, comprehensive study of long covid.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	91712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department invests £1 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Together with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the NIHR has invested £8.4 million in the Post-HOSPitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID), investigating the long-term health impacts of coronavirus on hospitalised patients. To ensure the best use of National Health Service resources for clinical research during the acute phase of the pandemic, the NIHR established a process to prioritise COVID-19 research as Urgent Public Health Research. The NIHR Clinical Research Network is supporting prioritised studies by fast tracking their local set-up, management and delivery. PHOSP-COVID was prioritised through this process on 1 July 2020.</p><p>On 31 July, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care convened a roundtable meeting with researchers and clinicians to establish what more can be done to understand and mitigate the long-term health effects of COVID-19. The Department recognises the need for further research into the longer-term effects of the virus in those who did not require hospitalisation and is currently considering options for future work in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/09/2020 12:28:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 49217 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1235554

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Apprentices
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 meeting the 2.3 per cent public sector apprenticeship target; and when his Department will meet that target.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	91616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department has taken a proactive approach to embedding apprenticeships so that they are a core part of our learning and development offer. We continue to increase the take-up of apprenticeships year on year. Apprentices currently make up 3.5% of the Department’s 2,044 headcount as at 1 September 2020.</p><p> </p><p>We have refreshed our apprenticeship strategy for 2020/21 and are further developing our engagement strategy to continue raising awareness and improve take-up. We are continuing our proactive approach by aligning apprenticeship opportunities more closely with recruitment activity. Given the target is a percentage of the total workforce, the percentage changes in line with workforce fluctuations making it challenging to predict when the Department might meet this.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of the current pandemic has impacted on the number of apprenticeship opportunities we have been able to create. However, we are focused on how we can continue to support the apprenticeship agenda and drive forward recruitment through our apprenticeship strategy, which will enable us to keep making improvements.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/09/2020 12:41:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1235566

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Endometriosis: Research
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 funding allocated to research on endometriosis.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	91656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>In the last five financial years to 2019-20, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research Innovation (UKRI) have awarded £8.52 million for research into endometriosis. This includes a wide range of projects from basic science through to applied health research into diagnosis, treatment and service delivery.</p><p>Both the NIHR and UKRI welcome funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including endometriosis; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/09/2020 12:13:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 49203 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1235603

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Surgery: Waiting Lists
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 trends in waiting times for surgery during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	91707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The size of the waiting list reduced by 9% between March and May as the National Health Service suspended non-COVID-19 services to help free up capacity to support the response to COVID-19. The NHS is now restoring non-COVID-19 services, including routine surgery and the waiting list has subsequently increased by 5% between June and July while the number of completed admitted pathways has increased 51% over the same period.</p><p>The return of non-COVID-19 health services to near-normal levels includes making full use of available capacity between now and winter, whilst also preparing for winter demand pressures. This is being done alongside continued vigilance in light of any further COVID-19 spikes locally and possibly nationally. Clinically urgent patients should continue to be treated first, with priority then given to the longest waiting patients. Trusts, working with general practitioner practices, have also been asked to ensure that every patient whose planned care has been disrupted by COVID-19 receives clear communication about how they will be looked after, and who to contact in the event that their clinical circumstances change.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 91708 question first answered 23/09/2020 12:44:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 49215 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1235604

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Surgery: 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 he is making on ensuring that people whose surgery has been delayed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak receive the treatment they need.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	91708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The size of the waiting list reduced by 9% between March and May as the National Health Service suspended non-COVID-19 services to help free up capacity to support the response to COVID-19. The NHS is now restoring non-COVID-19 services, including routine surgery and the waiting list has subsequently increased by 5% between June and July while the number of completed admitted pathways has increased 51% over the same period.</p><p>The return of non-COVID-19 health services to near-normal levels includes making full use of available capacity between now and winter, whilst also preparing for winter demand pressures. This is being done alongside continued vigilance in light of any further COVID-19 spikes locally and possibly nationally. Clinically urgent patients should continue to be treated first, with priority then given to the longest waiting patients. Trusts, working with general practitioner practices, have also been asked to ensure that every patient whose planned care has been disrupted by COVID-19 receives clear communication about how they will be looked after, and who to contact in the event that their clinical circumstances change.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 91707 question first answered 23/09/2020 12:44:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 49216 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1234994

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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	Public Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether in deciding to use the urgency procedure to lay The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations 2020 he made an assessment of the serious and imminent threat to public health caused by the inability of the public to access other NHS services providing diagnosis and treatment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	90938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The requirements imposed by these Regulations are a proportionate public health response to the threat of the incidence and spread of COVID-19. In making these amendments we took account of responsibilities including to promote a comprehensive health service, and quality of services.</p><p>Our message is clear – anyone who is concerned or needs treatment should come forward – the National Health Service is open for business.</p><p>NHS guidance sets out a focus on accelerating the NHS’s return to near-normal levels of non-COVID-19 health services making full use of the capacity available in the ‘window of opportunity’ between now and winter.</p><p>Trusts, working with general practitioner practices, should ensure that between them, every patient whose planned care has been disrupted by COVID-19 receives clear communication about how they will be looked after, and who to contact in the event that their clinical circumstances change.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/09/2020 12:37:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 48785 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope