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1273163

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date	30/12/2020
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	Home Care 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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2020 to Question 123626, what the Government's timescale is for (a) concluding their learnings from the Visiting Professionals pilot and (b) providing an approach for the regular covid-19 testing of adult social care staff providing essential in-person rehabilitation.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	133010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the need to ensure professionals are able to visit care homes safely. Our Visiting Professionals pilot ended in November 2020.</p><p>We provided further guidance on 14 December for professionals, such as adult social care staff providing essential in-person rehabilitation in care homes, who are not covered by an existing testing regime, to be tested using lateral flow devices at the care home door.</p><p>There is regular testing of National Health Service staff, some of whom may be visiting care homes. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/asymptomatic-staff-testing-for-covid-19/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/asymptomatic-staff-testing-for-covid-19/</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/01/2021 15:25:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1257135

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
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	Disability: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that home covid-19 testing is accessible for (a) people who are blind or partially sighted and (b) other people with a disability.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	123624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>NHS Test and Trace has worked with and sought feedback from a number of charities, including the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), the Macular Society, Thomas Pocklington Trust and Visionary. We have worked particularly closely with the RNIB to introduce a range of service improvements including alternative formats of instructions in Braille; audio CD; large print; and an RNIB information line to hear a recorded version of the instructions. ‘Be My Eyes’ live video assistance will also be launched shortly.</p><p>The 119 booking service now enables people without access to the internet or an active email address, to book a polymerase chain reaction test and receive their results by phone. Hearing-impaired people can use their computer and webcam, or the ‘InterpreterNow’ app on a smartphone or tablet to make a three-way video call to a British Sign Language interpreter. COVID-19 test kit instructions can be accessed via GOV.UK in easy read, plain text, large print and accessible format for use via assistive technology. By the end of February translated versions of the easy read instructions in the 12 most common foreign languages used in the United Kingdom will also be available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/03/2021 12:48:49 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 67359 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1257136

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
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	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 ensure that people who are digitally excluded and do not have an email address are able to (a) register for and (b) receive their coronavirus home testing results.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	123625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>There are a number of ways individuals can access testing without a mobile phone number or email address. Individuals can ask someone they trust who has a mobile number or email address, for example a family member, to book a test or receive their results. If this is not possible, individuals can contact 119 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 0300 303 2713 in Scotland to book a test at their nearest test site and to receive their results, either via a call back to a landline or by contacting 119 once the results are available. We are working to further improve the accessibility of testing via non digital routes.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/12/2020 10:53:05 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 67360 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1257138

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
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	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, if the weekly covid-29 tests for care workers will be made available for adult social care staff providing (a) vision rehabilitation and (b) other in-person rehabilitation.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	123626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>We recognise the need to ensure professionals are able to visit care homes safely. Regular asymptomatic testing is currently being rolled out to all patient-facing National Health Service staff.</p><p><br> While this will cover the majority of professionals visiting care homes, we recognise the important role played by professionals who visit care homes who are not included in the NHS staff testing, such as adult social care staff who provide different forms of rehabilitation. We are using our learning from our previous ‘Visiting Professionals’ pilot to determine the best approach for asymptomatic testing professionals who are not NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/12/2020 09:40:50 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1244051

registered interest
date	15/10/2020
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	Autism: Diagnosis
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 autism diagnosis waiting times for (a) children and (b) adults.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	104120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>We have not yet been able to assess the impact of COVID-19 on autism diagnosis waiting times. NHS Digital started collecting and reporting on diagnosis waiting times in November 2019. These are experimental statistics and NHS Digital is working to improve the data quality and completeness of these statistics for future use.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 09/11/2020 21:28:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1236239

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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	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, what steps he is taking to help ensure equitable access to contact tracing for people who do not have a smartphone after the Covid-19 contact tracing app is launched on 24 September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	92800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service COVID-19 app requires users to be owners of smartphones that can install Apple iOS 13.5 and above and Android Marshmallow and above. This is related to the hardware needed for this Bluetooth technology to work effectively and is the same in all countries with apps using the Google and Apple exposure notification API for contact tracing.</p><p>People who do not have a compatible smartphone will still benefit from other people downloading the app. This is because people who use the app will help to break chains of transmission.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/11/2020 14:32:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 49846 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith