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1680318

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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 Records: Northern Ireland
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 NHS numbers issued in Northern Ireland are not transferable to England.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	8320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>There has never been a single National Health Service number system across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Prior to the introduction of the current 10-digit format NHS number in 1995/96, there were 22 different NHS number formats in existence; one of these was the Northern Ireland NHS number format. The rationalisation that took place introduced the common format we have now. Whilst a common format NHS number is in use there has never been a decision for a single database operating across both authorities.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/01/2024 18:37:16 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 10515 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1680448

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	DNA: 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 assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the University of Manchester's article entitled Reforming UK fertility legislation: the effects of online DNA testing, published on 27 November.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	8471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government asked the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in 2021 to undertake a review and public engagement about priorities for modernising the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act. HFEA published its report on 14 November 2023, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/modernising-the-regulation-of-fertility-treatment-and-research-involving-human-embryos/" target="_blank">https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/modernising-the-regulation-of-fertility-treatment-and-research-involving-human-embryos/</a></p><p>While the Department has made no assessment, HFEA’s report makes references to the points raised in the University of Manchester's article, noting the rapidly developing field of genetic testing, including direct to consumer testing, and includes proposals about access to donor information. The Government is considering the issues raised in the report and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 11/01/2024 13:42:21 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1680454

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any NHS suffered a financial shortfall from the Earnd scheme following the failure of Greensill Capital.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	8403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>As detailed in the National Audit Office (NAO) report, of the seven National Health Service trusts reported on by the NAO as having used the EARND scheme, two were reported as having lost money totalling £21,429. NHS England was not aware of any other NHS trusts losing money through the EARND scheme.</p><p>The identities of the seven NHS trusts were anonymised in the NAO report and therefore it is not possible to provide information on the costs to these trusts of using alternative salary advance schemes since the date of the report.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 8404 question first answered 11/01/2024 18:44:53 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 10516 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1680456

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NAO report Investigation into supply chain finance in the NHS, HC 734, published on 29 October 2021, what the costs have been to NHS Trusts which used the Earnd of switching to alternative salary advancement initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	8404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>As detailed in the National Audit Office (NAO) report, of the seven National Health Service trusts reported on by the NAO as having used the EARND scheme, two were reported as having lost money totalling £21,429. NHS England was not aware of any other NHS trusts losing money through the EARND scheme.</p><p>The identities of the seven NHS trusts were anonymised in the NAO report and therefore it is not possible to provide information on the costs to these trusts of using alternative salary advance schemes since the date of the report.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 8403 question first answered 11/01/2024 18:44:53 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 10517 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1680495

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Midwives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a breakdown of the NHS midwifery workforce in England by length of service for (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2017, (d) 2019 and (e) the most recent year for which she has figures.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	8410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 11/01/2024 13:38:50 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1680500

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Shingles: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to make people aged between 65 and 70 eligible for the shingles vaccination.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to review the age criteria for the expansion of the shingles programme. The current policy to offer shingles vaccine to anyone who turned 65 or 70 years old on or after 1 September 2023 as well as to anyone aged 50 years old and over who is at higher risk of serious complications has significantly expanded this already successful programme.</p><p>The phased roll-out to move the eligible age for receiving shingles vaccine down to 60 years old from 70 for the routine shingles programme for immunocompetent individuals is based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). When any vaccination programme is introduced, difficult decisions need to be made on who will be eligible first and in what order they should be offered the vaccine. A copy of the relevant JCVI minutes is attached.</p><p>People aged between 66 and 69 years old on 1 September 2023 who do not have a severely weakened immune system will become eligible for shingles vaccination when they turn 70 years old as they would have done prior to 1 September 2023. This phased approach to the expansion has been used in the effective implementation of previous immunisation programmes and whilst it may mean that some individuals may have to wait until they are eligible, many others will receive the vaccine sooner and will benefit for longer.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 11/01/2024 21:34:50 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name Minute 2019 02 Draft.pdf title JCVI minutes previous answer version 10518 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1680501

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Pharmacy
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 she plans to take to help ensure community pharmacists receive comprehensive clinical supervision to ensure patient safety.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>Pharmacists are qualified healthcare professionals with five years of training and are clinicians in their own right. The role of the pharmacist has become increasingly clinical as experts in medicines and with involvement in direct patient care, updated initial education and training and postgraduate training opportunities to reflect this. Pharmacists in hospitals and general practice (GP) have a clinical role that includes, for example, prescribing and the clinical oversight is embedded in those organisations. An increasing number of clinical services are also commissioned from community pharmacists. These services are supported by service specifications and Patient Group Directions that clearly set out the parameters within which the pharmacists can act and when to refer patients to a GP.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/01/2024 13:46:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1680550

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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: Pay
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 takes to ensure that (a) North West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust and (b) other ambulance trusts provide appropriate pay for Emergency Care Assistants.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	8611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>Emergency care assistants working directly for the National Health Service are members of the Agenda for Change workforce. For 2024/25, the Government is looking to the independent NHS Pay Review Board (PRB) for a pay recommendation for the Agenda for Change workforce, including emergency care assistants, and will carefully consider their recommendations when we receive them.</p><p>The PRB process is the established process for determining pay uplifts for all public sector workers including NHS staff and has operated for over four decades.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/01/2024 18:51:19 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 10524 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1680551

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with trade unions on the (a) pay and (b) conditions of Emergency Care Assistants at the South Western Ambulance Service.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	8612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not held any direct discussions with trade unions specifically on emergency care assistants’ (ECAs) pay or conditions but did meet the NHS Staff Council in December 2023. We negotiated a fair and reasonable deal with the NHS Staff Council that was accepted by a majority vote of unions. The NHS Staff Council has responsibility for negotiating the pay of staff on Agenda for Change contracts, which includes ECAs. Eligible ECAs will have received a 5% pay rise as a result of the deal as well as two non-consolidated payments. ECAs will also benefit from the non-pay elements of this deal, including further work supporting the career development and wellbeing of National Health Service staff.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 8613 question first answered 11/01/2024 18:48:10 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 10525 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1680552

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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: Conditions of Employment and Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with trade unions on the (a) pay and (b) conditions of Emergency Care Assistants at NHS ambulance trusts.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	8613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not held any direct discussions with trade unions specifically on emergency care assistants’ (ECAs) pay or conditions but did meet the NHS Staff Council in December 2023. We negotiated a fair and reasonable deal with the NHS Staff Council that was accepted by a majority vote of unions. The NHS Staff Council has responsibility for negotiating the pay of staff on Agenda for Change contracts, which includes ECAs. Eligible ECAs will have received a 5% pay rise as a result of the deal as well as two non-consolidated payments. ECAs will also benefit from the non-pay elements of this deal, including further work supporting the career development and wellbeing of National Health Service staff.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 8612 question first answered 11/01/2024 18:48:10 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 10526 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne