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1485109

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
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: Dolby Vivisol
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 place a copy of the (a) contract and (b) negotiation terms agreed between the NHS and Dolby Vivisol in the House of Commons Library.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	28423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>NHS England undertook a central procurement exercise for home oxygen supplies (HOS) on behalf of local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). However, individual contracts are in place between CCGs and suppliers and are not held centrally. All HOS contracts are based on the National Health Service terms and conditions for the procurement of services which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-standard-terms-and-conditions-of-contract-for-the-purchase-of-goods-and-supply-of-services" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-standard-terms-and-conditions-of-contract-for-the-purchase-of-goods-and-supply-of-services</a></p><p>The North East, South East and South Central NHS regions contracted with Dolby Vivisol.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 14/07/2022 14:47:25 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris previous answer version 11093 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1453169

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will answer Question 121766 tabled on 9 February 2022 by the hon. Member for South Shields.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	144922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 28/04/2022 11:26:05 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 60881 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1439229

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
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	Healthy Start Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what transaction fees are incurred on purchases covered by Healthy Start prepaid cards and; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting charitable food providers from those fees.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	137325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority does not charge the retailer transaction fees for use of the Healthy Start pre-paid card. As for any card payment, retailers may be charged by their acquiring bank.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 28/03/2022 15:16:38 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 57775 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1421025

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
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: Resignations
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 publish all Departmental documents, evidence and research in relation to NHS staff who have already left their positions as a result of the Government’s mandatory covid-19 vaccination policy, prior to recent changes to that policy.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	120776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes quarterly statistics on the reason National Health Service (NHS) trust staff left their roles, however, the reported reasons for leaving do not include a category related to COVID-19 vaccination. The most recently published data covers the second quarter of 2021/2022 and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://files.digital.nhs.uk/27/2BF87D/NHS%20Workforce%20Statistics%2C%20September%202021%20Reasons%20for%20Leaving.xlsx" target="_blank">https://files.digital.nhs.uk/27/2BF87D/NHS%20Workforce%20Statistics%2C%20September%202021%20Reasons%20for%20Leaving.xlsx</a>.</p><p>The Department published an Impact Assessment (IA) relating to vaccination as a condition of deployment in health and wider social care settings. This estimated that 73,000 workers would remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 at the end of the 12-week grace period who are not otherwise medically exempt. The IA is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1039988/making-vaccination-a-condition-of-deployment-in-the-health-and-wider-social-care-sector-impact-assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1039988/making-vaccination-a-condition-of-deployment-in-the-health-and-wider-social-care-sector-impact-assessment.pdf</a>.</p><p>The latest NHS England data (published on 3 March) shows there are now more vaccinated NHS trust healthcare workers (1.48 million with at least one dose) than there were total NHS trust healthcare workers when the consultation on vaccination requirements in the health and wider social care sector was launched in early September 2021 (1.43 million).</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/03/2022 13:03:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 52048 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1404495

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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	Coronavirus: 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 he will publish all Departmental documents, evidence and research in relation to the Government's mandatory covid-19 vaccination policy for (a) NHS staff and (b) social care staff.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	107595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Following consideration of the changes in the pandemic a result of the Omicron variant and the continued success of the vaccination programme, the Government confirmed on 1 March 2022 that vaccination will no longer be a condition of deployment for health and social care staff.</p><p>The clinical rationale and evidence for revoking these requirements was set out in the published consultation document, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/revoking-vaccination-as-a-condition-of-deployment-across-all-health-and-social-care/revoking-vaccination-as-a-condition-of-deployment-across-all-health-and-social-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/revoking-vaccination-as-a-condition-of-deployment-across-all-health-and-social-care/revoking-vaccination-as-a-condition-of-deployment-across-all-health-and-social-care</a></p><p>The Government also assessed vaccine efficacy data from the UK Health Security Agency, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/monitoring-reports-of-the-effectiveness-of-covid-19-vaccination" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/monitoring-reports-of-the-effectiveness-of-covid-19-vaccination</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/03/2022 12:34:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 45799 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1203653

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 publish a list of the contractors involved in building each NHS Nightingale hospital; and how much each contractor was awarded for that construction work.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	59480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/08/2020 answer text <p>Current estimates provided by NHS England and NHS Improvement to the Department indicate that the total set up costs for all seven Nightingale hospital sites equates to approximately £220 million.</p><p>Contracts in the form of licences to occupy have been entered into for the Nightingale hospital sites by the National Health Service. However, disclosure of these contracts is likely to harm the legitimate commercial interests of the site owners. Information contained in the contracts has been provided in confidence and in circumstances where disclosure would amount to an actionable breach of confidence. These contracts will not be published.</p><p>Each Nightingale hospital has a host trust to provide healthcare services. Host trusts put in place contracts for necessary works/facilities and management matters and contract award notices should be published in accordance with applicable requirements.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 59228 59481 question first answered 29/08/2020 17:07:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 30375 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1203754

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which contractors participated in building each (a) Nightingale and (b) field hospital; and how much funding each contractor was awarded for that work.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	59481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/08/2020 answer text <p>Current estimates provided by NHS England and NHS Improvement to the Department indicate that the total set up costs for all seven Nightingale hospital sites equates to approximately £220 million.</p><p>Contracts in the form of licences to occupy have been entered into for the Nightingale hospital sites by the National Health Service. However, disclosure of these contracts is likely to harm the legitimate commercial interests of the site owners. Information contained in the contracts has been provided in confidence and in circumstances where disclosure would amount to an actionable breach of confidence. These contracts will not be published.</p><p>Each Nightingale hospital has a host trust to provide healthcare services. Host trusts put in place contracts for necessary works/facilities and management matters and contract award notices should be published in accordance with applicable requirements.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 59228 59480 question first answered 29/08/2020 17:07:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 30376 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1203350

registered interest
date	12/06/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much each of the NHS Nightingale hospitals cost to construct; and what estimate he has made of the running costs of each of those hospitals.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	59228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/08/2020 answer text <p>Current estimates provided by NHS England and NHS Improvement to the Department indicate that the total set up costs for all seven Nightingale hospital sites equates to approximately £220 million.</p><p>Contracts in the form of licences to occupy have been entered into for the Nightingale hospital sites by the National Health Service. However, disclosure of these contracts is likely to harm the legitimate commercial interests of the site owners. Information contained in the contracts has been provided in confidence and in circumstances where disclosure would amount to an actionable breach of confidence. These contracts will not be published.</p><p>Each Nightingale hospital has a host trust to provide healthcare services. Host trusts put in place contracts for necessary works/facilities and management matters and contract award notices should be published in accordance with applicable requirements.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 59480 59481 question first answered 29/08/2020 17:07:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 29947 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1198691

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	South Tyneside Hospital: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to review the Path to Excellence in respect of South Tyneside Hospital as announced in December 2019.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	52024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>There are currently no plans for the Secretary of State to review the Path to Excellence in respect of South Tyneside Hospital.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/06/2020 11:17:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 25919 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1198937

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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: Hospitals
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 29 May 2020 to Question 43030 on Coronavirus: Hospitals, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) admissions and (b) deaths in (i) all and (ii) each Nightingale hospital.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	52035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>NHS England collects and publishes information on the deaths of patients who have died in hospitals in England and had tested positive for COVID-19 or where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. This data is currently available for two of the Nightingale hospitals (NHS Nightingale Hospital London and NHS Nightingale Hospital North West).</p><p>Data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/06/2020 13:00:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 25920 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck