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1234940

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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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to conduct an inquiry into the use of Do Not Resuscitate orders in care homes for (1) elderly people, and (2) people with learning or cognitive disabilities, during the COVID-19 pandemic; whether NHS England and NHS Improvement plan to publish national guidance on the use of such orders; and if so, when such guidance will be published.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL8189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department has asked the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to review how Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions were used during the coronavirus pandemic, building on concerns that the CQC reported earlier in the year. Interim findings are expected to be reported later this year with a final report in early 2021.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working on revised, patient-facing guidance on DNACPRs and where to get support. The guidance will be published shortly following consultation with key stakeholders and people with lived experience.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 26/10/2020 12:44:59 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1234944

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	Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to formally recognise people experiencing long-term effects of COVID-19, and (2) to expand research into the condition.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL8193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service and the wider scientific community are currently working to better understand the disease course of COVID-19 infection, including the prevalence, severity and duration of symptoms, and how best to support recovery. The Department invests £1 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Together with UK Research and Innovation, the NIHR has invested £8.4 million in the Post-HOSPitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID), led by the University of Leicester. The Government is currently considering options for future work in this area.</p><p>The research currently underway will continue to help define the long-term effects of COVID-19, which will support the formal recognition of people who are experiencing the long-term effects.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 07/10/2020 12:21:03 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

1234960

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	Coronavirus: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to set up a working group to address the needs of people experiencing long-term health effects of COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
uin	HL8209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>We have held discussions with interested stakeholders, including clinicians, academics and researchers, to better understand and mitigate the long-term impacts of COVID-19. Further discussions have been held between senior clinicians to review the different options to provide longer-term support of people who have had COVID-19.</p><p>To ensure the best use of National Health Service resources for clinical research during the acute phase of the pandemic, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) established a single United Kingdom-wide process to prioritise COVID-19 research as Urgent Public Health Research. Through this process, the NIHR Clinical Research Network is providing support to expedite delivery of Urgent Public Health Research, by fast tracking the local set-up, management and delivery of studies to help understand, prevent and manage COVID-19. This includes the Post-HOSPitalisation COVID-19 study, led by the University of Leicester, to understand and improve long-term outcomes for survivors following hospitalisation with COVID-19. The research currently underway will continue to inform future NHS service design and provision.</p><p>In July, we launched the new ‘Your COVID Recovery’ service, which forms part of NHS plans to expand access to COVID-19 rehabilitation treatments for those who have survived the virus but still have problems with breathing, mental health problems or other complications. Alongside bringing back non-urgent services in a safe way and maintaining a high state of readiness for any future increase in COVID-19 cases, local health leaders are currently working with councils and voluntary groups to plan how they will meet the additional ongoing demand for rehabilitation services post-COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 12/10/2020 12:59:49 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan

1234962

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	Health Services: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase NHS funding to address (1) ethnic, and (2) gender, inequalities in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL8211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is providing an extra £33.9 billion in funding to support the NHS Long Term Plan. Implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan is one of the five priorities the Government has set for the National Health Service in the Accountability Framework to NHS England and NHS Improvement.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out the clear action the NHS will take to strengthen its approach on health inequalities, which includes tackling inequalities on the protected characteristics of sex and race. NHS England and NHS Improvement have based their funding allocations to local areas on a more accurate assessment of health inequalities and unmet need. As a condition of receiving NHS Long Term Plan funding, all major national programmes and every local area across England will be required to set out specific measurable goals and mechanisms by which they will contribute to narrowing health inequalities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 12/10/2020 12:04:12 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1234966

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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of those testing positive for COVID-19 as a result of a polymerase chain reaction test, and subsequently included in the national statistics, (1) display symptoms of the virus at the time of the test, and (2) subsequently develop such symptoms.
tabling member printed	Lord Trees
uin	HL8215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>We do not publish data in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 11/12/2020 13:19:12 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4260 label Biography information for Lord Trees

1234967

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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in calculating the COVID-19 related laboratory capacity required for NHS and public health purposes in England for the period to 31 March 2021, what are their estimates of the number of tests required per week for (1) NHS staff and patients, (2) adult social care staff and service users, (3) secondary school children over the age of 16, (4) teachers and teaching assistants, (5) full-time students aged 18-22, and (6) public transport staff.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL8216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2021 answer text <p>We do not publish data in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 06/01/2021 13:43:54 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1234968

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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the laboratory capacity for COVID-19 tests per week available in England (1) within the NHS, and (2) in private and other laboratories; and what is the utilisation rate of that weekly capacity in each group at the latest date for which information is available.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL8217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>For the week commencing 18 January 2021 the number of tests conducted in pillar 1 was 592,698 against a capacity of 1,352,685, which is a utilisation rate of 43.82%. In pillar 2, the number of tests conducted was 3,233,418 against a capacity of 4,321,944, which is a utilisation rate of 74.81%.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 04/02/2021 12:07:41 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1234969

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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all the laboratories available for COVID-19 tests are (1) currently, or (2) planning to be, working seven days a week and in shifts covering most of each day.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL8218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2021 answer text <p>Since the start of the pandemic, we increased the capacity of National Health Service and Public Health England laboratories, as well as setting up an entirely new nationwide network of new Lighthouse laboratories and partner laboratories to process samples. Lighthouse laboratories and partner laboratories have continued to maximise capacity. This includes recruiting staff, mobilising additional equipment and optimising workflows. All Lighthouse laboratories are now working on a 24 hours a day, seven days a week basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 06/01/2021 13:11:13 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1234970

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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assesment has been made of funding and creating extra capacity in (1) NHS, (2) private, and (3) other laboratories, before 31 March 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL8219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2021 answer text <p>HM Treasury approved £22 billion of spending this year for the NHS Test and Trace programme. This covers testing to meet demand over the winter. We are providing an additional £7 billion for NHS Test and Trace to support increased testing, including community testing and ongoing improvements to contact tracing. Eighty per cent of this will be directly spent on laboratories, tests and testing kits.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 15/02/2021 14:41:20 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1234973

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	Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bethell on 14 September (HL Deb, col 1007) that they "are looking at making up to half of our personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements in the UK", why they do not plan to manufacture more than half of PPE in the UK; and what plans they have to increase the amount of PPE requirements manufactured in the UK to more than half.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL8222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been working to build a resilient, diversified supply chain of personal protective equipment (PPE). We have therefore massively expanded both our supply of PPE from overseas and our domestic manufacturing capability. This has helped to build resilience for our supply of PPE into the future.</p><p>The proportion of United Kingdom-based PPE manufacturing is rising all the time and we are increasingly confident of achieving more than 50% for most lines this year.</p><p>The Government is hugely grateful to all the UK-based manufacturers that came forward during a time of unprecedented global supply chain demand. This has ensured we build and maintain a domestic base for the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 28/09/2020 13:44:23 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley