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1183340

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date	09/03/2020
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	Mental Health Services: Vacancies
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 effect of the level of mental health workforce vacancies on the quality of mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	901421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The transformation of mental health services would not be possible without the dedication and hard work of National Health Service staff. We recognise the scale of the challenge challenge but we have made progress on increasing the mental health workforce, including; addressing pensions tax concerns; increasing university clinical placements for all nursing specialities by over 5,000 more; introducing £5,000 maintenance grants for nursing students and an additional £1,000 grant for students in specialisms where we have greater workforce shortages including mental health; and bolstering the workforce through greater international recruitment.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/03/2020 17:48:39 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1183411

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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, following the COVID-19 outbreak, what plans they have to relax the rules on the length of time between when a member of NHS staff retires and when they can join a temporary staff bank.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL2314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>NHS England is working with its professional leads, the respective regulators, NHS Employers and the Department to determine how best to engage with retirees / leavers who are willing to return to work for a period of time to provide the extra capacity needed to meet the demands of COVID-19.</p><p>NHS England has been developing with stakeholders a clear and straightforward re-registration process and simplified employment checks. NHS England will identify what training is required to support returners and will develop guidance to help employers to engage with these staff and provide advice and support to all staff over this period.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 19/03/2020 17:35:58 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1183412

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Nutrition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to encourage healthy eating.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) promotes a healthy balanced diet based on the United Kingdom’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide, which underpins national policy relating to nutrition. The Eatwell Guide applies to most people from the age of five years.</p><p>The Eatwell Guide principles are communicated through a variety of channels, including the Government’s 5 A Day campaign, PHE’s healthier catering guidance and PHE social marketing campaigns including Change4Life and One You. Government dietary advice is also communicated online via NHS.uk. The Eatwell Guide, the 5 A Day logo licensing guidelines and <em>Healthier and more sustainable catering: A toolkit for serving food to adults</em> are attached.</p><p>PHE’s flagship social marketing campaign, Change4Life was launched in 2009 with the aim of inspiring a social movement, through which the Government, the National Health Service, local authorities, businesses, charities, schools, families and community leaders could all play a part in improving children’s diets and activity levels.</p><p>PHE also continues to work closely with local authorities to encourage use of our tools and resources on nutrition, as part of local initiatives.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name Eatwell_guide_.pdf title Eatwell Guide 2 file name 5_A_Day_licensing_guidelines.pdf title 5 A Day licensing guide 3 file name healthier_and_more_sustainable_catering_adult_toolkit.pdf title Healthier and more sustainable catering question first answered 23/03/2020 13:32:45 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1183425

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Doctors: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many doctors who were refugees have been registered with the General Medical Council in each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL2328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) does not hold information on the total number of refugees or former refugees that are on the medical register.</p><p>The following figures are based on doctors who declared their refugee status to the GMC.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 19/03/2020 17:34:19 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1183433

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which NHS organisations are subject to legal directions; and what in each case is the predicted deficit for the current financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are the only National Health Service organisation which legal directions can be applied to. There are currently five CCGs subject to NHS England directions. These are NHS Vale of York CCG, NHS Wirral CCG, NHS Cambridge and Peterborough CCG, NHS Shropshire CCG and NHS Southport and Formby CCG.</p><p>NHS Vale of York CCG planned for a deficit of approximately £19 million, and the latest published forecasts say they expect to meet this plan.</p><p>NHS Wirral CCG planned to break even, and the latest published forecasts say they expect to meet this plan.</p><p>NHS Cambridge and Peterborough CCG planned for a deficit of approximately £75 million, and the latest published forecasts say they expect to meet this plan.</p><p>NHS Shropshire CCG planned for a deficit of approximately £23 million, and the latest published forecast said they would meet that plan.</p><p>NHS Southport and Formby CCG planned to break even, and the latest published forecast said they would meet that plan.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 19/03/2020 17:34:43 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1183434

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	General Practitioners: Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the cost of the establishment of the state indemnity scheme for general practice, operated by NHS Resolution.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The costs of the establishment of Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice will be reported in the 2019-20 annual accounts of NHS Resolution, once the audit process for the costs is complete.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 23/03/2020 13:10:48 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1183435

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the research undertaken by the Health Services Journal, published on 5 March, which showed the number of clinical commissioning group areas which met the 18 minute target for category 2 emergency ambulance calls.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. All English ambulance services have adopted the Ambulance Response Programme model, and report data at trust level against the Ambulance Quality Indicators. There is no central data collection at clinical commissioning group level and no further assessment will be made, as it is a matter for local commissioners.</p><p>The Joint Ambulance Improvement Programme is taking forward the recommendations in Lord Carter of Coles’ report <em>Operational productivity and performance in English NHS Ambulance Trusts: Unwarranted variations</em>.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 17/03/2020 13:04:20 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1183436

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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: Negligence
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 3 March (HL Deb, col 503), whether the proposed review of the arrangements for clinical negligence payments will account for (1) payment of NHS lawyers' fees by contingent arrangement, (2) repeal of section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948, and (3) fixed or capped costs for NHS defence lawyers.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working with the Ministry of Justice, other Government departments and NHS Resolution, looking at a wide range of options to address the drivers of cost of clinical negligence claims. We will update Parliament in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 23/03/2020 13:08:02 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1183442

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Consent to Medical Treatment: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the competence of people under the age of 16 to give informed consent to medical procedures which may affect their fecundity; how they decide who is competent to record and assess such consent; whether that person performing those functions is independent of the person proposing the medical procedure; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL2345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The issue of informed consent by people under the age of 16 is currently the subject of legal proceedings and therefore the Department is unable to comment pending judicial ruling.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 23/03/2020 12:41:49 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1183443

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Gender Dysphoria: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what research they are conducting to improve the medical (1) assessment, and (2) treatment of, children presenting with gender dysphoria.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL2346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>Last year the National Institute for Health Research funded a £1.3 million longitudinal research study, titled <em>Outcomes and Predictors of Outcome for Children and Young People Referred to UK Gender Identity Development Services</em>. The results of the study will be made available via articles and publications.</p><p>In parallel to this work NHS England has also asked the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to deliver guidelines that will define referral criteria into the Gender Identity Development Service. NICE will also undertake a thorough review of the latest clinical evidence to help inform NHS England and Improvement’s review of the service specification for gender identity development services for children and young people.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 23/03/2020 12:19:12 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas