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1220250

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of babies born from 1 March 2020 that tested positive for covid-19 were from a BAME background.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	68419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this data.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/11/2020 22:16:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 35537 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1220251

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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 and Social 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, what steps his Department is taking to increase the use of occupational risk assessment tools for health and social workers in relation to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	68420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>Employers have a legal duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their staff under the The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Risk assessments are an important tool in ensuring staff are kept safe.</p><p>The Department has developed a Risk Reduction Framework for the adult social care sector to support employers to sensitively discuss and manage specific risks to their staff.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement wrote to all National Health Service organisations on 24 June requiring them to complete risk assessments for vulnerable staff within four weeks and to publish metrics to demonstrate compliance. Guidance on completing risk assessments and other supporting tools including a risk reduction framework, has been made available through NHS Employers.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/09/2020 15:10:56 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1220252

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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 and Care Workers: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of BAME health and social care workers have had occupational risk assessments as at 30 June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	68421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not currently mandate the collection of data on the completion of occupational risk assessments from social care or National Health Service providers and therefore we do not hold information about the number of health and social care workers who have had completed occupational risk assessments by 30 June 2020.</p><p>Employers have a legal duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their staff under the The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Completing risk assessments for at-risk members of staff is a vital component of this. NHS England and NHS Improvement wrote to all NHS organisations on 24 June requiring them to complete risk assessments for high risk staff within four weeks and to publish metrics to demonstrate compliance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/09/2020 17:23:20 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1220298

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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	Social Services: Disability
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 disabled people have access to safe social care during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	68402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s number one priority for adult social care is that everyone who relies on care gets the safe care they need throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>We have set out a comprehensive action plan to support the adult social care sector in England throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, including ramping up testing, overhauling the way personal protective equipment is being delivered to care homes and helping to minimise the spread of the virus to keep people safe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/07/2020 16:38:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1220301

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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	Complementary Medicine: 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 the timescale is for reopening (a) alternative and (b) complementary medicine practices during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	68405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2020 answer text <p>Alternative and complementary medicine services in England reopened from Monday 13 July 2020, subject to them following the COVID-secure guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/08/2020 09:06:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 35534 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1220304

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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: Migrants
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 make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the paper entitled, Healthcare access for children and families on the move and migrants, published in BMJ Pediatrics Open on 13 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	68302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>As part of its ongoing policy responsibilities, the Department is considering the Charging Regulations in relation to the most vulnerable in society, including children and migrant pregnant women and new mothers. This includes ensuring the evidence base is sufficient and up to date where necessary and consideration of relevant legal duties, such as the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p><p>The Department has no plans to suspend the Charging Regulations or to launch an independent review of their impact.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/07/2020 11:09:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1220305

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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 Act 1983
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 publish the White Paper on reforming the Mental Health Act 1983.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	68461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text We have committed to publishing a White Paper which will set out the Government’s response to Sir Simon Wessely’s Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 and pave the way for reform of the Act. We will publish our White Paper as soon as it is possible to do so. We will consult publicly on our proposals and will bring forward a Bill to amend the Act when parliamentary time allows. answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 14/07/2020 10:54:37 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1220306

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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: Migrants
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 make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the publication entitled, Patients not passports: migrants’ access to healthcare during the coronavirus crisis, published by Medact, Migrants Organise, and The New Economics Foundation in June 2020.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	68303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>Regulations came into force on 29 January 2020 to add Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (now known as COVID-19) to Schedule 1 of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015. This means there can be no charge made to an overseas visitor for the diagnosis, or treatment, of COVID-19. Patients that are known to be undergoing testing and treatment for coronavirus only are not subject to Home Office status checks.</p><p>This information has been widely communicated to NHS staff and the public, including a message published on Public Health England’s Migrant Health Guide, which has been translated into 40 languages.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/07/2020 11:20:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1220310

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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, how many requests for coronavirus tests were made to the (a) NHS website and (b) 111 phone line in June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	68397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/11/2020 14:42:10 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 35533 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1220322

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Lung Diseases
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 trends in the level of A&E attendances for (a) asthma and (b) other respiratory conditions in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	68312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>Respiratory disease is a clinical priority within the NHS Long Term Plan. The respiratory interventions proposed in the NHS Long Term Plan include early and accurate diagnosis of respiratory conditions, which help prevents avoidable emergency admissions.</p><p>The following table shows the data for bronchial asthma and respiratory (non-asthma) related hospital episodes for each month since April 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Bronchial Asthma</p></td><td><p>Respiratory, non-asthma</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11,804</p></td><td><p>83,842</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12,436</p></td><td><p>73,477</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12,385</p></td><td><p>64,847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11,757</p></td><td><p>66,566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9,448</p></td><td><p>60,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16,036</p></td><td><p>78,657</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17,589</p></td><td><p>105,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19,106</p></td><td><p>130,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19,351</p></td><td><p>169,210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2020</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14,613</p></td><td><p>116,642</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12,605</p></td><td><p>100,841</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12,800</p></td><td><p>97,692</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital. This data is provisional and may be incomplete or contain errors for which no adjustment have yet been made.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/07/2020 11:30:54 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy