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1565758

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
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: Per Capita Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much the NHS costs each household in England per year.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL4643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The National Health Service is funded through general taxation and not as a discrete charge to individual households.</p><p> </p><p>A hypothetical calculation can be done to estimate the average cost of the NHS per household using two statistics: the NHS resource (revenue) budget 2021/22, which is £150.6 billion, and the Office for National Statistics housing count for England, which is 23.4 million (at Census 2021).</p><p> </p><p>Based on a division of these statistics, in 2021/22, the average cost per household computes to approximately £6,430.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 26/01/2023 16:03:29 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1543760

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
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: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the maximum hourly rates for NHS (1) agency consultants, (2) doctors, and (3) nurses.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>For agency medical consultants, maximum hourly rates are determined by NHS England’s price cap, which includes worker pay and all expenses such as travel and accommodation. The current level is £80.61 or £107.47 for unsocial hours, defined as those outside of 7am to 7pm, Monday to Friday and bank holidays. There are exceptions, including for circumstances concerning patient safety and suitable rates for extra-contractual working hours are agreed locally.</p><p> </p><p>For doctors employed on nationally agreed terms and conditions, the highest hourly pay rate is that of a medical consultant. The hourly basic pay rate based on 40 hours per week for a consultant at the maximum of the pay scale is £57.12 per hour. This does not include enhancements for working unsocial hours.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of National Health Service nurses are paid on the Agenda for Change contract at bands 5 to 7, although the highest is band 9. Nurses at the maximum of band 9 earn £55.99 per hour. This refers to basic pay and does not include allowances or premiums for unsocial hours or the High Cost Area Supplement. In 2015, measures to reduce agency spend were introduced, including price caps, procurement frameworks and expenditure ceilings. These have contributed to the reduction of spending on agency staff from £3.6 billion in 2015/16 to £2.4 billion in 2020/21.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 28/11/2022 16:20:11 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1542580

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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: Agency Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to cap NHS agency staff budgets, including for doctors and nurses.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>In 2015, the Government introduced several measures to reduce agency spend, including price caps, procurement frameworks and expenditure ceilings. These measures have contributed to the reduction in National Health Service spending on agency staff from £3.6 billion in 2015/16 to £2.4 billion in 2020/21. In September 2022, NHS England re-established measures to control spending on agency staff, including a system expenditure limit.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 28/11/2022 16:11:00 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1542581

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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 Professions: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the maximum hourly rates for NHS (1) consultants, (2) doctors, and (3) nurses.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Pay Review Body process is the established mechanism for determining pay increases in the public sector, outside of negotiating multi-year pay and contract reform deals.</p><p> </p><p>For consultants and doctors, the hourly basic pay rate based on 40 hours per week at the top of the pay scale is £57.12 per hour.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of National Health Service nurses are paid on the Agenda for Change contract at bands 5 to 7, although the highest band 9. Nurses at the top of band 9 earn £55.99 per hour. This refers to basic pay and does not include allowances or premiums for unsocial hours or the High Cost Area Supplement.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 28/11/2022 13:17:11 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1542582

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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: Agency Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the use of agency staff in the NHS, and (2) any potential impact of the use of agency staff on existing NHS staff shortages.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The introduction of agency rules in 2016 has reduced expenditure on agency staff by approximately £1.2 billion, from £3.6 billion in 2015/16 to £2.4 billion at the end of 2020/21. Agency spend as a percentage of the total wage bill has decreased from 7.9% in 2015/16 to 3.7% in 2020/21.</p><p>Reducing the use of agency staff must be balanced with providing safe care to patients. Trusts are able to use flexible staffing to respond to situations where there is insufficient staff. In September 2022, NHS England re-established measures to address spending on agency staff, including a system expenditure limit.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 28/11/2022 16:13:46 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1400604

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the city of Bath has had no COVID-19 lateral flow tests available for over two weeks; and what steps, if any, they are taking to rectify this situation.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL5209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. However, since Christmas 2021, the UK Health Security Agency has increased both the supply of tests and distribution capability. Since January 2022, we have delivered seven million tests a day through GOV.UK and 90 million tests a week through all delivery channels.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 03/03/2022 11:58:15 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1279816

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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: Hotels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients recovering from COVID-19 have been discharged from hospitals to hotels.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL12567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>This data is not held centrally. NHS England and NHS Improvement will be evaluating the use of this approach over the coming weeks.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 04/03/2021 12:53:11 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1279817

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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: Hotels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hotels are accommodating patients who have been discharged from hospital whilst recovering from COVID-19; and where any such hotels are located.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL12568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>This data is not held centrally. NHS England and NHS Improvement will be evaluating the use of this approach over the coming weeks.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 03/03/2021 12:32:06 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1279818

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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: Hotels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what care the NHS provides to patients discharged from hospitals to hotels whilst recovering from COVID-19; and how many NHS staff are providing that support.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL12569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>Any person transferring to a hotel from a hospital will do so under the normal discharge planning processes. As part of those processes a care and support plan is put in place and this will vary by individual.</p><p>The care and support provided to individuals in a hotel can be provided through a combination of unpaid and paid carers, Care Quality Commission registered domiciliary care providers, virtual ward approaches, or utilising capacity of providers on the NHS Shared Business Services Patient Discharge Service Framework.</p><p>National Health Service staffing arrangements are the responsibility of local NHS organisations and the numbers of staff working in hotels will be determined by local need and therefore is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 08/02/2021 17:33:05 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1279819

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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: Hotels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total cost to date of discharging patients recovering from COVID-19 from hospitals to hotels.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL12570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>This data is not held centrally. NHS England and NHS Improvement will be evaluating the use of this approach over the coming weeks.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 04/03/2021 12:53:23 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott