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date	11/02/2019
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: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure (1) UK residents, and (2) medical organisations are aware of the guidance that has been issued on access to medicine in the case of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL13591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has been working closely with the National Health Service, pharmaceutical companies and others in supply chains to make sure medicines continue to be available for the NHS, if the United Kingdom leaves the European Union without a deal.</p><p>The Department and NHS England published guidance on their websites for patients, including the online only policy paper, <em>Getting Medication, </em>on 18 January 2019. We have also been engaging with patient groups, trade associations and health care providers about messaging regarding access to medicines in a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p><p>The Department has issued guidance to all NHS trusts, pharmacies and general practices informing them of the Government’s plans for ensuring continuity of supply of medicines and advising them that they can expect to be able to continue accessing medicines through their existing supply routes in the event of a ‘no deal’ EU exit on 29 March. This guidance explained how hospitals, general practitioners and community pharmacies throughout the UK do not need to take any steps to stockpile additional medicines, beyond their business as usual stock levels. There is also no need for clinicians to write NHS prescriptions for larger quantities of medicines than usual. A copy of the Department’s letter of 7 December 2018 to the NHS in England is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 25/02/2019 13:50:23 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name government_preparations_update_for_march_2019.pdf title 7 December letter to the NHS
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

1054340

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Occupational Therapy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so how, they will maintain the use of (1) handicrafts, and (2) gardening as occupational therapy interventions for patients recovering from treatment in NHS England hospitals.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL13394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Therapeutic interventions and group programmes for rehabilitation are expected features of rehabilitation for both mental health and physical conditions – handicrafts, as a therapeutic intervention to improve fine coordination, and gardening, and other patient appropriate activity, are recommended by both the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.</p><p>Although the two interventions are not specifically held above others in recovery, handicrafts and gardening are commonly used in therapeutic programmes funded by the National Health Service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 14/02/2019 13:33:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

1047826

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they are providing to (1) UK residents, and (2) medical organisations about how to access medicines from the EU in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL13104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>It is a priority of the Department to ensure patients continue to have access to medicines as we leave the European Union, in all exit scenarios.</p><p>While a Withdrawal Agreement has been agreed between Government and the European Commission, as a responsible Government, we continue to prepare proportionately for all scenarios, including the outcome that we leave the European Union without a deal in March 2019.</p><p>The Department has issued guidance on 7 December 2018 to all National Health Service trusts, pharmacies and general practices informing them of our plans for ensuring continuity of supply of medicines and advising them that they can expect to be able to continue accessing medicines through their existing supply routes in the event of a ‘no deal’ EU exit on 29 March 2019. This guidance explained how hospitals, general practitioners and community pharmacies throughout the UK do not need to take any steps to stockpile additional medicines, beyond their business as usual stock levels. There is also no need for clinicians to write longer NHS prescriptions. A copy of the Department’s letter of 7 December to the NHS in England is attached.</p><p>NHS England and the devolved administrations have also communicated similar messages to the front line and patients have also been advised not to stockpile medicines. Unnecessary local stockpiling would increase pressure on the medicines supply chain and could lead to avoidable shortages and subsequent risks to patients.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 07/02/2019 14:44:39 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name government_preparations_update_for_march_2019.pdf title 7 December letter to the NHS
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

919361

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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: Working Hours
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 number of hours worked by GPs in the NHS; whether working hours are increasing; whether they intend to limit the number of hours worked; and what discussions they have had with doctors' organisations about GPs' working hours.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL8440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>Based on responses to the GP Worklife Survey, the average weekly hours worked by general practitioners (GPs) in England has remained relatively stable since 2008, but increased slightly from 41.4 hours to 41.8 hours per week between 2015 and 2017.</p><p>The following table summarises statistics for average weekly hours worked by GPs from 2008 to 2017.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of responses</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>634</p></td><td><p>42.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,054</p></td><td><p>41.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,112</p></td><td><p>41.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,113</p></td><td><p>41.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>869</p></td><td><p>41.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department regularly meets with the Royal College of General Practitioners and representatives from the profession to discuss a range of issues, including the number of hours worked by GPs. GP contractors are required to provide essential and additional services within core hours in order to meet the reasonable needs of their patients. It is for the practice partners to agree the working hours of individual GPs within the practice.</p><p>Any changes to these arrangements will need to be negotiated between NHS England and the GPs’ representative body, the General Practitioners’ Committee of the British Medical Association.</p><p>The working hours for salaried GPs are set out in the salaried GP model terms and conditions of service. This defines full-time as 37.5 hours per week, and specifies that working hours should be carefully defined within a job plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 20/06/2018 13:46:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton