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1216594

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
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: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report of the all-party group on air pollution entitled, Air Quality Strategy to Reduce Coronavirus Infection and its reference to Queen Mary University's research on the biological link between air pollution and coronavirus.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	903702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>Long-term air pollution exposure is the leading environmental risk to human health. We are working with relevant experts to understand the relationship between air quality and increased risks from COVID-19 based on emerging science. This will be supported by the National Institute for Health Research and UK Research and Innovation joint open call for projects on mitigating the health, social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of COVID-19.</p><p>We note that there is emerging evidence suggesting an association between COVID-19 mortality and exposure to air pollution, but many of the emerging papers are, as yet, generally not peer-reviewed and are of variable quality. Currently, there is no clear evidence to suggest that air pollution has a direct link to the spread or severity of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom.  In April, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs initiated work to conduct detailed statistical analysis of the United Kingdom data, delivered in collaboration with the Department for Health and Social Care, Public Health England and the Office for National Statistics, and with input from the relevant Air Quality Expert Group and Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution experts. The work will be published in due course. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs continues to have extensive discussions with the Department for Health and Social Care and other departments on the relationship between air quality and health.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/06/2020 09:26:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 31468 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1201554

registered interest
date	05/06/2020
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: Air Pollution
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 potential merits for people's health of the reduction in air pollution during the covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	55656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The implementation of social distancing measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 has resulted in short-term reductions in the measured concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) and particulate matter (PM). When these measures are eased, PM and NO<sub>2</sub> levels are likely to return to pre- epidemic levels. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Public Health England and the Office for National Statistics are working together to assess whether there is evidence of an association between exposure to particulates and COVID-19 mortality in the United Kingdom. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ independent Air Quality Expert Group launched a call for evidence to help with assessing the impact of the pandemic, and a summary report will be produced.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/06/2020 22:17:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 27882 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1188229

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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 Professions: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether final year trainee (a) doctors and (b) nurses will be charged tuition fees while working for the NHS during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	37381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Medical students and student nurses will continue to be required to pay tuition fees for their final term. Given the extended length of medical degrees, which can be up to six years in length, Health Education England pay medical student tuition fees from year 5 of study.</p><p>As part of the Government’s COVID-19 response, current year 5 medical students are currently being graduated by their medical schools early to enable them to apply for Provisional Registration with the General Medical Council, and if they so choose to deploy in to Foundation Year 1 posts. Those that do so will be contracted from the date they start their employment and employed under the 2016 terms and conditions for doctors and dentists in training. They will also continue to get their National Health Service bursary and student maintenance loan.</p><p>Year 3 nursing students have been invited to opt in to paid placements in the NHS. All students who do opt in to support the COVID-19 response will be rewarded fairly for their hard work. Students will be getting a salary and automatic NHS pension entitlement at the appropriate band. They will also still receive their student maintenance loan and Learning Support Fund payments too.</p><p>Decisions about the NHS workforce in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, including the funding that they provide for students, are a matter for the devolved administrations of those countries.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/04/2020 13:20:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1188230

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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	Ventilators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures his Department is using with (a) skilled academics and (b) engineers to select innovative ventilator designs during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	37382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The ventilator challenge work is being undertaken and managed by the Cabinet Office.</p><p>The Prime Minister’s call to manufacturers on 16 March had an overwhelming response, with over 5,000 United Kingdom and international businesses offering to help provide services, including designing and building new devices, manufacturing components or transporting them to National Health Service hospitals.</p><p>Following this, the Government has partnered a number of the UK’s leading technology and engineering firms with smaller manufacturers to rapidly build existing, modified or newly designed ventilators at speed, with seven priority projects underway.</p><p>Officials are currently working with expert clinicians and health regulators to test all new machine designs, as patient safety is of paramount importance. Any new orders are all dependent on machines passing regulatory tests, but the Government, manufacturers and regulators are working at pace to drive this work forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/05/2020 12:17:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1188231

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the covid-19 antibody testing kits.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	37383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government is currently evaluating antibody tests at pace, through a special process at Oxford University, overseen by several of the leading scientists in the field. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has also published a ‘Target Product Profile’ for serology tests, outlining expected test performance.</p><p>The results from the first evaluation of antibody tests have shown that, of the tests the Government has looked at so far, none have proven accurate enough to be rolled out for clinical use. Further information on the methodology and results of the evaluation process has been published in a paper (which has been submitted to the Lancet for acceptance and review), which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.15.20066407v1" target="_blank">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.15.20066407v1</a></p><p> </p><p>As new tests become available, we will continue to review them through the process outlined above, at pace.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 28/04/2020 13:24:38 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1188232

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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: 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 assessment his Department has made of the level of infection transmitted by NHS workers who have not been tested for covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	37384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>Testing is a vital part of the United Kingdom’s response to COVID-19, as set out in the Government’s recently published Testing Strategy. The Government is working with industry, academia, the National Health Service and many others, to dramatically increase the number of tests being carried out each day, including for critical key workers. The Government is organising a larger population study to determine what proportion of the UK have already contracted the virus, operated by Public Health England and the Wellcome Trust at Porton Down. These tests are important to strengthen our scientific understanding and inform us all on the best courses of action to address this crisis. Key workers and clinically high-priority cases will be prioritised for testing. Furthermore, a number of supporting documents for Infection Prevention &amp; Control (IPC) have been developed to support excellent standards of IPC within trusts. All documents are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/secondary-care/infection-control/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/secondary-care/infection-control/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/05/2020 15:19:15 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1188233

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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: 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 assessment he has made of the level of absence among NHS workers who are self-isolated and have not been tested for covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	37385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the level of absence among National Health Service workers who are self-isolated and have not been tested for COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 05/05/2020 13:23:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1188234

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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	Ventilators: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the UK did not join the EU scheme for purchasing ventilators.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	37386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has been a signatory to the EU Joint Procurement Agreement since 2014. Owing to an initial communication problem, the UK did not receive an invitation in time to take part in the first four European Joint Procurements in response to COVID-19, including the ventilators scheme. However, participating in those four initial joint procurement schemes would not have allowed us to do anything that we have not been able to do ourselves.</p><p>We currently have over 10,800 mechanical ventilators available to National Health Service patients, with thousands more ventilators on order from manufacturers in the UK and abroad. We are working around the clock to deliver a strategy that provides the best outcome for the whole UK.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/05/2020 16:25:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1188444

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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	Speech and Language Therapy: 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 discussions officials from his Department have had with representatives of (a) NHS England and (b) Public Health England on the aerosol generating procedures undertaken by speech and language therapists.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	37387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government has published guidance on appropriate personal protective equipment for health and social care workers and provides a list of current procedures which are considered to be potentially infectious aerosol generating procedures for COVID-19. This guidance has been written and reviewed by all four UK public health bodies and informed by NHS infection prevention control experts. It is based on Health Protection Scotland evidence reviews and the evidence and reviews have been endorsed by the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group. It is regularly reviewed and updated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/05/2020 17:35:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1188446

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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	Speech and Language Therapy: 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 plans Public Health England has to update the guidance published on 6 April 2020 entitled Covid-19 infection prevention and control to include the aerosol generating procedures undertaken by speech and language therapists.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	37388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The evidence around aerosol generating procedures is being kept under review; the evidence review is led by Public Health Scotland.</p><p>This guidance has been written and reviewed by all four United Kingdom public health bodies and informed by National Health Service infection prevention control experts. It is based on Health Protection Scotland evidence reviews and the evidence and reviews have been endorsed by New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG). A rapid evidence appraisal has been conducted by Health Protection Scotland to assess the risk of patient to healthcare worker infection transmission associated with a wide range of potentially aerosol generating medical procedures. An updated evidence review and the position on the presented evidence review from NERVTAG is awaited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/05/2020 09:34:13 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies