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1202374

registered interest
date	10/06/2020
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	Hearing Impairment: 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 effect of face coverings on accessibility for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	57966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>We know that face coverings can cause significant communication challenges for those who rely on lip-reading, facial expressions or clear and unmuffled sounds such as people who are deaf or have hearing loss.</p><p>We are engaging with disability organisations to assess the impact of requirements to wear face coverings. We are working across Government to identify what reasonable adjustments can be made for disabled people.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/06/2020 09:39:30 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 29011 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1202375

registered interest
date	10/06/2020
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	Hearing Impairment: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's press release of 5 June 2020, on surgical masks worn in NHS hospitals, what provision his Department has made for NHS staff who are (a) deaf or (b) have hearing loss.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	57967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognise concerns about the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), particularly face masks when it comes to people who are deaf or have hearing loss. The United Kingdom’s Government’s national PPE procurement team has been working extremely hard to source clear facemasks which comply with UK safety standards and have procured stocks of clear masks into health and social care settings, to support those who need to lip read. Distribution solutions for these are currently being confirmed. Our priority remains saving lives, including those frontline staff who need to wear PPE as they go about their vital work.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/09/2020 21:36:42 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 29012 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1202376

registered interest
date	10/06/2020
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	Hospitals: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's press release of 5 June 2020, Face masks and coverings to be worn by all NHS hospital staff and visitors, if he will issue guidance on if staff should remove face masks while conducting (a) video consultations and (b) telehealth appointments throughout hospital departments.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	57968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The recommendations for the use of face masks by hospital staff and face coverings for hospital visitors have been made for to help prevent the spread of infection. Evidence has shown that those infected with COVID-19 can have very mild or no respiratory symptoms (asymptomatic) and potentially transmit the virus to others without being aware of it, so it is important we take steps to reduce the risk of transmission from staff who may be asymptomatic.</p><p> </p><p>Staff working alone in a private workspace will not be expected to wear a mask but when they leave the private work area to move through the hospital building, e.g. on an errand, or for meal breaks, they should put on a surgical face mask as outlined in the guidance.</p><p>For some, wearing of a face covering may be difficult, and therefore all other measures must also be considered and introduced e.g. social/physical distancing, timed appointments; being seen immediately and not kept in waiting rooms. Individual risk assessments should be undertaken where required; for example, patients with mental health and learning disabilities. Such risk assessments must be documented.</p><p>The use of face masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have an impact on patients who are deaf or have a hearing impairment as they can block the face of healthcare workers and prevent the ability to use visual cues such as facial expressions and lip reading.</p><p>The Government's personal protective equipment procurement team has sourced clear surgical face masks to support communication with patients who may be deaf or hearing impaired. They are working with regions to identify where those are best distributed.</p><p>Where clear masks are not possible, communication tactics should be considered to support patients and visitors who are deaf or have a hearing impairment.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 57171 57172 57969 58069 58070 question first answered 16/07/2020 20:06:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 29013 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1202377

registered interest
date	10/06/2020
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	NHS: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government press release dated 5 June 2020, Face masks and coverings to be worn by all NHS hospital staff and visitors, if he will issue guidance on whether staff will be permitted to conduct their appointment without a face mask at a 2 metre distance if a patient identifies themselves as requiring lip reading.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	57969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The recommendations for the use of face masks by hospital staff and face coverings for hospital visitors have been made for to help prevent the spread of infection. Evidence has shown that those infected with COVID-19 can have very mild or no respiratory symptoms (asymptomatic) and potentially transmit the virus to others without being aware of it, so it is important we take steps to reduce the risk of transmission from staff who may be asymptomatic.</p><p> </p><p>Staff working alone in a private workspace will not be expected to wear a mask but when they leave the private work area to move through the hospital building, e.g. on an errand, or for meal breaks, they should put on a surgical face mask as outlined in the guidance.</p><p>For some, wearing of a face covering may be difficult, and therefore all other measures must also be considered and introduced e.g. social/physical distancing, timed appointments; being seen immediately and not kept in waiting rooms. Individual risk assessments should be undertaken where required; for example, patients with mental health and learning disabilities. Such risk assessments must be documented.</p><p>The use of face masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have an impact on patients who are deaf or have a hearing impairment as they can block the face of healthcare workers and prevent the ability to use visual cues such as facial expressions and lip reading.</p><p>The Government's personal protective equipment procurement team has sourced clear surgical face masks to support communication with patients who may be deaf or hearing impaired. They are working with regions to identify where those are best distributed.</p><p>Where clear masks are not possible, communication tactics should be considered to support patients and visitors who are deaf or have a hearing impairment.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 57171 57172 57968 58069 58070 question first answered 16/07/2020 20:06:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 29014 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1185496

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Prescription Drugs: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, what steps he is taking to ensure that immunosuppressed people are not required to attend GP surgeries to collect prescriptions of controlled medication.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	29959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>There are already e-prescriptions and medicine delivery services in place around the country. For controlled medications, someone can pick up the medicine for someone else, they just need to show their ID.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 29961 question first answered 24/03/2020 15:59:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 13627 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1185498

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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: Prescription Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to lift the requirement for pharmacists to be present when people sign prescriptions for controlled medication to reduce pressure on pharmacists during the covid-19 outbreak..
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	29960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2020 answer text <p>There is no legal requirement for a pharmacist to be present when a prescription for controlled drugs is signed. However, when a Schedule 2 controlled drug is collected from a pharmacy, the pharmacist is legally required to determine whether the person collecting is a patient, patient’s representative or healthcare professional, and maintain a record of the person supplied. These measures are important to prevent the misuse and diversion of controlled drugs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/04/2020 16:20:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 13605 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1185499

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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: Prescription Drugs
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 he has to simplify the process for immunosupressed people collecting controlled medication during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	29961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>There are already e-prescriptions and medicine delivery services in place around the country. For controlled medications, someone can pick up the medicine for someone else, they just need to show their ID.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 29959 question first answered 24/03/2020 15:59:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1180313

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Hearing: Testing
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 accessibility of hearing test appointments for care home residents.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	20463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>No formal assessments have been made. NHS England published ‘The Commissioning Framework for Hearing Loss Services’ to provide guidance to the health and care system to address inconsistencies including in access and variation in provision. NHS England also produced national guidance for more local Joint Strategic Needs Assessments.</p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for the commissioning of hearing loss services based on the local needs of their population including for elderly people. They use a local commissioning process that determines how providers deliver care for the National Health Service area they are responsible for including in residential and nursing homes. This is not monitored nationally.</p><p>There is agreed national education and training for people working in hearing services.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 20464 20465 question first answered 02/03/2020 17:07:32 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1180314

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Hearing Impairment: Health Services
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 effectiveness of training for health care workers on treating people with hearing loss.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	20464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>No formal assessments have been made. NHS England published ‘The Commissioning Framework for Hearing Loss Services’ to provide guidance to the health and care system to address inconsistencies including in access and variation in provision. NHS England also produced national guidance for more local Joint Strategic Needs Assessments.</p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for the commissioning of hearing loss services based on the local needs of their population including for elderly people. They use a local commissioning process that determines how providers deliver care for the National Health Service area they are responsible for including in residential and nursing homes. This is not monitored nationally.</p><p>There is agreed national education and training for people working in hearing services.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 20463 20465 question first answered 02/03/2020 17:07:32 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1180315

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Hearing: Testing
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 (a) accessibility and (b) availability of hearing test appointments for elderly people.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	20465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>No formal assessments have been made. NHS England published ‘The Commissioning Framework for Hearing Loss Services’ to provide guidance to the health and care system to address inconsistencies including in access and variation in provision. NHS England also produced national guidance for more local Joint Strategic Needs Assessments.</p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for the commissioning of hearing loss services based on the local needs of their population including for elderly people. They use a local commissioning process that determines how providers deliver care for the National Health Service area they are responsible for including in residential and nursing homes. This is not monitored nationally.</p><p>There is agreed national education and training for people working in hearing services.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 20463 20464 question first answered 02/03/2020 17:07:32 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood