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1348068

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	Health Services: Contracts
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 has taken to publish details on the awarding of health contracts during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
uin	35958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department publishes information on all the contracts it awards, including those relating to goods and service procured in response to COVID- 19, through Contract Award Notices in the Official Journal of the European Union, Find a Tender awarded opportunity notices for each contract are also published on Contracts Finder.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/07/2021 15:00:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1348320

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	Malnutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of malnutrition in the last five years; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle those costs.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	35856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific estimate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/07/2021 10:27:09 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1348465

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	Periods: 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, whether the Sexual and Reproductive Strategy will help ensure that girls are supported with their menstrual wellbeing from a young age.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	35665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>Whilst menstrual wellbeing will not be covered in the Sexual and Reproductive Health strategy, it is being considered as part of ongoing work on the Women’s Health Strategy. A call for evidence was launched to inform the priorities, content and actions of the Strategy, which included questions on menstrual health. We are analysing the evidence gathered and we aim to publish the Strategy later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2021 10:41:02 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1347645

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
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	General Practitioners
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 the facilities to book GP appointments (a) by telephone, (b) online and(c) in-person are adequate to meet the increased demand for such appointments.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	34524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>On 20 May, NHS England and NHS Improvement published an updated standard operating procedure for general practice in the context of COVID-19 restrictions easing. Practices must ensure they offer both face to face and remote appointments and that patients’ preferences for care are respected unless there are good clinical reasons to the contrary. Practice receptions must be open so patients without access to online services are not disadvantaged. General practices have also been asked to ensure patients understand how to access general practitioner services by providing clear and up to date information on practice websites.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with a number of areas to test advanced telephony requirements and specifications, which will improve telephone capacity. NHS England and NHS Improvement intend to share learning from these areas to support practices across the country to improve telephony.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 21/07/2021 13:25:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1347705

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will update the list of covid-19 symptoms to highlight the most commonly reported symptoms linked to the Delta variant.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	34604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>Experts keep the symptoms under review as our understanding of the virus develops. We are assessing data from the COVID Symptom Study, in addition to other surveillance studies and will update our guidance if necessary.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 21/07/2021 14:20:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1347784

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
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	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
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 reduce the number of people that are waiting to start routine hospital treatment.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	34496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>We have committed £9.6 billion to support National Health Service recovery from COVID-19, including £1 billion to increase activity and reduce waiting times. We continue to support partnerships with independent sector providers to bring in additional capacity and we have invested £325 million in diagnostic equipment to improve clinical outcomes.</p><p>In addition, we have introduced a programme of ‘elective accelerators’ in a dozen areas across the country which will receive a share of £160 million to implement and evaluate innovative ways to increase the number of elective procedures they deliver. Lessons learned from this programme will be shared across the country.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/07/2021 15:08:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1347812

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
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	Pregnancy: 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 estimate he has made of the number of pregnant women currently in hospital with covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	34579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>We have made no such estimate.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 21/07/2021 15:11:44 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1347818

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
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: Screening
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 publish the criteria used to identify individuals suitable for participation in the daily testing pilot.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	34516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>To be eligible for the daily contact testing workplace pilot evaluation scheme, people who have been identified as a contact of someone with COVID-19 either in or outside the workplace must:</p><p>- have no COVID-19 symptoms;</p><p>- give their informed consent to take part;</p><p>- not live with anyone with a positive test for COVID-19 or symptoms;</p><p>- not live in Scotland or Northern Ireland;</p><p>- not travel in or out of Scotland or Northern Ireland while taking part in daily contact testing for work or personal reasons; and</p><p>- be able to commit to test for at least five of the next seven scheduled days. A maximum of two days self-isolating in the seven-day schedule is permitted.</p><p> </p><p>To be eligible for the daily contact testing clinical study, people who have been identified as a contact of someone with COVID-19 must:</p><p>- not have COVID-19 symptoms;</p><p>- live in England;</p><p>- not be in full-time education;</p><p>- be aged 18 years old and over;</p><p>- not be under the quarantine rules for arriving in England.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 21/07/2021 16:41:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1347257

registered interest
date	15/07/2021
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	Cancer: Aspirin
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 a review undertaken by academics at Cardiff University, what assessment has he made of the implications for his policies of findings that cancer patients who take aspirin as part of their treatment could reduce their risk of death by 20 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/07/2021 10:25:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1347258

registered interest
date	15/07/2021
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	Infectious Diseases: Disease Control
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, whether his Department plans to review the long-term infection prevention and control measures required by intensive care units; and what assessment he has made of the provisions required to minimise the risk of hospital-acquired infections once the covid-19 outbreak has subsided; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>There are no specific plans to review the long-term infection prevention and control measures in intensive care units (ITU). However, as outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan and in the ‘UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2019 to 2024’, there is a commitment to publish a National Infection Prevention Manual for England that will contain guidelines for infection prevention and control best practice across healthcare settings. All National Health Service providers will be expected to deliver care to the standards outlined in this guidance.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2021 10:39:39 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon