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1721330

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date	17/07/2024
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	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications were made under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme for redress arising from the administration of covid-19 vaccines as at 1 July 2024; and how many and what proportion of those applications were (a) decided, (b) successful and (c) rejected on the grounds that the 60% disability threshold had not been reached.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	11
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>As of 1 July 2024, the NHS Business Services Authority had received 14,088 claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) relating to COVID-19. Following medical assessment, 6,850 claims, or 48.6% of the total number of claims, had received an initial outcome, with 181 claims, or 1.3%, being successful and 6,062 claims, 45.1%, being unsuccessful. A further 607 claims, or 4.3%, were found invalid, due to being either outside the scope of the VDPS or a duplicate claim. Of the 6,062 unsuccessful claims, 360 claims, or 2.6%, were rejected on the grounds that the 60% disability threshold had not been reached.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 22/07/2024 08:51:44 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1721589

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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	Hospital Beds: Somerset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital beds there were in Somerset (a) in 2015 and (b) 2024.
tabling member constituency	Glastonbury and Somerton
tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
uin	304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>The latest published data shows a total of 1,438 hospital beds in Somerset, in quarter four of 2023/24. This compares to a total of 1,374 hospital beds reported by National Health Service trusts in quarter four of 2014/15.</p><p>Data on NHS bed numbers is published by NHS England, and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/bed-data-overnight/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/bed-data-overnight/</a></p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 22/07/2024 15:29:59 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1721612

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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	Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the recommendations of the report by the Patient Safety Commissioner entitled The Hughes report, published on 7 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered // answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1721613

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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	Ambulance Services: North Shropshire
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 plans to take to reduce ambulance waiting times in North Shropshire.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government has committed to supporting the National Health Service to improve ambulance response times and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution. In doing so we will be honest about the challenges facing the health service, and serious about tackling them.</p><p>As a first step, my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has appointed the Professor Lord Darzi to lead an independent investigation of NHS performance, which will report in September 2024.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 22/07/2024 15:10:26 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1721614

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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: North Shropshire
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 plans to take to improve waiting times for GP appointments in North Shropshire.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered // answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1721616

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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: Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System
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 plans to take to improve waiting times for cancer treatment in the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board following an urgent GP referral.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered // answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1721617

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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	Maternity Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Independent Review
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 plans to take to ensure that all actions recommended in the Ockenden Report to improve maternal and neonatal services at Shropshire and Telford Hospital are successfully implemented.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered // answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1721618

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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	Gender Dysphoria: Children
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 has a planned timetable for making the ban on administering puberty blockers to children permanent.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Jim Allister
uin	333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered // answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5356

1721636

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS sites have closed in Birmingham since May 2010; and what the (a) name and (b) postcode was of each site.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
uin	351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the closure of National Health Service sites. The NHS, however, publishes the annual Estates Returns Information Collection, which is a mandatory collection for all NHS trusts and includes detailed information on all operational or temporarily unoccupied sites larger than 500m2 or with 10 or more inpatient beds, including site name and postcode. The collection is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection</a></p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 22/07/2024 15:11:15 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5234

1721641

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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	Mother and Baby Units: Healthcare Assistants
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 make it his policy to increase the ratio of healthcare assistants to midwives in stand-alone midwife-led units maternity units.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered // answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5030