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1232420

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
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: 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 steps NHS England is taking to monitor uptake of its Using patient initiated follow-ups as part of the NHS covid-19 recovery guidance published on 7 August 2020.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	86635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with a range of rapid adopter sites to implement patient-initiated follow-ups as part of the restoration of services following COVID-19. This includes joint work to monitor uptake in these sites. Alongside this, 50 trusts provided information detailing their implementation of patient-initiated follow-up this summer. For the longer term, NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with NHS Digital and other organisations to seek to capture further data on patient initiated follow-up usage in future.</p><p>The initial guidance was prepared in rapid response to the need to restore outpatient services following COVID-19. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges patient lay committee was involved in the development of the guidance. We are working nationally with the NHS England and NHS Improvement personalised care group to engage further with patients and patient organisations as part of the ongoing development of supplementary guidance and tools for local systems. The guidance includes a recommendation that providers/systems carry out local patient engagement as part of implementation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 86636 question first answered 22/09/2020 13:24:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1232422

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
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: 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 role patient organisations have had in developing the guidance entitled Using patient initiated follow-ups as part of the NHS covid-19 recovery, published by NHS England on 7 August 2020.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	86636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with a range of rapid adopter sites to implement patient-initiated follow-ups as part of the restoration of services following COVID-19. This includes joint work to monitor uptake in these sites. Alongside this, 50 trusts provided information detailing their implementation of patient-initiated follow-up this summer. For the longer term, NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with NHS Digital and other organisations to seek to capture further data on patient initiated follow-up usage in future.</p><p>The initial guidance was prepared in rapid response to the need to restore outpatient services following COVID-19. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges patient lay committee was involved in the development of the guidance. We are working nationally with the NHS England and NHS Improvement personalised care group to engage further with patients and patient organisations as part of the ongoing development of supplementary guidance and tools for local systems. The guidance includes a recommendation that providers/systems carry out local patient engagement as part of implementation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 86635 question first answered 22/09/2020 13:24:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1231662

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	Asthma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2020 to Question 58767, what plans he has to centrally collate data on the total number of severe asthma patients (a) in England and (b) within each of the NHS E+I regions.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	85020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>There are no plans for this.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/09/2020 14:46:46 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1229593

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Cancer: 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 he will publish a national cancer recovery plan to tackle the backlog of cancer care resulting from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	81799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the Terms of Reference of a letter sent to NHS Providers on 31 July 2020, a National Cancer Taskforce will be established, and publish a national cancer recovery plan in the near future. The Terms of Reference are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/cancer-forums-and-groups-terms-of-reference/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/cancer-forums-and-groups-terms-of-reference/</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 21/09/2020 17:09:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1219228

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
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	Protective Clothing: Manufacturing Industries
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 is taking steps with UK manufacturers to ensure that the country is self-sufficient in PPE production and supporting British enterprises; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	66848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>Lord Deighton is leading the Government effort to unleash the potential of British industry to manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE) for the health and social care sectors to create self-sufficient production of PPE for the United Kingdom. We are building up UK manufacturing with signed contracts to manufacture over 2 billion items of PPE through UK-based manufacturers, including facemasks, visors, gowns and aprons.</p><p>This includes Survitec, a survival technology company, who began producing gowns at the beginning of June; Bolle, who manufacture protective eyewear, will make 6.5 million visors over the course of the pandemic; Jaguar Land Rover are now manufacturing 14,000 visors/week for healthcare staff; Don &amp; Low will be manufacturing 12 million metres squared of fabric for gowns over the next six months, with the first delivery expected later this month; Burberry is manufacturing non-surgical gowns at its factory in Castleford and sourcing masks through its supply chain. To date, the company has donated over 100,000 pieces of PPE to the National Health Service and healthcare charities.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 11:25:01 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1216121

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Pregnancy: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce financial support to cover subsistence costs for parents with a baby receiving neonatal care during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	62387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that these are challenging times for everyone, but that it is an especially stressful time for parents with babies in neonatal intensive care units.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, services have been working hard to support parents to care for their babies as much as possible while still ensuring that services are safe.</p><p>The Department has no plans to introduce a bespoke fund to cover subsistence costs for parents with a baby receiving neonatal care during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The Government is providing funding for the charity Bliss to support families with babies that require neonatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the Government’s United Kingdom-wide £750 million package of support for the voluntary sector announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in April 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 62388 question first answered 30/06/2020 16:34:20 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1216122

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Pregnancy: Finance
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 financial effect of the covid-19 outbreak on parents of babies born needing neonatal care during the outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	62388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that these are challenging times for everyone, but that it is an especially stressful time for parents with babies in neonatal intensive care units.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, services have been working hard to support parents to care for their babies as much as possible while still ensuring that services are safe.</p><p>The Department has no plans to introduce a bespoke fund to cover subsistence costs for parents with a baby receiving neonatal care during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The Government is providing funding for the charity Bliss to support families with babies that require neonatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the Government’s United Kingdom-wide £750 million package of support for the voluntary sector announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in April 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 62387 question first answered 30/06/2020 16:34:20 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1199796

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Blood Cancer: Coronavirus
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 people with blood cancer have been removed from the shielding list by (a) clinicians and (b) GPs in England.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	53399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The shielded patient list is dynamic – general practitioners and specialists continue to make clinical judgements based the shielding criteria, that may result in those who had initially been advised to shield from COVID-19 no longer being advised to do so. Doctors have also been provided with guidance to support these decisions, which should be made following discussion with the patient and taking into account their individual clinical circumstances.</p><p>Information on the number of patients removed from the shielded patient list is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 53400 question first answered 12/06/2020 12:24:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1199797

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Blood Cancer: 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 evidence his Department based it's decision on for the removal of blood cancer patients from the covid-19 shielding list.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	53400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The shielded patient list is dynamic – general practitioners and specialists continue to make clinical judgements based the shielding criteria, that may result in those who had initially been advised to shield from COVID-19 no longer being advised to do so. Doctors have also been provided with guidance to support these decisions, which should be made following discussion with the patient and taking into account their individual clinical circumstances.</p><p>Information on the number of patients removed from the shielded patient list is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 53399 question first answered 12/06/2020 12:24:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1199798

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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: 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, what plans he has to ensure that clinical criteria will be in place before further changes are made to the covid-19 shielding list.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	53401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England, working with the CMOs of the devolved administrations and other senior clinicians, commissioned NHS Digital to produce a list of vulnerable people at “high risk” of complications from COVID-19, who should be shielded for at least 12 weeks.</p><p>The next review point for the social distancing measures will take place the week commencing 15 June. As part of this, we will consider the next steps for shielding beyond 30 June. We will also review the risks for the clinically extremely vulnerable and assess whether the shielding period needs to be extended or whether it is possible for the shielding guidance to be eased further. We will base our assessment on clinical advice from our medical experts, and the best data available about the prevalence of COVID-19 in the community.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/06/2020 12:27:13 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith