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1188964

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
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 Louisa Jordan: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Government has provided to set up NHS Louisa Jordan.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	38522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service in Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Parliament and all policy and spending decisions are made in Scotland. The devolved administrations receive funding through the Barnett formula. On 13 April the Chancellor announced almost £2 billion from the COVID-19 emergency response fund will go to the devolved administrations through the Barnett formula.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/04/2020 16:07:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1188975

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
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	Surgery: Standards
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 elective operations have been cancelled in NHS trusts in England in each month of 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	38533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>Collection of this information has been temporarily suspended to free up capacity both centrally within NHS England and NHS Improvement and at local provider level.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/04/2020 16:00:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1189039

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
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	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, how many patients are on Patient Tracking Lists (a) in total and (b) by NHS trust.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	38582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>A Patient Tracking List is a forward-looking management tool used to help manage waiting lists and to achieve and sustain short waiting times.</p><p>The most recent available data (February 2020), shows that the number of incomplete pathways on the national waiting list total is 4,425,306. The number of incomplete pathways by trust, also for February 2020, is attached. The published data provided indicates the number of pathways, not individual patients.</p><p>Monthly data on referral to treatment times is published routinely by NHS England each month. The published data set includes data for all providers and all commissioners and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/</a></p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement monitor and manage performance against the waiting times requirements set out in the NHS Operational and Planning Guidance 2020/21. The NHS Standard Contract (which is mandated by NHS England for use by commissioners for all contracts for healthcare services) specifies the minimum expectations for providers’ delivery of operational plans, including waiting times. Local healthcare providers are ultimately responsible for monitoring their waiting lists and ensuring patient safety and follow up.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 38583 question first answered 27/04/2020 16:14:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Data for PQ38582.xlsx title PQ38582
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1189040

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
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	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 ensure that patients on Patient Tracking Lists are safely monitored and followed up.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	38583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>A Patient Tracking List is a forward-looking management tool used to help manage waiting lists and to achieve and sustain short waiting times.</p><p>The most recent available data (February 2020), shows that the number of incomplete pathways on the national waiting list total is 4,425,306. The number of incomplete pathways by trust, also for February 2020, is attached. The published data provided indicates the number of pathways, not individual patients.</p><p>Monthly data on referral to treatment times is published routinely by NHS England each month. The published data set includes data for all providers and all commissioners and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/</a></p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement monitor and manage performance against the waiting times requirements set out in the NHS Operational and Planning Guidance 2020/21. The NHS Standard Contract (which is mandated by NHS England for use by commissioners for all contracts for healthcare services) specifies the minimum expectations for providers’ delivery of operational plans, including waiting times. Local healthcare providers are ultimately responsible for monitoring their waiting lists and ensuring patient safety and follow up.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 38582 question first answered 27/04/2020 16:14:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Data for PQ38582.xlsx title PQ38582
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1189637

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
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: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure a sufficient supply of drugs and medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>As part of our concerted national efforts to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak, we are doing everything we can to ensure patients continue to access safe and effective medicines.</p><p>The Department is working closely with the pharmaceutical industry, the National Health Service and others in the supply chain to help ensure patients can access the medicines they need, and precautions are in place to reduce the likelihood of future shortages.</p><p>The Department shares regular information about impending supply issues and management plans with the NHS via networks in primary and secondary care and will liaise with relevant patient groups about issues affecting specific medicines.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 27/04/2020 10:57:20 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1188266

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 discussions he has had with the Welsh Government prior to the purchase of testing equipment for covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	37751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government is committed to operating on a UK-wide basis in its response to COVID-19 and is working closely with the devolved administrations to coordinate and align testing efforts where possible.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our UK-wide testing strategy, we are committed to ensuring the UK gets its fair share of proprietary test kits to deliver the full capability that we are making available.</p><p> </p><p>The four nations are working together closely to ensure a joined-up and aligned approach to the UK’s testing response at both a strategic and operational level, including on the provision and supply of testing kits to key workers. This will ensure that all testing needs across the UK can be considered.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 27/04/2020 16:33:33 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1188267

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: Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what medical equipment his Department has procured for the Welsh Government in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	37752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>Personal protective equipment supplies are being coordinated at a United Kingdom-wide level and allocation is made based on clinical need across the whole country, which ensures a planned and coordinated response to this global pandemic. Furthermore, the Department, working with NHS England, has sourced a large number of oxygen and ventilation devices for the UK. These devices have been distributed across the devolved administrations and crown dependencies. Devices have included oxygen concentrators, ventilators, patient monitors and syringe drivers.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/04/2020 15:55:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1188268

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: Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are agreements in place between the UK Government and the Welsh Government to prevent competitive bidding for medical equipment needed to respond to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	37753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>Health is a devolved matter. There is not an agreement between the UK and Welsh Government to prevent competitive bidding.</p><p>The UK Government continues to work well with the devolved administrations. We have no record of competitive bidding practices taking place with the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/04/2020 11:55:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 17094 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1188326

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	Psychology: Training
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 ensuring that the (a) education and (b) training of psychological professionals continues during the covid-19 outbreak to meet the (i) ambitions of the Long- Term Plan and (ii) potential additional psychological needs caused by that pandemic.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	37786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The education and training of psychological professionals in England remains a Health Education England (HEE) priority during the COVID-19 outbreak. Regulatory bodies representing professions in the psychological workforce have recently issued statements on how training and education will be managed during this outbreak.</p><p>It is too early to make a full evaluation of the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has on any additional psychological needs for the population, but the Government will continue to keep this under review. HEE and NHS Improvement are working with professional bodies to ensure staff training continues during COVID-19 such as moving studies on line to ensure we continue to have the pipeline of staff we need to support patients and to accommodate increased demand.</p><p>Education and training in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales is a matter for each of the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 28/04/2020 12:48:34 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1188327

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	Psychiatry: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that people have (a) telephone and (b) digital access to psychological therapies during the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps he is taking to ensure that access to those therapies is (i) safe and (ii) confidential.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	37787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>NHS England has asked all mental health trusts to review advice lines to ensure that 24 hours a day, seven days a week advice is available to people of all ages through a single point of access. Mental health providers are also looking at how they can maximise the use of digital and virtual channels to keep delivering support to existing and new service users.</p><p> </p><p>NHSX has published guidance to support the use of digital and virtual channels, including off-the-shelf applications such as Skype and WhatsApp, and designed-for purpose commercial products. This advice is endorsed by the Information Commissioner’s Office, the National Data Guardian and NHS Digital.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 28/04/2020 12:35:55 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron