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1196375

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Key Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps the Government has taken to help prevent key workers who (a) work on and (b) use the rail network contracting covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	902645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Drivers and other public transport staff have been working hard to ensure that all those on the frontline can get to work. New safer transport guidance was published on 12 May, and we are working closely with transport operators across the sector on its implementation.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/05/2020 16:05:06 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1196709

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the compensation scheme for families of NHS and care workers who die of covid-19 to transport workers in recognition of the vital services that they are providing during the outbreak of that disease.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	48545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced on 27th April a scheme where families of eligible NHS and care workers, who die from coronavirus in the course of their frontline work, will receive a £60,000 payment. The Government will continue to review the support provided to key workers on the front-line.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/06/2020 11:42:30 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1196710

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the requirement for Eurostar passengers entering the UK to wear face masks does not apply to passengers on other railway services operating in the UK during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	48546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Eurostar runs international services to several destinations in Europe, including Brussels and Paris and, as such, must comply with the requirements of the countries it operates in. In line with guidelines announced by the French and Belgian governments, Eurostar has amended its Conditions of Carriage to require all passengers to bring and wear a face covering for all Eurostar services across its full route to provide clarity for its passengers.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government has also been clear that it is advising passengers in England, where they can, to wear a face covering if they need to use public transport.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/06/2020 11:51:24 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1196711

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that all frontline railway workers are equipped with adequate personal protective equipment.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	48547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Railway workers play a vital part in ensuring passengers and goods continue to move across the country, and we have been clear their safety remains a priority. Employers are protecting staff in line with government advice, and are taking all necessary steps to make their workplaces COVID-secure – for example, by reconfiguring the workplace to enable social distancing, providing hand sanitiser and hand washing facilities, and continuing their enhanced cleaning regimes. Employers have carried out necessary risk assessments and are providing PPE in accordance with these assessments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/06/2020 11:29:38 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1196723

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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: Emergencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what long-term plans he has to ensure that the NHS is (a) a resilient and (b) a strategic protective service in order to tackle future health emergencies.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	48548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have a statutory requirement to formally assure their own and the National Health Service in England’s readiness to respond to emergencies on an annual basis. To do this, NHS England and NHS Improvement ask commissioners and providers of NHS-funded care to complete an Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response annual assurance process. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/eprr-annual-assurance-guidance-v2.0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/eprr-annual-assurance-guidance-v2.0.pdf</a></p><p>NHS England also produces an Incident Response Plan (National). This is the overarching generic plan that details how NHS England reviews and responds to any health-related incident or emergency at the national level, there are plans which describe the regional response and each NHS organisation will have its own Incident Response Plan. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NHS-england-incident-response-plan-v3-0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NHS-england-incident-response-plan-v3-0.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/06/2020 12:20:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 25115 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1196730

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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	Drugs: Palliative Care
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 stocks of medicines for end of life do not run short.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	48549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 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, including those used in end of life care. 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>NHS England and NHS Improvement have advised clinical commissioning groups to establish local hubs to ensure rapid access to anticipatory medicines. These hubs could be a community pharmacy, primary care network (general practitioner practice), community hospital, acute or other setting where palliative medicines (including controlled drugs) can be safely and legally stored and rapidly released when needed.</p><p>The Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement have published a standard operating procedure (SOP) for the use of medicines labelled for one patient, who no longer needs them, to be used by another person, in hospices and care homes. This will protect the medicine supply chain and ensure that patients can access critical medicines at end of life. The SOP can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-reuse-of-medicines-in-a-care-home-or-hospice" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-reuse-of-medicines-in-a-care-home-or-hospice </a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/06/2020 11:38:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1196732

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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	General Practitioners: 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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that sufficient personal protective equipment is available to GPs that are providing palliative care and are exposed to potential covid-19 patients in the community.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	48550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>We are working around the clock to give the social care sector and wider National Health Service the equipment and support they need to tackle this outbreak.</p><p>Systems set up to supply 226 NHS trusts have scaled up to provide drops of critical equipment to 58,000 healthcare settings including general practitioners (GPs), pharmacies and social care providers. We have made over 24 million items of PPE available to primary care providers</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/06/2020 19:47:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1196734

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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	General Practitioners: Recruitment
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 plans to increase the number of GPs per 1,000 people in line with levels in other European countries.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	48551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not make recommendations for how many patients a general practitioner (GP) should have as the demand each patient places on their GP is different and can be affected by various factors, including rurality and patient demographics. It is also important to consider GPs as part of the wider multidisciplinary team as getting the skills mix right in general practice is critical in addressing workload pressures and delivering appropriate patient care.</p><p>As part of the 2020/21 GP Contract, the Government and NHS England have committed at least an additional £1.5 billion in cash terms for general practice over the next four years for additional staff. This is in addition to the £4.5 billion real terms annual increase announced for primary and community care in the NHS Long Term Plan by 2023/24.</p><p>We have committed to growing the workforce by 6,000 more doctors in general practice and 26,000 more primary care professionals, such as physiotherapists and pharmacists. Growing the workforce will mean larger teams of staff providing a wider range of care options for patients and will free up more time for doctors to focus on those with more complex needs. This, alongside increasing the use of technology in general practice, will create an extra 50 million appointments a year by 2024/25 and improve access to primary care services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/05/2020 15:32:55 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1196738

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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	Health Professions: Ethnic Groups
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 is taking to (a) protect and (b) support BAME medical staff working in the NHS during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	48552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>NHS Employers, working in partnership with key stakeholders, published guidance for employers on 30 April. The guidance detailed how to carry out risk assessments particularly for vulnerable groups, to understand the specific risks staff members face from exposure to COVID-19 and actions which employers can take to keep staff safe.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement issued directions to the service on 29 April recommending all trusts to undertake appropriate risk assessments for their Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) staff and to put in place any measures to protect and support their BAME staff. They have since developed a five-point programme to address the concerns of BAME staff, covering protection of staff, engagement with staff and staff networks, representation in decision making, rehabilitation and recovery, communications and media.</p><p>The Department has commissioned Public Health England to complete a rapid review to understand disparities in COVID-19 infection across the population. This will include looking at the impact on different ethnic groups.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/06/2020 16:03:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis