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1110122

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date	08/04/2019
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	Skin Diseases: Diagnosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve GPs' diagnostic skills for skin conditions.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL15090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The Royal College of General Practitioners’ curriculum includes a module on the care of people with skin problems. This sets out the knowledge and skills a general practitioner should have in the diagnosis and management of skin conditions relevant to their role as generalist, community-based doctors, including the diagnostic investigations, such as blood and immunological testing to needed to support a diagnosis.</p><p>Once fully qualified, clinicians are responsible for ensuring their own clinical knowledge remains up-to-date and for identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional development. This activity should include taking account of new research and developments in guidance, such as that produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE has published a clinical guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of number of common skin conditions, such as psoriasis and eczema. The guidance is routinely reviewed to ensure it reflects the latest available, including around diagnostic approaches.</p><p>The British Association of Dermatologists also continues to produce a range toolkits and guidance for health professionals.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 24/04/2019 11:35:42 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

1110123

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Dermatology: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Health Education England on increasing the number of training places for dermatology students.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL15091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of medical specialty training places that are available each year in England is set by Health Education England (HEE) and is based on their assessment of service gaps and predicted workforce needs.</p><p>There are programmes of work underway as part of the development of a workforce implementation plan, which the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, Chair of NHS Improvement, working closely with Sir David Behan, Chair of Health Education England, to oversee. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce, including consideration of additional staff in speciality fields, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for National Health Service staff. Baroness Harding will present initial recommendations to the Department in spring 2019.</p><p>The Department has not held specific discussions with HEE on increasing the number of training places for dermatology students. There has been a 100% fill rate in dermatology training in England for the past six years.</p><p>Dermatologist education and training and recruitment in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland is a matter for the devolved administrations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 24/04/2019 11:34:24 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

1037592

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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: Nurses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a legal limit on the ratio of nurses to patients on wards in NHS hospitals in England; and if so, what are those limits.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL12650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service does not have a legal ratio of nurses to patients.</p><p>Appropriate staffing levels are the responsibility of commissioners and trusts. The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 include a requirement for the deployment of sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent, skilled and experienced persons at all times.</p> answering member printed Baroness Manzoor question first answered 22/01/2019 16:02:02 answering member 4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

1029091

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date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in reviewing Personal Independence Payment claims following the High Court judgment on 21 December 2017; whether they will automatically review the cases of all individuals assessed prior to that judgment; and if so, whether those individuals will be informed that their cases are being reviewed.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL12439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The High Court judgment on 21 December 2017 refers to the successful challenge by judicial review of the 2017 amending regulation which had reversed the effect of the MH Upper Tribunal (UT) decision. This decision, handed down on 28 November 2016 related to how overwhelming psychological distress should be considered when assessing a claimant’s ability to plan and follow a journey under PIP mobility activity 1.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the Written Statement of 25 June 2018 (HLWS767) my Department is currently carrying out an administrative exercise to identify anyone who may be entitled to more support under Personal Independence Payment (PIP) as a result of the MH UT decision. At the same time, case managers will be considering the RJ decision, which concerns the way the Department assesses whether claimants can complete a PIP activity safely and if supervision is required.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the written statement of 20 December 2018 (HCWS1224), as at 23 November 2018, 140,000 cases had been reviewed and cleared and around 1,000 claimants had received payments. Given the complexity of the exercise we have started at a relatively small scale to test our processes to ensure they are effective before ramping up.</p><p> </p><p>Under this administrative exercise we are reviewing decisions made by the Department where the claimant was in receipt of PIP at the date of the Upper Tribunal decisions (MH, 28th November 2016 and RJ, 9th March 2017) and those who have had a decision made on their PIP claim since those dates. We will also be reviewing claims disallowed after these decisions.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants will be notified if we have reviewed their case. Claimants do not need to contact the Department at this stage.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 07/01/2019 17:52:20 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

1006655

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers: Software
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether Members are no longer offered OneDrive; if so, on whose authority; and why.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL11435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to remove OneDrive from Members. A configuration change made to the OneDrive service designed to enhance parliamentary information security had an unintended impact on the ability of Members to use OneDrive. This change has now been reversed and we are grateful to the noble Lord and others for drawing this to our attention.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith grouped question UIN HL11436 question first answered 20/11/2018 15:31:59 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

1006656

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers: Software
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker why Members were not informed that OneDrive would no longer be available at the same time that those working in the Parliamentary Digital Service were informed.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL11436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to remove OneDrive from Members. A configuration change made to the OneDrive service designed to enhance parliamentary information security had an unintended impact on the ability of Members to use OneDrive. This change has now been reversed and we are grateful to the noble Lord and others for drawing this to our attention.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith grouped question UIN HL11435 question first answered 20/11/2018 15:31:59 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere