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1191979

registered interest
date	30/04/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign Nationals: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help foreign nationals in the UK who wish to return home but who are unable to book travel because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>We would advise all foreign nationals in the UK who wish to return home to contact their Consulate to find out what assistance they are able to offer. For Foreign nationals who have been working or studying in the UK they can find further information on Gov.UK Coronavirus (COVID-19): get support if you're a migrant living in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/05/2020 10:53:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1191359

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
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	Medical Equipment: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure medical supply lines are not compromised.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 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 and health and social care workers continue to access the appropriate medicines and medical supplies.</p><p>The Department is working closely with industry, the National Health Service and others in the supply chain to help ensure patients and health and social care workers can access the medical supplies 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 and industry and will liaise with relevant patient groups about issues affecting specific medicines and other medical supplies.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 04/05/2020 16:10:50 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1191432

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
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	Chloroquine: Shortages
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the shortage of the drug Chloroquine.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with industry, the National Health Service and others in the supply chain to help ensure patients can access the medicines they need, including chloroquine, and precautions are in place to reduce the likelihood of future shortages.</p><p>Chloroquine is not currently licensed to treat COVID-19 related symptoms or prevent infection. Clinical trials are being established to test chloroquine as an agent in the treatment of COVID-19. Supplies of chloroquine for patients that are using this medicine for its licensed indications can be accessed through usual routes. The company has experienced a significant increase in demand recently, so are working with their wholesalers to manage orders and are working hard to make further stocks available. In addition, there is an export ban in place to protect United Kingdom stocks of chloroquine that are intended for UK patients.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 04/05/2020 16:11:14 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1189892

registered interest
date	23/04/2020
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	Drug Resistence: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on (1) the prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in those patients who contract bacterial pneumonia, and (2) the spread of such bacteria in hospitals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) regularly reports on healthcare-associated infections and resistance to key antibiotics, which can be viewed online on the antimicrobial resistance Fingertips webpage. PHE will track the impact of COVID-19 on these infections using these established surveillance data systems.</p><p>Analysis looking at bacterial species which commonly cause pneumonia following flu showed a reduction in overall bacterial reports with antibiotic resistance remaining relatively stable, as the COVID-19 incident developed. PHE will continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 04/05/2020 15:55:10 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1189382

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff who are currently working in the NHS in England are on a Tier 2 visa that is due to expire before 1 October 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate or publish the information requested. The published statistics relating to Tier 2 are available on the GOV.UK website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/05/2020 16:44:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1189383

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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: Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff currently working in the NHS are in England on a family reunion visa that is due to expire before 1 October 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>Information on the number of staff currently working in the National Health Service on a family reunion visa that is due to expire before 1 October 2020 is not collected centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 06/05/2020 15:31:19 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1189384

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many care workers in England are currently working on a Tier 2 visa that is due to expire before 1 October 2020
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>Whilst some senior and managerial roles as well as other health professionals, including nurses, working within the care system may be eligible to apply under Tier 2, care workers, including senior care workers, do not currently meet the required skill level to qualify for this route.</p><p>Under the UK's Points-Based Immigration system we will expand the skills threshold to jobs at Regulated Qualification Framework level 3 and above.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/05/2020 16:46:56 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1189385

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many care workers in England are currently working on a family reunion visa that is due to expire before 1 October 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>We are extremely grateful for the vital contributions of medical professionals during these unprecedented times, however the information requested on care workers currently on a family reunion visa is not collated or published by the Home Office.</p><p>Individuals who enter the UK under family reunion have the right to work, but are under no obligation to inform the Home Office if they enter into employment after they arrive.</p><p>The Home Office published data on Family Reunion visa grants can be found here ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of on Family Reunion visas granted to family members of refugees, broken down by nationality, sex and age are published in tables Fam_D01 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/05/2020 16:46:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1189386

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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: Mental Illness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they have put in place to provide additional (1) monitoring, and (2) reporting, of anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicide, and other mental illnesses, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England has instigated processes with the aim of providing near to real time information about changes to the population’s mental health and wellbeing during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. These processes will identify, gather and analyse available sources of real time (or near to real time) data about population mental health and wellbeing and will bring together, in one place, information on anxiety, depression, loneliness, stress, self-harm and suicidal thoughts.</p><p>There is currently no national real-time suspected suicide surveillance system - although some local areas have developed such systems. Public Health England is considering how variation in the number and nature of deaths by suspected suicide in the population might be assessed during and beyond the COVID-19 outbreak.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 05/05/2020 14:27:38 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1187933

registered interest
date	25/03/2020
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 Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of plasma transfusions from survivors of COVID-19 to patients in a critical condition.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL2947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2020 answer text <p>There is emerging evidence from China of some effectiveness of using convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19. The Department and NHS Blood and Transplant are aware that research protocols are being developed to assess the possibility of using convalescent plasma from United Kingdom donors to determine its efficacy for treating COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 14/04/2020 15:44:48 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley