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1225154

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2020
	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	Multiple Sclerosis: 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 he plans to take to implement the recommendations of the report, The Forgotten Many: A 2020 Vision for Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, published in June 2020.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	74474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2020 answer text <p>‘The Forgotten Many: A 2020 Vision for Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis’, was published in June 2020 and was funded by Novartis.</p><p>The report sets out a wide range of recommendations for NHS England and NHS Improvement and local commissioners around awareness, treatment pathways and support. NHS England and NHS Improvement are aware of the report, and a range of activity is underway to improve awareness, treatment, care and support for people neurological conditions, including secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), which are relevant to the recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/08/2020 13:59:50 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 38834 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1672643

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2023
	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 Services: Weather
	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 her Department is taking to help prepare the NHS for winter 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Ashley Dalton
	uin	3561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>Winter planning for the National Health Service started earlier this year than in previous years. The urgent and emergency care recovery plan was published in January 2023 which included £1 billion of dedicated funding to support capacity. In July 2023, NHS England wrote to integrated care boards, trusts and primary care networks to set out a national approach to 2023/24 winter planning and the key steps to be taken across all parts of the system to meet the challenges expected from winter pressures.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/11/2023 09:44:56 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton

1203276

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2020
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings published by Age UK on 10 June 2020 that some care home residents are being required to pay extra fees to cover costs associated with the covid-19 outbreak, what assessment he has made of the (a) implications of those findings for his policies on adult social care and (b) likelihood that the inability of care home residents to meet those extra costs could precipitate care home closures.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	59197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>Where individuals are not eligible for financial support from their local authority, they make their own arrangements for care services and pay the fees. This is known as being a ‘self-funder’. The fees are set out in a contract between the individual and the care provider. The Government has no say in these private arrangements.</p><p>A local authority must regularly reassess a person’s ability to meet the cost of any charges to take account of any changes to their income and assets.</p><p>We recognise the pressures that COVID-19 is placing on the social care system. We have already provided £3.2 billion to local authorities and have made a £600 million Infection Control Fund available to care homes to allow them to take additional steps to reduce the spread.</p><p>Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are required to shape their whole local markets to ensure that they are sustainable, diverse and offer high quality care and support for people in their local area. The Care Act places a duty on local authorities to ensure that people continue to receive the services they need if their adult social care provider is no longer able to carry on delivering services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/06/2020 16:23:58 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1228914

	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 30 June 2020 on the Government's contract with TransUnion.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	81687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>We replied to the hon. Member’s letter on 19 August 2020.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/09/2020 11:50:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1203275

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2020
	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	Social Services: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the finding published on 4 June 2020 by the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Service that providers of adult social care services may face more than £6.6 billion in extra costs as a result of the covid-19 outbreak by the end of September 2020, what assessment he has made of the implications of that finding for his policies on adult social care; and whether he has plans to mitigate those costs to those providers.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	59196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>We recognise that COVID-19 is imposing significant pressures on the social care sector. We have now made £3.2 billion available to local authorities so they can address pressures on local services caused by the pandemic, including in adult social care.</p><p> </p><p>On 15 May we published details of an additional £600 million Infection Control Fund for Adult Social Care. This funding is to support adult social care providers in England reduce the rate of transmission in and between care homes and to support workforce resilience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/06/2020 13:27:21 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1279623

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2021
	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	Care Homes: 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 take steps with care home providers to develop guidance on how care home should operate as staff and residents receive covid-19 vaccination.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	141941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>We are continuing to work closely with stakeholders, including NHS England, Public Health England, the Care Quality Commission and key social care sector partners to provide the most up-to-date advice, including on how care homes should manage infection prevention and control, use of personal protective equipment and visiting as staff and residents receive COVID-19 vaccinations.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/01/2021 16:34:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 77826 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1192624

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2020
	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	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 he is taking to ensure that (a) people with learning disabilities and autism and (b) other people are not unlawfully having Do not resuscitate or Do not attempt cardio pulmonary resuscitation written into their medical records.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	42948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>We are clear that it is completely unacceptable for do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions to be applied in a blanket fashion to any group of people, or for a DNACPR decision to be put in place without appropriate consultation with the patient concerned, or their families and carers if the patient lacks capacity.</p><p>The guidance, published jointly by the British Medical Association, the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the Royal College of Nursing, is clear that resuscitation decisions must be tailored to the individual circumstances of the patient and must not be made on the basis of blanket assumptions applied to particular groups. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.resus.org.uk/dnacpr/decisions-relating-to-cpr/" target="_blank">https://www.resus.org.uk/dnacpr/decisions-relating-to-cpr/</a></p><p>We have commended this guidance to the National Health Service, as the basis for local policies on resuscitation.</p><p>On 30 March, the Care Quality Commission, British Medical Association, Care Provider Alliance and Royal College of General Practitioners wrote to adult social care providers and general practitioner practices to set out their shared position on the importance of advance care planning being based on the needs of the individual. This statement is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/news/stories/joint-statement-advance-care-planning" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/news/stories/joint-statement-advance-care-planning</a></p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have also written to the NHS regarding the appropriate use of DNACPR decisions for people with learning disabilities and other vulnerable groups. These letters are available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/04/C0166-Letter-DNACPR.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/04/C0166-Letter-DNACPR.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/04/maintaining-standards-quality-of-care-pressurised-circumstances-7-april-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/04/maintaining-standards-quality-of-care-pressurised-circumstances-7-april-2020.pdf</a></p><p>We are working with the social care sector to understand their experiences of the wrongful application of DNACPR decisions and what further action may be needed to address inappropriate practices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/05/2020 12:47:05 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 20383 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1193602

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2020
	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	Social Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government will require local authorities to develop social care contingency plans with disabled people (a) who may develop more complex needs and (b) in the absence of family carers due to covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	43851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>Under the Care Act 2014 and the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, local authorities must develop social care contingency plans for emergency situations.</p><p>Local authorities should consider how to respond where need has significantly changed alongside the Ethical Framework for Adult Social Care and the prioritisation guidance issued by the Department.</p><p>The Department published guidance for those who provide unpaid care to friends or family which advises carers to create an emergency plan for those they care for to use in circumstances where help from other people to deliver care may be needed. The guidance provides information on how to create an emergency plan and where to find support.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/05/2020 11:44:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 20804 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1194701

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	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	Care Homes: 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 testing methods for covid-19 in care homes take account of the needs of people with dementia.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	45062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2020 answer text <p>To ensure the needs of certain individuals are taken into account in care home settings, detailed and clinically approved guidance has been produced for care home managers. We have also produced a tutorial video to guide staff through the swab collection process. Carers and nurses are required to complete online care home swabbing competency assessment before carrying out swabbing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/09/2020 11:15:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1201461

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	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	Care Homes: 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 his Department's response was to (a) Public Health England’s (PHE) warning of 24 February 2020 that elderly people should not be discharged from hospitals into care homes if there was risk of coronavirus transmission, (b) PHE’s National Infection Service guidance issued on 24 February 2020 that stated (i) it was not safe to discharge untested individuals to care homes from hospitals where there was an outbreak of 5 to 25 cases and (ii) there should be no discharges to care or residential homes.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	55914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The scenario set out in Public Health England’s (PHE) National Infection Service document, issued on 24 February, related to hospital-acquired COVID-19 outbreaks during the containment phase of COVID-19, prior to 12 March, when there was no sustained community transmission in the United Kingdom. There was no evidence of recorded cases of hospital-acquired COVID-19 outbreaks during the COVID-19 containment phase and before 19 March when the COVID-19 hospital discharge service requirements were published.</p><p>On 12 March the Government announced that we were moving our COVID-19 response from the ‘contain’ to ‘delay’ phase. The following day (13 March) PHE published new guidance to care homes. We subsequently published the COVID-19 hospital discharge service requirements on 19 March.</p><p>Since the start of the outbreak we have been working closely with the sector and public health experts to ensure we have the right guidance and support in place for care homes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/06/2020 19:23:32 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 28203 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper