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1183279

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2020
	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	Health 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 what steps he is taking to support NHS staff in the event of increased patient admissions as a result of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	26182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service will be given all the resources it needs to respond to this virus and keep the public safe.</p><p>The NHS is scaling up intensive care beds, whilst NHS England is looking at NHS organisations’ critical care capacity - including the availability of additional facilities operated by independent sector providers. They are also making sure that they have as much ventilation equipment as possible and, crucially, the skilled and trained people to use it.</p><p>The Health and Wellbeing Framework sets out the standards for what NHS organisations need to do to support staff to feel well, healthy and happy at work. It sets out clear actionable steps and provides guidance for organisations to develop and deliver a staff health and wellbeing plan. The link for this guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/retention-and-staff-experience/health-and-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.nhsemployers.org/retention-and-staff-experience/health-and-wellbeing</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/03/2020 11:51:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1183319

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2020
	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: 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 discussions he has had with the General Medical Council on re-licensing of retired doctors returning to practice during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	26154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Officials have been working closely with the General Medical Council (GMC) to ensure it has a plan in place to use its powers to support delivery of essential health and care services during an epidemic, if this is required. When registering professionals, the GMC Registrar has the power to add conditions that restrict the types of activities that a doctor can carry out. Additionally, any emergency registered retired doctors who are deployed, will be subject to oversight by local employing organisations to ensure the safe delivery of care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/03/2020 14:06:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1183320

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2020
	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: 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, whether he has made arrangements to provide full Crown indemnity to (a) doctors and (b) nurses returning to clinical practice to assist during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	26155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>If doctors or nurses return to the National Health Service in England for the purposes of assisting with the COVID-19 outbreak and carry out work on behalf of an NHS trust or a general practitioner (GP) practice, they would be covered for clinical negligence indemnity via one of the following state indemnity schemes:</p><p> </p><p>- The Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts, if they are engaged by an NHS trust to provide NHS services; and</p><p>- The Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice, if they are engaged by a GP practice to provide NHS services (i.e. a GP practice, the main business of which is the provision of primary medical services for the NHS).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/03/2020 14:09:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford