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1200547

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the covid-19 testing of asymptomatic people to residents and staff in (a) extra care facilities, (b) retirement villages and (c) other housing-with-care facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	54886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2020 answer text <p>We have written to Directors of Public Health to ask them to help us determine which supported living and extra care settings in their areas should be able to access testing based on a risk-based criterion. Retirement villages and other housing-with-care facilities are not currently in scope to be tested. Our testing strategy is based on guidance from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies and Public Health England.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/08/2020 16:00:53 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1200548

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	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 Distancing: Restaurants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to permit responsible and socially distanced reopening of restaurants in housing-with-care developments.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	54887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced five new Ministerial-led taskforces to plan how closed sectors can reopen safely including the pubs and restaurants sector. Subject to transmission of the virus continuing to decline and if businesses comply with COVID-19 secure guidelines to protect staff and customers, more businesses will be permitted to open this month</p><p>We have set out clear, practical steps that businesses should take to ensure their workplaces are COVID-19 secure and give their staff the confidence to return back to work.</p><p>The Government will continue to review the measures, assessing them to ensure that they continue to be necessary and proportionate based on available scientific evidence, which includes up to date data.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/06/2020 09:49:22 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1231638

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2020
	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	Stem Cells: Donors
	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 has taken to encourage higher donor registration among (a) all people and (b) mixed ethnicity donors to the UK stem cell and bone marrow register.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	85022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>Since 2011 the Department has provided over £26.8 million in financial support to NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan to enable the establishment of a unified United Kingdom Stem Cell Registry and improve access to, and outcomes of, stem cell donation. This includes improving equity of access to unrelated donor stem cell transplantation for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) patients through targeted recruitment to the UK Stem Cell Registry.</p><p>There are now 1.6 million donors on the UK’s aligned stem cell registry which is part of a worldwide network of 76 stem cell registries, which list over 36 million donors worldwide and co-operate to match donors to patients across the globe.</p><p>Current funding includes very specific stipulations about the numbers of newly registered bone marrow donors, and the proportion of umbilical cords stored in the UK Cord Blood Bank that must be from BAME backgrounds (35-40%). There are now 1.6 million donors on the UK’s aligned stem cell registry and the proportion of BAME donors in the UK registry has gone up from 11% to 14% between 2014 and 2019. In 2018, 22% of newly registered potential donors were from BAME backgrounds.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/09/2020 12:34:48 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1235501

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	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	Stem Cells: Donors
	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 has taken to encourage higher donor registration among mixed ethnicity donors to the UK stem cell and bone marrow register.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	91625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Since 2011 the Department has provided over £26.8 million in financial support to NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan to enable the establishment of a unified United Kingdom Stem Cell Registry and improve access to, and outcomes of, stem cell donation.</p><p>This includes improving equity of access to unrelated donor stem cell transplantation for all ethnicities, including those with mixed ethnicities, through targeted recruitment to the UK Stem Cell Registry. Anthony Nolan have established a taskforce dedicated to engaging with supporters from minority ethnic backgrounds, including those with mixed ethnicities, which will co-create content and recruitment campaigns that serve and resonate with target audiences. Additionally, they are working closely with partners – such as the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust and the Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign - to focus recruitment in ethnically diverse areas of the UK, and to target recruitment on currently under-represented groups.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/10/2020 10:11:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1237036

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2020
	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	Dementia: 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 plans he has to ensure people with dementia can have safe social contact with their family and friends during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	94400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government guidance ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): Meeting with others safely (social distancing)’ provides guidance for seeing friends and family and can be used by people living with dementia and their family and friends. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing</a></p><p>The Government also published guidance on how people can make a support bubble with another household. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/making-a-support-bubble-with-another-household" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/making-a-support-bubble-with-another-household</a></p><p>Local lockdown regulations exempt those providing care or assistance to a vulnerable person from the prohibition on household mixing.</p><p>In the ‘Adult social care: coronavirus (COVID-19) winter plan 2020 to 2021’, published on 18 September, we set out tightened infection prevention and control measures to enable visits to care home residents to continue safely. The plan is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-social-care-coronavirus-covid-19-winter-plan-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-social-care-coronavirus-covid-19-winter-plan-2020-to-2021</a></p><p>We published visiting guidance on 22 July 2020 which outlined how providers, based on the views of their local Director of Public Health, could take a dynamic risk-based approach to allow visiting where safe. This guidance will shortly be updated to reflect the changes announced in the winter plan and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visiting-care-homes-during-coronavirus/update-on-policies-for-visiting-arrangements-in-care-homes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visiting-care-homes-during-coronavirus/update-on-policies-for-visiting-arrangements-in-care-homes</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/10/2020 16:37:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1246241

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2020
	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	Breast Cancer: Screening
	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 increase the size of the breast imaging and diagnostic workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	107634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>‘We are the NHS: People Plan for 2020/21 – action for us all’ sets out actions to support transformation across the National Health Service. This includes Health Education England (HEE) prioritising the training of 400 clinical endoscopists and 450 reporting radiographers. HEE is also facilitating a number of initiatives within breast imaging, including setting up and funding a National Breast Imaging Academy to tackle national workforce issues.</p><p>Alongside most other allied health profession students, diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers studying pre-registration courses at English universities are eligible for a new, non-repayable training grant of at least £5,000 per academic year – in addition to funding available through the Learning Support Fund and Student Loans Company. They can also benefit from further funding of up to £3,000 to cover, for example, childcare costs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/11/2020 13:56:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1299196

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2021
	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	Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 141964 on Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnosis, if he will take steps to collect and hold centrally information on the cost to the NHS of late diagnosis of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis as a result of covid-19 related delays over the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	162575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 19/04/2021 15:33:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1338864

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2021
	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	Abortion: 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 the procedures are for healthcare staff to register and report breaches of the regulations for home abortions as set out in the temporary provisions under the Coronavirus Act 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	20370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>Healthcare staff providing care to women accessing abortions should ensure that relevant processes are in place to identify and report breaches of the Abortion Act 1967 and the Required Standard Operating Procedures. Decisions to bring a prosecution in relation to the law on abortion are for the police and the Crown Prosecution Service.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 20371 question first answered 29/06/2021 12:22:03 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1338865

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2021
	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	Abortion: 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 breaches of the regulations for home abortions as set out in the temporary provisions under the Coronavirus Act 2020 relating to sections 1.3 and 3(A) of the Abortion Act 1967 are reported to police in a timely manner by healthcare staff; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	20371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>Healthcare staff providing care to women accessing abortions should ensure that relevant processes are in place to identify and report breaches of the Abortion Act 1967 and the Required Standard Operating Procedures. Decisions to bring a prosecution in relation to the law on abortion are for the police and the Crown Prosecution Service.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 20370 question first answered 29/06/2021 12:22:03 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1338866

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2021
	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	Abortion: Coronavirus
	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 plans to publish terms of reference for his Department’s review of the efficacy of the recording of data using HSA4 forms by clinicians in respect of the regulations for home abortions as set out in the temporary provisions under the Coronavirus Act 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	20372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>Scoping of the Department’s project to review the system of recording abortion complications data is currently underway and we anticipate this work will be completed later this year. The review will cover all data on complications arising from abortion.</p><p>To improve the accuracy of the data collected, the Department will work closely with a range of statutory bodies, professional organisations and abortion providers to identify additional sources of information that could be used to complement complications data collected via HSA4 abortion notification forms and improve the flow of data on abortion complications between different organisations, such as independent and National Health Service abortion providers and wider health and care services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 20373 20375 20376 question first answered 29/06/2021 12:50:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman