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1176656

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	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	Cancer: Clinical Trials
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to offer patients with incurable cancers fast-track access to clinical trials of the T-cell cancer therapy, recently discovered by Cardiff University.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The discovery by Cardiff University is a potentially exciting scientific advance. However, further research, validation and testing in the laboratory is needed before any treatment based on this discovery can be tested in patients through clinical trials.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 30/01/2020 15:45:55 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1172438

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) registered nurses, (2) registered midwives, left the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018–19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives who joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register for the first time in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Registered nurses</p></td><td><p>Registered nursing associates</p></td><td><p>Registered midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>28,020</p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p>2,114</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of registered nurses and registered midwives who left the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018–19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Registered nurses</p></td><td><p>Registered midwives</p></td><td><p>Dual qualified nurse/midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27,194</p></td><td><p>1,587</p></td><td><p>351</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives whose initial registration was in other European Union countries, who joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for the first time in 2018–19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Registered nurses</p></td><td><p>Registered nursing associates</p></td><td><p>Registered midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>915</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are based on the 12 month period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL661 HL663 question first answered 29/01/2020 17:12:44 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1175420

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	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 Professions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) registered nurses, (2) registered nursing associates, and (3) registered midwives, are on the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register (a) in total, and (b) whose initial registration was in another European Union country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL1234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows the current number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Register.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Midwife</p></td><td><p>36,916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurse</p></td><td><p>653,544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurse and midwife (dual registration)</p></td><td><p>7,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing associate</p></td><td><p>489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>698,237</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the current number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives currently on NMC Register whose initial registration was in other European Union countries.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Midwife</p></td><td><p>1,217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurse</p></td><td><p>31,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurse and midwife (dual registration)</p></td><td><p>439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing associate</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>33,035</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are as recorded on the NMC register on 4 February 2020.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 11/02/2020 14:49:17 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1172439

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) registered nurses, (2) registered nursing associates, and (3) registered midwives, who were previously residents of other EU countries, joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council register in 2018–19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives who joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register for the first time in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Registered nurses</p></td><td><p>Registered nursing associates</p></td><td><p>Registered midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>28,020</p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p>2,114</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of registered nurses and registered midwives who left the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018–19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Registered nurses</p></td><td><p>Registered midwives</p></td><td><p>Dual qualified nurse/midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27,194</p></td><td><p>1,587</p></td><td><p>351</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives whose initial registration was in other European Union countries, who joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for the first time in 2018–19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Registered nurses</p></td><td><p>Registered nursing associates</p></td><td><p>Registered midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>915</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are based on the 12 month period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL661 HL662 question first answered 29/01/2020 17:12:44 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1172437

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) registered nurses, (2) registered nursing associates, and (3) registered midwives, joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018-2019.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives who joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register for the first time in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Registered nurses</p></td><td><p>Registered nursing associates</p></td><td><p>Registered midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>28,020</p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p>2,114</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of registered nurses and registered midwives who left the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018–19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Registered nurses</p></td><td><p>Registered midwives</p></td><td><p>Dual qualified nurse/midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27,194</p></td><td><p>1,587</p></td><td><p>351</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives whose initial registration was in other European Union countries, who joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for the first time in 2018–19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Registered nurses</p></td><td><p>Registered nursing associates</p></td><td><p>Registered midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>915</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are based on the 12 month period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL662 HL663 question first answered 29/01/2020 17:12:44 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1175419

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	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 Professions: Migrant Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) registered nurses, and (2) registered midwives, left the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018–19 to return to other EU or non-EU countries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL1233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of registrants who have left the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register and also departed from the United Kingdom.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 12/02/2020 17:38:42 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1238028

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2020
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many care home residents tested positive for COVID-19 in each week from 1 April to 1 September.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL8493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. Data on the total number of positive cases is published in an online only format.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 24/02/2021 16:07:48 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1238029

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2020
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many care home residents in England died from COVID-19 related symptoms in each week from 1 April to 1 September.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL8494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of deaths of care home residents occurring in care homes in England, by date of death registration in each week between 1 April to 1 September 2020.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>Week ending</p></td><td><p>Total number of deaths</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>3 April 2020</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 April 2020</p></td><td><p>768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 April 2020</p></td><td><p>1,929</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 April 2020</p></td><td><p>2,669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 May 2020</p></td><td><p>2,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29 May 2020</p></td><td><p>670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 June 2020</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 June 2020</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 June 2020</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 June 2020</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 July 2020</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 July 2020</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 July 2020</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 July 2020</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 July 2020</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 August 2020</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14 August 2020</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 August 2020</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 August 2020</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 September 2020</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Office of National Statistics, Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>This data covers deaths of care home residents occurring in care homes in England only and will not cover those who died in other locations such as hospital.</li><li>The dates refer to the date of death registration. There can be a delay between date that a death occurred and the date it was registered.</li></ol> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 02/02/2021 14:10:34 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1387983

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2021
	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	Radiology
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many fully registered (1) radiographers, and (2) medical physicists, were working in the NHS in each year from 2016 to 2021; and what steps are they taking to increase the number of such professionals over the next five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL4980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practice surgeries, local authorities or other providers. The following table shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) professionally qualified HCHS radiographers and medical physicists working in National Health Service trusts as at September each year and the latest available data in August 2021.</p><p>Radiographers Medical Physicists</p><p>September</p><p>2016 16,307 2,819</p><p>September</p><p>2017 16,884 2,809</p><p>September</p><p>2018 17,398 2,928</p><p>September</p><p>2019 17,965 2,975</p><p>September</p><p>2020 18,555 3,153</p><p>August 2021 18,573 3,212</p><p> </p><p>Diagnostic radiography and therapeutic radiography are two of the seven priority professions identified in Health Educations England’s (HEE) Cancer Workforce Plan. HEE has trained more</p><p>than 560 radiographers in image interpretation and reporting and is now targeting an additional 150 for 2021/22. Since September 2020 all eligible radiography students can access a new, non-repayable training grant of at least £5,000 per academic year plus a specialist subject payment of £1,000 per academic year.</p><p>HEE’s National School of Healthcare Science commissions the Scientist Training Programme (STP) and the Higher Specialist Scientific Training (HSST) programmes for clinical scientists and consultant clinical scientists who will work in the domain of medical physics. Since 2016, 596 medical physicists have been trained via the STP and HSST programmes.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 20/12/2021 18:24:46 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1233157

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2020
	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	Suicide
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many local suicide prevention plans have been set up in England since 2017.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL8005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for developing local suicide action plans. Every local authority now has a multi-agency suicide prevention plan in place, and we are working with local government to assure the effectiveness of those plans. The Department provided almost £600,000 last year to the Local Government Association for a support programme to help local authorities strengthen their plans.</p><p>From 2019/20 to 2023/24, we are investing an additional £57 million in suicide prevention through the NHS Long Term Plan. This will see investment in all areas of the country to support local suicide prevention plans. Funding for the NHS England and NHS Improvement National Suicide Prevention Programme is allocated to sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) via a pence per head calculation.</p><p>The STPs within Yorkshire and the Humber have received around £2.6 million of this funding to support their work on suicide prevention. As part of this funding,</p><p>- South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw STP has received £1.4 million since 2018/19;</p><p>- Humber, Coast and Vale STP has received £712,000 since 2019/20 with further planned allocations in 2021/22; and</p><p>- West Yorkshire and Harrogate STP has received £519,000 in 2020/21 with further planned allocations in 2021/22 and 2022/23.</p><p>There are 15 local authorities in Yorkshire and Humber and the STPs listed above cover all local authorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL8006 question first answered 08/10/2020 11:26:57 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough