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926796

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Hospitals: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to support hospitals in special measures.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	905932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Trusts in Special Measures are receiving increased support and intensive oversight from NHS Improvement to turn around their performance, including tailored improvement packages and Improvement Directors.</p><p> </p><p>22 trusts are now out of Special Measures for Quality since the programme began in 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/06/2018 13:14:01 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1083715

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Physiotherapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To asks the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the implementation of all of the pilots for first contact physiotherapy practitioners; and when the outcomes of those pilots will be reported.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	229698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The First Contact Practitioners (FCP) pilot is part of NHS England’s plan to increase staff working in primary care to help ease pressure on general practice. FCPs are physiotherapists with advance practice, who are able to support patient management in primary care. To date, 41 of 42 physiotherapy practitioner pilot sites have commenced, with a further site scheduled to go live on 1 April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>An evaluation report is due to be completed in spring 2019, which is based on pilot site mobilisation. Evaluation will continue during 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/03/2019 10:51:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1082299

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Occupational Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to require employers to contract occupational health services; and what assessment she has made of the potential costs to business of implementing such a requirement.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	228633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants to see employers of all sizes create healthy workplaces where people can thrive and will consult this year on measures to encourage and support all employers to play their part and to improve access to occupational health.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/03/2019 14:50:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1082306

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Occupational Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent financial incentives she has introduced to encourage employers to invest in the health and well being of their workforce through the contracting of services designed to facilitate more rapid returns to work by employees at risk of health-related job loss.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	228640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The tax incentives available to employers to encourage investment in employee health and wellbeing include relief for employer-funded medical treatment up to £500 where there has been a recommendation from an occupational health professional and the employee has been absent for 28 days.</p><p> </p><p>To inform future policy decisions, the Government is supporting the West Midlands Combined Authority to undertake a pilot study to assess whether and how financial incentives affect SME actions to improve health and wellbeing in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consult this year on measures to encourage and support all employers to reduce health-related job loss, and to improve access to occupational health.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/03/2019 14:45:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1082324

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Occupational Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the contribution of the occupational health market to the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	228646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment that would specifically address this question. However, ill health among working age people, which prevents them working, costs the economy around £100bn a year. Occupational health can prevent work-related illness, unnecessary sickness absence, people falling out of work, as well as supporting business productivity and potentially reducing NHS pressures.</p><p>We have worked with a wide range of stakeholders, including through our Occupational Health Expert Group, to shape measures to improve access to high quality occupational health. We will set out our proposals in a consultation exercise in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/03/2019 15:44:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1082301

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Occupational Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average cost to an employer of contracting a physician-led occupational health service.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	228635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment that would specifically address this question.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the Government’s 2017 Command Paper ‘Improving Lives; the future of work, health and disability’ we have commissioned research to better understand occupational health provision. Findings are due to be published in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We have worked with a wide range of stakeholders, including through our Occupational Health Expert Group, to shape measures to improve access to high quality occupational health. We will set out our proposals in a consultation exercise in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 228634 question first answered 13/03/2019 16:05:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1056675

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Occupational Health: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of levels of compliance with health surveillance regulations by the construction industry.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	218249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has not specifically assessed the construction industry’s overall level of compliance with health surveillance regulations. HSE focuses its occupational health strategies and interventions at the most significant causes of ill-health to make sure duty holders are adequately managing and controlling health risks at source. Health surveillance is one part of a health risk management system, and HSE’s assessment of duty holders’ health surveillance arrangements will reflect the risks involved, for example, HSE evaluates an applicant’s arrangements for statutory medical examinations as part of asbestos license applications. HSE also works with the wider construction industry to improve the industry’s occupational health performance across Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/02/2019 15:50:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1082300

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Occupational Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the quality of (a) occupational health services and (b) SEQOHS accreditation scheme in measuring the effectiveness of those services in delivering successful returns to work.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	228634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment that would specifically address this question.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the Government’s 2017 Command Paper ‘Improving Lives; the future of work, health and disability’ we have commissioned research to better understand occupational health provision. Findings are due to be published in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We have worked with a wide range of stakeholders, including through our Occupational Health Expert Group, to shape measures to improve access to high quality occupational health. We will set out our proposals in a consultation exercise in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 228635 question first answered 13/03/2019 16:05:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1082302

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Occupational Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential growth of the occupational health market in the event that all employers contracted occupational health services.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	228636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment that would specifically address this question. However, in 2017, the occupational health market was estimated to be worth around £800m a year.</p><p>In 2014, 51% of all GB employees had access to occupational health services provided for by their employer.</p><p>We have worked with a wide range of stakeholders, including through our Occupational Health Expert Group, to shape measures to improve access to high quality occupational health. We will set out our proposals in a consultation exercise in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/03/2019 16:09:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1056678

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Industrial Diseases: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people die from occupational diseases by sector each year.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	218251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>There are currently an estimated 13,000 deaths each year linked to past exposures at work, primarily to chemicals and dusts. Approximately 5,000 of these deaths are due to asbestos-related cancers, a further 4,000 due to other occupational cancers and the remainder due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other respiratory disease.</p><p> </p><p>As these figures are estimated from different sources of epidemiological information it is not possible to break the overall total down by industry sector. However, earlier research commissioned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the burden of occupational cancer estimated that of the 8,000 cancer deaths in 2005, approximately 3,700 were attributed to exposures in the construction industry; 2,200 to exposures in the manufacturing, mining, quarrying, electricity, gas, and water industries; 2,000 to exposures in the service industry, and less than 100 to exposures in agriculture, hunting, fishing and forestry.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/02/2019 16:07:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers