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	registered interest
	date	25/11/2020
	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	NHS and Social Services: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the effect on the pay of (a) NHS and (b) social care staff of the pay proposals in his Spending Review 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	120775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Given the impact of COVID-19 on our health services, the Government will continue to provide for pay rises for over one million National Health Service workers in 2021/22. For the NHS, the Government will ask the independent pay review bodies (PRB) to make recommendations, including ensuring that staff earning less than £24,000 receive a minimum of £250 increase. The Government will take PRBs recommendations into account when we receive them.</p><p>The vast majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers who ultimately set their pay, independent of central Government. While social care for some people is funded by local authorities, many people pay for their own care. We are providing councils with access to an additional £1 billion for social care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/12/2020 14:49:54 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 65355 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

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	registered interest
	date	10/11/2020
	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	Nurses: Students
	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 implications for his Department's policies of the Royal College of Nursing’s campaign for Government to provide a life assurance scheme to English student nurses working on the front line during the second wave of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	113493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government holds all healthcare students in the highest regard and greatly appreciates their contribution to the National Health Service.</p><p>The NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme provides additional financial protection for frontline staff who are employed to deliver care for people and work in environments that carry an increased risk of contracting coronavirus.</p><p>Whilst the scheme is designed to cover employed staff, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care recognises the importance of the role students on placement play in supporting frontline health and social care services and so can exercise his discretion and consider cases from individuals who meet the appropriate eligibility criteria.</p><p>The Secretary of State will review each case to decide whether to exercise this discretion and if the other eligibility criteria are met.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/12/2020 12:20:09 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 61581 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts