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1418260

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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 Covid Pass
	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 Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 105579 on Coronavirus: Travel, when digital covid-19 recovery certificates will be available to people aged 12 and over.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	114867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>From 3 February 2022, children aged 12 years old and over can access a digital NHS COVID Pass for international travel. The travel digital NHS COVID Pass will show evidence of prior infection or recovery for 180 days following a positive National Health Service polymerase chain reaction test and provide a record of COVID-19 vaccinations received. The pass is available via NHS.UK for those aged 12 years old and over and via the NHS App for those aged 13 years old and over.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 03/02/2022 16:11:39 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1435218

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	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	Screening: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the volume of plastic waste that has been generated as a result of the use of (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow covid-19 tests.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	129208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to make such an estimate as information on used later flow device and polymerase chain reaction tests is not held. The UK Health Security Agency is committed to reviewing options for minimising testing related wastage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 03/03/2022 09:36:46 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1435219

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	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	Screening: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an assessment was made during the design stage of the covid-19 testing system of the environmental effects of plastic waste generated as a result of (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow covid-19 tests.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	129209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>No assessment was made. However, work on improving the environmental and sustainability aspects of all testing products is continuing.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 03/03/2022 09:34:14 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1453608

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2022
	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	Mental Health Services: Children
	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 Monday 14 March 2022 to Question 119826, if he will specify (a) the source and sum of the funds allocated to the care providers and (b) the criteria for selection of the care providers.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	145960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. Specialist care for children and young people from a non-white ethnic background with serious mental health problems is funded by local and national commissioners. Services are provided in the same way for people from all ethnic backgrounds and by a range of providers in England.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 28/03/2022 12:14:47 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1457943

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	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	Maternity Services: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' position statement on Equitable access to maternity care for refugee, asylum seeking and undocumented migrant women, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to high quality interpretation services in maternity care in order to reduce disparities in maternity outcomes for migrant women.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	154266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ ‘Language interpreting and translation: migrant health guide’ provides advice for healthcare practitioners on the health needs of migrant patients, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/language-interpretation-migrant-health-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/language-interpretation-migrant-health-guide</a></p><p>The guidance states it is the responsibility of National Health Service providers to ensure that interpreting and translation services are made available to patients free at the point of delivery.</p><p>On 6 September 2021, NHS England and NHS Improvement published ‘Equity and equality: Guidance for local maternity systems’, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/C0734-equity-and-equality-guidance-for-local-maternity-systems.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/C0734-equity-and-equality-guidance-for-local-maternity-systems.pdf</a></p><p>It asks local maternity systems to consider the impact of language on women’s needs and ensure personalised care and support plans are available in a range of languages. The guidance directs staff to resources to support communication between healthcare staff and ethnic minority pregnant women, including the ‘Help us help you’ maternity campaign, a communications toolkit and the interpretation and translation services framework.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 25/04/2022 14:37:00 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1458179

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2022
	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	Ambulance Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to help ensure that ambulance services meet their response time targets.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	906531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the ambulance service to manage the pressures it is facing.</p><p>Investments in the ambulance workforce have increased the number of NHS ambulance and support staff by 38% since July 2010, and boosted 999 call handler numbers to over 2,400 at the end of March, 500 more than in September.</p><p>Ambulance trusts receive continuous central monitoring and support through NHS England’s National Ambulance Coordination Centre and there is targeted, intensive support to the most challenged hospitals to improve patient handovers, helping ambulances get swiftly back on the road.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 15:43:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1462167

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	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	Eating Disorders
	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 impact of calorie labelling on people with eating disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department published an impact assessment and an equalities impact assessment on the likely effect of calorie labelling for out of home food sold in large businesses, including restaurants, cafes and takeaways. As part of these assessments, we have considered the available evidence around eating disorders and displaying calorie information. The Department will continue to evaluate the impact of the out of home calorie labelling Regulations, including on people living with eating disorders. We will review the Regulations and publish a post-implementation review within three to five years.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 16/05/2022 10:13:00 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1465062

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2022
	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	Dental 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 recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) private and (b) NHS dentists across the country broken down by Clinical Commissioning Groups.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	6865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of private dentists is not held. A table showing the number of dentists undertaking National Health Service activity in each clinical commissioning group in England in 2020/21 is attached.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 30/05/2022 08:26:36 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE PQ6865-Number of dentists with NHS activty by CCG level.xlsx title TABLE
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1465898

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2022
	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	General Practitioners: Bath
	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 his Department is taking to reduce GP waiting times in Bath.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	9092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is developing a communications plan to assist patients to select the most appropriate service to meet their needs and self-care where appropriate. Each Primary Care Network (PCN) is recruiting staff through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme to increase capacity. Reception staff undertake training to direct patients to the appropriate member of the practice’s multi-disciplinary team. The CCG has commissioned Lantum to create a pool of multidisciplinary primary care staff to support PCNs to increase workforce capacity in general practice and enable local general practitioners to work flexibly.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 06/06/2022 16:31:16 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1465900

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2022
	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	General Practitioners
	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 his Department is taking to (a) reduce national waiting times for GP appointments and (b) increase the number of GPs.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	9093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>We have made £520 million available to improve access and expand general practice capacity during the pandemic. This is in addition to £1.5 billion announced in 2020 to create an additional 50 million general practice appointments by 2024. In April 2022 45.2% of appointments took place on the same day as the booking was made, with 72.8% taking place within seven days. We have also put in place a short-term solution to assist practices to provide additional capacity to respond to telephone calls from patients, while a long-term approach is developed.</p><p>We are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement, Health Education England and the profession to increase recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession and encourage them to return to practice. In March 2022, there were 1,462 more full-time equivalent doctors in general practice compared to March 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 06/06/2022 12:48:22 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse