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1349803

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date	22/07/2021
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	Hospitals: Ventilation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by the Secretary of State for Health on 12 July (HC Deb, col 26), what percentage of the £90 billion extra provided to the health and care system during the pandemic has been spent on air ventilation units.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL2288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally as much of this funding was spent at trust level.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 02/08/2021 13:36:40 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1349806

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
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	Out-patients: Databases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to introduce comprehensive diagnostic and outcome data collection on outpatient appointments within the NHS.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL2291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2021 answer text <p>Detailed information is collected and published on diagnostic and outpatient appointments. These data sets include Hospital Episode Statistics, Diagnostic Waiting Times and Activity, and Diagnostic Imaging Dataset.</p><p>We are working to improve the range of data we collect on diagnostic activity to support the delivery of the Sir Mike Richards Review, Diagnostics: Recovery and Renewal.</p><p>We are also working to improve outcome data collection for outpatient appointments, and from April 2022, a new facility will be available in outpatient data collection, which will report on the ‘latest Clinically Appropriate Date’ by which the patient should next be seen or reviewed.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 05/08/2021 12:03:06 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1349820

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
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	Coronavirus: Galapagos Islands
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of COVID-19 in the Galapagos Islands; and what plans they have, if any, to review its rating as a red list country for travel purposes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hooper
uin	HL2305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2021 answer text <p>Decisions to designate countries as either ‘red’, ‘amber’ or ‘green’ on the international traffic light system are taken by the Government to protect public health. They are informed by evidence including the Joint Biosecurity Centre’s risks assessment methodology alongside wider public health factors. We are unable to provide the advice and evidence which informs these decisions as it relates to the ongoing development of Government policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 18/08/2021 11:33:38 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2005 label Biography information for Baroness Hooper

1349822

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
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	Health: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the health inequalities that have arisen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in cardiovascular diseases; and what steps they are taking to rectify this issue.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL2307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2021 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the health inequalities from the COVID-19 pandemic for cardiovascular diseases. However, NHS England is collating audits data and feedback from NHS services. The NHS has made clear that a central part of responding to COVID-19 and restoring services must be to increase the scale and pace of system-wide action to tackle inequalities, with a particular focus on the issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent NHS England and NHS Improvement planning guidance outlined the health inequalities delivery strategy from a national and local perspective which prioritised eight key urgent actions to address inequalities in NHS provision and outcomes. Action four emphasises the need to accelerate preventative programmes which proactively engages those at greatest risk of poor health outcomes, which includes prioritising and addressing cardiovascular disease.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 05/08/2021 12:03:46 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

1349823

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
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	Key Workers: Quarantine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to change the self-isolation period before 16 August for key workers who have received two COVID-19 vaccines so that they do not have to self-isolate if contacted by Test and Trace; and whether they will list those professions which fall under the key worker category.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL2308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2021 answer text <p>To protect the delivery of public services before the self-isolation rules change on 16 August, a very limited number of named critical workers will be informed that they are considered to have a reasonable excuse to leave self-isolation to attend work if they are contacts. This will only apply to workers who are fully vaccinated (defined as someone who is 14 days post-second dose) and is solely for the purpose of going to work. To mitigate the risk of increased transmission, certain conditions must be followed. This is a short-term and highly focused measure intended to apply only in exceptional circumstances with the core purpose of preventing significant harm to public welfare as a result of disruption to critical services.</p><p> </p><p>The list of sectors that are currently eligible for consideration are as follows: Border Control; Clinical Consumable Supplies; Digital Infrastructure; Emergency Services; Energy (including Civil and Nuclear); Essential Chemicals; Essential Defence; Essential Transport; Food Production and Supply; Health and Social Care; Local Government; Medicine; Medical Devices; Waste; Water &amp; Veterinary Medicine.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 05/08/2021 11:57:40 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

1349834

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
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	Office for Health Promotion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to complete the interview process for the post to lead the Office for Health Promotion.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL2319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2021 answer text <p>We expect to complete recruitment for senior posts in the Office for Health Promotion by this autumn.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 02/08/2021 13:18:21 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1349835

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
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	Office for Health Promotion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure the cross-departmental coordination necessary for the functioning of the Office for Health Promotion; and whether this will involve regular ministerial meetings with all interested departments.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL2320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2021 answer text <p>Alongside the creation of the Office for Health Promotion, we will establish a new ministerial board on prevention to co-ordinate cross-Government action to improve accountability on the wider determinants of health.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 02/08/2021 13:17:50 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan