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1183278

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date	06/03/2020
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what guidance he has issued to (a) schools, (b) community groups, (c) faith organisations and (d) other organisations that attract public congregation on the spread of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	26181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made several announcements regarding social distancing to be implemented across all areas raised in this question that will help reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). More information on social distancing can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults</a></p><p>Additional advice on school and business closures can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-regulations-created-by-secretary-of-state-for-business-closure-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-regulations-created-by-secretary-of-state-for-business-closure-covid-19</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-school-closures/guidance-for-schools-about-temporarily-closing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-school-closures/guidance-for-schools-about-temporarily-closing</a></p><p>On 23 March the Prime Minister announced new measures to lock down the United Kingdom for a minimum of three week, stating that places of worship were among the premises that had to close immediately, along with libraries, playgrounds, most shops, and outdoor gyms. People should stay at home, except to shop for basic necessities, take exercise, address medical needs, and travel to and from essential work. More information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.government-online.net/the-prime-minister-announces-new-measures-to-lock-down-the-country/" target="_blank">https://www.government-online.net/the-prime-minister-announces-new-measures-to-lock-down-the-country/</a></p><p>Specific guidance or information for faith groups is not held centrally. However, The Church of England have released their own advice. More information can be found at the following link::</p><p><a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/04/2020 15:43:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1183279

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
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 Services: Coronavirus
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 he is taking to support NHS staff in the event of increased patient admissions as a result of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	26182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service will be given all the resources it needs to respond to this virus and keep the public safe.</p><p>The NHS is scaling up intensive care beds, whilst NHS England is looking at NHS organisations’ critical care capacity - including the availability of additional facilities operated by independent sector providers. They are also making sure that they have as much ventilation equipment as possible and, crucially, the skilled and trained people to use it.</p><p>The Health and Wellbeing Framework sets out the standards for what NHS organisations need to do to support staff to feel well, healthy and happy at work. It sets out clear actionable steps and provides guidance for organisations to develop and deliver a staff health and wellbeing plan. The link for this guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/retention-and-staff-experience/health-and-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.nhsemployers.org/retention-and-staff-experience/health-and-wellbeing</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/03/2020 11:51:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1183280

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
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	Coronavirus: Medical Records
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 protect the privacy and confidentiality of people diagnosed with covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	26183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government and other health organisations are obliged to protect patient confidentiality, in line with standard clinical practice. More information on data protection can be found on GOV.UK at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/03/2020 15:42:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1183282

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
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	Infant Mortality: Coventry
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 he is taking to reduce infant and child mortality in Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	26185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, has committed to accelerate action to improve maternity and neonatal care services and to halve the 2010 rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth by 2025 and to reduce the pre-term birth rate from 8% to 6%.</p><p>Public Health England is undertaking a systematic review and refresh of the Healthy Child Programme in England.</p><p>In 2013, seven cities, including Coventry, were designated ‘Marmot Cities’ in England and received national expertise and support from the Institute of Health Equity and Public Health England. Of these, Coventry was the only city to renew this commitment in 2016 and continue to use the title.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 16/03/2020 16:06:33 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1183019

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Public Health: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timescale is for publication of the public health grant to local authorities for 2020-21; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the delay in publishing that grant on the future planning of sexual health services.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	25711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The public health grant will increase in real terms in 2020/21 so local authorities can continue to invest in prevention and essential frontline health services including sexual health services. Individual allocations will be confirmed shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/03/2020 17:35:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1183039

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Vaccination
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the availability of GP appointments on rates of vaccination in England.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	25681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Access to general practitioner (GP) appointments is key to good vaccination uptake and coverage. The NHS Long Term Plan published in January 2019 committed to improve access to primary care through a range of initiatives including more healthcare staff working in and with GP practices where many patients receive their vaccinations. As part of this work, there has been a national review of access to general practice services that commenced in July 2019 and will complete in 2020, which has already informed contract discussions for 2020/21. The results of these discussions were published in February 2020 as part of the updated GP contract deal for 2020/21 which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/gp/investment/gp-contract/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/gp/investment/gp-contract/</a></p><p>One of these actions relates to developing a nationally consistent extended access offer reflecting what works best in existing local schemes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/03/2020 16:11:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1183040

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Vaccination: Children
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 effect on national health of the Childhood Vaccination Coverage Statistics for England 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	25682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) monitors trends in the level of childhood vaccination rates.</p><p>Although vaccination rates remain high, England has seen a small decline in coverage since 2013. The most recent figures, published in December 2019, show that vaccine coverage increased slightly compared to the last quarter for most routine vaccines measured at 12 months, representing vaccines administered recently. This increase in vaccination rates is for the second quarter in a row, and although it is always difficult to draw conclusions from small variations in the quarterly data, we look forward to this trend continuing in future reports.</p><p>This data can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cover-of-vaccination-evaluated-rapidly-cover-programme-2019-to-2020-quarterly-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cover-of-vaccination-evaluated-rapidly-cover-programme-2019-to-2020-quarterly-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/03/2020 14:51:31 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1183067

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Joint Replacements: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has plans to maintain the 18-week waiting time for referral to treatment for joint replacement surgeries.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	25718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>A maximum waiting time of 18 weeks from referral to elective treatment, including for joint replacement surgery, is the existing National Health Service access standard.</p><p> </p><p>A clinically-led review of NHS access standards is ongoing. NHS England and NHS Improvement’s final recommendations to the Government are due by the spring and the Government will carefully consider these recommendations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/03/2020 12:39:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1183082

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Hospitals: Doctors and Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses have been employed in hospitals in each of the last 20 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	25619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 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 (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care, general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>Due to changes in the data collection and processing methodology, it is not possible to compare data prior to September 2009. Data from 2009 onwards relate to the HCHS workforce directly employed in National Health Service trusts and CCGs who are paid for activity. Data from 2000 to 2008 will include some staff not receiving pay for activity and some staff employed by NHS support organisations and central bodies.</p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors and nurses and health visitors in NHS trusts and CCGs as at September for each year specified, full time equivalent.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Doctors</p></td><td><p>Nurses and health visitors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>62,094</p></td><td><p>229,588</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>64,055</p></td><td><p>238,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>68,260</p></td><td><p>250,648</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>72,260</p></td><td><p>260,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>78,462</p></td><td><p>268,704</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>82,568</p></td><td><p>276,086</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>85,975</p></td><td><p>277,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>87,533</p></td><td><p>275,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>91,586</p></td><td><p>281,021</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors and nurses and health visitors in NHS trusts and CCGs as at November 2019, the latest available data and at September for each year specified, full time equivalent.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Doctors</p></td><td><p>Nurses and health visitors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>95,410</p></td><td><p>278,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>97,130</p></td><td><p>279,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>98,389</p></td><td><p>277,047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>99,529</p></td><td><p>271,407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>101,137</p></td><td><p>274,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>103,330</p></td><td><p>278,981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>104,498</p></td><td><p>281,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>106,131</p></td><td><p>284,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>109,002</p></td><td><p>283,853</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>111,247</p></td><td><p>285,674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>116,416</p></td><td><p>292,934</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019</p></td><td><p>117,382</p></td><td><p>297,449</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/03/2020 17:40:22 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1183083

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	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, how many GPs have been contracted to the NHS in each of the last 20 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	25620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in general practice in England in each year since September 2015 presented in the following table. Data is not included prior to 2015 as improvements were made to the methodology for recording all staff working in general practice and data prior to this is not comparable.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>FTE</p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>September 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All general practitioners (GPs)</p></td><td><p>34,429</p></td><td><p>35,229</p></td><td><p>34,653</p></td><td><p>34,534</p></td><td><p>34,862</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Data as at 30 September 2019.</p><p>2. Figures shown do not include GPs working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres including drug rehabilitation centres, walk-in centres and other alternative settings.</p><p>3. Each period, figures contain estimates, for practices that did not provide fully valid General Medical Practice GP records.</p><p>4. FTE refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. 1 would indicate they work a full set of hours (37.5), 0.5 that they worked half time. In Registrars' contracts 1 FTE = 40 hours. To ensure consistency, these FTEs have been converted to the standard wMDS measure of 1 FTE = 37.5 hours in the table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 11/03/2020 17:58:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 11699 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson