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1236754

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department has not had any discussions or meetings with National Health Service trusts regarding the implementation of the framework. It worked with NHS England and NHS Improvement to finalise the ‘Framework to assist NHS trusts to reintroduce access for partners, visitors and supporters of pregnant women in English maternity services’ developed in collaboration with the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Society and College of Radiographers.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/09/2020 16:02:31 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 49221 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

1236755

	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Long Covid
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>NHS England launched its online ‘Your COVID Recovery’ service to expand access to COVID-19 rehabilitation treatments for those who had the virus but are still experiencing difficulties, including mental health issues. This includes advice on how to manage fear and anxiety, coping with frustration and tips on how to look after your wellbeing.</p><p>National Health Service mental health services have remained open for business throughout this time and have deployed innovative digital tools to provide ongoing support, including for people experiencing mental ill health as a result of the long-term effects of a COVID-19 infection.</p><p>The Chief Executive of NHS England wrote to NHS organisations on 31 July setting out the third phase of the NHS response to COVID-19. This includes that the 24 hours a day, seven days a week crisis helplines established by all NHS mental health services during the pandemic should be retained.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 25/09/2020 15:00:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 49220 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

1236757

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has previously held discussions to better understand the long-term impacts of COVID-19 with clinicians, academics and individuals who have long-term symptoms of the disease.</p><p>The National Health Service and the wider scientific community are currently working to better understand the disease course of COVID-19 infection, including the prevalence, severity and duration of symptoms, and how best to support recovery. The National Institute for Health Research and UK Research and Innovation have invested £8.4 million in the Post-HOSPitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID), led by the University of Leicester.</p><p>The research currently underway will continue to inform future NHS service design and provision.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 06/10/2020 16:32:01 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 49219 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

1239134

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>Deaths are monitored on the Abortion Notification (HSA4) form and will be recorded and included in official abortion statistics.</p><p>Any complication known to the practitioner terminating the pregnancy should be reported to the Chief Medical Officer on the Abortion Notification (HSA4) form. All serious incidents should be reported by the provider to their commissioner, the Care Quality Commission and other relevant organisations in line with the serious incident framework published by NHS England and NHS Improvement at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/serious-incident-framework/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/serious-incident-framework/</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/09/2020 13:59:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1313649

	hansard heading	Insects: EU Countries
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to action for pollinators, globally and at home. We regularly discuss and share information on research, policy and practical activities with a number of countries, in and beyond Europe, on reported declines and how best to address them.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a member of ‘Promote Pollinators’, an international coalition of the willing, with 60 members, including countries in Europe and across the world, committed to action to protect pollinators.</p><p> </p><p>We have also supported collaborative international research which has underpinned such initiatives, including a major global review of the status and threats to insect pollinators, published in 2015 by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to play a leading role in the development of an ambitious post-2020 global framework for biodiversity to be adopted at the 15<sup>th</sup> Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. We will be supporting ambitious targets to bend the curve on biodiversity loss by 2030 - including in areas which will help to recover insect populations, such as ecosystem restoration and species recovery - supported by strengthened reporting and review mechanisms to help facilitate the implementation of the targets.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 25/05/2021 11:25:28 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1313660

	hansard heading	Taxation: Treaties
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>The tax treaty between the UK and Canada does not override the provision of UK law that treats members of the House of Commons and House of Lords as domiciled in the UK for tax purposes.</p><p> </p><p>UK law also treats members of the House of Commons and House of Lords as resident in the UK for tax purposes. Where an MP or peer was also resident in Canada for tax purposes under Canadian law, a tie-breaker in the tax treaty would determine the state in which the member was considered to be resident for the purposes of applying the tax treaty.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/05/2021 14:26:15 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton

1186621

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2020
	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	Social Services: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which social care providers have received additional stocks of personal protective equipment for staff since 1 January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	32258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Since the start of the pandemic, we have provided an emergency supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the adult social care sector through the PPE portal, Local Resilience Forums (LRFs), the National Supply Disruption Response, as well as by supplying PPE to wholesalers for onward sale to the adult social care sector. Recognising the increase in cost and demand for PPE this year, in the recently published Adult Social Care Winter Plan the Government committed to the provision of free PPE for adult social care providers for COVID-19 needs until March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Since 25 February 2020 the Department has distributed over 4.9 billion PPE items for use by health and social care services. This includes 252 million items to designated wholesalers for onward sale to adult social care providers, as well as 209 million items to LRFs. Since 28 September 2020 over 33.8 million items of PPE have also been distributed to local authorities that no longer use LRFs.</p><p> </p><p>As of 18 November, over 19,500 adult social care providers, including care homes and domiciliary care providers, have registered with the PPE portal to receive free PPE to meet the increased need arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Up to and including 15 November, we estimate that over 310 million items have been delivered to adult social care providers through the PPE portal. This includes over 190 million items to adult residential care providers and over 120 million items to adult domiciliary care providers via the portal.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/11/2020 18:43:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1187165

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	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	Dental Services: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide PPE for (a) dentists and (b) dental hygienists who have to see patients face-to-face during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	33431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Dentists normally purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) through dental wholesale suppliers. However, for PPE which is needed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has made supplies available free of charge for National Health Service dental contractors. A dedicated PPE portal has been developed to deliver these items. As of 4 November, over 5,100 NHS dental and orthodontic providers in England have registered with the PPE portal and over 36 million items have been delivered.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 33510 question first answered 18/11/2020 17:54:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1187204

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	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	Dental Services: Protective Clothing
	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 ensure that dental practices have access to adequate personal protection equipment during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
	tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	33510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Dentists normally purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) through dental wholesale suppliers. However, for PPE which is needed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has made supplies available free of charge for National Health Service dental contractors. A dedicated PPE portal has been developed to deliver these items. As of 4 November, over 5,100 NHS dental and orthodontic providers in England have registered with the PPE portal and over 36 million items have been delivered.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 33431 question first answered 18/11/2020 17:54:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

1188594

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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	Dental 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 his Department has taken to ensure that people are able to access emergency dental treatment during the covid-19 outbreak; and what discussions he has had with representatives of the dentistry industry on the provision of such treatment.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	37930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement and the Chief Dental Officer have been working closely with key stakeholders from the profession including the British Dental Association throughout the pandemic to ensure appropriate services are in place for all who need them.</p><p>The over 6,000 National Health Service dental practices in England have been able to see patients face to face since 8 June, where appropriate personal protective equipment and infection prevention and control procedures are in place. NHS England and NHS Improvement issued guidance setting out the priority order in which patients should be seen – focused on urgent treatment, care for vulnerable groups and then routine care which is overdue. Over 600 urgent dental centres remain open to support the provision of urgent and emergency face to face care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/11/2020 18:00:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark