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1380813

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date	22/11/2021
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 and Care Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect to publish the (1) Wade-Gery, and (2) Goldacre, reviews before the committee stage of the Health and Care Bill in the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>The Wade-Gery Review was published on 23 November. The Goldacre Review will be published early in 2022, which is likely to be after Committee stage of the Bill in the House of Lords.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 01/12/2021 11:58:33 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1378703

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
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: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the quality of lateral flow tests.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>All tests are robustly assessed through laboratory validation, as precursor to procurement. To improve the quality of lateral flow tests The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has recently introduced additional criteria that devices must meet to be accepted for validation. The criteria focus on improvements to the usability, sustainability and performance of lateral flow antigen tests, compared to devices currently available. In addition, the UKHSA works with suppliers to improve the sustainability and usability of lateral flow devices, such as reducing the amount of packaging.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 01/12/2021 11:58:17 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1378704

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
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: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 test device products have been subject to desktop reviews by the UK Health Security Agency.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>As of 16 November 2021, 173 applications for COVID-19 test device products have been subject to desktop review by the UK Health Security Agency. As of 16 November, 108 suppliers have submitted information as part of the desktop review validation process. However, in order to be triaged for desktop review, every application must submit accompanying data in the first instance regarding their product. There are currently 93 COVID-19 test device product applications which are ‘pending information’, where further information has been requested from the supplier.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall grouped question UIN HL4005 question first answered 01/12/2021 11:51:31 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1378705

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
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: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many suppliers of COVID-19 tests have submitted information regarding their products for desktop reviews.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>As of 16 November 2021, 173 applications for COVID-19 test device products have been subject to desktop review by the UK Health Security Agency. As of 16 November, 108 suppliers have submitted information as part of the desktop review validation process. However, in order to be triaged for desktop review, every application must submit accompanying data in the first instance regarding their product. There are currently 93 COVID-19 test device product applications which are ‘pending information’, where further information has been requested from the supplier.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall grouped question UIN HL4004 question first answered 01/12/2021 11:51:31 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1366724

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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 Services: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 26 October (HL3010), what plans they have to engage with stakeholders before the publication of NHS England's Unified Information Standard on Protected Characteristics including with groups who do not wish sex to be redefined.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The Unified Information Standard for Protected Characteristics will assist in improving the consistency and comparability of healthcare data, improving our understanding of service access and outcomes by protected characteristics. Greater transparency should enable service improvement and assist the National Health Service in meeting its duties under equalities legislation.</p><p>The recommendations are based on the views of stakeholders as well as a comprehensive review of available evidence and literature. The report, once published, will be accompanied by further stakeholder engagement, including with groups who do not wish their sex to be redefined. The report recommends recording of sex at birth and collection of data on gender reassignment. The detail of how this recommendation could be implemented will require further stakeholder engagement in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall grouped question UIN HL3804 HL3805 question first answered 16/11/2021 17:44:54 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1366725

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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 Services: Gender
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 26 October (HL3010), what assessment they have made of the recommendation by NHS England and NHS Improvement that the Universal Information Standards for sex and gender should include (1) the gender identity categories (a) male (including transman), (b) female (including transwoman), and (c) non-binary, and (2) a question about whether the individual’s gender identity was the same at birth.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The Unified Information Standard for Protected Characteristics will assist in improving the consistency and comparability of healthcare data, improving our understanding of service access and outcomes by protected characteristics. Greater transparency should enable service improvement and assist the National Health Service in meeting its duties under equalities legislation.</p><p>The recommendations are based on the views of stakeholders as well as a comprehensive review of available evidence and literature. The report, once published, will be accompanied by further stakeholder engagement, including with groups who do not wish their sex to be redefined. The report recommends recording of sex at birth and collection of data on gender reassignment. The detail of how this recommendation could be implemented will require further stakeholder engagement in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall grouped question UIN HL3803 HL3805 question first answered 16/11/2021 17:44:54 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1366726

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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 Services: Transgender People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 26 October (HL3010) and the statement by the Home Secretary on 23 October about the distortion caused to female crime statistics by the recording of offences by transwomen within this category, what assessment they have made of similar concerns regarding data collection by NHS England.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The Unified Information Standard for Protected Characteristics will assist in improving the consistency and comparability of healthcare data, improving our understanding of service access and outcomes by protected characteristics. Greater transparency should enable service improvement and assist the National Health Service in meeting its duties under equalities legislation.</p><p>The recommendations are based on the views of stakeholders as well as a comprehensive review of available evidence and literature. The report, once published, will be accompanied by further stakeholder engagement, including with groups who do not wish their sex to be redefined. The report recommends recording of sex at birth and collection of data on gender reassignment. The detail of how this recommendation could be implemented will require further stakeholder engagement in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall grouped question UIN HL3803 HL3804 question first answered 16/11/2021 17:44:54 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1366053

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
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	Doctors: Pensions
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 impact of pension rules on the (1) reduction in clinical hours, and (2) early retirement, of senior doctors.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>As an individual may choose to reduce their working hours or take early retirement for a range of reasons, it is not possible to isolate the impact of any single factor such as pension rules. However, we continue to monitor the retirement patterns and hours worked by senior doctors. The available evidence does not suggest any substantial change in consultant working hours. NHS Digital workforce statistics show the participation rate or average contracted hours per person, has been stable for several years.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the NHS Business Services Authority, which administer the NHS Pension Scheme, shows that number of consultants taking voluntary early retirement as a proportion of all consultant retirements has not changed significantly over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>A small but significant portion of senior doctors will amass pensions in excess of their allowances for tax-free pension saving. Last year, the Government addressed this issue by increasing thresholds by £90,000 to remove all staff with earnings below £200,000 from the scope of the taper. An estimated 96% of general practitioners and 98% of consultants are out of scope of the taper based on their National Health Service earnings.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 17/11/2021 16:39:50 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1366054

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
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	Anaesthetics: Labour Turnover
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 report published by the Royal College of Anaesthetists Working together to improve retention in anaesthesia, published on 30 September, in particular its finding that "1 in 4 Consultants and 1 in 5 SAS Anaesthetists planned to leave the NHS within five years"; and what steps they intend to take to promote the retention of NHS staff.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government appreciates the dedication and contribution of Anaesthetists to our National Health Service. As of the end of July 2021, we saw an increase of 2.3% in full time equivalent (FTE) doctors and 2.0% FTE Specialty doctors and associate specialist doctors working in the NHS in the specialism of anaesthetics compared to a year ago. The NHS England and NHS Improvement National Retention Programme team are engaging with the Royal College of Anaesthetists to agree a way forward to implement the report’s recommendations. The NHS retention programme is using data to continuously understand why NHS staff leave, resulting in targeted interventions to encourage them to stay, with a particular focus on colleagues closer to retirement and those at the start of the career. These include: pension support, access to a range of health and wellbeing initiatives, flexible working opportunities, mentoring and coaching as well as targeted training such as the Health Education England programme “Enhancing Junior Doctors Working Lives” which encourages doctors to stay in training.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 17/11/2021 12:30:41 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1366055

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
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	Anaesthetics: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to fund additional higher anaesthetic training places as part of this year’s Spending Review; and what assessment they have made of (1) the current staffing level of anaesthetists, and (2) the costs of relying on (a) agency, and (b) bank, staff to fill any shortages.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>Following the outcome of the Spending Review 2021, spending plans for individual budgets for 2022/2023 to 2024/2025 inclusive, including for training posts for higher anaesthetics and other specialities, will be subject to a detailed financial planning exercise and finalised in due course.</p><p>At the end of July 2021 there were 13,012 full time equivalent doctors working in the NHS in the specialism of anaesthetics, an increase of 293 (2.3%) since July 2020. This includes trainees, specialists and doctors on other contracts.</p><p>Data on agency and bank usage for anaesthetists is not available, as it is not collected or held by NHS England and NHS Improvement to specialty level.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 17/11/2021 12:28:48 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath