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1434572

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 108576, tabled on 20 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	128349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-20/108576" target="_blank">108576</a>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/03/2022 13:44:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1434573

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 112622, tabled on 26 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	128350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-26/112622" target="_blank">112622</a>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/03/2022 14:04:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1434578

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to bring forward its proposed consultation on nutritional information labelling for alcoholic drinks.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	128314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text The consultation will be launched in due course. answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 25/02/2022 14:54:43 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1434579

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Strokes: Prescriptions
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 his Department has made of the potential merits of stroke patients being automatically eligible for medical exemption certificates in respect of prescription costs.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	128351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>There are no current plans to review or extend the prescription charge medical exemptions list to include long term conditions such as stroke. Approximately 89% of prescriptions are dispensed free of charge and arrangements are already in place to help those with the greatest need. Eligibility depends on the patient’s age, whether they are in qualifying full-time education, whether they are pregnant or have recently given birth or whether they are in receipt of certain benefits or a war pension. Some stroke patients may meet the eligibility criteria for prescription charge exemptions and may therefore be in receipt of free prescriptions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/03/2022 09:20:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1434580

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Mental Health Services: Telephone Services
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 assessment of the potential merits of introducing a specific three-digit mental health support line from which callers can (a) speak directly to a person who is a trained mental health professional to deal with mental health emergencies or (b) have their call triaged to a mental health professional if required.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	128323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to make an assessment. However, NHS England and NHS Improvement are developing crisis pathways which will ensure 100% coverage of 24 hours a day, seven days a week age-appropriate crisis-care via NHS 111 by 2023/24. All National Health Service mental health providers have now established 24 hours a day, seven days a week urgent mental health helplines, which have responded to approximately three million calls during the pandemic.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 128324 question first answered 03/03/2022 13:37:36 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1434581

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Mental Health Services: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a specific three-digit mental health support line, available 24 hours a day and seven days a week.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	128324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to make an assessment. However, NHS England and NHS Improvement are developing crisis pathways which will ensure 100% coverage of 24 hours a day, seven days a week age-appropriate crisis-care via NHS 111 by 2023/24. All National Health Service mental health providers have now established 24 hours a day, seven days a week urgent mental health helplines, which have responded to approximately three million calls during the pandemic.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 128323 question first answered 03/03/2022 13:37:36 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1434585

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	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 assessment the chief (a) medical officer and (b) scientific officer have made of the potential risks of ending (i) mandatory self-isolation periods, (ii) the provision of NHS testing for covid-19 and (iii) other public health measures from 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	128325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the information requested on internal advice provided to the Government by a range of experts as it would be prejudicial to the effective conduct of public affairs by inhibiting the free and frank provision of advice.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 04/04/2022 09:49:37 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 53979 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1434587

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	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 plans the Government has for the reintroduction of (a) free covid-19 testing and (b) social distancing guidance in the event that the number of hospital admissions due to covid-19 increase.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	128326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>We will retain the capacity to reintroduce mass testing in the event that a dangerous variant of concern emerges. There are no plans to reintroduce social distancing guidance. The Government would only consider implementing restrictions in extreme circumstances to prevent unsustainable pressure on the National Health Service and excessive mortality.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 23/03/2022 09:54:19 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1434588

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Coronavirus: Schools
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 policy is on provision of free covid-19 testing for teachers and support staff working with children with underlying health conditions after 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	128327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is removing the guidance for staff and students in most education and childcare settings to undertake twice weekly asymptomatic testing. Staff and secondary age students and above in special schools, alternative provision, Special Educational Needs/Alternative Provision units within schools and colleges and open and secure children’s homes, are advised to continue regular twice weekly testing until the end of March 2022. From 1 April 2022, there will be limited symptomatic testing available for a small number of at-risk groups. We will set out further details on eligible groups in due course.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 28/02/2022 13:05:48 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1434592

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Midwives: Labour Turnover
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 support the (a) retention and (b) recruitment of midwives in (i) London and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	128226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement recently invested £95 million to support the recruitment of an additional 1,200 midwives and 100 obstetricians and for multi-disciplinary team training.</p><p>The NHS People Recovery Task Force and the NHS Retention Programme is also providing targeted interventions to understand the reasons why staff leave and support them to stay within the National Health Service. There are local initiatives to increase participation rates, convert agency workers to substantive staff and release clinical time. Target growth is allocated to regions based on the birth to midwife ratio in each region in order to meet midwifery workforce needs.</p><p>The Department has commissioned the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to develop a new workforce planning tool to improve how maternity units calculate staffing requirements. This is expected in June 2022 and will guide trust-level obstetrician numbers. NHS England and NHS Improvement have invested £10 million to support the delivery of local workforce initiatives or create non-clinical capacity to enable workforce growth. In London, this has included applications for funding for administrative recruitment capacity, rostering and deployment support and career development and supporting software.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/03/2022 11:52:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 53977 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma