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1190183

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
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	NHS: 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 discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the safety of NHS workplaces in the last two months due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	39482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department has agreed with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that National Health Service and social care employers will be reminded of the requirement to report dangerous occurrences, cases of disease and work-related fatalities to the HSE under RIDDOR (The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013) regulations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 11/05/2020 15:30:21 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 17787 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1186770

registered interest
date	20/03/2020
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: Public Health
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 has plans to launch a public health campaign to raise public awareness of the risk of transmission of covid-19 via (a) ATMs, (b) petrol pumps and (c) other frequently touched objects in public places.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has published guidance on Covid-19 decontamination in non-healthcare settings. The guidance describes best practice in cleaning, ​the appropriate disposal of materials, the disinfection of equipment and the personal protective equipment that should be worn.</p><p>PHE has also produced a ‘cleaning and disinfection’ poster, to accompany its specific guidance covering the cleaning of environments in the community. Both can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-decontamination-in-non-healthcare-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-decontamination-in-non-healthcare-settings</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/04/2020 14:09:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1186794

registered interest
date	20/03/2020
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	NHS: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS workers returning to work will be subject to an interview after seven days absence in line with routine process or whether that requirement will be relaxed during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service employers are responsible for managing sickness absence in their organisation and it will be up to each individual employer to decide whether they continue with return to work interviews or decide to relax the process during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The Department continues to commission NHS Employers to provide guidance, advice and resources for NHS trusts to manage sickness absence. A toolkit specifically designed to manage sickness absence can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/retention-and-staff-experience/health-and-wellbeing/action-on-sickness-absence" target="_blank">https://www.nhsemployers.org/retention-and-staff-experience/health-and-wellbeing/action-on-sickness-absence</a></p><p>NHS organisations need to take a collaborative approach to supporting staff and this includes closer working with occupational health providers who can provide proactive support and guidance to staff who may be more vulnerable to COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/03/2020 13:19:48 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1186216

registered interest
date	18/03/2020
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	Care Homes: 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 ensure local authorities are able to support the care home sector.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	31447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>We are providing £1.6 billion of additional funding to local authorities to assist them in their response to COVID-19. We expect the majority of this resilience funding will go to adult social care to meet increased demand and support providers and the workforce. In addition to this we are giving £1.3 billion to enhance the National Health Service discharge process which will get patients who no longer need urgent treatment home from hospitals safely and quickly.</p><p>In addition to COVID-19 funding, we announced that in 2020/21 we are providing councils with an additional £1.5 billion for adult and children’s social care which will support local authorities to meet rising demand and continue to stabilise the social care system.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/03/2020 17:28:25 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1185237

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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: Intensive Care
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 the Government is taking to ensure the NHS has an adequate number of intensive care beds to respond effectively to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	29838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>It is the Government’s priority that the National Health Service has appropriate equipment to respond to COVID-19. This includes the provision of intensive care beds. The Department is working closely with NHS England and the devolved administrations to ensure this is achieved.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is actively assessing the critical care capacity of NHS organisations and the availability of additional facilities in the independent sector. It is working to ensure that hospitals have as much ventilation equipment as required and, crucially, the skilled and trained people to use it.</p><p> </p><p>Information on critical care bed capacity is published by NHS England and can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/critical-care-capacity/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/critical-care-capacity/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/03/2020 15:29:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1183560

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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: Supermarkets
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 delay the transmission of covid-19 in supermarkets.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	26822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The spread of COVID-19 is most likely to happen when there is close contact (within two metres or less) with an infected person. It is likely that the risk increases the longer someone has close contact with an infected person.</p><p>We have issued guidance to assist employers and businesses in providing advice to staff. This guidance for workplace environments, including supermarkets, can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19/guidance-for-employers-and-businesses-on-covid-19#how-covid-19-is-spread" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19/guidance-for-employers-and-businesses-on-covid-19#how-covid-19-is-spread</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/03/2020 16:15:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1181952

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
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	Gross Negligence Manslaughter and Culpable Homicide Independent Review
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 implications for his policies of the (a) findings and (b) recommendations for the Chief Coroner of the report of June 2019, Independent review of gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide, commissioned by the General Medical Council.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	23625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department supports steps towards a just, learning culture that will support patient safety and benefit healthcare professionals, patients and their families.</p><p>We welcomed Leslie Hamilton’s ‘Independent review of gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide’ and are committed to bringing forward the recommendations from Sir Norman Williams’ Review into Gross Negligence Manslaughter, which was published in 2018.</p><p>We are planning to consult on these legislative changes, which are being developed as part of our reforms to professional regulation, later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/03/2020 12:49:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1182001

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
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	Optum: County Durham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Optum has been recruited to identify rising risk groups in County Durham.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	23564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of any local National Health Service organisations in Durham who commission Optum to identify rising risk groups.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/03/2020 17:28:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1178030

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
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	Mental Health Act 1983 Independent Review
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 publish its response to the final report of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983, published on 6 December 2018; and what the Government's timescale is for introducing a mental health Bill to reform that Act.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	1178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>We plan to publish our White Paper in the next few months, which will set out the Government’s response to Sir Simon Wessely’s Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983.</p><p> </p><p>We will consult publicly on our proposals and we will bring forward a Bill to amend the Act when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 25/02/2020 15:13:33 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1178031

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
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	Mental Health Services
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 the needs of people with mental health problems are being met within (a) primary care and (b) general practice.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	1179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to developing and rolling-out a new primary care and community-based offer for people with severe mental illness. This includes access to psychological therapies, improved physical health care and employment support, giving 370,000 adults greater choice and control over their care and support them to live well in their communities. The NHS Long Term Plan also commits to expanding access to psychological therapies further – to reach 380,000 more adults by 2023/24.</p><p>The Update to the GP contract agreement 2020/21 to 2023/24 commits to adding mental health practitioner roles to the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme from April 2021. In addition, NHS England and NHS Improvement and the General Practitioners Committee England have agreed to an ongoing programme of general practice quality outcome framework indicator review in key priority areas, including mental health in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/02/2020 12:00:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones