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1608520

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Pregnancy: 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 his planned timetable is for the opening of specialised NHS medical centres for women during pregnancy.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	176592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>As of December 2022, all 14 Maternal Medicine Networks reported that they were operational, meaning all women in England with high-risk medical conditions can access care from the 17 open Maternal Medicine Centres, when required. The majority of maternal medicine problems will continue to be managed locally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/04/2023 08:22:49 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1608521

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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: Pay
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 progress has been made on reaching a pay agreement for NHS staff.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	176593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>After constructive talks with health unions on 16 March, the Government put forward a best and final offer for more than one million National Health Service staff on the Agenda for Change contract. We are pleased that the Royal College of Nursing, UNISON, GMB, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the British Dietetic Association unions have said they will recommend the offer to their members.</p><p>We are disappointed that the British Medical Association (BMA) have announced further strike action.  Further strikes will risk patient safety and cause further disruption. The BMA have made the Government making a commitment to delivering a 35% pay increase a pre-condition of them entering into talks on pay. This is unreasonable. Our door remains open to constructive conversations, as we have had with other health unions, to find a realistic way forward which balances rewarding doctors and dentists in training for their hard work while being fair to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/04/2023 08:16:33 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1608537

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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 111
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 average wait time for a 111 call in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	176601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>Average NHS 111 call answer times in England in the last 12 months are displayed in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Average time to answer NHS 111 call (seconds)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-22</p></td><td><p>366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-22</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-22</p></td><td><p>1496</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-23</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS England Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/04/2023 08:23:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1608596

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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
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 impact of the closure of the 85 BUPA dental practices on the provision of dentistry in (a) York and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	176621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>Following BUPA’s notice to NHS England of closures, regional teams and integrated care boards across England are working together to ensure that patients continue to have access to National Health Service dental care. This includes an assessment to identify potential gaps in NHS dental service provision and to consider what actions may be required.</p><p>NHS dentists are required to keep their NHS.UK profiles up to date so that patients can find a dentist more easily. This includes information on whether they are accepting new patients.</p><p>State-funded healthcare within the United Kingdom but outside of England is a devolved matter and the responsibility of the devolved Governments.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 17/04/2023 08:16:53 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1608598

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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: 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 progress his Department has made on the implementation of the delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services; and whether the plan is being delivered on schedule.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	176623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England are working closely together to ensure robust governance arrangements are in place to support the implementation of the plan. Good progress has been made and work is ongoing to deliver the interventions ahead of next winter.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/04/2023 08:17:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1608599

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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: Occupational Health
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 is he taking to ensure the provision of wellbeing services to support the (a) physical and (b) mental health of (i) NHS staff and (ii) people contracted to undertake NHS work.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	176624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of all National Health Service staff.</p><p>NHS planning guidance for 2023/24 emphasised the need to support staff and has asked systems to refresh their workforce plans to improve staff experience and retention through a systematic focus on all elements of the NHS People Promise.</p><p>The NHS People Plan and People Promise set out a comprehensive range of actions to strengthen health and wellbeing, equality and diversity, culture and leadership and increase opportunities for flexible working.</p><p>NHS England has developed a range of health and wellbeing initiatives, which include a wellbeing guardian role, a focus on healthy working environments, empowering line managers to hold meaningful conversations with staff to discuss their wellbeing, and a comprehensive emotional and psychological health and wellbeing support package.</p><p>NHS England has also published a ‘Growing Occupational Health and Wellbeing Together’ strategy. This sets out a roadmap for the NHS and partner organisations to work together to develop and invest in occupational health and wellbeing services for NHS staff over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/04/2023 08:17:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1608600

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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: Mental 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 collects data on the mental health of NHS staff.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	176625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>NHS England does not hold or gather data on the mental health of National Health Service staff nationally. Rather, this is held at a local level, for example with occupational health teams.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/04/2023 08:24:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1608602

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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: 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 increase the retention of staff in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	176626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The NHS People Plan and People Promise set out a comprehensive range of actions to improve staff retention. They provide a strong focus on creating a more modern, compassionate and inclusive National Health Service culture by strengthening health and wellbeing, equality and diversity, culture and leadership and flexible working.</p><p>NHS priorities and operational planning guidance 2023/24 has asked systems to refresh their 2022/23 whole system workforce plans to improve staff retention through a systematic focus on all elements of the NHS People Promise. Staff wellbeing should be strategically aligned with elective recovery plans, including workforce demand and capacity planning.</p><p>In addition, the NHS Retention Programme is continuously seeking to understand why staff leave, resulting in targeted interventions to support staff to stay whilst keeping them well. A staff retention guide has been updated and includes information on supporting staff in their late and early career with specific focus on induction, reward and recognition and menopause support.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/04/2023 08:25:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1608603

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of NHS staff reporting (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination in each NHS provider trust in the last five years; and what steps he is taking to tackle (i) bullying, (ii) harassment and (iii) discrimination.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	176627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>NHS England does not currently have a national mechanism to capture data on the number of National Health Service staff who report bullying, harassment and discrimination; this is held at local level. NHS England also does not hold data on cases challenged in Employment tribunals.</p><p>The underlying statutory duty to ensure staff are safe and protected under health and safety law rests with the employer, and we are committed to supporting trusts and systems to fulfil that duty. However, there are questions related to these topics within the NHS annual national staff survey, which is self-reported data for around 636,000 staff. This data is publicly available for all trusts at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhsstaffsurveys.com" target="_blank">www.nhsstaffsurveys.com</a></p><p>The NHS People Plan and People Promise set a vision that places a compassionate and inclusive culture at the heart of the NHS and emphasise that all NHS employees and employers are responsible for tackling bullying and harassment. NHS England have developed an NHS Civility and Respect programme which aims to tackle bullying and harassment in the NHS and to create positive workplace cultures of civility and respect which will improve staff experience, and ultimately patient care outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 176629 question first answered 17/04/2023 08:13:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1608605

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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: Discrimination
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 adequacy of training provided to NHS staff on dignity at work.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	176628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>Staff training is provided and monitored locally, by employers. The underlying statutory duty to ensure staff are safe and protected under health and safety law rests with the employer, and we are committed to supporting trusts and systems to fulfil that duty.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/04/2023 08:26:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell