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1186713

	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	Hospital Beds
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the National Health Service about sourcing additional beds for patients, including in non-hospital settings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working in partnership with the health and care sector to ensure the supply of National Health Service beds matches demand during this unprecedented global emergency. For example, community health providers and social care providers have been asked to free up community hospital and intermediate care beds that could be used flexibly. These measures together could free up to 10,000 beds.</p><p>Other measures include the refitting and opening of seven Nightingale Hospitals in England in the next few weeks.</p><p>This extra capacity is on top of 33,000 additional beds freed up across NHS hospitals by postponing all non-urgent elective operations, urgently discharge all hospital in-patients who are medically fit to leave and block-buying capacity in independent hospitals.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 21/04/2020 12:13:30 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1189883

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Prisons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made with the testing for COVID-19 of (1) prison staff, and (2) prisoners.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>COVID-19 testing has been extended to cover prison staff, probation staff and those working in approved premises. Hundreds of staff have now been tested and Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service is working with the Department testing teams to roll-out a COVID-19 testing plan for prison staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 04/05/2020 16:16:57 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1191975

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2020
	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	Hospices: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional (1) funds, and (2) equipment, they intend to provide for the hospice movement to deal with the rising death rate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>To support the hospice movement in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on 8 April 2020 additional funding of up to £200 million for hospices as part of a wider package of £750 million for the wider voluntary and charity sector. This funding is supporting hospices by securing capacity to relieve pressure on the National Health Service as the Government manages its response to COVID-19.</p><p>The Department is also actively taking steps to ensure that staff operating in the hospice sector have access to the proper equipment, including adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), to continue to provide palliative and end of life care during this challenging period.</p><p>To address continuity of supply concerns, central delivery points provided by hospices, including children’s hospices, to the Department will get weekly drops of PPE until they can be added to the PPE e-commerce ordering portal. The Department will continue to work with the hospice sector to ensure they have the support they need during this challenging period.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 19/05/2020 15:19:09 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1203545

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	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: International Cooperation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to sponsor virtual meetings of international foreign and health ministers to coordinate responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of international cooperation in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The United Kingdom convened a wide range of international leaders, Foreign and Health Ministers at the Global Vaccine Summit on 4 June. Ministers participate in regular dialogue including through the G7, G20, World Health Assembly and in ad hoc groupings convened by other partners – as well as initiating our own calls as required with specific partners.</p><p>COVID-19 presents a global challenge which requires a collaborative response. The UK Government will continue to work with other countries throughout the crisis and beyond.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 24/06/2020 10:28:39 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton