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1189252

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	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, what assessment he has made of the capacity of urgent dental care hubs to treat referred patients.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	38977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working to support and protect all our frontline National Health Services health and care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, including dentists.</p><p>NHS dentistry was reorganised in late March along with other NHS primary care services to minimise face to face care to contain the spread of COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic. Dentists were asked to suspend all routine treatment and instead to offer urgent advice and, where required, prescriptions for antibiotics by telephone. Urgent treatment was made available through urgent dental centres (UDCs) set up in each NHS region.</p><p>As of 25 May there are currently over 550 UDCs open across England. Patients are triaged into UDCs by their own dentistry or through NHS 111. The urgent dental centres are expected to provide, where urgently needed, the full range of dental treatment normally available on the NHS.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement announced on 28 May that NHS dentistry outside urgent care centres will begin to restart from 8 June with the aim of increasing levels of service as fast as is compatible with maximising safety. A copy of the letter that was published can be found on the NHS England website.</p><p>The latest COVID-19 guidance for dental practices can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/dental-practice" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/dental-practice</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/06/2020 16:01:37 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 17006 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1189254

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	Protective Clothing: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which UK businesses have contacted the Government with offers to produce personal protective equipment (PPE); what process the Government used to assess these offers; which offers were accepted; and when PPE from those successful offers will be available for use.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	38883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>As of 15 May, over 13,000 businesses have contacted the Government with offers of help on supplying personal protective equipment (PPE). Many are related to the manufacture of PPE for the National Health Service and care sectors, a vast majority of which we are taking forward, predominantly from United Kingdom-based companies but also including multinational companies. Some offers were not progressed due to financial and capability considerations.</p><p>The Department engages directly with potential manufacturers to qualify and prioritise the opportunity, based on availability of/access to raw supplies, lead-times to manufacture, and other commercial considerations. Product prototypes are submitted to a Technical Product Review process, to ensure they meet essential health, safety and quality standards for PPE. Financial due diligence and fraud prevention measures are also undertaken, after which the Department can contract with the manufacturer.</p><p>Lord Deighton is leading the Government’s efforts to secure sufficient PPE and ensure this gets to where it is needed. He is also driving forward coordination of the end-to-end process design and manufacture of new domestic PPE supplies. As at 15 May, the Department has entered into contract and placed orders with eight manufacturers to provide millions of items of PPE products to the National Health Service and carers. Details of this work can be found in the links below. The volumes will increase in the coming weeks.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-more-items-of-ppe-for-frontline-staff-from-new-business-partnerships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-more-items-of-ppe-for-frontline-staff-from-new-business-partnerships</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/70-million-face-masks-for-nhs-and-care-workers-through-new-industry-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/70-million-face-masks-for-nhs-and-care-workers-through-new-industry-deal</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 38446 38447 38448 38449 question first answered 22/05/2020 09:35:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 17135 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1189255

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	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, if he will publish on a daily basis the number of deaths from covid-19 in care home settings.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	38886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>On 29 April 2020 the Government introduced a new method of reporting daily COVID-19 deaths so that it now includes reporting of deaths in all settings, including care homes. More information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/daily-death-reporting-now-includes-all-positive-covid-19-deaths" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/daily-death-reporting-now-includes-all-positive-covid-19-deaths</a></p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes all deaths registered with COVID-19 in each week including in care homes. More information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending24april2020" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending24april2020</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/05/2020 10:58:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1189260

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	Protective Clothing: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many businesses based in Luton South have (a) made offers to his Department to manufacture Personal Protective Equipment and (b) received orders from his Department to manufacture that equipment.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	38983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information in the format requested, identifiable to a specific location. <br></p><p>Lord Deighton is leading the Government’s efforts to secure sufficient PPE and ensure this gets to where it is needed. He is also driving forward coordination of the end-to-end process design and manufacture of new domestic PPE supplies. The Department has entered into contract and placed orders with several manufacturers to provide millions of items of PPE products to the National Health Service and carers. Details of this work can be found at the following link:<br></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-more-items-of-ppe-for-frontline-staff-from-new-business-partnerships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-more-items-of-ppe-for-frontline-staff-from-new-business-partnerships</a><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/70-million-face-masks-for-nhs-and-care-workers-through-new-industry-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/70-million-face-masks-for-nhs-and-care-workers-through-new-industry-deal<br></a></p><p>The volumes will increase in the coming weeks.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/06/2020 09:33:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1189261

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	Protective Clothing: Manufacturing Industries
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 discussions he has had with the British companies manufacturing personal protective equipment for European countries on the production of that equipment for the UK.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	38984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>We have allowed personal protective equipment (PPE) exports by private companies where such exports do not undermine the level of PPE within the United Kingdom, and no PPE has been issued from pandemic supplies to other countries.</p><p>Lord Deighton is leading the Government effort by British industry to manufacture PPE. The Government is currently in contact with over 350 potential UK manufacturers and has signed contracts to manufacture over 2 billion items of PPE through UK-based manufacturers. More new manufacturers are expected to commit to producing PPE in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/06/2020 11:13:51 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1189262

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	Protective Clothing: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate the Government has made of the number of items of personal protective equipment that will be procured for use in the UK by the end of April.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	38985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>The combined DIT, FCO and DHSC efforts have resulted in DHSC ordering over 28.7 billion items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), direct from new relationships with suppliers in source countries; and to build up UK manufacturing this includes signed contracts to manufacture over 2 billion items of PPE through UK-based manufacturers.</p><p>The Government has rapidly processed over 24,000 cases from over 15,000 suppliers to ensure they meet the safety and quality standards that our NHS staff need, as well as prioritising offers of larger volumes. The Government has so far actively engaged with over 99% of the companies that have offered PPE and has contracted with over 175 new suppliers able to deliver at the scale and pace the UK requires.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 11:09:35 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1189266

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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: Ethnic Groups
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 reasons why covid-19 disproportionately affects people from BAME communities; and what steps he is taking to mitigate those effects.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	38917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/08/2020 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities (Kemi Badenoch MP) is reviewing the findings from Public Health England’s reports to better understand the drivers behind the disparities and the relationships between the different risk factors. Her work will help us to improve understanding of the virus and who it affects so we can build on the existing action we are taking to tackle health inequalities. This includes our childhood obesity plan, NHS health checks, our tobacco control plan and diabetes prevention programme.</p><p>In addition, the NHS Long Term Plan commits all major national programmes and every local area across England to set out specific measurable goals and mechanisms by which they will contribute to narrowing health inequalities over the next five and ten years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/08/2020 10:22:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1189268

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff have undertaken additional training to support patients with respiratory needs since 31 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	38919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>Information on the number of National Health Service staff who have undertaken additional training to support patients with respiratory needs is not collected centrally. It would be for individual trusts to train staff according to local needs and demand.</p><p> </p><p>A variety of guidance on workforce, including the principles for increasing the nursing workforce in response to exceptional increased demand in adult critical care, can be found on NHS England’s website and accessed via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/workforce/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/workforce/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/05/2020 10:06:45 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1189291

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	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, which urgent care centres for dental treatment have opened in each area since 25 March 2020; and how many (a) patients have been treated and (b) FP17s have been submitted for urgent care at each centre since that date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	38923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>NHS dentistry was reorganised in late March along with other NHS primary care services to minimise face to face care to contain the spread of COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic. Dentists were asked to suspend all routine treatment and instead to offer urgent advice and, where required, prescriptions for antibiotics by telephone. Urgent treatment was made available through urgent dental centres (UDCs) set up in each National Health Services region.</p><p>As of 25 May there are currently over 550 UDCs open. Patients are triaged into UDCs by their own dentistry or through NHS 111. The urgent dental centres are expected to provide, where urgently needed, the full range of dental treatment normally available on the NHS.</p><p>The NHS England and Improvement guidance issued from the Chief Dental Officer on 25 March applied directly only to NHS dental care. When providing private care dentists should consider any advice or guidance issued by regulators, the relevant professional body, Chief Professional Officers, or the NHS, as appropriate. All official guidance should be considered in delivery of private or NHS treatment but guidance issued to the NHS is only binding for NHS care.</p><p>NHS England and Improvement announced on 28 May that NHS dentistry outside urgent care centres will begin to restart from 8 June with the aim of increasing levels of service as fast as is compatible with maximising safety. The letter to dentists setting this out is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-ontent/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/Urgent-dental-care-letter-28-May.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-ontent/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/Urgent-dental-care-letter-28-May.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/06/2020 15:36:01 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1189304

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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 Trusts: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Trusts offer on site covid-19 testing for NHS staff.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	38924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service trusts have all put in place swabbing arrangements for their employees. This is either on the hospital estate or provided at locations in the local communities near their trust that are accessible for employees.</p><p>COVID-19 tests are conducted through pathology networks across England in laboratories. They are conducted at the laboratories with the relevant testing platforms.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 10/06/2020 18:00:31 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth