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1279524

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide special leave and psychological support to NHS staff who have worked longer hours in a more stressful work environment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL12407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>In April 2020, we put in place a comprehensive package of wellbeing resources for National Health Service staff including counselling helplines, free access to wellbeing apps, virtual staff commons rooms, and specialist bereavement and psychological support. This was reinforced in the autumn with £30 million invested in enhanced occupational health support and the creation of mental health hubs which are focused on improving outreach, assessment and referrals to specialist services.</p><p> </p><p>Taking leave is important to allow staff the opportunity to rest and recuperate. The NHS employment offer already includes annual leave arrangements beyond the statutory minimum and management of annual leave is a local matter for employing organisations. Where staff have been unable to take annual leave due to the pandemic, agreements can be reached to ensure that annual leave can be carried over into the next two years.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 04/02/2021 12:04:20 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1277390

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the final report of the NHS People Plan will be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL12190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>The NHS People Plan is not a single document but a shared programme of work to grow the workforce, support new ways of working and develop a compassionate and inclusive workplace culture in order to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan. The NHS People Plan 2020-21, published last summer, is focused on supporting National Health Service staff to manage the COVID-19 response and winter pressures, with a strong focus on looking after the health and wellbeing of staff.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement, Health Education England and with systems and employers to determine our workforce and people priorities beyond April 2021 to support the recovery of NHS staff and of services. This will include building on many of the positive ways of working that have emerged through the pandemic whilst continuing to support the wellbeing of NHS staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 02/02/2021 14:06:41 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1249490

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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: Staff
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 are (a) absent through illness and (b) self-isolating as a result of covid-19 as of 9 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	113107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement collect sickness absence data on staff contracted by the NHS. The figures report the number of COVID-19 related absences of staff, either through sickness or self-isolation.</p><p>The latest available figures show 82,021 total absences of staff either through sickness or self-isolation on 4 November 2020. Of these 31,129 were reported as COVID-19 related.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/12/2020 15:23:25 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 60990 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1249570

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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: Staff
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 previously retired NHS staff have worked in the NHS in each month since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	113132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have provided the following information. As at July 2020, 15,245 former healthcare professionals had completed pre-employment checks, 8,755 former clinicians had been deployed to acute services for employment and 2,140 former clinicians had been employed across NHS 111, NHS Test and Trace, acute trusts and social care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/01/2021 13:26:54 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1248480

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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: Staff
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 he has made of the number of NHS staff who are line-managed by close family members.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	110747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/11/2020 12:06:58 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 59954 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1237648

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
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: Staff
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 potential merits of giving NHS staff paid leave when they are required to self-isolate.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	95021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>It is essential for infection control purposes that staff members who should self-isolate, do so. To support this, we have issued guidance to employers to ensure all National Health Service staff, including those who would normally need to be physically present at an NHS facility to fulfill their role and who are unable to work from home, continue to receive full pay should they be required to self-isolate as a result of public health advice.</p><p>Our guidance states that employers should use their usual methods for calculating full pay using agreed processes at a local level and in line with NHS terms and conditions. The full guidance on self-isolation can be found on the NHS Employers’ website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/covid19/staff-terms-and-conditions/self-isolation" target="_blank">https://www.nhsemployers.org/covid19/staff-terms-and-conditions/self-isolation</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/10/2020 16:32:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 50727 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1234008

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
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: Staff
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 organisations completed and published risk assessments for high-risk staff within the four-week deadline of the NHS England and NHS Improvement letter dated 24 June 2020 requesting them to do so.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	89838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>All 217 National Health Service trusts submitted data on 31 July and 81% of known at risk staff and 92% of known black, Asian and minority ethnic staff had received risk assessments with mitigating steps agreed where necessary.</p><p>Also on 31 July, Sir Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive for NHS England and NHS Improvement, wrote to NHS organisations regarding the third phase of the NHS response to COVID-19 and supplementary material to support implementation was published on 7 August. This makes it clear to NHS systems that the continued deployment of risk assessments on an ongoing basis must remain a priority for the duration of the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/09/2020 15:28:49 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1225924

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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: Staff
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 publish the NHS People Plan.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	76054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/08/2020 answer text <p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/we-are-the-nhs-people-plan-for-2020-21-action-for-us-all/" target="_blank">We are the NHS: People Plan 2020/21</a>, published on 30 July, sets out actions to support transformation across the whole NHS. It builds on the creativity and drive shown by the NHS workforce in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic and seeks to embed those innovations. It focusses on ensuring staff have the mental and physical wellbeing support they need.</p><p>Further action for 2021/22 and beyond is expected to be set out later in the year, once funding arrangements for future years have been confirmed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/08/2020 16:03:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 40838 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1195325

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the full NHS People Plan.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL4328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2020 answer text <p>The publication of the full NHS People Plan has been deferred to later in the year, so that the National Health Service can devote maximum operational effort to COVID-19 readiness and response.</p><p>While timing of publication continues to be kept under review, NHS England and NHS Improvement, together with Health Education England, are continuing to grow and transform the workforce and build lasting culture change, in line with the objectives of the People Plan.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 28/05/2020 11:49:40 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1190684

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
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: Staff
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 increasing staffing levels within the NHS in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	40612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, NHS England has published a suite of documents to support National Health Service organisations with the management of their workforce. All of the documents can be found on NHS England’s website at 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><p>The NHS has also run a campaign asking for recently retired doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to return to practice. Further details can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/returning-clinicians/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/returning-clinicians/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/05/2020 11:23:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley