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1458171

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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 and Social Services: 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 steps he is taking to support health and care staff with the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	906522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>We have committed to give NHS workers a pay rise and are looking to pay review bodies for a recommendation.</p><p>The pay review bodies are independent so I cannot pre-empt their recommendations, but we will carefully consider them.</p><p>The majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers who set pay and conditions, independent of central government. It is the responsibility of local authorities to work with care providers to determine pay.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 19/04/2022 15:48:32 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1458172

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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
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 maximise NHS capacity.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	906523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department continues to focus on recovery of services, as we have throughout the pandemic. The NHS and the Department have sought to maximise availability of capacity by all practical means, including virtual wards, the use of independent sector capacity, a focus on maximising safe discharge, coupled with investment in up to 160 community diagnostic centres, innovation in surgical hubs, and through growing our NHS workforce.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 15:37:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1458173

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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
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 maximise NHS capacity.
tabling member constituency	Rushcliffe
tabling member printed	Ruth Edwards
uin	906524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department continues to focus on recovery of services, as we have throughout the pandemic. The NHS and the Department have sought to maximise availability of capacity by all practical means, including virtual wards, the use of independent sector capacity, a focus on maximising safe discharge, coupled with investment in up to 160 community diagnostic centres, innovation in surgical hubs, and through growing our NHS workforce.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 15:37:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4808 label Biography information for Ruth Edwards

1458174

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Dentistry: Recruitment
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 promote the recruitment of dentists in communities with comparatively low levels of dental provision.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	906525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) set out a range of recommendations in their Advancing Dental Care Review, which aim to tackle recruitment, retention and attracting dentists to the NHS. One of their proposals was the creation of Centres for Dental Development in localities where there is a shortage in provision, which would bring together education and service elements in smaller units. HEE have now moved into their implementation stage through their Dental Education Reform Programme.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/04/2022 16:24:44 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1458175

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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: Females
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 help tackle inequalities in women's health.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	906526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>Our Vision for the Women’s Health Strategy, published in December, set out our ambitions for improving the health and wellbeing of women across England and reducing disparities. It is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/our-vision-for-the-womens-health-strategy-for-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/our-vision-for-the-womens-health-strategy-for-england</a>. We will publish the full Women’s Health Strategy later this year.</p><p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) was established to reduce health disparities, including those which affect women. OHID will publish a Health Disparities White Paper with impactful measures to address health disparities at each stage they arise.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/04/2022 16:29:10 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1458176

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Carers: Cost of Living
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 with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to support unpaid carers with the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	906527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Department for Work and Pensions on matters about unpaid carers.</p><p>We understand the pressures people face with the cost of living. These are global challenges, and we are providing support worth over £22 billion in 2022/23 to help. This includes a cut to fuel duty, a £9.1 billion package to help with energy bills and raising National Insurance thresholds.</p><p>We are also spending record amounts specifically to support unpaid carers, with expenditure on Carer’s Allowance forecast to be £3.1 billion in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 19/04/2022 15:54:46 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1458177

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Dentistry: Vacancies
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 plans to take further steps to tackle the shortage of NHS dentists.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	906528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>We are working with the British Dental Association to reform the NHS dental contract to make it more attractive to the profession. Health Education England set out a range of recommendations in their Advancing Dental Care Review, which will improve recruitment and retention of dentists and other professionals. Action is being taken to implement these through their Dental Education Reform Programme. We are also working to allow greater flexibility to expand on the registration options open to international dentistry applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/04/2022 16:32:19 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1458178

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Infectious Diseases: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the effectiveness of passive technology in reducing the transmission of airborne microbes in enclosed spaces.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	906530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>Through the UK Health Security Agency we have worked with academic experts and businesses, to explore the most suitable air cleaning technologies to be used in enclosed spaces and further commissioned research projects, studying their effectiveness at reducing transmission rates of airborne microbes, including those for COVID-19.</p><p>As part of managing these important studies officials continue to have discussions across government and with relevant stakeholders for which we will publish results in due course.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 19/04/2022 16:03:52 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1458179

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Ambulance Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to help ensure that ambulance services meet their response time targets.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	906531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the ambulance service to manage the pressures it is facing.</p><p>Investments in the ambulance workforce have increased the number of NHS ambulance and support staff by 38% since July 2010, and boosted 999 call handler numbers to over 2,400 at the end of March, 500 more than in September.</p><p>Ambulance trusts receive continuous central monitoring and support through NHS England’s National Ambulance Coordination Centre and there is targeted, intensive support to the most challenged hospitals to improve patient handovers, helping ambulances get swiftly back on the road.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 15:43:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1458180

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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: Vaccination
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 support research into intra-nasal covid-19 vaccines.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	906532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) which, with UK Research and Innovation, has co-funded an Imperial College London study worth £580,000 looking specifically at the safety and effectiveness of two COVID-19 vaccines administered via the respiratory tract.</p><p>The study is ongoing but in later stages and results will be made public in due course and following peer review.</p><p>The NIHR is also providing infrastructure support to an Oxford University study looking at safety and effectiveness of intranasal administration of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 19/04/2022 16:20:30 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe