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1236754

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department has not had any discussions or meetings with National Health Service trusts regarding the implementation of the framework. It worked with NHS England and NHS Improvement to finalise the ‘Framework to assist NHS trusts to reintroduce access for partners, visitors and supporters of pregnant women in English maternity services’ developed in collaboration with the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Society and College of Radiographers.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/09/2020 16:02:31 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 49221 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

1236755

	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Long Covid
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>NHS England launched its online ‘Your COVID Recovery’ service to expand access to COVID-19 rehabilitation treatments for those who had the virus but are still experiencing difficulties, including mental health issues. This includes advice on how to manage fear and anxiety, coping with frustration and tips on how to look after your wellbeing.</p><p>National Health Service mental health services have remained open for business throughout this time and have deployed innovative digital tools to provide ongoing support, including for people experiencing mental ill health as a result of the long-term effects of a COVID-19 infection.</p><p>The Chief Executive of NHS England wrote to NHS organisations on 31 July setting out the third phase of the NHS response to COVID-19. This includes that the 24 hours a day, seven days a week crisis helplines established by all NHS mental health services during the pandemic should be retained.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 25/09/2020 15:00:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 49220 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

1236757

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has previously held discussions to better understand the long-term impacts of COVID-19 with clinicians, academics and individuals who have long-term symptoms of the disease.</p><p>The National Health Service and the wider scientific community are currently working to better understand the disease course of COVID-19 infection, including the prevalence, severity and duration of symptoms, and how best to support recovery. The National Institute for Health Research and UK Research and Innovation have invested £8.4 million in the Post-HOSPitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID), led by the University of Leicester.</p><p>The research currently underway will continue to inform future NHS service design and provision.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 06/10/2020 16:32:01 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 49219 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

1236771

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not had any discussions with Cabinet Colleagues regarding the implementation of the NHS England and NHS Improvement Framework published on 8 September 2020 to assist all NHS trusts to reintroduce access for partners, visitors and other supporters of pregnant women in maternity services in England. The Framework is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/09/par001599-framework-for-the-reintroduction-of-visitors-throughout-maternity-services-sep-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/09/par001599-framework-for-the-reintroduction-of-visitors-throughout-maternity-services-sep-2020.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/09/2020 15:52:45 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 49222 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

1198282

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	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: Contact Tracing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to tracking and tracing process for the contacts of people with covid-19, what sanctions he plans to put in place for people who refuse to disclose details of their contacts and interactions; and what sanctions will be in place for people who are identified as contacts who refuse to co-operate with that process.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>We are confident that the public will want to play their part in reducing the spread of the virus to keep themselves, their families and communities safe and to protect the National Health Service. This means complying with instructions to self-isolate. However, if we find that people are not complying with isolation instructions, we will not hesitate to introduce tougher measures.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 10/06/2020 18:12:38 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 25882 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1253847

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2020
	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	Mental 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, with reference to the £10.2 million announced in June 2020 for mental health charities to support adults and children affected by the covid-19 outbreak, how and to whom that funding was allocated; and what steps he is taking to monitor the effectiveness of the spending of that funding.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	118137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>We have provided £10.2 million of grant funding to mental health charities to date, consisting of:</p><p> </p><p>- £5 million allocated to the Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund, which has been distributed to the 134 organisations listed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/campaigns/coronavirus-mental-health-response-fund/coronavirus-mental-health-response-fund-england#collapse8ae81" target="_blank">www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/campaigns/coronavirus-mental-health-response-fund/coronavirus-mental-health-response-fund-england#collapse8ae81</a>;</p><p> </p><p>- £4.2 million allocated to 10 charities from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s £750 million Coronavirus Voluntary and Community Sector Fund. Of this, the Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund has been allocated an additional £230,000; and</p><p> </p><p>- £1 million, inspired by ITV’s Help Our Helplines campaign, that is still to be distributed through the Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund over the coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Funding from the Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund has been distributed to mental health charities by a grant competition led by Mind and the Mental Health Consortia. These grants are monitored by a governance group, which includes Departmental officials.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 02/12/2020 14:34:21 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 64082 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1224403

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	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	Surgical Mesh Implants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the vaginal mesh implants scandal, if he will take steps to require (a) medical personnel who are consultants to firms making medical products that they propose to use for their patients (i) declare their interest and (ii) draw their patients' attention to such a declaration when recommending the use of those products and (b) victims of that scandal of whatever age do not have to pay prescription charges for medication required to treat their resultant injuries and symptoms.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	73682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The General Medical Council already has guidance covering financial and commercial arrangements and conflicts of interest, which all medical practitioners must adhere to and which came into effect on 22 April 2013. We will consider whether these arrangements should be strengthened.</p><p>National Health service prescription charge exemptions are in place to help those with greatest need.</p><p>The Government will consider the recommendations in the First Do No Harm report published on 8 July very carefully.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2020 11:08:51 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 38797 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1224401

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	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	Surgical Mesh Implants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the vaginal mesh implants scandal, if he will take steps to ensure that the establishment of specialist treatment centres are multidisciplinary in order to permit an holistic approach to treatment and to avoid multiple referrals by GPs to (a) neurology, (b) orthopaedic, (c) rheumatology, (d) urology, and (e) other specialists lacking mesh-specific skills; and if he will ensure that NHS personnel previously involved in denying the harmful effects of vaginal mesh implants are excluded from staffing those remedial treatment centres.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	73681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>NHS England is assessing bids from National Health Service providers to be specialist centres providing treatment for women with complications of mesh inserted for urinary incontinence and vaginal prolapse. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, every effort is now being made to finalise this quickly and stakeholders will be kept up to date with progress.</p><p>The service specification requires that providers of complex mesh services must use the trust appraisal system to ensure surgeons are appropriately trained and current in their practice; adhere to clinical guidance; comply with national data requirements; and report complications. Clear documented evidence demonstrating competency to perform complex vaginal mesh removal surgery for all surgical members of the multidisciplinary team is also required.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2020 11:04:23 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 38796 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1218597

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	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: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the the CPS's findings that 53 unlawful and no lawful prosecutions have been pursued in England and Wales under the powers provided by Schedule 21 of the Coronavirus Act 2020, what plans he has to revise his assessment of the necessity of Schedule 21 in his two month report on that Act.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	66042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>As per section 97(1)(b) of the Coronavirus Act 2020, the Secretary of State will make a statement in the two-monthly report about whether he considers the current status of non-devolved provisions to be appropriate. This is due to be published at the end of July. The first such statement was published on 29 May and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-act-report-may-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-act-report-may-2020</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 66043 question first answered 16/07/2020 20:28:15 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 34394 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1199605

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the study published by Imperial College London on 24 April 2020, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of weekly testing of health and social care staff regardless of whether they have covid-19 symptoms.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service staff are prioritised for testing should they exhibit symptoms. In line with the Chief Medical Officer’s guidance, asymptomatic staff are tested in situations where there was an untoward incident, outbreak, or high prevalence of the virus. Asymptomatic staff are also being periodically tested as part of Public Health England’s SIREN study.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/09/2020 20:30:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 26728 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill