The Department is working with its partners, including suppliers, the devolved nations and the health and social care system to ensure they have the resources they need after the end of the transition period. The 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review will set out the Government\u2019s spending plans for health and social care for future years. The Government will set out the results of the Spending Review in due course.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4362", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Edward Argar"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Charnwood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Edward Argar"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-10-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-10-14T10:51:53.773Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-10-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Health Services: Standards"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the health service is adequately resourced after the end of the transition period.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Strangford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"} ], "uin" : "98219"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1239655", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1239655/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Public Health England (PHE) has made no assessment of the accuracy of the Health and Safety Executive\u2019s Riddor reporting system.<\/p>
Positive tests are notifiable under the Health Protection Regulations 2010, as amended by the Health Protection (Notification) (Amended) Regulations 2020. Under this regulation diagnostic laboratories have a duty to notify PHE when they identify evidence of infection caused by COVID-19. PHE regularly works with labs to help them set up reporting. PHE has published a guide for reporting which is available to view at the following link:<\/p>
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739854/PHE_Laboratory_Reporting_Guidelines.pdf<\/a><\/p> Data on cases and fatalities from COVID-19 in relation to food factories are not collected.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of the Health and Safety Executive's Riddor reporting system of the number of covid-19 cases and fatalities in food factories; and what steps he is taking to ensure that records of covid-19 (a) cases and (b) fatalities in food factories are accurate.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential increase of coronavirus testing capacity for the residents of the City of York in October.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the creation of the covid-19 testing lab in Newcastle will deliver an increase in the number of available lab slots for tests from residents of the City of York.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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