Department of Health and Social Care

written question – answered on 14 January 2021.

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  • Exercise Cygnus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the full findings of Exercise Cygnus.

  • Influenza: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to maintain the temporary expansion of the eligibility for flu vaccinations to the over 50 year olds.

  • Dental Services: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing to dental practices to ensure they meet the NHS target for contracts announced on 1 January 2021 during the...

  • Coronavirus: Licensed Premises

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason pubs cannot serve takeaway alcohol outside of their premises during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.

  • Coronavirus: Travel Restrictions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the potential merits of...

  • Coronavirus: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will prioritise police officers for the covid-19 vaccine.

  • Coronavirus: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the priority for children's and adults' social workers is for receipt of the covid-19 vaccine; whether those social workers will be...

  • Coronavirus: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on (a) whether frontline police officers will be prioritised for the covid-19 vaccine and (b) when that...

  • Coronavirus: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to categorise early years (a) education and (b) support staff as a priority group for the covid-19 vaccine.

  • Physiotherapy: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help retain physiotherapists who have entered NHS employment temporarily from the private health sector during...

  • Coronavirus: Non-ionizing Radiation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of using UV light as a cleaning agent to tackle covid-19 infection.

  • European Food Safety Authority

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish details on the UK's regime to replace the role of the European Food Safety Authority.

  • Dentistry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of dentistry school places that will be required in each of the next five years.

  • Coronavirus: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that staff at covid-19 vaccination centres are equipped with full personal protective equipment.

  • Medical Certificates: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether GPs or NHS 111 are responsible for issuing covid-19 sick notes to patients; what guidance his Department has issued to the (a)...

  • Coronavirus: Vitamins

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) the Royal College of Nursing and (b) other bodies on the potential effect of vitamins in protecting...

  • Diabetes: Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the disproportionate effect of diabetes in areas with greater health inequalities.

  • Horses: Slaughterhouses

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many soliped and equidae were slaughtered for meat in UK abattoirs in each month of 2020.

  • Coronavirus: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation: advice on priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination, published on 2...

  • Contraceptives

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report Women's Lives, Women's Rights: Strengthening Access to Contraception Beyond the Covid-19 Pandemic, published...

  • Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Public Health England report, Covid-19: understanding the impact on BAME communities, published on 16 June 2020,...

  • Gender Recognition: Clinics

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the oral response of the Minister for Women and Equalities to the Urgent Question from the hon. Member for Reigate of 24...

  • Coronavirus: Mink

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on human health of mink fur farming since the outbreak of a coronavirus variant linked to...

  • Health: Disadvantaged

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the creation of a cross-government strategy on reducing health inequalities as...

  • Gender Recognition: Surgery

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many gender reassignment and gender affirmation operations were carried out by the NhS in each year since 2000 for which data are...

  • Disinfectants

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Health and Safety Executive’s updated guidance for...

  • Children: Health

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will develop a strategy to deal with potential implications on childhood development from (a) previous, (b) existing and (c)...

  • Gender Recognition: Children and Young People

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department and (b) NHS England undertook an equalities impact assessment of the amendments to NHS England’s service...

  • Exercise Cygnus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 October 2020, HCWS526 on Report on Exercise on Pandemic preparedness, if he will publish...

  • Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England plans to release a Highly Specialised Services report for (a) 2019 and (b) 2020.

  • Radiotherapy: Patient Choice Schemes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allow cancer patients to choose where they access radiotherapy treatment.

  • Cholesterol: Screening

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2020 to Question 64346 on Cholesterol: Screening, when cholesterol checks will resume.

  • Dental Services: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 lockdown measures on child oral health in the North East; and what steps he is...

  • Mount Vernon Hospital Northwood: Cancer

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made in upgrading the cancer facilities at Mount Vernon Hospital; and if he will make a statement.

  • Eyesight: Testing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many eye tests are available for NHS patients in (a) England and (b) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in comparison to the same...

  • Coronavirus: Kidney Diseases

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risk to patients that receive in-centre haemodialysis of contracting covid-19 while undergoing their...

  • Antimicrobials

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans are in place to ensure that the devolved nations can benefit from the initiatives in England to incentivise the development of...

  • Antimicrobials

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has provided to (a) Clinical Commissioning Groups and (b) local NHS providers on the introduction of new...

  • Psilocybin

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter of 16 October 2020 from the Minister with responsibility for drugs to the hon. Member for Reigate, what...

  • Pancreatic Cancer: Clinical Trials

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when clinical trials for pancreatic cancer will resume in England following their suspension as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

  • Vaccination: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on progress on meeting childhood immunisation targets.

  • Influenza: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether informal carers are eligible to receive a flu vaccine in winter 2020-21.

  • Influenza: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the supply of flu vaccinations for all people eligible for NHS flu vaccinations in...

  • Cervical Cancer: Screening

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in England are overdue for their cervical cancer screening appointments.

  • Influenza: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to update the Immunisation against infectious disease guidance to GPs on influenza vaccination for people...

  • Influenza: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many flu vaccines have been administered as at 1 November 2020; and what comparative assessment he has made of the level of uptake of...

  • Influenza: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the take-up of winter flu vaccinations was in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020 to date.

  • Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the national stock level of syringes required to deliver the flu and covid-19 vaccinations during winter 2020-21.

  • Parents: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is making available to medically vulnerable parents whose children have returned to school during the...

  • Coronavirus: Quarantine

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is the Government's policy to provide an equivalent level of support for people shielding during the November 2020 covid-19...

  • Community Health Services and General Practitioners

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) expand the general practice workforce and (b) increase funding for community-based locally led...

  • Influenza: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 9 October 2020 to Questions 91703 and 91704 on Influenza: Vaccination, how many additional trained workforce...

  • Public Health: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to announce the public health grant allocations for local authorities for 2021-22.

  • Dental Services: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that dental practices are allowed to remain open during the remainder of the covid-19 outbreak.

  • Coronavirus: Air Conditioning

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of using (a) air extraction and (b) air cleaning systems in buildings where...

  • European Food Safety Authority: Northern Ireland

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which body will conduct risk assessments for Northern Ireland after the UK no longer has access to the European Food Safety Authority...

  • Tobacco

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) processes, (b) public consultation exercises and (c) other procedures his Department plans to undertake in the production of its...

  • Health: North of England

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has for increasing investment in place-based public health in local authorities in order to tackle (a) health...

  • Vaccination: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on progress on meeting childhood immunisation targets.

  • Coronavirus: Death

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who tested positive for covid-19 on admission to hospital but subsequently died...

  • Cervical Cancer: Screening

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS Trusts to ensure that cervical cancer screening appointments remain available during the covid-19...

  • Opiates

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the supplier of Pethidine medication on increasing availability of that medication in the UK.

  • Cancer: Surgery

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to increase capacity for urgent cancer surgery following the end of the contract with the independent health sector.

  • Gender Recognition: Young People

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide young people and their families with access to targeted mental health support while their care is...

  • Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the Government’s Vaccine Strategy.

  • Tobacco

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take into account the EU's Tobacco Products Directive when developing the next UK Government's Tobacco Control Plan.

  • Smoking

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the health benefits of ensuring that smokers have (a) information about and (b) access to a wide range of...

  • General Practitioners: Private Sector

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of private GPs working in England.

  • Rare Cancers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases: 2020 update to the Implementation Plan for England, published on 26 February 2020,...

  • Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when will the Department publish the Government’s Vaccine Strategy.

  • Rare Diseases

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases during the covid-19 outbreak.

  • Drugs: UK Trade with EU

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 15 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, published on 24 December 2020, when the Working Group on...

  • Cervical Cancer: Screening

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that trans men are able to access cervical cancer screening tests.

  • Drugs: UK Trade with EU

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 15 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, published on 24 December 2020, what the selection process will be...

  • Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 103453 tabled on 14 October 2020, Question 123542 tabled on 30 November 2020 and Question 130657 tabled...

  • Coronavirus: Greater London

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Nightingale hospital in London will be open and working at full capacity.

  • Hospitals: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish (a) civil contingency plans and (b) fire safety strategies for NHS field hospitals.

  • Members: Correspondence

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 13 October, 12 November and 25...

  • Dementia: Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made against each of the commitments set out in the Prime Minister's Challenge on dementia 2020: Implementation plan.

  • Health Professions: Labour Turnover

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on increasing (a) recruitment and (b) retention of (i) doctors and (ii) nurses.

  • Carers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing key worker status to unpaid carers.

  • Future Social Care Coalition

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the launch of the Future Social Care Coalition, if he will take steps to (a) improve the (i) career structure and (ii)...

  • Mental Illness: Drugs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of the use of antipsychotics in care homes.

  • Adult Social Care Infection Control Fund

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure the Adult Social Care Infection Control Fund granted to local authorities is spent in care homes.

  • Dementia: West Yorkshire

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of hospital beds are currently occupied by people with dementia; and what the average length of stay for patients with...

  • NHS: Holiday Leave

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff in London have had their leave cancelled during (a) December 2020 and (b) January 2021 to date.

  • NHS: Protective Clothing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason there is a shortage of scrubs in hospitals and vaccination clinics; and who holds the contracts for scrubs provision.

  • Mental Health Services: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much additional funding the Department has allocated to NHS mental health services in England to manage any additional demands as a...

  • Coronavirus: Extracurricular Activities

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the scientific evidence supporting the restrictions on overnight educational stays at outdoor educational residential...

  • NHS: Recruitment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to tackle workforce shortages in (a) rheumatology and (b) other specialty workforce shortages in the NHS...

  • Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the number of Tier 4 beds available for inpatients within Child and Adolescent Mental Health...

  • Learning Disability and Autism: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that autistic people and people with learning disabilities living in residential care, supported living...

  • Mental Health Services: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS mental health services remain open during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown in England.

  • Care Homes: Autism and Learning Disability

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to meet targets to discharge people with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism from health and...