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NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-west — House of Commons, 2022-01-24
Topic: Health
Maria Colette Caulfield (Conservative, Centre-right): Absolutely. We want to encourage everyone who wants to come and work in the United Kingdom to be able to do so, and we are working with the General Dental Council to make sure that happens. Currently a period of continued automatic recognition is in place for dentists with EEA and Swiss qualifications wishing to work in the UK and we want that to continue. Those with qualifications which were previously automatically recognised will continue to be recognised in the UK. I have heard from dentists from abroad who want their qualifications to be recognised here and we will work hard as part of the contract reform to make sure that that process is easier than at present On preventive work, my hon. Friend the Member for Mole Valley was absolutely right to point out that, as well as dealing with dental issues, oral health is crucial, and the Health and Care Bill is introducing proposals that will transfer the power to bring forward the new water fluoridation schemes, which will transform the oral health of many in the most deprived parts of our country, and could reduce the level of decay among five-year-olds by up to 28%. Simple measures such as that will make a big difference Although tonight I am unable to present colleagues with a quick-fix solution, I want to assure them that we are dealing with the issues covid has brought to us and we will be announcing further funding in this financial year to help to deal with some of that backlog, but there are issues with the current dental contract that unless addressed will continue some of the problems Members have raised this evening.
Exiting the European Union (Plant Health) — House of Commons, 2019-10-08
Topic: Health
James Dolan Cunningham (Labour, Centre-left): I welcome the Minister to her new position. Can she give me an example of what I would call an early warning system? Do we have one so that we can get on top of diseases as soon as possible?
NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-west — House of Commons, 2022-01-24
Topic: Health
Maria Colette Caulfield (Conservative, Centre-right): I think it is very disappointing for the right hon. Member for Exeter (Mr Bradshaw) to say that there is no point in meeting or that it would be a pointless meeting. That is the sort of constructive engagement that Labour MPs in Bristol have. I have been very constructive and very open in offering to meet—my very first line in the response to this debate was that I was willing to meet—the hon. Member for Bristol North West to discuss that. If he was not serious about it, it is a shame that he has not been more constructive this evening. However, I am very clear that we are offering a range of options for patients. I have put on record and I have not shied away from the fact that patients are struggling to see their dentist. I have not shied away from the fact that dentists are not happy with the current contract, and we are instigating contract reform. I have not shied away from the fact that, with the current infection control measures, restrictions are still in place. However, as the Minister responsible for dentistry, I remain committed to playing my part to ensure patients can access NHS dentistry no matter where they live Question put and agreed to.
Discharge from Hospital: Covid-19 Outbreak — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): We are working closely with the NHS, social care and local authorities to significantly reduce delayed discharge and free up beds for those who need them most. We are making full use of non-acute beds, including those in hospices, other community beds and beds in the independent sector. To drive further progress and support regional and local systems, I also established a new national taskforce last month to help deliver best practice.
Discharge from Hospital: Covid-19 Outbreak — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Robert Butler (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my right hon. Friend for his answer. Many people would like to leave hospital when their treatment is completed, but they are not quite well enough to cope alone at home. That is obviously frustrating for them, because they want their independence, it creates problems for hospitals, which need the beds, and it costs the taxpayer unnecessary money. Does my right hon. Friend therefore agree that the development of a strategy to provide intermediate care to support discharge would help alleviate pressure on both the NHS and the social care sector?
Discharge from Hospital: Covid-19 Outbreak — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I do agree with my hon. Friend. That is why, as part of our continued response to the covid-19 pandemic, on 2 December last year NHS England asked local systems to consider ways to increase patient flow out of acute hospital settings. That includes surge capacity in care homes, identifying unused hospice capacity and, in some cases, repurposing hotel accommodation where appropriate. NHS England is reporting to me on this regularly, and it is something that we will closely monitor progress on.
Baby Loss Awareness Week — House of Commons, 2019-10-08
Topic: Health
Gareth Thomas (Labour, Centre-left): I apologise to the Minister and to the House for missing the early part of her remarks. On the statistics she has just commented on, is it not the case that we are going backwards in our progress on neonatal deaths? Is it not also true that there is a marked difference in more socially deprived areas since 2014? Does that not suggest that significantly more investment in this policy area is needed urgently, particularly in those areas where social deprivation is most stark?
Baby Loss Awareness Week — House of Commons, 2019-10-08
Topic: Health
Sarah Deborah Champion (Labour, Centre-left): I was contacted by one of my constituents, whose baby died in July at 26 days. She still, now, has been unable to get counselling support. Will the Minister look into giving clear guidance to clinical commissioning groups to make sure that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on bereavement is there for everyone?
Baby Loss Awareness Week — House of Commons, 2019-10-08
Topic: Health
Sarah Deborah Champion (Labour, Centre-left): Before this job, I ran a children’s hospice. We were able to provide wraparound care to the whole family. We worked with hundreds of families in my time there, and I am really proud to say that because of that care, not one family separated.
Baby Loss Awareness Week — House of Commons, 2019-10-08
Topic: Health
Gareth Thomas (Labour, Centre-left): I thank the hon. Lady for giving way. She is making a powerful speech, and I strongly support her call for better access to mental health support. I think of the difference that the four-hour target made to quality of care and access to accident and emergency doctors and nurses where needed, and I wonder whether we need a similar target in place, to ensure that trusts and the NHS in general can be accountable for whether access to mental health support is given quickly enough to people who are bereaved in these circumstances.
Covid-19: Hospital Admissions — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, of course. The officials within my Department have carried out a wealth of analysis on case fatality rates in the vaccinated and unvaccinated populations. Recent data has shown that covid-19 case fatality rates for the over-80s are likely to be more than five times greater in the unvaccinated versus those who have had at least two doses My hon. Friend may be interested to know that, when I recently visited the intensive care unit dealing with covid patients in King’s College, the consultant in charge told me that he estimated that about 70% of his patients on that day were completely unvaccinated. It is clear, as we have seen especially in the past few weeks, that vaccinations save lives.
Covid-19: Hospital Admissions — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady is absolutely right to raise the importance of endometriosis. She will know, I hope, that in the women’s health strategy there will be an important focus on it. Within that strategy, we have set out how we can work together to do much more.
Baby Loss Awareness Week — House of Commons, 2019-10-08
Topic: Health
Paul John Sweeney (Labour, Centre-left): I share the sentiments of the hon. Member for North East Fife (Stephen Gethins): collaboration is critical. One of my constituents raised with me concerns about the fact that there was no peer-to-peer support provided by the medical profession. She was dealing with her GP, but she relied for support on the charity SiMBA—Simpson’s Memory Box Appeal—a friend having referred her. Maximum co-operation and support is critical. Hopefully, we can share as much information as possible, so that we avoid people feeling that they are alone, or not being given the support that they need. I was shocked to hear what happened to my constituent. I would be keen to ensure co-operation and to promote it as much as I can.
Supply of Medicines: No Deal — House of Commons, 2019-09-05
Topic: Health
Questions: What recent assessment the Government have made of the effect on the supply of medicines of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.; What recent assessment the Government have made of the effect on the supply of medicines of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.; What recent assessment the Government have made of the effect on the supply of medicines of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Mohammad Yasin (Labour, Centre-left): This week, the Nuffield Trust joined 11 union leaders to warn that no deal would disrupt the supply of life-saving medicine and exacerbate the largest staffing crisis in our NHS’s history. What level of mortality rate is acceptable to the Secretary of State as the price to pay for this devastating no-deal Brexit?
Supply of Medicines: No Deal — House of Commons, 2019-09-05
Topic: Health
Questions: What recent assessment the Government have made of the effect on the supply of medicines of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.; What recent assessment the Government have made of the effect on the supply of medicines of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.; What recent assessment the Government have made of the effect on the supply of medicines of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Victoria Jane Foxcroft (Labour, Centre-left): I was recently contacted by a constituent with a rare condition. She has stopped producing cortisol and needs to take a synthetic form of it to survive. If she stops taking her medication, she will be dead within 10 days. What does the Secretary of State have to say to my constituent, who is afraid that the Government are gambling with her life?
Supply of Medicines: No Deal — House of Commons, 2019-09-05
Topic: Health
Questions: What recent assessment the Government have made of the effect on the supply of medicines of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.; What recent assessment the Government have made of the effect on the supply of medicines of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.; What recent assessment the Government have made of the effect on the supply of medicines of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Diana Ruth Johnson (Labour, Centre-left): Anyone who is facing cancer treatment wants to know that they can get the medicine and the medical devices they need as quickly as possible and with certainty. Dr Buscombe from the British Nuclear Medicine Society says that the system for delivering radioactive isotopes in the event of a no-deal Brexit is "fragile". What does the Secretary of State say to patients who are concerned to hear that?
Covid-19 Vaccination Sites — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Mark Peter Fletcher (Conservative, Centre-right): A number of residents in Bolsover have written to me to ask why there is not a specific vaccination centre in the town. Given that the booster roll-out has slowed locally and given our poor bus connections, could the Minister—as my former Whip, I know that she is incredibly persuasive—look into having a specific site in Bolsover?
Covid-19 Vaccination Sites — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Margaret Ann Throup (Conservative, Centre-right): There are now six vaccination sites in the Bolsover district. A regular pop-up clinic was also set up in Shirebrook to address and identify the shortfall in uptake, but that has been phased out as new community pharmacy and primary care network clinics came on board to support the local vaccination programme and increase the number of Bolsover sites at the end of 2021. I am sure that my hon. Friend will be delighted to hear that a new roving vaccination van is being deployed across Derbyshire. It will visit Bolsover and surrounding villages to provide extra capacity and ensure that everyone has another way to get their booster jab. It will also allow those not yet vaccinated to come forward for this life-saving protection.
Covid-19 Vaccination Sites — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Margaret Ann Throup (Conservative, Centre-right): I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we are talking about patient safety. He is quite right that it is important to have that dialogue, and I know that colleagues across the board in the NHS are having that. It is interesting to note that more than 94% of NHS staff have already had their vaccine, and I commend them for that. As the chief medical officer Chris Whitty rightly said, those looking after other people who are very vulnerable have a "professional responsibility" to get vaccinated.
Covid-19 Vaccination Sites — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Margaret Ann Throup (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady makes a really good point. I reassure her that procedures for urgent cases have not been cancelled. As the House knows, we are looking at the private sector to help deliver vital support for those patients.
Covid-19 Testing Infrastructure — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Margaret Ann Throup (Conservative, Centre-right): The UK continues to provide one of the highest testing rates globally. We have increased capacity for PCR testing by over 200,000 tests per day since December. Home delivery capacity is now at 7 million lateral flow tests every day, with community pharmacies supplying an additional 9.5 million tests last week. In comparison to England, countries that have put in place more restrictions might have chosen a different balance between lateral flow devices and PCRs to meet their individual testing demands. Therefore, we cannot meaningfully compare our testing infrastructure to that of other countries.
Covid-19 Testing Infrastructure — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Michael Jon Wood (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for that answer. Health and social care workers who care for some of the most clinically vulnerable members of our society were rightly prioritised for early vaccination. Does she agree that, similarly, they must be prioritised for testing? What is she doing to ensure that?
Ethanol Imports: Tariff Schedule — House of Commons, 2019-09-05
Topic: Health
Questions: What plans the Government have to publish a tariff schedule for ethanol imports in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds (Labour, Centre-left): There is a group of medicines that simply cannot be stockpiled and which rely on an uninterrupted supply of imports. Will the Secretary of State give a 100% guarantee that none of my constituents will suffer a shortage of that type of medicine as a result of a no-deal Brexit?
Covid-19 Testing Infrastructure — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Margaret Ann Throup (Conservative, Centre-right): As we look at policy and amend it like we did last week, it is right that we make sure that we can fill those requirements. I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we can, and we have increased the procurement of lateral flow devices. This month, we will get another 750 million lateral flow devices into the UK for January and February.[Official Report, 20 January 2022, Vol. 707, c. 6MC.]
Covid-19 Testing Infrastructure — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Matthew John David Hancock (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sure the whole House will welcome the early signs of falling numbers of people in hospital with covid. Does the Minister have any comments on the news yesterday from the World Health Organisation that it thinks that the UK looks set to be one of the first countries out of the pandemic, and how much weight does she put on the vaccination and booster programme, and the colossal scale of our testing availability, in that achievement?
Freedom of Movement — House of Commons, 2019-09-05
Topic: Health
Questions: What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect on the rights of (a) EU and (b) UK citizens of immediately ending freedom of movement in the event that UK leaves the EU on 31 October 2019.
Ruth Stephanie Nicole George (Labour, Centre-left): What assessment have the Government made of the impact on people with pre-existing health conditions who will no longer be able to use their European health insurance cards to cover their conditions if they either live in the EU or are travelling?
Covid-19 Tests: Supply — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): We have significantly increased our testing and supply capacity since December, procuring over 700 million more lateral flow tests, ramping up our delivery capacity and expanding the UK’s daily PCR capacity. Around 1.7 billion lateral flow tests have been distributed across the UK since the start of the pandemic. Home delivery capacity is now at over 7 million lateral flow tests every day, and we have also recently increased capacity for PCR testing by more than 200,000 tests per day.
Covid-19 Tests: Supply — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I can give the hon. Gentleman an answer, and I am very happy to do so. He will know that whenever we try to procure tests, in this case lateral flow tests, we should always try to buy British first, and we do buy from SureScreen—it is a fantastic supplier. But he will also know that we can only, rightly, buy lateral flow tests once they have been approved by our independent medical regulator.
Covid-19 Tests: Supply — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
David James Duguid (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend agree that access to the largest testing programme in Europe is just one example of the advantages to the people of Scotland when we adopt a UK-wide approach to shared challenges?
Covid-19 Tests: Supply — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend about a unified approach to shared challenges such as covid-19, and that unified approach being the best way forward. Across the UK, we have built the largest diagnostic network in British history and our testing programme has been one of the most important lines of defence, alongside our UK-wide vaccination programme. Our procurement of tests, antivirals and vaccines has been another fantastic example of the strength of the Union.
Covid-19 Tests: Supply — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): First, I think the hon. Gentleman accused me of doing something inappropriate, and I think that that is not appropriate, unless he has something else to say or some evidence, but it is true to form for the Labour Front Bench, which just constantly makes things up to make false points. When it comes to testing, as he has just heard me say, we have purchased 1.7 billion lateral flow tests since the start of the pandemic. Wherever possible, whether it is PCR testing or lateral flow testing, whenever tests are approved by our independent regulator, we buy British.
Free Prescriptions: People aged 60 and Over — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Maria Colette Caulfield (Conservative, Centre-right): Can I just reinforce the answer I have just given? There is no decision to increase the upper age exemption for free prescriptions, and the rumour circulating that the Government are removing free prescriptions for pensioners is completely false. The Government are absolutely committed to maintaining free prescriptions for pensioners.
Free Prescriptions: People aged 60 and Over — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Stephen James Metcalfe (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very pleased to hear that no decision has been made on this important topic, and I hope the situation remains as it is. Will my hon. Friend take this opportunity to remind those who are paying for their prescriptions that a pre-payment certificate is available that can save a significant amount of money for those who regularly use their pharmacy?
NHS Capacity and Resilience: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Edward John Comport Argar (Conservative, Centre-right): Alongside measures to reduce demand and admissions, such as the vaccine roll-out and new therapeutics for covid, the NHS is creating the maximum possible capacity and investing in improved discharge arrangements, the use of independent sector beds, virtual wards and Nightingales to provide surge capacity, alongside our investment in delivering more than 20,000 more clinical staff this year compared with August 2020.
NHS Capacity and Resilience: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Craig Paul Tracey (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for that answer. As he knows, one of the main challenges facing hospitals is delays in the transfer of patients back to care homes due to historic restrictions, particularly where there has been an outbreak, although there may have been only one case. As we move to treating covid as more of an endemic condition, what steps can be taken to stop restricting admissions to these care homes, which would undoubtedly relieve pressure on hospitals?
NHS Capacity and Resilience: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Edward John Comport Argar (Conservative, Centre-right): There is local flexibility to allow residents to be safely admitted to a care home during outbreak restrictions, following a risk-based approach that takes into account the size of outbreaks, who is affected, care home size and layout, rates of booster vaccination and current Care Quality Commission rating. The CQC supports risk-based decisions made on admissions to support the discharge of people with a negative covid test result, but, of course, we must continue to ensure the safety of those in care homes.
NHS Capacity and Resilience: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Edward John Comport Argar (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question and for the tone of his question. He is absolutely right to highlight the importance of the workforce. The workforce are the golden thread that runs through the heart of everything we do in our NHS, which is why we have already taken a number of steps to increase our workforce. We are well on target to meet our target of 50,000 more nurses. As I mentioned in my initial answer, in August last year we had over 20,000 more clinically qualified staff compared with August 2020, so we continue to grow the workforce.
NHS Capacity and Resilience: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2022-01-18
Topic: Health
Luke Anthony Hall (Conservative, Centre-right): Delivering new community hospitals is a key part of upgrading and expanding NHS capacity. The Department is currently examining a bid to rebuild and expand services at Thornbury Hospital, which is desperately needed due to the expansion of the town. Will my hon. Friend meet me to discuss the next steps in delivering this vital infrastructure improvement in south Gloucestershire?