Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the final report of the NHS People Plan will be published.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The NHS People Plan is not a single document but a shared programme of work to grow the workforce, support new ways of working and develop a compassionate and inclusive workplace culture in order to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan. The NHS People Plan 2020-21, published last summer, is focused on supporting National Health Service staff to manage the COVID-19 response and winter pressures, with a strong focus on looking after the health and wellbeing of staff.
We are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement, Health Education England and with systems and employers to determine our workforce and people priorities beyond April 2021 to support the recovery of NHS staff and of services. This will include building on many of the positive ways of working that have emerged through the pandemic whilst continuing to support the wellbeing of NHS staff.
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish a national autism strategy for people of all ages; and if so, when.
Answered by Lord Bethell
We plan to publish a new all-age autism strategy this spring, subject to COVID-19 pressures.
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total spend by NHS England on (1) prison healthcare, and (2) substance misuse, services in prisons in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Bethell
Information is not published in the format requested as drug treatment services within the health and justice system are sometimes commissioned together with other services.
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to answer the Question for Written Answer (HL7617) tabled by Lord Bradley on 2 September.
Answered by Lord Bethell
I answered the Noble Lord’s questions on 8 and 20 October respectively.
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to answer the Question for Written Answer (HL8019) tabled by Lord Bradley on 10 September.
Answered by Lord Bethell
I answered the Noble Lord’s questions on 8 and 20 October respectively.
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the resources committed to NHS Test and Trace have been allocated (1) to the public sector, and (2) to the private sector.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The Government launched its new NHS Test and Trace service on 28 May 2020. This brings together testing, contact tracing and outbreak management into an end-to-end service.
The information requested is not held.
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the establishment of the National Institute for Health Protection, which public body will be responsible for the delivery of prevention and early intervention programmes (1) to tackle obesity, (2) to encourage smoking cessation, and (3) to address health inequalities.
Answered by Lord Bethell
Prevention of ill-health remains a top priority. The Government will continue its focus on health improvement and preventing ill-health, with support from the expert teams who currently sit in Public Health England (PHE), who will continue their excellent work. We are not envisaging any changes to where those responsibilities will sit until spring 2021. We will be consulting with staff and engaging with an external stakeholder advisory group on where PHE’s health improvement functions would be best placed in order to support the public health system in our aim to increase healthy life expectancy.
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what further steps they will take to support health charities following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Answered by Lord Bethell
We recognise that many charities are facing difficult decisions at the exact time their services are needed most. On 8 April 2020 the Chancellor announced £750 million to support for the charity sector in response to COVID-19. This includes £200 million provided through the National Lottery’s Coronavirus Community Support Fund to support charities working with vulnerable people. Applications closed on 17 August with money being allocated by early November.
The Department does not routinely provide financial support to charities although, as before the COVID-19 pandemic, it is continuing to work with charities to deliver specific aims and objectives for which the organisations will be reimbursed.