Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister discussed the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah release during COP27.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Mr Alaa Abd El-Fattah obtained British Citizenship in December 2021. The Egyptian authorities have repeatedly stated that they do not recognise Mr El-Fattah's British nationality and continue to refuse consular access, which was first requested in December 2021. There have been frequent follow-up requests, including at the highest levels with Prime Minister raising Mr El-Fattah's case and our request for consular access with President Sisi during COP27 on 7 November.
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps when setting the criteria for selecting the final eight schemes for the New Hospitals to promote the Government's levelling up agenda.
Answered by Will Quince
We are currently assessing 128 expressions of interest received for the eight new hospitals and will consider a range of national and regional healthcare priorities and indicators.
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the number of new hospitals built in Yorkshire under the New Hospitals Programme.
Answered by Will Quince
The Government has committed to build 40 new hospitals by 2030. In Yorkshire, we are working with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the development of its scheme. The new hospital for Leeds will enhance treatment and care and replace outdated infrastructure with innovative facilities and technology. We have received 128 expressions of interest for the next cohort of eight new hospitals which are currently being assessed.
Trusts in Yorkshire have benefitted from programmes such as the Targeted Investment Fund for estates and digital initiatives, the Critical Infrastructure Risk Fund to eradicate backlog maintenance, upgrades to accident and emergency departments and hospitals.
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) build new and (b) improve existing hospitals in Yorkshire.
Answered by Will Quince
The Government has committed to build 40 new hospitals by 2030. In Yorkshire, we are working with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the development of its scheme. The new hospital for Leeds will enhance treatment and care and replace outdated infrastructure with innovative facilities and technology. We have received 128 expressions of interest for the next cohort of eight new hospitals which are currently being assessed.
Trusts in Yorkshire have benefitted from programmes such as the Targeted Investment Fund for estates and digital initiatives, the Critical Infrastructure Risk Fund to eradicate backlog maintenance, upgrades to accident and emergency departments and hospitals.
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mental health hospitals.
Answered by Will Quince
The Government has committed to build 40 new hospitals by 2030. The announced schemes include new mental health hospitals.
There are currently two mental health hospitals in the New Hospital Programme. An updated secure facility at Northgate Hospital in Morpeth, has received £43.09 million and a specialist facility in the new hospital scheme at St Ann’s, Dorset has received £2.37 million to date. In addition, the Department is also investing in the eradication of mental health dormitories to replace with single en-suite rooms. We have also provided £150 million to the National Health Service to improve mental health facilities connected to accident and emergency and enhance patient safety in mental health units.
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the proposal submitted by Lynfield Mount Hospital for the New Hospitals Programme.
Answered by Will Quince
In 2021, we received an expression of interest from the Lynfield Mount Hospital to be considered in the next cohort of new hospitals. This is being assessed amongst 128 expressions received from trusts.
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the proportion of the budget for the New Hospitals Programme that has been spent on mental health hospitals.
Answered by Will Quince
The Government has committed to build 40 new hospitals by 2030. The announced schemes include new mental health hospitals.
There are currently two mental health hospitals in the New Hospital Programme. An updated secure facility at Northgate Hospital in Morpeth, has received £43.09 million and a specialist facility in the new hospital scheme at St Ann’s, Dorset has received £2.37 million to date. In addition, the Department is also investing in the eradication of mental health dormitories to replace with single en-suite rooms. We have also provided £150 million to the National Health Service to improve mental health facilities connected to accident and emergency and enhance patient safety in mental health units.
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the proportion of mental health schemes funded as part of the New Hospital Programme.
Answered by Will Quince
The Government has committed to build 40 new hospitals by 2030. The announced schemes include new mental health hospitals.
There are currently two mental health hospitals in the New Hospital Programme. An updated secure facility at Northgate Hospital in Morpeth, has received £43.09 million and a specialist facility in the new hospital scheme at St Ann’s, Dorset has received £2.37 million to date. In addition, the Department is also investing in the eradication of mental health dormitories to replace with single en-suite rooms. We have also provided £150 million to the National Health Service to improve mental health facilities connected to accident and emergency and enhance patient safety in mental health units.
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy to follow the recommendation of the Royal College of Psychiatry by ensuring that six of the last eight spaces on the New Hospitals Programme are filled by mental health hospitals.
Answered by Will Quince
The 40 announced schemes include new mental health hospitals. We have received 128 expressions of interest which are currently being assessed.
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce levels of (a) maternal mortality and (b) neonatal mortality in Tigray, Ethiopia.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
In the last eighteen months the UK has provided nearly £90 million of life-saving aid to communities across Ethiopia affected by crises. This included the delivery of medical equipment to improve basic obstetric and neonatal care for 10 hospitals in Tigray, and providing capacity building on emergency obstetric and neonatal care for 120 health systems managers and frontline health workers in Tigray. We have also prioritised nutrition support for pregnant and lactating women and children under five in Tigray, given the strong link between undernutrition and maternal and child mortality.