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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill

"I have listened carefully to the hon. Member’s comments about waiting times in England and the measures that are to be introduced here. He urged disquiet; can I assume that his disquiet is even louder when he considers my constituents in Wales who have much longer waiting times?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill

"Does the Minister accept that there is a significant inconsistency between the approach to television broadcasters and the approach to those who use social media and online provision, and that a consistent approach would help? Does he also accept that a considerable array of views has been expressed by those …..."
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Written Question
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Wednesday 15th September 2021

Asked by: Alun Cairns (Conservative - Vale of Glamorgan)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence postponed the publication of the guidelines on (a) myalgia encephalomyelitis, (b) chronic fatigue syndrome and (c) post viral fatigue syndrome.

Answered by Jo Churchill

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued a statement on their decision to pause the publication of the guideline on myalgia encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome which is available at the following link:

https://www.nice.org.uk/news/article/nice-pauses-publication-of-updated-guideline-on-diagnosis-and-management-of-me-cfs

NICE is not currently developing a guideline on post viral fatigue syndrome.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 May 2021
Obesity Strategy 2020

"Thank you for inviting me to contribute to this extremely important debate, Mr Deputy Speaker. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous) for securing the debate, and to the way in which the Minister and the Opposition spokesman have contributed so far. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 May 2021
Obesity Strategy 2020

"My right hon. Friend is making a very effective, cogent argument. Does he agree that because there is a will to come up with a solution that will have an impact, there is a danger that unless we take account of all the evidence, including his points about the impact …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Oct 2020
Covid-19 Update

"I recognise my right hon. Friend’s focus, attention and efforts in responding to the ever-changing covid situation. Does he recognise that there are currently myriad different forms of restrictions across different parts of the country and that can become confusing? What consideration has he given to simplifying the approach to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Sep 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps his Department is taking to reduce obesity rates. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Sep 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"There is strong support for the Government’s ambition to reduce obesity among children and young people, in particular. There are many calls for advertising bans for broadcasters for high salt and sugar content, for example, but those are not as straightforward as is suggested, because there is the risk of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Jul 2020
Coronavirus

"The welcome opening of pubs in England has made a major difference to the morale of a nation. In Wales, pubs will not be able to open until next Monday, and then only outside. Will my right hon. Friend share the best practice of one-way systems and appropriate screening to …..."
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Written Question
Doctors: Migrant Workers
Thursday 27th February 2020

Asked by: Alun Cairns (Conservative - Vale of Glamorgan)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doctors have been recruited by the NHS from overseas in each last five years.

Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The following tables show people with a non-United Kingdom nationality joining the National Health Service, not people who have been recruited directly from abroad.

NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.

The following table shows the number of doctors with a nationality other than British joining NHS trusts and CCGs as at September 2019 and at each year since 2014 (headcount).

September 2014-15

September 2015-16

September 2016-17

September 2017-18

September 2018-19

European Union

2,259

2,262

2,087

2,117

2,088

European Economic Area (EEA)

43

36

44

46

38

Rest of World

3,161

3,374

3,872

4,675

6,670

Unknown

791

807

1,143

931

713

The following table shows the number of nurses with a nationality other than British joining the NHS trusts and CCGs as at September 2019 and at each year since 2014 (headcount).

September 2014-15

September 2015-16

September 2016-17

September 2017-18

September 2018-19

EU

5,817

5,941

2,779

2,313

2,328

EEA

21

17

12

17

18

Rest of World

2,161

2,782

2,993

4,325

7,068

Unknown

1,417

1,817

1,167

1,078

733