Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 13929 tabled by the hon. Member for Sefton Central on 10 June 2021.
Answered by Edward Argar
I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 13 July to Question 13929.
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) assessment he has made of and (b) representations he has received on the reliability of the supply of covid-19 tests by Expert Medicals Ltd for international travel arrivals into the UK.
Answered by Jo Churchill
The Department has received representations relating to the volume of complaints and data reporting by Expert Medicals Ltd. We continue to monitor their performance and should this fall below the required standards, appropriate action will be taken.
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of furosemide; and what steps he is taking to help ensure that supply is secured.
Answered by Jo Churchill
We are currently unaware of any issues affecting the supply of furosemide to patients who require it. The Department has well-established procedures to deal with medicine supply issues and works with a range of stakeholders to ensure that the risks to patients are minimised should they arise.
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish details of contracts with Aurelia Ltd for the supply of personal protective equipment to the NHS, including (a) when those contracts were awarded and (b) when they will expire.
Answered by Jo Churchill
Supermax Healthcare Ltd and Ansell Ltd are on an NHS Supply Chain framework contract for the supply of examination and surgical gloves to the National Health Service. Aurelia Ltd is not on a framework contract. The Contract Award Notice for this framework contract is available at the following link:
https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:445390-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML
The framework contract commenced on 30 March 2020 and ends on 29 March 2022. There is an option to extend for an additional 24 months.
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish details of contracts with Supermax Healthcare Ltd for the supply of personal protective equipment to the NHS, including (a) when those contracts were awarded and (b) when those contracts will expire.
Answered by Jo Churchill
Supermax Healthcare Ltd and Ansell Ltd are on an NHS Supply Chain framework contract for the supply of examination and surgical gloves to the National Health Service. Aurelia Ltd is not on a framework contract. The Contract Award Notice for this framework contract is available at the following link:
https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:445390-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML
The framework contract commenced on 30 March 2020 and ends on 29 March 2022. There is an option to extend for an additional 24 months.
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish details of contracts with Ansell Ltd for the supply of personal protective equipment to the NHS, including (a) when those contracts were awarded and (b) when those contracts will expire.
Answered by Jo Churchill
Supermax Healthcare Ltd and Ansell Ltd are on an NHS Supply Chain framework contract for the supply of examination and surgical gloves to the National Health Service. Aurelia Ltd is not on a framework contract. The Contract Award Notice for this framework contract is available at the following link:
https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:445390-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML
The framework contract commenced on 30 March 2020 and ends on 29 March 2022. There is an option to extend for an additional 24 months.
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risk to UK travellers of the covid-19 infection rate on Madeira compared to mainland Portugal.
Answered by Jo Churchill
Decisions to place countries on the ‘red’, ‘amber’ or ‘green’ lists are taken by Ministers informed by evidence, including the Joint Biosecurity Centre’s (JBC) risk assessments alongside other wider public health factors. As part of the risk assessments, the JBC monitors both Portugal and the Portuguese Islands, including Madeira.
We are unable to provide the advice, evidence and methodology which informs these decisions as it relates to on-going development of Government policy. However, further information on international travel risk assessments is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/data-informing-international-travel-risk-assessments
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2021 to Question 6270 on NHS: Protective Clothing, if he will provide details of the companies that use Malaysian factories that have been contracted to supply surgical and examination gloves to the NHS since January 2020.
Answered by Jo Churchill
The following companies used factories in Malaysia to supply surgical and examination gloves under contracts with the Department:
- Cargo Services Airfreight;
- Careglove Global SDN BHD;
- CCS Mclays;
- Doja;
- Gemini Surgical;
- Unispace Global; and
- Vital Innovation.