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Written Question
Health Professions: Regulation and Vacancies
Wednesday 3rd February 2021

Asked by: Damian Green (Conservative - Ashford)

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 shortfall in the number of Clinical Technologists needed in UK hospitals and the lack of statutory regulation for the profession.

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

No such assessment has been made. Information on the number of clinical technologists is not held centrally.

The Government has no plans to extend statutory regulation to clinical technologists at this time. The statutory regulation of healthcare professionals should only be used where the risks to public and patient protection cannot be addressed in other ways, such as through employer oversight or accredited voluntary registration.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Dec 2020
Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out

"Those on the frontline normally face bullets, so my right hon. Friend and his entire team deserve the bouquets that they are receiving today. I am delighted that the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford is already dispensing the vaccine. Does he agree that one of the groups in greatest need …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Nov 2020
Covid-19 Update

"It is indeed a relief to have some hope introduced into our discussions about covid. I am glad that the Secretary of State has announced that use of the rapid result lateral flow tests will be expanded to new geographical areas. As the roll-out continues, will he consider offering tests …..."
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Written Question
Hospitals: Parking
Friday 16th October 2020

Asked by: Damian Green (Conservative - Ashford)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what enforcement powers he has to require hospital trusts to make disabled parking bays free.

Answered by Edward Argar

These new requirements are being mandated through the NHS Standard Contract, to make car parking more consistent across England. The 2020/21 contract asked the National Health Service in England to do all it can to implement them from April 2020, and requires it to do so from January 2021.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Jun 2020
Covid-19 Response

"Along with many of my constituents, I am very concerned that the number of covid cases identified in Ashford has been one of the highest in the country. I recognise that there are complex reasons for this, but in these circumstances may I ask my right hon. Friend to fill …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Mar 2020
Covid-19

"May I ask my right hon. Friend about specific very vulnerable groups? A mother in my constituency is keeping her four children off school because her husband is a diabetic and she does not want to put him at unnecessary risk. Is she doing the right thing? More generally, what …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Feb 2020
Social Care

"I support the Government’s amendment, particularly the line about seeking cross-party consensus. Opposition day debates may not be the ideal time to seek consensus across the Chamber, but consensus will be vital in the long term.

Governments of all stripes have tiptoed around this problem for 20 years because no …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"In her initial response, the Minister rightly emphasised the importance of rising healthy life expectancy, as well as life expectancy more generally. Will she therefore join me in welcoming the forthcoming report from the all-party group on longevity—[Interruption.] If the Minister is listening, will she welcome the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Jan 2020
Health and Social Care

"It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist). As somebody who is in the early weeks of their seventh Parliament, I can say that I have therefore sat through many waves of maiden speeches over the years. The quality of the speeches that we …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Jan 2020
Health and Social Care

"My hon. Friend is exactly right, and I wanted to talk briefly about the various ways in which we can achieve a sustainable system. We could have a compulsory social care payment that is made by everyone of working age and, indeed, beyond working age. That has been recommended by …..."
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