Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS trusts have spent on legal representation, preparation and counsel for coroner's inquests in each year since 2013.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
Information on the total spend by National Health Service trusts regarding coroner’s inquests is not collated or held centrally. However, NHS Resolution, which handles clinical negligence claims for NHS bodies in England, has provided the following annual figures for inquest payments it has made on behalf of trusts as part of managing their clinical negligence claims.
Inquest payments | |
Financial year | Total |
2013/14 | £907,055 |
2014/15 | £138,879 |
2015/16 | £3,022,924 |
2016/17 | £1,340,977 |
2017/18 | £1,684,258 |
2018/19 | £2,968,153 |
2019/20 | £2,223,580 |
Grand Total | £12,285,826 |
Payments were made by NHS Resolution in accordance the rules of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts to support trusts at inquests and for associated costs to investigate entitlement to compensation. NHS Resolution has no involvement in any arrangements that an individual trust might make outside of the scheme.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisoners have been taken to hospital as a result of covid-19; and how many are being ventilated.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
We do not hold information in the format requested.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were able to access medicinal cannabis on the NHS in each month in 2019.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The NHS Business Services Authority does not hold information on the number of patients able to access medicinal cannabis on the National Health Service, and therefore this information is not held centrally.
I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Inverclyde (Ronnie Cowan MP) on 23 January 2020 to Question 3830, which provides data on the number of cannabis-based medicines prescribed on an NHS prescription, dispensed in the community and submitted to the NHS Business Services Authority for reimbursement between January and October 2019 (October 2019 was the most recent dispensing data held at the time of production held the time of answering the question).
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many migrants from EU countries have been employed by the NHS in London in each year from 2015 to date.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the number of non-United Kingdom European Union nationals employed in the National Health Service in England and London as at September 2019, latest available data and each year since 2015, headcount.
- | September 2015 | September 2016 | September 2017 | September 2018 | September 2019 |
England | 52,808 | 59,796 | 61,974 | 63,484 | 65,992 |
London | 17,732 | 19,567 | 20,395 | 20,782 | 21,464 |
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many migrants from EU countries have been employed by the NHS in England in each year from 2015 to date.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the number of non-United Kingdom European Union nationals employed in the National Health Service in England and London as at September 2019, latest available data and each year since 2015, headcount.
- | September 2015 | September 2016 | September 2017 | September 2018 | September 2019 |
England | 52,808 | 59,796 | 61,974 | 63,484 | 65,992 |
London | 17,732 | 19,567 | 20,395 | 20,782 | 21,464 |
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials in his Department have been seconded away from their normal duties to work on the UK's withdrawal from the EU; and what effect that secondment of staff has had on the effectiveness of his Department.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The number of individuals who have been transferred or seconded to work in preparations for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in other Government departments is not recorded.
Across the Department, staff are working on a range of policy areas related to EU Exit. Communications, analytical and legal staff also provide advice as required. Staff may have been redistributed within their directorates to support or undertake work which involves preparations for EU Exit. Officials may also have reprioritised their work to include EU Exit work, whilst remaining in their primary roles.
The Department is continually reviewing workforce plans, reprioritising and assessing changing needs, including identification and cessation of non-priority work where appropriate. The Civil Service as a whole is working to ensure that EU Exit implementation is carried out to a high standard, without impacting public service delivery across the whole of Government.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the risks to the health of survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire of their exposure to smoke and dust.
Answered by Steve Brine
Public Health England (PHE) is continuing to commission monitoring for pollutants that have both short and long-term effects, to assess whether there is any risk to public health as a result of the Grenfell fire.
PHE will keep local people updated with results. Individuals who were directly impacted by the smoke and who were admitted to hospital are being followed up by respiratory physicians at Imperial College NHS Trust.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps have been taken to ensure that there is ongoing and adequate support for survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire who are experiencing trauma.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
NHS England announced on 9 October 2018 that up to £50 million will be made available over five years to ensure that adequate and ongoing physical and mental health services are available for those affected by the Grenfell fire.
National Health Service emergency services responded immediately to the fire and its immediate impact, and the NHS has since worked closely with the local community groups to develop services that are informed by the views and needs of local people.
For people suffering from trauma, a range of therapeutic approaches are available, including: stabilisation, family therapy, psycho-education, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the number of people with (a) reported health conditions related to exposure to smoke and dust and (b) disclosed mental health issues as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have been referred to psychological services.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The information requested is not collected centrally.