Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the data collected through maternity situation reports, what progress his Department has made in ensuring parents have unrestricted access to their babies on neonatal units.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
NHS England and NHS Improvement have worked closely with trusts to adopt the actions set out in updated guidance ‘Supporting pregnant women using maternity services during the coronavirus pandemic’ to remove barriers which prevent trusts being able to facilitate full parental presence in neonatal units. NHS England and NHS Improvement are assured that 100% of trusts report they are actively using the guidance.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to use maternity situation report data to support NHS trusts to facilitate full parental access to their babies on neonatal units.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
NHS England and NHS Improvement have worked closely with trusts to adopt the actions set out in updated guidance ‘Supporting pregnant women using maternity services during the coronavirus pandemic’ to remove barriers which prevent trusts being able to facilitate full parental presence in neonatal units. NHS England and NHS Improvement are assured that 100% of trusts report they are actively using the guidance.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department’s projected retirement rates for doctors in 2021-22.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Department does not hold the specific information requested.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with officials in HM Treasury on the effect of pension taxation on early retirement rates of senior NHS workers.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The decision to claim payment of pension is an individual one. The NHS Pension Scheme does not require members to give a reason at the point of claim. It is therefore difficult to determine the specific factors that contribute to early retirements.
The Department continues to have a regular dialogue with HM Treasury on a range of matters relating to the NHS Pension Scheme.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of (a) pension taxation and (b) the freezing of the lifetime allowance on early retirement rates of senior NHS workers.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The decision to claim payment of pension is an individual one. The NHS Pension Scheme does not require members to give a reason at the point of claim. It is therefore difficult to determine the specific factors that contribute to early retirements.
The Department continues to have a regular dialogue with HM Treasury on a range of matters relating to the NHS Pension Scheme.