Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussion has he had with the (a) NHS Confederation, (b) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, (c) Care Quality Commission and (d) British Medical Association on engaging outside sponsors managing under-performing hospitals.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We have had no specific discussions. At present we have no plans to introduce a reform trust class of hospital, although we keep emerging developments under review.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussion he has had with relevant stakeholders on engaging outside sponsors managing under-performing hospitals.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We have had no specific discussions. At present we have no plans to introduce a reform trust class of hospital, although we keep emerging developments under review.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a reform trust class of hospitals.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We have had no specific discussions. At present we have no plans to introduce a reform trust class of hospital, although we keep emerging developments under review.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of staff that may require redeployment as a result of the enforcement of covid-19 vaccination as a condition of deployment and (b) cost of that redeployment.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
No estimate has been made as decisions on redeployment will be taken by individual employers based on local circumstances.
The Department’s impact assessment estimates the number of workers who may remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 at the end of the 12-week grace period and are not medically exempt. For National Health Service staff, this was estimated to be 73,000 or 4.9%. In social care this was 38,000 or 7.6% and 15,000 or 4.6% for the independent health sector.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has provided to NHS Trusts on enforcement of vaccination as a condition of deployment.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Guidance for National Health Service trusts has been published by NHS England which sets out that the Care Quality Commission is responsible for enforcement of the requirements. The guidance is available at the following link:
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
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 been made of the effect on adherence to his Department's guidelines for those people needing to take daily covid-19 lateral flow tests where there is a shortage of access to those tests.
Answered by Maggie Throup
In the light of the Omicron wave, demand for LFD tests has increased; however, there is no shortage of lateral flow device tests and we continue to procure enough stock, including in the Wakefield and West Yorkshire areas, through our national and local delivery channels. We have significantly increased distribution capacity to meet current demand. Lateral flow device tests can also be collected from local pharmacies and some community sites.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
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 adequacy of access to lateral flow tests in the (a) Wakefield district and (b) West Yorkshire region as of 7 January 2022.
Answered by Maggie Throup
In the light of the Omicron wave, demand for LFD tests has increased; however, there is no shortage of lateral flow device tests and we continue to procure enough stock, including in the Wakefield and West Yorkshire areas, through our national and local delivery channels. We have significantly increased distribution capacity to meet current demand. Lateral flow device tests can also be collected from local pharmacies and some community sites.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) double crewed ambulances and (b) rapid response vehicles have operated in the Yorkshire Ambulance Service in each year since 2010.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Yorkshire Ambulance Service's average response time for (a) category 1 calls, (b) category 2 calls, (c) category 3 calls and (d) category 4 calls in each year since 2010 is not available as current ambulance response time standards were introduced in 2017 by National Health Service England. Relevant data on average response times is held and published from 2017-18 onwards.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service's average response time was for (a) category 1 calls, (b) category 2 calls, (c) category 3 calls and (d) category 4 calls in each year since 2017 can be found in the table below:
Mean ambulance response time - | ||||
Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | |
2017-18 | 00:07:48 | 00:23:57 | 00:55:04 | 01:20:41 |
2018-19 | 00:07:21 | 00:20:26 | 00:50:28 | 01:08:59 |
2019-20 | 00:07:12 | 00:20:34 | 00:48:09 | 00:52:33 |
2020-21 | 00:07:38 | 00:20:36 | 00:47:23 | 01:04:06 |
2021-22 | 00:09:13 | 00:34:32 | 01:44:42 | 02:30:26 |
Note: For the year 2017-18 this only includes figures from August 2017 to March 2018. For the year 2021-22 this only includes figures from April 2021 to November 2021 (latest published).
Source: National Health Service England
The number of a) doubled crewed ambulances and b) rapid response vehicles that have operated in the Yorkshire Ambulance Service in each year since 2010 is not held centrally.
In 2021, the Yorkshire Ambulance Service has 410 double crewed ambulances and 106 rapid response vehicles.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Yorkshire Ambulance Service's average response time was for (a) category 1 calls, (b) category 2 calls, (c) category 3 calls and (d) category 4 calls in each year since 2010.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Yorkshire Ambulance Service's average response time for (a) category 1 calls, (b) category 2 calls, (c) category 3 calls and (d) category 4 calls in each year since 2010 is not available as current ambulance response time standards were introduced in 2017 by National Health Service England. Relevant data on average response times is held and published from 2017-18 onwards.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service's average response time was for (a) category 1 calls, (b) category 2 calls, (c) category 3 calls and (d) category 4 calls in each year since 2017 can be found in the table below:
Mean ambulance response time - | ||||
Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | |
2017-18 | 00:07:48 | 00:23:57 | 00:55:04 | 01:20:41 |
2018-19 | 00:07:21 | 00:20:26 | 00:50:28 | 01:08:59 |
2019-20 | 00:07:12 | 00:20:34 | 00:48:09 | 00:52:33 |
2020-21 | 00:07:38 | 00:20:36 | 00:47:23 | 01:04:06 |
2021-22 | 00:09:13 | 00:34:32 | 01:44:42 | 02:30:26 |
Note: For the year 2017-18 this only includes figures from August 2017 to March 2018. For the year 2021-22 this only includes figures from April 2021 to November 2021 (latest published).
Source: National Health Service England
The number of a) doubled crewed ambulances and b) rapid response vehicles that have operated in the Yorkshire Ambulance Service in each year since 2010 is not held centrally.
In 2021, the Yorkshire Ambulance Service has 410 double crewed ambulances and 106 rapid response vehicles.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) qualified permanent GPs and (b) training grade and locums in the general practice workforce in (i) Hemsworth constituency and (ii) Yorkshire in each year since 2010.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The data requested is not held centrally.