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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 26 Jan 2022
Down Syndrome Bill

"On a point of order, Ms Elliott. To end our proceedings, I thank you for chairing the Committee, the Clerks for all the work they have done behind the scenes, the Hansard officials, the departmental officials, the Minister and all our own parliamentary teams, who have done a great deal …..."
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Written Question
Hospitals: Discharges
Thursday 20th January 2022

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Delayed Transfers of Care were recorded in the NHS in England in (a) January 2016, (b) July 2016, (c) January 2017, (d) July 2017, (e) January 2018, (f) July 2018, (g) January 2019, (h) July 2019, (i) January 2020, (j) July 2020, (k) January 2021 and (l) July 2021.

Answered by Edward Argar

The collection and publication of data on delayed transfers of care (DToC) was paused in March 2020 to release capacity across the National Health Service to support the COVID-19 pandemic response. Therefore data on DTOCs in each of the last six months is not available.

Monthly data on the number of DTOCs in England is not held in the format requested. NHS England and NHS Improvement’s data collection is based on the average number of people delayed per day. This is calculated by dividing the number of delayed days during the month by the number of calendar days in the month. This measure was previously known as DToC beds. The following table shows the average number of delayed discharges in England in the NHS and social care until January 2020.

Date

Average number of delayed discharges

January 2016

5,144

June 2016

5,771

January 2017

6,371

June 2017

5,929

January 2018

4,883

June 2018

4,503

January 2019

4,368

June 2019

4,502

January 2020

5,183

Since 9 December 2021, NHS England and NHS Improvement have published weekly data on daily discharge figures across England. This is the first published data on hospital discharges since the DToC collection was paused in March 2020 and is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/uec-sitrep/urgent-and-emergency-care-daily-situation-reports-2021-22/


Written Question
Hospitals: Discharges
Thursday 20th January 2022

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Delayed Transfers of Care were recorded in the NHS in England in each of the last six months.

Answered by Edward Argar

The collection and publication of data on delayed transfers of care (DToC) was paused in March 2020 to release capacity across the National Health Service to support the COVID-19 pandemic response. Therefore data on DTOCs in each of the last six months is not available.

Monthly data on the number of DTOCs in England is not held in the format requested. NHS England and NHS Improvement’s data collection is based on the average number of people delayed per day. This is calculated by dividing the number of delayed days during the month by the number of calendar days in the month. This measure was previously known as DToC beds. The following table shows the average number of delayed discharges in England in the NHS and social care until January 2020.

Date

Average number of delayed discharges

January 2016

5,144

June 2016

5,771

January 2017

6,371

June 2017

5,929

January 2018

4,883

June 2018

4,503

January 2019

4,368

June 2019

4,502

January 2020

5,183

Since 9 December 2021, NHS England and NHS Improvement have published weekly data on daily discharge figures across England. This is the first published data on hospital discharges since the DToC collection was paused in March 2020 and is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/uec-sitrep/urgent-and-emergency-care-daily-situation-reports-2021-22/


Written Question
Coronavirus
Wednesday 12th January 2022

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions to the NHS with covid-19 were (a) fully vaccinated, (b) partially vaccinated and (c) unvaccinated in each of the last 10 weeks in England.

Answered by Maggie Throup

This information is not available in the format requested. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) publishes data on COVID-19 cases presenting to emergency care within 28 days of a positive specimen resulting in an overnight inpatient admission by vaccination status, for the most recent four week period. This is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports

The analysis is based on data from a sentinel network of acute National Health Service trusts contributing enhanced data cases data from the UKHSA linked to vaccination status and presentation to emergency care and inpatient admissions from the NHS.


Written Question
Coronavirus: Intensive Care
Tuesday 11th January 2022

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions to ICU with covid-19 were (a) fully vaccinated, (b) partially vaccinated and (c) unvaccinated in each of the last 10 weeks in England.

Answered by Maggie Throup

This information is not held in the format requested. However, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) publishes data on COVID-19 cases presenting to emergency care within 28 days of a positive specimen resulting in an overnight inpatient admission, by vaccination status. This data is published for the most recent four week period in the weekly COVID-19 Vaccine Surveillance report which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports

The analysis is based on data from a sentinel network of acute National Health Service trusts contributing enhanced data cases data from the UKHSA, linked to vaccination status and presentation to emergency care and inpatient admissions from the NHS.


Written Question
NHS: Pay
Friday 17th December 2021

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS mangers are paid over (a) £80,000, (b) £130,000, (c) £200,000 and (d) £250,000 a year.

Answered by Edward Argar

The following table shows managers with total earnings of over £80,000 in the 12 months to the end of June 2021, headcount. These figures represent payments made using the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) to National Health Service staff employed and directly paid by NHS organisations in the Hospital and Community Health Sector (HCHS). These are total earnings, which include non-basic-pay elements such as overtime, geographic allowances, or on-call payments.

Range

Headcount

£80,000 - £129,999

7,018

£130,000 - £199,999

1,071

£200,000 - £249,999

114

£250,000 and over

36

Source – NHS Digital Earnings Statistics

Notes:

  1. Data is sourced from the ESR, which is the Human Resources and Payroll system used throughout secondary care by organisations in the HCHS. It includes staff working for NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts, clinical commissioning groups and central and support organisations in England.
  2. Data covers people in the staff groups of ‘managers’ and ‘senior managers’ as defined by their NHS Occupation Code. All managers/senior managers who need to be a qualified doctor, qualified nurse, qualified therapist, qualified scientist, or trained ambulance personnel should be coded in their professional staff group, for example as a nurse and are not included in these figures.
  3. If an individual worked in more than one managerial role over the course of the year the earnings are summed to give a person level total. Earnings for roles outside of management are not included.

Written Question
Coronavirus
Wednesday 15th December 2021

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the rate of new covid-19 infections has been over the last three weeks in England amongst patients who are (a) fully, (b) partially and (c) not immunised; and what the hospital admission rates are for people who are (i) fully, (ii) partially and (iii) not immunised.

Answered by Maggie Throup

This information is not available in the format requested.

The UK Health Security Agency publishes data on new COVID-19 infections and hospital admissions over the past four weeks by vaccination status, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports


Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Public Health

"Let me begin by saying a word about the vaccine programme and issuing a plea to Ministers.

It is important that, with the emergence of omicron, we do not accidentally underplay the success of the vaccine programme to date. We know that vaccines will generate a number of immune responses—the …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Public Health

"I absolutely agree, and what we do not require is more advice from Ministers on this subject; we require decisions from Ministers on this subject.

I also want to raise the issue of masks. I receive letters, as I imagine all Members do, from people who say, “There is no …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Public Health

"I have given way once. I am conscious that colleagues want to speak, so I will not give way again.

I assume the lateral flow tests will have to be externally validated, which will add a cost to anyone who wants to go to one of these venues. That will …..."

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