Asked by: Roger Gale (Conservative - Herne Bay and Sandwich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the Government holds on the number of deaths from covid-19 occurring within twenty-eight days of receipt of a covid-19 negative test result.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Public Health England (PHE) does not collect the data requested.
The PHE weekly COVID-19 surveillance report publishes mortality surveillance for England.
The most recent weekly COVID-19 surveillance report can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-covid-19-surveillance-reports
Asked by: Roger Gale (Conservative - Herne Bay and Sandwich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people employed or volunteering in NHS hospitals who have died as the result of a covid-19 infection were working on (a) intensive care wards, (b) Blue (covid-19) wards and (c) Red (non-covid 19) wards.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
As of 13 May 2020, the number of National Health Service workers who have died from COVID-19 in England is 147. At this stage, the data that we hold is not available in the format requested. We will continue to review what data we publish.
Asked by: Roger Gale (Conservative - Herne Bay and Sandwich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the advice submitted to his Department by Public Health England on the provision and use of personal protective equipment was last updated.
Answered by Jo Churchill
The Government updated its guidance ‘COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE)’ and its guidance ‘Considerations for acute personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages’ on 3 May 2020.
Asked by: Roger Gale (Conservative - Herne Bay and Sandwich)
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) EU and )b) overseas nationals employed as semi-skilled ancillary staff in (a) National Health Service hospitals and (b) the private care sector as care assistants.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the number of support staff in Central Functions and Hotel, Property and Estates, by nationality group, in National Health Service trusts and CCGs in England, as at 31 October 2019, the latest available data (full time equivalent).
This is not a measure of the number of ancillary staff employed in NHS funded services carried out in the private sector. This does not include staff involved in contracted out services.
Care setting | Level | European Union | European Economic Area | Rest of World | Unknown |
All care settings | All levels | 6,893 | 33 | 6,267 | 7,472 |
Central functions | Healthcare Assistant | - | - | - | 6 |
Central functions | Support Worker | 148 | - | 156 | 186 |
Central functions | Clerical and administrative | 2,578 | 25 | 2,613 | 3,665 |
Hotel, property and estates | Clerical and administrative | 223 | 1 | 171 | 304 |
Hotel, property and estates | Estates (maintenance and works) | 368 | 1 | 235 | 413 |
Hotel, property and estates | Healthcare Assistant | 15 | - | 10 | 1 |
Hotel, property and estates | Support Worker | 3,561 | 6 | 3,083 | 2,897 |
Asked by: Roger Gale (Conservative - Herne Bay and Sandwich)
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 additional cost to the (a) NHS and (b) private care sector of the proposed immigration limits on unskilled and low-paid workers from (i) the EU and (ii) overseas.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
We are continually monitoring and analysing the impact on both cost and numbers of staff in the National Health Service and social care sector as a result of multiple changes including the future immigration system.
The changes to the immigration system and the ending of freedom of movement will mean that social care employers will need to redouble efforts to promote jobs in social care to workers in the United Kingdom.
For the NHS, the final NHS People Plan will be published by the National Health Service in early 2020 and will set out a clear framework for collective action on workforce priorities, with a focus on growing and sustaining a well-skilled workforce across the whole NHS.
Alongside these plans continued effective oversea recruitment will be facilitated through an NHS Visa which will incorporate fast-track entry, dedicated support and reduced fees, to encourage increasing numbers of skilled overseas professionals to come and work in the NHS.
Asked by: Roger Gale (Conservative - Herne Bay and Sandwich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to tackle potential labour shortages as a result of the Government's proposed immigration controls.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
We are continually monitoring and analysing the impact on both cost and numbers of staff in the National Health Service and social care sector as a result of multiple changes including the future immigration system.
The changes to the immigration system and the ending of freedom of movement will mean that social care employers will need to redouble efforts to promote jobs in social care to workers in the United Kingdom.
For the NHS, the final NHS People Plan will be published by the National Health Service in early 2020 and will set out a clear framework for collective action on workforce priorities, with a focus on growing and sustaining a well-skilled workforce across the whole NHS.
Alongside these plans continued effective oversea recruitment will be facilitated through an NHS Visa which will incorporate fast-track entry, dedicated support and reduced fees, to encourage increasing numbers of skilled overseas professionals to come and work in the NHS.