Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a list of every (a) school, (b) college and (c) university outside Stratford-upon-Avon constituency which he has visited since 15 September 2021.
Answered by Michelle Donelan
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has visited the following schools, colleges and universities outside of his constituency, Stratford-upon-Avon, since 15 September 2021. This list reflects visits undertaken in his capacity as Secretary of State for Education only:
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North 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 increase NHS capacity in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
Answered by Edward Argar
The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out how the National Health Service will recover elective services and increase capacity in England over the next three years. Supported by £8 billion, the NHS will increase elective activity, improve productivity, embed new models of care and technologies and empower patients with information and support.
In the Midlands, NHS England and NHS Improvement are providing specific support to high volume specialties via pathway improvement initiative and best practice programmes such as the Getting it Right First Time programme (GIRFT). In the Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), capacity is being increased through the use of digital care and flexible working between teams and trusts, while building diagnostic capacity. The CCG has opened two new community diagnostic centres and added additional capacity by working with private sector providers.
The University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has added additional theatres to Solihull Hospital to increase the number of elective procedures and added two wards to each of the Heartland, Good Hope and Queen Elizabeth hospitals. At Solihull and Queen Elizabeth hospitals, enhanced post-operative care units have been established, reducing the need for intensive therapy units to provide complex operations.
In the Coventry and Warwickshire CCG, theatre capacity will be optimised through protected elective theatres and day surgery units. The CCG will also use virtual appointments where appropriate to increase efficiency for those patients requiring face-to-face consultations. Through increased utilisation of day case and outpatient procedures in accordance with GIRFT standards, the CCG will release capacity for the most complex cases and cancer patients.
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on developing surgical hubs across England; and where each of those hubs will be based.
Answered by Edward Argar
We have announced an additional £1.5 billion for elective recovery, which includes funding for developing more surgical hubs. There are currently 43 surgical hubs operational in England. Following successful pilots in London, the National Health Service are now developing surgical hubs across the country. In collaboration with NHS England and NHS Improvement, the Getting It Right First Time programme is providing guidance to systems and regions on how to use surgical hubs effectively, standardise pathways and adopt best surgical practice.
The locations of future surgical hubs are not yet confirmed. However systems and regions will submit bids to NHS England and NHS Improvement which will determine where the hubs will be based. The existing hubs are located at following trusts, with some locations hosting more than one hub:
- The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust;
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (two);
- The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust;
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Barts Health NHS Trust (two);
- Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust;
- Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;
- Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust;
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust;
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;
- Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust;
- Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust;
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust;
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust;
- St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust;
- South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust;
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust;
- University Hospitals Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (three);
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust;
- Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust;
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust;
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust (two);
- Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust;
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- St Helen’s and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust;
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;
- Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust;
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust;
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust;
- University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust;
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust;
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust; and
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England have been waiting for more than (i) one year and (ii) two years for hospital treatment.
Answered by Edward Argar
Waiting list data is only collected at a trust, commissioning group, integrated care system and regional level.
Therefore, the following table shows the number of patients who have been waiting for more than 52 weeks and 104 weeks for hospital treatment as of November 2021 at the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, the NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group, the Midlands Commissioning Region which includes the sub region West Midlands and in England.
Location | Number of patients | |
52+ weeks | 104+ weeks | |
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | 3,870 | 105 |
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group | 5,034 | 188 |
Midlands Commissioning Region (includes the West Midlands) | 84,878 | 5,320 |
England | 306,996 | 18,585 |
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
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 relevant stakeholders on the (a) roll out of Al pathologist technology by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to test men for prostate cancer and (b) potential merits of that testing technology for health outcomes.
Answered by Edward Argar
The Department has not had specific discussions with stakeholders.
The new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Galen technology was developed by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to diagnose prostate cancer. The Galen application increases accuracy and speed of sample testing in suspected cancer cases and provides clinicians with a definitive diagnosis. It also reduces the need for duplicating biopsies and provides earlier diagnosis in positive cases, which improves patient health outcomes.
Imperial College Healthcare, University College London, University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and University Hospitals Southampton will be trialling the Galen technology with the potential for adoption more widely across the health system. The trial is funded as part of the £140 million AI in Health and Care Award Programme run by the NHS AI Lab and the Accelerated Access Collaborative.
Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the (a) individuals and (b) organisations that attended the reform summit held on 21 September 2021.
Answered by Edward Argar
The following table shows the external attendees at the summit.
Name | Role |
Richard Murray | Chief Executive, The King’s Fund |
Nigel Edwards | Chief Executive, The Nuffield Trust |
Jennifer Dixon | Chief Executive, The Health Foundation |
Sir Muir Gray | Director, Optimal Ageing Programme for Living Longer Better |
Rebecca Steinfeld | Head of Policy, National Voices |
David Halpern | Chief Executive, Behavioural Insights Team |
Richard Sloggett | Director, Future Health Research |
Robert Ede | Health and Social Care, Policy Exchange |
Amanda Pritchard | Chief Executive, NHS England and NHS Improvement |
Alastair Henderson | Chief Executive, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges |
Matthew Taylor | Chief Executive, NHS Confederation |
Saffron Cordery | Deputy Chief Executive, NHS Providers |
Miriam Deakin | Director of Policy and Strategy, NHS Providers |
Tim Mitchell | Vice President, Royal College of Surgeons |
Roland Sinker | Co-chair of the Shelford Group and Chief Executive, Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust |
Rob Webster | Chief Executive, West Yorkshire Integrated Care System |
Lord Darzi | Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London and Chair of Imperial College Health Partners |
Sir Chris Ham | Co-Chair of the NHS Assembly, Chair of the Coventry and Warwickshire Health and Care Partnership |
Sir Jim Mackey | Chief Executive, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
Pauline Philip | National Director for Emergency and Elective Care, NHS England & Improvement |
Habib Naqvi | Director, NHS Race and Health Observatory |
Sarah Pickup | Deputy Chief Executive, Local Government Association |
Jim McManus | Director of Public Health, Hertfordshire (and Acting President of the Association of Directors of Public Health) |
Maggie Rae | President, Faculty of Public Health |
Christina Marriott | Chief Executive, Royal Society for Public Health |
Jason Strelitz | Director of Public Health, Newham |
Tom Riordan | Chief Executive, Leeds City Council |
Vic Rayner | Chief Executive, National Care Forum |
Nadra Ahmed | Chairman, National Care Association |
Stephen Chandler | Director of Adult Social Care, Oxfordshire (and President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services) |
Emily Holzhausen | Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers UK |
Sir David Behan | Chair, Health Education England |
Jane Townson | Executive Director, United Kingdom Homecare Association |
Martin Green | Chief Executive, Care England |
Caroline Abrahams | Chair Director, Age UK |
Carolyn Wilkins | Former Oldham Accountable Officer & local authority chief executive |
James Sanderson | Director of Personalised Budgets, NHS England & Improvement |
Susan Jebb | Professor of Diet and Population Health, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Oxford University |
Nick Harding | CMO Operose Health. Primary Care & Ex Clinical lead for ICS at NHSE |
Edel Harris | Mencap CEO |
James White | Alzheimer's society |
Kate Lee | Alzheimer's society CEO |
Ian McCreath | Head of Think Local Act Personal |
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS Trusts have applied for the additional funding that was made available in response to the findings of the Ockenden report; how much each such Trust has (a) applied for and (b) received to date.
Answered by Maggie Throup
The information requested is shown in the following table.
Trust | Original bid total value 6 May 2021 £ | Total 2021/22 allocation (part year September 2021) | ||
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | 1,252,192 | 148,803 |
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Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 807,732 | 408,904 | ||
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | 284,877 | 193,089 | ||
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 518,511 | 124,995 | ||
Barts Health NHS Trust | 2,590,042 | 693,225 | ||
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | 1,378,502 | 1,040,098 | ||
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 456,291 | 261,476 | ||
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust | 541,505 | 201,313 | ||
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1,070,526 | 1,344,456 | ||
Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 318,337 | 219,466 | ||
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust | 488,208 | 412,414 | ||
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | 495,114 | 380,316 | ||
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 612,378 | 420,628 | ||
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 2,364,103 | 1,270,115 | ||
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 400,761 | 318,066 | ||
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 843,183 | 314,466 | ||
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | 1,583,072 | 634,923 | ||
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | 1,461,591 | 557,411 | ||
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust | 1,027,109 | 455,416 | ||
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 567,988 | 220,725 | ||
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 827,660 | 248,454 | ||
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust | 834,962 | 482,419 | ||
East Cheshire NHS Trust | 636,124 | 258,510 | ||
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust | 1,147,954 | 886,774 | ||
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | 853,426 | 362,131 | ||
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | 571,587 | 188,113 | ||
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust | 253,900 | 86,304 | ||
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | 966,167 | 818,568 | ||
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust | 530,181 | 240,808 | ||
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust | 1,093,090 | 225,558 | ||
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 815,905 | 383,925 | ||
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 533,570 | 338,133 | ||
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | 982,451 | 562,385 | ||
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1,373,665 | 766,847 | ||
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | 423,669 | 273,125 | ||
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 972,472 | 1,238,318 | ||
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 715,349 | 129,893 | ||
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | 540,633 | 362,198 | ||
Isle of Wight NHS Trust | 554,009 | 241,584 | ||
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 483,415 | 448,795 | ||
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 1,004,043 | 719,567 | ||
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 1,264,801 | 464,460 | ||
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 389,393 | 138,797 | ||
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 899,543 | 332,181 | ||
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust | 1,620,632 | 782,098 | ||
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust | 1,298,096 | 217,777 | ||
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | 1,261,169 | 759,539 | ||
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | 1,136,540 | 495,878 | ||
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | 2,471,658 | 583,693 | ||
Medway NHS Foundation Trust | 1,035,684 | 393,221 | ||
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | 1,262,103 | 1,948,672 | ||
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 482,978 | 284,865 | ||
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust | 255,689 | 144,326 | ||
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)* | 1,503,738 | 1,556,665 |
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James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)* | 934,755 | 1,017,201 | ||
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | 786,935 | 386,333 | ||
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust | 488,080 | 108,031 | ||
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | 1,030,383 | 1,294,487 | ||
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust | 568,109 | 191,966 | ||
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust | 243,027 | 152,338 | ||
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust | 2,232,040 | 931,611 | ||
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 623,081 | 269,818 | ||
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | 1,799,999 | 2,716,293 | ||
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 933,750 | 156,226 | ||
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 1,115,415 | 711,830 | ||
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust | 814,130 | 610,888 | ||
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust | 447,824 | 462,235 | ||
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust | 553,762 | 310,237 | ||
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust | 431,030 | 390,084 | ||
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 546,072 | 262,598 | ||
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | 492,788 | 331,795 | ||
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust | 369,900 | 317,437 | ||
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | 728,672 | 427,623 | ||
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1,215,276 | 1,256,381 | ||
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 683,524 | 171,677 | ||
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | 821,370 | 291,675 | ||
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
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Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)* | 875,734 | 550,860 | ||
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1,427,975 | 513,838 | ||
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | 729,908 | 243,746 | ||
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust | 430,933 | 177,328 | ||
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust | 532,610 | 264,757 | ||
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1,246,578 | 682,149 | ||
St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Services NHS Trust | 783,726 | 159,799 | ||
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | 408,193 | 661,922 | ||
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | 874,006 | 523,048 | ||
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | 595,864 | 76,664 | ||
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | 1,021,397 | 438,694 | ||
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 608,616 | 407,188 | ||
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 913,583 | 505,490 | ||
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | 722,952 | 376,861 | ||
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | 252,492 | 55,389 | ||
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | 390,212 | 182,462 | ||
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust | 444,384 | 207,723 | ||
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust | 317,227 | 258,891 | ||
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust |
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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
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The Whittington Health NHS Trust |
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University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)* | 2,767,608 | 1,550,305 | ||
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | 250,975 | 186,379 | ||
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | 932,997 | 697,617 | ||
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
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North Bristol NHS Trust (lead trust)* | 711,100 | 624,157 |
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University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | 1,665,250 | 705,716 | ||
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust | 1,208,036 | 535,947 | ||
University Hospitals of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust | 1,728,332 | 417,735 | ||
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | 732,539 | 789,937 | ||
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | 753,140 | 223,162 | ||
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust | 295,052 | 282,039 | ||
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust | 538,932 | 484,576 | ||
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | 2,521,058 | 725,640 | ||
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust | 869,333 | 596,393 | ||
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 519,827 | 294,297 | ||
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust | 1,123,433 | 658,402 | ||
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust |
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West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)* | 1,793,858 | 1,576,451 | ||
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 423,542 | 398,582 | ||
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 308,613 | 316,217 | ||
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust | 1,023,668 | 370,698 | ||
Wye Valley NHS Trust | 591,237 | 85,481 | ||
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 1,384,798 | 505,506 |
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*Collaborative bid partnerships with the joint figure listed with to the nominated lead trust.
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
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 effect of the covid-19 outbreak on average waiting times for NHS treatment in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and what steps his Department is taking to clear backlogs for NHS treatment in those areas.
Answered by Edward Argar
The COVID-19 outbreak has placed significant pressure on waiting times for National Health Service treatment across England. Comparison of the latest waiting times from January 2021 to January 2020 shows there has been an increase of just under 4 weeks in average (median) waiting times for NHS treatment across England, with an increase of over four weeks for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and across the Midlands.
The NHS continues to work hard to deliver the maximum amount of elective activity and reduce waiting times as much as possible across Coventry, the West Midlands and the rest of England.
We have provided £1 billion to help address the elective backlog, as well as a further £6.6 billion funding to support the wider health system. Providers in Coventry and the West Midlands will be supported to maximise elective activity, taking full advantage of the opportunities to transform the delivery of services. We will continue to work with NHS England to ensure all patients across the country receive the best quality treatment and as quickly as possible.
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce barriers to university for people from disadvantaged backgrounds in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.
Answered by Michelle Donelan
It is more crucial than ever before that we tap into the brilliant talent that our country has to offer, and make sure that university places are available to all who are qualified by ability and attainment to pursue them and who wish to do so.
All higher education (HE) providers wanting to charge higher level fees must have an Access and Participation Plan agreed by the Office for Students (OfS), in which they set out the measures they intend to take to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds and under-represented groups to access and succeed in higher education.
In our latest strategic guidance to the OfS we asked them to urge providers to do more to ensure that all students, particularly those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds, are recruited on to courses that will deliver good outcomes. Too many students are being let down by courses with low completion rates and courses which have no real labour market demand and therefore do not lead them into skilled employment.
We want to help disadvantaged students by driving up standards, not by levelling down. True social mobility is when we put students and their needs and career ambitions first, be that HE, further education or apprenticeships.
Asked by: Lord Spellar (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which hospital laboratories in the West Midlands have been commissioned by NHS Test and Trace to process covid-19 samples.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Processing of COVID-19 samples has taken place in laboratories belonging to the following National Health Service trusts in the West Midlands:
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust;
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust;
- Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust;
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust;
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust;
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust;
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust;
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust;
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; and
- Wye Valley NHS Trust.