Every parliamentary written question tabled by Rupert Lowe this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on trends in people’s quality-adjusted life years.
It is vital that we carefully consider all the impacts and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, both from the pandemic itself and the measures taken to address it. The intention of the lockdowns during COVID-19 was to save lives and protect the hea...
How many visits there were by NHS staff to (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation housing irregular migrants in each of the last five years.
The Department and NHS England do not hold the information requested. The National Health Service is a residency-based system, which means that people who do not live here on a lawful, settled basis must contribute to the cost of their care. However, some...
How many vaccines have been administered to irregular migrants in each of the last five years.
Primary care services, such as vaccinations, are available and free to all, including people who arrive in the United Kingdom through irregular routes. New arrivals are encouraged to receive a patient health check when they register in primary care, inclu...
If he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of training to raise awareness of the role of interpreting within the NHS.
The provision of interpretation services is the responsibility of the service provider. There is no national programme for training to raise awareness of interpreting within the National Health Service.
How many ambulance visits there were to (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation housing irregular migrants in the most recent year for which information is available.
The Department does not hold the information requested.
How many optician appointments for irregular migrants there were at what cost to the public purse in each of the last five years.
The Department and NHS England do not hold the information requested. The National Health Service is a residency-based system, which means that people who do not live here on a lawful, settled basis must contribute to the cost of their care. However, some...
How many (a) irregular migrants and (b) asylum seekers attended how many NHS therapy sessions in the most recent year for which information is available; and what the cost to the public purse was o
While NHS England does hold some data on this, the information is not considered robust enough to be published, given that only a small number of providers have recorded data in a format that allows asylum seekers and refugees to be separately identified....
How many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
The number of international air miles travelled by officials in the Department between 5 July and 29 November 2024 was 504,421. The number of flights taken by officials in the Department was 166. We have interpreted officials as all other Departmental sta...
If he will make an estimate of the average additional time taken during the appointments for (a) translation and (b) interpretation.
The Department does not hold the requested information centrally. Integrated care boards are responsible for arranging National Health Service healthcare services to meet the needs of their respective populations, which includes translation services.The D...
Pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15631 on NHS: Translation services, which languages e-RS letters sent in 2024-25 were translated into.
Please see the list below which outlines the languages which e-Referral Service letters sent in 2024/25 were translated into:- Arabic; - Bengali; - Gujarati; - Kurdish; - Persian; - Polish; - Punjabi; - Somali; - Turkish; - Urdu; - Albanian; - Chinese; - ...
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing (a) family and (b) friends to provide (i) translation and (ii) interpretation during NHS appointments.
The General Medical Council’s guidance states that all possible efforts must be made to ensure effective communication with patients. This includes arrangements to meet patients’ communication needs in languages other than English.Where language is a prob...
Pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15631 on NHS: Translation Services , what the reason was for the change in the number of e-RS letters sent out in (a) 2019/20 and (b) 2020/21.
The main reason for the change in the number of e-Referral Service (e-RS) letters sent out in 2019/20 and 2020/21 was the COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced the number of referrals being created in the National Health Service e-RS. In addition, in early 202...
Pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 13915 on Protective Clothing: Storage, if he will publish a breakdown of where personal protective equipment that is unsuitable for NHS use is stor
Since April 2022, operational management of pandemic era personal protective equipment (PPE) has been carried out by the NHS Supply Chain. They report that PPE considered unsuitable for use in the National Health Service is currently held at the following...
How many private provider contracts have been commissioned by the NHS to treat irregular migrants in each of the last ten years; and what the cost to the public purse was of those contracts.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 27 November 2024 to Question 14728.
What the average height is of male asylum seekers recorded via the National Child Measurement Programme.
The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) is a mandatory public health function of local authorities, and it collects data on the weight status of children aged four to five years old, or those in Reception, and 10 to 11 years old, or those in Year ...
Which interpreting agencies are contracted to provide services to the NHS; and what the cost to the public purse of those contracts is.
The Department does not hold the requested information centrally. Integrated care boards are responsible for arranging National Health Service healthcare services to meet the needs of their respective populations, which includes translation services.The D...
What proportion of letters posted by the NHS were in each language in each of the last five years; and what the cost of translation was for those letters.
The Department does not hold the requested information centrally. Integrated care boards are responsible for arranging National Health Service healthcare services to meet the needs of their respective populations, which includes translation services.The D...
How many test results have been translated into languages other than English for each of the last five years.
The Department does not hold the requested information centrally. Integrated care boards are responsible for arranging National Health Service healthcare services to meet the needs of their respective populations, which includes translation services.The D...
How many calls within the NHS were translated by each language code in each of the last ten years; and what the cost was to the public purse in each of those years.
The Department does not hold this information centrally.
What the cost is of (a) the National Child Measurement Programme and (b) feedback letters relating to that Programme.
The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) is a mandatory public health function of local authorities, and collects data on the weight status of children aged four to five years old, who would be in reception, and 10 to 11 years old, who would be in ...