Written Question
Wednesday 1st July 2020
Asked by:
Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative - Thurrock)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he is having with representatives of the pharmacy sector to ensure preparedness for the 2020 flu season; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jo Churchill
There have been discussions with community pharmacy organisations to consider how the influenza vaccination service can be best delivered, as well as local flu delivery board conversations between commissioners and pharmacy providers. These are ongoing with the aim of maintaining and improving the uptake of the influenza vaccine across primary care.
The final agreed service requirements will be published during the summer, in preparation for the flu season. Discussions between NHS England and NHS Improvement and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee are also ongoing to update the Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Advanced Service for the 2020/21 flu season. This includes our preparation on COVID-19.
Written Question
Wednesday 17th June 2020
Asked by:
Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative - Thurrock)
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 made of the gender pay gap in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Helen Whately
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The gender pay gap in the health and social care sector, according to the Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings for 2019 is 17.7%.
A review examining the extent and causes of the gender pay gap in medicine has been completed and will be published in due course. Chaired by Professor Dame Jane Dacre, the review has identified 47 recommendations which will impact on both the gender pay gap in medicine and across the wider National Health Service workforce.
The Government Equalities Office has published evidence-based guidance on practical actions employers can take to close the gap, alongside help to develop action plans. We expect all NHS employers to have a clear action plan in place to address their gender pay gap.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Feb 2020
Social Care
"I feel like I am in groundhog day. It is approximately two years since I responded to a very similar debate secured by the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley). It is disappointing that we are still debating the very same issues that we were then. Of …..."Jackie Doyle-Price - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Feb 2020
Social Care
"The issue is that local authorities are commissioning care from local care providers and paying the rate that the individual resident is incurring. It is about what they are prepared to pay for that bill and not the local authorities paying living wages directly to employees. However, that is pushing …..."Jackie Doyle-Price - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Feb 2020
Social Care
"I completely agree. That is exactly the kind of incentive that we should encourage. The longer that we can encourage people to live independently, the better their quality of life and the better it is for the taxpayer, because there will not be those ongoing bills. The point is exactly …..."Jackie Doyle-Price - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Feb 2020
Social Care
"The key words the hon. Member just used were “in their home”. There is no public policy challenge that does not come back to having the right kind of housing solutions. Many of these issues arise from our not investing in the right kind of supported housing environments that would …..."Jackie Doyle-Price - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Feb 2020
Paterson Inquiry
"Ultimately, this is all about behaviour—not just the criminal behaviour of Ian Paterson, but the behaviour of the professionals and the wider health establishment that came into contact with him. I associate myself with the comments of my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Jeremy …..."Jackie Doyle-Price - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 21 Jan 2020
Surrogacy: Government Policy
"I welcome the Minister’s comments. I want to put on the record the enthusiasm with which the Law Commissions embraced the project. They are clever lawyers, and they fully recognised that a 35-year-old law that is no longer fit for purpose is leading to legal challenges that are potentially having …..."Jackie Doyle-Price - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Jan 2020
Health and Social Care
"It is a pleasure to follow the maiden speech of the hon. Member for Enfield North (Feryal Clark). She has just proved that what she lacks in height she makes up for in her energetic performance, and I have no doubt that she will give the Treasury Bench considerable challenge …..."Jackie Doyle-Price - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Oct 2019
Women’s Mental Health
"It is, as usual, a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones), who is always a fixture in these mental health debates, as, indeed, is the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse), and I congratulate her on securing this debate.
I thank the hon. Member …..."Jackie Doyle-Price - View Speech
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