Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 106Found: been affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the last two weeks?
Report Apr. 26 2024
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)Found: zones. 61 However, hotspots where firms cluster together rarely centre on a single industry. 62 Non-services
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: health and some physical health conditions since 2017.
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of classifying covid-19 as an occupational disease for healthcare workers; and whether his Department has had discussions with relevant professional bodies on that matter.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The DWP is advised by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC), an independent scientific body, on changes to the list of occupational diseases for which Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) can be paid.
The Council considered the available scientific and epidemiological evidence around COVID-19 infection and published a Command Paper entitled, ‘COVID-19 and occupational impacts’ in November 2022 found here.
The Command Paper recommends that the list of prescribed occupational diseases for which IIDB can be paid should be expanded to include health and social care workers with five serious pathological complications following COVID-19 infection.
The Department is currently carrying out a detailed assessment of the report’s recommendations and will respond in due course.
Correspondence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)Found: rise in the proportion of second homes and a declining working age population, and these can impact services
Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: NHS leadership, performance and patient safetyFound: It is a leading voice advocating for outstanding health care and a healthy population.
Mentions:
1: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough) this should have happened five years ago, but I gently say that in those five years we have had the coronavirus - Speech Link
2: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) services and everything else. - Speech Link
3: Caroline Lucas (Green - Brighton, Pavilion) conditions such as asthma and heart disease, as well as of poor mental health. - Speech Link
4: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) However, it is not clearly stated what those services are—I can think of essential services, such as - Speech Link
5: None This amendment amends the definition of “support services” to link the services with the accommodation - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) appropriate for adults only; the inability to filter harmful information, which may adversely affect mental health - Speech Link
2: Lord Harlech (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Over 1 million deaths were successfully registered under provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020. - Speech Link
3: None Amendment 241A seeks to require a review of pre-existing services. - Speech Link
4: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) Safe digging is paramount; mandating NUAR will lead to uncertainty, present more health and safety dangers - Speech Link
Found: 2024 store closures and other changes on the high street, many of which have been accelerated by the Coronavirus
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: Scotland's Labour Market Insights: April 2024Found: Behind (NOLB) and Fair Start Scotland (FSS ) are Scottish Government funded employability support services