Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: British Airways PLC v Ms T De Mello and Others: [2024] EAT 53Found: In Flowers v East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust [2019] EWCA Civ 947; [2019] ICR 1454 the Court
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Prime Minister’s speech on welfare: 19 April 2024Found: We’re proud to ensure a safety net that is generous for those who genuinely need it – and fair to the
Special Report Apr. 19 2024
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: affects products’ risk of harm should be a priority, and government should keep its position on a safety
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Scotland's Genomic Medicine Strategy 2024-2029Found: Scotland NHS National Health Service NSS NHS National Services Scotland PGD Pre-implantation genetic
Found: to the Secretary of State’s duty to issue guidance on the collaboration of agencies (police, NHS
Report Apr. 19 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: the harm from illegal drugs HC 72 12th Cross-government working HC 75 13th Preparedness for online safety
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support the recruitment and retention of midwives in Wellingborough constituency.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
We are investing an additional £186 million a year to improve maternity and neonatal care and grow the workforce. On top of this, the Government and NHS England are investing nearly £35 million over three years, from 2024/25 to 2026/27, to further improve maternity safety across England, with specialist training for staff, additional numbers of midwives, and support to ensure maternity services listen to, and act on, women’s experiences to improve care. As announced at the Spring Budget, we are further increasing the number of midwives by funding an additional 160 new posts over three years, to support the continued growth of the maternity and neonatal workforce.
On retention, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets out how to improve culture and leadership to ensure that up to 130,000 fewer staff leave the National Health Service over the next 15 years. This includes: implementing actions from the NHS People Plan that have been shown to be successful; implementing plans to improve flexible opportunities for prospective retirees, and delivering the actions needed to modernise the NHS pension scheme; and committing to ongoing national funding for continuing professional development for nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals, so NHS staff are supported to meet their full potential. These measures apply across the country, including for midwives in the Wellingborough constituency.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the independent report by Carlo Breen into the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust’s historic management of concerns in relation to a Consultant Spinal Surgeon, published on 7 March 2024.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust commissioned the Spinal Patient Safety Look Back review in 2021. A report detailing the findings was published in July 2023. A second report was commissioned by the trust to review the historic management of concerns raised in relation to a particular surgeon. The findings of this report were published on 7 March 2024, and relate to issues that include bullying, speaking up, the duty of candour, governance, and the quality of disciplinary investigations at the trust.
The Government is already taking action in relation to policies relevant to the report’s findings. This includes strengthening leadership, the statutory duty of candour, and speaking up to promote an open and transparent learning culture in the National Health Service. We also expect NHS organisations to have robust policies in place to tackle bullying and harassment.
Apr. 18 2024
Source Page: Consultation on the VAT Treatment of Private Hire VehiclesFound: PHC drivers in Scotland. 2.16 The primary purpose of the taxi and PHV licensing regime is public safety
Apr. 18 2024
Source Page: Consultation on the VAT Treatment of Private Hire VehiclesFound: PHC drivers in Scotland. 2.16 The primary purpose of the taxi and PHV licensing regime is public safety