Appearances and Speeches

There are no current plans to review or extend the prescription charge medical exemptions list to include long term conditions such as strok

There are currently no plans to formally merge North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust with South Tees NHS Foundation Trust.

We have had no specific discussions and no assessment has been made.

While there is no specific oversight framework, a copy of the ‘New Board and executive governance framework’ is attached.

No formal assessment has been made. Each locality has unique population and health issues, with each region monitoring a number of factors.

The NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been working to reduce waiting times for treatment, although this is impacted

The letter issuing the Direction was published on GOV.UK on 12 January 2022.

While there has been an increase in the waiting time for a first outpatient appointment compared to pre-pandemic levels, it is not possible

The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period.

On 31 January 2022, the Government announced that vaccination will no longer be a condition of deployment for health and social care staff,