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HANSARDRespiratory VirusesThere are a number of innovations when it comes to vaccines and testing for vaccines. Indeed, some of the companies and organisations we spoke to recently about future testing…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI begin by thanking all your Lordships for the wide-ranging debate. I want to say how much more I learn, listening to the contributions in each of these debates, before I stand up…11 Jan 2022HANSARDRespiratory VirusesThe noble Lord makes a very important point that we should acknowledge. The fact is that the preventive messages against Covid are equally valid against influenza. Indeed, the…11 Jan 2022HANSARDRespiratory VirusesInfluenza remains a health threat, which is why the Government are offering flu vaccinations to more people this winter, including older people and, for the first time, all…11 Jan 2022HANSARDRespiratory VirusesI thank my noble friend for congratulating me, but I should not take any credit for this; it is thanks to the dedication of all the people who work in our health and social care…11 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterAs my noble friend will appreciate and probably anticipate, there will be debate on the Health and Care Bill for the next few weeks. I am sure that that is one of the issues that…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterIssues such as the way private care home owners treat their staff are all part of the consultation that we launched on 6 January. We are working across government and with the…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterTo ensure that the profession is attractive, we want to focus not only on making sure that social care staff are paid a decent wage but that they are recognised. The idea behind…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterAs my noble friend rightly points out, the devolved Administrations have registers in place in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and they have taken a phased approach over the…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterI am sure all noble Lords will agree with those sentiments, and that is why we have published the White Paper on social care. We are investing an additional £5.4 billion over…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterAs the noble Lord says, pay is one of the important issues when people consider what career to take, but also how much that career is valued. One of the reasons we are looking at…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterMy noble friend makes a very important point that we need to make sure that this is an attractive career and that people feel valued. One of the reasons we launched the Made with…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterOnly last week we opened a consultation on whether or not to make registration mandatory and to move towards it. When I spoke to people in the department about why it is currently…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterAs the noble Baroness will appreciate, many people who work in social care are employed by private care home owners and other bits of the sector. If she looks at the minimum wage,…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterWe will invest at least £500 million in the social care workforce over the next three years. The major investment includes the introduction of a digital care workforce hub. This…10 Jan 2022HANSARDHospital Beds and Social CareWe have been looking at different pathways out of hospitals, and one of the discharge pathways is step-down care. One issue that the task force has looked at is how we improve and…06 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Health: Night-time WorkingHealth and safety at work is covered by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and corresponding regulations. The Working Time Regulations also impose requirements on…06 Jan 2022HANSARDHospital Beds and Social CareAlthough the number of people continually changes, there are approximately 10,000 people in hospital who do not currently meet the criteria to reside and have not yet been…06 Jan 2022HANSARDHospital Beds and Social CareI begin by wishing the noble Lord and all your Lordships a happy new year. We have started the national discharge task force, with membership from local government, the NHS and…06 Jan 2022HANSARDHospital Beds and Social CareMy noble friend makes an important point. In the White Paper, People at the Heart of Care , we have set out our vision for adult social care and outlined our priorities.…06 Jan 2022