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HANSARDUnited Kingdom: Future PandemicsI know that the use of masks in hospital is being debated as we speak, to make sure that we are prepared for any new eventuality. As we are aware, 9,000 beds being taken up by…16 Jan 2023HANSARDCare Homes: StaffingYes, this is absolutely something that we talk to our Home Office colleagues about all the time. I believe that 15,000 people have already come through on this route in the last…11 Jan 2023HANSARDCare Homes: StaffingBefore we went ahead with this, we spoke to many care providers to make sure that there was capacity within the system to do it. It was understood that the capacity is there. In…11 Jan 2023HANSARDCare Homes: StaffingOn Monday, this Government announced an additional £200 million of funding for short-term NHS step-down care packages to help ease the pressure on local hospital beds. ICBs will…11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsThose monitoring processes are in place, but to give sufficient detail, it is best that I write.11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsClearly, it is early days. These were set up last summer and we must ensure that they bed in properly and learn. I am confident that that is the right approach, but, as the noble…11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsEach ICB has a slightly different approach to ensuring that it is there and ensuring the kind of co-production with these front-runners that I talked about earlier. It is about…11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsFrom my experience I understand that this is a very important part of their remit and role. As we are all aware, the unpaid carer role is vital and historically has probably not…11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsThis is the whole point and the way that we are moving; the real decision-makers running their local areas should be the ICBs. They know their areas and the needs of the…11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsIt is, as the noble Lord says, a statutory requirement that the local authorities are represented on the ICBs. In the last few months, I and other Ministers have met and had…11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsAbsolutely. It strikes me—again, I mentioned this yesterday—that less than 10% of the 13,000 so-called blocked beds contain people who will need to be in social care full-time in…11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsReplying on behalf of all noble friends, let me say that I am particularly pleased to see this scheme go ahead. Just yesterday, Members of the House were talking about whether we…11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsFirst, I think we can all agree on the necessity of making sure that these are integrated and the vital role that social care plays in all this. I must say, my experience from the…11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsICSs need to include social care fully in planning and strategic decision-making. Local authorities are responsible for social care and have a clearly defined role within ICSs.…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions etc.) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank noble Lords, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Davies, for bringing this debate today and for reminding me, quite rightly, about learning lessons. I must admit…11 Jan 2023HANSARDDentists, Dental Care Professionals, Nurses, Nursing Associates and Midwives (International Registrations) Order 2022That the draft Order and Regulations laid before the House on 11 October and 16 November 2022 be approved. Relevant document: 15th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…11 Jan 2023HANSARDCare Homes: StaffingAbsolutely; it is an integration issue. Noble Lords will have heard me say just yesterday that our plan is for a modular system of development, so that someone in social care has…11 Jan 2023HANSARDCare Homes: StaffingYes, absolutely. I find—and I talk as a businessman of 30-odd years—that by paying people well, you attract and retain the most motivated staff. It is the best way to run an…11 Jan 2023HANSARDCare Homes: StaffingThe question is absolutely correct: as I said earlier, less than 10% of these 13,000 people need to be in care homes full-time. The danger is often that once you put them there,…11 Jan 2023HANSARDCare Homes: StaffingI thank the noble Baroness. I think that the House will recall that I have mentioned on a number of occasions that this is a critical part of the workforce plan. What has become…11 Jan 2023