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1505790

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date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, for further COVID-19 vaccination programmes during the autumn of 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to be guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on COVID-19 vaccinations. On 15 July 2022, the Government accepted the JCVI’s advice to offer a booster dose in the autumn to those at higher risk from severe COVID-19 in winter 2022/23. The booster dose will be offered to residents and staff in care homes for older adults; frontline health and social care workers; carers aged 16 years old and over; all adults aged 50 years old and over; and those aged five to 49 years old in a clinical risk group or who are household contacts of someone with immunosuppression.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 26/09/2022 12:01:18 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1505805

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Integrated Care Boards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the challenges of the transition from Clinical Care Commissioning Groups to Integrated Care Boards, and (2) the risk of established ways of working being recreated within the new structures.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL2279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>NHS England led a transition programme to design integrated care boards (ICBs) and support the transfer of staff, property and liabilities from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Through joint planning and progress monitoring between NHS England and the Department, all 42 ICBs were legally established and no significant transition issues reported.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst CCG functions have been conferred to ICBs and some continuity will remain where appropriate, ICBs are designed to work differently from CCGs. ICBs have new duties under the Health and Care Act 2022. This includes wider and more integrated care pathways, accelerated work on prevention and the determinants of health, new leadership in the National Health Service and new governance arrangements. The new ICB geographies will adopt new ways of working to ensure that the needs of local populations are responded to.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 26/09/2022 12:03:13 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1505809

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Community Diagnostic Centres: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding was allocated at the start of this financial year for NHS diagnostic centres; and how much of this funding has since been diverted to other NHS services.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL2283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Spending Review in 2021 provided £2.3 billion in capital funding for diagnostic services over the next three years. The majority of this funding will be allocated increase the number of community diagnostic centres (CDCs) to 160 by March 2025 and to expand planned elective diagnostic services. In 2022/23, £900 million has been allocated to the CDC programme and to increase capacity for imaging, endoscopy, lung and mammography screening and improving digital diagnostics. The capital allocation has not been diverted to other services. Revenue funding may be lower than originally envisaged in order to meet the cost of the 2022/23 National Health Service pay settlement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 26/09/2022 12:02:05 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1505817

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Life sciences vision published on 6 July 2021, what steps (a) the Government and (b) the NHS plan to take to reduce COPD mortality in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	49142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme, led by the Royal College of Physicians, aims to improve the quality of care, services and clinical outcomes for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by collecting and providing data on a range of indicators. Through the NHS Long Term Plan, access to pulmonary rehabilitation will be expanded by 2028. This is an exercise and education programme for COPD, with 90% of patients who complete the programme experiencing improved exercise capacity or increased quality of life. The expansion of pulmonary rehabilitation services over 10 years aims to prevent 500,000 exacerbations and avoid 80,000 hospital admissions.</p><p>The Government has worked with global academic and industrial leaders to identify areas of scientific and research potential which could address the seven identified healthcare missions in the ‘Life Sciences Vision’. The respiratory mission aims to reduce pressure on the National Health Service and improve clinical outcomes, treatment and diagnosis.</p><p>Detailed implementation plans are being developed to deliver the Life Sciences Vision. We are working with academics, the NHS and industry on plans for the respiratory mission to reduce morbidity and mortality due to respiratory disease, including COPD.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 12:05:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1505818

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Rare Diseases: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many whole exome sequencing tests were carried out by the NHS in order to detect rare diseases in individuals in each of the last three years; and what recent assessment she has made of their effectiveness.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	49143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The available data shows that since April 2021, 16,022 whole exome sequencing tests have been carried out to detect rare diseases. While NHS England does not hold data on the effectiveness of all exome sequencing tests, the Rapid Whole Exome Sequencing Service for acutely unwell children was launched in 2019 has provided or confirmed a diagnosis for approximately 45% of children tested via this service. The National Fetal Exome Sequencing Service launched by the National Health Service in October 2020 has provided or confirmed a diagnosis to approximately 40% of pregnant women tested via this service.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/09/2022 13:43:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1505820

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Back Pain: Steroid Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people who have received steroid injections for back pain.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	49145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 23/09/2022 10:55:37 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1505822

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2022 to Question 31846, on Parkinson's Disease, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a national register of patients with a Parkinson's diagnosis; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	49146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>There are no current plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 28/09/2022 11:17:16 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1505830

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Tixagevimab/cilgavimab
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the UK Health Security Agency of the effectiveness of the drug Evusheld against the Omicron variant of covid-19; and if she will make that treatment available on the NHS to people who are immunocompromised.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	49297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government has decided not to procure Evusheld for prevention through emergency routes at this time. This is a decision based on independent clinical advice by the multi-agency RAPID C-19 and a national expert policy working group, which considered a range of evidence, including clinical trial data, in vitro analysis and emerging observational studies. It concluded that there is currently insufficient evidence of benefit to recommend deployment at this time.  The Chief Medical Officer for England is content that the correct process for providing clinical advice has been followed and agrees that it should now be referred to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for further evaluation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department wrote to patient groups on 5 September 2022 with information on this decision and evidence considered. The Department intends to publish further details of the clinical advice received shortly.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/09/2022 13:56:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1505856

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to reduce regional health inequalities.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	49083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2022 answer text <p>Each Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) is required to write an integrated care strategy by December 2022 that sets out how the assessed local needs can be met through the Integrated Care Board, partner local authorities or NHS England. This must include clear plans to reduce disparities in health access, experience and outcomes. The Department regional teams are working with ICPs to ensure that plans are comprehensive, ambitious and are driven by the evidence on local need.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 07/10/2022 13:12:03 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson previous answer version 20060 answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1505861

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Doctors: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September to Question 45643, what data her Department regularly requires from the GMC on the number of currently licensed doctors, for the purposes of NHS workforce planning.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	49278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of all medical doctors practising in the United Kingdom which sets and enforces the standards all doctors must adhere to. The GMC is responsible for operational matters, including holding data on the number of currently licensed doctors. The Department does not require the GMC to provide data on the number of currently licensed doctors for National Health Service workforce planning.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department accesses data published by the GMC, including at its online archive at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-we-do-and-why/data-and-research</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 11:50:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper