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1582716

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Drugs: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of (a) the competitiveness of the UK pharmaceutical industry for (i) conducting clinical trials and (ii) research and development and (b) the impact of the level of use of innovative medicines in the NHS on outcomes for patients.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	137769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The life sciences sector is among the most valuable and strategically important in the United Kingdom’s economy. The latest edition of the Government’s Life Sciences Competitiveness Indicators shows that in 2020, the UK ranked sixth out of 10 comparator countries for our share of patients recruited to a subset of commercial global studies for novel medicines. The UK also ranked seventh for the time taken between clinical trial application and first dose to first patient. This is up from tenth in 2019.</p><p>The indicators also show that, in 2020, the UK pharmaceutical industry spent over £5 billion on research and development (R&amp;D) and has consistently been the largest industry to spend on R&amp;D in the UK, making up more than a fifth of all R&amp;D performed by industry between 2014 and 2020.</p><p>The National Health Service in England is internationally competitive in adopting innovative medicines. Industry data shows that there are five treatments available in England for every four in Europe and almost a third more cancer drugs.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/02/2023 13:56:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1582717

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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 Services: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to develop a men’s health strategy.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	137961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Lincoln on 20 January to question<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-17/125326" target="_blank"> 125326.</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 07/02/2023 14:26:03 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1582721

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to allow funding provided to ease winter pressures in the NHS in the 2022-23 financial year to be used for winter planning for the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	137835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>Funding for 2022/23 has been made available for that financial year only.</p><p>As set out in the Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Plan, the Government has committed to targeted funding to support services next year. This includes £1 billion to support hospitals to increase capacity in 2023/24; and £1.6 billion of additional social care discharge funding over 2023/24 and 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/03/2023 16:54:59 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1582722

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Social Services: Minimum Wage
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 guidance his Department has provided to social care employers on pay; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a national minimum pay rate for social care workers.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	137836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not provided any guidance to social care employers on pay and has no current plans to set a specific minimum wage for care workers.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/02/2023 17:07:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1582727

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Cervical Cancer: Screening
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 he is taking to increase the cervical cancer screening coverage in Slough.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	137837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The National Health Service is working on a campaign in the Slough and wider Thames Valley area to improve cervical screening coverage. It will target support to general practitioner’s practices with the lowest cervical screening coverage and encourage innovative approaches, which are known to encourage uptake. These including online appointment booking, text message alerts, and reminding people that they can request a female sample taker during a smear test. The various agencies involved in providing cervical screening services across Slough are working closely to understand local coverage data and share intelligence.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/02/2023 17:12:23 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 53393 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1582733

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Liver Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department's workforce strategy will make an assessment of trends in the rates of (a) alcohol related liver disease and (b) non-alcohol related fatty liver disease.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	137737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>No assessments will be made in the Long Term Workforce Plan in regards to assessing the trends in rates of alcohol related liver disease and non-alcohol related fatty liver disease.</p><p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities publishes liver disease hospital admission and mortality rates for England and all local authorities, updated annually, in the Liver Disease Profiles. The profiles and further details can be accessed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/liver-disease" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/liver-disease</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 09/02/2023 15:20:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 53392 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1582746

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	HIV Infection: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend opt-out HIV testing.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	137722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s HIV Action Plan, NHS England has expanded opt-out HIV testing in accident and emergency departments in areas of extremely high diagnosed HIV prevalence, over five cases per 1,000 people, a proven effective way to identify new HIV cases. NHS England is investing £20 million over three years, 2022/25, to support this activity.</p><p>We will be considering the full evidence from the first year of opt-out testing, alongside the data on progress towards our ambition of ending new HIV transmissions in England by 2030, to decide whether we further expand this programme to areas with high HIV prevalence that is two to five cases per 1,000 people. We will also share the findings from the opt-out testing programme with local health systems to inform local decisions on expansion.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 07/02/2023 14:30:22 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1582748

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following the letter from Councillor Joanne Green dated 16 January 2023, if he will consider meeting with Manchester City Council Health Scrutiny Committee.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	137965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>We have received the Councillor’s correspondence of 16 January 2023 and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/02/2023 16:12:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 53399 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1582753

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Accident and Emergency Departments
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 31 January 2023 to Question 126740 and according to information held by NHS England, which NHS (a) trusts and (b) integrated care boards have declared either (i) critical incident status and/or (ii) Operational Pressures Escalation Level (OPEL) 4 status since 21 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	137846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>NHS England holds National Health Service operational management information on Operating Pressure Escalation Level (OPEL) status and critical incidents for NHS trusts and integrated care boards. However, this information is not validated or published and is a snapshot and therefore subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England publishes an increased range of data on NHS pressures and performance during the winter period. This includes data on accident and emergency (A&amp;E) closures, A&amp;E diverts, hospital bed occupancy, and ambulance handover times. This approach, including the standardisation and inclusion of any new data, such as OPEL levels or critical incidents, will be kept under review and will inform the approach taken for future winters.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/03/2023 14:50:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 53899 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1582762

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Virtual Wards
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of virtual wards on bed capacity in NHS hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Dean Russell
uin	137966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the National Health Service <em>Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services</em>, virtual wards enable patients to remain in their own home supported by family or carers to recover quicker in a more comfortable environment. In some cases, virtual wards can replace the need for admission, and in others facilitate people being able to safely leave hospital sooner.</p><p>The NHS has successfully rolled out 7,000 virtual ward beds, with capacity increasing by nearly 50% since the summer. It has a further ambition to scale up capacity ahead of next winter to above 10,000 beds, with a longer-term ambition of reaching 40-50 virtual ward beds per 100,000 people. This would mean more than 50,000 admissions a month.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/02/2023 11:24:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell