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1669201

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date	10/11/2023
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	Innovative Medicines Fund: Gene Therapies
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 he has made of the adequacy of the Innovative Medicines Fund in increasing access to gene therapies.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	1326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service in England on whether all new licensed medicines represent a clinically effective and cost-effective use of NHS resources. NICE has been able to recommend several gene therapies for routine funding and they are now routinely available to NHS patients in line with NICE’s recommendations. No gene therapies have been recommended for use through the Innovative Medicines Fund and NICE continues to consider the suitability of medicines for the Fund with individual companies.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/11/2023 17:26:10 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1665400

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	Heart Diseases: 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 recommendations of the British Society for Echocardiography made in its report entitled The UK Echocardiography Workforce published in June 2023, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that the NHS retains a sufficient number of experienced echocardiographers to train new recruits.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	202955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>NHS England has developed a new fast-track echocardiography training scheme, which has led to 150 additional echocardiographers with further support being available in 2023/24.</p><p>More generally, the NHS People Plan and the People Promise set out a comprehensive range of actions to improve staff retention. They provide a strong focus on creating a more modern, compassionate and inclusive culture in the National Health Service by strengthening health and wellbeing, equality and diversity, culture and leadership and flexible working.</p><p> </p><p>NHS priorities and operational planning guidance 23/24 has asked systems to refresh their 2022/23 whole system workforce plans to improve staff retention through a systematic focus on all elements of the NHS People Promise.  Staff wellbeing should be strategically aligned with elective recovery plans, including workforce demand and capacity planning.  In addition, the NHS Retention Programme is continuously seeking to understand why staff leave, resulting in targeted interventions to support staff to stay whilst keeping them well.</p><p> </p><p>The Long Term Workforce Plan builds on the People Plan and sets out how to improve culture and leadership to ensure that up to 130,000 fewer staff leave the NHS over the next 15 years. This includes: implementing actions from the NHS People Plan that have been shown to be successful; and implementing plans to improve flexible opportunities for prospective retirees and delivering the actions needed to modernise the NHS pension scheme.</p><p> </p><p>These interventions apply across staff groups, including echocardiographers.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/10/2023 09:37:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1658372

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
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	Radiotherapy: Crawley
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 radiotherapy LINAC machines will be over the recommended 10-year lifespan by the end of (a) 2023, (b) 2024, and (c) 2025 in Crawley constituency.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	197766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>Data on radiotherapy linear accelerator (LINAC) machines is not held at constituency level. Since April 2022, the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines sits with local systems. This is supported by the 2021 Spending Review, which set aside £12 billion in operational capital for the National Health Service between 2022 and 2025.</p><p>Recent Capital Planning Guidance sets out the expectation that the majority of radiotherapy equipment, particularly LINAC machines, will need to be replaced at ten years of age, to make progress on Long Term Plan priorities. The guidance states that integrated care systems (ICSs) need to develop replacement plans as part of their multi-year capital plans, in partnership with specialised commissioners, Cancer Alliances and Radiotherapy Operational Delivery Networks, based on an assessment of equipment age, capacity and demand, opportunities to improve access, and service risk.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/09/2023 14:57:36 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1658373

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
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	Radiotherapy
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 devolve any aspect of radiotherapy commissioning to integrated care boards in (a) Crawley constituency and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	197767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>NHS England’s National Moderation Panel will determine how many integrated care boards (ICBs) will take on responsibility for specialised commissioning in October 2023. Following this moderation process, recommendations will be taken to the NHS England Board for final decisions in December 2023, before new arrangements go live from April 2024.</p><p>This process will consider the delegation of radiotherapy commissioning for ICBs across England including across the Crawley constituency.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/09/2023 13:49:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith