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1716801

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with the (a) Medical Schools Council and (b) British Medical Association on the effectiveness of preference-informed allocation for foundation placements for medical graduates.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	25505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) manages the national application process for the UK Foundation Programme, on behalf of the four statutory education bodies for the United Kingdom. The UKFPO changed the allocation process for the programme this year to a Preference Informed Allocation method. This consisted of applicants being given a computer-generated rank, and removed the requirement for them to sit the Situational Judgement Test. This change was based on engagement with stakeholders, including the Medical Schools Council, and the British Medical Association.</p><p>When confirming the move to the new system last year, the UKFPO set out that once implemented, it would be kept under constant review, to make sure it is working well for applicants. The UKFPO has confirmed that 75% of applicants received their first choice of programme this year, a 4% increase on last year.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/05/2024 15:44:06 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1716806

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Pancreatic Cancer: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of enzyme replacement therapy.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	25591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the supply issues with the three enzyme replacement therapies, Creon 10,000 gastro-resistant capsules, Creon 25,000 gastro-resistant capsules, and Nutrizym 22 capsules. These are due to manufacturing and active pharmaceutical ingredient constraints. The Department will be issuing updated guidance to healthcare professionals regarding treatment of patients while there is a disruption to the supply of these pancreatic enzyme replacement therapies. We are having regular conversations with the suppliers of these products to help drive the resolution of these issues as quickly as possible, for example by expediting orders and increasing forecasts. We are also working with specialist importers to source unlicensed imports from abroad.</p><p>Whilst we can’t always prevent supply issues, we have a range of well-established tools and processes to mitigate risks to patients. These include close and regular engagement with suppliers, use of alternative strengths or forms of a medicine to allow patients to remain on the same product, expediting regulatory procedures, sourcing unlicensed imports from abroad, adding products to the restricted exports and hoarding list, use of Serious Shortage Protocols, and issuing National Health Service communications to provide management advice and information on the issue to healthcare professionals, so they can advise and support their patients.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 25370 25371 question first answered 15/05/2024 08:18:01 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1716808

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Palliative Care
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 her Department is taking to collect data on people admitted to hospital for palliative care in order to understand the (a) demand and (b) needs for palliative care.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	25584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England collects data on the number of people admitted to hospital with a palliative care diagnosis. However, this does not clearly indicate the reason for admission. The following table shows the numbers of patients identified as being admitted to hospital and having a palliative care diagnosis, for each of the past five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Palliative care diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>94,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>98,052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>98,736</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>102,032</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>102,795</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/05/2024 16:42:17 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1716810

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of access to salary sacrifice schemes for NHS staff on lower pay-bands in the context of the increase in the minimum wage before the implementation of an NHS pay award for the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	25595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Employers in the National Health Service offer a broad range of salary sacrifice schemes, which have varying value. The interaction with the national minimum wage (NMW) must be considered for all employees that participate in one or more of these schemes, to ensure that participation does not breach HM Revenue and Customs’ rules. The Department is currently working with employers in the NHS to understand the potential impacts of the NMW increase on access to salary sacrifice schemes for all NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 20/05/2024 08:10:42 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1716812

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Dental Services
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 courses of treatment were delivered by NHS general dental practitioners in each month between January 2019 to May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	25524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Dentistry Recovery Plan will make dental services faster, simpler, and fairer for patients, and will fund approximately 2.5 million additional appointments, or more than 1.5 million additional courses of dental treatment. We will further support dentists by raising the minimum Units of Dental Activity (UDA) rate to £28 this year, making National Health Service work more attractive and sustainable. NHS dental activity, as measured by Courses of Treatments delivered, has increased by 23% between 2021/22 and 2022/23. The number of UDAs commissioned and delivered is published each month on the NHS Business Services Authority Open Data Portal, which currently holds data from April 2016 to January 2024. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity" target="_blank">https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/05/2024 13:24:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1716813

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Dental Services: Contracts
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 general dental practice contracts were handed back having been terminated by the contractor in each integrated care board in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	25525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to reply to the hon Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 24/05/2024 13:55:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 33826 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1716814

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Dental Services: Contracts
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 new general dental practice contracts were commissioned in each integrated care board in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	25526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to reply to the hon Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 24/05/2024 13:56:27 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 33827 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1716815

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS dental practices were listed as accepting new NHS adult patients on 1 (a) March and (b) May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	25527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>Our Dentistry Recovery Plan, backed by £200 million, will make dental services faster, simpler, and fairer for National Health Service dental patients. It will fund approximately 2.5 million additional appointments, or more than 1.5 million additional courses of dental treatment. A New Patient Premium is supporting dentists to take on new patients, and as of 8 April, nearly 500 more practices have said they are open to new patients, compared to the end of January 2024. The Find a Dentist website allows people to see which practices have said they are accepting new patients, and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/05/2024 13:20:16 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1716816

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Dental Services: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value was of general dental practice contracts that were handed back in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial year; and what proportion this was of the total commissioned activity in those financial years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	25528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to reply to the hon Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 24/05/2024 13:56:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 33830 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1716836

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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
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 she has made of the potential impact of joint commissioning on the 59 specialised services approved by the NHS England Board in February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	25500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The nine joint committee arrangements arose from a robust process, which included a readiness assessment, the Pre-Delegation Assessment Framework, made between integrated care boards (ICBs) and NHS England regional teams, followed by a National Moderation Panel and final decision taken by the NHS England Board. The NHS England Board papers for February 2023, December 2023, and March 2024 are available respectively at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/board-2-feb-23-item-7-delegation-of-spec-comm.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/board-2-feb-23-item-7-delegation-of-spec-comm.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/specialised-commissioning-2024-25-next-steps-with-delegation-to-integrated-care-boards/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/specialised-commissioning-2024-25-next-steps-with-delegation-to-integrated-care-boards/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/specialised-commissioning-update-on-specialised-services-for-delegation/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/specialised-commissioning-update-on-specialised-services-for-delegation/</a></p><p>The process concluded that a transitional year of joint commissioning would offer the most secure and stable transition towards delegation. NHS England is working alongside ICBs to ensure that delegation agreements are in place, including ensuring appropriate collaborative arrangements are developed to support ICB commissioning of specialised services. These arrangements will be monitored by NHS England through its assurance processes for specialised services.</p><p>On 28 March 2024, the NHS England Board approved the recommendation that the 32 specialised services listed in Annex A of Item 7 of Specialised Commissioning: update on specialised services for delegation, would be retained by NHS England.</p><p>Regardless of delegation status, NHS England will remain the accountable commissioner for the entire portfolio of specialised services, and as part of this role, will monitor the effectiveness of delegation and the lists of services. It should be noted that NHS England does have the ability to bring a service back under national commissioning control, under the safeguards put in place to support delegation.</p><p>All specialised services, whether retained or delegated, must comply with nationally developed standards, including service specifications and clinical commissioning polices. ICBs will be able to use specialised services funding to transform and develop services and pathways across their core and specialised responsibilities, to improve quality of care and equity of access and value, whilst also complying with national standards.</p><p>Whilst delegation is not an end in itself, moving to ICB-led commissioning supports a focus on population health management across whole pathways of care, and gives ICBs the powers they need to improve the quality of services, tackle health inequalities, and ensure best value. NHS England set out in detail the benefits of greater ICB involvement in the commissioning of appropriate specialised services in the Roadmap for Integrating Specialised Services within Integrated Care Systems, and subsequent board papers. This roadmap is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PAR1440-specialised-commissioning-roadmap-addendum-may-2022.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PAR1440-specialised-commissioning-roadmap-addendum-may-2022.pdf</a></p><p>These plans have been developed in close collaboration with NHS England’s regional teams, ICBs, specialised service providers, clinicians, and patients, and represent the outcome of a thorough assessment of ICB system readiness, and a comprehensive analysis of services to determine their suitability and readiness for more integrated commissioning. During 2024/25, specialised services commissioning teams will remain employed by NHS England. NHS England has a framework for commissioning support, and accesses a range of services from commissioning support units. For example, data and business intelligence, and programme and project management expertise and resources.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 25501 25502 25503 25504 question first answered 16/05/2024 12:41:48 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 33816 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth