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1670449

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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	Brain: Tumours
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the APPG on Brain Tumours report Pathway to a Cure, published in February, what consideration they have given to developing or extending National Institute for Health and Care Research fellowships specifically to support brain tumour researchers.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department is taking actions to help develop or extend fellowships to support brain tumour researchers. For example, in July 2023, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) jointly funded with the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission (TJBCM), the first two TJBCM Neuro-Oncology Fellowships, a new Fellowship Programme to support high quality training in neuro-oncology clinical practice and research to ensure clinicians are equipped with the relevant research skills needed to lead neuro-oncology trials that change practice.</p><p>Other capacity-building initiatives underway include, the designation of 28 TJBCM adult Centres of Excellence within the National Health Service, creating a world-class network of brain tumour treatment and research centres to provide the best care and share best practice; the Tessa Jowell Academy Programme, a free national learning and networking digital platform for National Health Service brain tumour professionals to share excellence in research, treatment and care, and the TJBCM Brain Tumour Research Novel Therapeutics Accelerator programme, to review and provide guidance on the translation and development of novel treatments, guided by a multidisciplinary international group of experts.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/11/2023 12:41:45 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1670116

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Coronavirus: Medical Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the stock of approved antiviral treatments of COVID-19, including those recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in August are made readily available to all vulnerable patients.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The stock of COVID-19 antivirals owned by the Department is available to those who are eligible for treatment in line with an interim clinical commissioning policy for England and the Devolved Nations or National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations. Stocks are distributed in England in response to orders received from community pharmacies and National Health Service secondary care trusts who operate under arrangements put in place by the relevant NHS Commissioning Boards. Proportionate allocations have been made to the Devolved Nations and detailed distribution arrangements lie within the remit of the respective national systems.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/11/2023 12:36:44 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1670125

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Dental Services and General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that General Practitioner and Dentistry services are prepared for increased demand arising from future housing developments.
tabling member printed	Baroness O'Neill of Bexley
uin	HL305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for planning and commissioning healthcare services which meet the reasonable needs of the people for whom they are responsible.</p><p>ICBs should evaluate the changing needs of the populations for which they are responsible and plan new service provision as required, including planning for future demand for General Practice and Dentistry as a result of new housing developments.</p><p>To support with pressure on primary care estates, particularly in areas of housing growth, the Government has committed to review the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and planning guidance to raise the priority of primary care infrastructure needed to support an increase in demand for services.</p><p>We continue to work closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing &amp; Communities to ensure these commitments are met through the latest NPPF refresh and negotiations on the future Infrastructure Levy following the passage of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/11/2023 12:40:18 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4967 label Biography information for Baroness O'Neill of Bexley

1670132

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 28 March (HL6761), what assessment they have made of the opportunities of utilising peer-to-peer support workers and volunteers with lived experience in the delivery of inclusion health initiatives.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/11/2023 12:09:49 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1670159

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Doctors: Career Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the General Medical Council report The state of medical education and practice in the UK: Workforce report 2023, published on 13 November, in particular of the findings relating to traditional or non-traditional career pathways; and what steps they are taking to support greater flexibility in career and training for NHS doctors.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. NHS England is continuing the Enhancing Junior Doctors Working Lives programme to implement a number of measures aimed at supporting junior doctors, encouraging them to stay in training and the National Health Service, reducing overall attrition. Examples of these measures include less than full time training options, to allow trainees to continue to work in the NHS and progress with their training on a reduced working pattern, where this is beneficial for their personal circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also working with partners to develop a broader range of career pathways and opportunities available to the medical workforce. This includes a commitment to increase career flexibility and training opportunities for doctors in training, locally employed doctors, and specialty and specialist doctors.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/11/2023 12:39:26 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1669334

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Health Services: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use schools and nurseries as hubs for delivering health services to support families and meet the health needs of children and young people, especially within disadvantaged communities.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports the use of place-based services and integrated delivery, particularly where this will improve access for more disadvantaged communities. The Government is investing approximately £300 million through the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme to deliver a step change in outcomes for babies, children, parents and carers in 75 local authorities in England with high deprivation. Through joined up and enhanced universal services delivered through transformed family hubs, the programme will ensure all parents and carers can access the support they need, at the time they need it. We are also continuing to roll-out Mental Health Support Teams in schools and colleges across England.</p><p>Health services should be available and accessible at times and locations that meet the needs of children, young people, and families. Schools and nurseries can function as particularly effective settings. However, decisions concerning the commissioning and location of provider premises are made locally, following engagement with service users and other key stakeholders.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/11/2023 12:38:33 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1669356

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Fenethylline: Misuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which NHS trusts in England have reported patients suffering from addiction to Captagon.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/11/2023 12:36:04 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1669114

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Radiotherapy: Waiting Lists
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce waiting times for patients who have been diagnosed with cancer and are waiting for radiotherapy treatment.
tabling member printed	Lord Bailey of Paddington
uin	HL153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Since 2016, there has been significant investment in radiotherapy equipment so that every radiotherapy provider had access to modern, cutting-edge radiotherapy equipment, enabling the rollout of new techniques like stereotactic ablative radiotherapy. The total central investment made between 2016 and 2021 was £162 million and enabled the replacement or upgrade of approximately 100 radiotherapy treatment machines, equal to around a third of all radiotherapy treatment machines. This is investment on top of that committed by National Health Service trusts, either from their own capital budgets or via donations.</p><p>Since April 2022, the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines has sat with local systems. This is supported by the 2021 Spending Review, which set aside £12 billion in operational capital for the NHS from 2022 to 2025.</p><p>The Government worked with NHS England to publish the delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlogs in elective care in February 2022, and plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to help drive up and protect elective activity, including cancer treatments like radiotherapy. This will further be supported by the additional £3.3 billion of funding in each of the next two years announced at the Autumn Statement to support the NHS.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/11/2023 14:12:47 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4987 label Biography information for Lord Bailey of Paddington

1669129

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Babylon Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions took place with NHS bodies with a view to any encouragement for them to contract with Babylon Health.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Contracting decisions are made by commissioners, who must have the flexibility to commission partnerships, individuals, and private and third sector organisations to deliver general practitioner services within the National Health Service to meet the specific needs of their populations.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/11/2023 13:43:19 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1669130

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Mental Health Services: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the integration of accredited counsellors and psychotherapists into the existing mental health workforce to bolster recruitment and retention.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Accredited counsellors and psychotherapists constitute a significant proportion of the NHS Talking Therapies workforce. A collaborative campaign to encourage accredited counsellors and psychotherapists to apply to work in NHS Talking Therapies services has been developed by NHS England with several of the counselling and psychotherapy professional bodies. These professionals are a vital part of our mental health workforce and are fully integrated within it, delivering psychological therapies for depression recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/11/2023 13:34:59 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath