Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1735782

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
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	Patients: Wearable Technology
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 ensure that the use of digital wearables in the NHS is accompanied by professional interventions.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	10100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>Digital health technologies, including digital wearables, empower patients to manage their own health and get rapid access to peer support and clinical advice. Leveraging digital tools can improve the timeliness of interventions by helping frontline staff to provide high quality care and make the best use of their time.</p><p>NHS England is working closely with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and the Accelerated Access Collaborative to improve the process for digital health technologies to be adopted by the National Health Service, ensuring it sets robust but clear standards. As part of this work, NHS England is looking at how data from wearable devices can potentially be directed to and monitored by clinical staff.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 29/10/2024 10:05:52 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1735783

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
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: Men
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 inquiry by the Health and Social Care Select Committee into Men's Health in the last Parliament, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) services and (b) the use of digital are targeted at demographics with poor health outcomes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	10101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government's mission is getting the National Health Service back on its feet, so it is there for everyone. We are developing a 10-Year Health Plan so that we are better able to meet the needs of the population, including men. We recognise there are areas of care where men or certain groups of men will require particular support and targeted interventions to ensure they are able to live as healthily as possible.</p><p>An example where this is currently being delivered is Core20PLUS5, which is focused on improving areas most needing improvement in the poorest 20% of the population, along with other disadvantaged population groups.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 28/10/2024 17:26:03 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1735107

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
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	South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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 publish an evaluation of the effectiveness of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust community health service pilot at assisting users with employment matters.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	9722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that an external evaluation of the pilots will be procured that includes early feedback to pilot sites to enable them to respond in a timely manner to early findings and learning. No decisions have yet been made on when the outcomes of this evaluation might be made available.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 31/10/2024 15:42:41 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock previous answer version 12038 answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1735112

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
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: 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 his Department is taking to tackle inequalities in access to end of life care services.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	9727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure that patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting, and palliative and end of life care services will have a big role to play in that shift.</p><p>Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications.</p><p>NHS England has developed a palliative and end of life care dashboard, which brings together all relevant local data in one place. The dashboard helps commissioners understand the palliative and end of life care needs of those their local population, including the ability to filter the available information, such as by deprivation or ethnicity, thereby enabling ICBs to put plans in place to address and track the improvement of health inequalities.</p><p>Through the National Institute for Health and Care Research, the Department is investing £3 million in a new Policy Research Unit in Palliative and End of Life Care. This unit launched in January 2024 and will build the evidence base on palliative and end of life care, with a specific focus on inequalities.</p><p>I recently met NHS England and discussions have begun on how to reduce inequalities and variation in access to, and the quality of, palliative and end of life care.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 24/10/2024 14:57:55 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1735113

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
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: Staff
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 he has made of the workforce requirements for (a) palliative and (b) end of life care; and if he will develop a workforce plan for such care.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	9728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>We will want to assure ourselves that the National Health Service has access to the workforce it needs in the years ahead to ensure patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it. We will need to do this in light of the 10-Year Health Plan.</p><p>Palliative and end of life care is wide-ranging, provided by generalist as well as specialist healthcare professionals, and is not disease or diagnosis specific. A large proportion of palliative and end of life care is not provided by palliative care specialists and, therefore, it is difficult to quantify the totality of the NHS workforce providing palliative and end of life care.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 25/10/2024 15:07:55 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1735114

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of providing a universal palliative care service.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	9729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of providing a universal palliative care service. It is difficult to quantify the total provision of, or spend on, palliative and end of life care at either a national or local integrated care board (ICB) level in England, because it is delivered every day by a wide range of specialist and generalist health and care workers in multiple settings, including in primary care, community care, in hospitals, in hospices, in care homes, and in people’s own homes. So not all palliative and end of life care will be recorded or coded as such.</p><p>Palliative care services are included in the list of services an ICB must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications. We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life.</p><p>The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure that patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting, and palliative and end of life care services will have a big role to play in that shift.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 24/10/2024 14:33:13 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1735115

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
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: Standards
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 (a) make an assessment of the adequacy of access to (i) counselling and (ii) psychological support for patients who receive a diagnosis of terminal illness and (b) take steps to ensure that such patients have immediate access to such support.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	9730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life, including counselling and psychological support if they need it.</p><p>NHS Talking Therapies Long Term Conditions services provide evidence-based psychological therapies for people with depression and anxiety disorders, who also have a long-term physical health condition, including those with a terminal diagnosis. All integrated care boards are expected to expand services locally by commissioning NHS Talking Therapies services, which are integrated into physical healthcare pathways.</p><p>As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future and that is there when people need it, the Government will recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers to reduce delays and provide faster treatment.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 25/10/2024 14:30:41 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1735116

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
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: Training
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 his Department is taking to improve the training provided to NHS medical staff.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	9731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>The standard of undergraduate medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC), who set the outcomes and standards expected. Medical schools are responsible for their curricula, and for ensuring that they deliver high quality placements that enable their students to meet the GMC’s requirements.</p><p>The curricula for postgraduate specialty training are set by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges for foundation training, and by individual royal colleges and faculties for specialty training. The GMC approves curricula and assessment systems for each training programme. Employers in the health system are responsible for ensuring that their staff are trained to the required standards to deliver appropriate treatment for patients.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 24/10/2024 09:30:37 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1732793

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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	Cardiovascular Diseases: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, What progress his department has made on reducing deaths from stroke and heart disease by a quarter within ten years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>Reducing avoidable disability and death from heart disease and stroke is a priority for the Government. This is why the Government has set a goal for fewer lives being lost to the biggest killers, including from cardiovascular disease (CVD), and why the NHS England's Long Term Plan (2019) sets out a number of actions that aim to help prevent up to 150,000 heart attacks, strokes, and dementia cases by 2029.</p><p>The Government continues to support the delivery of the NHS Health Check programme, England’s CVD prevention programme, to people aged 40 to 74 years old. This programme identifies people at risk of CVD, supports people in reducing their risk, and prevents approximately 400 heart attacks or strokes each year. To improve access and engagement with the life-saving programme, we are developing a digital NHS Health Check which will be ready for testing in early 2025 and will enable people to undertake a check at home. We are also trialling the delivery of heart health checks to over 130,000 people in workplaces across the country.</p><p>Community pharmacies also provide a free blood pressure check service for anyone over 40 years old. In cases where this results in a high reading, pharmacists can make sure people receive the right National Health Service support to reduce their blood pressure and risk of death or serious disability.</p><p>We know there is more to do. The Department and NHS England are working together to achieve the Government’s ambition for fewer lives lost to the biggest killers, including CVD, and we will share more in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 8373 question first answered 14/10/2024 15:59:50 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1732402

registered interest
date	08/10/2024
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	Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason people who turned 80 before 1 September 2024 are not eligible for the RSV vaccine; and whether exceptions can be made.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	7797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The policy for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) programme is based on the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which is an independent expert advisory committee on vaccination and immunisation. That advice is provided to Government to inform, develop, and make policy.</p><p>In the JCVI statement summarising the advice for the RSV programme, the Committee stated that an extension to the initial programme would be considered when there is more certainty about protection provided by the vaccination in the very elderly and evidence of the real-world impact of the programme in the 75 to 80-year-old cohort. The statement is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rsv-immunisation-programme-jcvi-advice-7-june-2023/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-immunisation-programme-for-infants-and-older-adults-jcvi-full-statement-11-september-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rsv-immunisation-programme-jcvi-advice-7-june-2023/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-immunisation-programme-for-infants-and-older-adults-jcvi-full-statement-11-september-2023</a>.</p><p>Following an assessment of specific individual clinical situations, a doctor such as a general practitioner or hospital consultant may choose to prescribe vaccines outside of the national programme, under clinical discretion.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 14/10/2024 11:14:03 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell