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1660130

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	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
	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 take further steps to increase levels of uptake in the breast cancer screening programme.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	199029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department has invested £10 million into the NHS Breast Screening Programme for 28 new breast screening units targeted at areas where they are needed most. This will provide extra capacity for services to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, boost uptake of screening in areas where attendance is low, and tackle health disparities.</p><p>Further steps to remove barriers to attending breast screening include promoting the use of text message alerts to remind women of upcoming appointments. National Health Service breast screening providers are also being encouraged to work with their partners to bring together work to make sure as many people as possible can access breast screening services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 199030 question first answered 18/09/2023 15:47:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1660131

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make breast cancer screening more (a) accessible and (b) convenient.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	199030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department has invested £10 million into the NHS Breast Screening Programme for 28 new breast screening units targeted at areas where they are needed most. This will provide extra capacity for services to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, boost uptake of screening in areas where attendance is low, and tackle health disparities.</p><p>Further steps to remove barriers to attending breast screening include promoting the use of text message alerts to remind women of upcoming appointments. National Health Service breast screening providers are also being encouraged to work with their partners to bring together work to make sure as many people as possible can access breast screening services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 199029 question first answered 18/09/2023 15:47:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1642627

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2023
	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: Paediatrics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what were the average paediatric accident and emergency waiting times on 31 March (a) 2015, (b) 2019 and (c) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	188200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/06/2023 11:53:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 80616 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1660129

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	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	Breast Cancer: Diagnosis
	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 progress his Department has made on increasing rates of early diagnosis for breast cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	199028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Improving early diagnosis of cancer, including breast cancer, remains a priority. We are working towards the NHS Long Term Plan ambition of diagnosing 75% of stageable cancers at stage 1 and 2 by 2028. The latest published data shows this was 52% from January to December 2020. Achieving this will mean that, from 2028, 55,000 more people each year will survive their cancer for at least five years after diagnosis.</p><p>The Government has also expanded the Breast Screening programme, with an additional £10 million funding for 28 new breast screening units and nearly 60 life-saving upgrades to services in the areas where they are most needed.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/09/2023 09:23:54 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1661296

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	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	Cancer: 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 steps his Department is taking to monitor the impact of changes to NHS cancer waiting time targets; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	199867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>On 17 August 2023, NHS England announced that cancer waiting times standards would be rationalised from 1 October 2023. This followed the clinically led review of standards across the National Health Service which recommended consolidating cancer waiting times from ten standards into three.</p><p>From October 2023, there will be a Faster Diagnosis Standard of a maximum 28-day wait for communication of a definitive cancer/not cancer diagnosis for patients referred urgently or those identified by NHS cancer screening. There will be a maximum 62-day wait to first treatment from urgent general practitioner referral, NHS cancer screening or consultant upgrade. There will be a maximum 31-day wait from decision to treat to any cancer treatment starting for all cancer patients.</p><p>These changes will allow a clearer focus on priorities and give clinicians greater flexibility to adopt new technologies such as remote image review and artificial intelligence, and avoid disincentivising modern working practices such as one-stop shops and straight-to-test.</p><p>Alongside the updated standards, the NHS has also committed to publishing a more detailed breakdown of the cancer statistics each month, increasing the number of cancer types for which separate data are published. Statistics on performance against the old standards will continue to be collected.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/10/2023 09:50:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1652025

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	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	Cancer: St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
	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 and what proportion of cancer patients of St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust who received an urgent referral received their first treatment within 62 days of that referral in (a) March and (b) April 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	193298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The following tables set out the number and proportion of patients who received treatment within 62 days of an urgent general practitioner referral at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in March 2023 and April 2023.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of Patients treated within 62 days</p></td><td><p>62-day standard performance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>89.5</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>83.5</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of Patients treated within 62 days</p></td><td><p>62-day standard performance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>24.5</p></td><td><p>50.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>48.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: Partial numbers are patients that have received treatment across two different National Health Service trusts.</p><p>Cancer waiting time standard statistics are published on the NHS England website, and are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 193299 question first answered 17/07/2023 15:14:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1652026

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	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	Cancer: Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals 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, how many and what proportion of cancer patients of Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who received an urgent referral received their first treatment within 62 days of that referral in (a) March and (b) April 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	193299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The following tables set out the number and proportion of patients who received treatment within 62 days of an urgent general practitioner referral at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in March 2023 and April 2023.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of Patients treated within 62 days</p></td><td><p>62-day standard performance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>89.5</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>83.5</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of Patients treated within 62 days</p></td><td><p>62-day standard performance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>24.5</p></td><td><p>50.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>48.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: Partial numbers are patients that have received treatment across two different National Health Service trusts.</p><p>Cancer waiting time standard statistics are published on the NHS England website, and are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 193298 question first answered 17/07/2023 15:14:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1549627

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	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	Halton Clinical Commissioning Group: Staff
	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 staff employed by Halton clinical commissioning group have (a) still to find permanent jobs and (b) left NHS employment since it was abolished in July.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	105273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/12/2022 11:22:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 41436 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1524121

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	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	Podiatry: Halton
	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 she has made (a) podiatry vacancy rates in the NHS in Halton constituency and (b) the impact these vacancies will have on patient treatment for diabetic foot complications.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	66908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made as this information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/10/2022 13:08:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 26755 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1551702

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2022
	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	St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: 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, what the average waiting time was for patients attending the Accident and Emergency unit at St Helens and Knowsley Hospital NHS Trust in each month since October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	110591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The following table shows the median total time in minutes in accident and emergency (A&amp;E) at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust in each month since October 2021.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2021</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2021</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2021</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2022</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2022</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2022</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2022</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2022</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2022</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2022</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2022</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2022</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the median time to treatment in minutes in A&amp;E at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust in each month since October 2021.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2021</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2021</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2021</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2022</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2022</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2022</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2022</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2022</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2022</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2022</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2022</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2022</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 110592 question first answered 19/12/2022 16:51:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg