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1700005

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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 and Pharmacy: Easington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of pharmacies that have closed in Easington since 2019; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of these closures on primary care services.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>There were 21 physical pharmacies on 31 December 2023 in Easington constituency. Between 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2023, two pharmacies closed in Easington constituency. However, access remains good. 85 percent of the population in Easington live within a 20-minute walk from a pharmacy. This exceeds the national average of 80 percent. Residents of Easington can also access services from distance selling pharmacies that operate nationally.</p><p>It is the statutory duty of local authorities in England to undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments for their areas, every three years, to ensure provision continues to meet their population’s needs. Integrated care boards have regard to those assessments when commissioning services and where a pharmacy closure impacts on the access to services, a new contractor can apply to open a pharmacy in the area.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 20978 question first answered 18/04/2024 15:42:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1700006

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Pharmacy: Closures
	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 the closure of community pharmacies on the communities.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>There were 21 physical pharmacies on 31 December 2023 in Easington constituency. Between 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2023, two pharmacies closed in Easington constituency. However, access remains good. 85 percent of the population in Easington live within a 20-minute walk from a pharmacy. This exceeds the national average of 80 percent. Residents of Easington can also access services from distance selling pharmacies that operate nationally.</p><p>It is the statutory duty of local authorities in England to undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments for their areas, every three years, to ensure provision continues to meet their population’s needs. Integrated care boards have regard to those assessments when commissioning services and where a pharmacy closure impacts on the access to services, a new contractor can apply to open a pharmacy in the area.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 20977 question first answered 18/04/2024 15:42:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1700007

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Pharmacy: 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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of the medication reimbursement mechanism for community pharmacists.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Through the medicine margin survey, the Department assesses whether the reimbursement arrangements pay pharmacy contractors as agreed as part of the community pharmacy contractual framework (CPCF). The medicine margin survey considers what pharmacies paid for medicines by looking at their invoices compared to the amount reimbursed by the National Health Service. Where the survey finds that they have been underpaid, we increase the pharmacy contractors’ payments, and where they have been overpaid, we decrease payments.</p><p>Furthermore, where pharmacies cannot purchase products at or below the Drug Tariff NHS reimbursement price, Community Pharmacy England can request that the Department reassesses the reimbursement price. If a new reimbursement price is issued, this is known as a concessionary price.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 20988 question first answered 19/04/2024 09:54:35 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1694491

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	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: Attendance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2024 to Question 15620 on Health Services: Postal Services, whether his Department collects information on the reasons for missed NHS appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	17524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>Rates of missed appointments, and their causes, can vary substantially between providers and local areas. NHS England has developed a range of resources to support trusts in understanding the causes of missed appointments within their organisation, and to take effective action to reduce Did Not Attend rates.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 13/03/2024 14:59:30 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1693563

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Midwives: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the cost of training a student midwife is paid by (a) the student, (b) the public purse and (c) other sources; and what the cost to the public purse was for training student midwives in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	16783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>Student loan outlay and Office for Students Strategic Priorities Grant data is not collected by the Department of Health and Social Care, and is the responsibility of the Department for Education and the Office for Students. NHS England supports the provision of clinical placements for student midwives, through the Education and Training Tariff, which is paid to placement providers. The following table shows the tariff provided for midwifery students in each of the last five years: <br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tariff</p></td><td><p>£11,336,867</p></td><td><p>£13,856,454</p></td><td><p>£17,428,079</p></td><td><p>£21,234,754</p></td><td><p>£23,104,117</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2017 all eligible midwifery students have received non-repayable supplementary funding support through the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF), which since 2020 has included a non-repayable training grant of £5,000 per academic year, with further financial support available to students for childcare, dual accommodation costs, and travel. Prior to 2017, healthcare education funding for midwifery students was centrally funded by the Government. This included payment of tuition fees and an NHS Bursary. The following table shows all support paid to students undertaking education and training which would enable them to register as a midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, in each of the last five years:<br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LSF and legacy bursary</p></td><td><p>£15,800,691</p></td><td><p>£9,436,016</p></td><td><p>£31,225,575</p></td><td><p>£49,035,130</p></td><td><p>£53,841,543</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/03/2024 16:15:14 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1693564

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Midwives: Training
	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 people enrolled onto midwifery (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate courses in each year of study in each of the last five academic years.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	16784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>Data published by the Office for Students in the Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey (HESES), collates figures submitted by individual higher education providers to give an indication of the number of students studying in each academic year. HESES data includes figures on undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery courses in England. The latest published data is for those starting courses in 2022. The table below gives the number of undergraduate and postgraduate starters on midwifery courses in England, each year from 2018 to 2022:<br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undergraduate Starters</p></td><td><p>2,550</p></td><td><p>2,930</p></td><td><p>3,460</p></td><td><p>3,565</p></td><td><p>3,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Postgraduate Starters</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey (HESES) 2018 to 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The table below presents the latest available data published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), for the number of qualifiers from undergraduate midwifery courses in England, for the years 2019/20 to 2021/22:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undergraduate Midwifery Qualifiers</p></td><td><p>2,055</p></td><td><p>1,945</p></td><td><p>2,445</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) qualifier data 2022</p><p>Note: A qualifier is defined by the HESA as a student who gained a qualification during the academic year in question.</p><p><br> The Department does not hold information on the proportion of student midwives who left university courses, in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 16785 16786 question first answered 07/03/2024 16:04:56 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1693565

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Midwives: Training
	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 student midwives graduated from pre-registration midwifery courses in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	16785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>Data published by the Office for Students in the Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey (HESES), collates figures submitted by individual higher education providers to give an indication of the number of students studying in each academic year. HESES data includes figures on undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery courses in England. The latest published data is for those starting courses in 2022. The table below gives the number of undergraduate and postgraduate starters on midwifery courses in England, each year from 2018 to 2022:<br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undergraduate Starters</p></td><td><p>2,550</p></td><td><p>2,930</p></td><td><p>3,460</p></td><td><p>3,565</p></td><td><p>3,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Postgraduate Starters</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey (HESES) 2018 to 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The table below presents the latest available data published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), for the number of qualifiers from undergraduate midwifery courses in England, for the years 2019/20 to 2021/22:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undergraduate Midwifery Qualifiers</p></td><td><p>2,055</p></td><td><p>1,945</p></td><td><p>2,445</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) qualifier data 2022</p><p>Note: A qualifier is defined by the HESA as a student who gained a qualification during the academic year in question.</p><p><br> The Department does not hold information on the proportion of student midwives who left university courses, in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 16784 16786 question first answered 07/03/2024 16:04:56 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1693566

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Midwives: Higher Education
	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 student midwives left their university courses in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	16786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>Data published by the Office for Students in the Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey (HESES), collates figures submitted by individual higher education providers to give an indication of the number of students studying in each academic year. HESES data includes figures on undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery courses in England. The latest published data is for those starting courses in 2022. The table below gives the number of undergraduate and postgraduate starters on midwifery courses in England, each year from 2018 to 2022:<br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undergraduate Starters</p></td><td><p>2,550</p></td><td><p>2,930</p></td><td><p>3,460</p></td><td><p>3,565</p></td><td><p>3,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Postgraduate Starters</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey (HESES) 2018 to 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The table below presents the latest available data published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), for the number of qualifiers from undergraduate midwifery courses in England, for the years 2019/20 to 2021/22:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undergraduate Midwifery Qualifiers</p></td><td><p>2,055</p></td><td><p>1,945</p></td><td><p>2,445</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) qualifier data 2022</p><p>Note: A qualifier is defined by the HESA as a student who gained a qualification during the academic year in question.</p><p><br> The Department does not hold information on the proportion of student midwives who left university courses, in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 16784 16785 question first answered 07/03/2024 16:04:56 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1691634

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	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: Postal Services
	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 cost to the NHS caused by Royal Mail (a) delays and (b) failures to deliver appointment letters.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	15620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>NHS England sends communications and invitations to patients using a digital first approach, for environmental reasons and to efficiently reduce costs. If an individual has provided a mobile phone number and email address through their general practice, NHS England will, in the first instance, send most invitations for appointments via mobile phone text and email.</p><p>Letters are typically sent to patients when NHS England does not have alternative contact details on record, such as a phone number or email address. This ensures all patients receive notification of an appointment, including elderly and other vulnerable patients, where a digital first approach may not be possible or appropriate. Letters may also be sent occasionally as reminders.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/02/2024 11:13:05 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1684763

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2024
	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	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS public health functions agreement 2023 to 2024 will include a ring-fence in financial directions.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	11309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s financial directions to NHS England in respect of the financial year ending on 31 March 2024, do not include a ring-fence for services covered by the annual NHS public health functions agreement. The Government does not intend to set such a ring-fence for the remainder of this period.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/01/2024 13:15:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris