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1697081

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	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	NHS: Digital Technology
	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 annual budget for the NHS England Frontline Digitisation programme was (a) when that programme was established and (b) at the start of financial year (i) 2022-23, (ii) 2023-24 and (iii) 2024-25.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	19411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 24/05/2024 13:18:32 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 25894 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1715547

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	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	Hospitals: Concrete
	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 (a) estates and (b) facilities related incidents related to (i) non-critical and (ii) critical infrastructure risk occurred in (A) all hospitals and (B) hospitals containing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	24686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 24/05/2024 13:15:33 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 32813 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1712782

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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	Junior Doctors: Pay
	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 has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of awarding a pay rise to NHS junior doctors of (a) 5%, (b) 10%, (c) 15%, (d) 20%, (e) 25%, (f) 30% and (g) 35%.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	23000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The below table shows the estimated costs of various average pay rises for junior doctors above the existing 2023/24 pay scales which included an average pay rise of 8.8% :</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Average pay rise</p></td><td><p>Estimated cost in 2024/25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>£400,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>£900,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>£1,300,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>£1,700,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>£2,100,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>£2,600,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>£3,000,000,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These are estimates of the expected costs if the pay rise were given in 2024/25. They cover recurrent increases to the substantive pay bill, including employer national insurance and pension contributions, as well as knock-on impacts such as agency price increases. The exact cost will vary depending on the workforce size and composition.</p><p>These estimates do not take into account any wider considerations of the impact on wider National Health Service and public sector pay.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 24/05/2024 10:50:38 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 31238 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1715548

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	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	Pharmacy: Prescriptions
	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 she has made of the number and proportion of prescriptions that were written by pharmacists in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	24687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Health Service does not currently commission prescribing services from community pharmacists but pharmacists working in other NHS settings, including general practices, can prescribe on the NHS.</p><p>The following table show the total number of items prescribed, the number of items prescribed by a pharmacist, and the percentage this equates to in terms of overall prescribing in England, in each of the last five years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of items</p></td><td><p>Items prescribed by a pharmacist</p></td><td><p>Percentage of items prescribed by a pharmacist</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,118,845,270</p></td><td><p>22,089,868</p></td><td><p>1.97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1,122,769,640</p></td><td><p>30,824,967</p></td><td><p>2.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,128,633,578</p></td><td><p>36,145,631</p></td><td><p>3.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1,162,723,444</p></td><td><p>40,701,768</p></td><td><p>3.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1,203,435,207</p></td><td><p>45,713,123</p></td><td><p>3.80%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority</p><p>The number of pharmacists that are independent prescribers is increasing. From 2026 all newly qualified pharmacists will be prescribers and we are upskilling the current workforce. NHS England are piloting services with varying models to evaluate how this could work in future clinical services in community pharmacy. In future, prescribing in community pharmacy has the potential to unlock more clinical services in community pharmacy, taking further pressure off general practice.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/05/2024 11:13:27 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 32812 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1715255

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2024
	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	Community Diagnostic Centres: Osteoporosis
	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 community diagnostic centres are providing bone density scans.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	24497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>As of May 2024, 19 community diagnostic centres (CDCs) are providing bone density scans, also known as DEXA scans. A total of 35 CDCs are planning to provide these scans in 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/05/2024 15:15:57 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 32815 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1715546

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	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	Mortality Rates
	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 there was an increase in death rates among 20-44 year olds in 2023 from 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	24685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Data published by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities provides recent estimates of excess mortality in England by age group. Estimates for 20 to 44 year olds are not available, but data are published for those aged 25 to 49. These show that in 2023, deaths in this age group were 3% lower than expected. The number of expected deaths is based on the trend in mortality rates for this age group in the 5 years before 2023. This baseline excludes periods with particularly high numbers of deaths from COVID-19.</p><p>This estimate for excess mortality in 2023 reflects, in part, an increase in mortality for this age group over the preceding 5 years. However, official estimates of mortality rates for this age group have not been published. The Office for National Statistics have also not yet released final mortality data or mid-year population estimates for 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/05/2024 13:30:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 32811 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1694512

	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	Magnetic Resonance Imagers
	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 paragraph 2.20 of Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, if she will publish the modelling used to estimate the number of patients that will be impacted by the proposed upgrading of 100 MRI scanners.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	17634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the average time taken for patients to receive relevant Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test results. The Department is, therefore, unable to make an estimate of the average time for such results to be received when the new scanners are in use. <br> <br> The National Health Service expects that upgrading one MRI scanner with Artificial Intelligence (AI) acceleration software will lead to an average of 3.71 additional patients being scanned per day in addition to the current average of 24 scans a day.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the figures which estimate that upgrading 100 MRI scanners will mean 130,000 additional patients receive an MRI test each year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Additional tests</strong> <strong>per upgraded scanner (hourly)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional tests per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(daily)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional tests</strong> <strong>per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(weekly)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional tests per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(annual)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scanners upgraded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional Activity (annual)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0.31</p></td><td><p>3.71</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>MRI AI acceleration software enables scan acquisition time to be reduced, in turn enabling scans to be delivered in shorter time frames and therefore improving the time taken for patients to receive a test result from the point of referral. This is currently supporting the achievement of optimal levels of throughput to be achieved in 80 trusts, where 216 scanners have been upgraded.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 17633 question first answered 14/05/2024 17:21:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 23783 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1694511

	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	Magnetic Resonance Imagers
	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 the announcement at page 34 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, published on 6 March 2024, on upgrading more than 100 MRI scanners with AI, what the average time taken for patients to receive relevant test results is; and if she will make an estimate of the average time for such results to be received when the new scanners are in use.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	17633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the average time taken for patients to receive relevant Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test results. The Department is, therefore, unable to make an estimate of the average time for such results to be received when the new scanners are in use. <br> <br> The National Health Service expects that upgrading one MRI scanner with Artificial Intelligence (AI) acceleration software will lead to an average of 3.71 additional patients being scanned per day in addition to the current average of 24 scans a day.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the figures which estimate that upgrading 100 MRI scanners will mean 130,000 additional patients receive an MRI test each year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Additional tests</strong> <strong>per upgraded scanner (hourly)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional tests per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(daily)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional tests</strong> <strong>per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(weekly)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional tests per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(annual)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scanners upgraded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional Activity (annual)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0.31</p></td><td><p>3.71</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>MRI AI acceleration software enables scan acquisition time to be reduced, in turn enabling scans to be delivered in shorter time frames and therefore improving the time taken for patients to receive a test result from the point of referral. This is currently supporting the achievement of optimal levels of throughput to be achieved in 80 trusts, where 216 scanners have been upgraded.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 17634 question first answered 14/05/2024 17:21:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 23781 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1715545

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	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	Patient Choice Schemes
	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 8 February 2024 to Question 12829 on Patient Choice Schemes, how many patients were offered choice at the point of referral in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	24684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The NHS Constitution allows patients to be treated by any provider who holds a contract for the provision of National Health Services. This is a legal right, although there are certain circumstances in which a choice may not be possible. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-nhs-choice-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-nhs-choice-framework</a></p><p>Last year, the Government set out how it will make it easier for patients to exercise their choice by improving the NHS App, increasing choice for patients already on waiting lists, and raising awareness of patients’ right to choose.</p><p>At the point of referral, for example at a general practice appointment, patients will be actively offered a list of providers which are clinically appropriate for their condition. This will be a minimum of five providers where possible. Patients will also be informed of their right to choose, and encouraged to raise this at the time of the referral.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/05/2024 15:47:36 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1715257

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2024
	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	Prostate Cancer: Screening
	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 estimate of the number of scans for suspected prostate cancer performed by the NHS in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	24499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>While some data on scanning of the prostate is available from the Diagnostic Imaging Dataset, it does not distinguish between scans for non-cancer indications, scans for suspected cancer, namely cancer diagnosis, and scans to inform staging and treatment planning for cancer which is already diagnosed.</p><p>Screening for the most common cancer in men, prostate cancer, is complex but we are backing groundbreaking trials to improve diagnostic processes and save thousands more lives. In 2021, 43,378 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer, a 9% decrease compared to 2019. The recently announced TRANSFORM trial, which will be led by Prostate Cancer UK and supported by £16 million of Government funding, aims to find the best way to screen for prostate cancer. The trial will cover the whole of the United Kingdom, although final decisions on specific locations are yet to be taken. The UK National Screening Committee will be reviewing the evidence that is published by this study, which will help to inform any future recommendation on creating a national screening programme for prostate cancer.</p><p>To support faster diagnosis, NHS England is streamlining cancer pathways and in October 2022 introduced the best practice timed pathway for prostate cancer. This guidance recommends those with suspected prostate cancer undertake multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging before biopsy, which ensures only those men most at risk of having cancer undergo an invasive biopsy.</p><p>Alongside cutting-edge research, we are helping more people get diagnosed earlier for cancer and other conditions by rolling out additional tests, checks and scans at 160 locations across England through our Community Diagnostics Centres programme.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 24500 question first answered 08/05/2024 15:44:24 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting