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1693795

	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Surgery
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The number of operations that were cancelled due to the industrial action by junior doctors in 2023, was 157,570. Data is not held regarding operations delayed by more than two months. The National Health Service is prioritising urgent, emergency, and cancer care, and will continue to do its best to maintain appointments and elective procedures wherever possible. Cancelled appointments that need to be rescheduled, will be done so as a priority. Data on the impact of industrial action is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/preparedness-for-potential-industrial-action-in-the-nhs/#heading-3" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/preparedness-for-potential-industrial-action-in-the-nhs/#heading-3</a></p> question first answered 09/04/2024 11:12:19
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

660151

	answering dept short name	Health
	hansard heading	Surgery
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has advised that it has not made any specific recommendations on delaying surgery for obese patients or patients who smoke, and that its guidelines tend to focus on the diagnosis, care and management of health conditions, rather than protocols for the delivery of services.</p> question first answered 23/12/2016 10:20:19
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

391462

	answering dept short name	Health
	hansard heading	Surgery
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The standards a site should be providing in order to be an appropriate site for carrying out complex cardiac surgery and other tertiary services are already set out by the professional bodies (Royal College of Surgeons, Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland) and NHS England Specialised Services service specifications.</p><p> </p> question first answered 08/09/2015 15:41:56
	tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1057095

	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Surgery
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department has not conducted any comparative assessment centrally concerning the relative safety of surgical operations carried out in the daytime and overnight.</p><p> </p><p>Safeguards apply to all surgery and it is the responsibility of the professionals involved to ensure that they operate to the right level of competence, and of the organisations they work for to ensure that they have in place effective forms of oversight at all times.</p> question first answered 13/02/2019 17:04:02
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1129159

	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Surgery
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>On 17 October 2018, NHS Digital published the National Health Service digital, data and technology standards framework setting out key expectations for the use of data, interoperability, security and design standards within the NHS at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/our-work/nhs-digital-data-and-technology-standards/framework#principles" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/our-work/nhs-digital-data-and-technology-standards/framework#principles</a></p><p> </p><p>Specifically, it sets out that all NHS digital, data and technology services should support Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources-based application programming interfaces to enable the delivery of seamless care across organisational boundaries.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also created NHSX - a new unit dedicated to improving the technology experience within the NHS. NHSX has committed to ensure that future IT systems procured or developed by the NHS will adhere to a range of standards covering the content and format of information as well as ensuring any sharing of information meets the highest standards of safety and privacy.</p><p> </p><p>Safe data sharing is vital to the health and care system. We have already put in over £60 million to improve cyber resilience in hospitals and ambulance services and we’re continuing to invest in capabilities to prevent, detect and respond to cyber-attacks in real time. In addition, all organisations that have access to NHS patient data must complete the Data Security and Protection Toolkit which includes a single set of standards to help them improve their cyber security and carry out self-assessments to measure how well they are doing, and how much they still need to do.</p> question first answered 11/06/2019 16:32:29
	tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

576850

	answering dept short name	Health
	hansard heading	Surgery
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Under the Directed Enhanced Services directions to NHS England, there is a Minor Surgery Scheme, the underlying purpose of which is to ensure that a wide range of minor surgical procedures are made available as part of the primary medical services provided throughout England. Minor surgery is also one of the additional services which are set out in the General Medical Services Contract Regulations. It is for local areas to decide whether they include the development of these centres in their Sustainability and Transformation Plan.</p> question first answered 15/09/2016 14:41:24
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

649497

	answering dept short name	Health
	hansard heading	Surgery
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning services to meet the requirements of their population, including obese patients and smokers. In doing so, CCGs need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the needs of the local population, and are based on the available evidence and take into account national guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>Major surgery poses much higher risks for severely overweight patients and those who smoke. So local general practitioner-led CCGs are entirely right to ensure these patients first get support to lose weight and try and stop smoking before their operation. Reducing obesity and cutting smoking not only benefits patients but saves the National Health Service and taxpayers millions of pounds.</p><p> </p><p>This does not and cannot mean blanket bans on particular patients, such as smokers, getting operations, which would be inconsistent with the NHS Constitution.</p> question first answered 06/12/2016 14:23:43
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

684051

	answering dept short name	Health
	hansard heading	Surgery
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are primarily responsible for commissioning services to meet the requirements of their population, including the obese and smokers. In doing so, CCGs need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the needs of the local population, are based on the available evidence and take into account national guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>The evidence suggests that major surgery poses higher risks for severely overweight patients who smoke. CCGs are therefore right to ensure these patients first get support to lose weight and try and stop smoking before their operation. Reducing obesity and cutting smoking not only benefits patients but also saves money for the National Health Service and taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>This does not and cannot mean blanket bans on particular patients such as smokers or overweight people getting operations, which would be inconsistent with the NHS Constitution.</p> question first answered 09/02/2017 11:01:26
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

693772

	answering dept short name	Health
	hansard heading	Surgery
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have a statutory duty to meet the reasonable health requirements of their local population. As part of their duty to seek continuous improvement in the quality of services they commission, CCGs must act with a view to securing continuous improvement in the outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>Information on CCGs’ commissioning policies for smoking cessation services for patients due to undergo surgery is not held centrally. CCGs’ commissioning intentions are available from individual CCGs.</p> question first answered 28/02/2017 14:15:59
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

694241

	answering dept short name	Health
	hansard heading	Surgery
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Public health is primarily a matter for local authorities, which includes preventative services around obesity and smoking cessation.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for working with local authorities to understand and meet the needs of their local populations, and making decisions on how to best commission services which meet that population’s health needs.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England does not have a formal process in place to ensure that CCGs provide obese patients and smokers with access to appropriate treatment before operations. However, CCGs are encouraged to obtain the advice of NHS England regional teams before putting forward proposals which would affect access to services.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs also have a legal duty to have due regard to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs have a statutory duty to meet the reasonable health requirements of their local population. As part of their duty to seek continuous improvement in the quality of services they commission, CCGs must act with a view to securing continuous improvement in the outcomes of services. NHS England can exercise its formal powers of direction if it is satisfied that a CCG is failing or is at risk of failing to discharge this duty.</p> question first answered 01/03/2017 14:39:09
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell