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1683706

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2024
	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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
	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 list of medical conditions which meet the criteria for a medical exemption certificate.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	10653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>Approximately 89% of prescriptions are dispensed free of charge. People on a low income who do not qualify for an exemption from prescription charges can seek help under the NHS Low Income Scheme, which provides help with health costs on an income-related basis. For those who do not qualify for an exemption, prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs) allow people to obtain as many prescriptions as they need for a set cost. A three-monthly PPC or an annual PPC will save people money if they need four or more items in three months or <ins class="ministerial">12</ins> <del class="ministerial">13</del> or more items in 12 months.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/01/2024 09:57:19 question first ministerially corrected 01/02/2024 15:51:08 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 13571 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1684276

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	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	Community Diagnostic Centres
	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 she has made on increasing the number of tests carried out at community diagnostic centres.
	tabling member constituency	South Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Heather Wheeler
	uin	901122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <ul><li>I am pleased to inform my Hon. Friend that CDCs have now delivered over 6 million additional tests since July 2021 thanks to the hard work of NHS staff.</li></ul><ul><li>The number of tests provided by these centres has grown by an average of 13,000 (6%) each month over the last 12 months.</li></ul><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">150 centres are currently operational, and the programme is on track to meet its target of 160 CDCs by March 2025, with many due to open ahead of schedule. </ins></li></ul> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 23/01/2024 15:43:32 question first ministerially corrected 23/01/2024 17:51:19 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 13107 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler

1679517

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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	Maternity Services: 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 maternity support workers there were in the NHS in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	7891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The following table shows the full-time equivalent number of maternity support workers working in National Health Service hospital trusts and other core organisations in England, annually from September 2018 to 2023:</p><p><ins class="ministerial"><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Maternity Services</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Neonatal Nursing</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Total</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">September 2018</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,843</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">417</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,260</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">September 2019</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,951</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">435</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,386</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">September 2020</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,126</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">474</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,600</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">September 2021</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,987</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">464</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,451</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">September 2022</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,195</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">443</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,638</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">September 2023</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,577</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">485</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8,063</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table></ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Maternity Services</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Neonatal Nursing</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Total</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">September 2018</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6,843</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">417</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,260</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">September 2019</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6,951</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">435</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,386</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">September 2020</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,126</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">474</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,600</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">September 2021</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6,987</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">464</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,451</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">September 2022</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,195</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">443</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,638</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">September 2023</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,577</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">485</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8,063</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Workforce Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Maternity support staff can be defined as all support staff that work in the ‘maternity services’ and ‘neonatal nursing’ care settings, with the latter including Special Care Baby Units. This includes nursing associates, nursery nurses, nursing assistants/auxiliaries, healthcare assistants and support workers.</li><li>The data includes staff employed by NHS trusts and other core NHS organisations. It excludes staff directly employed general practitioner surgeries, local authorities, and other providers such as community interest companies and private providers.</li></ol> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 11/01/2024 13:37:56 question first ministerially corrected 30/01/2024 15:48:48 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 10378 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1675274

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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	NHS Learning Support Fund: Pharmacy
	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 students studying Masters of Pharmacy courses do not qualify for support from the NHS Learning Support Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
	tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
	uin	5132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The Learning Support Fund (LSF) is available <ins class="ministerial">broadly</ins><del class="ministerial">only</del> to those courses which were eligible for the NHS Bursary prior to the 2017 reforms, and therefore, subjects such as pharmacy are outside of the scope of the LSF arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/12/2023 15:46:56 question first ministerially corrected 21/12/2023 14:14:55 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 5737 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1672053

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	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	Radiotherapy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of regional inequalities in access to molecular radiotherapy services; and what plans they have to reduce inequalities in access to those services.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>Based on information provided by National Health Service trusts, there are 38 providers of this service in England, spread across each of the seven NHS regions.</p><p>As part of the implementation process of the new standalone service specification for <ins class="ministerial">molecular radiotherapy</ins><del class="ministerial">magnetic resonance therapy</del> (MRT), which is expected from April 2024, work will be undertaken to confirm the nature and type of MRT services being provided by trusts and allow for access considerations to be taken into account.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 05/12/2023 17:59:17 question first ministerially corrected 19/12/2023 13:27:07 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham previous answer version 5569 answering member printed Lord Markham answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1654739

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	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	Dental Services: Cornwall
	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 funding was recovered by NHS England from dental providers in Cornwall in 2021-22; and how much recovered funding was reallocated for the delivery of NHS dentistry in (i) Cornwall and (ii) St Ives, West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.
	tabling member constituency	St Ives
	tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
	uin	195463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Sums recovered from dentists in Cornwall for underperformance on contracts during 2021/2022 amounted to £4,562,496. The amount recovered is not available for reinvestment in the same financial year due to the calculations being finalised in the following financial year. Dental contracts are paid at the start of each financial year at 100% and so all contractors receive their full contract value to deliver activity in 2022/23.</p><p>£334,049.67 was recovered from under-performance of commissioned activity from the 2020/21 contract year and was reinvested for additional urgent dental care appointments <ins class="ministerial">that same year</ins><del class="ministerial">in 2021/22</del>.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 04/09/2023 12:21:03 question first ministerially corrected 12/09/2023 13:04:18 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 90696 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1653025

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2023
	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	Brain: Tumours
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Early Access to Medicines Scheme to ensure that brain tumour patients are able to access the most promising treatments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL9326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We do not currently have a national mechanism to capture and report incidents of violence and aggression in the National Health Service. Data is held at a local level.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">At a national level, data on self-reported violent incidents is gathered through the NHS Staff Survey. Results from the 2022 NHS Staff Survey indicated that 14.7% of NHS staff have self-reported that they have experienced at least one incident of physical violence from patients, service users, relatives or other members of the public in the last 12 months.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">27.8% of NHS staff who completed the NHS Staff Survey experienced at least one incident of harassment, bullying or abuse in the last 12 months from patients or service users, their relatives or members of the public. This figure is similar to previous years’ NHS Staff Survey data.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">NHS England has commissioned a number of data insight workstreams to better understand the current landscape of statistics, data reporting and associated challenges. This includes a national review of all available data and intelligence sources, an analysis of the costs of violence to the health care system in England and a review of the impact on the safety and wellbeing of NHS staff.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Ministry of Justice collects data on prosecution, conviction and sentences for the offence of assault on an emergency worker, although it does not identify the type of emergency worker. This data is available in the Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly and the Outcomes of Offence Tool and Offence Group Classification: Criminal Justice System Statistics Quarterly: December 2022, a copy of which is attached.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The early access to medicines scheme (EAMS) aims to give patients with life threatening or seriously debilitating conditions access to medicines that do not yet have a marketing authorisation when there is a clear unmet medical need.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Under the scheme, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will give a scientific opinion on the benefit/risk balance of the medicine, based on the data available when the EAMS submission was made and the EAMS criteria. The MHRA will make an evaluation of products, including drugs such as for brain tumour treatments, once an application is received.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">If we do receive an application, it is only made public where an EAMS Scientific Opinion (SO) is awarded. All EAMS SOs are published on the EAMS webpage. All drugs that have previously held an EAMS SO are also published on the EAMS webpage.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/07/2023 16:58:18 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2023 11:30:24 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham previous answer version 88876 answering member printed Lord Markham answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name criminal-justice-statistics-december-2022.pdf title Criminal Justice statistics
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1651487

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2023
	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	Pharmacy: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of support available under the Pharmacy Access Scheme; and whether the criteria includes the (1) quality, (2) opening hours, and (3) range of provision, of existing pharmacies.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL9200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The early access to medicines scheme (EAMS) aims to give patients with life threatening or seriously debilitating conditions access to medicines that do not yet have a marketing authorisation when there is a clear unmet medical need.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Under the scheme, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will give a scientific opinion on the benefit/risk balance of the medicine, based on the data available when the EAMS submission was made and the EAMS criteria. The MHRA will make an evaluation of products, including drugs such as for brain tumour treatments, once an application is received.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">If we do receive an application, it is only made public where an EAMS Scientific Opinion (SO) is awarded. All EAMS SOs are published on the EAMS webpage. All drugs that have previously held an EAMS SO are also published on the EAMS webpage.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Pharmacy Access Scheme provides additional funding to pharmacies where the next nearest pharmacy is more than a 20-minute walk away. This is calculated as a 0.8-mile walking distance in areas of high deprivation and 1 mile in other areas. In 2021, we agreed updated eligibility criteria and an updated payment model with Community Pharmacy England. To be eligible for the payment, pharmacies must deliver the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service. Quality and opening hours are not included in the eligibility criteria.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/07/2023 15:05:50 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2023 15:18:01 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham previous answer version 88780 answering member printed Lord Markham answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1650136

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2023
	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	Processed Food
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with (1) UK medical professionals and scientists, and (2) international partners, about (a) developing, and (b) agreeing, internationally recognised definitions of ultra-processed food.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL9040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has no plans.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) is currently carrying out a scoping review of the evidence on processed foods and health and aims to publish its initial assessment in the summer of 2023. SACN’s scoping review will make a number of research recommendations in this area. This review will also include evaluating existing classifications of processed foods, including ultra-processed foods and the NOVA classification.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">SACN is a committee of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) and provides independent scientific advice and risk assessments on nutrition and related health issues. Members of SACN are appointed as independent scientific experts in their field. We are not aware of any plans to agree a definition internationally.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including ultra-processed foods. The usual practice of the NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 10/07/2023 16:22:27 question first ministerially corrected 13/07/2023 14:43:31 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham previous answer version 86576 answering member printed Lord Bethell answering member 4708
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

1650137

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2023
	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	Processed Food
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to carry out research into the impact of ultra-processed foods on public health outcomes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL9041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has no plans.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) is currently carrying out a scoping review of the evidence on processed foods and health and aims to publish its initial assessment in the summer of 2023. SACN’s scoping review will make a number of research recommendations in this area. This review will also include evaluating existing classifications of processed foods, including ultra-processed foods and the NOVA classification.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">SACN is a committee of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) and provides independent scientific advice and risk assessments on nutrition and related health issues. Members of SACN are appointed as independent scientific experts in their field. We are not aware of any plans to agree a definition internationally.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including ultra-processed foods. The usual practice of the NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 10/07/2023 16:22:27 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2023 15:18:27 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham previous answer version 86577 answering member printed Lord Bethell answering member 4708
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie