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1460488

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2022
	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	Dementia: Clinical Trials
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with (1) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and (2) the National Institute for Health and Care Research, about which lessons from the success of COVID-19 trials could be applied to improve the (a) approval, and (b) set-up process, for dementia trials.
	tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
	uin	HL7972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member. answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 28/04/2022 10:55:28 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
	tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1248571

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the R rate needs to be below 1 by 2 December in order for the national COVID-19 restrictions to be lifted.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL9933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>‘R’ is just one of the many indicators the Government takes into account when making a decision on national COVID-19 restrictions. These include indicators related to National Health Service pressures and the weekly case rate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 25/02/2021 15:48:01 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1520169

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Health: Disadvantaged
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they still intend to publish a white paper on health disparities; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of London
	uin	HL2435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2022 answer text <p>‘Our plan for patients’, published in an online only format on 22 September, sets out the immediate priorities to support individuals to live healthier lives, including improving access to health and care services. In addition, the Department continues to review how health disparities can be addressed and further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 14/10/2022 13:42:50 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4696 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of London

1520171

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Health: Disadvantaged
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the white paper on health disparities will be published before the end of the year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
	uin	HL2437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2022 answer text <p>‘Our plan for patients’, published in an online only format on 22 September, sets out the immediate priorities to support individuals to live healthier lives, including improving access to health and care services. In addition, the Department continues to review how health disparities can be addressed and further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 14/10/2022 13:43:06 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1175511

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2020
	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	Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to use artificial intelligence to help combat the recent outbreak of coronavirus.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL1283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>£20 million has been made available for novel coronavirus research via a rapid research call announced by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Department via the National Institute for Health Research. The investment will ensure world-class United Kingdom academic and industry expertise can initiate new and additional research as quickly as possible including, where appropriate, artificial intelligence. Projects will contribute to the understanding, diagnosis, prevention and management of the virus, including the study of behaviours that may contribute to how it is spread and can be contained. This fund is in addition and complementary to the £20 million funding announced by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which will go to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 12/02/2020 17:39:38 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1585529

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2023
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase access to (1) diagnosis centres, and (2) radiotherapy cancer treatments, for patients in England.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL5548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2023 answer text <p>£2.3 billion was awarded at the Spending Review 2021 to transform diagnostic services over the next three years. Most of this will help increase the number of Community Diagnostic Centres up to 160 by March 2025, expanding and protecting elective planned diagnostic services.</p><p>NHS England has set a target for systems to increase cancer treatment capacity by 13%. Specific funding has been allocated, including £1.5 billion through the Targeted Investment Fund to support our wider elective recovery plan.</p><p>NHS England is responsible for setting evidence-based national service standards for radiotherapy, and for ensuring that these are implemented within local systems. Since 2016, around £162 million of central investment has been made to replace or upgrade around 100 radiotherapy machines. 11 Radiotherapy Networks were established across England in 2019/20 to drive improvements through greater workforce resilience and increased access to specialist skills and knowledge, ensuring all patients can access the very best treatment regardless of where they live.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL5550 question first answered 17/02/2023 11:37:39 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1585531

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2023
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of funding for establishing (1) community diagnostic centres, and (2) cancer treatment hubs, in England.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL5550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2023 answer text <p>£2.3 billion was awarded at the Spending Review 2021 to transform diagnostic services over the next three years. Most of this will help increase the number of Community Diagnostic Centres up to 160 by March 2025, expanding and protecting elective planned diagnostic services.</p><p>NHS England has set a target for systems to increase cancer treatment capacity by 13%. Specific funding has been allocated, including £1.5 billion through the Targeted Investment Fund to support our wider elective recovery plan.</p><p>NHS England is responsible for setting evidence-based national service standards for radiotherapy, and for ensuring that these are implemented within local systems. Since 2016, around £162 million of central investment has been made to replace or upgrade around 100 radiotherapy machines. 11 Radiotherapy Networks were established across England in 2019/20 to drive improvements through greater workforce resilience and increased access to specialist skills and knowledge, ensuring all patients can access the very best treatment regardless of where they live.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL5548 question first answered 17/02/2023 11:37:39 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1233565

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2020
	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: Acute Beds
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further (1) to reports of overcrowding in accident and emergency departments, and (2) to the COVID-19 pandemic, what action they are taking with NHS England (a) to increase the availability of acute hospital beds for those patients needing admission, and (b) to decrease overcrowding in such departments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL8021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>£150 million capital funding has just been awarded to expand and upgrade 25 more accident and emergency departments (A&amp;Es), to reduce overcrowding and improve infection control ahead of winter. This is on top of the £300 million we announced recently, to upgrade A&amp;Es across 117 trusts, bringing total funding to £450 million. This funding will expand waiting areas and increase the number of treatment cubicles, helping boost A&amp;E capacity by providing additional space and reducing overcrowding.</p><p>In addition to this, the Prime Minister has announced £3 billion of extra National Health Service funding, which includes plans to maintain the use of the Nightingale hospitals, continue access to independent hospitals capacity and improve hospital discharge arrangements.</p><p>Plans are also in place for a significantly expanded influenza vaccination programme and the introduction of the NHS 111 First model which both should help prevent visits to A&amp;E. Overall, these measures will help increase capacity in the NHS and prevent overcrowding.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 28/09/2020 13:48:33 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1675041

	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	Family Hubs: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many local authorities were allocated funding to publish a Start for Life offer as part of the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme, and how much funding was allocated to each local authority.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>£10 million is being distributed to all 75 local authorities participating in the programme to set up Parent Carer Panels and publish a Start for Life offer between 2022/23 and 2024/25. Local authorities determine the specific interventions they spend their funding allocation on, in line with the programme guide and local area need. A core minimum expectation of the programme is for local authorities to publish a digital and physical Start for Life offer.</p><p>A copy of the published funding methodology for the programme is attached; this sets out how each local authority received their funding allocation.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 18/12/2023 17:31:47 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Family_Hubs_and_Start_for_Life_programme_-_methodology_for_allocating_funding_to_local_authorities (6).pdf title Attachment
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1675699

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	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	Family Hubs: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many local authorities were allocated funding to establish parent and carer panels as part of the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme, and how much funding was allocated to each local authority.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>£10 million is being distributed to 75 local authorities in England participating in the Programme to set up Parent Carer Panels and publish a Start for Life offer from 2022/23 to 2024/25. Local authorities determine the specific interventions they spend their funding allocation on, in line with the programme guide and local area need. A core minimum expectation of the programme is for local authorities to establish a Parent Carer Panel.</p><p>A copy of the published funding methodology for the programme is attached; this sets out how each local authority received their funding allocation.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/12/2023 17:27:29 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Family_Hubs_and_Start_for_Life_programme_-_methodology_for_allocating_funding_to_local_authorities.pdf title Programme methodology
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton