Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1728080

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	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	Queen's Hospital Romford: Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times at Queen’s Hospital, Romford.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	4612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The provision and configuration of local services, including hospital bed capacity, is a matter for local National Health Service commissioners to consider, to best meet the needs of their local population and patients.</p><p>The Government has committed to supporting the NHS to improve performance and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution, including that 95% of patients attending accident and emergency are admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours.</p><p>As a first step, my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care appointed Professor Lord Darzi to lead an independent investigation of the NHS’ performance. The investigation’s findings were published on 12 September and will feed into the Government’s work on a 10-year plan to radically reform the NHS and build a health service that is fit for the future.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 4614 question first answered 19/09/2024 09:44:36 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1728081

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	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	Leukaemia: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support research on (a) the causes of and (b) treatments for acute myeloid leukaemia.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	4613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department invests £1.5 billion per year on health research, through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was over £121.8 million for 2022/23, and more is spent on cancer than any other disease group.</p><p>The Government, through the NIHR, is committed to improving research into cancers with the poorest survival rates, such as acute myeloid leukaemia, by funding high quality, timely research that leads to improved outcomes for patients and the public and makes the health and social care system more efficient, effective, and safe. Research evidence is vital for improving treatments and outcomes for people, including those with pancreatic cancer and other less survivable cancers. The following table shows NIHR research spend on diagnosis, treatment, and both diagnosis and treatment of blood cancers, including leukaemia, since 2018:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of projects</p></td><td><p>Total awards value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blood cancer diagnosis</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>£11,900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blood cancer treatment</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>£14,700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blood cancer diagnosis and treatment</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£7,700,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 2023, the Government awarded £2 million to new interdisciplinary research teams tackling hard to treat cancers, via the Medical Research Council’s two-day cancer sandpit strategic funding opportunity, focused on technological innovation for understanding cancers with the poorest survival rates.</p><p>The NIHR continues to encourage and welcome applications for research into any aspect of human health, including acute myeloid leukaemia. All applications are assessed for funding by peer review committees. The level of research spend in a particular area is driven by factors including the quality of the proposals and their scientific potential. All applications for research into pancreatic cancer and other less survivable cancers made through open competition have been funded.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 13/09/2024 11:30:47 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1728083

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	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	Queen's Hospital Romford: Hospital Beds
	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 plans to increase bed capacity in Queen’s Hospital, Romford.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	4614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The provision and configuration of local services, including hospital bed capacity, is a matter for local National Health Service commissioners to consider, to best meet the needs of their local population and patients.</p><p>The Government has committed to supporting the NHS to improve performance and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution, including that 95% of patients attending accident and emergency are admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours.</p><p>As a first step, my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care appointed Professor Lord Darzi to lead an independent investigation of the NHS’ performance. The investigation’s findings were published on 12 September and will feed into the Government’s work on a 10-year plan to radically reform the NHS and build a health service that is fit for the future.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 4612 question first answered 19/09/2024 09:44:36 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1727364

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	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	Obesity: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle rising levels of obesity among people under 25 years old.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	4183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Supporting people to stay healthier for longer is at the heart of the Government’s Health Mission. We face a childhood obesity crisis, and the Government will take action to tackle it head on, easing the strain on our National Health Service and creating the healthiest generation of children ever.</p><p>As set out in the King’s Speech, we will bring forward the necessary secondary legislation to ban junk food advertising to children and stop the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16-year-olds. The Government is also committed to stop the targeting of school children by fast food outlets by empowering councils to block the development of new fast-food shops outside schools.</p><p>The Government recognises that prevention will always be better than a cure. Further action on obesity under the Government’s Health Mission will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 09/09/2024 14:19:15 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1725622

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	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	Defibrillators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide a sufficient number of public defibrillators to ensure that one is always accessible within five minutes of a cardiac arrest.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	2770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving access to Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces and reducing inequalities in access to these life saving devices. We have made a further £500,000 available to fulfil existing applications to the Department’s Community AED Fund, launched in September 2023. The criteria specified for the original £1 million grant continues to apply, and this additional funding will go to those applications for AEDs where there is greatest needed, including in areas of high footfall, hot spots for cardiac arrest, and areas that already have low access to AEDs.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 05/09/2024 10:35:48 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1724308

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	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	Radiotherapy: Romford
	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 plans to increase radiotherapy treatment capacity for patients in Romford constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	2239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2024 answer text <p>Since April 2022, the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines sits with local systems. This is supported by the 2021 Spending Review, which set aside £12 billion in operational capital for the National Health Service for 2022 to 2025, and the latest Capital Planning Guidance.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 02/09/2024 11:59:32 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1724310

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	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	Cancer: Health Services
	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 assessment of the potential merits of implementing a cancer plan that (a) increases (a) radiotherapy and (b) other services.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	2240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2024 answer text <p>Professor Lord Darzi is currently undertaking an independent investigation into the state of the National Health Service, the findings of which will feed into the Government’s 10-year plan to build a health service that is fit for the future. The Government will set out any further priorities on cancer and health in due course. The Government’s Health Mission will aim to make progress against major diseases, including cancer.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 02/09/2024 11:59:08 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1724311

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	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	Cancer: Health Services
	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 taken steps to increase workforce capacity for (a) cancer care and (b) radiotherapy treatment services.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	2241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with NHS England to make sure we have the right workforce with the right skills up and down the country. This includes cancer care and radiotherapy treatment services.</p><p>As well as increasing the workforce, we will also be treating staff with the respect they deserve, improving their working conditions, and reforming the way they deliver care, so they deliver more care in the community and more preventative care.</p><p>We are committed to training the staff we need to get cancer patients seen on time. The Government will make sure the National Health Service has the staff it needs to be there for all of us when we need it.</p><p>In March 2024 there were over 35,400 full-time equivalent staff working across the key cancer-facing professions of clinical oncology, gastro-enterology, medical oncology, histopathology, clinical radiology, diagnostic and therapeutic radiography.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 02/09/2024 11:58:46 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1724312

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	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	Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Impact Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to use the impact assessment entitled Tobacco and Vapes Bill: impact assessment, published on 20 March 2024, as part of its forthcoming Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	2242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the King’s Speech, a bill will be introduced to progressively increase the age at which people can be sold cigarettes and impose limits on the sale and marketing of vapes. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will pave the way for a smoke-free United Kingdom and will be the biggest public health intervention since the ban on smoking in indoor public places in 2007.</p><p>The bill will be introduced to Parliament in the coming weeks, and an Impact Assessment will be published early in the passage of the bill. We will also conduct New Burdens Assessments for the measures in the bill and any future regulations, which will assess any costs to local authorities of enforcing the new measures.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 2243 question first answered 02/09/2024 11:24:07 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1724314

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	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	Tobacco: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of future licensing and enforcement costs of a generational ban on tobacco.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	2243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the King’s Speech, a bill will be introduced to progressively increase the age at which people can be sold cigarettes and impose limits on the sale and marketing of vapes. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will pave the way for a smoke-free United Kingdom and will be the biggest public health intervention since the ban on smoking in indoor public places in 2007.</p><p>The bill will be introduced to Parliament in the coming weeks, and an Impact Assessment will be published early in the passage of the bill. We will also conduct New Burdens Assessments for the measures in the bill and any future regulations, which will assess any costs to local authorities of enforcing the new measures.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 2242 question first answered 02/09/2024 11:24:07 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell