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1507863

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2022
	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	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, if she will make an assessment of the factors that restrict the patient capacity of Emergency Departments.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	55067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>NHS England advise that patient capacity within emergency departments is multi-factorial and the reasons for restriction differ in each local health system. These factors can include long term growth in type 1 emergency department attendances over time and an increase in patients’ length of stay in hospital once admitted, restricting patient flow out of emergency departments. Nationally there has been an increase in patients who are spending longer than 21 days in hospital, which is currently 30% higher than in September 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Each integrated care system is addressing these issues with the most challenged systems receiving support through the Discharge Taskforce programme. Initiatives such as same day emergency care and frailty assessment units have contributed to redirection away from emergency departments and reduced admissions to hospitals. Capital funding is also in place to improve emergency departments where additional physical space is required to meet current demand.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/10/2022 11:37:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1505355

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
	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 average waiting time was for a person arriving at an emergency department in the (a) UK, (b) London Borough of Havering and (c) Queen’s Hospital in Romford in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps his Department is taking to help reduce those waiting times.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	48283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. NHS Digital collects data on median waiting times by National Health Service trust in England. Waiting time data is not collected by London borough.</p><p>In July 2022, the average median waiting time to treatment in accident and emergency (A&amp;E) was 79 minutes in England and 174 minutes in Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. The total average median waiting time in A&amp;E was 190 minutes in England and 395 minutes in Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.</p><p>NHS bed capacity will be increased by the equivalent of at least 7,000 general and acute beds to reduce waiting times for admission from A&amp;E. The provision of same day emergency care and acute frailty services will be increased and NHS 111 will have an enhanced role as the first point of triage for urgent care services, supported by an additional £50 million in 2022/23 to increase call taking capacity. The National Discharge Taskforce aims to reduce delayed discharge across acute, mental health and community care settings, working with social care partners to implement best practice.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 14:35:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1504265

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Addenbrooke's Hospital: Cancer
	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 steps his Department has taken to support the construction of new (a) children’s and (b) specialist cancer hospitals at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
	uin	45999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were allocated Wave 4 Sustainability and Transformation Partnership funding of £100 million in 2018 for Cambridge Children’s Hospital. The Department and NHS England are working with the Trust on the plans for the scheme.</p><p>A cancer research hospital at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge forms part of the Government’s commitment to deliver 40 new hospitals by 2030. The New Hospital Programme is working with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on the development of the plans for the specialist cancer hospital and progressing enabling works ahead of the main scheme development. The Trust has received £2.6 million for the scheme and it is on schedule to commence construction before 2024.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 15:41:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1507887

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2022
	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	Adult Social Care Discharge Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the winter 2022 adult social care discharge fund announced by the Government on 22 September will be funded from existing health and care budgets.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	55094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2022 answer text <p>On 22 September 2022, the Government announced an additional £500 million for adult social care this winter to accelerate the safe discharge of patients from hospital and recruit and retain more care workers to support people who no longer need to be in hospital. The funding will be sourced from underspent budgets, efficiencies and savings opportunities arising in the course of normal financial management from Departmental and National Health Service budgets. Approximately half of the available fund will be derived from resources allocated to NHS employers for the health and care levy, which has become available as the levy will not be in place.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 55072 question first answered 12/10/2022 08:59:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1507893

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2022
	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	Adult Social Care Discharge Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the £500 million winter adult social care discharge fund announced by Government will be funded from existing health and care budgets.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	55072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2022 answer text <p>On 22 September 2022, the Government announced an additional £500 million for adult social care this winter to accelerate the safe discharge of patients from hospital and recruit and retain more care workers to support people who no longer need to be in hospital. The funding will be sourced from underspent budgets, efficiencies and savings opportunities arising in the course of normal financial management from Departmental and National Health Service budgets. Approximately half of the available fund will be derived from resources allocated to NHS employers for the health and care levy, which has become available as the levy will not be in place.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 55094 question first answered 12/10/2022 08:59:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1519469

	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	Agile Medical: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is currently in dispute with Agile Medical over PPE contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	59586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the information requested as it is commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 59583 59584 59585 question first answered 17/10/2022 09:56:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1519045

	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	Alfacalcidol
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the UK's supply of alfacalcidol.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	uin	59106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>There have been no specific discussions.</p><p>The Department works with suppliers, NHS England, the devolved administrations, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and others operating in the supply chain to help prevent shortages and expedite resupply where possible to ensure that any risks to patients are minimised.</p><p>The Department is aware of a shortage of alfacalcidol one microgram capsules affecting one of three suppliers due to manufacturing delays. We understand that this issue is due to be resolved in November 2022. Two alternative suppliers hold stock of all strengths of alfacalcidol capsules with no anticipated supply issues.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/10/2022 14:19:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1507581

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	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	Allergies: Children
	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 she is taking to help ensure that families with children who suffer from severe allergies to certain medicines can access affordable alternatives; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	54446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>Prescriptions dispensed to children under 16 years old are free of charge. The prescription of any medicine is a clinical decision, informed by the medicine’s summary of product characteristics, made with individual patients. Prescribing clinicians should always satisfy themselves that the medicines they consider appropriate for patients can be safely prescribed. This prescribing decision should be discussed and agreed with the patient, their families and/or carers.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/10/2022 09:34:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1503607

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Allergies: Medical Equipment
	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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of supply of EpiPen/epinephrine; and what steps his Department takes to help ensure sufficient supply of that medication.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Johnny Mercer
	uin	45331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>Epipen 300 microgram pens and Epipen 150 microgram Epipens continue to be available and alternative brands of adrenaline auto-injectors also remain available.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 15:33:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer

1503401

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Ambulance Services: Ashfield
	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 make an assessment of the potential impact on response times for ambulances in Ashfield and Eastwood of ambulances being sent to patients who did not require emergency care.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
	uin	45064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to make a specific assessment.</p><p>National Health Service ambulance trusts employ sophisticated triage systems to minimise the unnecessary deployment of ambulance resources. The NHS is also increasing the capacity of NHS 111, including a £50 million investment in 2022/23 to ensure people receive the appropriate care and avoid unnecessary demand on accident and emergency (A&amp;E) and ambulance services.</p><p>NHS England advises that delays in handing over ambulance patients to A&amp;E, rather than ambulances being sent to patients that do not require emergency care, remains the largest operational challenge for ambulance services, including those in Ashfield and Eastwood. NHS England has written to all trusts and systems to to ensure ambulances are not held for longer than 30 minutes before transferring patients into the emergency department, including immediately moving patients who have completed their emergency medical care from the A&amp;E to create capacity for new patients.</p><p>NHS England is also providing targeted support to some of the hospitals facing the greatest delays in the handover of ambulance patients into the care of hospitals to identify short and longer-term interventions to improve delays and allow ambulances to respond to emergency calls.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 12:11:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson