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1714027

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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	Evusheld
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care during the debate on Covid-19: Response and Excess Deaths on Thursday 18 April 2024, Official Report, column 537, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) NICE and (b) the MHRA on their progress on reaching a decision on whether to recommend the use of Evusheld 2 to prevent covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	23829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department meets with the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) regularly to discuss a range of issues, including access to medicines. The NICE has formally started its appraisal of AZD-3152, also known as sipavibart and referred to as Evusheld 2, ahead of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) decision on whether it should be given a United Kingdom marketing authorisation, and expects to invite stakeholder submissions in April 2024. Timelines for both the NICE’s guidance and licensing depend on data from the SUPERNOVA trial being available. AstraZeneca intends to submit clinical data to the NICE and the MHRA at the same time, with the aim that both organisations are able to reach decisions as close together as possible. If AZD-3152 is recommended as clinically and cost effective by the NICE, the National Health Service in England will be under a statutory requirement to fund AZD-3152 for eligible patients, in line with the NICE’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 01/05/2024 08:57:40 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1714079

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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	Gabapentin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on (a) its advice on prescribing and (b) the side effects of gabapentin.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	23890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Gabapentin is authorised for the treatment of some forms of epilepsy, as well as peripheral neuropathic pain. The product information for gabapentin, approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), provides information to support the prescribing of the medication including recommendations for dose, duration of use, as well as gradual reduction when stopping. The product information includes warnings about possible side effects.</p><p>The MHRA continuously monitors the safety of gabapentin and ensures the product information reflects what is known about the medicine and its side effects.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 01/05/2024 09:02:05 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1714094

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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	Heart Diseases: Surgery
	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 increase the availability of heart valve surgery for (a) women and (b) ethnic minorities.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	23907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England continues to work with its partners in raising awareness of aortic stenosis, with a particular focus on women. NHS England is also working to increase access to cardiac surgery. The breathlessness pathway, launched in April 2023, encourages general practitioners to examine all patients for the signs of valvular heart disease. Heart valve disease is a focus for cardiac networks, with pathways in in place to improve early detection of valve disease in the community.</p><p>In November 2023, a dedicated Heart Valve Disease (HVD) Expert Advisory Group was convened to provide NHS England’s Cardiac Transformation Programme with leadership, advice, quality assurance, expert review, and endorsement of the projects and deliverables that comprise the HVD workstream, with a focus on improving the speed and equity of access to high quality treatment for heart valve patients.</p><p>To improve the early detection and diagnosis of heart valve disease across England, including aortic stenosis, £2.3 billion has been committed to open 160 community diagnostic centres by March 2025. This will increase the volume of diagnostic activity and further reduce patient waiting times. The centres have delivered over 5 million additional tests since July 2021, including those that detect cardiovascular disease.</p><p>In addition, the National Health Service is investing in cardiac networks to support whole pathway improvements. These networks have been developed to take an evidenced based, clinically led, whole pathway approach to improvement, from prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and through to end-of-life care.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 23908 question first answered 01/05/2024 08:52:14 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1714095

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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	Heart Diseases: Women
	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 increase awareness of the symptoms of heart valve disease in women.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	23908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England continues to work with its partners in raising awareness of aortic stenosis, with a particular focus on women. NHS England is also working to increase access to cardiac surgery. The breathlessness pathway, launched in April 2023, encourages general practitioners to examine all patients for the signs of valvular heart disease. Heart valve disease is a focus for cardiac networks, with pathways in in place to improve early detection of valve disease in the community.</p><p>In November 2023, a dedicated Heart Valve Disease (HVD) Expert Advisory Group was convened to provide NHS England’s Cardiac Transformation Programme with leadership, advice, quality assurance, expert review, and endorsement of the projects and deliverables that comprise the HVD workstream, with a focus on improving the speed and equity of access to high quality treatment for heart valve patients.</p><p>To improve the early detection and diagnosis of heart valve disease across England, including aortic stenosis, £2.3 billion has been committed to open 160 community diagnostic centres by March 2025. This will increase the volume of diagnostic activity and further reduce patient waiting times. The centres have delivered over 5 million additional tests since July 2021, including those that detect cardiovascular disease.</p><p>In addition, the National Health Service is investing in cardiac networks to support whole pathway improvements. These networks have been developed to take an evidenced based, clinically led, whole pathway approach to improvement, from prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and through to end-of-life care.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 23907 question first answered 01/05/2024 08:52:14 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1714143

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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	Pancreatic 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, what discussions she has had with NHS England on progress on improving outcomes for patients suffering from pancreatic cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	23840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Tackling cancer is a key priority for the Government. Ministers and officials continue to work closely with NHS England to increase positive outcomes for all cancer types, including pancreatic cancer. The National Health Service is delivering a range of interventions expected to increase early diagnosis and improve outcomes for those with pancreatic cancer. This includes: providing a route into pancreatic cancer surveillance for those at inherited high-risk, to identify lesions before they develop into cancer, and diagnose cancers sooner; creating new pathways to support faster referral routes for people with non-specific symptoms that could be linked to a range of cancer types; and increasing direct access for general practitioners to arrange diagnostic tests.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also funding a new audit into pancreatic cancer to increase the consistency of access to treatments, and to stimulate improvements in cancer treatment and outcomes. The Royal College of Surgeons began work on this audit in October 2022, and the first report is expected in October 2024. In addition to this, the Getting it Right First Time team in NHS England is undertaking a deep dive into pancreatic cancer, which will highlight actions NHS providers need to take to improve services, as well as gathering examples of good practice to share.</p><p>The NHS is working towards its Long Term Plan ambition of diagnosing 75% of stageable cancers at stage one and two by 2028. Achieving this will mean that an additional 55,000 people each year will survive their cancer for at least five years after diagnosis. With progress made on reducing waiting times, cancer is being diagnosed at an earlier stage more often, with survival rates improving across almost all types of cancer.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 01/05/2024 09:23:30 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1713932

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Clinical Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the paper entitled The Future of Clinical Research Delivery: 2022 to 2025 implementation plan, published on 30 June 2022, what progress has been made on the Find, Recruit and Follow-up service for clinical trials.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	23739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Since publication of the Future of Clinical Research Delivery, we have developed early versions of several products as part of the Find, Recruit and Follow-up Service, to deliver secure data enabled study feasibility and recruitment within established governance and legal requirements, across England and other parts of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>These products include: NHS England’s DigiTrials self-service feasibility tool, which identifies suitable locations for studies by establishing where the largest groupings of eligible people are based; NHS England’s DigiTrials recruitment service, which is currently in its second phase of pilots and will enable the National Health Service to more easily approach patients about research relevant to them; the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s Clinical Research Practice Datalink, which allows participating general practices to identify potentially eligible patients for relevant studies more easily; and the Be Part of Research registry, which allows people to proactively register their interest in participating in research.</p><p> </p><p>These tools have been developed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the clinical research process, and also improve our ability to widen access to research opportunities, increase the resilience and sustainability of the healthcare system, and reduce the burden on the NHS workforce.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/04/2024 10:48:51 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1713933

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Clinical Trials: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Full government response to the Lord O'Shaughnessy review into commercial clinical trials, last updated on 8 December 2023, what her Department's planned timetable is for expanding the national contract value review programme to phase 1 and 2a clinical trials.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	23740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The National Contract Value Review (NCVR) process applies to commercial clinical studies. NHS England is working in partnership with the devolved administrations, the National Institute for Health and Care Research, and other partners, to pilot the use of the NCVR process for phase I and IIa of commercial clinical trials. The ambition is to make the use of NCVR for phase I and IIa of commercial clinical trials mainstream from October 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/04/2024 09:57:50 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1713890

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Learning Disability: Nurses
	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 learning disability nurses there (a) are and (b) were in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	23730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England. These include staff working for hospital trusts and core organisations, but excludes staff working for other providers such as in primary care, general practice, or social care. This data is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record, the human resources system for the National Health Service. The statistics are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>A large proportion of learning disability nurses work outside NHS trusts, and we do not hold data on where they work. However, the Nursing and Midwifery Council publishes data on the number of nurses on the register across the United Kingdom, which will include nurses employed in other settings, such as education. Data is available in the Fields of Practice sheet in the permanent register data tables, at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/" target="_blank">https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 23731 question first answered 30/04/2024 09:48:48 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1713891

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Learning Disability: Nurses
	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 and what proportion of learning disability nurses are in senior leadership roles.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	23731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England. These include staff working for hospital trusts and core organisations, but excludes staff working for other providers such as in primary care, general practice, or social care. This data is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record, the human resources system for the National Health Service. The statistics are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>A large proportion of learning disability nurses work outside NHS trusts, and we do not hold data on where they work. However, the Nursing and Midwifery Council publishes data on the number of nurses on the register across the United Kingdom, which will include nurses employed in other settings, such as education. Data is available in the Fields of Practice sheet in the permanent register data tables, at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/" target="_blank">https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 23730 question first answered 30/04/2024 09:48:48 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1713908

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Liver Cancer: Mortality Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of expected liver cancer mortality rates by the end of 2025.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	23699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of expected liver cancer mortality rates by the end of 2025. The care of and treatment for patients with cancer, including liver cancer, is a priority for the Government. Early diagnosis of liver cancer is critical to improving rates of survival. NHS England’s Early Diagnosis of Liver Cancer Programme is contributing to the NHS Long Term Plan’s commitment to diagnose 75% of all cancers at stage one or two by 2028. This programme includes three workstreams: improving liver surveillance programmes; community liver health checks pilots; and primary care pilots. Identifying those at risk and ensuring patients are tested and referred to a surveillance programme, where necessary, will lead to improved patient outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/04/2024 09:55:44 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell