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1697399

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	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	Social Services: LGBT+ 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 recent discussions she has had with Skills for Care on levels of take up of their LGBT+ Learning Framework, published in February 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	19698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department has had no recent discussions around levels of take up of the LGBTQ+ learning framework.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/03/2024 10:09:37 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1697405

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what staff networks there are in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	19714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The following staff-led support networks currently operate in the Department:</p><p>- EnABLE, a disability and long-term conditions network;</p><p>- Autism Network;</p><p>- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Network;</p><p>- Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network;</p><p>- Race Equality Matters Network;</p><p>- Prism, an LGBT+ network;</p><p>- Women’s Network;</p><p>- Parents’ Network;</p><p>- Age Diversity Network;</p><p>- Carers’ Network;</p><p>- Care Leavers’ Network;</p><p>- Social Mobility Network;</p><p>- Men’s Health Network;</p><p>- Christian Network;</p><p>- Jewish Network;</p><p>- Muslim Network;</p><p>- Hinduism and Sikhism Group;</p><p>- Humanists Network;</p><p>- Diversity and Inclusion Analytical Network;</p><p>- Domestic Abuse Support Group;</p><p>- Working Through Cancer Network; and</p><p>- Mental Health First Aid.</p><p> </p><p>The following networks support and promote professional development and operational delivery:</p><p>- International Network;</p><p>- Flexible Working Network;</p><p>- Green Network;</p><p>- Social Workers Network;</p><p>- Health Science and Engineering Network;</p><p>- IT User Engagement Group;</p><p>- Clinicians’ Network;</p><p>- Nutritionist Network;</p><p>- Perspectives Network;</p><p>- History Network;</p><p>- Culture and Engagement Champions Network;</p><p>- Active Travel Network;</p><p>- International Network;</p><p>- First Aid Network;</p><p>- Administrative Officer and Executive Officer Network;</p><p>- Personal Assistant Network;</p><p>- Senior Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer Network;</p><p>- G6 and G7 Network; and</p><p>- Direct Appointment Scheme Network.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 28/03/2024 11:11:48 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1697408

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	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	NHS: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of when data will be placed into the federated data platform for NHS trusts and integrated care systems.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	19562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The Federated Data Platform will allow the National Health Service to make better use of data to improve outcomes for patients, including reducing waits and discharging people quicker from hospital.</p><p>45 organisations who participated in the NHS England pilot, broken down into 42 trusts, two integrated care boards, and the City Healthcare Partnership Community Interest Company, have begun to transition into the Federated Data Platform, in a sequence of waves scheduled between March and May 2024. NHS England aims for all trusts and integrated care boards who wish to use the platform to do so within the next three years.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 28/03/2024 13:22:20 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 25897 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1697409

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	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	NHS North Central London: Databases
	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 North Central London Integrated Care Board's consultation entitled Start Well which closed on 17 March 2024, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the patient flow modelling methods used within that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	19595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The North Central London Integrated Care Board advise that the patient flow modelling approach was based on the combination of geographical proximity and service user choice.</p><p>The patient flow approach was tested with the Clinical Reference Group, Finance and Analytics Group, and Start Well Programme Board. The outputs were also tested with the Strategy Leads from each organisation, and the approach reviewed and assured by the London Clinical Senate and NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 28/03/2024 10:58:02 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1697507

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	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	Long Covid: Drugs
	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 plans to review the eligibility criteria for antivirals for those suffering from long covid.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	19672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>Decisions on the eligibility criteria for treatment with antivirals are made by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), based on an assessment of their costs and benefits, developed in line with marketing authorisations issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.</p><p>The NICE has published guidance that recommends the antivirals Paxlovid, Veklury, and Lagevrio for the treatment of COVID-19, both in the community, and for patients in hospital. This guidance sets out the eligibility criteria and ensures that patients who are at the highest risk of developing severe disease from COVID-19 have access to clinically and cost-effective treatments. Patients with long COVID have not been identified as a distinct group that would be eligible for treatment, and there are currently no licensed antivirals for the treatment of long COVID. The NICE therefore has no current plans to review the eligibility criteria in its guidance. The NICE maintains surveillance of new evidence that may affect its published guidance, and would consult on proposed changes if significant new evidence were to emerge.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 28/03/2024 11:03:47 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1697523

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	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	Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
	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 support people with postural tachycardia syndrome.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	19656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>Services for postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) are locally commissioned and, as such, it is the responsibility of the local commissioning teams within integrated care boards to ensure that their locally commissioned services meet the needs of their local population.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced a clinical knowledge summary, last revised in November 2023, which outlines the method healthcare professionals should follow for diagnosing PoTS. This summary is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/blackouts-syncope/diagnosis/assessment/" target="_blank">https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/blackouts-syncope/diagnosis/assessment/</a></p><p>Clinical knowledge summaries are evidence-based summaries designed to support healthcare professionals in primary care, by providing them with a readily accessible summary of the current evidence base and practical advice on best practice.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/03/2024 10:11:12 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1697578

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	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	Parkinson's Disease: 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 steps she is taking to help ensure patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease receive an appointment with a specialist within six weeks.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	19650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance, Parkinson’s disease: Diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care, updated in 2017, sets out best practice for clinicians in the identification and treatment of Parkinson’s disease in line with the latest available evidence. The guidance states that if Parkinson’s disease is suspected, people should be referred quickly and without treatment to a specialist with expertise in the differential diagnosis of this condition.</p><p>We expect integrated care boards (ICBs) and National Health Service trusts to have due regard to relevant NICE guidelines. It is the responsibility of ICBs to make available the appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, in line with these NICE guidelines.</p><p>More generally, cutting waiting lists is one of the Prime Minister’s top priorities. We are making good progress on tackling the longest waits, to ensure patients get the care they need when they need it. Ambitions to eliminate long waits were set out in the elective recovery plan, with the overall aim of eliminating waits of over a year for elective care, by March 2025.</p><p>To facilitate this across elective services, we are increasing activity, with plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25. This includes expanding capacity through the creation of a new network of community diagnostic centres, and maximising all available independent sector capacity.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/03/2024 10:12:14 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1697598

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	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: Children and 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 recent assessment she has made of the financial support for (a) travel costs, (b) energy bills, (c) accommodation and (d) dietary requirements available for carers of children and young people with cancer.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	19745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific assessment of the financial support available for travel costs, energy bills, accommodation, or dietary requirements for carers of children and young people with cancer.</p><p>The Department does not provide guidance on the financial support available to carers of children and young people with cancer. NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring the healthcare needs of local communities in England are met, including ensuring that healthcare providers inform all patients and carers, and specifically the carers of children and young people with cancer, of the financial support available to them.</p><p>The National Health Service in England runs schemes to provide financial assistance for travel to a hospital or other NHS premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostics tests, when referred by a doctor or other primary healthcare professional.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 19746 question first answered 26/03/2024 12:17:44 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1697599

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	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: Children and 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 guidance her Department provides to carers of children and young people with cancer on the financial support available to them from the UK government.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	19746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific assessment of the financial support available for travel costs, energy bills, accommodation, or dietary requirements for carers of children and young people with cancer.</p><p>The Department does not provide guidance on the financial support available to carers of children and young people with cancer. NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring the healthcare needs of local communities in England are met, including ensuring that healthcare providers inform all patients and carers, and specifically the carers of children and young people with cancer, of the financial support available to them.</p><p>The National Health Service in England runs schemes to provide financial assistance for travel to a hospital or other NHS premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostics tests, when referred by a doctor or other primary healthcare professional.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 19745 question first answered 26/03/2024 12:17:44 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1697600

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	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: Children and 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, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that healthcare providers inform the carers of children and young people with cancer of the financial support available to them.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	19747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring the healthcare needs of local communities in England are met. This includes taking steps to ensure that healthcare providers inform all patients and carers, including the carers of children and young people with cancer, of the financial support available to them.</p><p>The National Health Service in England runs schemes to provide financial assistance for travel to a hospital or other NHS premises, for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostics tests, when referred by a doctor or other primary healthcare professional.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 25/03/2024 13:42:44 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan