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1728017

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	Mental Health: Men
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 help improve men's mental health.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>Men with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they deserve, which is why we will fix the broken system to ensure we give mental health the same attention and focus as physical health.</p><p>As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future and that is there when people need it, the Government will recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers to reduce delays and provide faster treatment, which will also help ease pressure on the busy mental health services.</p><p>NHS Talking Therapies, which include cognitive behavioural therapy, provide treatment to men, with common mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety. They can self-refer to NHS Talking Therapies services, or be referred by their general practitioner.</p><p>Suicide is one of the biggest killers of men aged 45-64, and we are committed to tackling this, while ensuring they live well for longer.</p><p>The Suicide Prevention Strategy for England 2023-2028 was published in September 2023, with over 130 actions identified to reduce the suicide rate within five years (with initial reductions to be seen in 2.5 years). The strategy has identified middle aged men as a priority group and targets common factors such as financial difficulty, gambling and loneliness.</p><p>Across England, 79 organisations, ranging from local, community-led organisations through to national voluntary, community or social enterprises, have been allocated funding from the £10 million Suicide Prevention Grant Fund and are delivering a broad and diverse range of activity that will prevent suicides and save lives. Successful recipients of the grant fund include Lancaster Men’s Hub, Mankind UK and the UK Men’s Sheds Association through to March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 23/09/2024 09:53:14 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1726382

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	General Practitioners: Loughborough
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 recruit more GPs in Loughborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Dr Jeevun Sandher
uin	3581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>We have committed to training thousands more general practitioners (GPs) across the country, as well as taking pressure off those currently working in the system. NHS England has allocated £1.9 million of emergency short term funding, from October 2024 to March 2025, for the recruitment of newly qualified GPs in the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB). The LLR Workforce Steering Group is reviewing options for how this additional resource can be used most effectively across the LLR ICB, including within the Loughborough area.</p><p>Newly qualified GPs are also being offered support through the LLR Primary Care Training Hub, which provides high quality education, training, and support to those working in primary care. The hub is currently working up a local offer of support for newly qualified GPs following the cessation of the national fellowship scheme in March 2024. This local offer will include continuing professional development, leadership development and wellbeing support, peer networking, and focused mentoring sessions, and will be delivered flexibly to enable GPs to access the support that they need.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 23/09/2024 09:42:58 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5259

1726663

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	Dentistry: Recruitment
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 recruit additional (a) academic and (b) non-academic dental school staff before September 2026.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>Individual dental schools are responsible for the recruitment of their academic and non-academic staff.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 23/09/2024 09:28:41 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock previous answer version 3749 answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1728029

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	Medical Treatments: Birmingham
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 NHS have received any complaints about politically motivated advantageous NHS treatment in the Birmingham area in (a) August and (b) September 2024.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally. The annual release of National Health Service complaints data includes breakdowns of complaints by subject area, region, and integrated care systems area.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 19/09/2024 14:52:28 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne previous answer version 5625 answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1727875

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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	Blood Cancer
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 implications for his Department's policies of the recommendations of Blood Cancer UK's Action Plan.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	4539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department has not made a formal assessment of the potential implications of its policies based on the recommendations of Blood Cancer UK’s Action Plan.</p><p>However, we will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster. This is supported by NHS England’s key ambition on cancer to meet the Faster Diagnosis Standard, which sets a target of 28 days from urgent referral by a general practitioner or screening programme to patients being told that they have cancer, or that cancer is ruled out.</p><p>The Department is committed to implementing the recommendations of the Lord O'Shaughnessy review into commercial clinical trials, making sure that the United Kingdom leads the world in clinical trials, and to ensure that innovative, lifesaving treatments are accessible to NHS patients, including those with blood cancer.</p><p>Professor Lord Darzi has undertaken an independent investigation into the state of the NHS, 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 therefore set out any further priorities on cancer and health in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 19/09/2024 10:14:01 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1728646

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Equality
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 positions in his Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such job was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
uin	5188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department currently has two positions which include either diversity, inclusion, equity, or equality in their job title. The following table shows the roles the title included, the total roles, and the total salaries, from 2020/21 to August of 2024: <br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Role title includes</p></td><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diversity</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14 (11)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inclusion</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equity</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equality</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total roles</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total salary</p></td><td><p>£114,264</p></td><td><p>£363,338</p></td><td><p>£619,969</p></td><td><p>£842,077</p></td><td><p>£515,784</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: the number of roles with diversity and inclusion in the job title have been included under diversity, only to avoid duplication.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 19/09/2024 10:01:29 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5158

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

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

1727582

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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	Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for delivering 40,000 more NHS appointments per week.
tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
tabling member printed	Dr Caroline Johnson
uin	4396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>Reducing elective waiting lists is a key part of getting the National Health Service back on its feet. Delivering 40,000 more NHS appointments per week is part of our commitment to get back to NHS standards, so that people can expect to wait no longer than 18 weeks for treatment. The next steps will be confirmed after the budget in October.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 19/09/2024 09:39:39 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson

1728633

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
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	Neonatal Mortality and Sudden Unexplained Death
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 launch a nationwide review of neonatal (a) mortality rates and (b) unexplained deaths.
tabling member constituency	Harpenden and Berkhamsted
tabling member printed	Victoria Collins
uin	5175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to launch a nationwide review of neonatal mortality rates and unexplained deaths. Professor Lord Darzi’s report on his independent investigation of the National Health Service in England has shone a light on the critical condition of the NHS, and the Government will continue to work closely with NHS England to ensure that women and babies receive safe, personalised, and compassionate care.</p><p>Neonatal mortality and neonatal unexplained deaths are measured by both the Office for National Statistics and the National Child Mortality Database. Since 2010, the neonatal mortality rate in England has decreased by 25% for babies with at least 24 weeks completed gestation. Since 2010, the number of babies who died unexpectedly in their first 28 days of life in England and Wales decreased from 40 to 29.</p><p>The NHS is working to further improve outcomes for babies and is rolling out the third version of the Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle to all trusts. This provides maternity units with guidance and interventions to reduce stillbirths, neonatal brain injury, neonatal death, and preterm birth.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 19/09/2024 09:33:39 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5201