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1725630

	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	Hospices: Finance
	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 meet Hospice UK to discuss hospice funding.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	2802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>Department officials meet regularly with Hospice UK and alongside our key partners at NHS England, will continue to proactively engage with the sector, including Hospice UK, to understand the issues they are facing.</p><p>Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing National Health Services. The amount of funding charitable hospices receive varies by integrated care board (ICB) area, and will, in part, be dependent on the breadth and range of palliative and end of life care provision within their ICB footprint.</p><p>Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by NHS staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people, and their loved ones, at end of life.</p><p>Palliative and end of life care is provided through a range of professionals and providers, both generalists and specialists, across the NHS, social care, and voluntary sector organisations. Therefore, the cost of provision is difficult to measure as relevant consultations and tasks are not always coded as palliative or end of life care. This makes it difficult to estimate how much is spent on palliative and end of life care provision as a whole, and how much might be saved by hospices delivering palliative care.</p><p>The Government is going to shift the focus of healthcare out of the hospital and into the community and we recognise that it is vital to include palliative and end of life care, including hospices, in this shift. We will consider next steps on palliative and end of life care, including funding, in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 2803 2804 2805 question first answered 10/09/2024 11:02:59 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1725631

	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	Hospices: Finance
	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 merits of increasing the level of funding provided through the NHS to charitable hospices.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	2803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>Department officials meet regularly with Hospice UK and alongside our key partners at NHS England, will continue to proactively engage with the sector, including Hospice UK, to understand the issues they are facing.</p><p>Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing National Health Services. The amount of funding charitable hospices receive varies by integrated care board (ICB) area, and will, in part, be dependent on the breadth and range of palliative and end of life care provision within their ICB footprint.</p><p>Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by NHS staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people, and their loved ones, at end of life.</p><p>Palliative and end of life care is provided through a range of professionals and providers, both generalists and specialists, across the NHS, social care, and voluntary sector organisations. Therefore, the cost of provision is difficult to measure as relevant consultations and tasks are not always coded as palliative or end of life care. This makes it difficult to estimate how much is spent on palliative and end of life care provision as a whole, and how much might be saved by hospices delivering palliative care.</p><p>The Government is going to shift the focus of healthcare out of the hospital and into the community and we recognise that it is vital to include palliative and end of life care, including hospices, in this shift. We will consider next steps on palliative and end of life care, including funding, in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 2802 2804 2805 question first answered 10/09/2024 11:02:59 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1725632

	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	Hospices: Finance
	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 review the funding model for hospices as part his plans to improve NHS services.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	2804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>Department officials meet regularly with Hospice UK and alongside our key partners at NHS England, will continue to proactively engage with the sector, including Hospice UK, to understand the issues they are facing.</p><p>Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing National Health Services. The amount of funding charitable hospices receive varies by integrated care board (ICB) area, and will, in part, be dependent on the breadth and range of palliative and end of life care provision within their ICB footprint.</p><p>Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by NHS staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people, and their loved ones, at end of life.</p><p>Palliative and end of life care is provided through a range of professionals and providers, both generalists and specialists, across the NHS, social care, and voluntary sector organisations. Therefore, the cost of provision is difficult to measure as relevant consultations and tasks are not always coded as palliative or end of life care. This makes it difficult to estimate how much is spent on palliative and end of life care provision as a whole, and how much might be saved by hospices delivering palliative care.</p><p>The Government is going to shift the focus of healthcare out of the hospital and into the community and we recognise that it is vital to include palliative and end of life care, including hospices, in this shift. We will consider next steps on palliative and end of life care, including funding, in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 2802 2803 2805 question first answered 10/09/2024 11:02:59 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1725633

	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	Hospices: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the saving to the the NHS and social care services by hospices delivering palliative care.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	2805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>Department officials meet regularly with Hospice UK and alongside our key partners at NHS England, will continue to proactively engage with the sector, including Hospice UK, to understand the issues they are facing.</p><p>Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing National Health Services. The amount of funding charitable hospices receive varies by integrated care board (ICB) area, and will, in part, be dependent on the breadth and range of palliative and end of life care provision within their ICB footprint.</p><p>Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by NHS staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people, and their loved ones, at end of life.</p><p>Palliative and end of life care is provided through a range of professionals and providers, both generalists and specialists, across the NHS, social care, and voluntary sector organisations. Therefore, the cost of provision is difficult to measure as relevant consultations and tasks are not always coded as palliative or end of life care. This makes it difficult to estimate how much is spent on palliative and end of life care provision as a whole, and how much might be saved by hospices delivering palliative care.</p><p>The Government is going to shift the focus of healthcare out of the hospital and into the community and we recognise that it is vital to include palliative and end of life care, including hospices, in this shift. We will consider next steps on palliative and end of life care, including funding, in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 2802 2803 2804 question first answered 10/09/2024 11:02:59 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1690386

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2024
	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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Mental 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 data her Department holds on the average waiting time for adults to receive a full diagnostic assessment for ADHD in each commissioning area.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	14839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>There is, at present, no single, established dataset that can be used to monitor the national waiting times for the assessment and diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Although the data requested is not held centrally, it may be held locally by individual National Health Service trusts or commissioners.</p><p>We are exploring options to improve data collection and reporting on ADHD assessment waiting times, and to help improve access to ADHD assessments in a timely way and in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines. The National Institute for Health and Care Research has commissioned a research project to provide initial insights into local ADHD assessment waiting time data collection. NHS England is also currently scoping a national programme of work on ADHD.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 28/02/2024 17:25:28 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1690387

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2024
	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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Chesterfield
	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 adequacy of the availability of appointments for adults to receive a full diagnostic assessment for ADHD in Chesterfield; and if she will take steps to reduce waiting times for this service.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	14840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>Information provided by the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) indicates that waiting times for adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments in Derby and Derbyshire are currently approximately 208 weeks.</p><p>We expect ICBs to make appropriate provisions available to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including ADHD assessment services, in line with relevant clinical guidelines.</p><p>In respect of diagnostic assessments for ADHD, the Chesterfield, Derby and Derbyshire ICB is taking actions to reduce waiting times and ensure access to pre and post assessment support, including working as part of an NHS England regional ADHD task and finish group to progress region-wide initiatives.</p><p>The ICB will be developing a local adult ADHD pathway, continuing to explore improvements to adult pre and post diagnostic support, developing a waiting list triage model, and providing targeted engagement for people who are on the assessment waiting list.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 28/02/2024 17:23:33 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1628588

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	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	Memory Clinics: Staff
	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 people work in Memory Assessment Services in (a) Chesterfield constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	185577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The number of people that work in Memory Assessment Services in Derby &amp; Derbyshire ICB is 23. The information requested is not collected by constituency, however Derby &amp; Derbyshire ICB have advised that 5 people work in Memory Assessment Services in the North of Derbyshire.</p><p>The information requested for England is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/05/2023 13:36:50 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1602788

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2023
	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	Menopause
	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 estimate of the number of women who (a) have reached menopause and (b) are in perimenopause as of 9 March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	162164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>Based on the Office for National Statistics population estimates, approximately 400,000 women in the United Kingdom reach menopause each year. We do not have an estimate for the number of women who are in perimenopause as of 9 March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/03/2023 13:24:28 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1542976

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2022
	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	Liver Diseases: Preventive Medicine
	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 help (a) early diagnosis and (b) prevention of liver disease.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	88857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>Alcohol identification and brief advice (IBA) is undertaken through the NHS Health Check. Where appropriate, individuals are given advice on reducing alcohol consumption or referred to specialist support. IBA is also included at new general practitioner registrations and within the standard contract for secondary care.</p><p> </p><p>We are piloting community liver health checks in 12 areas to provide earlier identification of patients with liver disease. Since April 2022, NHS England has introduced a new Commissioning for Quality and Innovation indicator to incentivise testing for cirrhosis or advanced liver fibrosis for alcohol-dependent in-patients in acute and mental health services. We also have a range of approaches and interventions to address the major risk factors for liver disease, including addressing obesity and preventing hepatitis C.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 24/11/2022 15:16:12 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 36031 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1523456

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	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	General Practitioners: Chesterfield
	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 estimate her Department has made of the number of GP appointments in Chesterfield constituency (a) in the last 12 months and (b) in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	65699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested. However, in the 12 months to August 2022, there were 6.54 million general practice appointments in the NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care System area, excluding COVID-19 vaccinations. Of these, 65.7% were conducted face-to-face.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 65700 question first answered 21/10/2022 12:31:05 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins