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1523388

	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: Leeds North West
	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 practices that were open in Leeds North West constituency (a) on the most recent date for which data is available and (b) in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	65995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>In September 2013, there were 12 practices registered in Leeds North West, with 11 practices registered in October 2022.</p><p>Practices close for a variety of reasons, including practice mergers or retirement. A reduction in practice numbers does not indicate a reduction in the quality of care. When a practice closes, patients are informed and advised to register at another local practice of their choice. Practices and commissioners must put in place appropriate measures to ensure that affected patients have access to general practitioner services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/10/2022 14:58:36 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1609901

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	Prescriptions
	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 reduce overprescribing.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	180034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>In September 2021, the Government published its review of overprescribing ‘Good for you, good for us, good for everybody’, ‘National overprescribing review report’. The review report evaluated the extent, causes and consequences of overprescribing and made recommendations to address it. A copy of the report can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-overprescribing-review-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-overprescribing-review-report</a></p><p>Led by the National Clinical Director for Prescribing, NHS England and partner organisations are working to implement long term, sustainable reductions to overprescribing. This work includes: t</p><p>The development of national resources to help practices improve the consistency of repeat prescribing processes, supported by training;</p><p>the publication of NHS England’s prescribed medicines review report, ‘Prescribed medicines review: summary’ which includes information to help systems support patients who take medicines associated with dependence and withdrawalwithdrawal; and</p><p>interventions to reduce polypharmacy. A copy of the report can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prescribed-medicines-review-report/prescribed-medicines-review-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prescribed-medicines-review-report/prescribed-medicines-review-summary</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/05/2023 12:11:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1522943

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	Midwives: Leeds North West
	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 her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of midwives in Leeds North West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	64314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>NHS England retains oversight of local workforce plans and is updated on vacancy rates. However, recruitment and retention is undertaken at trust level.</p><p>In 2022, an additional £127 million has been invested in the National Health Service maternity workforce and improving neonatal care, including in Leeds North West. This is in addition to the £95 million invested in 2021 to fund a further 1,200 midwives and 100 consultant obstetricians. The NHS People Plan focuses on improving the retention of NHS staff by prioritising staff health and wellbeing. In 2022/23, £45 million has been allocated to support the continuation of 40 mental health hubs, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/10/2022 11:40:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1522926

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	Dental Services: Leeds North West
	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 her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Leeds North West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	64297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Leeds North West.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) does not currently rate providers of primary dental care services. The CQC publishes an assessment against five ‘key aspects’ which determine whether a dental provider is meeting its regulatory requirements. These are:</p><p> </p><p>- Treating people with respect and involving them in their care;</p><p>- Providing care, treatment and support that meets people's needs;</p><p>- Caring for people safely and protecting them from harm;</p><p>- Staffing; and</p><p>- Quality and suitability of management.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC provides information for the public to find local dentists and profiles, which display the regulatory performance and inspection reports.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 64298 64308 question first answered 25/10/2022 14:30:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1522927

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	Dental Services: Leeds North West
	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 NHS dentist provision in Leeds North West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	64298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Leeds North West.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) does not currently rate providers of primary dental care services. The CQC publishes an assessment against five ‘key aspects’ which determine whether a dental provider is meeting its regulatory requirements. These are:</p><p> </p><p>- Treating people with respect and involving them in their care;</p><p>- Providing care, treatment and support that meets people's needs;</p><p>- Caring for people safely and protecting them from harm;</p><p>- Staffing; and</p><p>- Quality and suitability of management.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC provides information for the public to find local dentists and profiles, which display the regulatory performance and inspection reports.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 64297 64308 question first answered 25/10/2022 14:30:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1522937

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	Dental Services: Leeds North West
	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 dental practices are currently rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Leeds North West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	64308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Leeds North West.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) does not currently rate providers of primary dental care services. The CQC publishes an assessment against five ‘key aspects’ which determine whether a dental provider is meeting its regulatory requirements. These are:</p><p> </p><p>- Treating people with respect and involving them in their care;</p><p>- Providing care, treatment and support that meets people's needs;</p><p>- Caring for people safely and protecting them from harm;</p><p>- Staffing; and</p><p>- Quality and suitability of management.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC provides information for the public to find local dentists and profiles, which display the regulatory performance and inspection reports.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 64297 64298 question first answered 25/10/2022 14:30:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1627112

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2023
	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	Medicine: Overseas Students
	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 international medical students are studying at UK universities.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	184716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>Office for Students publishes statistics on number of entrants into medical courses. Latest figures show there were 875 entrants to medical schools in the United Kingdom that were ineligible to pay home fees, this is around 9% of the total number of entrants (9,820).</p><p>The Department does not hold information on breakdown of nationalities or where international medical students go after training.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 184717 184718 question first answered 18/05/2023 15:50:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1627113

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2023
	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	Medicine: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the breakdown of nationalities of International medical students studying in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	184717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>Office for Students publishes statistics on number of entrants into medical courses. Latest figures show there were 875 entrants to medical schools in the United Kingdom that were ineligible to pay home fees, this is around 9% of the total number of entrants (9,820).</p><p>The Department does not hold information on breakdown of nationalities or where international medical students go after training.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 184716 184718 question first answered 18/05/2023 15:50:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1627116

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2023
	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	Medicine: Overseas Students
	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 international medical students who completed their degree in the UK left the UK once qualified in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	184718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>Office for Students publishes statistics on number of entrants into medical courses. Latest figures show there were 875 entrants to medical schools in the United Kingdom that were ineligible to pay home fees, this is around 9% of the total number of entrants (9,820).</p><p>The Department does not hold information on breakdown of nationalities or where international medical students go after training.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 184716 184717 question first answered 18/05/2023 15:50:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1522932

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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: Leeds North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Leeds North West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	64303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>On 22 September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which contains measures to assist people make an informed choice on their general practitioner (GP) practice, book an appointment more easily, benefit from more care options and increase the diversity of general practice teams. This aims to increase the availability of appointment types, such as face-to-face, in England, including in Leeds North West.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s guidance states that GP practices must provide face to face appointments and remote consultations and should respect preferences for face-to-face care unless there are good clinical reasons to the contrary.  While remote consultations can provide additional choice, flexibility and convenience for patients, this is not suitable for all patients or in all circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not collected in the format requested. In the 12 months to August 2022, there were 15.7 million general practice appointments in the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care System area, excluding COVID-19 vaccinations. Of these, 67.8% were conducted face-to-face.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 65997 65998 question first answered 25/10/2022 15:45:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel