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1466469

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
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 steps he taken to ensure patient safety in the context of recent pressures on the urgent and emergency care system.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement monitor patient safety and work with systems to manage any potential risks. In 2022/23, an additional £50 million has been invested in NHS 111 to support increased call taking capacity and ensure that patients can access urgent care when necessary. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with integrated care boards to improve patient flow and reduce ambulance handover delays, maximising Same Day Emergency Care services and access to Urgent Treatment Centres as an alternative to accident and emergency where appropriate.</p><p>In Slough, funding for 17 intermediate adult social care beds has been extended to June 2022 and an additional 20 bed community ward at Heathlands Heathwood Hospital has been created. An immediate ambulance handover policy is also in place at hospitals in Slough and capacity to accept paramedic handovers increased by 30%.</p><p>In the South East, Urgent Treatment Centres and Same Day Emergency Care provision is being developed to ensure alternatives to emergency departments are available at acute sites. This is addition to engaging system partners to alleviate pressures through urgent community response, developing virtual wards, enhanced health care in care homes and bringing together local health systems to reduce length of stay and increase discharges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 9987 question first answered 16/06/2022 15:31:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 4675 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1461603

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Gynaecology: 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 assessment he has made of trends in the level of gynaecology waiting lists in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the size of waiting lists for gynaecology services in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of endometriosis patients and waiting times is not collected in the format requested. While the National Health Service collects data on patients awaiting treatment for gynaecological conditions, it does not separately record the specific condition such as endometriosis. There are currently 481,083 patients on gynaecology waiting lists in England, including for endometriosis. The average median waiting time for gynaecological treatment was 14 weeks.</p><p>In 2019/20 gynaecology waiting lists remained stable in England with an average of approximately 284,000 patients waiting for treatment each month. In 2020/21, the waiting list increased by more than 40% due to the impact of the pandemic, with a reduction in this growth of 25% in 2021/22. As of March 2022, 26,223 patients had waited one year or more for gynaecology treatment in England, with 797 patients waiting two years or more.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested £520 million to improve access to general practitioners (GP) during the pandemic. This is in addition to £1.5 billion in 2020 to create an additional 50 million GP appointments by 2024, which will improve access for patients with endometriosis.</p><p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ outlines how the NHS will reduce waiting times across all elective services. The plan commits to eradicate all waiting times of longer than a year for elective care by March 2025, except in the case of patient choice.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing more than £8 billion over the next three years, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already available, to increase elective activity. We are also increasing capacity for gynaecological surgery through the Getting It Right First Time ‘High Volume Low Complexity’ programme. In the West Midlands, recovery plans are in place which include demand and capacity modelling. Patients with symptoms of endometriosis will be prioritised based on clinical need. In Coventry and Warwickshire, the local NHS has committed to ensure that no patients will wait more than 104 weeks by the end of June 2022. The NHS-led Provider Collaborative has identified endometriosis as a priority area and recently established a group to develop further initiatives to reduce waiting times for endometriosis patients.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 271 272 question first answered 27/05/2022 09:45:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 487 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1461604

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Gynaecology: 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, how many gynaecology patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England have been waiting for more than a (i) one and (ii) two years for hospital treatment.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of endometriosis patients and waiting times is not collected in the format requested. While the National Health Service collects data on patients awaiting treatment for gynaecological conditions, it does not separately record the specific condition such as endometriosis. There are currently 481,083 patients on gynaecology waiting lists in England, including for endometriosis. The average median waiting time for gynaecological treatment was 14 weeks.</p><p>In 2019/20 gynaecology waiting lists remained stable in England with an average of approximately 284,000 patients waiting for treatment each month. In 2020/21, the waiting list increased by more than 40% due to the impact of the pandemic, with a reduction in this growth of 25% in 2021/22. As of March 2022, 26,223 patients had waited one year or more for gynaecology treatment in England, with 797 patients waiting two years or more.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested £520 million to improve access to general practitioners (GP) during the pandemic. This is in addition to £1.5 billion in 2020 to create an additional 50 million GP appointments by 2024, which will improve access for patients with endometriosis.</p><p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ outlines how the NHS will reduce waiting times across all elective services. The plan commits to eradicate all waiting times of longer than a year for elective care by March 2025, except in the case of patient choice.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing more than £8 billion over the next three years, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already available, to increase elective activity. We are also increasing capacity for gynaecological surgery through the Getting It Right First Time ‘High Volume Low Complexity’ programme. In the West Midlands, recovery plans are in place which include demand and capacity modelling. Patients with symptoms of endometriosis will be prioritised based on clinical need. In Coventry and Warwickshire, the local NHS has committed to ensure that no patients will wait more than 104 weeks by the end of June 2022. The NHS-led Provider Collaborative has identified endometriosis as a priority area and recently established a group to develop further initiatives to reduce waiting times for endometriosis patients.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 270 272 question first answered 27/05/2022 09:45:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 488 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1461605

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Endometriosis: 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 estimate he has made of the number of endometriosis patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England waiting for elective treatment; what assessment he has made of average waiting times for such patients in those areas; and what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for endometriosis patients waiting for elective treatment.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of endometriosis patients and waiting times is not collected in the format requested. While the National Health Service collects data on patients awaiting treatment for gynaecological conditions, it does not separately record the specific condition such as endometriosis. There are currently 481,083 patients on gynaecology waiting lists in England, including for endometriosis. The average median waiting time for gynaecological treatment was 14 weeks.</p><p>In 2019/20 gynaecology waiting lists remained stable in England with an average of approximately 284,000 patients waiting for treatment each month. In 2020/21, the waiting list increased by more than 40% due to the impact of the pandemic, with a reduction in this growth of 25% in 2021/22. As of March 2022, 26,223 patients had waited one year or more for gynaecology treatment in England, with 797 patients waiting two years or more.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested £520 million to improve access to general practitioners (GP) during the pandemic. This is in addition to £1.5 billion in 2020 to create an additional 50 million GP appointments by 2024, which will improve access for patients with endometriosis.</p><p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ outlines how the NHS will reduce waiting times across all elective services. The plan commits to eradicate all waiting times of longer than a year for elective care by March 2025, except in the case of patient choice.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing more than £8 billion over the next three years, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already available, to increase elective activity. We are also increasing capacity for gynaecological surgery through the Getting It Right First Time ‘High Volume Low Complexity’ programme. In the West Midlands, recovery plans are in place which include demand and capacity modelling. Patients with symptoms of endometriosis will be prioritised based on clinical need. In Coventry and Warwickshire, the local NHS has committed to ensure that no patients will wait more than 104 weeks by the end of June 2022. The NHS-led Provider Collaborative has identified endometriosis as a priority area and recently established a group to develop further initiatives to reduce waiting times for endometriosis patients.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 270 271 question first answered 27/05/2022 09:45:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 489 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1458441

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Dentistry: Training
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 role (a) medical and (b) dental schools in the future expansion of the NHS dental workforce.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	155810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. We continue to monitor the number of dental and medical school places in England to ensure that the National Health Service has the dental and medical workforce that it needs.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/04/2022 15:49:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 65467 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1420431

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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	Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages
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 his Department has made of whether there is an HRT medical supplies shortage.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	119593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department is aware of supply issues affecting a very limited number of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products. However, most products, including alternatives to those experiencing supply issues. remain available. We continue to work with all suppliers of HRT medicines to maintain overall supply to patients and share regular updates with the National Health Service and the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/03/2022 13:51:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 50569 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1399146

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
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	Muscular Dystrophy: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to research into treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (a) in each of the last and (b) for the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	96836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). In the past five financial years, the NIHR has not awarded new programme funding for specific research projects relating to the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). However, the NIHR has supported delivery of 53 studies relating to treatment of DMD via its Clinical Research Network (CRN). The CRN enables high-quality health and care research in England by providing additional staff, facilities, equipment and support services so that research is not subsidised with funding that has been provided for health and care treatments and service.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR does not usually ring-fence funds for particular topics therefore funding for future years is not available. Awards are made in open competition on the basis of the importance of topics to patients, and heath and care services, value for money, and scientific quality judged through peer review.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 31/01/2022 17:56:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 42052 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1367426

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	Urology: Community Diagnostic Centres
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 report entitled Diagnostics: Recovery and Renewal: Report of the Independent Review of Diagnostic Services for NHS England, published on 27 November 2020, what progress his Department has made in moving the urological outpatient workload to community diagnostic hubs.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	72562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department has provided £325m to support the National Health Service to roll out 40 Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) across England this year. The centres will start providing services over the next 6 months, with the aim to be fully operational by March 2022. Some centres have already been set up as Early Adopters, providing services to their local community. A further £2.3bn to support the roll out of a further 60 CDCs by 2024/2025 was announced at the 2021 Spending Review.</p><p>CDCs will offer some urology diagnostics, including urine testing and urodynamics, but the level of urology services provided will be decided locally based on population need. This will determine how much of the outpatient urology workload can move into CDCs.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/11/2021 14:41:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 32515 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1366106

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
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: Coronavirus
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 student midwives have died as a result of covid-19 from March 2020 to November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	69667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The data is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/11/2021 15:53:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 31353 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1360383

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Research
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 ensure that adequate resources go to research into endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	57455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has funded or supported various studies into endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome. Since 2013, £8.4 million has been invested into endometriosis research and £3.9 million into polycystic ovary syndrome research. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome. While it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions, the NIHR’s funding is available through open competition and we encourage researchers to submit applications in these areas.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/10/2021 13:39:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 25693 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna