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1458172

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	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 his Department is taking to maximise NHS capacity.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	906523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department continues to focus on recovery of services, as we have throughout the pandemic. The NHS and the Department have sought to maximise availability of capacity by all practical means, including virtual wards, the use of independent sector capacity, a focus on maximising safe discharge, coupled with investment in up to 160 community diagnostic centres, innovation in surgical hubs, and through growing our NHS workforce.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 15:37:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1458173

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	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 his Department is taking to maximise NHS capacity.
tabling member constituency	Rushcliffe
tabling member printed	Ruth Edwards
uin	906524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department continues to focus on recovery of services, as we have throughout the pandemic. The NHS and the Department have sought to maximise availability of capacity by all practical means, including virtual wards, the use of independent sector capacity, a focus on maximising safe discharge, coupled with investment in up to 160 community diagnostic centres, innovation in surgical hubs, and through growing our NHS workforce.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 15:37:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4808 label Biography information for Ruth Edwards

1458179

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	Ambulance Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to help ensure that ambulance services meet their response time targets.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	906531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the ambulance service to manage the pressures it is facing.</p><p>Investments in the ambulance workforce have increased the number of NHS ambulance and support staff by 38% since July 2010, and boosted 999 call handler numbers to over 2,400 at the end of March, 500 more than in September.</p><p>Ambulance trusts receive continuous central monitoring and support through NHS England’s National Ambulance Coordination Centre and there is targeted, intensive support to the most challenged hospitals to improve patient handovers, helping ambulances get swiftly back on the road.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 15:43:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1456255

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Royal Shrewsbury Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance
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 the updated proposal for the Hospitals Transformation Programme for the modernisation of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital will be submitted for national consideration.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	151032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are currently working with the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust to ensure that the Strategic Outline Case (SOC) meets the relevant criteria. A provisional timetable has been agreed and a revised SOC is expected to be submitted for national review in late April, subject to regional review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 10:38:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1456256

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Maternity Services: Shropshire
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 potential effect of the Hospitals Transformation Programme on standards of maternity services in Shropshire.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	151033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Hospitals Transformation Programme plans to locate a consultant inpatient maternity unit at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with the specialist medical, critical care and surgical services which support emergency departments. These services include adult medicine, cardiology, respiratory medicine, critical care, abdominal surgery, urological surgery and vascular surgery. This aims to enhance timely multidisciplinary team working and support improved outcomes for mothers and babies.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 12:26:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1456464

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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: Qualifications
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 the continued mutual recognition of professional dental qualifications from the European Economic Area.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	151266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 22 March 2022 to Questions <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-14/139498" target="_blank">139498</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-14/139499" target="_blank">139499</a>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 151267 question first answered 19/04/2022 12:15:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1456465

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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: Qualifications
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 of the potential merits of recognising Commonwealth dental school qualifications to increase the number of dentists practising in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	151267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 22 March 2022 to Questions <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-14/139498" target="_blank">139498</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-14/139499" target="_blank">139499</a>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 151266 question first answered 19/04/2022 12:15:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1456471

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the correspondence of 4 November 2021 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL27517.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Robert Largan
uin	151334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>We replied to the hon. Member on 24 November 2021.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 10:35:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4852 label Biography information for Robert Largan

1456472

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	NHS: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March to Question 146546, whether the NHS has met its most recent efficiency target; and what steps he plans to take in the event that the new efficiency target is not achieved.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	150979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan states that the National Health Service will achieve productivity growth of at least 1.1% per year. The Office for National Statistics’ most recent assessment of productivity performance indicates that in 2019/20, public service healthcare productivity decreased by 1.9%. This period includes March 2020 and the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Productivity fell during the pandemic as elective activity reduced to protect the capacity to care for COVID-19 patients. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced that the NHS efficiency commitment will double to 2.2% in 2022/23. To achieve additional efficiencies, we will work with the NHS to share and embed best practice and identify new opportunities for efficiency gains, including investment in technology to improve the patient experience. Health and social care spending will also continue to be scrutinised by the National Audit Office, the Health and Social Care Select Committee and Public Accounts Committee to ensure value for money. If efficiency trajectories show that the NHS is not on course to meet the target, the Department will work with the NHS to identify and agree actions to support delivery.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 10:31:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1456509

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Integrated Care Systems
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 has he made of ensuring that Directors of Public Health have a central role in integrated care Board and integrated care providers.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	151202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Care Bill includes a requirement on integrated care boards (ICBs) to consider the skills, knowledge and experience its members need to discharge its functions and where there are gaps, consider what mitigations can be made. We expect this to include public health. ICBs will also have a duty to obtain appropriate advice to enable them to discharge their functions effectively. Persons who have a broad range of professional expertise in the protection or improvement of public health are specifically mentioned in this duty.</p><p>The Health and Care Bill does not make requirements for integrated care providers. However, we expect public health experts to play a significant role in the new integrated care partnerships. Local authority Directors of Public Health and their teams can have an influential role in supporting, informing and guiding approaches to population health improvement and plans to identify and address health disparities.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 12:12:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell