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1658373

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
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	Radiotherapy
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 devolve any aspect of radiotherapy commissioning to integrated care boards in (a) Crawley constituency and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	197767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>NHS England’s National Moderation Panel will determine how many integrated care boards (ICBs) will take on responsibility for specialised commissioning in October 2023. Following this moderation process, recommendations will be taken to the NHS England Board for final decisions in December 2023, before new arrangements go live from April 2024.</p><p>This process will consider the delegation of radiotherapy commissioning for ICBs across England including across the Crawley constituency.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/09/2023 13:49:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1643069

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
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	Cancer and Radiology
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 recent representations made to (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) NHS England on investment in the clinical (i) radiology and (ii) oncology workforce.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	188505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with other Cabinet colleagues and with NHS England to discuss issues relating to the National Health Service workforce.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/06/2023 14:00:35 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1549608

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Cancer: Radiotherapy
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 improve access to radiotherapy treatment for cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	105332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>Since 2016, approximately £162 million has been invested to replace or upgrade 100 radiotherapy machines, in addition to funding for National Health Service trusts to maintain existing infrastructure. In 2019/20, 11 radiotherapy networks were established in England to improve workforce resilience and increase access to specialist skills and knowledge.</p><p>In 2022/23, NHS England is undertaking a review of external beam radiotherapy capacity. This will support local systems to plan radiotherapy provision and allocate system capital allocations appropriately, based on an assessment of equipment age, capacity and demand, opportunities to improve access and service risk.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/12/2022 10:40:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1549609

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress NHS England has made on its demand capacity review into radiotherapy.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	105333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>NHS England will be completing the capacity and demand review of external beam radiotherapy capacity in 2022/23. This will support local systems to plan radiotherapy provision and allocate system capital allocations appropriately, based on an assessment of equipment age, capacity and demand, opportunities to improve access and service risk.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/12/2022 13:21:10 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1549610

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations his Department has had from the radiotherapy industry during the last 12 months; and how many meetings his Department has had with representatives from that industry in that time period .
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	105334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>A search of the Department’s records showed that there had been 34 correspondence cases from the radiotherapy industry, including from charities and parliamentary groups, received within the last 12 months. Ministers within the Department have met with representatives of Radiotherapy UK, along with members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Radiotherapy, on several occasions within the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/01/2023 16:05:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1316286

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
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	Motor Neurone Disease
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 support targeted research on motor neurone disease.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	3840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>We are currently working on ways to significantly boost further research on dementia and neurodegeneration. On 29 April, I hosted a roundtable event on boosting motor neurone disease research with the National Institute for Health Research Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre. The event brought together researchers, charities, people with motor neurone disease and funders. We will be working closely with these stakeholders over the coming months to consider ways forward for this vital area of research.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/05/2021 16:57:56 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1247383

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS staff working directly in the care and treatment of people who are immuno-compromised are being prioritised for covid-19 testing even when asymptomatic; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	109295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2020 answer text <p>Asymptomatic testing is currently mainly conducted for outbreak investigation and infection control - where prevalence is thought to be higher and/or where individuals are more at risk from COVID-19. This includes patients, National Health Service staff, care home staff and residents.</p><p>As capacity increases and new innovations come onstream, and as we gain new clinical and scientific evidence, we will continually review our approach to asymptomatic testing to ensure we are deploying it in the most effective way and expand our testing offer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/12/2020 16:05:21 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1242412

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Heart Diseases: Consultants
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 adequate future supply of cardiologists to work in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	102033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>As at June 2020, the number of doctors of all grades in the specialties of cardiology and paediatric cardiology in England was 3,600 full time equivalent. Of these, 1,589 were consultants. This is an increase of 1,168, of which 646 are consultants, since 2010. The specialty is popular, with a 96% to 100% fill rate for training posts every year.</p><p>We have increased the number of medical school places by 1,500 over the last three years and have more medical students in training than at any other time in National Health Service history. As part of this record expansion, we opened five new medical schools across the country. This will ensure a significant further increase in the supply of doctors, including a larger pipeline for cardiologists, in coming years.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/10/2020 08:21:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1231660

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	Asthma: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2020 to Question 60724, what steps his Department is taking to ensure at-home treatment of severe asthma patients is available and offered to all patients; and what assessment has been made of the clinical capacity released within respiratory units as a result of such home management.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	85018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Specialist respiratory services for severe asthma, along with urgent and emergency treatment for other serious complaints, have continued throughout the COVID-19 outbreak. In most cases people with severe asthma have been able to receive their medication at home instead of having to attend hospital through increasing home care support and via access to remote outpatient consultations for new patients.</p><p>Although clinical capacity was re-directed to support care of patients with COVID-19 and this need has reduced, trusts are also required to prepare for potential future waves of COVID-19 and this will affect the clinical capacity required particularly in respiratory units. Regions have oversight of the local plans developed by each trust.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 05/11/2020 12:20:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1231661

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	Asthma: Medical Treatments
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 22 June 2020 to Question 58769, what assessment he has made of the decline to the number of patients accessing biologics therapies for severe asthma in January to March 2020, and what he has to reverse that decline.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	85019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence COVID-19 rapid guideline on severe asthma provides guidance on starting or continuing on biological treatments, for people with severe asthma during the COVID-19 outbreak. The recommendations were written in collaboration with the NHS England Severe Asthma Collaborative. In writing the guidance, particular attention was paid to streamlining the process of moving patients onto biologic therapies to compensate for any possible barriers that may have occurred as a result of changes to the National Health Service, which were made as part of the necessary response to COVID-19.</p><p>Further work is being undertaken by the collaborative to share best practice on providing care to people with severe asthma to ensure on-going provision of high-quality care and to accelerate the initiation of biologics where required.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 19/10/2020 10:33:39 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith