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1714137

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Clinics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on funding for sexual health clinics.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	23886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for commissioning comprehensive, open access sexual health services that meet the local demand, and these include online and face to face provision of advice and interventions. Individual local authorities decide on spending priorities based on an assessment of local need for sexual health services, as well as the blend of service access that best suits their population.</p><p>In 2024/25 we are allocating £3.6 billion to local authorities in England to fund public health services, including sexual health services, through the Public Health Grant. This will provide local authorities with an average 2.1% cash increase compared to 2023/24. No specific discussions on funding for sexual health clinics have been held with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/05/2024 16:44:19 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1714138

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Clinics
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 she has made of the number of sexual health clinics which offer cryotherapy treatment.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	23887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Dedicated local sexual health services play a key public health role in diagnosis, early treatment, and management of sexually transmitted infections, cryotherapy being one form of treatment for genital warts. Individual local authorities are responsible for commissioning decisions about the sexual health services, to best meet the needs of their local populations, including providing open-access sexual health testing and treatment services. The Department has not assessed the number of sexual health clinics which offer cryotherapy treatment.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/05/2024 16:40:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1693033

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Alcoholism and Drugs: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for the rollout of funding announced in the drug strategy housing support grant.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	16493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s 10-year drug strategy, 28 local authorities are receiving up to £53 million in this Spending Review period, from 2022/23 to 2024/25, to further strengthen evidence on what housing support interventions support recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Local authorities have been implementing their services since funding was announced in February 2023, with funding currently confirmed until March 2025. Further information on funding allocation is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-strategy-housing-support-funding-allocations-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-strategy-housing-support-funding-allocations-2022-to-2025</a></p><p> </p><p>Assessing which interventions have improved drug and alcohol treatment as well as housing outcomes for this population, is a key strand of the independent evaluation of drug strategy investment into treatment and recovery, which is due to completed by December 2025.</p><p>Further information about the evaluation can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-sitar.org%2Fevaluations%2Fhousing-support-grant-evaluation&amp;data=05%7C02%7Celizabeth.paterson%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C51558fbb1f9b4dbbec6908dc3c66a121%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638451658695346657%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rBKjQkbvGJy6XqmbUiFcfCIGM1Hdx16VvunbOEfcAew%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://d-sitar.org/evaluations/housing-support-grant-evaluation</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 16494 question first answered 06/03/2024 17:49:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1693034

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Drugs: Supported Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with local authorities on how the targeted housing support interventions announced in the drug strategy housing support grant will be assessed.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	16494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s 10-year drug strategy, 28 local authorities are receiving up to £53 million in this Spending Review period, from 2022/23 to 2024/25, to further strengthen evidence on what housing support interventions support recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Local authorities have been implementing their services since funding was announced in February 2023, with funding currently confirmed until March 2025. Further information on funding allocation is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-strategy-housing-support-funding-allocations-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-strategy-housing-support-funding-allocations-2022-to-2025</a></p><p> </p><p>Assessing which interventions have improved drug and alcohol treatment as well as housing outcomes for this population, is a key strand of the independent evaluation of drug strategy investment into treatment and recovery, which is due to completed by December 2025.</p><p>Further information about the evaluation can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-sitar.org%2Fevaluations%2Fhousing-support-grant-evaluation&amp;data=05%7C02%7Celizabeth.paterson%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C51558fbb1f9b4dbbec6908dc3c66a121%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638451658695346657%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rBKjQkbvGJy6XqmbUiFcfCIGM1Hdx16VvunbOEfcAew%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://d-sitar.org/evaluations/housing-support-grant-evaluation</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 16493 question first answered 06/03/2024 17:49:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1691703

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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	Eyesight: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of sight tests that were carried out by the NHS in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	15677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority has published data on the numbers of National Health Service sight tests undertaken between 2020/21 and 2022/23. This data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhsbsa.nhs.uk%2Fophthalmic-data%2Fgeneral-ophthalmic-services-gos-activity-data&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAamina.Alidina%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C21284fb25de04cc4d7c208dc377dea62%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638446261161926269%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nopn6VIgIIUm34Iz9RPe%2Bz0ETdyjc1m9CkT%2FB2jmOQk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ophthalmic-data/general-ophthalmic-services-gos-activity-data</a></p><p>We are aware there is an error in the data published for 2022/23, and this is in the process of being corrected. We expect revised data to be available shortly. NHS Digital has published data on the number of NHS sight tests undertaken before 2020. This data is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.nhs.uk%2Fdata-and-information%2Fpublications%2Fstatistical%2Fgeneral-ophthalmic-services-activity-statistics%2Fengland-year-ending-31-march-2020&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAamina.Alidina%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C21284fb25de04cc4d7c208dc377dea62%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638446261161937003%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tix9cg9PtRnE6giccSxOYIVvaZRVgnWbtgEhuWzdg8s%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-ophthalmic-services-activity-statistics/england-year-ending-31-march-2020</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/02/2024 16:38:10 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1691707

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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	Ophthalmic 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 estimate she has made of the number and proportion of patients that waited longer than (a) one, (b) three and (c) six months between an optometry test and diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	15678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>During 2022/23 there were 560,340 referrals from an optometrist to a first outpatient appointment with an ophthalmology consultant. It is not possible from the data captured to identify the point at which a diagnosis is made following a referral.</p><p>We recognise that there will be patients currently being referred into secondary care unnecessarily, this is why NHS England’s transformation programme is looking at how more patients can be assessed, triaged and managed in the community, freeing up capacity for those that need face to face specialist care in hospital eye services.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/02/2024 16:47:22 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1677415

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
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	General Practitioners: ICT
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 NHS's press release New plan to make it easier for patients to see their GP, published on 8 May 2023, what progress her Department has made on the allocation of £240 million of funding for the purchase of technology in general practice.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	6568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2023 answer text <p>This funding was announced as part of the Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care. For a practice on analogue telephony that implements Modern General Practice Access, it provides an average of £60,000 to support the move to digital telephony, enhanced digital tools, and transition support over the next two years. This will enable a more streamlined and integrated digital access pathway for patients, covering online consultation, messaging and appointment booking.</p><p>NHS England is aiding practices in transitioning from analogue to digital services, resulting in 83% of practices now using a digital telephony solution. Support provided by integrated care systems is helping practices buy and implement better digital tools now, and a new framework launching early next year will simplify the buying process and experience for practices and ensure continuous improvement of tools as their needs evolve.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/12/2023 14:11:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 8346 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1677418

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
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	NHS: Software
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 repeat prescriptions were ordered through the NHS app in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	6571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>There are currently over 33.6 million sign-ups on the NHS App, enabling users to access a range of services within the National Health Service, such as booking and managing general practice (GP) and hospital appointments, ordering repeat prescriptions and viewing their prospective GP health record.</p><p>We estimate that the NHS App share of electronic repeat prescriptions only is 10.5%, up from approximately 7% in December 2022. The following table shows the total number of repeat prescriptions ordered via the NHS App in each of the last 12 months:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Repeat Prescription Orders via NHS App</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2022</p></td><td><p>2.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2023</p></td><td><p>2.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>2.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>2.5 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>2.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2023</p></td><td><p>2.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2023</p></td><td><p>2.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2023</p></td><td><p>2.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2023</p></td><td><p>2.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2023</p></td><td><p>2.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2023</p></td><td><p>3.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2023</p></td><td><p>3.2 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/01/2024 09:01:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 8349 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1675612

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
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	Pharmacy: Prescriptions
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 pharmacists have trained to become independent prescribers in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	5346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of pharmacists with independent prescribing annotations on the General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) Register in England:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of independent prescribers (England)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of GPhC register (England)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2023</p></td><td><p>14,280</p></td><td><p>26.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>11,984</p></td><td><p>22.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2021</p></td><td><p>9,884</p></td><td><p>19.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/12/2023 16:16:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 6696 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1675613

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
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	Pharmacy: Training
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 pharmacist training places have been available in each of the last five years; and how many pharmacists have taken up these training places.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	5347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The number of training places for pharmacists in England is uncapped and determined each year by health education providers. The following table shows the number of trainees accepted and started on Masters of Pharmacy courses:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Students accepted (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service)</p></td><td><p>Starters in first year (Higher Education Statistics Agency)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>3,590</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>3,495</p></td><td><p>3,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>3,085</p></td><td><p>3,105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2,945</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2,875</p></td><td><p>3,105</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/12/2023 14:58:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 6695 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth