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1221451

registered interest
date	07/07/2020
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: Surgery
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 percutaneous coronary interventions have taken place in the NHS in month since April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	70513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>The data requested is provided in the following table. It should be noted that the data is provisional and subject to review.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Episodes</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="9"><p>2019</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>6,319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>6,876</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>6,361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>6,983</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>6,515</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>6,325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>6,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>6,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>6,355</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>2020</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>6,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>6,169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>5,762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>3,480</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures provided do not represent the number of different patients as a person may have more than one episode of care.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/07/2020 16:42:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1221452

registered interest
date	07/07/2020
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	Cataracts: 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, how many cataract procedures have taken place in the NHS in each month since April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	70514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>The data requested is provided in the following table. It should be noted that the data is provisional and subject to review.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Episodes</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="9"><p>2019</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>36,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>38,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>38,741</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>42,554</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>37,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>40,457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>43,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>43,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>34,948</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>2020</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>42,738</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>39,528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>26,658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures provided do not represent the number of different patients as a person may have more than one episode of care.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/07/2020 16:45:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1221454

registered interest
date	07/07/2020
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	Joint Replacements
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 hip and knee orthopaedic procedures have taken place in the NHS in each month since April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	70515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>The data requested is provided in the following table. It should be noted that the data is provisional and subject to review.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Episodes</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="9"><p>2019</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>39,287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>41,792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>40,369</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>42,183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>37,768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>40,248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>43,375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>41,465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>37,640</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>2020</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>39,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>38,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>31,105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>7,275</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures provided do not represent the number of different patients as a person may have more than one episode of care.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/07/2020 16:48:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1221459

registered interest
date	07/07/2020
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: Surgery
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 heart valve replacement procedures have taken place in the NHS each month since April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	70517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>A count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) where a heart valve replacement procedure has taken place and has an episode end date between April 2019 to April 2020 is attached. Data for 2019-20 are provisional and are a count of FCEs, not the number of patients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/07/2020 16:56:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ70517 table.xlsx title file
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1221561

registered interest
date	07/07/2020
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	Aortic Aneurysm: Surgery
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 abdominal aortic aneurysm endovascular repair procedures have taken place in the NHS each month since April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	70518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>Information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/07/2020 16:59:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1183761

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Coronavirus: Overseas Visitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to suspend NHS charges for secondary care for non-EEA visitors who require hospital treatment for covid-19 after their arrival in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	26943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Novel coronavirus COVID-19 has been added to Schedule 1 of the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations.</p><p>This means, as for any other infectious disease in Schedule 1, there can be no charge made to an overseas visitor for the diagnosis, or, if positive, treatment, of this coronavirus.</p><p>No charge applies to a diagnostic test even if the result is negative. Also, no charge can apply to any treatment provided up to the point that it is negatively diagnosed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/03/2020 14:40:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1183762

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Coronavirus: Overseas Visitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether non-EEA visitors to the UK who are required to undergo testing for covid-19 will receive that test free of charge.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	26944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Novel coronavirus COVID-19 has been added to Schedule 1 of the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations.</p><p>This means that, as for any other infectious disease in Schedule 1, there can be no charge made to an overseas visitor for the diagnosis or treatment, of this coronavirus.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/03/2020 14:41:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1182209

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of waiving the NHS surcharge for new staff coming from abroad to work in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	24443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the contribution that international professionals make to the United Kingdom and we remain committed to ensuring that this country still attracts highly skilled people to work here, including for the National Health Service. That is why we have set out plans to introduce a new NHS visa, which will offer an attractive package for NHS staff. The details of the NHS visa will be announced in due course by the Home Secretary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/03/2020 16:17:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1172020

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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: Pensions
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 increased employer pension contributions to local clinical commissioning groups.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	5429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>We intend in due course to devolve funding for the increased employer contribution rate in the NHS Pension Scheme although a date has not yet been set. For 2019/20, the Department, NHS England and NHS Improvement and the NHS Business Services Authority agreed a transitional arrangement to distribute the pensions revaluation funding following an increase to the employer contribution rate from 14.38% (inclusive of the 0.08% administration levy) to 20.68% from 1 April 2019.</p><p>The employer contribution cost arrangements for 2020/21 will be confirmed in the 2020/21 Operational Planning Guidance document which will be released towards the end of January 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/01/2020 12:10:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1168437

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the individual targets for (a) cancer treatment, (b) A&E waiting times, (c) eliminating infection, (d) elective waiting times and (e) any other NHS treatment targets.
tabling member constituency	South West Surrey
tabling member printed	Jeremy Hunt
uin	64
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>There are acute operational waiting time standards relating to cancer treatment, accident and emergency (A&amp;E) and elective care which the National Health Service reports against on a monthly basis. These are outlined in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cancer</p></td><td><p>Target</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two week wait from urgent general practitioner (GP) referral to see a specialist where cancer is suspected</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 day wait from diagnosis to first definitive treatment</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>62 day wait from urgent GP referral to first definitive treatment</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two week wait from referral to see a specialist for investigation of breast symptoms, even if cancer is not initially suspected</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>62 day wait from a national screening service to a first treatment for cancer</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 day wait from a decision to treat to a subsequent treatment for cancer (radiotherapy)</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 day wait from a decision to treat to a subsequent treatment for cancer (surgery)</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 day wait from a decision to treat to a subsequent treatment for cancer (anti-cancer drug regimen).</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A&amp;E</p></td><td><p>Target</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patients admitted, transferred or discharged within 4 hours of arrival in A&amp;E.</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elective care (referral-to-treatment)</p></td><td><p>Target</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patients with incomplete pathways waiting 18 weeks or less to start consultant-led treatment.</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition to the acute operational standards mentioned, there are also mental health waiting times targets which are published on either a monthly or a quarterly basis:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Measure</p></td><td><p>Target</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)</p></td><td><p>75% of people referred to IAPT services should start treatment within 6 weeks of referral and 95% should start treatment within 18 weeks of referral</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eating disorder services for children and young people</p></td><td><p>By 2020/21, 95% of children with an eating disorder will receive treatment within one week for urgent cases and within four weeks for routine cases</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Early intervention in psychosis</p></td><td><p>By 2020/21, at least 60% of people experiencing a first episode of psychosis commence a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)-recommended package of care within two weeks of referral</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom’s five-year national action plan for antimicrobial resistance includes a strengthened focus on infection prevention and control and sets an ambition to halve levels of healthcare associated Gram-negative blood stream infections by 2023-2024. The draft NHS Standard Contract for 2020/21 includes a proposal for annual targets for trust and clinical commissioning group-level reductions in <em>E. coli</em>, Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella and Pseudomonas bloodstream infections. The draft contract is out for consultation until 31 January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Standard Contract will continue to include targets for both methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile (CDI). The zero-tolerance approach for MRSA bacteraemia will continue, and all acute providers submit monthly data on all positive MRSA bacteraemia specimens. CDI thresholds are published annually by NHS England and NHS Improvement and all acute providers must report positive CDI specimens.</p><p>National targets for vaccine preventable disease/immunisation are 95% national coverage for key vaccines, and 50% coverage for the childhood flu vaccine. The UK has also committed to meeting the World Health Organization elimination targets for hepatitis C, hepatitis B and Tuberculosis (TB) ahead of 2030, and is committed to eradicating HIV transmission in England by 2030 (Public Health England’s infectious disease strategy).</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/01/2020 12:20:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt