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1362948

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date	25/10/2021
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	Coronavirus: 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, if he will publish details of the demands made on NHS primary care treatment for people diagnosed with covid-19 in respect of (a) hospital admissions, (b) average hospital stay as in-patients and (c) cost of treatment since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	62761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>NHS Digital hold data on hospital admissions and mean length of hospital stay for those with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, for the period March 2020 to August 2021. The data is shown in the attached table.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are the official source of statistics on COVID-19 related hospital activity. They publish a weekly dataset of COVID-19 hospital admissions and bed occupancy. The data contains information on total reported COVID-19 admissions to hospital and number of beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, split by region of England. This dataset is available at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-hospital-activity/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-hospital-activity/</a></p><p>The Department is not able to provide individual costs or estimates for a specific illness due to the number of factors involved, including the variety of clinical work associated with COVID-19 and other factors such as Long COVID.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/11/2021 14:40:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 20211104 PQ62761 attachment (1).xlsx title Table previous answer version 28688 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1362975

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Fampridine
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 he has had with NICE on access to Fampridine by people with multiple scleroris.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	62639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on whether medicines represent a clinical and cost-effective use of resources.</p><p>NICE was unable to recommend fampridine in its clinical guideline on managing multiple sclerosis (MS) which was originally published in 2014. However, NICE is now updating this guideline, which will include reviewing the recommendation on fampridine. NICE expects to publish its draft guidance on the management of MS for consultation in December this year, with final guidance expected on 1 June 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/11/2021 10:48:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 28692 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1362994

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Hospitals: Construction
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 he plans to make available to the eight pathfinder trusts in the New Hospital Programme to deliver new facilities; and what recent assessment he has made of adequacy of that planned funding.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	62856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Individual allocations for trusts will be determined once the respective final business cases have been reviewed and agreed. The timing and amount of funding allocations for each scheme are dependent on trusts’ specific requirements. In total, pathfinder schemes have received public dividend capital of £94 million prior to the current financial year for fees and enabling works. In addition, <del class="ministerial">West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has</del> <ins class="ministerial">pathfinder trusts have</ins> £117 million in confirmed allocations for 2021-22 and future years. Further requests for funding are currently being considered and will be subject to the appropriate governance process to ensure maximum value for taxpayers’ money.</p><p>The pathfinder schemes are currently anticipated to start construction between 2023-24 and complete in the period 2026-28.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/11/2021 14:24:35 question first ministerially corrected 01/12/2021 16:38:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 29120 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1362995

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Hospitals: Construction
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 to publish a timeline for releasing funds for the detailed design and enabling works required from West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust and the other seven pathfinder trusts to help those trusts meet the New Hospital Programme’s timescale.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	62857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Individual allocations for trusts will be determined once the respective final business cases have been reviewed and agreed. The timing and amount of funding allocations for each scheme are dependent on trusts’ specific requirements. In total, pathfinder schemes have received public dividend capital of £94 million prior to the current financial year for fees and enabling works. In addition, <del class="ministerial">West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has</del> <ins class="ministerial">pathfinder trusts have</ins> £117 million in confirmed allocations for 2021-22 and future years. Further requests for funding are currently being considered and will be subject to the appropriate governance process to ensure maximum value for taxpayers’ money.</p><p>The pathfinder schemes are currently anticipated to start construction between 2023-24 and complete in the period 2026-28.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/11/2021 14:24:35 question first ministerially corrected 29/11/2021 13:12:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 29121 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1362996

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy for the pathfinder trusts to start construction in 2023 and be ready to open by 2027 at the latest as part of the New Hospital Programme.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	62858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Individual allocations for trusts will be determined once the respective final business cases have been reviewed and agreed. The timing and amount of funding allocations for each scheme are dependent on trusts’ specific requirements. In total, pathfinder schemes have received public dividend capital of £94 million prior to the current financial year for fees and enabling works. In addition, <del class="ministerial">West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has</del> <ins class="ministerial">pathfinder trusts have </ins>£117 million in confirmed allocations for 2021-22 and future years. Further requests for funding are currently being considered and will be subject to the appropriate governance process to ensure maximum value for taxpayers’ money.</p><p>The pathfinder schemes are currently anticipated to start construction between 2023-24 and complete in the period 2026-28.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/11/2021 14:24:35 question first ministerially corrected 01/12/2021 16:38:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 29122 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1362998

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Arthritis: 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, if he will take steps with NHS England to ensure that hip and knee surgery for people with arthritis is a protected part of the forthcoming delivery plan for tackling the elective backlog.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	62764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>As announced in September, an additional £1 billion has been provided this year as part of the Elective Recovery Fund, which can be accessed by local trusts if they meet the eligibility criteria to tackle the backlog. A further £8 billion was announced to transform elective services and increase activity across the following three years. The Department has also committed to £5.9 billion of capital funding to further support National Health Service in reducing the backlog of people waiting for procedures, tests and scans, including £1.5 billion for increased bed capacity, equipment and new surgical hubs.</p><p>The NHS is improving the efficiency of joint replacement surgery, using lessons learned from the high-volume low acuity approach piloted in London and developed by the Getting It Right First Time programme to streamline processes and utilise surgical hubs. NHS England and NHS Improvement continue to work with Versus Arthritis and are evaluating patient support and developing regional and system strategies focused on those waiting for elective surgery and their health and wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 62765 question first answered 01/11/2021 14:33:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1362999

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Joint Replacements: 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, if he will take steps to (a) ensure that local areas tackle the waiting times backlog in joint replacement surgery and (b) implement the recommendations of the Joint Replacement Support Package published by Versus Arthritis.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	62765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>As announced in September, an additional £1 billion has been provided this year as part of the Elective Recovery Fund, which can be accessed by local trusts if they meet the eligibility criteria to tackle the backlog. A further £8 billion was announced to transform elective services and increase activity across the following three years. The Department has also committed to £5.9 billion of capital funding to further support National Health Service in reducing the backlog of people waiting for procedures, tests and scans, including £1.5 billion for increased bed capacity, equipment and new surgical hubs.</p><p>The NHS is improving the efficiency of joint replacement surgery, using lessons learned from the high-volume low acuity approach piloted in London and developed by the Getting It Right First Time programme to streamline processes and utilise surgical hubs. NHS England and NHS Improvement continue to work with Versus Arthritis and are evaluating patient support and developing regional and system strategies focused on those waiting for elective surgery and their health and wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 62764 question first answered 01/11/2021 14:33:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1363001

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Arthritis: 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, what assessment he has made of the risk to people with arthritis, waiting for joint replacement surgery, of (a) difficult pain management, (b) reduced mobility, (c) risk of other health complications, including depression and obesity as a result of a lack of mobility and (d) having more complications after surgery in the event that deterioration is experienced while waiting for surgery.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	62766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made. However, the ‘2021/22 priorities and operational planning guidance: October 2021 – March 2022’ asks trusts to engage fully in the national clinical validation and prioritisation programme to ensure continued improvement in waiting list data with regular clinical validation and prioritisation, including for patients with arthritis.</p><p>Work is underway to evaluate patient support and to develop regional and system strategies focused on those who are waiting for elective surgery, including patients waiting for joint replacement surgery.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/11/2021 14:27:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1363002

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Joint Replacements: 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 steps he will take to (a) monitor and (b) report on the progress of work to reduce waiting times for joint replacement surgery at a (i) national and (ii) local level.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	62767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Waiting time data for joint replacement surgery is published in the trauma and orthopaedic dataset in referral to treatment data, with progress regularly monitored. The data is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/11/2021 14:35:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1363062

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	NHS: Pay
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 reports that the increase in employee national insurance contributions will cost health and social care workers an additional £900 million annually from April 2022, what estimate he has made of the overall increase to salary costs in the NHS, attributable to increased employer contributions as a result of that rise.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	62870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government has compensated Departments and other public sector employers in England for the increased cost of the levy, including NHS England and NHS Improvement and provided Barnett consequentials on this funding to the devolved administrations. The autumn Budget set out that the cost of this across public sector employers is approximately £1.7 billion to £1.8 billion a year overall. The amount the National Health Service will be compensated by will be proportional to the NHS paybill and NHS England and NHS Improvement will prepare and communicate its allocations to individual organisations and services in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/11/2021 13:12:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper