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1507559

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date	22/09/2022
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	Dental Services: Darlington
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 her Department is taking to increase NHS dental treatment capacity in Darlington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	54645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England have negotiated with the British Dental Association on a range of improvements to the National Health Service dental system in England, including Darlington, which were announced on 19 July 2022 and align with ‘Our plan for patients’.</p><p>These improvements are supported by the sector and will improve access and targeting of care for patients with higher oral health needs. It will also ensure that dentists are fairly rewarded for the care delivered, making NHS dentistry a more attractive place to work for dentists and their teams.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/10/2022 11:44:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1507560

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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	Dental 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 her Department will take steps to help ensure that dental practices regularly update the NHS website with their availability to take new NHS patients.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	54646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>In July 2022, we announced measures to improve the National Health Service dental system, which are currently being implemented. This included a requirement for dentists to update practice information on NHS.UK displaying whether new patients are accepted for treatment.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/10/2022 11:45:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1507561

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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	Dental 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 assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of allowing dental therapists to carry out routine dental care on increasing the overall level of NHS dental capacity.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	54647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The improvements to the National Health Service dental system announced in July 2022 and ‘Our plan for patients’ published in September aim to increase access, target care for patients with higher oral health needs and ensure NHS dentists are fairly rewarded, making NHS dentistry a more attractive place to work.</p><p>NHS England is supporting contract holders to make better use of all staff in dental teams, including therapists, to deliver treatment. This will allow a broader range of dental professionals to contribute to NHS contracts and support professions, such as therapists, to utilise the full scope of practice in the NHS, as in private practice. Contractors will have a greater range of staffing options to meet NHS contracts, while improving the morale of the therapist workforce through development and use of specialist knowledge.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/10/2022 11:46:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1507628

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plan her Department has to improve the level of awareness among primary care professionals of (a) sarcoma and (b) other childhood cancers.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	54553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>General practitioners (GPs) are responsible for maintaining their clinical knowledge and identifying learning needs through continuing professional development. This should include take account of new research and developments, such as guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Care.</p><p>All United Kingdom registered doctors are expected to meet the professional standards set out in the General Medical Council’s (GMC) Good Medical Practice. In 2012 the GMC introduced revalidation which supports doctors in regularly reflecting on how they can develop or improve their practice and promotes improved quality of care through improvements in clinical governance.</p><p>The training curricula for postgraduate trainee doctors is determined by the relevant medical Royal College and must meet the standards set by the General Medical Council. Whilst curricula do not necessarily highlight specific conditions, it emphasises the skills and approaches a doctor must develop in order to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/10/2022 10:40:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1507629

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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: Children
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 her Department is taking to increase public awareness of (a) sarcoma and (b) other childhood cancers.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	54554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>On 1 March 2022, a phase of the ‘Help us help you’ campaign was launched to address some of the barriers which prevent people seeking advice on the potential symptoms of all cancers. NHS England is developing plans for future phases of the campaign to raise awareness of cancer symptoms during 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/10/2022 10:43:00 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1507631

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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: Children
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 her Department is taking to help improve survival outcomes for children with sarcoma.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	54555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>Operational Delivery Networks (ODNs) are responsible for improving integration between children’s cancer services and improving the experience of care. The National Health Service is increasing participation in clinical trials, which is currently approximately two thirds of patients and tumour banking rates. It is improving the transition between children’s and teenager and young adult services, in particular ensuring that there is no age gap between different services and embedding genomic medicine within children’s cancer services.</p><p>In addition, sarcoma has been highlighted within the new specification as requiring a particular focus, relating to the development of clear access and referral arrangements and the agreement of treatment protocols in each ODN.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/10/2022 10:50:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1507700

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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: 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, when her Department will publish the 10 year cancer plan.
tabling member constituency	Hastings and Rye
tabling member printed	Sally-Ann Hart
uin	54692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>On 7 September, the Government confirmed our commitment to publishing a 10 year cancer plan. The plan will be in line with other Government strategies and is being developed following the call for evidence held earlier this year, which received 5,000 responses. Further details will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/10/2022 16:11:16 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4842 label Biography information for Sally-Ann Hart

1507760

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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	General Practitioners: Staff
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 her Department is taking to ensure GP practices have the resources they need to recruit and retain the staff required to offer appointments to all patients within two weeks.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	54655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>We are working with NHS England and Health Education England to increase the general practice workforce in England. This includes measures to increase recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession and encourage them to return to practice. The updated GP Contract Framework in 2020 announced new retention schemes with continued support for existing schemes for the general practice workforce. In addition, we have increased the number of general practitioner training places to 4,000 per year.</p><p> </p><p>We made £520 million available to improve access and expand general practice capacity during the pandemic. This was in addition to at least £1.5 billion announced in 2020 to create an additional 50 million general practice appointments by 2024 by increasing and diversifying the workforce.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/10/2022 11:48:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1507764

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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	General Practitioners: Working Hours
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 publication General Practice Workforce, published by NHS Digital on 31 August 2022, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of 23 per cent. of GPs working more than 37.5hrs per week compared to 32 per cent. five years ago; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the funding model for GP practices so that funding is allocated per patient contact.
tabling member constituency	Bexhill and Battle
tabling member printed	Huw Merriman
uin	54556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2022 answer text <p>Between June 2017 and June 2022, the number of full-time equivalent doctors in general practice grew by 1,340. There are no current plans to assess or amend the funding model for general practitioner practices.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/10/2022 08:11:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman

1507789

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Plan for Patients will include plans for (a) Centres for Dental Development and (b) the commissioning of new dental schools.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	54593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>‘Our plan for patients’ aligns with the NHS Long Term Plan and the forthcoming workforce plan and includes the current work on improving the National Health Service dental system. Centres for Dental Development and dental schools are included in Health Education England’s ‘Advancing Dental Care’ report. ‘Our plan for patients’ does not include decisions regarding Centres for Dental Development or the commissioning of new dental schools nationally. Discussions regarding Centres for Dental Development are encouraged locally with integrated care boards.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/10/2022 11:11:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell