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1660154

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
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	Podiatry: 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, what assessment his Department have made of the adequacy of resources for podiatric care in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. Integrated care boards are responsible for ensuring that the services they commission meet the needs of their local population with the resources they are allocated, including in respect of podiatry services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/09/2023 09:22:20 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1660207

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
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	Cancer: Diagnosis
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 Question 353 of the oral evidence on Cancer services given by the Minister of State for Patient Safety and Primary Care to the Health and Social Care Committee on 20 January 2022, HC 551, what progress he has made on the development of national cancer hotlines to improve the rapid diagnosis of cancer.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	199157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Self-referral models, including cancer hotlines, are currently being considered. The Cancer Programme at NHS England has funded several local pilots to understand the feasibility and impact of self-referral mechanisms in cancer pathways. These small-scale, local pilots are at different stages of development. NHS England are in the process of gathering and analysing the data from local systems to assess the effectiveness of these interventions.</p><p>The NHS Cancer Programme continues to scope opportunities to streamline cancer pathways to support earlier and faster diagnosis of cancer, including piloting direct referral routes from community pharmacies, increasing general practice direct access to diagnostic tests and expanding the roll-out of Community Diagnostic Centres.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/09/2023 09:20:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1659496

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Semaglutide
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 bring forward proposals to ban the off-label prescribing of Ozempic.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	198650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>We have issued guidance to prescribers and pharmacists that medicines which are solely licensed to treat type 2 diabetes, such as Ozempic, should not be routinely prescribed for weight loss. The guidance is clear that these medicines should only be prescribed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, in order to protect supply for diabetes patients.</p><p>Decisions about what medicines to prescribe are made by the doctor or healthcare professional responsible for that part of the patient’s care and prescribers are accountable for their prescribing decisions, both professionally and to their service commissioners. All prescribers, whether employed privately or by the National Health Service, are also expected by their professional regulators and the Government to take account of appropriate national guidance. This includes Medicines Supply Notifications and National Patient Safety Alerts.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/09/2023 09:18:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1659512

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	NHS: Labour Turnover
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 staff retention in the National Health Service.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	198666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>The NHS People Plan and the People Promise set out a comprehensive range of actions to improve staff retention. They provide a strong focus on creating a more modern, compassionate and inclusive National Health Service culture by strengthening health and wellbeing, equality and diversity, culture and leadership and flexible working.</p><p>NHS priorities and operational planning guidance 2023/24 has asked systems to refresh their 2022/23 whole system workforce plans to improve staff retention through a systematic focus on all elements of the NHS People Promise.<strong> </strong> Staff wellbeing should be strategically aligned with elective recovery plans, including workforce demand and capacity planning.<strong> </strong> In addition, the NHS Retention Programme is continuously seeking to understand why staff leave, resulting in targeted interventions to support staff to stay whilst keeping them well.</p><p>The Long Term Workforce Plan builds on the People Plan and sets out how to improve culture and leadership to ensure that up to 130,000 fewer staff leave the NHS over the next 15 years. This includes: implementing actions from the NHS People Plan that have been shown to be successful; implementing plans to improve flexible opportunities for prospective retirees and delivering the actions needed to modernise the NHS pension scheme; and committing to ongoing national funding for continuing professional development for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, so NHS staff are supported to meet their full potential.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/09/2023 11:11:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1659519

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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: Medical Equipment
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 that radiotherapy LINAC machines used in NHS Trusts are replaced once they go beyond their recommended 10-year lifespan; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of rolling replacement funding.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	198673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2022, the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines has sat with local systems. This is supported by the 2021 Spending Review, which set aside £12 billion in operational capital for the National Health Service from 2022 to 2025.</p><p>Recent capital planning guidance sets out the expectation that the majority of radiotherapy equipment, particularly linear accelerator machines, will need to be replaced at 10 years of age, to make progress on NHS Long Term Plan priorities. The guidance states that integrated care systems need to develop replacement plans as part of their multi-year capital plans, in partnership with specialised commissioners, Cancer Alliances and Radiotherapy Operational Delivery Networks, based on an assessment of equipment age, capacity and demand, opportunities to improve access and service risk.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/09/2023 09:29:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1659520

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	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, what changes his Department plans to make to the (a) reporting of and (b) data collected by NHS England on cancer waiting times after 1 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	198674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department has taken steps to work with NHS England to modernise and simplify National Health Service cancer waiting time targets. The new standards are more in line with the requirements of modern cancer care, with a greater focus on outcomes and incentivising the completion of the pathway, in the best interests of patients.</p><p>From 1 October 2023, the NHS will move from the 10 different standards currently in place to three:</p><p>- Faster Diagnosis Standard: a diagnosis or ruling out of cancer within 28 days of referral (set at 75%, rising to 80% by 2026);</p><p>- 31-day treatment standard: commence treatment within 31 days of a decision to treat for all cancer patients (set at 96%); and</p><p>- 62-day treatment standard: commence treatment within 62 days of being referred or consultant upgrade (set at 85%).</p><p>There will be minimal changes to reporting of data by trusts. In addition, Cancer Waiting Time statistics will continue to be published monthly by NHS England, who will take this opportunity to improve the granularity of the statistics by cancer type.</p><p>NHS England will continue to collect and publish some data on the other process-based standards, such as first and subsequent radiotherapy or chemotherapy treatments. This data will remain important in terms of being able to analyse and understand reasons for any changes in overall performance.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/09/2023 09:27:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1659559

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Data Protection
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 Schedule 12 of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill, whether he already has the statutory authority to (a) issue written notices to relevant IT providers requesting their compliance with information standards of the type described in Section 251ZB and (b) publish a statement of censure to relevant IT providers regarding their non-compliance with those standards of the type described in Section 251ZC.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	198677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>At present public providers of health or adult social care in England must have regard to information standards. Changes made by the Health and Care Act 2022, once commenced, will make information standards binding and extend them so that they apply to private health and adult social care providers that are required to be registered with the Care Quality Commission.</p><p>The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill is intended to make those involved in supplying IT systems used for processing health and adult social care information accountable for meeting mandatory information standards used in connection with the provision of health and adult social care in England. The Bill is intended to give the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care powers to enable them to issue relevant IT providers who are suspected of not complying with an information standard with a notice asking for compliance. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care will also be able to publish a statement about non-compliance by way of public censure.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/09/2023 15:53:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1659579

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Breast Cancer: Screening
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 breast cancer rescreening units use an open invitation model as of 1 September 2023; what the average uptake is of breast cancer screening in areas where (a) an open invite and (b) timed appointment model is used; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	198696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>The decision to have timed or open appointments in the National Health Service breast screening programme is the responsibility of providers with agreement from commissioners.</p><p>Information on the average uptake of breast screening categorised by areas that use open and timed appointments is not held centrally by NHS England.</p><p>NHS England has commissioned a series of national evaluative projects as part of the Uptake Improvement Plan, including on the impact on screening uptake using different invitation methodologies.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/09/2023 11:26:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1659608

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Dementia: Solihull
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 is taking to support the (a) continuous training and (b) upskilling of healthcare professionals dealing with dementia in Solihull constituency.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	198748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>Individual employers are responsible for ensuring their staff are trained and competent to carry out their role, and for investing in the future of their staff through providing continuing professional development (CPD) funding.</p><p>To supplement local employer investment for CPD, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out NHS England’s commitment to continue national CPD funding for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. The operation of this scheme will be kept under review, to ensure subsequent funding is in line with workforce growth and inflation, well targeted and achieving the desired outcomes.</p><p>There are a variety of resources available on the NHS England E-learning for Health platform, including a programme on dementia care designed to enhance the training and education of the health and social care workforce.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/09/2023 15:13:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1659695

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Staff: Disciplinary Proceedings
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 NHS staff have been disciplined for sexual harassment of (a) NHS staff and (b) patients in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	198839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally but collected at a local level.</p><p>National Health Service organisations are required to have a policy that deals with sexual misconduct.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2022, NHS England established a Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Programme to build on safeguarding processes for protecting patients, improve victim support and focus on early intervention and prevention.</p><p> </p><p>On 4 September 2023, NHS England launched the health service’s first sexual safety charter. As part of this charter, every NHS trust and local health system in England will have a domestic abuse and sexual violence lead to support patients and staff to report incidents and access support.</p><p>The next NHS Staff Survey is due to be launched in October 2023 and will include a new question on unwanted behaviour of a sexual nature in the workplace. This will enable organisations to understand the potential prevalence of sexual misconduct within their organisations and inform further actions.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/09/2023 10:10:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi