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1455112

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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	Blood Cancer
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 knowledge of blood cancer symptoms among GPs.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	148289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>General practitioners (GPs) are responsible for ensuring their clinical knowledge remains updated and identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional development. This should include taking account of new research and developments in guidance, such as guidance from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence, to ensure they can continue to provide high quality care to all patients.</p><p>Primary Care Networks are working with GP practices to implement the 2021/22 early cancer diagnosis service, to optimise suspected cancer referral practice, support earlier diagnosis of cancer and identify people before their cancer has progressed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 30/03/2022 13:19:37 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1455114

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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	Blood Cancer: Coronavirus
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 outcomes for blood cancer patients in the context of the covid-19 induced (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment backlogs.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	148291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>To support the recovery of elective services, we are allocating more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund made available to systems in 2021/22 to increase elective activity. We will address outcomes for patients, including those with blood cancer, through the delivery of nine million additional treatments and diagnostic procedures over the next three years and approximately 30% more elective activity by 2024/25 than pre-pandemic levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 30/03/2022 13:35:36 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1455115

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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	Blood Cancer
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 the needs of blood cancer patients are taken into account in the 10-Year Cancer Plan.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	148292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The current call for evidence will inform the development of the 10 Year Cancer Plan and ensure the needs of all cancer patients, including those with blood cancer, are considered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 30/03/2022 13:29:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1454310

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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	Care Homes: Visits
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 has taken to consult (a) care home residents and (b) the loved ones of care home residents on the removal of free lateral flow device testing for care home visitors from 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	147115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department regularly meets with stakeholders representing residents, their families, and providers of care and senior sector representatives to discuss issues in adult social care. We will keep the impact of testing policies on individuals receiving care, those who care for them and their loved ones under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 147116 question first answered 30/03/2022 09:30:48 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1454311

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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	Care Homes: Visits
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 his Department has had with organisations representing older people who draw on social care regarding the implications of removing free lateral flow device testing for care home visitors.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	147116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department regularly meets with stakeholders representing residents, their families, and providers of care and senior sector representatives to discuss issues in adult social care. We will keep the impact of testing policies on individuals receiving care, those who care for them and their loved ones under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 147115 question first answered 30/03/2022 09:30:48 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1454388

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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	Dementia: Research
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 he has committed to spend on dementia research this year; and what steps his Department is taking to increase spending on dementia research.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	147045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to invest £375 million in neurodegenerative disease research over the next five years to fund projects into a range of diseases, including dementia. The usual practice of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics. The NIHR and UK Research and Innovation rely on researchers submitting high-quality applications to access funding, therefore details of allocations in specific years are not currently available.</p><p>We will set out our ambitions for dementia research in the forthcoming dementia strategy. The strategy will set out our future plans for dementia in England and will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 30/03/2022 09:31:31 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1454404

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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	Tuberculosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the threat of tuberculosis to human health (1) in England, and (2) globally.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL7356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency reports tuberculosis (TB) cases on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis for people resident in England or are treated in England and are homeless or visiting from abroad. In England, the incidence of TB fell significantly since 2011. While cases increased in 2019, a further decrease in 2020 was impacted by the disruption to services and diagnoses caused by the pandemic. Currently, cases numbers are approximately 4,000 per year with the highest rates concentrated in large urban areas.</p><p>In 2020, the World Health Organization noted an increase in deaths from TB globally between 2019 and 2020, an 18% decline in the reported number of people newly diagnosed in 2019 and a decline in treatment coverage to 59% in 2020. This disruption was attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and a fall in global spending on TB.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 30/03/2022 15:11:05 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1454243

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
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	Coronavirus: Medical Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 patients are currently in hospital; whether those patients are being given antiviral treatments to aid their recovery; and if so, what is the average length of time it takes patients receiving such treatments to be cured.
tabling member printed	Baroness Rawlings
uin	HL7339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>As of 28 March 2022, the number of patients currently in hospital with COVID-19 is 17,685. A range of treatments are available to these patients, including antivirals. Eligible patients admitted to hospital for reasons not related to COVID-19 and subsequently test positive are able to access nirmatrelvir + ritonavir (Paxlovid), an oral antiviral treatment or remdesivir, an intravenous antiviral. For patients whose immune system means they are at higher risk of COVID-19, the antiviral treatments molnupiravir, nirmatrelvir + ritonavir and remdesivir are available in the community to reduce the risk of hospitalisation and death.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately 120,000 treatments have been provided in England, of which 53,000 were antivirals administered to hospitalised patients. The data requested on the average time for patients receiving antivirals to be cured is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 30/03/2022 11:00:09 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	3278 label Biography information for Baroness Rawlings

1454244

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
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	Coronavirus: Prescription Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 24 March (HL7023), why they are retaining stocks of COVID-19 antiviral treatments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Rawlings
uin	HL7340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has secured 4.98 million patient courses of oral antiviral treatments. As a result, there are supplies of oral antivirals molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir+ritonavir held in the United Kingdom with regular deliveries to ensure sufficient treatment for patients. These are available to eligible patients in the community at highest risk of developing severe disease through COVID Medicines Delivery Units in England and equivalent arrangements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In addition, nirmatrelvir + ritonavir is available to eligible patients who contract COVID-19 whilst in hospital.</p><p>We continue to monitor clinical trial results to understand which patient cohorts may benefit from oral antivirals, including the PANORAMIC national study. The results will inform our understanding of the performance of oral antivirals where the majority of the population is vaccinated and future decisions on patient access in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 30/03/2022 11:00:36 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	3278 label Biography information for Baroness Rawlings

1454253

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
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	Health Services and Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they will provide to local authorities to support them with the (1) financing, and (2) provision, of (a) adult social care services, (b) public health services, including access to specialist trauma counselling, and (c) other general public services.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL7349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Local Government Finance Settlement makes available an additional £3.7 billion to councils for 2022/23. This will enable councils to deliver key services, including adult social care and other general public services. The majority of this funding is un-ringfenced as local authorities are best placed to understand local priorities.</p><p>Public health services commissioned by local authorities in England are funded through the ring-fenced Public Health Grant. The 2021 Spending Review confirmed that the Public Health Grant will increase in each of the next three years. In 2022/23, each local authority will receive a 2.81% increase, with total funding reaching £3.417 billion. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities offers advice and support to authorities on the services that best meet the needs of their local populations. In addition, the Department funds the Local Government Association to provide peer support to local authorities through a sector-led improvement programme.</p><p>Access to specialist trauma counselling is available from the National Health Service from a range of providers according to clinical need.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 30/03/2022 15:11:45 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley