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1539151

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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	Ophthalmic 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 steps he is taking with the devolved Administrations to improve eye health care across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	78736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The provision of eye care services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. In England, free eye tests and optical vouchers are provided to contribute towards the cost of glasses, with over 12 million National Health Service sight tests provided in 2021/22. NHS England has recently appointed a National Clinical Director for eye care to oversee the post pandemic recovery and long term transformation of optical services.</p><p>We are supporting research into diagnosis, prevention and treatment of eye conditions, including a £20 million award to the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s (NIHR) Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre for vision research. Through the NIHR, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland work on a range of topics and the devolved administrations co-fund several research programmes.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 07/11/2022 17:39:42 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1539268

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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 plans he has to improve access to NHS dental services in Darlington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	78833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Darlington.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 07/11/2022 18:02:24 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1538675

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Mental Health Services: 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 recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that there are an adequate number of mental health specialists within the NHS to meet the needs of patients.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	77644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan stated the aim of increasing the mental health workforce in England by an additional 27,000 professionals by 2023/24. NHS England and Health Education England are working with local integrated care systems to confirm plans for service models, supply, retention and recruitment until 2024.</p><p>NHS England continues to support local systems to develop tailored health and wellbeing offers to meet the needs of the local mental health workforce. This includes mental health hubs in each integrated care system and occupational health services which are being supported through the Growing Occupational Health and Wellbeing national programme.</p><p>The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/11/2022 11:07:08 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1538691

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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: Vaccination
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 compatibility of the description on the NHS website of covid-19 vaccines being safe with the guidance on product descriptions set out by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in The Blue Guide, Advertising and Promotion of Medicines in the UK, published in November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	77273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>All vaccines deployed in the United Kingdom are authorised for use once robust standards of effectiveness, safety and quality determined by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have been met.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 07/11/2022 16:15:46 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1538704

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Mental Health Services: 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 the average waiting time was for an appointment with an NHS mental health professional in each region in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	77531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally as there is no single waiting time standard across all mental health services and age groups. Data for services against which a waiting time standard has been set is published on a quarterly basis. Waiting times for access to psychological therapies, early intervention in psychosis and children and young people eating disorder services is available at the following link:</p><p>https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-mental-health-dashboard/.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2022, NHS England published the outcome of a consultation on the potential to introduce five new access and waiting time standards for mental health services. We are now working with NHS England on the next steps.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 77532 question first answered 07/11/2022 09:43:21 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1538705

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Eating Disorders: 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 the average waiting time was for an NHS appointment with an eating disorder specialist in each region in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	77532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally as there is no single waiting time standard across all mental health services and age groups. Data for services against which a waiting time standard has been set is published on a quarterly basis. Waiting times for access to psychological therapies, early intervention in psychosis and children and young people eating disorder services is available at the following link:</p><p>https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-mental-health-dashboard/.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2022, NHS England published the outcome of a consultation on the potential to introduce five new access and waiting time standards for mental health services. We are now working with NHS England on the next steps.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 77531 question first answered 07/11/2022 09:43:21 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1538777

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is a deadline by which the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is required to convert the Conditional Marketing Authorisation for the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for use in adults into a Full Marketing Authorisation; and whether there will be any implications for patients from a change in the status of the authorisation.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	77274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>In general, the Conditional Marketing Authorisation (CMA) is valid for one year, where the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency will evaluate whether the company has addressed the post-authorisation measures and CMA commitments. If this has been sufficiently addressed, the CMA can be converted to a full Marketing Authorisation (MA).</p><p>Where commitments need to be addressed, the CMA may be extended for further year before the conversion to a full MA can take place. It is not expected that there will be any major implications for patients from a change in the status of the Comirnaty vaccine’s authorisation.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 07/11/2022 09:35:27 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1538800

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Surgery: East Yorkshire
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 taking to help reduce waiting times for elective surgery in East Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	77307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including in East Yorkshire. We have allocated 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 already made available in 2021/2022 to increase elective activity. This funding aims to deliver the equivalent of approximately nine million additional checks and procedures and 30% further elective activity by 2024/25 than pre-pandemic levels. A proportion of this funding will be invested in workforce capacity and training and we have committed to invest £5.9 billion for new beds, equipment and technology.</p><p>The target to eliminate waiting times of two years or more for elective procedures was met in July 2022 and we aim to eliminate waiting time of eighteen months or more by April 2023. This will be achieved through increasing capacity, seeking alternate capacity in other trusts or the independent sector and engaging with patients to understand choices made regarding their care.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/11/2022 09:40:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1538862

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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 he will make it his policy to crease more dental schools in the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	77477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>There are no current plans to do so. The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention. The plan is due for completion by the end of 2022 and its conclusions will be available in due course.</p><p>Health Education England’s three-year Advancing Dental Care Review of education and training is being implemented through its Dental Education Reform Programme to improve recruitment and retention in the dental workforce.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 77478 question first answered 07/11/2022 17:50:51 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1538864

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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, whether he plans to expand existing dental schools in the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	77478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>There are no current plans to do so. The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention. The plan is due for completion by the end of 2022 and its conclusions will be available in due course.</p><p>Health Education England’s three-year Advancing Dental Care Review of education and training is being implemented through its Dental Education Reform Programme to improve recruitment and retention in the dental workforce.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 77477 question first answered 07/11/2022 17:50:51 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell