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1677415

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
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	General Practitioners: ICT
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 NHS's press release New plan to make it easier for patients to see their GP, published on 8 May 2023, what progress her Department has made on the allocation of £240 million of funding for the purchase of technology in general practice.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	6568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2023 answer text <p>This funding was announced as part of the Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care. For a practice on analogue telephony that implements Modern General Practice Access, it provides an average of £60,000 to support the move to digital telephony, enhanced digital tools, and transition support over the next two years. This will enable a more streamlined and integrated digital access pathway for patients, covering online consultation, messaging and appointment booking.</p><p>NHS England is aiding practices in transitioning from analogue to digital services, resulting in 83% of practices now using a digital telephony solution. Support provided by integrated care systems is helping practices buy and implement better digital tools now, and a new framework launching early next year will simplify the buying process and experience for practices and ensure continuous improvement of tools as their needs evolve.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/12/2023 14:11:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 8346 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1677418

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
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: Software
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 and what proportion of repeat prescriptions were ordered through the NHS app in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	6571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>There are currently over 33.6 million sign-ups on the NHS App, enabling users to access a range of services within the National Health Service, such as booking and managing general practice (GP) and hospital appointments, ordering repeat prescriptions and viewing their prospective GP health record.</p><p>We estimate that the NHS App share of electronic repeat prescriptions only is 10.5%, up from approximately 7% in December 2022. The following table shows the total number of repeat prescriptions ordered via the NHS App in each of the last 12 months:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Repeat Prescription Orders via NHS App</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2022</p></td><td><p>2.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2023</p></td><td><p>2.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>2.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>2.5 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>2.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2023</p></td><td><p>2.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2023</p></td><td><p>2.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2023</p></td><td><p>2.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2023</p></td><td><p>2.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2023</p></td><td><p>2.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2023</p></td><td><p>3.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2023</p></td><td><p>3.2 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/01/2024 09:01:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 8349 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1675612

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
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	Pharmacy: Prescriptions
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 and what proportion of pharmacists have trained to become independent prescribers in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	5346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of pharmacists with independent prescribing annotations on the General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) Register in England:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of independent prescribers (England)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of GPhC register (England)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2023</p></td><td><p>14,280</p></td><td><p>26.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>11,984</p></td><td><p>22.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2021</p></td><td><p>9,884</p></td><td><p>19.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/12/2023 16:16:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 6696 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1675613

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
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	Pharmacy: Training
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 pharmacist training places have been available in each of the last five years; and how many pharmacists have taken up these training places.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	5347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The number of training places for pharmacists in England is uncapped and determined each year by health education providers. The following table shows the number of trainees accepted and started on Masters of Pharmacy courses:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Students accepted (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service)</p></td><td><p>Starters in first year (Higher Education Statistics Agency)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>3,590</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>3,495</p></td><td><p>3,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>3,085</p></td><td><p>3,105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2,945</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2,875</p></td><td><p>3,105</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/12/2023 14:58:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 6695 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1675614

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
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	Pharmacy
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 and what proportion of community pharmacists have worked in England for each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	5348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has a duty to maintain a register of all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians registered to practice in Great Britain. The register does not contain data on what pharmacy sector registrants are employed in and numbers by country are according to their registered home address. This does not necessarily mean that registrants are working in those countries or that they are in employment.</p><p>NHS England and formerly Health Education England conduct a community pharmacy workforce survey. The following table shows the number of pharmacists working in community pharmacy in England and its proportion of the GPhC register as of 31 October in each year reported:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of pharmacists working in community pharmacy</p></td><td><p>Proportion of GPhC register as of 31 October</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>27,711</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>27,406</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>23,284</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Data only exists for 2017, 2021 and 2022 as these were the only years of survey data collection.</li><li>The data provided is the headcount of pharmacists working in community pharmacy at the time of the survey and excludes trainees.</li><li>Proportion data is indicative as the survey data and GPhC register data are not directly comparable.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/12/2023 14:54:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 6694 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1675615

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
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	Pharmacy: Prescriptions
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 and what proportion of prescriptions were written by pharmacists in the financial year 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	5349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The National Health Service does not currently commission prescribing services from community pharmacists but pharmacists working in other NHS settings, including general practices, can prescribe on the NHS.</p><p>The following table shows the total number of items prescribed in England and the number of items prescribed by pharmacists in 2022:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total items prescribed in England</p></td><td><p>Items prescribed by pharmacists</p></td><td><p>Percentage of total items prescribed by pharmacists</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1,162,723,444</p></td><td><p>40,701,768</p></td><td><p>3.50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority</p><p>We are working on increasing the number of pharmacist prescribers and from 2026 all newly graduated pharmacists will have a prescribing qualification. This year NHS England will pilot how NHS prescribing could work in community pharmacy. Pharmacists in other setting including general practice and hospital already prescribe.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/01/2024 15:31:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 6693 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1670767

registered interest
date	17/11/2023
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	Paediatrics: 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 estimate she has made of the number of children awaiting a community paediatrics appointment in England as of 17 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	2406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>Data published by NHS England shows that as of September 2023, there were 78,181 children and young people on the waiting list for community paediatric services.</p><p>The data is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/community-health-services-waiting-lists/</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/12/2023 17:39:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 2749 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1670362

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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	General Practitioners: Medical Records
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 and what proportion of GP practices do not provide access to health records through the NHS app.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	2163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>Three out of four General Practices across the country now give patients access to their new health record information on the National Health Service app or online.</p><p>For the remainder, digital leads and commissioners in Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) will regularly meet with practices to address configuration issues and review plans to provide patient access. ICBs will offer performance management support where needed to increase confidence and complete preparations.</p><p>Public communications campaigns are in place across the national digital channels (including publishing progress in trade media and across professional networks) to drive GP demand for access.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/11/2023 13:41:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 2083 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1670391

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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	Health Visitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department holds data on the number of health visits carried out per local authority in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	2167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>Since 2015, when commissioning was moved to local authorities, the Department has annually published statistics on the number of mandatory visits delivering the Healthy Child Programme by health visitors. Health visitors also deliver non-mandated visits, but we do not routinely collect or publish these numbers. <br> <br> Published data at local authority level for each financial year since 2016/17 is available at the following link: <br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-and-maternal-health-statistics#health-visitor-service-delivery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-and-maternal-health-statistics#health-visitor-service-delivery</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/11/2023 13:26:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 2084 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth