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1719405

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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: Southport
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 mental health services in Southport constituency.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	27143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>Between 2018/19 and 2023/24, the National Health Service increased spending on mental health services in England by £4.7 billion in cash terms, compared to the target of £3.4 billion set out at the time of the NHS Long Term Plan. All integrated care boards, including Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, are also on track to meet the Mental Health Investment Standard in 2023/24 by increasing their investment in mental health services, in line with their overall increase in funding for the year.</p><p> </p><p>Almost £16 billion was invested in mental health in 2022/23, enabling over 3.6 million people, including those in the Southport constituency, to be in contact with mental health services, a 10% increase on the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>We have also made positive progress on our ambition to grow the mental health workforce by an extra 27,000 staff between 2019/20 and 2023/24. We delivered three quarters of this, approximately 20,800, by December 2023, with further growth expected to have been achieved once the full year figures for 2023/24 are available.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/05/2024 16:07:59 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1719411

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Ambulance Services: North West
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 plans to take to help improve ambulance waiting times in (a) the North West and (b) Southport constituency.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	27149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Our Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services sets out the range of measures being taken to achieve our ambition of reducing average Category 2 ambulance response times to 30 minutes across 2024/25, including in the North West and Southport. A summary of the progress made and the actions being taken in 2024/25 is set out in Urgent and emergency care recovery plan Year 2: Building on learning from 2023/24, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/urgent-and-emergency-care-recovery-plan-year-2-building-on-learning-from-2023-24/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/urgent-and-emergency-care-recovery-plan-year-2-building-on-learning-from-2023-24/</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/05/2024 08:43:23 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1718037

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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	Shingles: Vaccination
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 (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to help (i) facilitate and (ii) increase the voluntary uptake of the shingles vaccine by people aged 66 to 69 in (A) Southport and (B) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	26248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The current policy offers the shingles vaccine Shingrix to anyone who turned 65 or 70 years old on or after 1 September 2023, and to anyone aged 50 years old and over, which includes those aged 66 to 69 years old, who is at higher risk of serious complications as a result of having a severely weakened immune system, and who has been prioritised for vaccination by the National Health Service.</p><p>Healthy 66 to 69 year olds who do not have a severely weakened immune system are not currently eligible to receive the shingles vaccine, although they will become eligible when they turn 70 years old, as they would have done prior to 1 September 2023.</p><p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) provides public facing information, including translations into over 20 different languages, including braille, audio, large print, and British Sign Language, to help increase the uptake of the shingles vaccine and information for healthcare professionals.</p><p>Decisions regarding eligibility and the design of the current programme roll-out are based on clinical advice, including the independent advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, and follow a similar pattern to the 2013 roll-out of the single dose shingles vaccine. However, the Government recognises the concerns of those currently aged 65 to 69 and is looking at ways to improve our approach. This includes options for working with NHS England and the UKHSA to enhance the way in which eligibility for this immunisation is communicated to the public, but also considers potential wider changes.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/05/2024 16:13:09 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1718038

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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	Coeliac Disease: National Clinical Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a National Clinical Director within NHS England for coeliac disease.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	26249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has invested in senior clinical leadership in gastroenterology, which includes coeliac disease, as a priority workstream in the national Getting It Right First Time programme.</p><p>To support healthcare professionals in the diagnosis and management of coeliac disease, and improve the diagnostic pathway nationally, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has produced the guidance, Coeliac disease: recognition, assessment and management [NG20].</p><p>NICE guidelines represent best practice, and both healthcare professionals, including general practitioners, and service commissioners are expected to take them fully into account. Guidelines published by the NICE are not mandatory, and do not replace the judgement of clinicians in determining the most appropriate treatment for individual patients.</p><p>To assist with increasing the visibility of coeliac disease, the NICE promotes guidance via its website, newsletters, and other media. It also publishes information for the public, which explains the care people with coeliac disease should receive, as set out in the NICE guideline. Information for the public on coeliac disease is also published by the National Health Service and is available on the NHS website.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 20/05/2024 14:17:27 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1716919

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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: North West
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 progress she has made on increasing access to cancer screening in the North West.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	25546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England North West has carried out significant work to improve access to cancer screening in the area, including: insight work into cervical screening, which has highlighted some issues, resulting in the piloting of potential solutions; a breast mobile site review being carried out, with findings and recommendations to be shared with trusts to act upon; five bowel and seven breast providers have been trained to use data to develop a Health Equity Audit, which will be submitted at the end of June 2024, with funding being offered to providers to design, develop, implement, and evaluate an intervention to reduce inequalities and barriers experienced by a population group they have identified in their Health Equity Audit; and funding being provided for Improving Uptake in Screening Officers, working to support non responders to take up the offer of breast screening.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/05/2024 15:51:11 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1716920

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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: 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 progress her Department has made on reducing waiting lists for planned care in the North West.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	25547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Cutting waiting lists for elective care is one of this Prime Minister’s top priorities. The Delivery Plan for Tackling the COVID-19 Backlog of Elective Care outlines how the National Health Service will bring down waiting times across all elective services. To support this plan and tackle waiting lists the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to drive up and protect elective activity. We are making good progress on tackling the longest waits, to ensure patients get the care they need when they need it.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2022, the NHS successfully met the first target in our plan to virtually eliminate waits of over two years, excluding patients waiting by choice or due to complex specialties. The NHS then worked hard to deliver the next ambition to eliminate waits of 18 months or more. Thanks to the incredible work of NHS staff, NHS England's official statistics show that as of March 2024, we have virtually eliminated waits of over 18 months.</p><p> </p><p>Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times data is published monthly by NHS England:</p><p>https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/05/2024 15:41:06 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1716075

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Hospitals: Southport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of people who (a) were under the age of 18 and (b) from Southport constituency who attended (i) Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust and (ii) Ormskirk District General Hospital Children's Accident and Emergency Departments in each year from 2002-2023.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	25024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>Whilst the information is not available in the format requested, NHS England publishes information on accident and emergency attendance, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-accident--emergency-activity" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-accident--emergency-activity</a></p><p>Accident and emergency attendance data is available for Adler Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust from 2008/09. The following tables respectively show the accident and emergency attendance for patients between zero and 17 years old in each of the last three years, and the accident and emergency attendance for patients between zero and 19 years old each year from 2008/09, at Adler Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust</p></td><td><p>Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>67,985</p></td><td><p>34,615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>69,220</p></td><td><p>31,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>42,155</p></td><td><p>16,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust</p></td><td><p>Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>60,590</p></td><td><p>32,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>61,190</p></td><td><p>32,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>59,815</p></td><td><p>31,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>58,157</p></td><td><p>44,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>58,537</p></td><td><p>40,388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>55,817</p></td><td><p>36,339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>56,212</p></td><td><p>35,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>57,388</p></td><td><p>34,218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>56,728</p></td><td><p>35,027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>58,842</p></td><td><p>28,428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>57,873</p></td><td><p>27,225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>59,290</p></td><td><p>27,088</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Accident and emergency data is published at a National Health Service trust level, not at hospital site level, and therefore attendance data is not available by constituency; and</li><li>on the 1 July 2023, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust was dissolved and its services transferred to Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.</li></ol> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/05/2024 09:07:42 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1713074

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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: Parking
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing free parking passes to NHS community staff who are required to use their own vehicles for home visits.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	23281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>We have delivered on our commitment to provide free hospital car parking for in-need groups. All hospitals that charge for car parking have implemented this policy. Councils are responsible for setting their own local policy, and those interested in local parking concessions can check their local councils’ website for further details of any local schemes.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 01/05/2024 16:40:31 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1682617

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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 assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the average time it takes for a child under the age of 18 diagnosed with cancer to start treatment.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	9930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>We have not made a specific assessment; the Department is taking steps to reduce cancer treatment waiting times across England, including the time between an urgent general practitioner referral and the commencement of treatment. Increasing the diagnosis and treatment referrals for cancers in young people, whilst reducing waiting times, is a priority for the Government. Although survival has more than doubled since the 1970s in the United Kingdom, there is more to be done to improve childhood cancer outcomes, including reducing waiting times between diagnosis and treatment.</p><p>The Government is working jointly with NHS England on implementing the delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlogs in elective care and plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to help drive up and protect elective activity, including cancer diagnosis and treatment activity.</p><p>In the 2023/24 Operational Planning Guidance, NHS England announced it is providing over £390 million in cancer service development funding to Cancer Alliances in each of the next two years to support delivery of the strategy and the operational priorities for cancer which includes increasing and prioritising diagnostic and treatment capacity for cancer.</p><p>In addition, the National Health Service now offers all children and young people with cancer whole genome sequencing to enable more comprehensive and precise diagnosis, and access to more personalised treatments.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 23/01/2024 11:12:32 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1673684

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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	Dementia: Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the process for assessing the eligibility of dementia patients for continuing healthcare funding.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	4249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Eligibility for National Health Service Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is not determined by age, diagnosis or condition, or financial means; it is assessed on a case-by-case basis considering the totality of an individual’s needs. This ensures a person-centred approach to CHC, whereby the individual is placed at the centre of the assessment and care-planning process. We continue to work with our partners, including NHS England who are responsible for oversight of CHC delivery, external organisations, and people with lived experience, to seek feedback on CHC policy and implementation.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/12/2023 14:59:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore