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1612220

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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	Accident and Emergency Departments
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 A&E departments in delivering essential services.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	181512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>To support accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments in delivering essential services, NHS England has published the Delivery Plan for Recovering Urgent and Emergency Care Services, which aims to deliver one of the fastest and longest-sustained improvements in emergency waiting times in the National Health Service’s history. This includes bringing down A&amp;E wait times significantly over the next year, and down towards pre-pandemic levels within two years.</p><p>This plan will deliver 5,000 more staffed, permanent beds this year compared to 2022/23 plans, alongside 800 new ambulances, backed by £1 billion of dedicated funding.</p><p>The plan also sets out making greater use of virtual wards, with an extra 3,000 virtual ward beds, to provide over 10,000 in total by this autumn.</p><p>Same Day Emergency Care services will also be in place across every hospital with a major emergency department. This is alongside expanding and better joining up health and care outside hospital, including by scaling urgent community response, frailty and falls services across the whole country, helping to reduce attendances at A&amp;E.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/04/2023 10:40:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1612221

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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 steps he is taking to improve the provision of cancer treatment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	181513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>The National Health Service is making progress in delivering the Long Term Plan commitments for cancer by making innovative treatments available to people with cancer quickly. The Cancer Drugs Fund continues to provide patients with innovative drugs and since 2016 has helped over 90,000 patients, with 102 medicines treating 243 different cancers having received funding. The NHS continues to increase investment in minimally invasive cancer therapies and radiotherapy and chemotherapy services.</p><p>Earlier this year the Government launched a Vaccine Taskforce-style approach for cancer research and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care signed a memorandum of understanding with BioNTech to bring innovative vaccine research to England. In 2023/24, NHS England will continue to make investments in education and training to increase capacity in the cancer workforce, building on the £81 million invested in 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 26/04/2023 16:16:52 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1612223

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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	Diabetes: 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, if he will support research on the use of sleep masks to treat diabetic retinopathy.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	181515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR does not normally ring-fence funding for specific disease areas but welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including diabetic retinopathy.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/04/2023 10:16:10 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1612232

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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	Mental Health Services: Bristol
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 reduce waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services in Bristol.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	181523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board to make available appropriate provision to meet the mental health and other care needs of the local population in Bristol.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally, we are supporting the expansion and transformation of mental health services for children and young people through the NHS Long Term Plan. As part of the accompanying investment of at least an extra £2.3 billion a year by March 2024, an additional 345,000 children and young people will be able to get the mental health support they need.</p><p> </p><p>We also provided an additional £79 million for 2021/22 to allow around 22,500 more children and young people to access community mental health services and around 2,000 more to access eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to roll out mental health support teams in schools and colleges across the country, offering early support to children experiencing anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issues. As of May 2022, eight mental health support teams were in place or planned in the area covered by the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire integrated care system.</p><p /><p>NHS England has consulted on the potential to introduce five new waiting time standards as part of its clinically-led review of National Health Service access standards, including that children, young people and their families presenting to community-based mental health services should start to receive care within four weeks from referral. As a first step, NHS England has shared and promoted guidance with its local system partners to consistently report waiting times to support the development of a baseline position.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 24/04/2023 15:33:27 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1611632

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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 retention of the NHS workforce.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	181176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>Retention within the National Health Service is a complex issue and decisions to leave are taken for a multitude of reasons. The NHS People Plan and the People Promise focus on improving the retention of NHS staff by prioritising staff health and wellbeing. We have set out a comprehensive range of actions to improve staff retention which focus on creating a more modern, compassionate and inclusive NHS culture by strengthening health and wellbeing, equality and diversity, culture and leadership and flexible working.</p><p>Building on this work, the NHS Retention Programme seeks to understand why staff leave, resulting in targeted interventions to support staff to stay whilst keeping them well. To bolster current support, each NHS organisation is prioritising the delivery of five high impact actions that will impact on early-career, experienced and late-career staff, improving the experience and retention of nursing and midwifery staff.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/04/2023 10:11:33 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1611634

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Finance
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 provide sexual health services with an adequate level of funding.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	181178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>No assessment of the impact of public health grant allocations on the level of funding for sexual health services is currently planned.</p><p>Since 2013, the Government has mandated local authorities in England to commission comprehensive open access to most sexual health services through the public health grant.</p><p>At the 2021 Spending Review we considered the need for local authority public health funding and confirmed that the public health grant to local authorities would increase over the settlement period. In 2023/24, the Grant increased by 3.3% to £3.529 billion, and will rise to £3.575 billion in 2024/25. It is for individual local authorities to decide their spending priorities based on an assessment of local need, including sexual health services, and to commission the service lines that best suit their population.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 181180 question first answered 24/04/2023 15:55:37 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1611635

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
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 ensure that all people who require pre-exposure prophylaxis are able to access that drug.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	181179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>As part of the HIV Action Plan, we committed to supporting the system to continue to improve access to the human immunodeficiency virus prevention drug pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for key population groups.</p><p>A PrEP Access and Equity Task and Finish group was established in 2022 as part of the HIV Action Plan Implementation Steering Group comprised of key delivery partners and sector stakeholders. The Task and Finish group has delivered recommendations on improving PrEP delivery for key population groups, which are currently being considered.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 24/04/2023 16:15:33 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1611636

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Finance
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 impact of public health grant allocations on the level of funding for sexual health services.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	181180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>No assessment of the impact of public health grant allocations on the level of funding for sexual health services is currently planned.</p><p>Since 2013, the Government has mandated local authorities in England to commission comprehensive open access to most sexual health services through the public health grant.</p><p>At the 2021 Spending Review we considered the need for local authority public health funding and confirmed that the public health grant to local authorities would increase over the settlement period. In 2023/24, the Grant increased by 3.3% to £3.529 billion, and will rise to £3.575 billion in 2024/25. It is for individual local authorities to decide their spending priorities based on an assessment of local need, including sexual health services, and to commission the service lines that best suit their population.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 181178 question first answered 24/04/2023 15:55:37 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1611637

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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	Sexually Transmitted Infections
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 help reduce the level of transmission of sexually transmitted infections.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	181181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to improving sexual health in England and have published an HIV Action Plan in 2021, which sets out the actions that we are taking from 2022 to 2025 to move towards ending human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmissions and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)- and HIV-related deaths within England by 2030. As part of the plan, we are investing over £3.5 million from 2021 to 2024 to deliver the National HIV Prevention Programme for England, including HIV Testing Week and other campaigns to improve information and testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).</p><p> </p><p>Dedicated sexual health services play a key public health role in diagnosis, early treatment and management of STIs, and we are providing more than £3.5 billion to local authorities through the public health grant to fund public health services, including sexual health services, in this financial year. Individual local authorities are responsible for and well placed to make funding and commissioning decisions about the sexual health services that best meet the needs of their local populations.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) conducts comprehensive surveillance of STIs and HIV in England and uses this data to understand national and local level trends and monitor preventative interventions. UKHSA also undertakes work to inform STI prevention programmes such as the National Chlamydia Screening Programme delivered by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 24/04/2023 16:12:05 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1611678

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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	Dental Services: Vacancies
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 tackle reported shortages of NHS dentists in (a) Southport, (b) the North West and (c) the rest of England.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	181222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>NHS England, regional teams and integrated care boards across England are working together to ensure that patients continue to have access to National Health Service dental care. This includes an assessment to identify potential gaps in NHS dental service provision and to consider what actions may be required.</p><p>NHS dentists are required to keep their NHS.UK profiles up to date so that patients can find a dentist more easily. This includes information on whether they are accepting new patients.</p><p>We are taking measures to increase access to NHS dentistry. We are working with Health Education England and NHS England to understand how Centres for Dental Development could be delivered to improve access in areas where there is currently a shortage in provision.</p><p>In September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’ which sets out how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to NHS dental care, including in the North West and Southport, whilst making the NHS dental contract more attractive to dental practices. These changes were an important first step, but we know we need to do more. We are working on further changes which will be announced later this year. NHS England is responsible for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population. Many of the dentistry commissioning functions undertaken by NHS England will transfer to integrated care boards from April 2023, supported by an Assurance Framework to provide assurances on commissioning.</p><p>The Government is also committed to publishing a long-term workforce plan shortly which will cover dentists and other dental healthcare professionals.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 181223 question first answered 24/04/2023 15:46:06 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore