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1690167

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date	19/02/2024
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	Nurses: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the underlying cause of the fall in each of the past three years in applications to university nursing courses, as reported by the Financial Times on 15 February, and what action they are taking to reverse the trend.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The drop in nursing applicants follows unprecedented demand for healthcare courses during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of applicants continues to outstrip the places on offer. Nursing training places are competitive, and lead to an attractive and important career in the National Health Service.</p><p>We are working closely with NHS England, universities and the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service to ensure everyone who wants to pursue a rewarding healthcare career in nursing has the support and opportunities to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 27/02/2024 17:15:48 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1690168

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Patients: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comments by the Royal College of Nursing that the fall in each of the past three years in applications to university nursing courses is a direct threat to patient safety, and what actions they are taking to improve patient safety in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The number of applicants continues to outstrip the places on offer. Nursing training places are competitive, and lead to an attractive and important career in the National Health Service.</p><p>Record numbers of nurses are now working in the NHS, and the first ever NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, backed by over £2.4 billion of funding, will add 24,000 more nurse and midwifery training places by 2031.</p><p>Over the last decade, the Government and system partners have delivered major initiatives to advance patient safety in the NHS. This includes implementing the first NHS Patient Safety Strategy, establishing the independent Health Services Safety Investigations Body to address the most serious patient safety incidents, and appointing the first Patient Safety Commissioner to champion the patient voice in relation to the safety of medicines and medical devices.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 29/02/2024 16:15:39 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1682842

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure there is a sufficient and reliable supply of medicines to help patients suffering from ADHD.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL1670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Disruptions to the supply of medicines used for the management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been primarily driven by issues which have resulted in capacity constraints at key manufacturing sites. The Department has been working closely with the respective manufacturers and some issues have now been resolved. However, we know that there continue to be disruptions to the supply of some other medicines, which should largely resolve by April or May 2024. We have also added ADHD products to the list of medicines that cannot be exported from, or hoarded in, the United Kingdom to protect UK supplies for patients.</p><p>There is a team within the Department that deals specifically with medicine supply problems arising both in the community and in hospitals. It has well-established procedures to manage medicine supply issues, whatever the cause, and help to prevent shortages and minimise risks to patients by working closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the pharmaceutical industry, NHS England, and others operating in the supply chain.</p><p>We understand how frustrating and distressing medicine supply issues can be and we want to assure patients that we are working with the respective manufacturers to resolve the issues with ADHD medicine supply in the UK as soon as possible and to help ensure patients are able to access these medicines in the short and long term.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 23/01/2024 15:32:48 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1250534

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date	10/11/2020
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to remove the annual cap on dentistry places at UK universities.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL10147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>The provision of dentistry training places in the United Kingdom is a devolved issue.</p><p>In England, the Government temporarily lifted the cap on dental school places for students who completed A-Levels in 2020 and who had an offer from a university in England to study dentistry subject to their grades. This ensured a place this year or next for every eligible student.</p><p>The Government has no plans outside this change to remove the cap. However, it is committed to ensuring that the number of dental school places are in line with England’s requirements for dentists and continues to monitor the effectiveness of current arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 26/11/2020 12:49:39 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1185096

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Life Expectancy: Boys
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 impact of the drop in median income for the poorest fifth of people identified in the Office for National Statistics Average household income, UK: financial year ending 2019 release, published on 5 March, on the life expectancy of boys born in (1) the North West, (2) Yorkshire and the Humber, (3) the East Midlands, and (4) the West Midlands, regions in the 2016-18 period.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made no such assessment.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics published statistics on health state life expectancies by national deprivation deciles, England and Wales 2016 to 2018 on 27 March 2020.</p><p>We want to level up people’s opportunity to have a long and healthy life, whoever they are, wherever they live and whatever their background or social circumstances.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 28/04/2020 12:25:18 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington