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1732964

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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	GP Surgeries
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 assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the condition of the general practice estate; and what additional investment his Department intends to make in the general practice estate.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	8404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has undertaken an exercise to gather information on the primary care estate which provides a thorough understanding of the age, condition, quality, utilisation, and ownership of the estate, allowing us to estimate and calculate the requirement for investment.</p><p>NHS England remains committed to continuing to invest in capital estates both nationally and locally through integrated care boards, to improve capacity and environments for general practitioners and their patients.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 17/10/2024 12:27:44 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5359

1732965

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the additional resources needed by general practice to meet patient demand in 2024-2025.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	8405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>We know that patients are finding it harder than ever to see a general practitioner (GP), and we are committed to fixing the crisis in GPs. Our plan to restore GPs will require both investment and reform, and our 10-Year Health Plan will outline steps to shift care from hospitals back to the community, as well as the move to Neighbourhood Health Services which will bring together vital health and care services, ensuring healthcare is closer to home.</p><p>Additionally, we will increase the proportion of funding for GPs and are already investing £82 million to recruit 1,000 newly qualified GPs in 2024/25. We will also train more doctors which will increase the number of appointments delivered in GPs, as well as take pressure off those currently working in the system.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 15/10/2024 14:06:35 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5359

1732966

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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	General Practitioners
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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a maximum number of appointments each GP can undertake in one day.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	8406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>We hugely value the critical role that general practitioners (GPs) play, and GPs are delivering more appointments than ever before. No evaluation has been conducted to determine the merits of introducing a maximum number of appointments each GP can undertake. GPs are independent businesses who are contracted by National Health Service commissioners to perform essential medical services. As a result, individual practices are responsible for the daily operations of their business outside of their contractual obligations, including determining the number of clinics and appointments offered to patients. This is because each practice is best placed to understand their own workforce and workloads.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 16/10/2024 12:12:25 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5359

1734191

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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	Statutory Sick Pay
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 has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential impact of the level of Statutory Sick Pay on public health outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	900643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>The pandemic exposed just how precarious work and life is for those on acute low incomes. No one should be forced to choose between their health and financial hardship. Through the Employment Rights Bill, introduced last week, we are strengthening Statutory Sick Pay so it provides a safety net for those who need it most.</p><p>We will ensure all employees receive SSP from their first day of sickness absence. These changes will help to keep people in work, grow the economy and protect public health.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 15/10/2024 12:57:17 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5359

1732576

registered interest
date	08/10/2024
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	Carers
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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a National Carers Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	8092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that families have the support that they need. The Government has heard the calls for a National Carers Strategy. This must be addressed in the wider context of the urgent need for a renewed vision for adult social care.</p><p>As part of that renewed vision, we will consider how best to support unpaid carers. As we move forward, we will collaborate with our counterparts across Government, unpaid carers, and sector partners, to make sure that unpaid carers are visible, valued, and supported.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 17/10/2024 15:19:33 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5359

1731576

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Skin Cancer: Sunscreens
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 encourage the use of sunscreen to help prevent (a) melanoma and (b) other skin cancers.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	7388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department would advise people to the follow the National Health Service guidance on using sunscreen. This advice is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/sunscreen-and-sun-safety/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/sunscreen-and-sun-safety/</a></p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 11/10/2024 11:29:57 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5359

1731581

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Blood Cancer
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 implement the recommendations of Blood Cancer UK's Action Plan.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	7389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancer, as quickly as possible to treat it faster and to improve outcomes. This is supported by NHS England’s key ambition on cancer to meet the Faster Diagnosis Standard, which sets a target of 28 days from urgent referral by a general practitioner or screening programme to patients being told that they have cancer, or that cancer is ruled out.</p><p>The Department is committed to implementing the recommendations of the Lord O'Shaughnessy review into commercial clinical trials making sure that the United Kingdom leads the world in clinical trials, and to ensure that innovative, lifesaving treatments are accessible to NHS patients, including those with blood cancer.</p><p>Professor Lord Darzi has undertaken an independent investigation into the state of the NHS, the findings of which will feed into the Government’s 10-year plan to build a health service that is fit for the future. The Government will therefore set out any further priorities on cancer and health in due course.</p><p>I would be happy to meet the Hon. member to discuss the Blood Cancer UK Action Plan.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 11/10/2024 11:38:25 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5359

1731602

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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 and Social Services: Standards
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 help improve NHS health and social care services.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	7390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>We have made it our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future. We aim to shorten the time people spend in ill health, reduce health inequalities, and support economic growth.</p><p>Reform is at the heart of this mission and will be delivered by the upcoming 10 Year Plan for Health. We will shift our NHS away from a model focussed on delivering healthcare in hospital, to one which delivers more care in local communities, effectively utilises digital approaches and prioritises prevention over treatment.</p><p>We are also committed to building consensus on the long-term reform needed to create a National Care Service based on consistent national standards. We will set out next steps for a process that engages with adult social care stakeholders, including cross-party and people with lived experience of care.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 11/10/2024 10:43:52 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5359

1726257

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	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 include (a) unpaid family carers and (b) household contacts of immuno-suppressed individuals in the covid-19 vaccination programme.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	3660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The primary aim of the autumn 2024 COVID-19 vaccination programme remains the prevention of severe illness, hospitalisations, and deaths, arising from COVID-19. On 2 August 2024 the Government accepted the advice of the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to offer a COVID-19 vaccination to those aged 65 years old or over, those living in care homes for older adults, and those aged between six months and 64 years old who are in a clinical risk group in England this autumn. Additionally, vaccination will be offered to all frontline health and social care workers, as well as staff in care homes for older adults.</p><p>There are no plans to offer a COVID-19 vaccination to unpaid carers, including young carers, or the families and household contacts of people with immunosuppression, during the autumn 2024 campaign in England. Unpaid carers and household contacts of those with immunosuppression have previously been offered vaccination on the basis that it indirectly protected those more vulnerable with whom they are in contact. The JCVI advice for autumn 2024 is that in the era of highly transmissible Omicron sub-variants, any protection offered by the vaccines against transmission of infection from one person to another is expected to be extremely limited. The indirect benefits of vaccination in these groups, vaccinating an individual to reduce the risk of severe disease in other people, are therefore less evident than in previous years.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 3147 3570 3782 question first answered 06/09/2024 14:36:09 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5359

1726351

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Lecanemab
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 make Lecanemab available on the NHS to patients with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	3664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>We understand how important it is to patients and their families that they are able to benefit from access to innovative treatments that can slow down the effects of this complex disease.</p><p>Decisions on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service are made independently by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the basis of the evidence of costs and benefits. The methods and processes that NICE uses are internationally respected and have been developed through extensive engagement with academics, industry, patients and clinicians, to ensure that they reflect best practice and societal preferences.</p><p>NICE is currently developing guidance for the NHS on the use of lecanemab and recently published draft guidance for consultation that does not recommend it as a clinically and cost-effective use of NHS resources. We recognise that NICE’s draft decision will be disappointing, but it is right that these decisions are made independently based on the available evidence of their costs and benefits. NICE has not yet published final guidance and stakeholders now have an opportunity to comment on NICE’s draft recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 09/09/2024 10:19:02 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5359