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	registered interest
	date	27/04/2023
	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: Rural Areas
	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 access to NHS dentist for people in rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	183042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The National Health Service contracts with independent dental providers to deliver NHS dental treatment in primary care settings and practices have the flexibility to recruit locally to meet their specific needs.</p><p>From 1 April 2023, responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to integrated care boards across England.</p><p>‘Our plan for patients’, announced in September 2022, outlined how we will meet oral health needs and make NHS work more attractive to dentists and their teams, including those in rural areas. This included improving the 2006 NHS dental contract to ensure fairer remuneration for practices providing complex treatment, enabling practices to deliver more activity than they are contracted to deliver (up to 110% of contract value), and introducing a minimum Unit of Dental Activity value of £23.</p><p>Other measures include working with Health Education England and NHS England to understand how Centres for Dental Development could be delivered to improve access in areas with a shortage in provision, which may include more rural areas.</p><p>We are planning additional reforms of the NHS Dental System to be announced later this year, with a separate long-term plan for the NHS workforce, which will include measures to strengthen and build capacity in the NHS dental workforce.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 183043 question first answered 03/05/2023 11:43:15 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1624417

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2023
	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: Rural Areas
	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 prevent closures of rural dentist practices.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	183043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The National Health Service contracts with independent dental providers to deliver NHS dental treatment in primary care settings and practices have the flexibility to recruit locally to meet their specific needs.</p><p>From 1 April 2023, responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to integrated care boards across England.</p><p>‘Our plan for patients’, announced in September 2022, outlined how we will meet oral health needs and make NHS work more attractive to dentists and their teams, including those in rural areas. This included improving the 2006 NHS dental contract to ensure fairer remuneration for practices providing complex treatment, enabling practices to deliver more activity than they are contracted to deliver (up to 110% of contract value), and introducing a minimum Unit of Dental Activity value of £23.</p><p>Other measures include working with Health Education England and NHS England to understand how Centres for Dental Development could be delivered to improve access in areas with a shortage in provision, which may include more rural areas.</p><p>We are planning additional reforms of the NHS Dental System to be announced later this year, with a separate long-term plan for the NHS workforce, which will include measures to strengthen and build capacity in the NHS dental workforce.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 183042 question first answered 03/05/2023 11:43:15 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1599959

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2023
	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 Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts: Debts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 150442 on NHS Trusts: Debts, if his Department will publish a list of each NHS trust and NHS foundation trust in financial deficit in the financial year 2021-22 and its deficit.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	155073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department do not routinely publish lists of National Health Service trust and NHS foundation trusts in financial deficit. Each individual trust will report their latest financial position in their individual board papers and year-end accounts.</p><p>However, the following table shows provides a list of those trusts who reported a financial deficit at the end of 2021/22 based on the latest data made available by NHS England.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS providers in deficit 2021-22</p></td><td><p>£000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid and South Essex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>111.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>6,039.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>2,272.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>721.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>6,328.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>3,629.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>5,646.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>3,478.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>13,179.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>362.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>23,227.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>1,438.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>543.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>1,538.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>2,858.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>1,356.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>6,834.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>1,052.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>10,889.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>6,029.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>9,723.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>1,633.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>11,424.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>1,178.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust</p></td><td><p>4,577.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>4,370.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/03/2023 15:47:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 60377 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1588118

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2023
	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 Trusts: Debts
	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 his Department has made of the number of NHS and NHS foundation trusts in financial deficit in 2021-2022.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	150442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department has set out in its Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 the following table which shows the number of National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts in a financial deficit position in each financial year. The table shows that at the end of the financial year 2021/22, 24 of 215 trusts were in a financial deficit position.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross Deficit</p></td><td><p>(2,433)</p></td><td><p>(2,755)</p></td><td><p>(1,560)</p></td><td><p>(158)</p></td><td><p>(126)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross Surplus</p></td><td><p>1,337</p></td><td><p>1,889</p></td><td><p>567</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjustments</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Net (Deficit) / Surplus</em></p></td><td><p><em>(991)</em></p></td><td><p><em>(827)</em></p></td><td><p><em>(670)</em></p></td><td><p><em>655</em></p></td><td><p><em>556</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of trusts in deficit</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of trusts in surplus / balance</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: Other adjustments relate to minor reporting adjustments relating to differences between control totals and reported surplus/(deficit), where reported surplus/(deficit) includes items such as donated asset income and depreciation, changes in provisions discount rates and prior period adjustments not included in control totals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/02/2023 16:46:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1588119

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2023
	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: Temporary Employment
	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 he has made of the financial cost of agency, bank, and other temporary staffing costs at NHS and NHS foundation trusts (a) in total and (b) broken down by trust in 2021-2022.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	150443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>The validated data is not yet published for 2021/22.</p><p>While the NHS Consolidated Accounts have been published, this does not include an explicit figure for agency or bank spend as it is bundled together with other spend items.</p><p>We expect the 2021/22 agency and bank spend data, for the National Health Service as a whole and for individual trusts, to be published this spring.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/04/2023 09:20:16 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 58177 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1588120

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2023
	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: Managers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his role is in (a) suspending or (b) removing poorly performing NHS and NHS foundation trust board Chief Executives and Chairs.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	150444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Oversight Framework details the overall principles, responsibilities and ways of working for oversight, including the key metrics and factors NHS England will consider when determining support needs, and the circumstances in which it considers formal regulatory intervention may be necessary to address particular issues with integrated care boards, National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts.</p><p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care maintains powers to intervene where there are significant issues with appointed leaders. The Health and Care Act 2022 provides a new duty for NHS England to inform my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care where it considers that my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ought to make an ‘Intervention’ or ‘Default’ order in relation to an NHS trust. A Default order, where deemed necessary, removes a Chair immediately from post and an Intervention Order, Chair and Board members.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/02/2023 16:40:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1548846

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding settlement will support the forthcoming NHS workforce plan.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	104166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to publishing a workforce plan next year, which will include independently verified forecasts for the number of healthcare professionals required in future years. Funding plans beyond the current Spending Review period will be subject to the outcome of future Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/12/2022 12:07:59 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1548852

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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: Disadvantaged
	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 plans to publish a White Paper on health disparities.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	104167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd MP) on 7 November to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-10-31/74729" target="_blank">74729</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 13/12/2022 15:54:11 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1548885

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	Gynaecology: 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 steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of women waiting to access essential gynaecological care.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	104169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including in gynaecological services. We have allocated more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available in 2021/2022 to increase elective activity. This funding aims to deliver the equivalent of approximately nine million additional checks and procedures and 30% further elective activity by 2024/25 than pre-pandemic levels. A proportion of this funding will be invested in workforce capacity and training and we have committed to invest £5.9 billion for new beds, equipment and technology.</p><p> </p><p>Community diagnostic centres and surgical hubs will deliver additional activity, including gynaecological services. The Getting it Right First Time high-volume low-complexity programme aims to accelerate access to care and reduce waiting times, including endometriosis related surgery.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 104351 question first answered 08/12/2022 10:47:16 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1541534

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2022
	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: Radiotherapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10-year Cancer Plan will include strategies to improve access to radiotherapy cancer treatments.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	84859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>Following a call for evidence for a new cancer plan held earlier this year, we are considering over 5,000 responses received.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/11/2022 09:46:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter