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1402682

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
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	General Practitioners: 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 ensure that GP practices are increasing the availability of face to face appointments with patients.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	103676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>The National Health Service has been clear that general practitioner (GP) practices must provide face to face appointments, alongside remote consultations. Patients’ input into consultation type should be sought and practices should respect preferences for face to face care unless there are good clinical reasons to the contrary, such as the presence of COVID-19 symptoms.</p><p>In October 2021, we published ‘Our plan for improving access for patients and supporting general practice’. This included an additional investment of £250 million in a Winter Access Fund to increase the number of face to face appointments, while also investing in technology to make it easier for patients to see or speak to their GP.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/01/2022 15:54:32 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1399331

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
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	Ambulance 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 improve ambulance waiting times in the (a) North West and (b) UK.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	97055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement advises that the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust has secured 55 new ambulances, alongside the temporary retention of a further 45 vehicles over winter. The Trust has also recruited additional paramedics and emergency medical technicians, alongside training ambulance care assistants to blue light driving standard. This has allowed 269 additional frontline staff to be deployed.</p><p>National Health Service ambulance trusts are being supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement to improve ambulance waiting times through an extra £55 million to increase staff numbers for winter, providing over 700 additional staff in control rooms and on the frontline. This includes £1.85 million to place more hospital ambulance liaison officers at the most challenged hospitals to help address ambulance queues and get crews quickly back out on the road.</p><p>Ambulance waiting times outside England is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/01/2022 09:34:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1399332

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
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	Coronavirus: Screening
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 increase the availability of covid-19 rapid lateral flow tests for home delivery.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	97056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency has secured hundreds of millions of additional lateral flow device tests, to allow a 200% increase in testing supply prior to the Omicron variant. We have accelerated manufacture and delivery timelines which has doubled the total delivery capacity with Royal Mail to 900,000 test packs and polymerase chain reaction tests per day for home delivery. We have also increased the availability of tests at pharmacies and for local authorities. We plan to distribute over 90 million tests across the United Kingdom per week.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 12/01/2022 09:46:55 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1388731

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
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	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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 increase (a) public awareness of and (b) support for people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, CFS/ME.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	94511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2022 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an arm's length body of the Department with responsibility for developing evidence-based guidance for the health and care system including for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME).</p><p>To increase awareness, support and understanding of CFS/ME, NICE recently updated their CFS/ME guidance. The guidance includes specific recommendations on providing information and support to people with CFS/ME including personalised advice about managing symptoms.</p><p>Additionally, the guidance recommends that training for all staff delivering care to people with CFS/ME should include materials helping them to understand what CFS/ME is, how it is diagnosed and managed.</p><p>NICE is working with system partners to support the implementation of the guideline.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 06/01/2022 09:56:36 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1388735

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
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	Travel: Coronavirus
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 he has made of the impact on travellers of the cost of covid-19 mitigation measures, such as those associated with private testing providers.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	94515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>There are a range of prices available to consumers. Since international travel testing requirements were introduced, the average cost of a day two polymerase chain reaction test has decreased to £45 and tests are regularly available from approximately £20. For United Kingdom residents or individuals with residency rights who would suffer severe financial hardship by paying the full cost of their testing fees before they travel, hardship arrangements may be available.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 05/01/2022 17:19:48 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1386377

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
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 discussions he has had with representatives of the North West Ambulance Service to tackle long waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	89662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>We have had no specific discussions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/12/2021 16:29:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1384641

registered interest
date	03/12/2021
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: Correspondence
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 his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring NHS Trusts to keep records of correspondence with patients, including conversations over the telephone.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	86620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. However, we expect that National Health Service trusts, in common with other health and care providers, should ensure clinical records are accurate and up to date. This should include all relevant information about diagnoses and treatment and care decisions, with details of how this information was collected and whether and with whom it was shared.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 05/01/2022 17:09:15 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1381448

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
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: Children and Young People
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 his Department has made of the length of waiting times for children to access treatment from CAHMS; and what criteria must be met before a child can be treated.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	80447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made as a national access and waiting times standard for child and adolescent mental health services has not yet been defined. There is not a nationally set or mandated clinical threshold for accessing National Health Service children and young people’s mental health services. Referral and access is based on need and clinical judgement.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have consulted on the potential to introduce five new waiting time standards as part of its clinically-led review of NHS access standards. This includes a standard that children, young people and their families/carers presenting to community-based mental health services should start to receive care within four weeks from referral. This consultation closed on 1 September 2021 and the outcomes will inform a recommendation to the Government on whether and how to implement this new access standard in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/11/2021 16:24:06 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1381451

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
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	Disability: Respite Care
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 create more spaces in respite centres for adults with disabilities in the North West; and what further support he will make available for people for whom there is not space.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	80448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty under the Care Act 2014 to shape their local care markets to ensure there is a diverse range of high-quality services, available to meet the needs of the local population, including respite care. Responsibility for the provision of respite services in the North West is a matter for the local authorities in that region.</p><p>To support local authorities, we are providing £1.6 billion of new grant funding per year in this Spending Review period for social care and other services. We are also providing support to local authorities to help them fulfil their market shaping duties through collaborative work with partners such as the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and the Local Government Association.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/12/2021 17:28:52 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1381452

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
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	Autism: Diagnosis
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 length of time for adults over the age of 25 without an Education and Health Care Plan to be diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder; and what assessment his Department has made of the impact on those adults of the time taken for that diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	80449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>Local commissioners should have due regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guideline ‘Autism spectrum disorder in adults: diagnosis and management’ when commissioning services for their local populations. This guideline states people should wait no longer than 13 weeks between a referral for an autism assessment and a first appointment.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing Recovery Action plan, we are investing £2.5 million in 2020/21 to improve the quality of adult diagnostic and post-diagnostic pathways and address waiting times. We have not made a specific assessment of the impact of delayed diagnosis on adults.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/11/2021 16:29:00 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore