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1543326

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Strokes: 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, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan, what recent progress his Department has made towards (a) the target for 10 per cent of stroke patients to receive a mechanical thrombectomy and (b) other targets within that plan for stroke care.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	89773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>Thrombectomy is available in 24 centres in England and two non-neuroscience centres are currently under development. The latest available data shows that 3.1% of patients are receiving a thrombectomy following a stroke. The Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme reported that between April 2021 and March 2022, 75% of patients spent at least 90% of their hospital stay on a specialist stroke unit.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/11/2022 12:53:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1543328

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Radiology: Staff
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 plans to invest in the interventional neuroradiology workforce to help the treatment medical conditions such as stroke.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	89775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>A credential for mechanical thrombectomy has now been agreed with the General Medical Council to allow interventional radiologists, cardiologists, neurosurgeons and stroke physicians to be trained to deliver medical treatment for stroke. From 2016 to 2021 there has been a 63% increase in entry points in clinical radiology specialty training places.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 89776 question first answered 24/11/2022 11:59:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1543330

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department and (b) NHS England have held recent discussions with (i) neuroradiologists and (ii) other professionals involved in thrombectomy services on the development of a stoke workforce plan.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	89776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>A credential for mechanical thrombectomy has now been agreed with the General Medical Council to allow interventional radiologists, cardiologists, neurosurgeons and stroke physicians to be trained to deliver medical treatment for stroke. From 2016 to 2021 there has been a 63% increase in entry points in clinical radiology specialty training places.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 89775 question first answered 24/11/2022 11:59:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1543332

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Mechanical Thrombectomy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 89536 on Mechanical Thrombectomy, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the number of whole time equivalent interventional neuroradiologists identified as practising in England in the Royal College of Radiologists Clinical radiology census report 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	89778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>Individual National Health Service employers are responsible for ensuring the appropriate staff are trained and competent to undertake mechanical thrombectomy. A credential for mechanical thrombectomy has now been agreed with the General Medical Council to allow interventional radiologists, cardiologists, neurosurgeons and stroke physicians to be trained to deliver medical treatment for stroke.</p><p>From 2016 to 2021 there has been a 63% increase in entry points in clinical radiology specialty training places. As of July 2022, there were 5,040 full-time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in the NHS in England in the sub-specialism of clinical radiology, an increase of 5.7% since July 2021 and 55.4% since July 2010. This includes doctors in training grades, specialists and doctors on other contracts. The consultant clinical radiologist workforce has also increased by 4.3% since July 2021 and 53.7% since July 2010.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 89780 question first answered 24/11/2022 12:06:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1543333

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Radiology: Consultants
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 he has made of the 28 per cent shortfall of interventional radiology consultants as identified in the Royal College of Radiologists’ clinical radiology workforce census 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	89779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. Individual employers are responsible for ensuring the appropriate staff are available and trained to undertake their duties. There has been an increase of 63% in entry points in clinical radiology specialty training places from 2016 to 2021. In addition, through the Spending Review there has been an increase in funding for ST6 year for interventional radiologists for 20 places in 2021/22 and 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>As of July 2022, there were 5,040 full-time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in the National Health Service in England in the sub-specialism of clinical radiology. This is an increase of 5.7% since July 2021 and 55.4% since July 2010 and includes doctors in training grades, specialists and doctors on other contracts. The consultant clinical radiologist workforce has increased by 4.3% since July 2021 and 53.7% since July 2010. Health Education England is implementing the priorities identified in the cancer workforce plan phase 1 and is investing an additional £50 million in 2022/23 to expand the cancer and diagnostics workforce, including postgraduate medical training of cancer-related medical professions, such as interventional radiologists.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 89782 question first answered 23/11/2022 11:22:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1543334

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Mechanical Thrombectomy and Radiology
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 he has made of the adequacy of interventional radiology services and thrombectomy services in trusts and health boards in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	89780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>Individual National Health Service employers are responsible for ensuring the appropriate staff are trained and competent to undertake mechanical thrombectomy. A credential for mechanical thrombectomy has now been agreed with the General Medical Council to allow interventional radiologists, cardiologists, neurosurgeons and stroke physicians to be trained to deliver medical treatment for stroke.</p><p>From 2016 to 2021 there has been a 63% increase in entry points in clinical radiology specialty training places. As of July 2022, there were 5,040 full-time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in the NHS in England in the sub-specialism of clinical radiology, an increase of 5.7% since July 2021 and 55.4% since July 2010. This includes doctors in training grades, specialists and doctors on other contracts. The consultant clinical radiologist workforce has also increased by 4.3% since July 2021 and 53.7% since July 2010.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 89778 question first answered 24/11/2022 12:06:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1543336

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Radiology: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Radiologists’ Clinical radiology census report 2021, what assessment he has made of the conclusion that 55 per cent of clinical directors reported that they do not have enough interventional radiologists to deliver safe and effective patient care.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	89782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. Individual employers are responsible for ensuring the appropriate staff are available and trained to undertake their duties. There has been an increase of 63% in entry points in clinical radiology specialty training places from 2016 to 2021. In addition, through the Spending Review there has been an increase in funding for ST6 year for interventional radiologists for 20 places in 2021/22 and 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>As of July 2022, there were 5,040 full-time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in the National Health Service in England in the sub-specialism of clinical radiology. This is an increase of 5.7% since July 2021 and 55.4% since July 2010 and includes doctors in training grades, specialists and doctors on other contracts. The consultant clinical radiologist workforce has increased by 4.3% since July 2021 and 53.7% since July 2010. Health Education England is implementing the priorities identified in the cancer workforce plan phase 1 and is investing an additional £50 million in 2022/23 to expand the cancer and diagnostics workforce, including postgraduate medical training of cancer-related medical professions, such as interventional radiologists.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 89779 question first answered 23/11/2022 11:22:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1386344

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	Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of stroke patients receive a thrombectomy in each region in England as of 8 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	89531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 16/12/2021 16:08:41 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1386345

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	Mechanical Thrombectomy: 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 modelling his Department has undertaken to estimate the capital investment required to (a) bring thrombectomy centres up to providing 24/7 provision and (b) establish thrombectomy centres in those areas that currently do not have them; and if he will publish that modelling.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	89532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken any specific modelling regarding thrombectomy centres. These centres are not part of any central capital investment programmes. However, thrombectomy centres may be an area of prioritisation for local investment plans and therefore form part of a larger capital development scheme.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/12/2021 17:01:51 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1386346

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	Mechanical Thrombectomy: 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 funding the Government has provided to thrombectomy since the adoption of the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	89533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>The total investment in thrombectomy since 2017/18 will be £57.8 million by the end of 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/12/2021 15:17:12 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill