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1675156

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Hospitals: 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 steps her Department is taking to increase retention levels of experienced hospital staff.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	4986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The NHS People Plan and the People Promise set out a comprehensive range of actions to improve staff retention. They provide a strong focus on creating a more modern, compassionate and inclusive culture within the National Health Service by strengthening health and wellbeing, equality and diversity, culture and leadership and flexible working.</p><p>NHS priorities and operational planning guidance 23/24 has asked systems to refresh their 2022/23 whole system workforce plans to improve staff retention through a systematic focus on all elements of the NHS People Promise.<strong> </strong>Staff wellbeing should be strategically aligned with elective recovery plans, including workforce demand and capacity planning.<strong> </strong> In addition, the NHS Retention Programme is continuously seeking to understand why staff leave, resulting in targeted interventions to support staff to stay whilst keeping them well.</p><p>The Long Term Workforce Plan builds on the People Plan and sets out how to improve culture and leadership to ensure that up to 130,000 fewer staff leave the NHS over the next 15 years. This includes measures to help retain experienced staff, such as implementing plans to improve flexible opportunities for prospective retirees and delivering the actions needed to modernise the NHS pension scheme.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/12/2023 15:44:42 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1675229

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Dentistry and Doctors: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to enable (a) doctors and (b) dentists from Ukraine to practice in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	5092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of all medical doctors in the United Kingdom. The GMC has introduced several measures to support applications from Ukraine including waiving application fees and working with applicants to source documents. Information about these measures is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/join-the-register/before-you-apply/help-for-refugee-doctors" target="_blank">https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/join-the-register/before-you-apply/help-for-refugee-doctors</a></p><p>The General Dental Council (GDC) is responsible for regulating dentistry qualifications and additions to the UK dental register. The GDC has advised that it is keen to support refugees with their registration applications wherever possible. Dedicated information for refugees is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gdc-uk.org/registration/join-the-register/information-for-refugee-dental-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gdc-uk.org/registration/join-the-register/information-for-refugee-dental-professionals</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/12/2023 12:15:15 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1675241

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders: Surgery
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 her Department is taking to prioritise elective recovery for people with (a) arthritis and (b) musculoskeletal conditions.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	5103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>Cutting waiting lists is one of the Government’s top priorities. The National Health Service is prioritising urgent and cancer care and will continue to do its best to maintain appointments and elective services wherever possible, including joint replacement surgery and musculoskeletal services. 18-month waits for trauma and orthopaedic services have been reduced by more than 92% since September 2021.</p><p>Additionally, we are transforming the way the NHS provides elective care by increasing activity through dedicated and protected surgical hubs. This is focused on providing high volume low complexity surgery in six high volume specialties, which includes trauma and orthopaedics including joint replacement surgery, as well as other elective treatment areas such as ophthalmology, general surgery, gynaecology, Ear Nose and Throat, and urology.</p><p>94 of these such hubs are open currently, and through capital investment announced at 2021 Spending Review, the NHS plans to have 132 such centres open by March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 4866 5104 question first answered 07/12/2023 12:23:32 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1675242

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders: Surgery
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 Elective recovery taskforce: implementation plan, published by her Department on 4 August 2023, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure elective recovery remains a key priority for those with (a) arthritis and (b) musculoskeletal conditions.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	5104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>Cutting waiting lists is one of the Government’s top priorities. The National Health Service is prioritising urgent and cancer care and will continue to do its best to maintain appointments and elective services wherever possible, including joint replacement surgery and musculoskeletal services. 18-month waits for trauma and orthopaedic services have been reduced by more than 92% since September 2021.</p><p>Additionally, we are transforming the way the NHS provides elective care by increasing activity through dedicated and protected surgical hubs. This is focused on providing high volume low complexity surgery in six high volume specialties, which includes trauma and orthopaedics including joint replacement surgery, as well as other elective treatment areas such as ophthalmology, general surgery, gynaecology, Ear Nose and Throat, and urology.</p><p>94 of these such hubs are open currently, and through capital investment announced at 2021 Spending Review, the NHS plans to have 132 such centres open by March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 4866 5103 question first answered 07/12/2023 12:23:32 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1675243

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Orthopaedics: Surgery
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 February 2023 to Question 143688 on Orthopaedics: Surgery, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) economic impact of delays in orthopaedic surgery and (b) impact of such delays on people with arthritis.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	5105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is taking steps with NHS England to support people waiting for appointments and surgery for long-term conditions, including in trauma and orthopaedics, by offering online support, increasing elective capacity, and encouraging personalised support.</p><p>As set out in its elective recovery delivery plan, the National Health Service is increasing elective capacity and improving patient pathways to reduce avoidable delays in care. This includes funding new surgical hubs and expanding those already in operation to increase elective capacity and improve treatment waiting times for patients with long-term conditions. Through improvements to patient pathways, there will be greater end-to-end support, including help to prevent patients sustaining secondary injuries.</p><p>In addition, NHS England is developing further guidance to support local health systems to provide personalised and targeted support for patients and their carers, to help them manage their symptoms, prevent deterioration, and recover effectively from treatment.</p><p>NHS England launched the My Planned Care platform in February 2022, giving patients advice and support to manage their health and avoid significant deterioration of symptoms whilst they wait for appointments. This online platform includes advice on movement, medication, and mental health.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 4867 4869 question first answered 07/12/2023 11:05:25 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1675274

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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 Learning Support Fund: Pharmacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason students studying Masters of Pharmacy courses do not qualify for support from the NHS Learning Support Fund.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
uin	5132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The Learning Support Fund (LSF) is available <ins class="ministerial">broadly</ins><del class="ministerial">only</del> to those courses which were eligible for the NHS Bursary prior to the 2017 reforms, and therefore, subjects such as pharmacy are outside of the scope of the LSF arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/12/2023 15:46:56 question first ministerially corrected 21/12/2023 14:14:55 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 5737 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1674627

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Air Pollution: Greater London
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 11 May 2023 to Question 183644 on Air Pollution: Greater London, whether the fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution measured as PM2.5 should be multiplied by the (a) number of deaths from all causes aged 30 years and older and (b) total number of deaths to calculate the number of deaths attributable to PM2.5.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	4776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution, measured as PM2.5, for Greater London in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 was provided in the answer of 11 May 2023 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-05-03/183644" target="_blank">183644</a>. The provided values represented the percentage of annual deaths from all causes in those aged 30 and older attributed to PM2.5.</p><p>In estimating the burden of long-term exposure to air pollution mixture in 2019 in the United Kingdom, namely 29,000 to 43,000 deaths for adults aged 30 years old and over, the total number of deaths for that age group was used. A report detailing a methodology that local authorities can use to estimate local mortality burdens associated with particulate air pollution within their area was published by the former Public Health England, now the UK Health Security Agency, in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 06/12/2023 10:47:14 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1674639

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Joint Replacements: 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 her Department is taking to tackle backlogs in joint replacement surgery.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	4866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>Cutting waiting lists is one of the Government’s top priorities. The National Health Service is prioritising urgent and cancer care and will continue to do its best to maintain appointments and elective services wherever possible, including joint replacement surgery and musculoskeletal services. 18-month waits for trauma and orthopaedic services have been reduced by more than 92% since September 2021.</p><p>Additionally, we are transforming the way the NHS provides elective care by increasing activity through dedicated and protected surgical hubs. This is focused on providing high volume low complexity surgery in six high volume specialties, which includes trauma and orthopaedics including joint replacement surgery, as well as other elective treatment areas such as ophthalmology, general surgery, gynaecology, Ear Nose and Throat, and urology.</p><p>94 of these such hubs are open currently, and through capital investment announced at 2021 Spending Review, the NHS plans to have 132 such centres open by March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 5103 5104 question first answered 07/12/2023 12:23:32 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1674640

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Orthopaedics: 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 support her Department provides to people who are waiting for (a) trauma, (b) joint replacement and (c) other orthopaedic treatment who have to give up their jobs until they receive that treatment.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	4867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is taking steps with NHS England to support people waiting for appointments and surgery for long-term conditions, including in trauma and orthopaedics, by offering online support, increasing elective capacity, and encouraging personalised support.</p><p>As set out in its elective recovery delivery plan, the National Health Service is increasing elective capacity and improving patient pathways to reduce avoidable delays in care. This includes funding new surgical hubs and expanding those already in operation to increase elective capacity and improve treatment waiting times for patients with long-term conditions. Through improvements to patient pathways, there will be greater end-to-end support, including help to prevent patients sustaining secondary injuries.</p><p>In addition, NHS England is developing further guidance to support local health systems to provide personalised and targeted support for patients and their carers, to help them manage their symptoms, prevent deterioration, and recover effectively from treatment.</p><p>NHS England launched the My Planned Care platform in February 2022, giving patients advice and support to manage their health and avoid significant deterioration of symptoms whilst they wait for appointments. This online platform includes advice on movement, medication, and mental health.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 4869 5105 question first answered 07/12/2023 11:05:25 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1674642

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Orthopaedics: 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 support her Department provides to people who are waiting for (a) trauma, (b) joint replacement and (c) other orthopaedic treatment who are unable to live independently until they receive that treatment.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	4869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is taking steps with NHS England to support people waiting for appointments and surgery for long-term conditions, including in trauma and orthopaedics, by offering online support, increasing elective capacity, and encouraging personalised support.</p><p>As set out in its elective recovery delivery plan, the National Health Service is increasing elective capacity and improving patient pathways to reduce avoidable delays in care. This includes funding new surgical hubs and expanding those already in operation to increase elective capacity and improve treatment waiting times for patients with long-term conditions. Through improvements to patient pathways, there will be greater end-to-end support, including help to prevent patients sustaining secondary injuries.</p><p>In addition, NHS England is developing further guidance to support local health systems to provide personalised and targeted support for patients and their carers, to help them manage their symptoms, prevent deterioration, and recover effectively from treatment.</p><p>NHS England launched the My Planned Care platform in February 2022, giving patients advice and support to manage their health and avoid significant deterioration of symptoms whilst they wait for appointments. This online platform includes advice on movement, medication, and mental health.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 4867 5105 question first answered 07/12/2023 11:05:24 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft