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1718341

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with the Association of Optometrists on the adequacy of funding for the special schools eye care service.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	26397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has committed to invest up to £12.7 million annually on the provision of sight tests and associated optical vouchers in special educational settings. This represents an approximate 87% increase compared to the current budget. This additional investment has the potential to increase coverage from 4% of special educational settings to 100%. NHS England has already engaged with the Optical Fees Negotiating Committee, which includes the Association of Optometrists.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 26398 26399 question first answered 22/05/2024 15:05:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1718342

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs
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 ensure that the special schools eye care service has adequate funding to enable the long-term commissioning of those services.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	26398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has committed to invest up to £12.7 million annually on the provision of sight tests and associated optical vouchers in special educational settings. This represents an approximate 87% increase compared to the current budget. This additional investment has the potential to increase coverage from 4% of special educational settings to 100%. NHS England has already engaged with the Optical Fees Negotiating Committee, which includes the Association of Optometrists.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 26397 26399 question first answered 22/05/2024 15:05:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1718343

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with the Association of Optometrists on the adequacy of funding for the special schools' eye care service.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	26399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has committed to invest up to £12.7 million annually on the provision of sight tests and associated optical vouchers in special educational settings. This represents an approximate 87% increase compared to the current budget. This additional investment has the potential to increase coverage from 4% of special educational settings to 100%. NHS England has already engaged with the Optical Fees Negotiating Committee, which includes the Association of Optometrists.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 26397 26398 question first answered 22/05/2024 15:05:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1625681

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
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: 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 he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that the NHS Workforce Plan contains a detailed analysis of the long-term funding allocations required to develop a healthcare workforce capable of delivering recommended levels of care into the future.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	183683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government has and will continue to prioritise investment into the National Health Service. We worked closely with NHS leadership to agree £3.3 billion per year of new funding for the NHS in England at the autumn statement. This is on top of the historic funding settlement that the NHS received at the last spending review.</p><p>The work of the Long Term Workforce Plan will be used to inform future Government work on how to best meet the needs of patients and the NHS workforce. Funding plans will be subject to business and financial planning and investment decisions once the work has been completed. 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 11/05/2023 09:50:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1603462

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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	Diagnosis: 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 the terms of reference are for the joint NHS and Health Education England diagnostic workforce board; whether there is an imaging subgroup of the board; what role the diagnostic workforce board has had in shaping the NHS long-term workforce plan; and what role the board will have in the implementation of the NHS long-term workforce plan.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	163769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2023 answer text <p>A copy of the Terms of Reference for the joint NHS England and Health Education England Diagnostic Workforce Board is attached. There is an imaging workforce sub-group of this board.</p><p>Individual members of the Diagnostic Workforce Board have had an opportunity to feed into the development of the Long Term Workforce Plan for the National Health Service at appropriate stages and in the capacity of their roles. In line with the Terms of Reference, the board will have a role in supporting implementation of the workforce plan.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/04/2023 10:05:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name TOR_Diagnostic Workforce Board FINAL.pdf title Attachment
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1603463

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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: 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 assessment he has made of the actions required to ensure that the NHS long-term workforce plan can be implemented efficiently with regards to establishing (a) governance structures and (b) accountability checks.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	163770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has committed to publishing the long term workforce plan this year. Further information on governance arrangements will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/03/2023 16:21:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1603464

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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: 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 assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the merger of NHS England and Health Education England on the implementation of the NHS long-term workforce plan.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	163771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan has been developed jointly by NHS England and Health Education England (HEE), reflecting their close working relationship irrespective of the merger. The merger builds on cooperation and joint working between HEE and NHS England and will help ensure that the merged organisation performs its functions as effectively as possible, including on the implementation of the Long-Term Workforce Plan.</p><p>The Department will continue to monitor and track the performance of the new NHS England through the NHS England mandate.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 163772 question first answered 20/03/2023 14:58:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1603465

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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: 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 his Department is taking to ensure that the merger of Health Education England and NHS England will not impact the implementation of the NHS long-term workforce plan.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	163772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan has been developed jointly by NHS England and Health Education England (HEE), reflecting their close working relationship irrespective of the merger. The merger builds on cooperation and joint working between HEE and NHS England and will help ensure that the merged organisation performs its functions as effectively as possible, including on the implementation of the Long-Term Workforce Plan.</p><p>The Department will continue to monitor and track the performance of the new NHS England through the NHS England mandate.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 163771 question first answered 20/03/2023 14:58:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1584850

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 9 December 2022 from 33 health and care organisations on the rehabilitation workforce and the NHS long-term workforce plan.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	141371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care received the letter of 9 December 2022 and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/02/2023 14:05:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1584851

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Physiotherapy
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 plan entitled Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services published on 30 January 2023, if he will hold discussions with the Community Rehabilitation Alliance on (a) expanding and (d) developing the rehabilitation workforce.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	141372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>Our ministers are planning to have a discussion with the Community Rehabilitation Alliance to discuss the rehabilitation workforce soon.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/02/2023 10:51:05 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill