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1668298

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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	Cystic Fibrosis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure the continued NHS funding of modulator therapies that are used to treat (a) children, (b) new patients and (c) other patients with cystic fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Orkambi, Symkevi and Kaftrio are currently available as treatment options for eligible National Health Service patients with cystic fibrosis, under the terms of a commercial agreement reached between NHS England and the manufacturer. This agreement has enabled the collection of data to inform a full appraisal of these medicines by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which is currently underway.</p><p>NICE published draft guidance on 3 November 2023 which does not recommend Orkambi, Symkevi and Kaftrio for the treatment of cystic fibrosis. The draft guidance is now subject to a public consultation and NICE’s committee will carefully consider all evidence as well as comments received during the consultation in developing its final guidance, which is expected to be published on 20 March 2024. Patients already receiving these treatments will have continued access following the publication of NICE’s final guidance, regardless of the outcome.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/11/2023 10:43:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1668355

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Civil Servants
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 3,310 total headcount figure for permanent civil servants excluding agency workers working for his Department as of 31 March 2023, as detailed in Cabinet Office statistics entitled Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, what that figure was on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>On 2 October 2023, the Chancellor announced an immediate cap on civil servant headcount across Whitehall to stop any further expansion, increase efficiencies and boost productivity.</p><p>The Civil Service grew to manage the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the illegal war in Ukraine, but it is right that we reduce the size of the Civil Service over time as we drive up productivity and deliver efficiencies.</p><p>The following table shows the total headcount figure for permanent civil servants working for the Department, excluding agencies:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>31 March 2011</p></td><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>31 March 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Departmental headcount</p></td><td><p>2615</p></td><td><p>1952</p></td><td><p>1741</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 22/11/2023 16:16:12 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668379

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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: Training
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 plans to increase the number of dental school places available in 2024.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department has no current plans to increase the number of dental school places that it funds in 2024. The NHS Long Term Workforce published on 30 June 2023 contained a commitment to expand dentistry training places by 40%, beginning from the 2026 academic year, so that there are over 1,100 places by 2031/32.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2023 13:08:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1668388

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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	Bipolar Disorder: 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 he is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of bipolar disorder.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to investing £2.3 billion extra funding a year in expanding and transforming mental health services by March 2024, enabling an extra two million people, including people with bipolar disorder, to be treated by mental health services within the National Health Service.</p><p>Through the NHS Long Term Plan, we are also expanding community mental health services. This includes new integrated community models for adults with severe mental illness including bipolar disorder. These new models are still in the early stages, and will take time to embed nationally, but will give at least 370,000 adults greater choice and control over their care and support them to live well in their communities by March 2024.</p><p>The Department also provided an additional £500 million in 2021/22 to accelerate our expansion plans and help address waiting times for mental health services. The NHS is also working towards implementing five new waiting time standards for people requiring mental healthcare in both accident and emergency and in the community, to ensure timely access to the most appropriate, high-quality support.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/11/2023 09:16:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1668389

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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	Neurology: 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, what steps he has taken to help ensure that integrated care boards are (a) ready and (b) supported to commission neurology services identified as suitable for delegation.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>To support assurance of integrated care board (ICB) readiness for taking on greater responsibility for in-scope specialised services, a pre-delegation assessment framework was developed, which set out the criteria that ICBs should meet prior to assuming responsibility for the functions, and builds on the primary care pharmaceutical, general ophthalmic and dental commissioning functions framework. ICBs, with the support of their regional team, undertook a self-assessment against the pre-delegation assessment framework for specialised commissioning. Final decisions will be taken by the NHS England board later this year.</p><p>The NHS England Neurology Transformation Programme has developed, in partnership with stakeholders, a new whole pathway neurology model to support ICBs to deliver the right service, at the right time for all neurology patients including providing care closer to home. A toolkit is being developed to support ICBs to understand and implement this new model. It will provide them with resources and information they will need to drive transformation in their neurology services, as they take on delegated responsibility for commissioning specialised neurology services from April 2024 onwards.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2023 13:43:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1668390

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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	Integrated Care Boards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which service specifications NHS England plans to (a) develop and (b) update before commissioning is delegated to integrated care boards.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>NHS England will only delegate specialised services to integrated care boards (ICBs) following a moderation process. This may mean that ICBs take on responsibility for commissioning specific specialised services at varying points in time. In parallel, NHS England is taking forward work to update service specifications for specialised services. Some specifications will need only minor changes and these will be progressed via a light touch process, whilst others require a deeper review which will take longer to complete.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/11/2023 12:42:17 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1668391

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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	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, what progress he has made on (a) establishing and (b) defining the priorities of the Highly Specialised Services Programme Board.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>We will not define the priorities of the Highly Specialised Services Programme Board. NHS England established the Highly Specialised Services Oversight Group (HSSOG), previously referred to as the Highly Specialised Services Programme Board, in April 2023 to ensure that there is a continued clear focus on highly specialised services and rare diseases.</p><p>HSSOG is the operational group responsible for discharging NHS England’s duties, powers and responsibilities in respect of the 80 highly specialised services. HSSOG’s membership is across the United Kingdom and includes representation from integrated care boards.</p><p>HSSOG takes its strategic clinical advice and clinical leadership from the Rare Diseases Advisory Group and has a role in implementing the England Rare Diseases Action Plan.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 17/11/2023 09:49:59 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1668411

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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	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 proportion of children in receipt of the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service have a history of hospital-based eye care.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>From April 2021 to September 2023, there have been 15,858 sight tests completed under the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service. Of these, 10,785 have no history of hospital-based eye care attached to them, 1,672 are listed as being active in hospital-based eye care and 3,401 have been discharged from hospital.</p><p>From the 15,858 sight tests, 6,784 were issued with glasses. NHS England does not hold information on other sight problems in this cohort of patients.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 663 question first answered 16/11/2023 13:29:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1668412

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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	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 proportion of children in receipt of the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service have (a) a need for glasses and (b) another sight problem.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>From April 2021 to September 2023, there have been 15,858 sight tests completed under the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service. Of these, 10,785 have no history of hospital-based eye care attached to them, 1,672 are listed as being active in hospital-based eye care and 3,401 have been discharged from hospital.</p><p>From the 15,858 sight tests, 6,784 were issued with glasses. NHS England does not hold information on other sight problems in this cohort of patients.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 662 question first answered 16/11/2023 13:29:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1668413

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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	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 he will visit an NHS special schools eye care service.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>Ministers regularly consider visits to health and care settings across the country. Any plans to visit specific locations will be notified to hon. Members in advance.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2023 13:41:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh