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date	16/01/2024
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	General Practitioners: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
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 she is taking to (a) recruit and (b) retain GPs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	9729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>We are working with NHS England to increase the general practice (GP) workforce in England. This includes measures to boost recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession, and encourage them to return to practice.</p><p>NHS England has made available several retention schemes available to boost the GP workforce. We have increased the number of GP training places and 2022 saw 4,032 trainees accepting a place on GP training, up from 2,671 in 2014. Under the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, the number of training places will rise to 6,000 by 2031/32, with the first 500 new places available from September 2025.</p><p>Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board advises that primary care is recognised as the cornerstone of the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System (ICS), and that the primary care sector in the ICS has made significant progress over recent years. It has set out key initiatives, including making Birmingham and Solihull a destination for newly qualified doctors and nurses and for existing doctors and nurses to feel valued. The ICS has been cited as an exemplar for the ‘New to Practice Fellowships Scheme’, which offers a two-year programme of support available to all newly-qualified GPs and nurses working substantively in general practice, with an explicit focus on working within and across primary care networks.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 9730 question first answered 23/01/2024 09:24:34 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1682052

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Earwax: 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, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of NHS ear syringing treatment in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	9384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The National Health Service will often recommend home treatment remedies to alleviate ear wax build-up. Manual ear syringing is no longer advised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) due to risks associated with it, such as trauma to their ear drum or infection.</p><p>However, in line with NICE guidance, a person may require ear wax removal treatment if the build-up of earwax is linked with hearing loss. A general practice could then consider referring the patient into audiology services. Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning healthcare services that meet the needs of their local populations – including for audiology and ear wax removal services.</p><p>ICBs should therefore arrange for the provision of ear wax removal services for when a patient has a clinical need for ear wax removal beyond home treatments.</p><p>The NICE published guidelines last year on hearing loss – and specifically on ear wax removal treatment, at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98/chapter/Recommendations#removing-earwax" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98/chapter/Recommendations#removing-earwax</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 9681 question first answered 22/01/2024 16:11:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1682057

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Healthy Start Scheme
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 she has made of the ability of low-income families to access the NHS Healthy Start scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	9386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Healthy Start scheme helps to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies and young children under four from low-income households who are in receipt of qualifying benefits. In December 2023, uptake for the Healthy Start scheme was 73%.</p><p>Systems are in place to help eligible families apply for and access the scheme. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is committed to increasing uptake of the Healthy Start scheme as much as possible to ensure all children have a healthy start in life. NHSBSA actively promotes the Healthy Start scheme through its digital channels and has created free tools to help stakeholders promote the scheme. There is an online application process, allowing for quick outcomes to applications, as well as a helpline to assist with the application process or general questions.</p><p>The eligibility criteria for the Healthy Start scheme are kept under continuous review.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/01/2024 09:35:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1682060

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Social Prescribing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of social prescribing; and whether her Department issues guidance on which models provide the most effective treatment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	9387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>As a relatively new programme, the evidence base around nationally linked social prescribing is still evolving and robust quantitative evidence is limited. However, a growing body of work is suggestive of positive effects. The Department continues to work to understand the effectiveness of social prescribing to enhance physical and mental health and wellbeing, building on existing positive local evidence.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care works on the Green Social Prescribing programme established with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to increase the use and connection to the natural environment to tackle mental ill health. The Department of Health and Social Care funds the evaluation and research element including research studies into angling and outdoor swimming.</p><p>The Department funds via grant the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP). Their role is to support and promote social prescribing at a local and national level and develop the evidence base. A range of research into the effectiveness of social prescribing published by NASP is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/read-the-evidence/" target="_blank">https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/read-the-evidence/</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/01/2024 09:39:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe