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1602956

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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	Health Services: 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, whether the Government is on track to deliver the 18 month target within the elective recovery plan.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	162205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Cutting waiting lists is one of the Government’s top priorities. All efforts are being made to deliver the next long wait ambition by April 2023, eliminating waits of 18 months or more for treatment. Thanks to incredible National Health Service staff, the total number of patients waiting more than 18 months went down more than two thirds from its peak of 123,969 in September 2021 by February 2023. Over 70 NHS trusts in England now have fewer than 100 patients waiting more than a year and a half, ahead of the target to virtually eliminate these by April.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/03/2023 13:28:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1602960

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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	Surgical Hubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many surgical hubs are currently in operation; and are due to be operating by the end of 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	162208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>There are currently 89 elective surgical hubs in operation in England. 16 further new elective hubs are due to open by December 2023, subject to construction being able to progress as planned, as recent availability of materials and other external factors are impacting some project delivery timelines. The Department and NHS England are working with providers in each locality on revised hub timings where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/03/2023 17:42:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1601132

registered interest
date	03/03/2023
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	Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis
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 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines entitled Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers, published on 20 June 2018, whether his Department is taking steps to increase patient access to (a) fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography and (b) cerebrospinal fluid tests for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	157660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines provide evidence based recommendations for health and care, including on assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers. NICE guideline NG97 states that clinicians should consider a fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan and cerebrospinal fluid tests when the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is uncertain.</p><p>Integrated commissioning boards are expected to commission appropriate resources, including such testing, in line with the local population health needs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 09/03/2023 17:28:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1601138

registered interest
date	03/03/2023
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	Dementia: Diagnosis
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 (a) increase availability of equipment to diagnose dementia and (b) prepare the NHS for new treatments in the context of the US's approval of Lecanemab.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	157661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for health and care, including on assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers. NICE guideline NG97 states that clinicians should consider a fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan and cerebrospinal fluid tests when the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is uncertain. Integrated commissioning boards are expected to commission appropriate resources, including such testing, in line with the local population health needs.</p><p>NHS England is currently exploring what pathways, processes and equipment might best support future disease modifying treatments, including for Alzheimer’s disease.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 09/03/2023 17:25:30 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1600770

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
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	Dementia: Screening
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 has had discussion with NHS England on reframing the dementia risk reduction messaging within the NHS Health Check to promoting good brain health.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	156975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>In 2017, national guidance on the NHS Health Check was updated to include new advice that, during a check, practitioners should make attendees aware that what is good for the heart is good for the brain. The Department also developed online NHS Health Check training resources, created in conjunction with Health Education England, to support practitioners delivering a check to have a conversation on dementia risk, and inform people about the signs and symptoms of dementia.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 09/03/2023 17:45:52 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1600809

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
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	Bowel Cancer: 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 recent progress his Department has made on reducing waiting times for bowel cancer referrals.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	156976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>To reduce waiting times, including in bowel cancer referrals, the Government has taken steps by working with NHS England to publish the delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlogs in elective care in February 2022. To deliver this plan, the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to help drive up and protect elective activity, including cancer diagnosis and treatment activity.</p><p> </p><p>Diagnostics are crucial part of all cancer pathways. The Government awarded £2.3 billion at the 2021 Spending Review to transform diagnostic services over the next three years. As part of this investment, up to 160 new Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) will deliver additional, digitally connected, diagnostic capacity in England, providing patients with a coordinated set of diagnostic checks, including for cancer. To date, there are 92 CDCs currently operational that have delivered over 3 million additional tests since July 2021, including vital cancer checks.</p><p>The National Health Service is also continuing to roll-out faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) to support the clinical triage of patients on the lower gastrointestinal cancer pathway, with a clear expectation set out in NHS England’s 2023/24 Operational Planning that at least 80% of Faster Diagnosis Standard for lower gastrointestinal referrals should be accompanied by a FIT result.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/03/2023 15:58:10 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1599969

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Initial Teacher Training Market Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department conducted an Equality Impact Assessment for the most recent round of Initial Teacher Training accreditation.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	155141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>In the 2019 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy, the Department committed to reviewing the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) market, with the aim to make it more effective.</p><p>The subsequent ITT accreditation process was recommended by an expert advisory group and implemented following public consultation. The process was designed to assess providers’ capacity to deliver high quality, reformed ITT from September 2024, in line with the new Quality Requirements identified in the advisory group’s ITT Market Review.</p><p>The consultation invited views on any impact people considered could arise from implementation of the proposed Quality Requirements in relation to equalities issues. The Department also assessed the potential equalities impacts of the reforms and published the findings here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1037339/Government_response_to_the_initial_teacher_training__ITT__market_review_report_-_equalities_impact_assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1037339/Government_response_to_the_initial_teacher_training__ITT__market_review_report_-_equalities_impact_assessment.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Department continues to provide support to attract the best possible candidates to teacher training. £181 million has been made available in bursaries and scholarships to attract trainee teachers in high priority subjects for the 2023/24 academic year, which is a £52 million increase on the current academic year. As graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects attract the highest salaries outside teaching, the Department is offering a £27,000 tax free bursary and a £29,000 tax free scholarship in chemistry, computing, mathematics, and physics. In addition, a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 tax free annually is available for maths, physics, chemistry and computing teachers who choose to work in disadvantaged schools early in their career. This reflects the priority the Department places on training teachers to teach STEM subjects and on supporting the recruitment and retention of specialist teachers in the subjects, schools and areas that need them most.</p><p>The Department wants to attract and retain diverse, talented teachers from all backgrounds and support all teachers in their career journeys. The Department is committed to dismantling the stereotype of what a good teacher looks like and supporting people into teaching, regardless of their gender or background.</p><p>The new Apply for Teacher Training service, rolled out in October 2021, will allow the Department to collect more data, giving a greater insight into candidate behaviour and the behaviour of providers of teacher training, so that the Department can identify barriers and work to address them. The Department will continue to work closely with ITT providers to explore, design and test new interventions to ensure teaching is an inclusive career that is open to candidates from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 155142 155143 question first answered 07/03/2023 16:41:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1599973

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Initial Teacher Training Market Review: STEM Subjects
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of its most recent round of Initial Teacher Training accreditation on recruitment in STEM subjects.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	155142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>In the 2019 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy, the Department committed to reviewing the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) market, with the aim to make it more effective.</p><p>The subsequent ITT accreditation process was recommended by an expert advisory group and implemented following public consultation. The process was designed to assess providers’ capacity to deliver high quality, reformed ITT from September 2024, in line with the new Quality Requirements identified in the advisory group’s ITT Market Review.</p><p>The consultation invited views on any impact people considered could arise from implementation of the proposed Quality Requirements in relation to equalities issues. The Department also assessed the potential equalities impacts of the reforms and published the findings here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1037339/Government_response_to_the_initial_teacher_training__ITT__market_review_report_-_equalities_impact_assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1037339/Government_response_to_the_initial_teacher_training__ITT__market_review_report_-_equalities_impact_assessment.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Department continues to provide support to attract the best possible candidates to teacher training. £181 million has been made available in bursaries and scholarships to attract trainee teachers in high priority subjects for the 2023/24 academic year, which is a £52 million increase on the current academic year. As graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects attract the highest salaries outside teaching, the Department is offering a £27,000 tax free bursary and a £29,000 tax free scholarship in chemistry, computing, mathematics, and physics. In addition, a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 tax free annually is available for maths, physics, chemistry and computing teachers who choose to work in disadvantaged schools early in their career. This reflects the priority the Department places on training teachers to teach STEM subjects and on supporting the recruitment and retention of specialist teachers in the subjects, schools and areas that need them most.</p><p>The Department wants to attract and retain diverse, talented teachers from all backgrounds and support all teachers in their career journeys. The Department is committed to dismantling the stereotype of what a good teacher looks like and supporting people into teaching, regardless of their gender or background.</p><p>The new Apply for Teacher Training service, rolled out in October 2021, will allow the Department to collect more data, giving a greater insight into candidate behaviour and the behaviour of providers of teacher training, so that the Department can identify barriers and work to address them. The Department will continue to work closely with ITT providers to explore, design and test new interventions to ensure teaching is an inclusive career that is open to candidates from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 155141 155143 question first answered 07/03/2023 16:41:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1599974

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Initial Teacher Training Market Review: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the the potential impact of the initial Teacher Training Market Review on its objective to recruit more teachers from diverse backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	155143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>In the 2019 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy, the Department committed to reviewing the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) market, with the aim to make it more effective.</p><p>The subsequent ITT accreditation process was recommended by an expert advisory group and implemented following public consultation. The process was designed to assess providers’ capacity to deliver high quality, reformed ITT from September 2024, in line with the new Quality Requirements identified in the advisory group’s ITT Market Review.</p><p>The consultation invited views on any impact people considered could arise from implementation of the proposed Quality Requirements in relation to equalities issues. The Department also assessed the potential equalities impacts of the reforms and published the findings here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1037339/Government_response_to_the_initial_teacher_training__ITT__market_review_report_-_equalities_impact_assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1037339/Government_response_to_the_initial_teacher_training__ITT__market_review_report_-_equalities_impact_assessment.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Department continues to provide support to attract the best possible candidates to teacher training. £181 million has been made available in bursaries and scholarships to attract trainee teachers in high priority subjects for the 2023/24 academic year, which is a £52 million increase on the current academic year. As graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects attract the highest salaries outside teaching, the Department is offering a £27,000 tax free bursary and a £29,000 tax free scholarship in chemistry, computing, mathematics, and physics. In addition, a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 tax free annually is available for maths, physics, chemistry and computing teachers who choose to work in disadvantaged schools early in their career. This reflects the priority the Department places on training teachers to teach STEM subjects and on supporting the recruitment and retention of specialist teachers in the subjects, schools and areas that need them most.</p><p>The Department wants to attract and retain diverse, talented teachers from all backgrounds and support all teachers in their career journeys. The Department is committed to dismantling the stereotype of what a good teacher looks like and supporting people into teaching, regardless of their gender or background.</p><p>The new Apply for Teacher Training service, rolled out in October 2021, will allow the Department to collect more data, giving a greater insight into candidate behaviour and the behaviour of providers of teacher training, so that the Department can identify barriers and work to address them. The Department will continue to work closely with ITT providers to explore, design and test new interventions to ensure teaching is an inclusive career that is open to candidates from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 155141 155142 question first answered 07/03/2023 16:41:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1587320

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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	Essential Tremor: Magnetic Resonance Imagers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 92245 on Essential Tremor: Liverpool, if his Department will take steps to provide support to centres wanting to offer MR-Guided Focussed Ultrasound for Essential Tremor.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	148610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (London) and The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (Liverpool) provide this treatment in England and can meet the patient demand. There are no current plans to expand the number of providers offering this treatment.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/02/2023 10:06:20 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd