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1611479

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
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	Dermatology: Consultants
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 consultant dermatologists there are in (a) Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (b) the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board area and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	181107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) National Health Service consultant doctors working in the specialty of dermatology as of December 2022.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>FTE Doctors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire and Merseyside ICB area</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>667</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS England Workforce Statistics</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2023 09:08:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1603476

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Port of Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 March 2023, entitled Transport Update, HCWS625, what alternative sustainable proposals, including rail freight options, he will make an assessment of in relation to Port of Liverpool access.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	163780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>We will work with the Port and others to appraise future options. Any future assessment of schemes in relation to Port of Liverpool access will be considered with both value for money for the taxpayer and sustainability in mind.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/03/2023 12:18:46 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1603064

registered interest
date	10/03/2023
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	Hospices: Children
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 has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing the NHS England Children’s Hospice Grant on the delivery of services in those hospices.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	162511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. NHS England determines the best use of its financial settlement to deliver services. Funding arrangements for children’s hospices beyond 2023/24 have not yet been agreed. Palliative and end of life care is commissioned locally by integrated care boards in response to the needs of their local population.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/03/2023 11:29:56 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

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

1602958

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to target energy support for people living with (a) arthritis and (b) other medical conditions.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	162206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2022, the Government announced that it will provide a further Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 in 2023/24. This was on top of the previous one-off Disability Cost of Living Payment, worth £150, announced in May 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Cost of Living Payments, available to those on means-tested benefits, are also designed to support those on low incomes with the rising cost of living, with a £650 payment announced in May and a £900 payment announced at Autumn Statement 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Disabled people and those with long-term health conditions will also benefit from other forms of Cost of Living support. This includes the Energy Price Guarantee, Energy Bills Support Scheme and the Council Tax rebate.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/03/2023 14:32:13 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1602959

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: Disadvantaged
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 26 January 2023 to Question 128715 on Health: Disadvantages, what plans he has to expand the Major Conditions Strategy to cover ethnic and gender disparities.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	162207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Major Conditions Strategy will support health and care services to diagnose individuals earlier as well as helping them to manage their conditions better and improving the overall co-ordination of their treatment and care. This will include a focus on multi-morbidity.</p><p>We will look at the health of people at all stages of life from prevention through to living well with one or more major conditions. We will also include a focus on geographical and other differences in health that contribute to variations in health outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 162209 question first answered 17/03/2023 12:10:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
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

1602962

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
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's Major Conditions Strategy will include the impact of multimorbidity.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	162209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Major Conditions Strategy will support health and care services to diagnose individuals earlier as well as helping them to manage their conditions better and improving the overall co-ordination of their treatment and care. This will include a focus on multi-morbidity.</p><p>We will look at the health of people at all stages of life from prevention through to living well with one or more major conditions. We will also include a focus on geographical and other differences in health that contribute to variations in health outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 162207 question first answered 17/03/2023 12:10:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
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