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1419874

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2022
	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	Midwives: Students
	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 student midwives were in receipt of a bursary in the most recent two academic years for which figures are available; what the average bursary paid to a student midwife was in each of those years; and what the total cost of those bursaries was to his Department in each year.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
	tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
	uin	118634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>2016/17 was the final year that students starting undergraduate midwifery courses were eligible for funding under the NHS Bursary system. A small number of these students are still finishing their course and eligible for Bursary payments. These are typically students who had to pause their studies for personal reasons.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>NHS BSA Bursary Payments (2020-2021).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020/21 academic year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22 academic year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total bursary paid out to midwives</p></td><td><p>£354,884</p></td><td><p>£25,932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midwives in receipt of bursary</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average bursary paid out per midwife student</p></td><td><p>£3,141</p></td><td><p>£1,621</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority Data</p><p>The average paid out in the 2021/22 academic year will increase because we are only part way through the academic year and eligible students will continue to receive payments as the year progresses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/02/2022 15:16:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1420630

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	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 Professions: Training
	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 people are training to become (a) doctors and (b) nurses in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	119389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>Health Education England estimates that in the 2021/22 academic year there are over 72,000 student nurses in training in England.</p><p>In the 2019/20 academic year there were 45,605 undergraduate medical students in the United Kingdom, of which 32,745 were training in England, according to data provided to the General Medical Council (GMC) by the Higher Education Statistics Agency.</p><p>Student medics register with GMC when they begin their course, because of that there are more accurate numbers available for the numbers training to be doctors.</p><p>These figures include anyone at any point in their degree. Nursing degrees are usually three years, medical degrees four to six years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/02/2022 15:29:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1419872

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2022
	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	Midwives: Retirement
	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 NHS midwives in England are recorded as having retired in each month since January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
	tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
	uin	118632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>NHS Digital collects Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups, but not staff working in General Practice surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>Data on the National Health Service (NHS) workforce is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). ESR is the Human resources (HR) and payroll system for the NHS.</p><p>The following table shows data for HCHS midwives who left the NHS with a recorded reason for leaving of ‘retirement’, in England, January 2020 to July 2021, headcount.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Reason for Leaving ‘Retirement’, Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2020</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2020</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2020</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2020</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2020</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2020</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2020</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2020</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2020</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2021</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2021</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2021</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2021</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2021</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2021</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2021</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The reason for leaving ‘Retirement’ reproduced in these statistics is the value as input by individual organisations as part of their standard HR processes. The reason for leaving information is not completed for all leavers so not all episodes of retirement may be captured in these figures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/02/2022 15:20:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1420829

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	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	Cancer: Nurses
	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 estimate he has made of the number of cancer specialist nurses.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	120630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department has made no such estimate as the data is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/02/2022 15:23:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1420201

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation on changing the qualifying age for free prescriptions in England to 66 years of age.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	119585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The consultation on increasing the upper age exemption for free prescriptions to align it with the state pension age closed on 3 September 2021. No decisions on the proposals have yet been made. We will respond to the consultation and announce our next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/02/2022 15:50:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1420580

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	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	Hospitals: Agency Workers
	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 Answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 56966 on NHS: Agency Workers, what the total cost to NHS hospitals has been of using (a) agency staff and (b) bank staff (i) in the financial year 2020-21 and (ii) since 1 April 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	119480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>Total costs for bank and agency staff for 2020-21 and year to date for 2021-22 are not available.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/02/2022 15:32:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1420920

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	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	Surgery: 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 plans to take to ensure that people on elective waiting lists can access the psychological support if required.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	120820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>We are developing guidance for local health systems to provide personalised and targeted support for patients and their carers to manage symptoms, prevent deterioration and recover effectively. Through the My Planned Care platform, providers will offer information to help patients self-manage and local and community support offers and other routes while people wait for care. This platform will launch shortly with additional resources available from spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 120821 question first answered 14/02/2022 15:35:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1420923

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	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	Orthopaedics: Surgery
	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 will take to ensure that people on elective waiting lists for orthopaedic procedures receive adequate physical and mental health support interventions.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	120821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>We are developing guidance for local health systems to provide personalised and targeted support for patients and their carers to manage symptoms, prevent deterioration and recover effectively. Through the My Planned Care platform, providers will offer information to help patients self-manage and local and community support offers and other routes while people wait for care. This platform will launch shortly with additional resources available from spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 120820 question first answered 14/02/2022 15:35:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1420938

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	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	Surgery: Costs
	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 cost of using the independent sector in his plan for elective care; and whether he has costed NHS alternative provision for elective care.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	120822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>We have provided £2 billion in 2021/22 to increase elective care activity and committed a further £8 billion over the next three years. Detailed planning guidance on the use of this funding will be published by NHS England and NHS Improvement in due course, including delivering additional activity through the independent sector.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/02/2022 15:39:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1366873

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2021
	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 enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 27 August 2021, reference RL26309.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Robert Largan
	uin	71517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>We replied to the hon. Member on 31 January 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/02/2022 15:44:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4852 label Biography information for Robert Largan