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1521407

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	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	Dental Services: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
	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 her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	62028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>NHS England asked dental practices to return to full delivery of contracted activity from July 2022, including in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/10/2022 15:22:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 24329 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1521408

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	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	Dental Services: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
	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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentist provision in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	62029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/10/2022 11:42:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 24330 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1521410

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	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	Breast Cancer: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
	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 her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	62030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is working with NHS England to finalise the delivery of £10 million for breast screening units, including determining which areas will benefit from this investment.</p><p>National Health Service breast screening providers are also encouraged to work with Cancer Alliances, Primary Care Networks, NHS regional teams and the voluntary sector to promote the uptake of breast screening and ensure access to services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/10/2022 16:05:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 24333 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1521708

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2022
	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	General Practitioners: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
	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 her Department is taking to provide additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help reduce (i) patient backlogs and (ii) workloads in GP surgeries in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	62914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’, published in February 2022, stated the ambition to reduce patient backlogs for planned National Health Service treatments and the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25. We made £520 million available to expand general practice capacity during the pandemic. This was in addition to at least £1.5 billion announced in 2020 by 2024 which includes supporting increased workloads in general practitioner (GP) surgeries, including in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough. In September 2022, ‘Our plan for patients’ announced measures to support GP practices increase access and manage workloads, such as the provision of 31,000 phone lines and funding to expand the staff roles working in general practice, including in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/10/2022 15:33:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 25045 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1521709

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2022
	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	General Practitioners: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	62915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>On 22 September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which contains measures to assist people make an informed choice on their general practitioner (GP) practice, book an appointment more easily, benefit from more care options and increase the diversity of general practice teams. This aims to increase the availability of appointment types, such as face-to-face, in England, including in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s guidance states that GP practices must provide face to face appointments and remote consultations and should respect preferences for face-to-face care unless there are good clinical reasons to the contrary.  While remote consultations can provide additional choice, flexibility and convenience for patients, this is not suitable for all patients or in all circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 24/10/2022 14:00:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 25066 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1522820

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	Dental Services: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
	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 and what proportion of dental practices were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency in 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	64241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) does not currently rate providers of primary dental care services.  The CQC publishes an assessment against five ‘key aspects’ which determine whether a dental provider is meeting its regulatory requirements. These are:</p><p> </p><p>- Treating people with respect and involving them in their care;</p><p>- Providing care, treatment and support that meets people's needs;</p><p>- Caring for people safely and protecting them from harm;</p><p>- Staffing; and</p><p>- Quality and suitability of management.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC provides online information for the public to find local dentists and profiles, which display the regulatory performance and inspection reports.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 64041 64073 64222 64343 question first answered 27/10/2022 09:47:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 25597 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1538602

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2022
	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	Endometriosis
	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 (a) gynaecology specialist nurses with expertise in endometriosis and (b) gynaecologists with expertise in (i) diagnosing and managing endometriosis and (ii) training and skills in laparoscopic surgery were working in the NHS as of 2 November 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	77519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/11/2022 11:05:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 31890 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1658381

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	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	Hospitals: South Yorkshire
	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 assessment he has made of whether any hospitals in South Yorkshire contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	197884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The National Health Service has been surveying sites and undertaking reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) mitigation work since 2019 and has issued guidance for trusts nationally on how to establish the presence of RAAC in their estate. There is ongoing engagement with trusts on a national and regional level to ensure RAAC is identified across the NHS estate.</p><p>The Department has published a full list of hospitals with confirmed RAAC on GOV.UK, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Freinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-raac-in-hospitals-management-information&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPOPQs%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Ce523ac526b3b42b5fad908dbd1792ae6%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638334090559406342%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=PNQnRuzsrb1VM8ZleDVvq5au30hK%2B8mgREHKmm%2FKO08%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-raac-in-hospitals-management-information</a></p><p>As of 17 October, there is one hospital in South Yorkshire with confirmed RAAC, Barnsley Hospital. The trust has joined the national RAAC programme.</p><p>Where structural surveys identify RAAC in their estate, trusts are inducted into the national programme. Each site will be different, and just because RAAC is present, it does not necessarily mean there is a high risk.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/10/2023 15:18:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 93685 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1359982

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Afghan citizens whose cases have already been raised with her Department by hon. Members will automatically be considered for the Afghan citizens' resettlement scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	57223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) is not yet open. Officials are working urgently to stand up the remaining elements of the scheme, amid the complex and changing picture.</p><p>The Government will continue to work closely with other government departments, non-governmental organisations, charities, local authorities and other partners and relevant organisations in the development and implementation of the ACRS.</p><p>Further information on the eligibility, prioritisation and referral of people for the ACRS is set out in the policy statement published on gov.uk on 13 September, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a></p><p>The Home Office is logging the cases we have received from Honourable Members, and we are considering how this data will be used in the future.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/10/2021 10:14:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 25513 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1361995

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timescale is for bringing to the UK unaccompanied Afghanistan refugee children currently in temporary camps in Qatar who have relatives in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	59911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is aware of a group of unaccompanied Afghan minors with family links to the UK in Qatar and officials are working closely with UNICEF, the UNHCR and the US State Department to ensure the most appropriate outcomes for these children. Our priority is to ensure that the children will be safe and well cared for and to ensure any outcome is in the best interests of the children.</p><p>We are working with the utmost urgency to ensure that, where appropriate, these children are brought to the UK. However, we need to conduct assessments of the relatives the children will be living with to ensure the children’s safety, and that moving to the UK is in their best interests. As soon as these assessments are made, and we are content moving to the UK is in the best interests of the children, arrangements will be made to bring them to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/10/2021 17:19:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 27211 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss