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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, for further COVID-19 vaccination programmes during the autumn of 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4282", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505805/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>NHS England led a transition programme to design integrated care boards (ICBs) and support the transfer of staff, property and liabilities from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Through joint planning and progress monitoring between NHS England and the Department, all 42 ICBs were legally established and no significant transition issues reported.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Whilst CCG functions have been conferred to ICBs and some continuity will remain where appropriate, ICBs are designed to work differently from CCGs. ICBs have new duties under the Health and Care Act 2022. This includes wider and more integrated care pathways, accelerated work on prevention and the determinants of health, new leadership in the National Health Service and new governance arrangements. The new ICB geographies will adopt new ways of working to ensure that the needs of local populations are responded to.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the challenges of the transition from Clinical Care Commissioning Groups to Integrated Care Boards, and (2) the risk of established ways of working being recreated within the new structures.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4551", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Redfern"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505809", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505809/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Spending Review in 2021 provided £2.3 billion in capital funding for diagnostic services over the next three years. The majority of this funding will be allocated increase the number of community diagnostic centres (CDCs) to 160 by March 2025 and to expand planned elective diagnostic services. In 2022/23, £900 million has been allocated to the CDC programme and to increase capacity for imaging, endoscopy, lung and mammography screening and improving digital diagnostics. The capital allocation has not been diverted to other services. Revenue funding may be lower than originally envisaged in order to meet the cost of the 2022/23 National Health Service pay settlement.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding was allocated at the start of this financial year for NHS diagnostic centres; and how much of this funding has since been diverted to other NHS services.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4333", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Scriven"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505817/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme, led by the Royal College of Physicians, aims to improve the quality of care, services and clinical outcomes for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by collecting and providing data on a range of indicators. Through the NHS Long Term Plan, access to pulmonary rehabilitation will be expanded by 2028. This is an exercise and education programme for COPD, with 90% of patients who complete the programme experiencing improved exercise capacity or increased quality of life. The expansion of pulmonary rehabilitation services over 10 years aims to prevent 500,000 exacerbations and avoid 80,000 hospital admissions.<\/p><p>The Government has worked with global academic and industrial leaders to identify areas of scientific and research potential which could address the seven identified healthcare missions in the \u2018Life Sciences Vision\u2019. The respiratory mission aims to reduce pressure on the National Health Service and improve clinical outcomes, treatment and diagnosis.<\/p><p>Detailed implementation plans are being developed to deliver the Life Sciences Vision. We are working with academics, the NHS and industry on plans for the respiratory mission to reduce morbidity and mortality due to respiratory disease, including COPD.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Life sciences vision published on 6 July 2021, what steps (a) the Government and (b) the NHS plan to take to reduce COPD mortality in the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505818", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505818/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The available data shows that since April 2021, 16,022 whole exome sequencing tests have been carried out to detect rare diseases. While NHS England does not hold data on the effectiveness of all exome sequencing tests, the Rapid Whole Exome Sequencing Service for acutely unwell children was launched in 2019 has provided or confirmed a diagnosis for approximately 45% of children tested via this service. The National Fetal Exome Sequencing Service launched by the National Health Service in October 2020 has provided or confirmed a diagnosis to approximately 40% of pregnant women tested via this service.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many whole exome sequencing tests were carried out by the NHS in order to detect rare diseases in individuals in each of the last three years; and what recent assessment she has made of their effectiveness.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505820", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505820/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information requested is not collected centrally.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4679", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Neil O'Brien"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505822/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>There are no current plans to do so.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2022 to Question 31846, on Parkinson's Disease, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a national register of patients with a Parkinson's diagnosis; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505830", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505830/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government has decided not to procure Evusheld for prevention through emergency routes at this time. This is a decision based on independent clinical advice by the multi-agency RAPID C-19 and a national expert policy working group, which considered a range of evidence, including clinical trial data, in vitro analysis and emerging observational studies. It concluded that there is currently insufficient evidence of benefit to recommend deployment at this time. \u202fThe Chief Medical Officer for England is content that the correct process for providing clinical advice has been followed and agrees that it should now be referred to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for further evaluation.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department wrote to patient groups on 5 September 2022 with information on this decision and evidence considered. The Department intends to publish further details of the clinical advice received shortly.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4859", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Virginia Crosbie"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ynys Môn"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505856", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505861", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505861/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of all medical doctors\u202fpractising\u202fin the United Kingdom which\u202fsets and enforces the standards all doctors must adhere to. The GMC is responsible for operational matters, including holding data on the number of currently licensed doctors. The Department does not require the GMC to provide data on the number of currently licensed doctors for National Health Service workforce planning.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>However, the Department accesses data published by the GMC, including at its online archive at the following link:<\/p><p>https://www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-we-do-and-why/data-and-research<\/p>"}
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