Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1676276

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	General Practitioners: Transgender People
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 4 December 2023 to question 4006 on GP Practice Lists: Gender, whether the NHS has made an assessment of the potential medical impact of allowing people to register with their GP as a person of the opposite sex.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	5856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2024 answer text <p>The National Health Service has not made a formal assessment of the medical impact allowing people to register or change their gender to that with which they identify at their general practice.</p><p>When a transgender person changes their name and gender on their NHS record, they are issued with a new NHS number. As part of this process, the patients' previous medical records are copied across to their new NHS number, ensuring continuity of care. NHS England has advised that there should, therefore, be no medical impact of the changes made.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 05/01/2024 10:08:30 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1676335

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Tobacco: Sales
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 discussions her Department has had with relevant stakeholders on the proposed generational ban on tobacco products.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	5749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Smoking is responsible for around 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom and causes around one in four cancer deaths in the UK. It also costs our country £17 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>This is why the Government is planning to create a smokefree generation by bringing forward legislation so that children turning 14 years old this year or younger will never be legally sold tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p>In development of this policy, we have, and will continue to, speak to a broad range of local and regional stakeholders. In line with the UK’s obligations under the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, we will not engage with stakeholders who have links to the tobacco industry when developing this policy.</p><p> </p><p>A public consultation on the Smokefree Generation policies closed on 6 December and received contributions from a broad range of stakeholders. The Department of Health and Social Care will respond to the consultation in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 19/12/2023 16:57:44 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1676348

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Care Workers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of pay for care sector roles on the number of vacancies within that sector.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	5737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>We have made no recent assessment.</p><p>Vacancy rates are likely not the best measure of capacity, or lack of capacity, in the sector. Independent providers make the decision on whether to advertise vacancies based on their aspirations to grow their businesses and the expected churn of workers within the sector.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/12/2023 13:21:48 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1676385

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Prostate Cancer: Drugs
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 5 December 2023 to Question 4318 on Prostate Cancer: Drugs, if he will make a comparative assessment of the (a) decision-making criteria for and (b) process to approve the use of abiraterone acetate to treat locally advanced high-risk non-metastatic prostate cancer in (i) NHS England and NHS Wales and (ii) NHS Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	5889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans for a comparative assessment to be made. Health is a devolved matter and decisions on access to medicines in Scotland and Wales are a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p>NHS England sent a policy proposition to stakeholders on 29 November 2023 regarding abiraterone acetate and prednisolone for high-risk, hormone sensitive, non-metastatic prostate cancer, and has invited feedback by 14 December 2023. The completion of NHS England’s consideration will depend on the feedback received from stakeholders which will help inform the final draft of the proposition, and the outcome of the impact assessment which will inform the timing of decision making.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 5890 question first answered 12/12/2023 17:07:19 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1676386

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Prostate Cancer: Drugs
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 5 December 2023 to Question 4318 on Prostate Cancer: Drugs, when does she expect NHS England to complete their consideration of a clinical policy proposal for abiraterone as a treatment option for patients newly diagnosed with high risk, non-metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	5890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans for a comparative assessment to be made. Health is a devolved matter and decisions on access to medicines in Scotland and Wales are a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p>NHS England sent a policy proposition to stakeholders on 29 November 2023 regarding abiraterone acetate and prednisolone for high-risk, hormone sensitive, non-metastatic prostate cancer, and has invited feedback by 14 December 2023. The completion of NHS England’s consideration will depend on the feedback received from stakeholders which will help inform the final draft of the proposition, and the outcome of the impact assessment which will inform the timing of decision making.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 5889 question first answered 12/12/2023 17:07:19 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1676394

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Rheumatology: Consultants
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 30 November to Question 3424 on Rheumatology: Consultants and Nurses, what (a) methodology and (b) criteria were used to determine the required increase in specialist training places to meet NHS demand for full time equivalent grade 1 paediatric and adult rheumatology consultants.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
uin	5788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>Over the last 30 years, the National Health Service has developed sophisticated modelling techniques to guide the allocation of resources against patient need. The current resource allocations methodology considers over 150 separate factors to determine population-weighted healthcare need for each NHS integrated care board.</p><p>This methodology is combined with NHS England’s, and previously Health Education England’s, demand forecasting model that utilises hospital episode statistics alongside Office for National Statistics population projections to understand future growth in demand for key hospital services in each region and is further adjusted based on regional deprivation.</p><p>This provides a robust method for understanding the distribution of future healthcare demand on the medical workforce, including paediatric and adult rheumatology consultants. The model provides a reliable and transparent methodology on which to base the distribution of trainee posts across regions which can be revisited if changes occur.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 5789 question first answered 12/12/2023 17:05:18 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1676395

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Rheumatology: Consultants
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 30 November 2023 to Question 3424 on Rheumatology: Consultants and Nurses, how her Department determines the commensurate increase in specialist training places to meet NHS demands without an estimation of vacancies for Full Time Equivalent Grade 1 (a) adult and (b) paediatric rheumatology consultants.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
uin	5789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>Over the last 30 years, the National Health Service has developed sophisticated modelling techniques to guide the allocation of resources against patient need. The current resource allocations methodology considers over 150 separate factors to determine population-weighted healthcare need for each NHS integrated care board.</p><p>This methodology is combined with NHS England’s, and previously Health Education England’s, demand forecasting model that utilises hospital episode statistics alongside Office for National Statistics population projections to understand future growth in demand for key hospital services in each region and is further adjusted based on regional deprivation.</p><p>This provides a robust method for understanding the distribution of future healthcare demand on the medical workforce, including paediatric and adult rheumatology consultants. The model provides a reliable and transparent methodology on which to base the distribution of trainee posts across regions which can be revisited if changes occur.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 5788 question first answered 12/12/2023 17:05:18 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1676396

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Nurses: 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 and what proportion of full time equivalent general nurses become full time equivalent specialist nurses after accreditation.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
uin	5790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The information on the number and proportion of nurses who become specialist nurses after accreditation is not held centrally. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) sets the standards for education for the nursing profession. There is though no regulator required post registration educational preparation for most specialist nursing roles. An employer would be responsible for creating the number of specialist nursing posts they require, based on population need. It would be expected that an organisation would develop registered nurses into specialist roles, with support from regional funding. This funding enables the development of, for example, advanced practitioners and nurse prescribers.</p><p>The NMC do publish data on registered Specialist Community Public Health Practitioners who hold specific recordable qualifications. This will not include all postgraduate training and nurses may be employed in a range of settings inside and outside of the English National Health Service. The data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/" target="_blank">https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/</a></p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan set out that the NHS would focus on expanding the number of clinicians, including nurses, who train to take up enhanced and advanced roles, and work as part of multidisciplinary teams that have the right skills to meet the changing needs of patients. Supporting clinicians to train as enhanced and advanced practitioners will also help to retain staff by offering a valuable career progression opportunity.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets the ambition of training at least 3,000 advanced practitioners in 2023/24 and 2024/25, and increasing the number in training further to 5,000 a year by 2028/29. By 2031/32, we expect that more than 6,300 clinicians will start training to become advanced practitioners each year.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 5791 question first answered 15/12/2023 13:32:08 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1676397

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Nurses: Training
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 her Department has made of the necessary proportion of full time equivalent general nurses who become full time equivalent specialist nurses after accreditation to meet NHS workforce need.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
uin	5791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The information on the number and proportion of nurses who become specialist nurses after accreditation is not held centrally. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) sets the standards for education for the nursing profession. There is though no regulator required post registration educational preparation for most specialist nursing roles. An employer would be responsible for creating the number of specialist nursing posts they require, based on population need. It would be expected that an organisation would develop registered nurses into specialist roles, with support from regional funding. This funding enables the development of, for example, advanced practitioners and nurse prescribers.</p><p>The NMC do publish data on registered Specialist Community Public Health Practitioners who hold specific recordable qualifications. This will not include all postgraduate training and nurses may be employed in a range of settings inside and outside of the English National Health Service. The data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/" target="_blank">https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/</a></p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan set out that the NHS would focus on expanding the number of clinicians, including nurses, who train to take up enhanced and advanced roles, and work as part of multidisciplinary teams that have the right skills to meet the changing needs of patients. Supporting clinicians to train as enhanced and advanced practitioners will also help to retain staff by offering a valuable career progression opportunity.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets the ambition of training at least 3,000 advanced practitioners in 2023/24 and 2024/25, and increasing the number in training further to 5,000 a year by 2028/29. By 2031/32, we expect that more than 6,300 clinicians will start training to become advanced practitioners each year.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 5790 question first answered 15/12/2023 13:32:08 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1676402

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Brain Cancer: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is eligible to apply to the Government's £40 million fund for brain cancer research; and how they do so.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	5758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>All National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) programmes including those for brain cancer research are open to research applications from individual researchers, academic institutions, local authorities, industry, charities, and social care organisations. Details of how to apply are available and updated on the NIHR website. This includes details of all responsive calls where researchers are invited to propose topics for research, and of commissioned calls on specified topics. It also includes any specific eligibility criteria for research programmes and calls, and details of how to obtain help and support in applying for funding, and details to enable contact with individual funding programmes, in case of questions about eligibility or other issues in applying. Information about funding and how to apply is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nihr.ac.uk/researchers/i-need-help-funding-my-research/" target="_blank">https://www.nihr.ac.uk/researchers/i-need-help-funding-my-research/</a></p><p>The NIHR welcome applications for research into any aspect of human health, including brain tumour research. All applications are assessed for funding by peer review committees. The level of research spend in a particular area is driven by factors including the quality of the proposals and their scientific potential. All applications for brain cancer research made through open competition have been funded.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/12/2023 16:09:40 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh