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1727203

registered interest
date	03/09/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the present NHS commissioning system and to develop more robust arrangements to alleviate any potential of creating a two-tier system which could lead to differing priorities between Councils, the NHS, and the care sector.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department supports the role and structure of statutory integrated care systems (ICSs) in both commissioning health services to meet the needs of their populations, and bringing together commissioners and other partners to plan and deliver joined up health and care services that improve the lives of people who live and work in their area.</p><p>The organisations within an ICS include the National Health Service, local government, social care providers, charities, and other organisations working together to provide more joined up care for people, and to improve the outcomes for their populations. NHS England has set out the four core purposes for the ICSs, which are as follows:</p><p>- improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;</p><p>- tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access;</p><p>- enhance productivity and value for money; and</p><p>- help the NHS support broader social and economic development.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 19/09/2024 13:19:06 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1727208

registered interest
date	03/09/2024
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: Statistics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the quality and consistency of triple negative breast cancer data collected in England; and what steps they are taking to improve it.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>Data on triple negative breast cancer for England is collected through the National Disease Registration Service (NDRS). An NDRS Quality Assurance Team is in place to identify, investigate, and monitor data quality issues, with over 130 Quality Assurance reports being run each month as well as quarterly reports to assess the completeness of key data.</p><p>To drive up the completeness of the data for triple negative breast cancer, progesterone receptor status, human epidermal growth factor receptor in situ hybridization status, and oestrogen receptor status are part of the Cancer Outcomes and Services Data set, which supports national registration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 19/09/2024 13:18:13 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1727582

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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, what his planned timetable is for delivering 40,000 more NHS appointments per week.
tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
tabling member printed	Dr Caroline Johnson
uin	4396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>Reducing elective waiting lists is a key part of getting the National Health Service back on its feet. Delivering 40,000 more NHS appointments per week is part of our commitment to get back to NHS standards, so that people can expect to wait no longer than 18 weeks for treatment. The next steps will be confirmed after the budget in October.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 19/09/2024 09:39:39 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson

1727785

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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	Fractures: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to establish a fund for new and improved fracture liaison services.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to expanding fracture liaison services (FLS), supporting ending the postcode lottery. FLS are a globally recognised care model and can reduce the risk of refracture for people at risk of osteoporosis by up to 40%. Officials are working closely with NHS England to consider how best to support systems to ensure better quality and access to these important preventative services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 19/09/2024 13:33:44 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1727875

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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	Blood Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the recommendations of Blood Cancer UK's Action Plan.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	4539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department has not made a formal assessment of the potential implications of its policies based on the recommendations of Blood Cancer UK’s Action Plan.</p><p>However, we will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster. This is supported by NHS England’s key ambition on cancer to meet the Faster Diagnosis Standard, which sets a target of 28 days from urgent referral by a general practitioner or screening programme to patients being told that they have cancer, or that cancer is ruled out.</p><p>The Department is committed to implementing the recommendations of the Lord O'Shaughnessy review into commercial clinical trials, making sure that the United Kingdom leads the world in clinical trials, and to ensure that innovative, lifesaving treatments are accessible to NHS patients, including those with blood cancer.</p><p>Professor Lord Darzi has undertaken an independent investigation into the state of the NHS, the findings of which will feed into the Government’s 10-year plan to build a health service that is fit for the future. The Government will therefore set out any further priorities on cancer and health in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 19/09/2024 10:14:01 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1728080

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
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	Queen's Hospital Romford: Accident and Emergency Departments
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 is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times at Queen’s Hospital, Romford.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	4612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The provision and configuration of local services, including hospital bed capacity, is a matter for local National Health Service commissioners to consider, to best meet the needs of their local population and patients.</p><p>The Government has committed to supporting the NHS to improve performance and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution, including that 95% of patients attending accident and emergency are admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours.</p><p>As a first step, my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care appointed Professor Lord Darzi to lead an independent investigation of the NHS’ performance. The investigation’s findings were published on 12 September and will feed into the Government’s work on a 10-year plan to radically reform the NHS and build a health service that is fit for the future.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 4614 question first answered 19/09/2024 09:44:36 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1728083

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
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	Queen's Hospital Romford: Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase bed capacity in Queen’s Hospital, Romford.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	4614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The provision and configuration of local services, including hospital bed capacity, is a matter for local National Health Service commissioners to consider, to best meet the needs of their local population and patients.</p><p>The Government has committed to supporting the NHS to improve performance and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution, including that 95% of patients attending accident and emergency are admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours.</p><p>As a first step, my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care appointed Professor Lord Darzi to lead an independent investigation of the NHS’ performance. The investigation’s findings were published on 12 September and will feed into the Government’s work on a 10-year plan to radically reform the NHS and build a health service that is fit for the future.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 4612 question first answered 19/09/2024 09:44:36 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1728633

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
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	Neonatal Mortality and Sudden Unexplained Death
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 will launch a nationwide review of neonatal (a) mortality rates and (b) unexplained deaths.
tabling member constituency	Harpenden and Berkhamsted
tabling member printed	Victoria Collins
uin	5175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to launch a nationwide review of neonatal mortality rates and unexplained deaths. Professor Lord Darzi’s report on his independent investigation of the National Health Service in England has shone a light on the critical condition of the NHS, and the Government will continue to work closely with NHS England to ensure that women and babies receive safe, personalised, and compassionate care.</p><p>Neonatal mortality and neonatal unexplained deaths are measured by both the Office for National Statistics and the National Child Mortality Database. Since 2010, the neonatal mortality rate in England has decreased by 25% for babies with at least 24 weeks completed gestation. Since 2010, the number of babies who died unexpectedly in their first 28 days of life in England and Wales decreased from 40 to 29.</p><p>The NHS is working to further improve outcomes for babies and is rolling out the third version of the Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle to all trusts. This provides maternity units with guidance and interventions to reduce stillbirths, neonatal brain injury, neonatal death, and preterm birth.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 19/09/2024 09:33:39 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5201

1728646

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Equality
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 positions in his Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such job was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
uin	5188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department currently has two positions which include either diversity, inclusion, equity, or equality in their job title. The following table shows the roles the title included, the total roles, and the total salaries, from 2020/21 to August of 2024: <br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Role title includes</p></td><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diversity</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14 (11)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inclusion</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equity</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equality</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total roles</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total salary</p></td><td><p>£114,264</p></td><td><p>£363,338</p></td><td><p>£619,969</p></td><td><p>£842,077</p></td><td><p>£515,784</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: the number of roles with diversity and inclusion in the job title have been included under diversity, only to avoid duplication.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 19/09/2024 10:01:29 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5158

1729052

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
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	Medical Records: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House (1) the data protection impact assessment for the Privacy Enhancing Technology contract for NHS England's Federated Data Platform, and (2) NHS England's template data protection impact assessment for each nationally commissioned product in the Federated Data Platform.
tabling member printed	Lord Kamall
uin	HL968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has published on its website an overarching National Health Service Federated Data Platform (FDP) data protection impact assessment (DPIA), an overarching NHS FDP information governance framework, and overarching NHS FDP privacy notice and privacy notices, for each national FDP product.</p><p>NHS England plans to publish an overarching NHS Privacy Enhancing Technology DPIA, and a DPIA for each national FDP product on the NHS England website in autumn 2024. These will be placed in the library of the House.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 19/09/2024 13:19:36 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall