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1717095

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date	10/05/2024
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	Ritlecitinib: Shropshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she expects Litfulo to be made available to NHS patients in (a) Shropshire, (b) Telford and (c) Wrekin.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	25645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations on whether all new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service, based on an assessment of their costs and benefits.</p><p>On 27 March 2024, NICE published final technology appraisal guidance recommending ritlecitinib (Litfulo) for treating severe alopecia areata in people 12 years old and over. The NHS in England is legally required to fund medicines recommended by NICE within three months of the publication of its final guidance.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 14/05/2024 16:53:44 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1717158

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
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	Joint Replacements: Post-operative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of adopting the (a) Infection & Orthopaedic Management (INFORM), (b) British Orthopaedic Association and (c) other guidelines for the treatment and management of prosthetic joint infections.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	25603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency manages a national surveillance programme, the Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Surveillance Service, which enhances the quality of patient care by providing hospitals with a framework for collection and comparison of their rates of SSI against national benchmarks. This information is used to review and guide clinical practice, to reduce the risk of infection following surgery. Hip and knee replacements are two of the 17 categories of surgery under surveillance by hospitals. Surveillance in at least one orthopaedic surgical category per quarter, per financial year is mandatory for all National Health Service hospitals undertaking orthopaedic surgery, with hip and knee replacements being the most numerous.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 17/05/2024 11:48:26 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1717159

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
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	Joint Replacements: Post-operative Care
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 tackle post-operative infections in the context of (a) an ageing population and (b) trends in the number of joint replacement operations.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	25604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency manages a national surveillance programme, the Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Surveillance Service, which enhances the quality of patient care by providing hospitals with a framework for collection and comparison of their rates of SSI against national benchmarks. This information is used to review and guide clinical practice to reduce the risk of infection following surgery. Hip and knee replacements are two of the 17 categories of surgery under surveillance by hospitals. Surveillance in at least one orthopaedic surgical category per quarter, per financial year is mandatory for all National Health Service hospitals undertaking orthopaedic surgery, with hip and knee replacements being the most numerous.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/05/2024 13:55:11 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1717160

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
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	Joint Replacements: Post-operative Care
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 she is taking to ensure that best practice guidelines for prosthetic infection are implemented across elective surgery clinical care pathways.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	25605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is working with NHS England to improve perioperative care. This should ensure best practice guidelines are implemented across surgery clinical care pathways, including for prosthetic infections. In May 2023, NHS England published guidance setting out five core perioperative care requirements relating to the care of adult patients awaiting planned inpatient surgery. These measures address the key objective of identifying health needs as early as possible in perioperative pathways, and then using time on the waiting list to optimise health. The NHS England National Elective Recovery and Outpatients programme is working with NHS England regional teams to help oversee and support compliance, and will continue to do so throughout 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 14/05/2024 16:56:42 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1716801

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with the (a) Medical Schools Council and (b) British Medical Association on the effectiveness of preference-informed allocation for foundation placements for medical graduates.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	25505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) manages the national application process for the UK Foundation Programme, on behalf of the four statutory education bodies for the United Kingdom. The UKFPO changed the allocation process for the programme this year to a Preference Informed Allocation method. This consisted of applicants being given a computer-generated rank, and removed the requirement for them to sit the Situational Judgement Test. This change was based on engagement with stakeholders, including the Medical Schools Council, and the British Medical Association.</p><p>When confirming the move to the new system last year, the UKFPO set out that once implemented, it would be kept under constant review, to make sure it is working well for applicants. The UKFPO has confirmed that 75% of applicants received their first choice of programme this year, a 4% increase on last year.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/05/2024 15:44:06 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1716808

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Palliative Care
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 collect data on people admitted to hospital for palliative care in order to understand the (a) demand and (b) needs for palliative care.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	25584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England collects data on the number of people admitted to hospital with a palliative care diagnosis. However, this does not clearly indicate the reason for admission. The following table shows the numbers of patients identified as being admitted to hospital and having a palliative care diagnosis, for each of the past five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Palliative care diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>94,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>98,052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>98,736</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>102,032</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>102,795</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/05/2024 16:42:17 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1716810

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of access to salary sacrifice schemes for NHS staff on lower pay-bands in the context of the increase in the minimum wage before the implementation of an NHS pay award for the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	25595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Employers in the National Health Service offer a broad range of salary sacrifice schemes, which have varying value. The interaction with the national minimum wage (NMW) must be considered for all employees that participate in one or more of these schemes, to ensure that participation does not breach HM Revenue and Customs’ rules. The Department is currently working with employers in the NHS to understand the potential impacts of the NMW increase on access to salary sacrifice schemes for all NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 20/05/2024 08:10:42 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1716919

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Cancer: North West
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 progress she has made on increasing access to cancer screening in the North West.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	25546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England North West has carried out significant work to improve access to cancer screening in the area, including: insight work into cervical screening, which has highlighted some issues, resulting in the piloting of potential solutions; a breast mobile site review being carried out, with findings and recommendations to be shared with trusts to act upon; five bowel and seven breast providers have been trained to use data to develop a Health Equity Audit, which will be submitted at the end of June 2024, with funding being offered to providers to design, develop, implement, and evaluate an intervention to reduce inequalities and barriers experienced by a population group they have identified in their Health Equity Audit; and funding being provided for Improving Uptake in Screening Officers, working to support non responders to take up the offer of breast screening.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/05/2024 15:51:11 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1716920

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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 progress her Department has made on reducing waiting lists for planned care in the North West.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	25547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Cutting waiting lists for elective care is one of this Prime Minister’s top priorities. The Delivery Plan for Tackling the COVID-19 Backlog of Elective Care outlines how the National Health Service will bring down waiting times across all elective services. To support this plan and tackle waiting lists the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to drive up and protect elective activity. We are making good progress on tackling the longest waits, to ensure patients get the care they need when they need it.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2022, the NHS successfully met the first target in our plan to virtually eliminate waits of over two years, excluding patients waiting by choice or due to complex specialties. The NHS then worked hard to deliver the next ambition to eliminate waits of 18 months or more. Thanks to the incredible work of NHS staff, NHS England's official statistics show that as of March 2024, we have virtually eliminated waits of over 18 months.</p><p> </p><p>Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times data is published monthly by NHS England:</p><p>https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/05/2024 15:41:06 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1716933

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Hospitals: Air Pollution
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 she is taking to measure the air quality of (a) hospitals and (b) hospital car parks.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	25435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The policy around outdoor air quality measurement is led by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. This data is publicly available and used by National Health Service trusts, and NHS England. NHS England has set out a range of measures to reduce trusts’ impact on outdoor air quality, as part of its commitment to achieve Net Zero for direct NHS emissions by 2040. Specific actions are set out in its Net Zero Travel and Transport Strategy, Net Zero Estates Delivery Plan, and Clinical Waste Strategy, which are available respectively at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/net-zero-travel-and-transport-strategy/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/net-zero-travel-and-transport-strategy/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk/media/588250/Estates-Net-Zero-Carbon-Delivery-Plan.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk/media/588250/Estates-Net-Zero-Carbon-Delivery-Plan.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-clinical-waste-strategy/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-clinical-waste-strategy/</a></p><p>The NHS’s guidance on indoor air quality is set out in the NHS technical memorandum 03-01: Specialised ventilation for healthcare premises, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/specialised-ventilation-for-healthcare-buildings/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/specialised-ventilation-for-healthcare-buildings/</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/05/2024 13:40:36 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman