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1659451

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Cancer: Medical Treatments
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 people are receiving cancer treatment on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	198591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The latest published data shows that the total number of patients who received their first or subsequent treatment in June 2023 was 54,112.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/09/2023 09:55:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1659452

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Cancer: Medical Treatments
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 people with an urgent referral are waiting to start cancer treatment on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	198592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of first treatments following an urgent suspected cancer referral, and the proportion that waited longer than the specified time:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of patients treated who waited</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 62 days</p></td><td><p>38,083 (26%)</p></td><td><p>53,112 (31%)</p></td><td><p>70,929 (39%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 3 months (&gt;90 days)</p></td><td><p>16,084 (11%)</p></td><td><p>22,323 (13%)</p></td><td><p>33,652 (18%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 4 months (&gt;124 days)</p></td><td><p>5,723 (4%)</p></td><td><p>7,117 (4%)</p></td><td><p>12,343 (7%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 6 months (&gt;182 days)</p></td><td><p>1,339 (1%)</p></td><td><p>1,181 (1%)</p></td><td><p>2,252 (1%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months (&gt;365 days)</p></td><td><p>18 (0.01%)</p></td><td><p>28 (0.02%)</p></td><td><p>42 (0.02%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Treated</p></td><td><p>148,280</p></td><td><p>171,395</p></td><td><p>182,454</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the number of people with an urgent referral waiting to start cancer treatment is not held in the format requested. Monthly information is published on the backlog of patients waiting longer than 62 days from urgent general practitioner referral for suspected cancer. This shows that there were 3,344 patients waiting past day 62 following an urgent suspected cancer referral with a decision to treat.</p><p>We are unable to publicly disclose the longest wait for a patient to start cancer treatment on the National Health Service for each of the last three years as we cannot provide information which could be patient-identifiable, in line with established disclosure controls.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 198593 198594 question first answered 10/10/2023 13:43:54 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 96136 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1659453

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Cancer: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the single longest wait for a patient to start cancer treatment on the NHS for each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	198593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of first treatments following an urgent suspected cancer referral, and the proportion that waited longer than the specified time:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of patients treated who waited</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 62 days</p></td><td><p>38,083 (26%)</p></td><td><p>53,112 (31%)</p></td><td><p>70,929 (39%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 3 months (&gt;90 days)</p></td><td><p>16,084 (11%)</p></td><td><p>22,323 (13%)</p></td><td><p>33,652 (18%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 4 months (&gt;124 days)</p></td><td><p>5,723 (4%)</p></td><td><p>7,117 (4%)</p></td><td><p>12,343 (7%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 6 months (&gt;182 days)</p></td><td><p>1,339 (1%)</p></td><td><p>1,181 (1%)</p></td><td><p>2,252 (1%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months (&gt;365 days)</p></td><td><p>18 (0.01%)</p></td><td><p>28 (0.02%)</p></td><td><p>42 (0.02%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Treated</p></td><td><p>148,280</p></td><td><p>171,395</p></td><td><p>182,454</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the number of people with an urgent referral waiting to start cancer treatment is not held in the format requested. Monthly information is published on the backlog of patients waiting longer than 62 days from urgent general practitioner referral for suspected cancer. This shows that there were 3,344 patients waiting past day 62 following an urgent suspected cancer referral with a decision to treat.</p><p>We are unable to publicly disclose the longest wait for a patient to start cancer treatment on the National Health Service for each of the last three years as we cannot provide information which could be patient-identifiable, in line with established disclosure controls.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 198592 198594 question first answered 10/10/2023 13:43:54 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 96137 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1659454

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Cancer: Health Services
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 NHS cancer patients have waited longer than (a) 62 days, (b) 3 months, (c) 4 months, (d) 6 months and (e) 12 months in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	198594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of first treatments following an urgent suspected cancer referral, and the proportion that waited longer than the specified time:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of patients treated who waited</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 62 days</p></td><td><p>38,083 (26%)</p></td><td><p>53,112 (31%)</p></td><td><p>70,929 (39%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 3 months (&gt;90 days)</p></td><td><p>16,084 (11%)</p></td><td><p>22,323 (13%)</p></td><td><p>33,652 (18%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 4 months (&gt;124 days)</p></td><td><p>5,723 (4%)</p></td><td><p>7,117 (4%)</p></td><td><p>12,343 (7%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 6 months (&gt;182 days)</p></td><td><p>1,339 (1%)</p></td><td><p>1,181 (1%)</p></td><td><p>2,252 (1%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months (&gt;365 days)</p></td><td><p>18 (0.01%)</p></td><td><p>28 (0.02%)</p></td><td><p>42 (0.02%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Treated</p></td><td><p>148,280</p></td><td><p>171,395</p></td><td><p>182,454</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the number of people with an urgent referral waiting to start cancer treatment is not held in the format requested. Monthly information is published on the backlog of patients waiting longer than 62 days from urgent general practitioner referral for suspected cancer. This shows that there were 3,344 patients waiting past day 62 following an urgent suspected cancer referral with a decision to treat.</p><p>We are unable to publicly disclose the longest wait for a patient to start cancer treatment on the National Health Service for each of the last three years as we cannot provide information which could be patient-identifiable, in line with established disclosure controls.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 198592 198593 question first answered 10/10/2023 13:43:54 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 96138 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1659459

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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: Safety
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 his Department is taking to reduce unsafe early discharges from hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	198614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2023 answer text <p>It is important that people are discharged safely from hospital, when they are clinically ready, to the most appropriate place, with timely and appropriate recovery support if needed. From the outset of a patient’s hospital admission it is the role of the multi-disciplinary team leading the care, plus the patient, their family and carers, to set the clinical criteria for discharge, and the expected date of discharge should be set by the consultant at the first review. Clinicians decide the point when a patient is medically ready for discharge, and the discharge is carried out once suitable onward care is arranged as needed by the care transfer hub.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/10/2023 13:30:12 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1659496

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Semaglutide
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 bring forward proposals to ban the off-label prescribing of Ozempic.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	198650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>We have issued guidance to prescribers and pharmacists that medicines which are solely licensed to treat type 2 diabetes, such as Ozempic, should not be routinely prescribed for weight loss. The guidance is clear that these medicines should only be prescribed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, in order to protect supply for diabetes patients.</p><p>Decisions about what medicines to prescribe are made by the doctor or healthcare professional responsible for that part of the patient’s care and prescribers are accountable for their prescribing decisions, both professionally and to their service commissioners. All prescribers, whether employed privately or by the National Health Service, are also expected by their professional regulators and the Government to take account of appropriate national guidance. This includes Medicines Supply Notifications and National Patient Safety Alerts.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/09/2023 09:18:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1659497

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Health Services
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 6 June 2023 to Question 186779 on Health Services, what proportion of additional NHS funding (a) in 2023/24 and (b) 2024/25 will be spent on delivery of the Major Conditions Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	198651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Funding for the development of the Major Conditions Strategy will come out of Department’s existing funding allocation. This funding is not separately identified.</p><p>The funding provided at the Autumn Statement comes on top of the Spending Review 2021 settlement, which provided a 33% total cash increase of £43.9 billion when compared to 2019/20, when our budget outturn was £133.5 billion.</p><p>As part of the Strategy, we will identifying innovative actions to help alleviate pressure on the National Health Service, such as maximising use of new technologies to screen individuals for conditions.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/09/2023 15:28:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1659512

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	NHS: Labour Turnover
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 his Department is taking to improve staff retention in the National Health Service.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	198666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>The NHS People Plan and the People Promise set out a comprehensive range of actions to improve staff retention. They provide a strong focus on creating a more modern, compassionate and inclusive National Health Service culture by strengthening health and wellbeing, equality and diversity, culture and leadership and flexible working.</p><p>NHS priorities and operational planning guidance 2023/24 has asked systems to refresh their 2022/23 whole system workforce plans to improve staff retention through a systematic focus on all elements of the NHS People Promise.<strong> </strong> Staff wellbeing should be strategically aligned with elective recovery plans, including workforce demand and capacity planning.<strong> </strong> In addition, the NHS Retention Programme is continuously seeking to understand why staff leave, resulting in targeted interventions to support staff to stay whilst keeping them well.</p><p>The Long Term Workforce Plan builds on the People Plan and sets out how to improve culture and leadership to ensure that up to 130,000 fewer staff leave the NHS over the next 15 years. This includes: implementing actions from the NHS People Plan that have been shown to be successful; implementing plans to improve flexible opportunities for prospective retirees and delivering the actions needed to modernise the NHS pension scheme; and committing to ongoing national funding for continuing professional development for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, so NHS staff are supported to meet their full potential.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/09/2023 11:11:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1659519

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
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 his Department is taking to ensure that radiotherapy LINAC machines used in NHS Trusts are replaced once they go beyond their recommended 10-year lifespan; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of rolling replacement funding.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	198673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2022, the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines has sat with local systems. This is supported by the 2021 Spending Review, which set aside £12 billion in operational capital for the National Health Service from 2022 to 2025.</p><p>Recent capital planning guidance sets out the expectation that the majority of radiotherapy equipment, particularly linear accelerator machines, will need to be replaced at 10 years of age, to make progress on NHS Long Term Plan priorities. The guidance states that integrated care systems need to develop replacement plans as part of their multi-year capital plans, in partnership with specialised commissioners, Cancer Alliances and Radiotherapy Operational Delivery Networks, based on an assessment of equipment age, capacity and demand, opportunities to improve access and service risk.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/09/2023 09:29:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1659520

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what changes his Department plans to make to the (a) reporting of and (b) data collected by NHS England on cancer waiting times after 1 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	198674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department has taken steps to work with NHS England to modernise and simplify National Health Service cancer waiting time targets. The new standards are more in line with the requirements of modern cancer care, with a greater focus on outcomes and incentivising the completion of the pathway, in the best interests of patients.</p><p>From 1 October 2023, the NHS will move from the 10 different standards currently in place to three:</p><p>- Faster Diagnosis Standard: a diagnosis or ruling out of cancer within 28 days of referral (set at 75%, rising to 80% by 2026);</p><p>- 31-day treatment standard: commence treatment within 31 days of a decision to treat for all cancer patients (set at 96%); and</p><p>- 62-day treatment standard: commence treatment within 62 days of being referred or consultant upgrade (set at 85%).</p><p>There will be minimal changes to reporting of data by trusts. In addition, Cancer Waiting Time statistics will continue to be published monthly by NHS England, who will take this opportunity to improve the granularity of the statistics by cancer type.</p><p>NHS England will continue to collect and publish some data on the other process-based standards, such as first and subsequent radiotherapy or chemotherapy treatments. This data will remain important in terms of being able to analyse and understand reasons for any changes in overall performance.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/09/2023 09:27:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris