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1676815

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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	Children: Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many infants admitted to the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in each of the past five years were subject to investigation under its guidelines regarding suspected abuse in children; of those, how many were identified as having been subjected to abuse; and whether this figure is similarly reflected in other trusts across the country.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2023 answer text <p>Somerset NHS Foundation Trust guidelines define abuse and neglect as forms of maltreatment of a child. Somebody may abuse or neglect a child by inflicting harm, or by failing to act to prevent harm. All staff have a responsibility to safeguard children at risk of abuse or neglect in the National Health Service. This involves protecting children from maltreatment and preventing impairment of children’s health and development. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust does not hold data on the number of infants admitted in the past five years subject to investigation regarding suspected abuse or the number of infants identified as subjected to abuse. NHS England also does not collect the data requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/12/2023 14:11:39 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1676820

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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	Ulcerative Colitis: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken a review into the impact on different ethnic groups of differing levels of medical care, following the 2015 publication of ‘Patients with ulcerative colitis from diverse populations: The Leicester experience’ by Farrukh and Mayberry in Medical-Legal Journal, which found that some ethnic groups have less access to certain treatments, fewer reviews by consultants, more frequent discharges from hospital care and poorer access to surveillance colonoscopy to detect early cancer development.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Integrated care boards are responsible for meeting the health needs of their local populations, accounting for differences in populations’ demographic characteristics and health needs. Nationally, our approach will continue to focus on supporting people to live healthier lives, helping the National Health Service and social care to provide the best treatment and care for patients and tackling health disparities through interventions such as the NHS England Core20PLUS5 programme.</p><p>We have no plans to publish NHS outcome data for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in the Roma community.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL1063 question first answered 19/12/2023 16:25:54 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1676821

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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	Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Roma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish the NHS outcome data for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in the Roma community.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Integrated care boards are responsible for meeting the health needs of their local populations, accounting for differences in populations’ demographic characteristics and health needs. Nationally, our approach will continue to focus on supporting people to live healthier lives, helping the National Health Service and social care to provide the best treatment and care for patients and tackling health disparities through interventions such as the NHS England Core20PLUS5 programme.</p><p>We have no plans to publish NHS outcome data for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in the Roma community.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL1062 question first answered 19/12/2023 16:25:55 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1676828

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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	Lung Diseases: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) data, (2) estimates, or (3) management information, they have available regarding the number of patients waiting for a spirometry test in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL1070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not currently hold validated data on the number of patients waiting for a spirometry test in England or within each integrated care board. NHS England plans to expand the national diagnostics data collection in 2024. This will provide regular data on spirometry services for the first time.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL1071 question first answered 19/12/2023 16:13:00 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1676829

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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	Lung Diseases: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) estimates, or (2) management information, they have available regarding the number of patients waiting for a spirometry test within each integrated care board.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL1071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not currently hold validated data on the number of patients waiting for a spirometry test in England or within each integrated care board. NHS England plans to expand the national diagnostics data collection in 2024. This will provide regular data on spirometry services for the first time.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL1070 question first answered 19/12/2023 16:13:00 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1676843

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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	Mental Health Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the roll-out of funding for Mental Health Support Teams beyond 2025.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL1086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>There are currently approximately 400 mental health support teams in place in schools and colleges across England, offering support to children experiencing anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issues and covering over three million children or approximately 35% of pupils. We estimate this will increase to 44% by April 2024 and we are aiming to increase this coverage to 50% of pupils by March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing an additional £3.3 billion in each of 2023/24 and 2024/25 to support the National Health Service in England. Future financial plans, including details on the further rollout of mental health support teams, will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/12/2023 14:52:31 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1676848

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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: Tumours
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 support recruitment and approval processes for clinical trials for brain tumours.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	6311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government has set out a vision for the Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery which aims to increase participation in research and improve the speed and efficiency of approvals processes. This, together with the Government response to the O’Shaughnessy review backed by up to £121 million of funding, will help to drive improvements in recruitment to clinical trials and approval processes which lead to quicker study set up. More information on the vision is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-future-of-uk-clinical-research-delivery/saving-and-improving-lives-the-future-of-uk-clinical-research-delivery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-future-of-uk-clinical-research-delivery/saving-and-improving-lives-the-future-of-uk-clinical-research-delivery</a></p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has now cleared the backlog of clinical trials waiting for regulatory approvals and regulatory assessments, and all newly received, fully complaint clinical trials applications will be approved within statutory timelines of 60 days. In the Government response to the O’Shaughnessy review, we announced new United Kingdom performance indicators with immediate effect, including measures relating to recruitment levels and approvals timelines for clinical trials. These measures will benefit all clinical trials, including brain tumour trials.</p><p>The Department-funded National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) funds research and research infrastructure which supports patients and the public to participate in high-quality research. In 2022/23, NIHR supported 61 brain tumour studies and supported recruitment of 4,317 participants to these studies in England. In addition, the NIHR online service called 'Be Part of Research' allows users to search for studies and register their interest that is relevant to them, increasing access to research opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/12/2023 15:38:41 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1676898

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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	Carbamazepine: Shortages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on tackling shortages of Tegretol 100mg tablets.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	6200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>We were aware of a shortage of Tegretol (carbamazepine) 100mg tablets which has now been resolved. We issued communications to the National Health Service advising on use of alternative Tegretol preparations. We worked closely with the manufacturer to resolve the issue. <br> <br></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 19/12/2023 16:57:34 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1676900

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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	NHS: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Lord Markham's keynote speech at London Tech Week 2023 on 12 June 2023, what her Department's planned timetable is for publishing the policy framework clarifying the market pathway for digital health technologies.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	6202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>NHS England is working with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to develop a policy framework for Digital Health Technologies. The framework will clarify the market pathway for industry and ensure that well-evidenced technologies reach the hands of patients. The policy is planned for publication in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 13/12/2023 11:25:40 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1676921

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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: Disadvantaged
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 with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle inequalities in prostate cancer outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
uin	6071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department is not currently taking specific steps with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle inequalities in prostate cancer outcomes, but is tackling inequalities for all cancer outcomes. Experience and access is a key focus for everyone as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The NHS Long Term Plan states that ‘where appropriate every person diagnosed with cancer will have access to personalised care, including needs assessment, a care plan and health and wellbeing information and support’.</p><p>A pancreatic cancer clinical audit, led by the Royal College of Surgeons, began in 2021, with the first outcomes expected in 2024. A key aim of the audit is to support National Health Service services to stimulate improvements in cancer detection, treatment and outcomes for patients, including improving survival rates.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 19/12/2023 16:55:09 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth