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1419048

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date	02/02/2022
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: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of women who did not have a routine breast cancer screening as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	117030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>NHS Digital published statistics on breast cancer screening programme in England for 2020/21 on 24 February 2022. In total, 1.19 million women aged 45 years old and over were screened in 2020/21, compared with 2.12 million in 2019/20. This is a decrease of 44.1% or 930,000 women.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/03/2022 10:34:18 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1419054

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Incontinence: 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 policy framework is guiding NHS (a) performance and (b) quality improvement for continence services.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	116843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The National Bladder and Bowel Project is developing evidence-based pathways to support a consistent approach to continence services and will provide a framework for services. NHS England’s ‘Excellence in Continence Care’ provides guidance to enables commissioners, including local authorities, to collaborate with providers and others to improve the care and experience of patients with continence issues.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 14/03/2022 14:44:09 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 50192 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1419058

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Integrated Care Boards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when there was last a comprehensive assessment of local continence care service needs; and whether there is a strategy in place to meet those needs in the context of formalising integrated care boards across England.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	116845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>In 2018, NHS England published ‘Excellence in Continence Care’ to improve the care and experience of patients with continence issues. While no assessment has been made of local continence care service needs, the guidance was produced with patient and public advocates, clinicians and partners from the third sector.</p><p>Integrated care boards (ICBs) will take on the commissioning functions of clinical commissioning groups and some of NHS England’s commissioning functions. There are no specific requirements on ICBs to assess local continence needs. However, ICBs will be responsible for providing a comprehensive health service for their local populations. ‘Excellence in Continence Care’ is a strategy for commissioners, which will include ICBs once established, to enable collaboration with providers and others.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 14/03/2022 14:30:33 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 49448 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1419060

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Incontinence: 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 NHS support is available for family carers looking after relatives with continence problems.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	116847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Those with continence problems or their carers should request a full assessment from their general practitioner directly or through a referral to a specialist service. ‘Excellence in Continence Care’ provides further information on access to services and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.england.nhs.uk%2Fpublication%2Fexcellence-in-continence-care%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Canita.wadhawan%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Cc10b7e5d9de44bcee97108d9e7d7b77a%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C637795735987900841%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=D69qRySucRCT%2B3aTwLbQjTx7YEak%2BrATe7yc4t7%2Ff04%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/excellence-in-continence-care/</a></p><p>The National Bladder and Bowel Program is developing evidence-based service pathways to support a consistent approach to continence services and provide a framework.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 14/03/2022 14:55:09 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 49837 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1419063

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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: Ethnic Groups
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 publish a breakdown by percentage of the ethnicity of all mental health professionals employed by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	117014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>NHS Digital collects Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers. Data on the National Health Service workforce is collected from the Electronic Staff Record, the human resources and payroll system for the NHS.</p><p>The following table shows the ethnicity of all HCHS mental health staff working in the NHS, headcount, by percentage as of September 2021.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>73.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black or black British</p></td><td><p>11.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian or Asian British</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not stated</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any other ethnic group</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Discontinued codes</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics/september-2021" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics/september-2021</a></p><p>Note:</p><ol><li>An individual's ethnic category is self-determined.</li><li>Further information on the Mental Health workforce definition is available at the following link:</li></ol><p><br> https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/areas-of-interest/workforce/national-workforce-data-set-nwd-guidance-documents#agreed-definitions</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 14/03/2022 16:32:13 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1419064

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what race equality training is provided to mental health professionals employed by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	117015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>The training of staff on equality and diversity is a matter for individual National Health Service organisations. Many organisations include race equality in mandatory training sessions as part of their governance arrangements.</p><p>NHS staff are encouraged to refer to and read good practice guidance online. Training programmes, such as the Workforce Race Equality Standards experts programme, are nationally funded. NHS England and NHS Improvement also provide webinars on equality, diversity and inclusion which can be accessed by NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/03/2022 14:03:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1419077

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Influenza
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 prepare for next winter's influenza season; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	117081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The scope of the seasonal flu vaccination programme each season is based on independent expert advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The Department is working with the JCVI to determine the eligibility for the vaccine in the 2022/23 season. We will also work with the UK Health Security Agency, which monitors the prevalence of the flu virus prior to and during the flu season. Local providers are responsible for ordering the appropriate quantity of vaccine required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 24/03/2022 17:21:14 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1419081

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 15 December 2021, referenced RL31475.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Robert Largan
uin	117116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>We replied to the hon. Member on 21 February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/03/2022 09:38:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4852 label Biography information for Robert Largan

1419088

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Allergies: Public Appointments
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 appoint an allergy tsar to act as a champion within Government for people living with allergic disease.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	117006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>We have no current plans to do so. Clinical advice and leadership is provided by the clinical reference group for specialised allergy and immunology services. While there is currently no specific National Clinical Director or Specialty Adviser for routine allergy services, NHS England and NHS Improvement keep this position under review and new National Clinical Directors or Specialty Advisers are appointed as necessary. We are currently working with delivery partners and stakeholders to ensure there is the appropriate workforce, clinical leadership and expert guidance in place to support those living with allergies.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 14/03/2022 16:47:01 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1419101

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Employment Tribunal claims of (a) race and (b) disability discrimination have been lodged against the Cabinet Office in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	116976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Under the GDPR, the Cabinet Office is unable to provide specific data broken down year-on-year for the number of employment tribunal claims of a) race and b) disability that have been lodged. However, in total for the five year period from 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2022 there have been a total of 27 race, disability or race and disability discrimination cases lodged. Some claims are not defined for singular reasons; a claim may have multiple aspects.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/03/2022 17:50:16 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens