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1537787

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Radiology: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact on patients of the 37 per cent shortfall of clinical radiology consultants in the Northeast of England, as identified in the Royal College of Radiologists' 2021 Workforce Census.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	74664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>As of July 2022, there are 696 full time equivalent doctors working in the clinical radiology specialism in the North East and Yorkshire region. This is an increase of 2.7% compared to July 2021. From 2016 to 2021, there has been an increase of 63% in entries in clinical radiology specialty training places in England, with all places taken in 2021. The Government has funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England, with the first graduates entering foundation training in August 2022. We have delivered five new medical schools in England, including at the University of Sunderland.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention, including in clinical radiology. In 2022/23 Health Education England is investing an additional £50 million to expand the cancer and diagnostics workforce, including expanding the postgraduate medical training of cancer-related medical professions, such as clinical radiologists. In the North East and Yorkshire region in August 2022, over 37,000 people received care following an urgent general practitioner referral for suspected cancer and over 73% had cancer diagnosed or ruled out within 28 days.</p><p>The NHS People Plan aims to improve the retention of all National Health Service staff by prioritising health and wellbeing. In 2022/23, more than £45 million has been invested to support the 40 mental health hubs in England, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 74665 74666 74667 74668 question first answered 03/11/2022 15:34:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1537788

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Radiology: North East
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 tackle the impact the 37 per cent shortfall of clinical radiology consultants in the Northeast of England is having on (a) diagnostic waiting times, (b) patient outcomes and (c) staff wellbeing in the region.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	74665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>As of July 2022, there are 696 full time equivalent doctors working in the clinical radiology specialism in the North East and Yorkshire region. This is an increase of 2.7% compared to July 2021. From 2016 to 2021, there has been an increase of 63% in entries in clinical radiology specialty training places in England, with all places taken in 2021. The Government has funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England, with the first graduates entering foundation training in August 2022. We have delivered five new medical schools in England, including at the University of Sunderland.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention, including in clinical radiology. In 2022/23 Health Education England is investing an additional £50 million to expand the cancer and diagnostics workforce, including expanding the postgraduate medical training of cancer-related medical professions, such as clinical radiologists. In the North East and Yorkshire region in August 2022, over 37,000 people received care following an urgent general practitioner referral for suspected cancer and over 73% had cancer diagnosed or ruled out within 28 days.</p><p>The NHS People Plan aims to improve the retention of all National Health Service staff by prioritising health and wellbeing. In 2022/23, more than £45 million has been invested to support the 40 mental health hubs in England, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 74664 74666 74667 74668 question first answered 03/11/2022 15:34:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1537790

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Radiology: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact on patients of the Northeast of England having the slowest average annual clinical radiology workforce growth rate in the last five years of 1 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	74666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>As of July 2022, there are 696 full time equivalent doctors working in the clinical radiology specialism in the North East and Yorkshire region. This is an increase of 2.7% compared to July 2021. From 2016 to 2021, there has been an increase of 63% in entries in clinical radiology specialty training places in England, with all places taken in 2021. The Government has funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England, with the first graduates entering foundation training in August 2022. We have delivered five new medical schools in England, including at the University of Sunderland.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention, including in clinical radiology. In 2022/23 Health Education England is investing an additional £50 million to expand the cancer and diagnostics workforce, including expanding the postgraduate medical training of cancer-related medical professions, such as clinical radiologists. In the North East and Yorkshire region in August 2022, over 37,000 people received care following an urgent general practitioner referral for suspected cancer and over 73% had cancer diagnosed or ruled out within 28 days.</p><p>The NHS People Plan aims to improve the retention of all National Health Service staff by prioritising health and wellbeing. In 2022/23, more than £45 million has been invested to support the 40 mental health hubs in England, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 74664 74665 74667 74668 question first answered 03/11/2022 15:34:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1537791

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Radiology: North East
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 address regional clinical radiology workforce shortfalls in the Northeast of England.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	74667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>As of July 2022, there are 696 full time equivalent doctors working in the clinical radiology specialism in the North East and Yorkshire region. This is an increase of 2.7% compared to July 2021. From 2016 to 2021, there has been an increase of 63% in entries in clinical radiology specialty training places in England, with all places taken in 2021. The Government has funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England, with the first graduates entering foundation training in August 2022. We have delivered five new medical schools in England, including at the University of Sunderland.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention, including in clinical radiology. In 2022/23 Health Education England is investing an additional £50 million to expand the cancer and diagnostics workforce, including expanding the postgraduate medical training of cancer-related medical professions, such as clinical radiologists. In the North East and Yorkshire region in August 2022, over 37,000 people received care following an urgent general practitioner referral for suspected cancer and over 73% had cancer diagnosed or ruled out within 28 days.</p><p>The NHS People Plan aims to improve the retention of all National Health Service staff by prioritising health and wellbeing. In 2022/23, more than £45 million has been invested to support the 40 mental health hubs in England, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 74664 74665 74666 74668 question first answered 03/11/2022 15:34:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1537794

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Radiology: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of (a) the 17 per cent clinical radiology vacancy rate in the Northeast of England and b) that 90 per cent of those vacancies have been unfilled for a year or more.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	74668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>As of July 2022, there are 696 full time equivalent doctors working in the clinical radiology specialism in the North East and Yorkshire region. This is an increase of 2.7% compared to July 2021. From 2016 to 2021, there has been an increase of 63% in entries in clinical radiology specialty training places in England, with all places taken in 2021. The Government has funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England, with the first graduates entering foundation training in August 2022. We have delivered five new medical schools in England, including at the University of Sunderland.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention, including in clinical radiology. In 2022/23 Health Education England is investing an additional £50 million to expand the cancer and diagnostics workforce, including expanding the postgraduate medical training of cancer-related medical professions, such as clinical radiologists. In the North East and Yorkshire region in August 2022, over 37,000 people received care following an urgent general practitioner referral for suspected cancer and over 73% had cancer diagnosed or ruled out within 28 days.</p><p>The NHS People Plan aims to improve the retention of all National Health Service staff by prioritising health and wellbeing. In 2022/23, more than £45 million has been invested to support the 40 mental health hubs in England, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 74664 74665 74666 74667 question first answered 03/11/2022 15:34:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1537499

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Evusheld
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 had discussions with the Centre for Disease Control in the US on their use of Evusheld as a pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent Covid-19 in people who are moderately to severely immunocompromised.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	74934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Antivirals and Therapeutics Taskforce has regular engagement with international partners to share learning on the use, deployment and evaluation of therapeutics and antivirals, including Evusheld. The Taskforce recently met with counterparts from the United States of America and discussed the recent change to the Food and Drug Administration’s treatment guidelines, which recommends physicians advise individuals to have appropriate alternate treatment plans in place, should emerging COVID-19 variants be resistant to Evusheld.</p><p>We continue monitoring whether and how other countries are using pre-exposure prophylactic treatments in people who are moderately to severely immunocompromised.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/11/2022 15:42:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1537500

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made any preparations to introduce antibody testing before Christmas 2022 for immunocompromised and immunosuppressed patients who may not mount a full response to Covid vaccines.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	74935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2022 answer text <p>The Antivirals and Therapeutics Taskforce is exploring options for a pilot study to test antibody levels in immunosuppressed patients to provide clinical evidence of a potential protective vaccine response. This could inform a wider testing programme identifying those who have mounted a protective antibody response following vaccination and provide more informed advice.</p><p>No specific cost estimate has yet been made. However, officials are in discussions with experts in this area and further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 74936 question first answered 04/11/2022 13:25:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1537501

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 he has made of the cost of providing antibody testing to the estimated 500,000 immunocompromised and immunosuppressed patients who may not mount a full response to the covid-19 vaccines.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	74936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2022 answer text <p>The Antivirals and Therapeutics Taskforce is exploring options for a pilot study to test antibody levels in immunosuppressed patients to provide clinical evidence of a potential protective vaccine response. This could inform a wider testing programme identifying those who have mounted a protective antibody response following vaccination and provide more informed advice.</p><p>No specific cost estimate has yet been made. However, officials are in discussions with experts in this area and further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 74935 question first answered 04/11/2022 13:25:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1537351

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Maternity Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) producing a workforce plan for maternity services and (b) long-term funding for (i) safe and (ii) sustainable staffing across all of NHS England’s maternity services.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	74808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>In 2022, a further £127 million has been invested in the National Health Service maternity workforce and improving neonatal care. This is in addition to the £95 million invested in 2021 to fund a further 1,200 midwives and 100 consultant obstetricians. We have also provided almost £450,000 to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to develop a new workforce planning tool to improve how maternity units calculate medical staffing requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention. There are no current plans to produce a specific workforce plan for maternity services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/11/2022 17:19:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1537329

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Midwives: Easington
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 support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of midwives in Easington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	74622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>NHS England retains oversight of local workforce plans and is updated on vacancy rates. However, recruitment and retention is undertaken at trust level.</p><p>In 2022, an additional £127 million has been invested in the National Health Service maternity workforce and improving neonatal care, including in Easington. This is in addition to the £95 million invested in 2021 to fund a further 1,200 midwives and 100 consultant obstetricians. The NHS People Plan focuses on improving the retention of NHS staff by prioritising staff health and wellbeing. In 2022/23, £45 million has been allocated to support the continuation of 40 mental health hubs, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/11/2022 13:32:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris