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1537348

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	Nurses: Staffordshire
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 additional nurses have been recruited in North Staffordshire in the past 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	74973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/11/2022 16:34:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

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

1537712

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	Department of Health and Social Care: Electronic Messaging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the previous Minister for Care shared, sent or received information relating to her Ministerial duties using a personal (a) device, (b) email address and (c) mobile phone number.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	74643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has published guidance to Departments on the use of private email covering how information is held for the purposes of access to information and how formal decisions are recorded for the official record. Departmental Ministers are aware of the guidance and Government business is conducted in line with this. Ministers will have informal conversations from time to time, in person or remotely and relevant content from such discussions is passed back to officials.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/11/2022 12:10:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 31096 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1537602

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	Electromagnetic Fields: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department is conducting on electromagnetic hypersensitivity and the impact of wireless networks on the health of people with that condition.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	74819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department commissions research on non-ionising radiation through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the UK Health Security Agency. While the NIHR is not currently supporting specific research on electromagnetic hypersensitivity, it continues to fund research on the health effects of non-ionising radiation, including wireless networks. This includes COSMOS, the ongoing international study of mobile phone use and health in adults; and SCAMP, the study of behaviour and health effects of mobile phone use in adolescents at Imperial College London.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/11/2022 17:38:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

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