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1644308

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Radiology: South 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 of the shortfall in clinical radiology consultants in the South East region on (a) diagnostic waiting times, (b) patient outcomes and (c) staff wellbeing in the region.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	189404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>In the South East region, local systems are taking steps to address diagnostic waiting times, patient outcomes and staff wellbeing in the area. These include initiatives such as upskilling other staff such as radiographers to undertake advanced practice; investing over £40 million in digital infrastructure while working with industry partners around artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions; rolling out the i-refer system to support general practitioners (GPs) to appropriately refer for imaging tests; creating imaging networks to enable departments to provide mutual support and aid across the region.</p><p>£2.3 billion was awarded at Spending Review 2021 to transform diagnostic services over the next three years including increasing the number of Community Diagnostic Centres up to 160 by March 2025. This investment will support the ambition for 75% of patients with an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer to be diagnosed or have cancer ruled out within 28 days by March 2024. This is in line with to NHS Long Term Plan ambitions on early diagnosis and improving patient outcomes.</p><p>The health and wellbeing of National Health Service staff is taken seriously, and NHS England have put in place a wide ranging package of support for NHS staff. This includes emotional and psychological health and wellbeing support.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 189406 question first answered 05/07/2023 12:41:05 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1644310

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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
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 to minimise the potential impact of the shortfall of clinical oncology consultants on (a) diagnostic waiting times, (b) patient outcomes and (c) staff wellbeing.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	189406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>In the South East region, local systems are taking steps to address diagnostic waiting times, patient outcomes and staff wellbeing in the area. These include initiatives such as upskilling other staff such as radiographers to undertake advanced practice; investing over £40 million in digital infrastructure while working with industry partners around artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions; rolling out the i-refer system to support general practitioners (GPs) to appropriately refer for imaging tests; creating imaging networks to enable departments to provide mutual support and aid across the region.</p><p>£2.3 billion was awarded at Spending Review 2021 to transform diagnostic services over the next three years including increasing the number of Community Diagnostic Centres up to 160 by March 2025. This investment will support the ambition for 75% of patients with an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer to be diagnosed or have cancer ruled out within 28 days by March 2024. This is in line with to NHS Long Term Plan ambitions on early diagnosis and improving patient outcomes.</p><p>The health and wellbeing of National Health Service staff is taken seriously, and NHS England have put in place a wide ranging package of support for NHS staff. This includes emotional and psychological health and wellbeing support.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 189404 question first answered 05/07/2023 12:41:05 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1644311

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Radiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of clinical oncology and clinical radiology specialists in training after the publication of the long-term workforce plan.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	189407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>In 2023/24, NHS England is continuing to invest £50 million in the priorities set out in the Cancer Workforce Plan, including additional medical training places for clinical/medical oncology, radiology, histopathology, and gastroenterology.</p><p>As at February 2023 there are 1,641 full-time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in the speciality of clinical oncology, which is an increase of 335 (25.7%) since 2019. This includes 865 consultants working in the speciality of clinical oncology, which is an increase of 120 (16.1%) since 2019.</p><p>As at February 2023 there are 5,362 FTE doctors working in the speciality of clinical radiology, which is an increase of 969 (22.0%) since 2019. This includes 3,672 consultants working in the speciality of clinical oncology, which is an increase of 575 (18.6%) since 2019.</p><p>The Government has also committed to publishing the Long Term Workforce Plan shortly. The Long Term Workforce Plan will help ensure that we have the right numbers of staff, with the right skills to transform and deliver high quality services fit for the future.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/06/2023 11:15:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1644312

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Doctors
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 he plans to take in the workforce plan to improve the retention rate for doctors.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	189408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will seek to ensure that we have the right numbers of staff with the right skills to deliver high quality services fit for the future.  This includes improving retention for all staff groups, including doctors.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/06/2023 16:29:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1644313

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Radiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase funding for the clinical (a) radiology and (b) oncology workforce.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	189409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The work of the Long Term Workforce Plan will be used to inform future Government work on how to best meet the needs of patients and the National Health Service workforce. The Plan is for the whole of the NHS workforce, including cancer services; however, it will not provide detailed workforce assessments for individual services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 19/06/2023 16:31:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1644314

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Radiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) NHS England on increasing funding for the clinical (i) radiology and (ii) oncology workforces.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	189410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets regularly with other Cabinet colleagues and NHS England on a variety of matters pertaining to health and social care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 189419 question first answered 20/06/2023 11:47:01 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1644315

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Radiology
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 he plans to take to fill vacancies in clinical radiology as part of the long-term workforce plan.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	189411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>In 2023/24, NHS England is continuing to invest £50 million in the priorities set out in the Cancer Workforce Plan, including additional medical training places for clinical or medical oncology, radiology, histopathology, and gastroenterology.</p><p>The Government has also committed to publishing the Long Term Workforce Plan shortly. The Long Term Workforce Plan will help ensure that we have the right numbers of staff, with the right skills to transform and deliver high quality services fit for the future.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/06/2023 11:18:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1644316

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Radiology
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 the Royal College of Radiologists’ Workforce Census Report 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that report's findings on (a) additional costs for clinical directors to meet imaging demand and (b) the cost of outsourcing scans; and what steps his Department plans to take to ensure radiology departments are sustainable financially.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	189412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. To support the workforce as a whole, we have commissioned NHS England to develop a long term plan for the next 15 years, which will help ensure that we have the right numbers of staff with the right skills to transform and deliver high quality services fit for the future. The plan is for the whole of the National Health Service workforce and will not provide detailed assessments for individual services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/06/2023 16:27:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1644317

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Doctors: Training
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 plans to commission a review into streamlining the Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration process.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	189413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>On 14 December 2022 a statutory instrument was laid which amends the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Order of Council 2010 and The General Medical Council (Applications for General Practice and Specialist Registration) Regulations 2010 to provide the General Medical Council (GMC) with the freedom to develop additional registration pathways for GP and specialist registration.</p><p>These changes do not amend the GMC’s Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) process but provide it with broader registration criteria and flexibility to expand the range of evidence that it can accept from applicants. The Order has a commencement date of 30 November 2023. There are no further plans for the Department to review the CESR process.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 19/06/2023 16:01:16 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1644318

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Radiology
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 effectiveness of the Global Radiologists Programme in filling NHS radiology vacancies.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	189414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/06/2023 16:43:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith