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1713508

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
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	Telemedicine: Voice over Internet Protocol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to introduce legislation that will prohibit the sale of telecare devices that are incompatible with VoIP.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
uin	23436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the safety of telecare users in the transition from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to digital phonelines. The Department has been engaging with the telecare industry to raise awareness of the PSTN migration, and to encourage telecare suppliers to offer digitally compatible telecare equipment. The Department is not currently pursuing legislative routes for prohibiting the sale of telecare devices that are incompatible with Voice over Internet Protocol.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/04/2024 18:32:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 31583 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1713514

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
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	Psychiatric Patients: Discharges
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 to ensure that people with significant mental health issues are not discharged to the community.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	23520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Clinicians will decide when a person is medically fit for discharge. On 26 January 2024, new statutory guidance was published for those being discharged from mental health inpatient settings. This sets out how health and care systems can work effectively together to support the discharge process from hospital, and ensure the right support in the community. The guidance also includes best practice in relation to patient and carer involvement in discharge planning.</p><p>NHS England has asked all systems to review their community mental health services, to ensure that they have clear policies and practice in place for patients with serious mental illness, who require intensive community treatment and follow-up, but where engagement is a challenge. NHS England will provide national guidance to support reviews, which will be completed by Autumn 2024. NHS England will consider further steps as appropriate, following the completion of the reviews.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/04/2024 14:36:56 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1713139

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Palliative Care: 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, what steps she is taking to ensure that integrated care boards have clear accountability over their funding decisions for (a) hospices and (b) palliative and end of life care services.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	23228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for determining the level of locally available, National Health Service funded palliative and end of life care, including hospice care. ICBs are responsible for ensuring that the services they commission meet the needs of their local population.</p><p>The majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by NHS staff and services. However, we also recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people at end of life, and their families. Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing NHS services. The amount of funding hospices receive is dependent on many factors, including what other statutory services are available within the ICB footprint. Charitable hospices provide a range of services which go beyond that which statutory services are legally required to provide. Consequently, the funding arrangements reflect this.</p><p>In July 2022, NHS England published statutory guidance and service specifications for commissioners on palliative and end of life care, setting out the considerations for ICBs to meet their legal duties, and making clear reference to the importance of access to services.</p><p>The Department and NHS England, alongside key partners, will continue to proactively engage with our stakeholders, including the voluntary sector and independent hospices, on an ongoing basis, in order to understand the issues they face, including that of future funding pressures. The Department is in ongoing discussions with NHS England, including its National Clinical Director, about the oversight and accountability of National Health Service palliative and end of life care commissioning.</p><p>From April 2024, NHS England will include palliative and end of life care in the list of topics for its regular performance discussions between national and regional leads. These national meetings will provide an additional mechanism for supporting ICBs in continuing to improve palliative and end of life care for their local population.</p><p>NHS England has commissioned the development of a palliative and end of life care dashboard, which brings together relevant local data in one place. The dashboard helps commissioners understand the palliative and end of life care needs of those in their local population, enabling ICBs to put plans in place to address and track the improvement of health inequalities. Additionally, the National Institute for Health and Care Research has established a new Policy Research Unit to build an evidence base on palliative and end of life care, with a specific focus on inequalities.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 23229 23232 question first answered 26/04/2024 09:56:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1713141

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Palliative Care: 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, if she will provide financial support to integrated care boards to tackle regional inequalities in (a) hospice, (b) palliative and (c) end of life care services.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	23229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for determining the level of locally available, National Health Service funded palliative and end of life care, including hospice care. ICBs are responsible for ensuring that the services they commission meet the needs of their local population.</p><p>The majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by NHS staff and services. However, we also recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people at end of life, and their families. Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing NHS services. The amount of funding hospices receive is dependent on many factors, including what other statutory services are available within the ICB footprint. Charitable hospices provide a range of services which go beyond that which statutory services are legally required to provide. Consequently, the funding arrangements reflect this.</p><p>In July 2022, NHS England published statutory guidance and service specifications for commissioners on palliative and end of life care, setting out the considerations for ICBs to meet their legal duties, and making clear reference to the importance of access to services.</p><p>The Department and NHS England, alongside key partners, will continue to proactively engage with our stakeholders, including the voluntary sector and independent hospices, on an ongoing basis, in order to understand the issues they face, including that of future funding pressures. The Department is in ongoing discussions with NHS England, including its National Clinical Director, about the oversight and accountability of National Health Service palliative and end of life care commissioning.</p><p>From April 2024, NHS England will include palliative and end of life care in the list of topics for its regular performance discussions between national and regional leads. These national meetings will provide an additional mechanism for supporting ICBs in continuing to improve palliative and end of life care for their local population.</p><p>NHS England has commissioned the development of a palliative and end of life care dashboard, which brings together relevant local data in one place. The dashboard helps commissioners understand the palliative and end of life care needs of those in their local population, enabling ICBs to put plans in place to address and track the improvement of health inequalities. Additionally, the National Institute for Health and Care Research has established a new Policy Research Unit to build an evidence base on palliative and end of life care, with a specific focus on inequalities.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 23228 23232 question first answered 26/04/2024 09:56:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1713142

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Palliative Care: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to increase health literacy for services to support people at the end of life.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	23230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The National Health Service website and the NHS App are our main digital tools available to citizens, to support them in accessing services and making decisions about their health. Clinicians across the NHS also support patients’ health literacy by providing clear information, increasing patients’ knowledge, and sharing decision-making on their care.</p><p>Additionally, through the Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Programme, the Department, NHS England, and the UK Health Security Agency work together with VCSE organisations to drive transformation of health and care systems, promote equality, address health inequalities, and help people, families, and communities to achieve and maintain wellbeing. The current projects include increasing health literacy through intersectional considerations at the end of life, digital inclusion, and barriers for those likely to be in the last year of life without a life-limiting diagnosis.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 26/04/2024 10:05:06 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1713143

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Palliative Care
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 take steps to ensure that best practice in palliative and end of life care is shared across the NHS.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	23231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises that access to high-quality palliative and end of life care can make all the difference to individuals and their loved ones. NHS England meets regularly with regional and system leaders, providing a forum for the sharing of best practice. In addition, there is a palliative and end of life care workspace available on the FutureNHS Collaborative Platform, which includes a range of resources, case studies, and discussion fora, with access to the platform available for anyone with a NHS.net email account.</p><p>NHS England has developed a palliative and end of life care dashboard, which brings together all relevant local data in one place. The dashboard helps commissioners understand the palliative and end of life care needs of their local population, enabling integrated care boards (ICBs) to put plans in place to address and track the improvement of health inequalities, and ensure that funding is distributed fairly, based on prevalence.</p><p>As of April 2024, NHS England is including palliative and end of life care in the list of topics for regular performance discussions between national and regional leads. These meetings will provide an additional mechanism for supporting ICBs to continue improving palliative and end of life care for their local population.</p><p>The Ambitions Framework, refreshed by the National Palliative and End of Life Care Partnership, which is made up of NHS England and 34 partner organisations with experience of, and responsibility for, end of life care, sets out the vision to improve end of life care through partnership and collaborative action between organisations at local level throughout England, by setting out six key ambitions.</p><p>Furthermore, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidance and quality standards on end of life care for adults, and children and young people. These are based on best practice in developing and delivering care and, while not statutory, there is an expectation that commissioners and service providers take the guidelines into account when making decisions about how to best meet the needs of their local communities.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 26/04/2024 10:37:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1713144

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Social Services: Digital Technology
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 her Department's policy paper entitled People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform white paper, published on 1 December 2021, whether the target for 80% of CQC registered social care providers to have a digital social care record in place by March 2024 was met.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	23166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>We have increased the adoption of digital social care records (DSCRs) by Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered providers from 40% in December 2021, to at least 63% in February 2024. In January 2024, the Department updated this target to ensure that 80% of CQC registered providers and 80% of people who receive care will have a DSCR in place by March 2025. By extending timeframes, we can ensure that care providers who are yet to digitise have the time and support needed to successfully adopt DSCRs, and to reduce the risk of regional disparities in DSCR uptake. We’ve allocated a further £25 million this financial year, to ensure as many people as possible can benefit from a DSCR.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/04/2024 14:30:46 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1713145

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Palliative Care
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 (a) clinicians, (b) hospice leaders and (c) academics on future funding requirements for hospice and end of life care.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	23232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for determining the level of locally available, National Health Service funded palliative and end of life care, including hospice care. ICBs are responsible for ensuring that the services they commission meet the needs of their local population.</p><p>The majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by NHS staff and services. However, we also recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people at end of life, and their families. Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing NHS services. The amount of funding hospices receive is dependent on many factors, including what other statutory services are available within the ICB footprint. Charitable hospices provide a range of services which go beyond that which statutory services are legally required to provide. Consequently, the funding arrangements reflect this.</p><p>In July 2022, NHS England published statutory guidance and service specifications for commissioners on palliative and end of life care, setting out the considerations for ICBs to meet their legal duties, and making clear reference to the importance of access to services.</p><p>The Department and NHS England, alongside key partners, will continue to proactively engage with our stakeholders, including the voluntary sector and independent hospices, on an ongoing basis, in order to understand the issues they face, including that of future funding pressures. The Department is in ongoing discussions with NHS England, including its National Clinical Director, about the oversight and accountability of National Health Service palliative and end of life care commissioning.</p><p>From April 2024, NHS England will include palliative and end of life care in the list of topics for its regular performance discussions between national and regional leads. These national meetings will provide an additional mechanism for supporting ICBs in continuing to improve palliative and end of life care for their local population.</p><p>NHS England has commissioned the development of a palliative and end of life care dashboard, which brings together relevant local data in one place. The dashboard helps commissioners understand the palliative and end of life care needs of those in their local population, enabling ICBs to put plans in place to address and track the improvement of health inequalities. Additionally, the National Institute for Health and Care Research has established a new Policy Research Unit to build an evidence base on palliative and end of life care, with a specific focus on inequalities.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 23228 23229 question first answered 26/04/2024 09:56:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1713218

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Queen Mary's Hospital Roehampton
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 to ensure the space needed for the Urgent Treatment Centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton be returned to a drop in as well as bookable centre.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	23328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local National Health Service commissioners and providers to engage with their stakeholders and make decisions on the provision of services locally to best meet the needs of their patients and population.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/04/2024 14:31:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1712820

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Intensive Care: Rehabilitation
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 ensure that intensive care units have a full complement of rehabilitation staff.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	22969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Local trusts are responsible for planning their service capacity to meet expected demand.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP) sets out the steps the National Health Service and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. Backed by over £2.4 billion, the LTWP will significantly expand education and training places, including of allied health professionals.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/04/2024 14:42:21 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1712821

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Intensive Care: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides to NHS trusts on ensuring that patients transitioning from intensive care units to hospital wards receive the necessary specialist care on those wards.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	22970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>A quality standard for patient transfers, from critical care to general wards, has been published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, and endorsed by NHS England. The quality standard, which emphasises the importance of continuity in rehabilitation, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs158/chapter/Quality-statement-2-Transfer-from-critical-care-to-a-general-ward" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs158/chapter/Quality-statement-2-Transfer-from-critical-care-to-a-general-ward</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2024 09:29:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1712822

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Intensive Care: Rehabilitation
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 ensure that intensive therapy unit patients have access to rehabilitative therapies on their discharge from hospital.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	22971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Rehabilitation, and therapy-led reablement, are critical in ensuring that patients discharged on intermediate care pathways from acute settings receive appropriate support to recover.</p><p>As set out in the hospital discharge and community support guidance, local authorities and integrated care boards should ensure that, where appropriate, they commission rehabilitation, including therapy-led reablement, for those who need it.</p><p>Every acute hospital now has access to a care transfer hub. These hubs bring together professionals from the National Health Service and social care to ensure that patients with more complex needs have in place the most appropriate support package for their safe discharge.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2024 11:00:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1712824

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Health Services: Rehabilitation
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 she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that rehabilitation is given an equal status in healthcare as to medicine and surgery.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	22972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Ensuring that patients have access to effective rehabilitation is a priority for the Government. NHS England published its intermediate care framework for rehabilitation, reablement and recovery following hospital discharge, to help ensure high quality step-down care, in September 2023. Implementation of the framework aims to improve patient experience and outcomes. It should also improve patient flow, and free up National Health Service hospital capacity for those who need it most.</p><p>A new community rehabilitation and reablement model was published alongside the framework. It focuses on how systems should use the workforce effectively, put patients and families at the centre of discussions, and ensure any transition points will be as seamless as possible. Integrated care systems, commissioners, and providers should work together with social care partners to implement the recommended actions.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/04/2024 14:45:06 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1712826

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Health Services: Rehabilitation
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 develop a (a) rehabilitation strategy and (b) single accountable lead in every NHS Trust and Integrated Care Board area.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	22974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>National Health Service bodies and local authorities should ensure local recovery, rehabilitation, and reablement services are commissioned effectively and sustainably, and meet the needs of their local population. This may be provided as part of intermediate care services, and should be done in collaboration with relevant organisations, including the voluntary and community sector, and care providers.</p><p>NHS England has published the Intermediate care framework for rehabilitation, reablement and recovery following hospital discharge, which recommends systems identify an Allied Health Professional lead to progress implementation of the new model, both within the hospital and in the community.</p><p>Integrated care boards have flexibility over the arrangements of their own governance, including board membership, and are able to go beyond the statutory minimums to appoint more local authority, NHS provider, or primary care representatives to board membership, in order to tackle local priority issues.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2024 10:56:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1712827

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Health Services: Rehabilitation
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 increase the number of people working in community rehabilitation services.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	22975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS England published the Intermediate Care Framework and Rehabilitation and reablement model in September 2023. The Framework sets out actions systems can take to increase intermediate care rehabilitation and reablement capacity, including through optimising the use of the registered therapy workforce and maximising the use of skilled support workers. The framework is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/intermediate-care-framework-for-rehabilitation-reablement-and-recovery-following-hospital-discharge/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/intermediate-care-framework-for-rehabilitation-reablement-and-recovery-following-hospital-discharge/</a></p><p>The Intermediate Care Frontrunner sites, and pilot work with seven local geographies has worked to define the workforce required to meet the demand for bedded and non-bedded intermediate care rehabilitation and reablement. NHS England is planning further work in 2024/2025 to progress the implementation and learning from the workforce pilots and to support systems nationally to progress workforce planning processes and estimate the workforce required to meet the demand.</p><p>Better Care Fund capacity and demand plans will inform alignment and reporting of progress to increase workforce capacity across health and care including rehabilitation and reablement workforce capacity.</p><p>The NHS Long term workforce plan commits to supporting Integrated Care Systems to develop local strategies that would support local quality apprenticeship programmes targeted at specific occupational shortages and skills gaps and transformation across a number of settings including community care. The NHS long term workforce plan is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-long-term-workforce-plan/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-long-term-workforce-plan/</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/04/2024 14:37:53 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1712829

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Community Rehabilitation Alliance
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 times she has met with the Community Rehabilitation Alliance since her appointment.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	22977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with external stakeholders, and ministerial meetings are published on the GOV.UK website on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/04/2024 14:51:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1712832

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Paediatrics: Intensive Care
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 ensure that children and young people who are discharged from paediatric intensive therapy units to (a) a ward and (b) the community receive rehabilitation services.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	22979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>It is a priority for the Department to ensure that discharged patients, including children and young people, are provided with the right care, at the right place, and at the right time. Rehabilitation is critical to ensuring that patients discharged on intermediate care pathways from acute settings receive appropriate support to recover. National Health Service integrated care boards are responsible for ensuring there is sufficient capacity to meet demand for rehabilitation services, including for children and young people.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/04/2024 14:32:58 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1712880

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Palliative Care: 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, what funding support her Department is providing to Integrated Care Boards on the operation of (a) hospices, (b) palliative care and (c) end-of-life services.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	23036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by core National Health Service staff and services. However, we also recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people at end of life, and their families. Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing NHS services.</p><p>The amount of funding hospices receive is dependent on many factors, including what other statutory services are available within the integrated care board (ICB) footprint. Charitable hospices provide a range of services which go beyond that which statutory services are legally required to provide, and consequently, the funding arrangements reflect this.</p><p>However, since 2020, NHS England has provided hospices with over £350 million to secure and increase NHS capacity, and to support hospital discharge, as part of the COVID-19 response. In addition, since 2021/22, nearly £63 million has been provided to children’s hospices as part of the Children and Young People’s Hospice Grant. Furthermore, additional investment in children and young people’s palliative and end of life care, including hospices, has also been made through the NHS Long Term Plan’s commitment to match-fund clinical commissioning groups, and subsequently ICBs, totalling over £23 million.</p><p>As set out in the Health and Care Act 2022, ICBs are responsible for determining the level of NHS-funded palliative and end of life care locally, including hospice care, and are responsible for ensuring that the services they commission meet the needs of their local population.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2024 11:12:02 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1712884

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Palliative Care
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 (a) hospice and (b) other end-of-life services.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	23039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>As part of the Health and Care Act 2022, the Government added palliative care services to the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission, promoting a more consistent national approach, and supporting commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care.</p><p>The majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by National Health Service staff and services. However, we also recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people at end of life, and their families. Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing NHS services. The amount of funding hospices receive is dependent on many factors, including what other statutory services are available within the ICB footprint. Charitable hospices provide a range of services which go beyond that which statutory services are legally required to provide, and consequently, the funding arrangements reflect this.</p><p>To support ICBs, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications for both adults and children. NHS England has also commissioned the development of a palliative and end of life care dashboard, which brings together relevant, all age local data in one place. The dashboard helps commissioners understand the palliative and end of life care needs of both adults and children in their local population, enabling ICBs to put plans in place to address and track the improvement of health inequalities.</p><p>NHS England has also funded seven strategic clinical networks for palliative and end of life care. These networks support commissioners in the delivery of outstanding clinical and personalised care for people in the last years of life, and reduce local variation.</p><p>At a national level, NHS England has confirmed it will renew the Children and Young People’s hospice funding for 2024/25, again allocating £25 million of grant funding for children’s hospices, using the same prevalence-based allocation approach as in 2022/23 and 2023/24. The Government has provided £60 million of additional funding to help deliver the one-off payments to over 27,000 eligible staff employed on dynamically linked Agenda for Change contracts by non-NHS organisations, including some hospices.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2024 11:18:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1702393

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
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	Ambulance Services: Northern Ireland
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 hold discussions with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland on ambulance response times in that region.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	22788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Departmental officials have regular discussions with Northern Ireland and other Devolved Governments on a range of issues, including urgent and emergency care services. There are, however, no specific discussions currently planned on ambulance response times in Northen Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/04/2024 14:47:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1702515

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
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	Continuing Care: Finance
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 to ensure that people eligible for NHS continuing healthcare funding have access to services.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	22770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care sets out in paragraph 185 that, where an individual is eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC), the integrated care board (ICB) is responsible for care planning, commissioning services, and case management. The ICB is responsible for planning strategically, specifying outcomes, procuring services, and managing demand and provider performance in relation to CHC. The services commissioned must include ongoing case management, including review or reassessment of the individual’s needs.</p><p>NHS England holds ICBs accountable, and engages with them to ensure that they discharge their functions via timely and well-established assurance mechanisms. The national framework also sets out that those in receipt of CHC continue to be entitled to access to the full range of primary, community, secondary, and other health services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2024 13:22:47 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1702094

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
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	Hospitals: Discharges
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 prevent patients from being discharged from hospital to no fixed abode.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	22535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department is committed to promoting safe and timely discharge for people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness, to appropriate accommodation.</p><p>Between 2020 and 2022, the Department delivered £16 million to 17 local sites, to pilot Out of Hospital Care Models to people experiencing homelessness following a hospital stay. These models provide interim accommodation and support while a full assessment of individual needs is carried out. There are positive preliminary findings, with a final evaluation due imminently. We will share learning to encourage local areas to adopt similar models.</p><p>We have ensured that every acute hospital has access to a care transfer hub, to manage discharge for people with more complex needs.</p><p>Additionally, in January 2024 the Department published the guidance Discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness, to support staff involved in planning safe and supportive discharge of these patients from hospital. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/04/2024 12:38:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1702156

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
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	Carers: Rural Areas
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 to support unpaid carers in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	22453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Care Act (2014) requires local authorities to deliver a wide range of sustainable, high-quality care and support services, including support for unpaid carers. Local authorities are required to undertake a Carer’s Assessment for any unpaid carer who appears to have a need for support, and to meet their eligible needs on request from the carer.</p><p>Through the Accelerating Reform Fund (ARF), we are investing £42.6 million for innovative local projects focused on transforming the care sector. The purpose of the ARF is to support two or more projects in each area, with at least one of those having a particular focus on unpaid carers. More than half of the projects, and at least one in each integrated care system area, are focused on identifying, recognising, and supporting unpaid carers.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2024 13:28:12 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1701762

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
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	Paediatrics: Waiting Lists
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 children have been waiting longer than (a) 18 and (b) 24 months for a community paediatric appointment as of 17 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	22319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Monthly information on waiting lists and times for community health services in England can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.england.nhs.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fstatistical-work-areas%2Fcommunity-health-services-waiting-lists%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7COlivia.Farren%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C6befc41bfba94f0995a008dc604d3941%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638491131991215278%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hq1%2FtihSw%2F0HIYz7f68lsg4ixD9OX9ltlhOCGt%2FiFx4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/community-health-services-waiting-lists/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2024 09:34:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 29528 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1712928

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
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
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 to improve access to mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	902442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>We have been expanding and transforming mental healthcare</p><p><br>In 2022/23 3.6 million people received secondary mental healthcare, and 1.2 million people accessed NHS talking therapies</p><p><br>This is an increase in the number of people receiving NHS mental health support of around 30% in just three years.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/04/2024 08:22:40 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1712931

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
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	Public Health: Statutory Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential impact of the level of statutory sick pay on public health.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	902448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The government keeps Statutory Sick Pay policy under review.</p><p> </p><p>I am clear that good work is good for you and our focus is on how we can keep people in work or get them back to work more quickly. That is why we are reforming the fit note process.</p><p> </p><p>This is alongside our investment in Universal Support and Access to Work focussed on helping disabled people and those with health conditions return to and remain in work.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/04/2024 08:22:05 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1701291

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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	Domestic Accidents: Older People
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 emergency hospital admissions there have been following falls by patients aged 65 and over in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	22046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS England publishes information on finished consultant episodes (FCEs) for admitted patients, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity</a></p><p>The following table shows the total number of FCEs relating to a fall, where the patient was 65 years old or over, each year from 2012/13, the earliest year from which data is available, to 2022/23:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FCEs relating to a fall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>283,794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>290,381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>304,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>312,476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>316,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>334,986</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>345,494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>360,677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>334,418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>350,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>339,928</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 19/04/2024 15:53:01 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 28858 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1701293

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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	Community Nurses
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 care contacts were carried out by district nurses in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	22048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 19/04/2024 15:54:40 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 28859 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1701294

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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	Community Nurses: Staff
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 make an assessment of the potential impact of capacity in district nursing on the timeliness of patient discharge from hospital in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	22049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Between the end of March 2023 and the end of March 2024, the number of supported discharges for patients assessed as no longer meeting the criteria to reside has increased by 17% for patients on pathway 1. Pathway one is for patients returning to their usual place of residence with new or additional health or social care needs. Packages of post-discharge support for these patients may include support from district nurses.</p><p>We recognise the importance of increasing district nursing capacity. Through the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan we aim to increase training places for district nurses by 150% by 2031/32. As of January 2024, there were 4,295 full-time equivalent district nurses working in community services in NHS trusts and other core organisations in England, this is 0.5% fewer than in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2024 09:39:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 28860 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1701452

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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	Health Services: Homelessness
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 NICE guidance entitled Integrated health and social care for people experiencing homelessness, published on 16 March 2022, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people experiencing homelessness have somewhere safe and secure to recover when discharged from hospital.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	21957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department is committed to promoting safe and timely discharge for people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness, to appropriate accommodation.</p><p>We have ensured every acute hospital has access to a care transfer hub to manage discharge for people with more complex needs. In January 2024, the Department published guidance on discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness, to support staff involved in planning safe and supportive discharge of these patients from hospital. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 19/04/2024 15:51:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 28857 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1701515

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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	York Hospital: Waiting Lists
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 to reduce A&E waiting times at York Hospital for residents of Selby and Ainsty constituency.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Keir Mather
uin	22204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Our two-year urgent and emergency care recovery plan, backed by £1 billion of dedicated funding, was published in January 2023, to drive sustained improvements in urgent and emergency care waiting times.</p><p> </p><p>At York Hospital, an expanded and redesigned emergency department was opened in July 2023. This has improved the provision of services, including same day emergency care (SDEC). SDEC supports patients’ access to timely diagnosis and treatment, without the need for admission to hospital.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published data shows that at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the proportion of patients waiting 12-hours from decision-to-admit to admission has reduced by 6.9% in March 2024 compared to the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/04/2024 12:35:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4993 label Biography information for Keir Mather

1700103

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	Suffolk & North East Essex Integrated Care System: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average (a) cost per adult and (b) length of stay was for an acute hospital bed day in the Suffolk and North East Essex integrated care system in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
uin	21022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The average cost per adult for an acute hospital bed day by integrated care system, is not collected centrally by the Department. NHS England publishes a national cost collection which includes unit costs for non-elective inpatient stays. This data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/costing-in-the-nhs/national-cost-collection/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/costing-in-the-nhs/national-cost-collection/</a></p><p>The information on length of stay is not available in the format requested. NHS England publishes general and acute length of bed stay data, with data available at a trust level but not an integrated care system level. The trust level data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2022-23" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2022-23</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/04/2024 11:34:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1700476

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	Continuing Care: Finance
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 her Department has made of the potential merits of providing certainty of funds to people who (a) receive continuing healthcare funding and (b) have a terminal illness.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	21363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to undertake such an assessment, as guidance is in place to ensure an appropriate approach to individuals in this situation. Individuals with a primary health need arising from a rapidly deteriorating condition which may be entering a terminal phase, are eligible for Fast Track NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). The fast track pathway is designed to ensure that eligible individuals receive appropriate care with minimal delay.</p><p>The National Framework on CHC makes clear that integrated care boards (ICBs) should monitor the effectiveness of the care arrangements, and consider whether, and at what point, a reassessment of eligibility is appropriate. Where an individual in receipt of Fast Track NHS CHC is expected to die in the very near future, the ICB should continue to take responsibility for the care package until the end of their life. Fast Track NHS CHC funding should not be removed without eligibility being reconsidered, through the completion of a CHC Decision Support Tool by a multidisciplinary team.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/04/2024 11:39:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1700544

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	Care Homes: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of care homes are rated as Good by the CQC in Wellingborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	21431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>As of 9 April 2024, the percentage of care homes in the Wellingborough Constituency with a rating of Good was 59%.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/04/2024 09:37:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1700577

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	Palliative Care
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 ensure that NHS integrated care boards commission (a) end-of-life and (b) other palliative care for people in all age groups.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	21462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>While the National Health Service has always been required to commission appropriate palliative and end of life care services to meet the reasonable needs of their population, in 2022, palliative care services were added to the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission, promoting a more consistent national approach and supporting commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care in all settings. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications for both adults and children.</p><p>From April 2024, NHS England will include palliative and end of life care in the list of topics for its regular performance discussions between national and regional leads. Additionally, NHS England has commissioned the development of a palliative and end of life care dashboard, which brings together relevant, all age local data in one place. The dashboard helps commissioners understand the palliative and end of life care needs of both adults and children in their local population, enabling ICBs to put plans in place to address and track the improvement of health inequalities.</p><p>NHS England has also funded seven Palliative and End of Life Care Strategic Clinical Networks, each with a dedicated Children and Young People Lead. These networks support commissioners in the delivery of outstanding clinical and personalised care for people in the last year of life and reduce local variation.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/04/2024 09:36:47 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1700579

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	Hospices: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to issue guidance to children’s hospices on changes in the distribution of the Children’s Hospice Grant for the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	21464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has confirmed it will renew the Children and Young People hospice funding for 2024/25, again allocating £25 million of funding for children’s hospices, using the same prevalence-based allocation approach as previously used. Funding will be distributed via integrated care boards (ICBs), in line with National Health Service devolution.</p><p>NHS England wrote to all ICBs and children’s hospices on 9 April 2024 to confirm the new arrangements, providing the sector with the clarity on 2024/25 allocations they have been seeking, for this very important funding stream.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/04/2024 09:51:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1700594

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	DNACPR Decisions
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 report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled End-of-life care: improving 'do not attempt CPR' conversations for everyone, published on 14 March 2024, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendation that CPR training for all doctors and nurses should include scenario-based training on Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation conversations.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	21479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department will respond to the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled End-of-life care: improving 'do not attempt CPR' conversations for everyone, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 21480 21481 21482 question first answered 23/04/2024 11:31:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1700595

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	DNACPR Decisions
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 report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled End-of-life care: improving 'do not attempt CPR' conversations for everyone, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendation that accessible communication materials should be accessible in health settings to support staff and patients with end-of-life conversations.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	21480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department will respond to the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled End-of-life care: improving 'do not attempt CPR' conversations for everyone, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 21479 21481 21482 question first answered 23/04/2024 11:31:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1700596

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	DNACPR Decisions
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 report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled End-of-life care: improving 'do not attempt CPR' conversations for everyone, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendation that NHS England should expand the number and type of staff who can formally support Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation conversations in multiple settings.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	21481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department will respond to the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled End-of-life care: improving 'do not attempt CPR' conversations for everyone, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 21479 21480 21482 question first answered 23/04/2024 11:31:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1700597

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	DNACPR Decisions
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 report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled End-of-life care: improving 'do not attempt CPR' conversations for everyone, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendation that for advance care planning conversations the primary care electronic patient record needs to be (a) the single place for holding (i) end-of-life care plans and (ii) Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation records and (b) accessible across all health settings.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	21482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department will respond to the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled End-of-life care: improving 'do not attempt CPR' conversations for everyone, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 21479 21480 21481 question first answered 23/04/2024 11:31:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1698907

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of her policies on social care on (a) staff recruitment and retention and (b) service user outcomes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	20683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Preliminary findings for the Department's workforce reform programme have indicated that workers with multiple positive employment factors, including increasing access to training and qualifications, were more likely to stay in employment. Planned evaluation of the reforms will aim to measure the impact on intention to leave, and actual turnover, along with other outcomes.</p><p>We anticipate benefits from the workforce reform programme will include a reduction in staff turnover, improved quality of care from a better trained and more stable workforce, increased workforce productivity, and an increase in efficiency savings for social care providers as they reduce the amount of retraining and recruitment needed. These all contribute to our wider goals of improvements in the quality-of-care provision and improved access to care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/04/2024 08:28:23 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1698966

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Dementia and Parkinson's Disease: Health Services and Social 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 steps she is taking to ensure that health and social care professionals are trained in Parkinson’s-related dementia care.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	20658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The standard of training for health care professionals is the responsibility of the health care independent statutory regulatory bodies. They set the outcome standards expected at undergraduate level and approve courses and Higher Education Institutions to write and teach the curricula content that enables their students to meet the regulators outcome standards.</p><p>Whilst not all curricula may necessarily highlight a specific condition, they all nevertheless emphasize the skills and approaches a health care practitioner must develop in order to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients, including for dementia.</p><p>Individual employers across health and social care are responsible for ensuring their staff are trained and competent to carry out their role, and for investing in the future of their staff by providing continuing professional development (CPD) funding. The required training needs are set out in the Dementia Training Standards Framework, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/info-hub/dementia-2015-updated-2018/" target="_blank">https://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/info-hub/dementia-2015-updated-2018/</a></p><p>The framework was commissioned and funded by the Department, and developed in collaboration with the sector. It sets out the essential knowledge, skills, and expected learning outcomes applicable across the health and care spectrum.</p><p>It is applicable to health and social care staff who work with people living with dementia, staff providing direct care and support, and those who provide leadership in transforming care, including social care managers and leaders.</p><p>To supplement local National Health Service employer investment for CPD, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out NHS England’s commitment to continue national CPD funding for nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals. There are a variety of resources available on the NHS England e-learning for health platform, designed to enhance the training and education of the health and social care workforce. This includes a programme on dementia care, and modules in Parkinson’s disease in geriatric medicine.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 20624 question first answered 23/04/2024 12:45:10 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1698987

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Dementia and Parkinson's Disease: Health Services and Social 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 steps her Department is taking to provide training in Parkinson’s-related dementia care for health and social care professionals.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	20624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The standard of training for health care professionals is the responsibility of the health care independent statutory regulatory bodies. They set the outcome standards expected at undergraduate level and approve courses and Higher Education Institutions to write and teach the curricula content that enables their students to meet the regulators outcome standards.</p><p>Whilst not all curricula may necessarily highlight a specific condition, they all nevertheless emphasize the skills and approaches a health care practitioner must develop in order to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients, including for dementia.</p><p>Individual employers across health and social care are responsible for ensuring their staff are trained and competent to carry out their role, and for investing in the future of their staff by providing continuing professional development (CPD) funding. The required training needs are set out in the Dementia Training Standards Framework, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/info-hub/dementia-2015-updated-2018/" target="_blank">https://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/info-hub/dementia-2015-updated-2018/</a></p><p>The framework was commissioned and funded by the Department, and developed in collaboration with the sector. It sets out the essential knowledge, skills, and expected learning outcomes applicable across the health and care spectrum.</p><p>It is applicable to health and social care staff who work with people living with dementia, staff providing direct care and support, and those who provide leadership in transforming care, including social care managers and leaders.</p><p>To supplement local National Health Service employer investment for CPD, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out NHS England’s commitment to continue national CPD funding for nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals. There are a variety of resources available on the NHS England e-learning for health platform, designed to enhance the training and education of the health and social care workforce. This includes a programme on dementia care, and modules in Parkinson’s disease in geriatric medicine.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 20658 question first answered 23/04/2024 12:45:10 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1699135

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Social Services: Supported Housing
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 she has made of the potential impact of variations in access to appropriate social care provision to enable independent living on the (a) availability and (b) capacity of supported accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	20822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>Our white paper People at the Heart of Care sets out our ambition to ensure people have the choice and control to remain independent in the community. We recognise that supported housing can be the best model of care for some people, leading to better health, greater independence, and closer connection with the community.</p><p>The forthcoming provisions of the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 will strengthen the data on the availability and capacity of supported accommodation. The act places a new duty on local housing authorities to review the supported housing in each district, and to forecast future need. The Government will consult on the implementation of the new duties and other supported housing reforms in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/04/2024 10:51:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1698386

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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	Hospices: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has provided to hospices in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	20154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Since 2020 NHS England has provided hospices with over £350 million nationally, to secure and increase National Health Service capacity and to support hospital discharge. In addition, since 2021/22, nearly £63 million has been provided to children’s hospices as part of the Children and Young People’s Hospice Grant. Separate, further investment in children and young people’s palliative and end of life care, including hospices, has also been made through the NHS Long Term Plan’s commitment to match-fund clinical commissioning groups, and subsequently integrated care boards (ICBs), totalling over £23 million.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/04/2024 08:50:03 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1697839

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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	Palliative Care: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if NHS England will (a) fund and (b) publish a data dashboard to help integrated care boards commission children and young people’s palliative and end of life care.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	19763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has developed an all-age palliative and end of life care dashboard, which brings together all relevant local data in one place in an easily accessible format. The dashboard is accessible to integrated care boards (ICBs) and their commissioners and helps them understand the palliative and end of life care needs of their local population, including children and young people. This supports commissioners in their statutory duty for palliative and end of life care, enabling ICBs to put plans in place to address and track the improvement of health inequalities, and ensure that funding is distributed fairly based on prevalence.</p><p>Funding has been confirmed to ensure continued maintenance of the dashboard for 2024/25, with discussions ongoing regarding further development and use. There is, however, existing publicly available data, such as the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities ‘Fingertips’ data on palliative and end of life care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/04/2024 12:47:06 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1697875

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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	Hospitals: Dorset
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 make an assessment of the potential impact of the extra allocations of money made from the discharge fund to the (a) NHS and (b) local authorities in Dorset in the 2023-24 financial year on the (i) timeliness and (ii) effectiveness of the discharge of patients from NHS hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	19766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is investing an additional £600 million for 2023/24 and £1 billion for 2024/25, through the Discharge Fund, to support the National Health Service and local authorities in ensuring timely and effective discharge from hospital. As part of their allocations for 2023/24, NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board received £5.7 million, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council received £1.9 million, and Dorset Council received £1.7 million. There will be an independent evaluation of the Discharge Fund for 2023/24 and 2024/25.</p><p>Nationally, this funding has supported more people to be discharged more quickly with more appropriate support. The number of people discharged from hospital with packages of health and social care support increased by 10% between the end of February 2023 and the end of February 2024. Thanks to this improved patient flow hospitals have been able to admit and treat more patients during this period.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/03/2024 12:08:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 26254 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1697993

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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	Health Services: Finance
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 applicants for continued healthcare funding who appeal a decision to (a) NHS England and (b) the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	19986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>A public information leaflet is on the GOV.UK website in multiple languages, explaining the full process for appealing to NHS England or to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, as well as the eligibility decisions for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). This leaflet is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-continuing-healthcare-and-nhs-funded-nursing-care-public-information-leaflet" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-continuing-healthcare-and-nhs-funded-nursing-care-public-information-leaflet</a></p><p>CHC guidance, named the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care, states that any individual being considered for CHC at the screening or referral stage should be given a copy of this leaflet, along with any relevant local information about processes and contact details. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b0f7cdc033c100108062f9/National-Framework-for-NHS-Continuing-Healthcare-and-NHS-funded-Nursing-Care_July-2022-revised_corrected-July-2023.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b0f7cdc033c100108062f9/National-Framework-for-NHS-Continuing-Healthcare-and-NHS-funded-Nursing-Care_July-2022-revised_corrected-July-2023.pdf</a></p><p>NHS England has also commissioned a free Information and Advice Service for CHC from Beacon. This service provides independent and high-quality support on navigating CHC assessments and care planning, or to appeal against a decision about CHC eligibility. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://beaconchc.co.uk/how-we-can-help/free-information-and-advice-on-nhs-continuing-healthcare/" target="_blank">https://beaconchc.co.uk/how-we-can-help/free-information-and-advice-on-nhs-continuing-healthcare/</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/03/2024 12:13:59 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1697522

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
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	Hospitals: Homelessness
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 prevent patients (a) experiencing and (b) at risk of homelessness from being discharged from hospital to no fixed abode.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	19661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department is committed to promoting safe and timely discharge for people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness, to appropriate accommodation. Between 2020 and 2022, the Department delivered £16 million to 17 local sites, to pilot Out of Hospital Care Models to people experiencing homelessness following a hospital stay. These models provide interim accommodation, care, and support while full assessments of individual needs are carried out. There are positive preliminary findings, and a final evaluation is due next month. From this we will share learning to encourage local areas to adopt similar models.</p><p>Improving how discharges are arranged for people experiencing, or at risk of homelessness, is also supported by our wider work to improve discharge processes. We have ensured every acute hospital has access to a care transfer hub to manage discharge for people with more complex needs, who need extra support. Furthermore, in January 2024 the Department published guidance on discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness to support staff involved in planning safe and supportive discharge of these patients from hospital. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/03/2024 10:25:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1697576

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
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	Parkinson's Disease: Warm Home Prescription
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of issuing warm home prescriptions to patients with Parkinson's disease.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	19649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>We have made no specific assessment. The Government recognises that warm home prescription schemes can be effective in helping to protect vulnerable people and households from the health impacts of living in a cold home. These schemes are good examples of local collaboration between the National Health Service, local government, and other partners.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/03/2024 12:02:35 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell