Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the waiting time is for cancer patients to see a cancer specialist in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICS area after referral by a GP.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This information is not collected in the format requested. However, in October 2022, 10,064 of the 13,459 patients had their first consultant appointment within 14 days following an urgent general practitioner referral in the Cheshire and Merseyside integrated care board.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff employed by Halton clinical commissioning group have (a) still to find permanent jobs and (b) left NHS employment since it was abolished in July.
Answered by Will Quince
This information is not held in the format requested.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the take up is of the flu vaccine for over 50s in the Halton local authority area compared to the same period in 2021.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The following table shows the uptake for the flu vaccination in Halton local authority in the 50 to 64 years old age group and all those aged 65 years old in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 season, as of 31 October 2022.
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
50 to 64 years old in a clinical risk group | 43.9% | 43.8% |
50 to 64 years old not in a clinical risk group | 24.3% | 23.2% |
Aged 65 years old and over | 62.2% | 68.9% |
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Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made (a) podiatry vacancy rates in the NHS in Halton constituency and (b) the impact these vacancies will have on patient treatment for diabetic foot complications.
Answered by Will Quince
No specific assessment has been made as this information is not collected in the format requested.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2022 to Question 31020 on Blood Tests: Halton, at what level data on waiting times for blood tests and appointments for suspected cancer diagnosis is collected.
Answered by James Morris
Data on waiting times for blood tests for patients with suspected cancer symptoms is not collected centrally. Waiting time data on the two-week cancer referral pathway is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to tackle delays in securing patient appointments for blood tests from GP referrals in Halton constituency.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
NHS England has advised that a community diagnostic centre is planned for Warrington which, if approved, will complement existing provision in St Helens. This aims to reduce waiting times for diagnostic appointments, including general practitioner referrals for blood tests in Halton constituency.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost to the NHS has been of a hip replacement procedure in each year since 2015.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The information is not held centrally in the format requested.
However, the following table shows the average unit cost of all Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) which include hip procedures in each year from 2015/16 to 2020/21. The data for 2021/22 is currently being collected and centrally validated and is expected to be available by November 2022. An HRG consists of patient events which have been determined to consume a similar level of resource.
Financial year | Average unit cost |
2015/16 | £7,113 |
2016/17 | £7,071 |
2017/18 | £7,353 |
2018/19 | £7,305 |
2019/20 | £8,009 |
2020/21 | £11,770 |
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many men in the Halton local authority area have been diagnosed with prostate cancer in each year since 2010.
Answered by James Morris
The data is not held in the format requested.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients from the Halton local authority area are currently deemed to be medically well enough for discharge from the St Helen's and Knowsley NHS Acute Hospital Trust but are unable to leave the hospital because arrangements for continuing care have not been finalised.
Answered by Gillian Keegan - Secretary of State for Education
This information is not collected in the format requested. As of 31 May 2022, there were 125 patients remaining in hospital in St Helen’s and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust who no longer met the criteria to reside. This data includes all patients who no longer meet the criteria to reside and who remain in hospital, regardless of the reason.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2021 to Question 19569 on Breast Cancer: Screening, what recent assessment he has made of reasons for breast screening coverage in people aged 53 to 71 years old in the Halton local authority area being 55.8 per cent compared to 64.2 per cent for England in 2020-21.
Answered by James Morris
NHS England has advised that comparisons for screening coverage in specific locations with the average in England is challenging. This is due to providers within the National Health Service breast screening programme restoring services at different times and operating different invitation models.
Providers within the Warrington, Halton and St Helens programme are returning to timed invitations across all sites. Commissioners will work with local providers to monitor coverage to ensure that uptake rates return to and subsequently exceed pre-pandemic levels.