Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all NHS organisations were required to reach out to all of their providers of digital services as part of the Digital Health Technology Standards Audit.
Answered by Will Quince
The Digital Health Technology Standards Audit did not require National Health Service organisations to contact providers of digital services. The Audit requests information from NHS secondary care organisations on the digital health technologies deployed within the organisation, whether a DCB:0160 clinical safety case to deploy the technology was completed, whether the organisation assessed the technologies against all or any part of the Digital Technology Assessment Criteria and optionally, contract length and value. We would expect this information to be held by the organisations.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will have the results of the Digital Health Technology Standards Audit.
Answered by Will Quince
The deadline for the return of the Audit’s templates to NHS England is 16 December 2022. Following analysis of the results, National Health Service organisations which have confirmed technologies not assessed against the Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) or have not undertaken DCB:0160 documentation, will be required to submit remedial action plans. NHS England intends to share these actions plans with the Department with a summary of the response rate and quality of returns. While NHS England has no plans to publish the results of the Audit, it will publish a directory of products which meet DTAC standards.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the results of the Digital Health Technology Standards Audit.
Answered by Will Quince
The deadline for the return of the Audit’s templates to NHS England is 16 December 2022. Following analysis of the results, National Health Service organisations which have confirmed technologies not assessed against the Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) or have not undertaken DCB:0160 documentation, will be required to submit remedial action plans. NHS England intends to share these actions plans with the Department with a summary of the response rate and quality of returns. While NHS England has no plans to publish the results of the Audit, it will publish a directory of products which meet DTAC standards.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
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 of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of life expectancy in Sunderland Central constituency.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
No specific assessment has been made.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes in Sunderland Central constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The following table shows the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in Sunderland Central constituency in each year from 2016 to 2020, by diabetes type.
Year of diagnosis | Type 1 | Type 2 and other |
2016 | 15 | 330 |
2017 | 25 | 410 |
2018 | 15 | 410 |
2019 | 15 | 520 |
2020 | 20 | 350 |
Source: National Diabetes Audit
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Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to increase funding for research into (a) sighted non 24 sleep wake disorder and (b) other similar sleep disorders; and what steps she is taking to help meet the additional needs of people living with sighted non 24 disorder.
Answered by Will Quince
The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including sighted and non-sighted non-24-hour sleep wake disorder. However, it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.
Between 2017/18 and 2021/22, the NIHR directly funded seven studies researching sleep disorders with a total award of £8,564,996. Additionally, the NIHR has supported the delivery of 23 studies relating to sleep disorders via the Clinical Research Network infrastructure, including one study on sighted non-24 disorder.
Integrated care boards work with local commissioners and providers to understand the needs of the local population and commission services that meet those needs, including the treatment of sighted non-24-hour sleep wake disorder.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support patients of sighted non 24 through the NHS in England; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing funding into research on that condition.
Answered by Will Quince
The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including sighted and non-sighted non-24-hour sleep wake disorder. However, it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.
Between 2017/18 and 2021/22, the NIHR directly funded seven studies researching sleep disorders with a total award of £8,564,996. Additionally, the NIHR has supported the delivery of 23 studies relating to sleep disorders via the Clinical Research Network infrastructure, including one study on sighted non-24 disorder.
Integrated care boards work with local commissioners and providers to understand the needs of the local population and commission services that meet those needs, including the treatment of sighted non-24-hour sleep wake disorder.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to promote the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school nurses in Sunderland Central constituency.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
The recruitment and retention of school nurses is the responsibility of the local authority commissioner and the service provider. The requirements of the service should be determined by a local workforce plan and population health needs.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of midwives in Sunderland Central constituency.
Answered by Will Quince
NHS England retains oversight of local workforce plans and is updated on vacancy rates. However, recruitment and retention is undertaken at trust level.
In 2022, an additional £127 million has been invested in the National Health Service maternity workforce and improving neonatal care, including in Sunderland Central. This is in addition to the £95 million invested in 2021 to fund a further 1,200 midwives and 100 consultant obstetricians. The NHS People Plan focuses on improving the retention of NHS staff by prioritising staff health and wellbeing. In 2022/23, £45 million has been allocated to support the continuation of 40 mental health hubs, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Sunderland Central constituency.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
The NHS Long Term Plan stated the aim of increasing the mental health workforce in England by an additional 27,000 professionals by 2023/24. NHS England and Health Education England are working with local integrated care systems, including in the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System, to confirm plans for service models, supply, retention and recruitment until 2024.
NHS England continues to support local systems, including in the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System, to develop tailored health and wellbeing offers to meet the needs of the local mental health workforce. This includes mental health hubs in each integrated care system and occupational health services which are being supported through the Growing Occupational Health and Wellbeing national programme.