Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of protecting funding to Clinical Commissioning Groups for diabetes technology.
Answered by Lord Bethell
No assessment has been made on the benefits of protecting funding to Clinical Commissioning Groups for diabetes technology. Clinical Commissioning Groups are responsible for commissioning diabetes services for their local populations and are best placed as clinically-led organisations that have both the local knowledge and accountability, to make commissioning decisions in the best interests of their patients. This includes prescribing technologies for people living with diabetes, for example glucose monitoring devices.
Commissioning decisions for the adoption of technology products in diabetes are always guided by clinical and cost effective assessments, delivered by NICE and other regulatory bodies.
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of the NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) programme to the NHS since its inception.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The Local Improvement Finance Trust programme set up in 2001 has secured investment of over £2.5 billion to deliver 350 high quality, modern primary care and community facilities and supporting the integration of local services for the benefit of patients. The portfolio provides well maintained and flexible clinical space for over 1,400 individual general practitioner practices, dentists, community services, acute trusts, pharmacies and other healthcare professionals.
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what priority have (1) NHS dentists, (2) NHS dental staff, (3) non-NHS dentists, and (4) non-NHS dental staff, been given for access to COVID-19 vaccinations.
Answered by Lord Bethell
All frontline health and social care staff, including dentists and dental staff, involved in direct patient care are included in phase one of the COVID-19 vaccine deployment. The definition of health and social care staff covers those delivering National Health Service or privately funded care.
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the current waiting times for NHS child and adolescent mental health services in each region of England.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The information is not currently held in the format requested. A national access and waiting times standard for children and adolescent people’s mental health services has not yet been defined.