Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients are admitted to a specialist stroke bed within 72 hours of a stroke.
Answered by Will Quince
It is not possible to provide data of how many and what proportion of patients are admitted to a specialist stroke bed within 72 hours of a stroke, as that metric is not measured by NHS England.
NHS England Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme showed that between January to March 2023 showed that 96.8% or 14,759 patients arrived at hospital within 72 hours of onset of symptoms of stroke. The median time from onset of symptoms to arrival at a stroke unit was 11 hours and eight minutes.
91.9% of patients went to a stroke unit as the first admitting ward, being admitted with a median of four hours and 55 minutes from arrival at the hospital.
Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the independent report entitled Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation programme: JCVI advice, 7 June 2023, published on 22 June 2023, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of RSV vaccination programmes on the number of (a) GP appointments and (b) hospitalisations.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Policy options based on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s advice on a potentially expanded respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programme are being developed. This includes consideration of the impact of RSV on health services.
Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the independent report entitled Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation programme: JCVI advice, 7 June 2023, published on 22 June 2022, whether he has a planned timetable for the introduction of RSV vaccination programmes for (a) maternal, (b) infant and (c) other people.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Policy options based on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s advice on a potentially expanded respiratory syncytial virus vaccination programme are being developed as fast as is feasible, including consideration for maternal, infant and/or adult programmes. This includes working with UK Health Security Agency and NHS England on potential implementation timetables, with NHS England leading on delivery.
Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the independent report entitled Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation programme: JCVI advice, 7 June 2023, published on 22 June 2023, what steps his Department is taking to implement vaccination programmes in winter 2023.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Policy options based on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s advice on a potentially expanded respiratory syncytial virus vaccination programme are being developed as fast as is feasible, including consideration for maternal, infant and/or adult programmes. This includes working with UK Health Security Agency and NHS England on potential implementation timetables, with NHS England leading on delivery.
Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce pressures on NHS cardiovascular care services.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government is taking action to reduce pressure on NHS cardiovascular care services by: supporting local authorities to recover NHS Health Checks, England’s national cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programme; investing nearly £17 million for the development and roll-out of an innovative new digital NHS Health Check that will enable more people to have a check and free up NHS staff time; rolling out free blood pressure checks to people over the age of 40 in community pharmacies to detect thousands more people living with hypertension earlier. CVD will form a part of the Government’s Major Conditions Strategy which will focus on conditions that contribute most to morbidity and mortality across the population in England. The Strategy will set out a strong and coherent policy agenda that underpin a shift to integrated, whole-person care, building on measures that we have already taken forward through the NHS Long Term Plan. Interventions set out in the Strategy will aim to alleviate pressure on the health system, as well as support the government’s objective to increase healthy life expectancy and reduce ill-health related labour market inactivity.
Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of the British Heart Foundation in its analysis entitled, Excess deaths involving CVD in England since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis and explainer, published in June 2023.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Between March 2020 and May 2023 cardiovascular disease was a significant contributor to excess deaths. That is why we are going further to empower and support people to manage their heart health risks through the development of a digital NHS Health Check, and have appointed Professor Deanfield to lead work to develop an ambitious approach to personalised prevention. We will consider the implications of the British Heart Foundation’s findings for policy through the development of the Government’s forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy.
Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the British Heart Foundation in its analysis entitled, Excess deaths involving CVD in England since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis and explainer, published in June 2023, if he will make an assessment of the factors contributing to excess deaths involving cardiovascular disease since the start of the pandemic.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Evidence on excess mortality attributable to non-COVID-19 related causes implies that it is likely due to a combination of factors. This may include disruption to routine care during the first two years of the pandemic, lifestyle factors and disruption to emergency care and urgent elective procedures.
Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Guidance for government engagement with the tobacco industry, published on 19 June, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) monitor the application and (b) tackle breaches of that guidance.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The Government has published guidance to ensure public bodies continue to prevent industry interference into health policy. This will be monitored, including through the United Kingdom’s rank on the Global Tobacco Index which has been consistently high. Breaches will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children being admitted to A&E with an (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of scurvy per (i) month and (ii) year.
Answered by Will Quince
The count of finished admission episode (FAE) for patients aged 0 to 17 years old, with a primary or secondary diagnosis of malnutrition or scurvy, where the patient was admitted from accident and emergency, split by year and month of admission for the period January 2018 to March 2022 is shown in the table attached.
Data from April 2022 to March 2023 is provisional and is not included.
Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were admitted to hospital via accident and emergency with a (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of malnutrition in each month of the last five years.
Answered by Will Quince
The count of finished admission episode (FAE) for patients aged 0 to 17 years old, with a primary or secondary diagnosis of malnutrition or scurvy, where the patient was admitted from accident and emergency, split by year and month of admission for the period January 2018 to March 2022 is shown in the table attached.
Data from April 2022 to March 2023 is provisional and is not included.