Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of pay on the retention and recruitment of NHS staff.
Answered by Steve Barclay
In reaching their recommendations the independent pay review bodies consider a number of factors, including recruitment and retention. Today I announced that the government would accept the NHS Pay Review Body and Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration recommendations in full.
Alongside pay we continue to invest in recruitment and retention, backed by our record £39 billion investment in the NHS over the next three years. There are over 4,000 more doctors and over 9,600 more nurses working in the NHS compared to last year.
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to statistics published by the Office for National Statistics on 24 June 2022, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the fall in food store sales of 1.6 per cent in May 2022 on public (a) health and (b) nutrition.
Answered by Maggie Throup
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities monitors the available data on population diets and nutrient intakes, including through the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS). Questions on food insecurity have been included in the NDNS since April 2022. The Food Standards Agency also reviews food insecurity and other consumer-related behaviours, through its Food and You survey.
However, the impact of increasing food prices and falls in food sales on population health and nutrition will not be known for some time, while sufficient data is collected and analysed.
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish any modelling his Department has (a) conducted or (b) received for the 2022 pay review round on the impact on staff retention at different pay offers.
Answered by Edward Argar
The Government has not conducted or received any specific modelling for the 2022/2023 pay review round on the impact on staff retention. The Government has asked the independent Pay Review Bodies (PRBs) to make a recommendation on pay for all National Health Service staff not in multi-year deals.
As part of this process, the Department provided written evidence to the PRBs including information on the recruitment, retention and motivation of NHS staff. In formulating the recommendations, the PRBs also consider evidence from a range of stakeholders, including NHS system partners, and trade unions. The Government will consider the PRBs recommendations when received.
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish any modelling on the annual reduction of vacancies in full-time equivalent workforce vacancies over each of the next five years.
Answered by Edward Argar
The Department has not produced any modelling on the annual reduction of vacancies in each of the next five years.
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
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 number of full-time equivalent workforce vacancies by NHS trust in the most recent reporting period.
Answered by Edward Argar
We have no current plans to do so.
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
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 number of full-time equivalent workforce vacancies in the NHS in each year since 2010.
Answered by Edward Argar
National Health Service workforce vacancy statistics are published quarterly at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey
This information includes the NHS Vacancies Survey, which pre-dates the NHS Vacancy Statistics series, which collected data from 2005 to 31 March 2010. Following the discontinuation of the Survey, data on vacancies between 2010 and 2015 is not held centrally. As the data collected in each survey is based on different methodologies, the data is not comparable.
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce diagnosis times for endometriosis.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
A call for evidence was launched to inform the priorities, content and actions of the Women’s Health Strategy which included questions on gynaecological conditions, including endometriosis. We are currently analysing the responses and we aim to publish the Women’s Health Strategy later this year.
The National Institute of Health Research hosted research to explore the experience of women who present with endometriosis-like symptoms in primary care. The results will inform our understanding of delays in diagnosis.
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people affected by the contaminated blood scandal live in (a) Cynon Valley, (b) Rhonda Cynon Taf and (c) Wales.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
The Department does not hold data on either those affected in Wales nor beneficiaries of the Welsh support scheme. Since 2017, the support schemes have been devolved, in this case to the Welsh Infected Blood Support Scheme.