Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for patients to see their GP in Bexley has been for (a) non-emergency appointments and (b) emergency appointments in the last twelve months.
Answered by Seema Kennedy
Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) currently only captures data from four of its 23 general practices due to interoperability issues with one of the clinical system suppliers. However, national roll out of a new system to share this data is expected this month, meaning the relevant data for the remaining practices in Bexley should be available from May 2019.
The time between booking an appointment with a general practice and having the appointment, in days, for the practices where data is currently collected in Bexley CCG is presented in the attached table for the last available published date which was February 2019. A 12 month average from March 2018 - February 2019 has also been presented along with a comparison to the average across all appointments in England. NHS Digital’s ‘Appointments in General Practice’ data is published monthly with a two-month time lag.
The appointments data does not differentiate between emergency and routine appointments in general practice and the ‘time from booking to appointment’ does not take into consideration that many patients will be appropriately booking ahead as part of the continuity of care they receive for long-term conditions.
| Bexley | England | Bexley | England |
| February 2019 | March 2018 to February 2019 | ||
Same Day | 35.8% | 42.3% | 38.1% | 42.2% |
1 Day | 6.2% | 6.8% | 6.8% | 6.8% |
2 to 7 Days | 20.6% | 19.8% | 22.9% | 20.1% |
8 to 14 Days | 20.1% | 14.4% | 17.2% | 13.8% |
15 to 21 Days | 8.5% | 7.6% | 7.4% | 7.4% |
22 to 28 Days | 5.8% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.0% |
More than 28 Days | 2.9% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 4.7% |
Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
The time between booking an appointment with a general practice and having the appointment, in days, for all data available in Bexley CCG is presented above for the last published month February 2019 and as a 12 month average from March 2018 - February 2019 along with a comparison to the average across all appointments in England.
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Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the levels of physical activity among primary school children in (a) Bexley Borough, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last five years.
Answered by Steve Brine
Data for school-age children and young people at local authority level is only available for the 2017/18 academic year. Data split by primary and secondary school age is not available at local authority level. Estimates are published by Sport England, using data from the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey.
Data for adults using the current Chief Medical Officers’ definition at local authority is only available for 2015/16 and 2016/17. Estimates are published by Public Health England, using data from the Active Lives Adult Survey.
The following table shows the estimated percentage of people meeting the aerobic physical activity recommendations among school-age children and adults for Bexley, London and England.
Percentage meeting physical activity recommendations
| Aged 5-16 years | Aged 19 or over years | |
2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 | |
Bexley Borough | 15.4% | 61.5% | 66.5% |
London | 16.8% | 64.6% | 65.8% |
England | 17.5% | 66% | 66.1% |
Notes:
https://www.sportengland.org/media/13698/active-lives-children-survey-academic-year-17-18.pdf
https://www.sportengland.org/media/11498/active-lives-survey-yr-1-report.pdf
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the levels of physical activity among secondary school children in (a) Bexley Borough, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last five years.
Answered by Steve Brine
Data for school-age children and young people at local authority level is only available for the 2017/18 academic year. Data split by primary and secondary school age is not available at local authority level. Estimates are published by Sport England, using data from the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey.
Data for adults using the current Chief Medical Officers’ definition at local authority is only available for 2015/16 and 2016/17. Estimates are published by Public Health England, using data from the Active Lives Adult Survey.
The following table shows the estimated percentage of people meeting the aerobic physical activity recommendations among school-age children and adults for Bexley, London and England.
Percentage meeting physical activity recommendations
| Aged 5-16 years | Aged 19 or over years | |
2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 | |
Bexley Borough | 15.4% | 61.5% | 66.5% |
London | 16.8% | 64.6% | 65.8% |
England | 17.5% | 66% | 66.1% |
Notes:
https://www.sportengland.org/media/13698/active-lives-children-survey-academic-year-17-18.pdf
https://www.sportengland.org/media/11498/active-lives-survey-yr-1-report.pdf
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the levels of physical activity among adults in (a) Bexley Borough, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last five years.
Answered by Steve Brine
Data for school-age children and young people at local authority level is only available for the 2017/18 academic year. Data split by primary and secondary school age is not available at local authority level. Estimates are published by Sport England, using data from the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey.
Data for adults using the current Chief Medical Officers’ definition at local authority is only available for 2015/16 and 2016/17. Estimates are published by Public Health England, using data from the Active Lives Adult Survey.
The following table shows the estimated percentage of people meeting the aerobic physical activity recommendations among school-age children and adults for Bexley, London and England.
Percentage meeting physical activity recommendations
| Aged 5-16 years | Aged 19 or over years | |
2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 | |
Bexley Borough | 15.4% | 61.5% | 66.5% |
London | 16.8% | 64.6% | 65.8% |
England | 17.5% | 66% | 66.1% |
Notes:
https://www.sportengland.org/media/13698/active-lives-children-survey-academic-year-17-18.pdf
https://www.sportengland.org/media/11498/active-lives-survey-yr-1-report.pdf
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) Bexley borough and b) the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Answered by Steve Brine
This information is not held centrally.
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the NHS in supporting people who have a gambling addiction.
Answered by Steve Brine
Many people with gambling problems will receive treatment from the National Health Service. There are a range of services available to problem gamblers, details of which can be found on the NHS Choices website at the following link:
www.nhs.uk/Livewell/addiction/Pages/gamblingaddiction.aspx
Specialist facilities are provided through industry funding. Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has a national problem gambling clinic which accepts referrals from all over the United Kingdom. Further details are available at the following link:
http://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/cnwl-national-problem-gambling-clinic/
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has been commissioned to explore developing a guideline on non-chemical addictions, including gambling, which will give support to clinicians seeking to support problem gamblers.
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many practising GPs there were in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) Bexley Borough in each of the last five years.
Answered by Steve Brine
The data requested is available in the table below. Figures are not available for Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency or Bexley Borough, therefore figures for NHS Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are provided.
Census | CCG | Headcount all Practitioners (excluding Retainers, Registrars and Locums) |
2013 | NHS Bexley CCG | 114 |
2014 | NHS Bexley CCG | 114 |
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2015 | NHS Bexley CCG | 119 |
2016 | NHS Bexley CCG | 112 |
2017 | NHS Bexley CCG | 102 |
2018 | NHS Bexley CCG | 104 |
Source: NHS Digital
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Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are in receipt of NHS continuing healthcare in (a) the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) Bexley Borough.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
Eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare is recorded by National Health Service clinical commissioning group.
In NHS Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group in the first quarter of 2018/19, 224 individuals were eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare.