Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce the potential inequity in (a) diabetes prevalence, (b) care and (c) outcomes in England; and what steps he plans to take to help reduce the rise in number of people being diagnosed with type 2.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme is available to anyone identified as being at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Local systems receive regular data on whether the numbers of people accessing the programme who are black or minority ethnic or who live in areas of higher deprivation are proportionate to the local population.
Additionally, in September 2020 the National Health Service started piloting a low calorie diet programme to support people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes to lose weight, and make better decisions about their health.
In 2022/23, funding worth £36m was allocated to independent care boards, weighted by local levels of deprivation, to support more people to receive all recommended diabetes care processes, alongside other NHS Long Term Plan diabetes commitments.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the pay of people in the social care sector; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing pay in the social care sector on staff (a) recruitment and (b) retention.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Department currently has no plans to intervene in pay levels in the adult social care sector. No assessment has been made of the specific impact of increasing pay on recruitment and retention in the sector. Most care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their pay and terms and conditions, independent of central government.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
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 Kingston upon Hull North 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 Kingston upon Hull North constituency in each calendar year from 2016 to 2020, by diabetes type.
| Type 1 | Type 2 and other |
2016 | 10 | 410 |
2017 | 15 | 315 |
2018 | 15 | 390 |
2019 | 15 | 345 |
2020 | 20 | 355 |
Source: National Diabetes Audit (NDA)
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Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to introduce (a) increased funding for social care and (b) other social care reforms.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Government is providing up to £7.5 billion over two years to support adult social care and discharge with up to £2.8 billion available in 2023/24 and £4.7 billion in 2024/25.
In spring 2023, the Government will publish a plan for adult social care system reform.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
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 care homes were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Kingston upon Hull North constituency as of 16 December 2022.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
As of 19 December 2022, 22 or 75.9% of care homes in the Kingston upon Hull North constituency were rated as good overall by the Care Quality Commission.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of (a) four and (b) 11 were admitted to hospital for tooth extraction due to decay in Kingston upon Hull North constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
This information is not held in the format requested.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of life expectancy in Kingston upon Hull North constituency.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
No specific assessment has been made.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
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 implications for his policies of trends in the level of healthy life expectancy in Hull North.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
No specific assessment has been made.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
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 expand cancer treatment capacity within the NHS.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including cancer services. The plan aims to ensure that the number of people waiting more than 62 days to start treatment following suspected cancer will return to pre-pandemic levels by March 2023. The Government has allocated more than £8 billion to the NHS in England from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available in 2021/2022 to increase elective activity, including cancer services.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) financial and (b) other steps his Department is taking to help tackle NHS workforce shortages in Hull North constituency.
Answered by Will Quince
The Government has committed to publishing a workforce plan next year. This will include independently verified forecasts for the number of healthcare professionals required in future years and the reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention, including in Kingston Upon Hull North.