Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he holds on the number of dentists accepting new NHS patients in the Worcestershire and Herefordshire Integrated Care Board area in July (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
While there is no data available for 2023, as of 10 July 2024, there were 87 dentistry practices in the Worcestershire and Herefordshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), 12 of which stated they were accepting new adult National Health Service patients, when availability allows. This data is sourced from the Find a Dentist website and is matched to ICBs based on the postcode shown on the website. Further information is available at the following link:
https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist
Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the correspondence of 1 December 2022 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on Select Research in Malvern.
Answered by Will Quince
We replied to the hon. Member on 6 March 2023.
Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)
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 level of undiagnosed dementia in (a) Tenbury Wells County Council Division, (b) Worcestershire and (c) England.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The information requested is not held. However, the latest dementia diagnosis rate figures reported by NHS Digital are available for January 2023. NHS Digital estimates there are 675,542 people over the age of 65 years old living with dementia in England, of which 417,797 have a recorded dementia diagnosis. NHS Digital also estimates there are 12,119 people over the age of 65 years old living with dementia in the NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrate Care Board, of which 6,290 have a recorded dementia diagnosis. This information is not collected for Tenbury Wells County Council Division.
Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the reliability of personal alarms for elderly people in the event that they are unable to afford (a) a landline or (b) credit on their mobile telephone.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
Telecare services are provided by local authorities, housing associations, the third sector and commercial organisations, which determine the charges for these services and any additional financial support offered.
Local authorities may provide personal alarms at no cost to the person using the service after a care assessment or a subsequent means test. If a service user does not have a landline, global system for mobile communications telecare alarm equipment with a roaming SIM card is an alternative way of providing this service. These are being provided at no cost by some telecare services, although due to additional connection charges these alarms can be more expensive for a person meeting the cost of the service themselves.
Service providers can also directly help with landline affordability, with some using an 0300 number to minimise call charges when a telecare device makes an alarm call. A personal mobile telephone not being in credit should not impact on the reliability of an alarm as they are not typically used to provide personal alarm services.
Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of covid-19 lateral flow tests purchased by NHS Test and Trace are manufactured in China.
Answered by Jo Churchill
Approximately 90% of the lateral flow devices procured to date are manufactured in China.