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Written Question
GP Practice Lists: Bradford East
Tuesday 5th December 2023

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

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 registered at each (a) Main Practice and (b) Branch Surgery in Bradford East constituency are aged (i) zero to four, (ii) five to fourteen, (iii) 15 to 44, (iv) 45 to 64, (v) 65 to 74, (vi) 75 to 84 and (vii) 85 years and above.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The information is shown in the attached tables. This data is also available publicly at the following link:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/general-practice-patients


Written Question
Dental Services
Tuesday 5th December 2023

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of NHS dentistry services.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

  • Our dental reforms of last July aimed to make NHS work more attractive to dental practices and improve access for patients.

  • We have seen improvements to access. We have seen 23% more Courses of Treatment delivered to patients in 2022-23 compared to the previous year, and the number seen by an NHS dentist has also increased from 2021-22.

  • I held a roundtable with MPs last week and am aware of the challenges still being faced by many. We will publish the dental recovery plan as soon as possible.


Written Question
General Practitioners: Bradford
Tuesday 5th December 2023

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

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 GP appointments in (a) Bradford District and (b) Craven took place (i) on the same day as, (ii) one day after, (ii) two to seven days after, (iv) eight to fourteen days after and (v) 15 or more days after booking between September 2021 to September 2023.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The data is not held in the format requested. Appointment numbers and the estimated time between an appointment being booked and taking place are published at practice level but not aggregated to council or electoral ward level.

In addition, appointment data is not collected centrally for individual patients. The GP practice will be the source of that data.


Written Question
General Practitioners
Tuesday 5th December 2023

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

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 with a GP appointment booked further appointments after (a) 14 days or less, (b) 15 to 28 days and (c) 29 to 56 days since June 2023.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The data is not held in the format requested. Appointment numbers and the estimated time between an appointment being booked and taking place are published at practice level but not aggregated to council or electoral ward level.

In addition, appointment data is not collected centrally for individual patients. The GP practice will be the source of that data.


Written Question
General Practitioners: Bradford
Tuesday 5th December 2023

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP appointments were recorded in (a) Bradford District and (b) Craven in each month from September 2021 to September 2023.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The data is not held in the format requested. Appointment numbers and the estimated time between an appointment being booked and taking place are published at practice level but not aggregated to council or electoral ward level.

In addition, appointment data is not collected centrally for individual patients. The GP practice will be the source of that data.


Written Question
General Practitioners: Bradford East
Friday 1st December 2023

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many FTE GPs at each (a) main practice and (b) branch surgery in Bradford East constituency were (i) fully qualified and (ii) in training grades as of October 2023.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) doctors in general practice at each main practice in Bradford East as of October 2023, with the data for branch practices being held at the main practice:

Practice Name

All doctors in general practice, FTE

Fully qualified general practitioners, FTE

General practitioners in training grade, FTE

Thornbury Medical Practice

2.5

2.5

0.0

Farrow Medical Centre

5.7

4.7

1.1

Idle Medical Centre

5.9

5.9

0.0

Little Horton Lane Medical Centre - Raja

1.9

1.9

0.0

Primrose Surgery

2.3

2.3

0.0

Bradford Moor Practice

1.0

1.0

0.0

Haigh Hall Medical Practice

2.6

2.6

0.0

The Ridge Medical Pract.

32.7

15.6

17.1

Moorside Surgery

5.0

4.0

1.1

The Avicenna Medical Practice

2.4

2.4

0.0

Ashcroft Surgery

14.2

6.8

7.4

New Otley Road Medical Practice

1.7

1.7

0.0

Valley View Surgery

2.0

2.0

0.0

Peel Park Surgery

2.3

2.3

0.0

Dr Gilkar

5.6

2.4

3.2

Moor Park Medical Practice

1.4

1.4

0.0

Eccleshill Village Surgery

1.0

1.0

0.0

Notes:

  1. Data does not include estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid staff records
  2. Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. 1 would indicate they work a full set of hours (37.5), 0.5 that they worked half time. In GPs in Training Grade contracts 1 FTE = 40 hours and in this table these FTEs have been converted to the standard wMDS measure of 1 FTE = 37.5 hours for consistency.
  3. Figures shown do not include staff working in Prisons, Army Bases, Educational Establishments, Specialist Care Centres including Drug Rehabilitation Centres, Walk-In Centres and other alternative settings outside of traditional general practice such as urgent treatment centres and minor injury units.


Written Question
Dementia: Diagnosis
Friday 8th September 2023

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the Major Conditions Strategy will include a funded plan for timely diagnoses of dementia.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Major Conditions Strategy will set out a strong and coherent policy agenda with a shift to integrated, whole-person care. The Strategy will cover prevention and treatment of dementia, including diagnosis.

Over the next phase of the Major Conditions Strategy, we will focus on areas where we believe we will make the greatest impact across all conditions; this focus will include embedding early diagnosis and treatment delivery in the community.

The launch of the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission, which aims to speed up the development of new treatments, was supported by £95 million of Government funding; £131 million committed to the next five years of the UK Dementia Research Institute; and £11 million investment into digital innovations to detect and diagnose dementia.

This contributes to delivering the Government’s commitment to double funding for dementia research to £160 million a year by 2024/25. This will span all areas of research, including diagnosis and treatment of dementia, enabling the best possible care and quality of life for people with dementia.


Written Question
Disabled Facilities Grants
Thursday 7th September 2023

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the White Paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published in December 2021, what his Department's timescales are for beginning the consultation on increasing the Disabled Facilities Grant cap.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

As with all aspects of the Disabled Facilities Grant, the Government will continue to keep the upper limit under review. Local areas also already have discretion to increase the cap on the grant on a case-by-case basis or in line with a locally published housing assistance policy.


Written Question
Disabled Facilities Grants
Thursday 25th May 2023

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to commence the consultation on increasing the upper limit of the Disabled Facilities Grant.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

As with all aspects of the Disabled Facilities Grant, Government will continue to keep the upper limit under review. Local areas also already have discretion to increase the cap on the grant on a case-by-case basis or in line with a locally published housing assistance policy.


Written Question
Department of Health and Social Care: Equal Pay
Thursday 25th May 2023

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for employers published on 17 April 2023.

Answered by Will Quince

The Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance was published on 17 April 2023 and is voluntary. The Department is currently considering the best way to approach Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting and working with Civil Service human resource colleagues and other Government Departments to work through the details of the guidance. In line with Gender Pay Gap Reporting, the Civil Service is looking to develop a consistent methodology to be used in Departments to produce the data. The outcomes of this will inform whether we are able to publish a report for 2023/2024. More generally the Civil Service is undertaking extensive work both centrally and within Departments to promote diversity across its workplaces, including ethnicity.