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 recent assessment his Department has made of the potential cost savings to the NHS arising from the implementation of the Hub and Spoke model in community pharmacy.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Impact Assessment was published alongside the consultation of the proposed hub and spoke reform, which was published on 13 May 2024. The assessment is available at the following link:
No costs savings were attributed to the National Health Service in that assessment. The monetised benefits relate to the reduction in operating costs at the spoke pharmacies due to the savings in dispensing time. The Impact Assessment will be updated when the Government lays the proposed legislation in Parliament.
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 his Department is taking to expand dietitian-led diabetes prevention programmes in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) other constituencies with high prevalence rates.
Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government is committed to tackling the burden of diabetes in England and to reduce the variation in access to diabetes prevention and treatment services across the country.
A central mission of the Government is to build a health and care system fit for the future. To achieve this, it is crucial that we tackle preventable ill health, such as type 2 diabetes, by ensuring those at risk of developing, or already living with, the disease are identified and can in turn, be effectively treated.
We have committed to develop a 10-year plan to deliver a National Health Service fit for the future. We will carefully be considering policies, including those that impact people with diabetes, as we develop the plan.
The Department is taking steps to reduce overall prevalence of type 2 diabetes through programmes such as the NHS Health Check and the Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP).
The NHS DPP is highly effective for those that attended. More than 840,000 people have been supported through this programme, and it has been found to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 37% compared to those who did not attend. NHS England has responsibility for delivering the programme.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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:
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 - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
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.
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 - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
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.