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 help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Bradford East constituency.
Answered by Will Quince
The Department is working with NHS England to finalise the delivery of £10 million for breast screening units, including determining which areas will benefit from this investment.
National Health Service breast screening providers are also encouraged to work with Cancer Alliances, Primary Care Networks, NHS regional teams and the voluntary sector to promote the uptake of breast screening and ensure access to services.
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, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased workloads in GP surgeries in Bradford East constituency.
Answered by Will Quince
The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’, published in February 2022, stated the ambition to reduce patient backlogs for planned National Health Service treatments and the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25. We made £520 million available to expand general practice capacity during the pandemic. This was in addition to at least £1.5 billion announced in 2020 by 2024 which includes supporting increased workloads in general practitioner (GP) surgeries, including in Bradford East. In September 2022, ‘Our plan for patients’ announced measures to support GP practices increase access and manage workloads, such as the provision of 31,000 phone lines and funding to expand the staff roles working in general practice, including in Bradford East.
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 he has made of the effectiveness of GP retention programmes in retaining GPs (a) in Bradford, (b) in Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) nationally.
Answered by James Morris
A number of retention programmes operate in West Yorkshire and Bradford. These are overseen, monitored and assessed for effectiveness by NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB). The number of general practitioners (GPs) and primary care teams accessing retention programmes is regularly reviewed and assessed through engagement with participants. NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB and NHS South Yorkshire ICB also assess the effectiveness of retention schemes though workforce boards. In England, we are working with the National Health Service and the profession on the implementation of and feedback received on the GP retention schemes, which will be used to evaluate effectiveness and determine potential further opportunities.
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 he will publish the Health Disparities White Paper.
Answered by Maggie Throup
Further information on the timing and plans for the white paper will be available in due course.
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 Answer of 22 February 2022 to Question 125230 on Health: Equality, whether the proposed health disparities white paper will include additional funding for GP practices serving patients in areas with higher levels of deprivation.
Answered by Maggie Throup
We will provide further information in due course.
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 Clinical Commissioning Groups are participating in the National GP Retention Scheme as of 5 July 2022.
Answered by James Morris
The responsibility for the National GP Retention Scheme transferred to integrated care boards (ICBs) from 1 July 2022. The Scheme is available in all 42 integrated care systems in England. A general practitioner can apply to the Scheme via Heath Education England locally, which is then considered by the relevant ICB.
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, by what date his Department plans to publish the health disparities white paper.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
We have announced our intention to bring forward a health disparities white paper later this year. We will set out further detail on the timings of publication in due course.
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 people have applied for exemption from managed covid-19 quarantine hotel on medical grounds since such facilities were opened.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Since February 2021 around 60 people have been granted exemptions from COVID-19 managed quarantine facilities on medical grounds. We do not have data on how many people have applied for exemption from COVID-19 managed quarantine facilities on medical grounds.
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 people have been granted exemption from managed covid-19 quarantine hotels on medical grounds since such facilities were opened.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Since February 2021 around 60 people have been granted exemptions from COVID-19 managed quarantine facilities on medical grounds. We do not have data on how many people have applied for exemption from COVID-19 managed quarantine facilities on medical grounds.
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 people have been admitted to hospital whilst staying in a managed covid-19 quarantine hotel since such facilities were opened.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information is not held in the format requested and to obtain it would incur disproportionate cost.