Asked by: Jane Hunt (Conservative - Loughborough)
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 cancer patients received radiotherapy cancer treatments in Loughborough in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This data is not held centrally in the format requested.
Asked by: Jane Hunt (Conservative - Loughborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure there is no regional variation in access to radiotherapy.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
NHS England is responsible for setting evidence-based national service standards for radiotherapy and for ensuring that these, as well as any applicable Technology Appraisal Guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, are implemented within local systems. These arrangements will be further strengthened by the establishment of nine specialised commissioning joint statutory committees, which will bring regional specialised commissioning expertise and integrated care systems together.
Asked by: Jane Hunt (Conservative - Loughborough)
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 adequacy of the data available on the trends in the levels of practitioners in the dental workforce.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
The Department and it’s arms length bodies utilise data collected by NHS Digital on the dental workforce, including on levels of practitioners in the dental workforce, which are available via the following links:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/dental-working-hours
This data is adequate for the role of informing policy in relation to National Health Service dentistry.
Asked by: Jane Hunt (Conservative - Loughborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to train new dentists; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
Approximately 800 dentists are trained each year. However, the cap on dental school places was temporarily lifted for students who completed A-Levels in 2020 and in 2021 and who had an offer from a university in England to study dentistry, subject to their grades. As a result, 895 dental students entered training in 2020 and 980 dental students entered training in 2021.
The Government has committed to publishing a workforce plan next year, which will include independently verified forecasts for the number of healthcare professionals required in future years, taking account of improvements in retention and productivity. This will include dental care professionals.
Asked by: Jane Hunt (Conservative - Loughborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department provides funding to assist dentists with relocation.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
Health Education England provides assistance to dentists in training for some removal and relocation costs. The guidance for trainees requiring assistance is available at the following link:
National Health Service trusts have individual relocation policies and eligibility criteria which are determined at a local level.
Asked by: Jane Hunt (Conservative - Loughborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Education and (b) Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the Government's plans for the future of School Games funding.
Answered by Maggie Throup
The Department for Health and Social Care has regular discussions with the Department for Education and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the delivery of the School Sport and Activity Action Plan. Arrangements for the School Games Organisers programme, including the position on future funding, will be confirmed in due course.
Asked by: Jane Hunt (Conservative - Loughborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish (a) the outcome of the Women's Health Strategy call for evidence and (b) the Women's Health Strategy.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
On 23 December 2021, we published ‘Our Vision for the Women’s Health Strategy for England’, which is informed by the call for evidence. This sets out our ambitions to improve the health and wellbeing of women in England and reduce disparities and is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/our-vision-for-the-womens-health-strategy-for-england
We also published the results of the call for evidence survey, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/womens-health-strategy-call-for-evidence
We will publish the analysis of the over 400 written submissions in due course and the Women’s Health Strategy in spring 2022.