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Written Question
Perinatal Mortality: Coroners
Monday 18th December 2023

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish its response to its consultation entitled Coronial investigations of stillbirths, which closed on 18 June 2019.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

We remain fully committed to responding to the coronial investigations of stillbirths consultation and setting out the Government’s position. Earlier this month, we published the factual summary of responses to the consultation.

The Department is working closely with the Ministry of Justice to give full consideration to next steps in this area and how Government will respond. We will update the House in due course.

We are clear that we must get this right, given the emotional impact that losing a baby has on families and others involved.


Written Question
Endometriosis: Health Services
Wednesday 17th May 2023

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department taking to reduce waiting times for (a) GP and (b) hospital appointment waiting times for women with endometriosis.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

Patients with symptoms of endometriosis will be prioritised based on clinical need. The National Health Service led Provider Collaborative has identified endometriosis as a priority area and recently established a group to develop further initiatives to reduce waiting times for endometriosis patients.

The Government published its Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care on 9 May. This aims to reduce the number of people struggling to contact their general practice, and make sure that arrangements are made for patients’ care the first time they contact their General Practitioner (GP). It will achieve this by moving towards a new Modern General Practice Access model, building capacity to deliver more appointments, and cutting bureaucracy for GPs. This will help ensure that patients who need an appointment with their GP practice, including women with endometriosis, can get one within two weeks.

To support elective recovery, including for hospital appointments and gynaecology and endometriosis related surgery, the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25. This funding is in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available to systems last year to help drive up and protect elective activity.  As part of the Autumn Statement 2022, the Government is investing an additional £3.3 billion for 2023/24 and 2024/25 to support the NHS in England, enabling rapid action to improve emergency, elective and primary care performance towards pre-pandemic levels.

Taken together, this funding could deliver the equivalent of nine million more checks, scans and procedures and will mean the NHS in England can aim to deliver around 30% more elective activity by 2024/25 than it was before the pandemic.


Written Question
Palliative Care: Telephone Services
Thursday 16th March 2023

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of 24/7 palliative care telephone advice lines for people with a terminal illness and their carers.

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

No assessment has been made. NHS England has published statutory guidance on palliative and end of life care to support commissioners with implementation of the Health and Care Act 2022. The guidance makes specific reference to commissioners defining how their services will meet population needs 24 hours a day, seven days a week (24/7). Furthermore, between December 2021 and March 2022, NHS England provided circa £4 million to support 24/7 and single point of contact specialist palliative care support and advice services in local areas.


Written Question
Palliative Care
Thursday 16th March 2023

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

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 support ICBs to deliver upon the new legal requirement to commission palliative care services which meet the need of their local populations.

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

NHS England has actively increased its support to local commissioners to improve the accessibility, quality and sustainability of palliative and end of life care for all. This has included the publication of statutory guidance and service specifications, with further resources available on the FutureNHS Collaboration Platform. In addition, NHS England has funded the establishment of a Palliative and End of Life Care Strategic Clinical Network in every NHS England region, which work closely with local commissioners regarding the development of accessible, high quality and sustainable services.


Written Question
Speech and Language Therapy: Children
Wednesday 22nd February 2023

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of auditory verbal therapy for deaf children.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

No assessment has been made. In 2019 NHS England, with input from the National Deaf Children’s Society, produced a guide for commissioners and health and local authority providers who support children and young people with hearing loss. The guide provides practical advice to organisations, commissioners and providers on how they can ensure children with hearing loss receive the support they need throughout the system, so that they can lead successful, fulfilling and independent lives. The guide is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/what-works-chswg-guide.pdf


Written Question
Speech and Language Therapy: Children
Wednesday 22nd February 2023

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the accessibility of auditory verbal therapy for deaf children in the NHS.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

No assessment has been made. In 2019 NHS England, with input from the National Deaf Children’s Society, produced a guide for commissioners and health and local authority providers who support children and young people with hearing loss. The guide provides practical advice to organisations, commissioners and providers on how they can ensure children with hearing loss receive the support they need throughout the system, so that they can lead successful, fulfilling and independent lives. The guide is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/what-works-chswg-guide.pdf


Written Question
Hearing Impairment: Children
Wednesday 22nd February 2023

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

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 support deaf children.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

The Department is taking a number of steps to support deaf children. The Action Plan on Hearing Loss (2015) sets out key objectives on hearing loss including: prevention, early diagnosis, maximising independence, and enabling people, including children to take part in every-day activities. NHS England has produced a series of guides to help deliver the recommendations of the Action Plan available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/what-works-guides-action-plan-on-hearing-loss/

Commissioning of hearing services takes place at a local level based on the needs of the local population. In 2019 NHS England, with input from the National Deaf Children’s Society, published a guide for commissioners and health and local authority providers who support children and young people with hearing loss available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/what-works-chswg-guide.pdf

The guide provides practical advice to organisations, commissioners and providers on how they can ensure children with hearing loss receive the support they need throughout the system, so that they can lead successful, fulfilling and independent lives.


Written Question
Dementia: Social Services
Thursday 24th November 2022

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

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 people living with dementia are involved in the planning and provision of their care.

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

Guidance in ‘NHS England Dementia: Good Personalised Care and Support Planning Information for primary care providers and commissioners’ indicates that care planning and reviews should always be completed with the person living with dementia and their family/carers as appropriate, to reflect the persons wishes and needs. The guide was developed with a range of people living with dementia and their carers.


Written Question
Care Workers: Training
Thursday 24th November 2022

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

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 need for clear standards for evidence-based training for the social care workforce.

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

No specific assessment has been made.


Written Question
Hearing Impairment: Health Services
Tuesday 15th November 2022

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Action Plan on Hearing Loss on people with hearing loss.

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

No specific assessment has been made. Local National Health Service organisations are responsible for commissioning hearing services to meet the needs of the local population.

In 2016, we published ‘Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss: A framework for clinical commissioning groups’, which supports integrated care boards in England to provide high quality and integrated care. The framework also addresses inequalities in access and outcomes between hearing services.