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, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Nottingham South constituency as of 17th October 2022.
Answered by Will Quince
As of 17 October 2022, 13 or 86.7% of general practitioner practice locations in the Nottingham South are currently rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘good’ overall.
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 (a) financial and (b) other steps her Department is taking to help tackle NHS workforce shortages in Nottingham South constituency.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention, including in Easington, Streatham, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, Nottingham South and Wirral South.
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, how many and what proportion of care homes were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Nottingham South constituency as of 17 October 2022.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
As of 17 October 2022, 12 or 75% of care homes in the Nottingham South are currently rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘good’ overall.
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 her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Nottingham South constituency.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including in Nottingham South. We have allocated more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available in 2021/2022 to increase elective activity. This funding aims to deliver the equivalent of approximately nine million additional checks and procedures and 30% further elective activity by 2024/25 than pre-pandemic levels. A proportion of this funding will be invested in workforce capacity and training and we have committed to invest £5.9 billion for new beds, equipment and technology.
The target to eliminate waiting times of two years or more for elective procedures was met in July 2022 and we aim to eliminate waiting time of eighteen months or more by April 2023. This will be achieved through increasing capacity, seeking alternate capacity in other trusts or the independent sector and engaging with patients to understand choices made regarding their care.
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 she has made of the adequacy of social care capacity in Nottingham South constituency.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
No specific assessment has been made. Local authorities have a responsibility under the Care Act 2014 to ensure that the care needs of the local population are met.
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 her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Nottingham South 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: 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 she has made of the adequacy of provision of NHS dental services in Nottingham South constituency.
Answered by Will Quince
No specific assessment has been made. However, NHS England asked dental practices to return to full delivery of contracted activity from July 2022, including in Nottingham South. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Nottingham South.
The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.
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 her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Nottingham South constituency.
Answered by Will Quince
No specific assessment has been made. However, NHS England asked dental practices to return to full delivery of contracted activity from July 2022, including in Nottingham South. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Nottingham South.
The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.
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 (a) the number of cell and gene therapies expected to come to the UK market in the next 10 years and (b) the capacity and infrastructure requirements of advanced therapy treatment centres in (i) Nottingham and (ii) elsewhere in the UK to deliver those treatments.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Life Sciences Vision and the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy set out an ambition to accelerate the adoption and uptake of cell and gene therapies in the United Kingdom. The Accelerated Access Collaborative’s early stage programme includes advanced therapy medical products (ATMPs).
As part of this programme, the National Institute for Health Research’s Innovation Observatory has undertaken horizon scanning over five years which has identified ATMPs until 2026. The United States Food and Drug Administration anticipates that by 2025, it will approve approximately 10 to 20 cell and gene therapy products per year, which is consistent with horizon scanning estimates provided to the National Health Service.
There are a number of providers which already offer ATMPs in England. To date, no specific assessment has been made for treatment centres in Nottingham. As ATMPs advance in clinical development, NHS England and NHS Improvement will consider how these products could be incorporated into existing clinical pathways. This would include assessments of potential capacity and infrastructure requirements prior to formally commissioning the relevant ATMP service. The capacity and infrastructure requirements of providers to offer ATMPs will depend on the individual products they are commissioned to deliver. Capability to deliver ATMPs is also considered and takes into account expertise in treating the condition which the therapy is intended to treat.
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, if he will take steps to ensure that hearing loss is (a) referenced in the Equalities Impact Assessment accompanying the Health and Care Bill and (b) recognised as a disability within this Assessment.
Answered by Gillian Keegan - Secretary of State for Education
An equalities impact assessment of the Health and Care Bill’s provisions was undertaken prior to its introduction. The assessment considers the impact on those with protected characteristics, including those with a disability. This assessment is ongoing and is being updated during the passage of the Bill. The analysis forms part of the Public Sector Equality Duty in relation to underlying policy. At the time of planned implementation, the impacts on certain groups of people and those with disabilities can be considered.