Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release by NHS Health Education England entitled New blended learning nursing degree to focus on community, primary and social care skills, published on 17 May 2023, how the academic curriculum will be chosen for that degree; and whether nurses working in (a) community, (b) primary and (c) social care settings will be consulted in the development of the curriculum.
Answered by Will Quince
The standards for education and training of registered professionals such as nurses are the statutory responsibility of healthcare regulators.
The curriculum for the proposed blended learning degree will be in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Future Nurse: Standards of proficiency for nurses, available at the following link:
The programme for the blended learning degree was shaped with input from experts and practitioners in community, primary and social care sectors, as well as the Nursing Midwifery Council, National Health Service employers, an expert by experience and a nursing student, through an advisory group that still meets to provide ongoing support to the universities in developing and delivering their curricula.
NHS England also sought evidence and assurance that the successful universities will have local partnerships with community, primary and social care staff to shape and deliver their curricula.
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2023 to Question 179881 on Warm Home Prescription, whether his Department plans to take steps to extend the Warm Home Prescription pilot.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The establishment, scope and duration of Warm Home Prescription pilot schemes is determined locally. We will monitor the emerging evidence from these pilots.
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
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 help reduce kidney disease-related health disparities.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS England has developed the Core20PLUS5 framework to tackle healthcare inequalities. Core20PLUS5 focusses on improving key conditions in the most deprived quintile, 20% of the population, along with ethnic minority communities and socially excluded groups. The Core20PLUS population approach to healthcare inequalities has a focus on risk factors for kidney disease, which include hypertension.
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will include steps to help tackle chronic kidney disease.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Major Conditions Strategy will cover cancers, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, dementia, mental ill health and musculoskeletal conditions as these are the six groups of conditions that contribute the most to mortality and morbidity. The steps identified to tackle these conditions may have a positive impact on patients with other conditions, including chronic kidney disease.
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to collect national data on the number of patients with a diagnosis for a Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS England do not collect data in the format requested.
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether data on the number of patients with a diagnosis for a Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection is collected nationally.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS England do not collect data in the format requested.
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission research on liposuction treatment for patients with chronic lipoedema.
Answered by Will Quince
The Department invests £1 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including chronic lipoedema. As with other Government funders of health research, the NIHR does not allocate funding for specific disease areas. The level of research spend in a particular area is driven by factors including scientific potential and the number and scale of successful funding applications.
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
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 Warm Home Prescription pilots; and whether he will take steps to extend the scheme to kidney patients receiving home dialysis.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Warm Home Prescription pilots have been undertaken in several local areas, delivered by the Energy Systems Catapult working with the National Health Service and other local partners. An initial pilot study from 2021/22 was reported as delivering increased indoor temperatures for a number of vulnerable households over the winter. Eligibility for these schemes is determined locally.
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on the 10-Year Cancer Plan.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
There have been no specific discussions.
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Building Research Establishment's analysis entitled Tackling cold homes would save the NHS £540 million per year, published 1 March 2023, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of that analysis.
Answered by Will Quince
The Government recognises that living in a cold home can affect physical and mental health and welcomes the new Building Research Establishment analysis as a helpful contribution to the evidence base.
The Government is committed to addressing poor housing conditions and reducing the impact of cold weather. The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on these matters. This work includes a review of guidance on damp and mould in the rented housing sector, and UKHSA’s Cold Weather Plan for England.
The Government is also providing a £37 billion package of cost-of-living support to help households and businesses, including a £15 billion targeted package of direct support for the most vulnerable households. A further funding package worth £26 billion will provide support to the most vulnerable households in 2023/24.