Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
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 help hospices affected by shortfalls in charitable donations.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will commission research into a potential link between rates of liver disease and higher associated mortality rates in areas of deprivation.
Answered by Will Quince
The Department invests over £1 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds and supports health, public health and social care research that leads to improved outcomes for patients and the public and makes the health and social care system more efficient, effective, and safe. Research evidence is vital for improving treatments and outcomes for people, including those with liver disease.
The Department does not directly commission research, we invite funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including liver disease. 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. It is also worth noting that all applications that were fundable in open competition have been funded.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which body collects and collates data on (a) NHS and (b) private dentist registrations in England.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The General Dental Council is the independent statutory regulator of dentists and dental care professionals in the United Kingdom. As such, it holds a register of qualified dental professionals. It does not, however, hold data on whether a registrant is practising in the National Health Service or privately.
A dentist must be listed on the England Dental Performers List (DPL) to deliver NHS dental services in England. The data for DPL is managed by NHS England.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time is for patients to see a specialist related to Parkinson's disease in (a) Stockport constituency, (b) Stockport borough and (c) Greater Manchester
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for braces to be fitted by an NHS dentist in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time is for patients seeking treatment for cancer in (a) Stockport constituency, (b) Stockport borough and (c) Greater Manchester.
Answered by Will Quince
The information is not held in the format requested. Average waiting times is not collected by constituency level.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing increased financial support for child cancer patients and their families.
Answered by Will Quince
The Department has not made an assessment as it is the responsibility of National Health Service providers to ensure that the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS) is appropriately utilised.
If a patient, including a child cancer patient, is referred to hospital or other NHS premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostic tests by a primary care professional, they may be able to claim a refund of reasonable travel costs under the HTCS. Information regarding who is eligible for a refund as part of this scheme is available at the following link:
https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/help-with-health-costs/healthcare-travel-costs-scheme-htcs/
Patients who do not qualify for the HTCS and are on low incomes may be able to claim the costs from the Department for Work and Pensions through the Universal Credit or Personal Independence Payment schemes.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women are on the waiting list to be referred for specialist menopause treatment on the NHS in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester as of 1 September 2023.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Waiting list data for specialist menopause treatment is not available in the format requested. The latest data for June 2023 indicated that the total waiting list for gynaecology pathways in Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board, including the Stockport area, was 43,330.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many alcohol-related hospitalisations there were in each local authority in Greater Manchester in the last 12 months.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The data requested is not yet available. Data on alcohol-related hospitalisations by local authority for 2022/23 is due to be published in February 2024.
The latest available year of data is 2021/22 and is available at the following link:
https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate the Government has made of the financial impact of alcohol harm on each (a) local authority and (b) integrated care board annually; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
No assessment has been made.