Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with HIV in Luton South constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The information is not collected in the format requested.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton 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 help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of midwives in Luton South constituency.
Answered by Will Quince
NHS England retains oversight of local workforce plans and is updated on vacancy rates. However, recruitment and retention is undertaken at trust level.
In 2022, an additional £127 million has been invested in the National Health Service maternity workforce and improving neonatal care, including in Luton South. This is in addition to the £95 million invested in 2021 to fund a further 1,200 midwives and 100 consultant obstetricians. The NHS People Plan focuses on improving the retention of NHS staff by prioritising staff health and wellbeing. In 2022/23, £45 million has been allocated to support the continuation of 40 mental health hubs, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of FTE fully-qualified GPs, excluding GPs in a training grade, who were practicing in Luton South constituency (a) on 26 October 2022 and (b) in 2013.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
This information is not collected in the format requested.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans have requested mental health support in each month since January 2019.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This information is not collected in the format requested. However, the following table shows the number of referrals made to each service provided by Op COURAGE: the Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service (TILS); the Complex Treatment Services (CTS); and since its commencement in 2020, the High Intensity Service (HIS), in each month since January 2019. These services provide a mental health care pathway for veterans, with individuals benefitting from personalised care plans and access to support and treatment in and out of hours.
Month | Number of referrals to TILS | Number of referrals to CTS | Number of referrals to HIS |
January 2019 | 337 | 81 | N/A |
February 2019 | 297 | 46 | N/A |
March 2019 | 384 | 44 | N/A |
April 2019 | 342 | 54 | N/A |
May 2019 | 337 | 51 | N/A |
June 2019 | 356 | 75 | N/A |
July 2019 | 372 | 56 | N/A |
August 2019 | 323 | 56 | N/A |
September 2019 | 340 | 62 |
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October 2019 | 448 | 69 |
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November 2019 | 371 | 45 |
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December 2019 | 291 | 33 |
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January 2020 | 438 | 56 |
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February 2020 | 543 | 64 |
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March 2020 | 435 | 72 |
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April 2020 | 236 | 91 |
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May 2020 | 266 | 56 |
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June 2020 | 336 | 54 |
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July 2020 | 403 | 46 |
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August 2020 | 299 | 49 |
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September 2020 | 437 | 57 | 2 |
October 2020 | 386 | 59 | 31 |
November 2020 | 367 | 53 | 52 |
December 2020 | 273 | 53 | 47 |
January 2021 | 307 | 41 | 44 | ||||
February 2021 | 303 | 40 | 48 | ||||
March 2021 | 457 | 35 | 79 | ||||
April 2021 | 326 | 41 | 50 | ||||
May 2021 | 380 | 42 | 54 | ||||
June 2021 | 436 | 40 | 52 | ||||
July 2021 | 365 | 54 | 62 | ||||
August 2021 | 373 | 38 | 71 | ||||
September 2021 | 450 | 53 | 76 | ||||
October 2021 | 387 | 35 | 68 | ||||
November 2021 | 436 | 61 | 63 | ||||
December 2021 | 340 | 39 | 56 | ||||
January 2022 | 395 | 39 | 56 |
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February 2022 | 410 | 30 | 66 |
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March 2022 | 397 | 45 | 87 |
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April 2022 | 340 | 39 | 63 |
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May 2022 | 431 | 49 | 119 |
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June 2022 | 366 | 43 | 88 |
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July 2022 | 413 | 37 | 78 |
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August 2022 | 404 | 38 | 87 |
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Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of malnutrition in Luton South.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
No specific assessment has been made.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to help reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Luton South constituency.
Answered by Will Quince
The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including in Luton 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: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans requested mental health support in each month of (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, and (d) 2022.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This information is not collected in the format requested. However, the following table shows the number of referrals made to each service provided by Op COURAGE: the Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service (TILS); the Complex Treatment Services (CTS); and since its commencement in 2020, the High Intensity Service (HIS), in each month since January 2019. These services provide a mental health care pathway for veterans, with individuals benefitting from personalised care plans and access to support and treatment in and out of hours.
Month | Number of referrals to TILS | Number of referrals to CTS | Number of referrals to HIS |
January 2019 | 337 | 81 | N/A |
February 2019 | 297 | 46 | N/A |
March 2019 | 384 | 44 | N/A |
April 2019 | 342 | 54 | N/A |
May 2019 | 337 | 51 | N/A |
June 2019 | 356 | 75 | N/A |
July 2019 | 372 | 56 | N/A |
August 2019 | 323 | 56 | N/A |
September 2019 | 340 | 62 |
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October 2019 | 448 | 69 |
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November 2019 | 371 | 45 |
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December 2019 | 291 | 33 |
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January 2020 | 438 | 56 |
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February 2020 | 543 | 64 |
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March 2020 | 435 | 72 |
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April 2020 | 236 | 91 |
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May 2020 | 266 | 56 |
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June 2020 | 336 | 54 |
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July 2020 | 403 | 46 |
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August 2020 | 299 | 49 |
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September 2020 | 437 | 57 | 2 |
October 2020 | 386 | 59 | 31 |
November 2020 | 367 | 53 | 52 |
December 2020 | 273 | 53 | 47 |
January 2021 | 307 | 41 | 44 | ||||
February 2021 | 303 | 40 | 48 | ||||
March 2021 | 457 | 35 | 79 | ||||
April 2021 | 326 | 41 | 50 | ||||
May 2021 | 380 | 42 | 54 | ||||
June 2021 | 436 | 40 | 52 | ||||
July 2021 | 365 | 54 | 62 | ||||
August 2021 | 373 | 38 | 71 | ||||
September 2021 | 450 | 53 | 76 | ||||
October 2021 | 387 | 35 | 68 | ||||
November 2021 | 436 | 61 | 63 | ||||
December 2021 | 340 | 39 | 56 | ||||
January 2022 | 395 | 39 | 56 |
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February 2022 | 410 | 30 | 66 |
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March 2022 | 397 | 45 | 87 |
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April 2022 | 340 | 39 | 63 |
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May 2022 | 431 | 49 | 119 |
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June 2022 | 366 | 43 | 88 |
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July 2022 | 413 | 37 | 78 |
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August 2022 | 404 | 38 | 87 |
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Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton 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 Luton South constituency as of 20 October 2022.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
There are currently 12 or 70.6% of general practitioner practices in Luton South Parliamentary constituency rated as ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton 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 Luton South constituency.
Answered by Will Quince
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 Luton South.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of residential care homes that have closed in Luton South constituency since 2010.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Since 2010, 13 care homes in Luton South have been ‘deactivated’. The Care Quality Commission records care homes which have closed as ‘deactivated’. The ‘deactivated’ locations exclude care homes where the provider continues to operate under a new, separate registration. This could be due to a legal entity change or a change in the provider.