Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Labour - Canterbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of ambulance responses by the South East Coast Ambulance Service to category 4 call-outs were within the target of 180 minutes; and what the average response time was in that service for category 4 call-outs in each of the last 24 months.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Data on the percentage of South East Coast Ambulance Service ambulance responses in each category is not held centrally. The following table shows the average response time for each category in each of the last 24 months.
Date | Category 1 Average response time in minutes | Category 2 Average response time in minutes | Category 3 Average response time in hours, minutes and seconds | Category 4 Average response time in hours, minutes and seconds |
February 2020 | 7:43 | 19:13 | 1:31:09 | 2:03:26 |
March 2020 | 7:52 | 21:25 | 1:44:50 | 2:11:09 |
April 2020 | 7:05 | 14:50 | 49:14 | 1:08:29 |
May 2020 | 7:00 | 14:28 | 44:56 | 59:14 |
June 2020 | 7:32 | 16:44 | 1:09:58 | 1:34:06 |
July 2020 | 7:58 | 18:41 | 1:26:13 | 1:46:31 |
August 2020 | 7:54 | 18:58 | 1:34:21 | 1:59:55 |
September 2020 | 7:45 | 18:57 | 1:28:53 | 2.05.26 |
October 2020 | 7:35 | 18:22 | 1:24:03 | 1:51:59 |
November 2020 | 7:35 | 17:34 | 1:14:25 | 1:42:20 |
December 2020 | 8:25 | 26:52 | 2:35:24 | 3:25:10 |
January 2021 | 8:30 | 25:54 | 2:26:53 | 2:31:16 |
February 2021 | 7:35 | 16:50 | 54:08 | 1:12:22 |
March 2021 | 7:37 | 18:37 | 1:14:27 | 1:29:08 |
April 2021 | 7:32 | 18:53 | 1:20:37 | 2:01:55 |
May 2021 | 7:57 | 21:28 | 1:44:13 | 2:28:51 |
June 2021 | 8:18 | 26:10 | 2:35:11 | 3:38:45 |
July 2021 | 8:49 | 30:37 | 3:13:50 | 2:48:25 |
August 2021 | 8:45 | 29:42 | 2:45:36 | 3:58:43 |
September 2021 | 9:00 | 30:58 | 3:07:16 | 4:07:53 |
October 2021 | 9:08 | 34:56 | 3:24:26 | 4:39:58 |
November 2021 | 9:11 | 33:33 | 2:42:44 | 4:16:33 |
December 2021 | 8:42 | 34:17 | 2:46:46 | 4:01:27 |
January 2022 | 8:44 | 28:21 | 2:01:32 | 2:46:29 |
February 2022 | 8:43 | 32:16 | 2:28:05 | 3:23:21 |
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Labour - Canterbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of ambulance responses by the South East Coast Ambulance Service to category 3 call-outs were within the target of 120 minutes; and what the average response time was in that service for category 3 call-outs in each of the last 24 months.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Data on the percentage of South East Coast Ambulance Service ambulance responses in each category is not held centrally. The following table shows the average response time for each category in each of the last 24 months.
Date | Category 1 Average response time in minutes | Category 2 Average response time in minutes | Category 3 Average response time in hours, minutes and seconds | Category 4 Average response time in hours, minutes and seconds |
February 2020 | 7:43 | 19:13 | 1:31:09 | 2:03:26 |
March 2020 | 7:52 | 21:25 | 1:44:50 | 2:11:09 |
April 2020 | 7:05 | 14:50 | 49:14 | 1:08:29 |
May 2020 | 7:00 | 14:28 | 44:56 | 59:14 |
June 2020 | 7:32 | 16:44 | 1:09:58 | 1:34:06 |
July 2020 | 7:58 | 18:41 | 1:26:13 | 1:46:31 |
August 2020 | 7:54 | 18:58 | 1:34:21 | 1:59:55 |
September 2020 | 7:45 | 18:57 | 1:28:53 | 2.05.26 |
October 2020 | 7:35 | 18:22 | 1:24:03 | 1:51:59 |
November 2020 | 7:35 | 17:34 | 1:14:25 | 1:42:20 |
December 2020 | 8:25 | 26:52 | 2:35:24 | 3:25:10 |
January 2021 | 8:30 | 25:54 | 2:26:53 | 2:31:16 |
February 2021 | 7:35 | 16:50 | 54:08 | 1:12:22 |
March 2021 | 7:37 | 18:37 | 1:14:27 | 1:29:08 |
April 2021 | 7:32 | 18:53 | 1:20:37 | 2:01:55 |
May 2021 | 7:57 | 21:28 | 1:44:13 | 2:28:51 |
June 2021 | 8:18 | 26:10 | 2:35:11 | 3:38:45 |
July 2021 | 8:49 | 30:37 | 3:13:50 | 2:48:25 |
August 2021 | 8:45 | 29:42 | 2:45:36 | 3:58:43 |
September 2021 | 9:00 | 30:58 | 3:07:16 | 4:07:53 |
October 2021 | 9:08 | 34:56 | 3:24:26 | 4:39:58 |
November 2021 | 9:11 | 33:33 | 2:42:44 | 4:16:33 |
December 2021 | 8:42 | 34:17 | 2:46:46 | 4:01:27 |
January 2022 | 8:44 | 28:21 | 2:01:32 | 2:46:29 |
February 2022 | 8:43 | 32:16 | 2:28:05 | 3:23:21 |
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Labour - Canterbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of ambulance responses by the South East Coast Ambulance Service to category 2 call-outs were within the target of 40 minutes; and what the average response time was in that service for category 2 call-outs in each of the last 24 months.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Data on the percentage of South East Coast Ambulance Service ambulance responses in each category is not held centrally. The following table shows the average response time for each category in each of the last 24 months.
Date | Category 1 Average response time in minutes | Category 2 Average response time in minutes | Category 3 Average response time in hours, minutes and seconds | Category 4 Average response time in hours, minutes and seconds |
February 2020 | 7:43 | 19:13 | 1:31:09 | 2:03:26 |
March 2020 | 7:52 | 21:25 | 1:44:50 | 2:11:09 |
April 2020 | 7:05 | 14:50 | 49:14 | 1:08:29 |
May 2020 | 7:00 | 14:28 | 44:56 | 59:14 |
June 2020 | 7:32 | 16:44 | 1:09:58 | 1:34:06 |
July 2020 | 7:58 | 18:41 | 1:26:13 | 1:46:31 |
August 2020 | 7:54 | 18:58 | 1:34:21 | 1:59:55 |
September 2020 | 7:45 | 18:57 | 1:28:53 | 2.05.26 |
October 2020 | 7:35 | 18:22 | 1:24:03 | 1:51:59 |
November 2020 | 7:35 | 17:34 | 1:14:25 | 1:42:20 |
December 2020 | 8:25 | 26:52 | 2:35:24 | 3:25:10 |
January 2021 | 8:30 | 25:54 | 2:26:53 | 2:31:16 |
February 2021 | 7:35 | 16:50 | 54:08 | 1:12:22 |
March 2021 | 7:37 | 18:37 | 1:14:27 | 1:29:08 |
April 2021 | 7:32 | 18:53 | 1:20:37 | 2:01:55 |
May 2021 | 7:57 | 21:28 | 1:44:13 | 2:28:51 |
June 2021 | 8:18 | 26:10 | 2:35:11 | 3:38:45 |
July 2021 | 8:49 | 30:37 | 3:13:50 | 2:48:25 |
August 2021 | 8:45 | 29:42 | 2:45:36 | 3:58:43 |
September 2021 | 9:00 | 30:58 | 3:07:16 | 4:07:53 |
October 2021 | 9:08 | 34:56 | 3:24:26 | 4:39:58 |
November 2021 | 9:11 | 33:33 | 2:42:44 | 4:16:33 |
December 2021 | 8:42 | 34:17 | 2:46:46 | 4:01:27 |
January 2022 | 8:44 | 28:21 | 2:01:32 | 2:46:29 |
February 2022 | 8:43 | 32:16 | 2:28:05 | 3:23:21 |
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Labour - Canterbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of ambulance responses by the South East Coast Ambulance Service to category 1 call-outs were within the target of 15 minutes; and what the average response time was in that service for category 1 call-outs in each of the last 24 months.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Data on the percentage of South East Coast Ambulance Service ambulance responses in each category is not held centrally. The following table shows the average response time for each category in each of the last 24 months.
Date | Category 1 Average response time in minutes | Category 2 Average response time in minutes | Category 3 Average response time in hours, minutes and seconds | Category 4 Average response time in hours, minutes and seconds |
February 2020 | 7:43 | 19:13 | 1:31:09 | 2:03:26 |
March 2020 | 7:52 | 21:25 | 1:44:50 | 2:11:09 |
April 2020 | 7:05 | 14:50 | 49:14 | 1:08:29 |
May 2020 | 7:00 | 14:28 | 44:56 | 59:14 |
June 2020 | 7:32 | 16:44 | 1:09:58 | 1:34:06 |
July 2020 | 7:58 | 18:41 | 1:26:13 | 1:46:31 |
August 2020 | 7:54 | 18:58 | 1:34:21 | 1:59:55 |
September 2020 | 7:45 | 18:57 | 1:28:53 | 2.05.26 |
October 2020 | 7:35 | 18:22 | 1:24:03 | 1:51:59 |
November 2020 | 7:35 | 17:34 | 1:14:25 | 1:42:20 |
December 2020 | 8:25 | 26:52 | 2:35:24 | 3:25:10 |
January 2021 | 8:30 | 25:54 | 2:26:53 | 2:31:16 |
February 2021 | 7:35 | 16:50 | 54:08 | 1:12:22 |
March 2021 | 7:37 | 18:37 | 1:14:27 | 1:29:08 |
April 2021 | 7:32 | 18:53 | 1:20:37 | 2:01:55 |
May 2021 | 7:57 | 21:28 | 1:44:13 | 2:28:51 |
June 2021 | 8:18 | 26:10 | 2:35:11 | 3:38:45 |
July 2021 | 8:49 | 30:37 | 3:13:50 | 2:48:25 |
August 2021 | 8:45 | 29:42 | 2:45:36 | 3:58:43 |
September 2021 | 9:00 | 30:58 | 3:07:16 | 4:07:53 |
October 2021 | 9:08 | 34:56 | 3:24:26 | 4:39:58 |
November 2021 | 9:11 | 33:33 | 2:42:44 | 4:16:33 |
December 2021 | 8:42 | 34:17 | 2:46:46 | 4:01:27 |
January 2022 | 8:44 | 28:21 | 2:01:32 | 2:46:29 |
February 2022 | 8:43 | 32:16 | 2:28:05 | 3:23:21 |
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Labour - Canterbury)
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 availability of emergency dental treatment for refugees who have been resettled in the UK from Afghanistan as part of the UK's military withdrawal from that country.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Refugees, including those arriving from Afghanistan, can access emergency dental treatment via NHS 111.
Many individuals arriving from Afghanistan are doing so as part of the Afghanistan Relocation and Assistance Policy and Afghan Citizen’s Resettlement Scheme. A separate process applies in these cases, which includes linking with urgent care services. Where commissioners have made additional resources available this offer may be more comprehensive and include an enhanced health assessment.
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Labour - Canterbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the stock of Verteporfin held by NHS trusts.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
The Department is aware of an ongoing supply issue affecting Visudyne® (verteporfin) injection due to manufacturing issues. We are working closely with the supplier and the National Health Service (NHS) to ensure that patients with the greatest clinical need can access the medicine. Comprehensive clinical guidance has been issued to the NHS which provides information on management of potentially affected patients during this time.
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Labour - Canterbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards he has put in place to ensure that people do not receive doses of the covid-19 vaccine from different manufacturers.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
Every effort should be made to determine which vaccine the individual received and to complete with the same vaccine. A number of processes are in place to ensure that knowledge of the first vaccine can be ascertained. This includes the card given to the patient at the time of vaccination, the capture of type of vaccine on the National Immunisation Management Service and the fact that this information is transferred to the patient’s medical record held by their general practitioner.
If the course is interrupted or delayed, it should be resumed using the same vaccine, but the first dose should not be repeated. There is no evidence on the interchangeability of the COVID-19 vaccines although studies are underway.
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Labour - Canterbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken with the Scottish Government to ensure that (a) English people living, studying, and working in Scotland can access their covid-19 vaccine through NHS Scotland and (b) Scottish people living, studying, and working in England can access their covid-19 vaccine through NHS England.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
Anyone living in the UK can receive the vaccine free of charge in line with the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) prioritisation groups. All constituent four nations agreed to follow the advice of the JCVI for phase one deployment, and each administration is responsible for vaccine deployment across their respective geographies and for offering a vaccine to people resident there.
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Labour - Canterbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional steps have been taken to ensure that medical professionals are equipped to provide awareness of the risk of physical and neurodevelopmental harm to a baby associated with the use of many anti-epileptic drugs taken in pregnancy, specifically when providing such information via digital consultations and telemedicine.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ensures that information is available electronically to support discussions between medical professionals and women and girls on the risk of physical and neurodevelopmental harm to babies born to mothers who take epilepsy medicines during pregnancy. Healthcare professionals have been reminded of their responsibility to inform women and girls of the risks of valproate specifically through letters from the United Kingdom’s Chief Medical Officers and Chief Pharmaceutical Officers and by articles in the MHRA’s electronic bulletin Drug Safety Update.
On 6 May 2020 the MHRA published guidance for specialists to support adherence to the pregnancy prevention requirements for women of childbearing potential taking valproate during the pandemic, particularly patients who are shielding due to other health conditions. This included guidance on annual review of patients using digital consultations.
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Labour - Canterbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to (a) collect and (b) disseminate data on individual women who have been prescribed anti-epileptic drugs to enable investigation into the reasons for the teratogenicity of valproate and other epilepsy medication.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and NHS Digital have been working to build a Registry to monitor the use of valproate and compliance with the current regulatory position and to monitor any children born to women on valproate. The Registry is being built around routinely collected data on all women in England who are taking National Health Service-prescribed valproate and identifies when they are pregnant and accessing NHS care for that pregnancy. Work is now ongoing to extend the Registry to include women in the devolved administrations. The Registry will also be extended to include all girls and women prescribed an antiepileptic drug. This has been prioritised within the next phase of development. Once available, this data will be accessible to support additional research.