Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) contracted cost and (b) potential savings made in respect of the disposal of unused publicly procured PPE between (a) 1 January and 30 March 2023 and (b) 1 April 2023 and 30 June 2023.
Answered by Will Quince
Approximately 130,000 pallets of excess stock have been exited from storage facilities in the United Kingdom from 1 April 2023 to 30 June 2023, with the vast majority of this being through recovery activities (recycling and energy-from-waste processes). For stock subjected to recovery activities, details around tonnage are being compiled and are expected to be available in an upcoming publication for excess stock, currently scheduled for October 2023.
The contracted cost for exiting this stock was in the region of £11 million and the storage cost savings associated with their exit are approximately £16.6 million per year.
In the previous quarter, from 1 January to 30 March 2023, approximately 100,000 pallets of excess personal protective equipment stock held in the UK was exited. The contracted cost for exiting this stock through recovery and disposal activities was in the region of £10 million and the scaled storage cost savings associated with their exit are £12.8 million per year.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which integrated care boards were granted match funding for children and young people’s palliative and end-of-life care from NHS England in the 2022-23 financial year; and how much did each integrated care board receive in that year.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Match funding was provided by NHS England to the following integrated care boards (ICBs) via the Core scheme and the Expression of Interest Scheme. The following table shows the ICBs that received match funding and the value of that funding.
ICB | Total (£) |
NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB | 66,000 |
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB | 60,000 |
NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB | 68,000 |
NHS Black Country ICB | 100,000 |
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB | 168,000 |
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB | 272,000 |
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB | 76,000 |
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB | 136,000 |
NHS Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly ICB | 8,000 |
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB | - |
NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB | 90,000 |
NHS Devon ICB | 10,000 |
NHS Dorset ICB | 8,000 |
NHS Frimley ICB | 94,000 |
NHS Gloucestershire ICB | 60,000 |
NHS Greater Manchester ICB | 276,000 |
NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB | 75,000 |
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB | 108,000 |
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB | 80,000 |
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB | 84,000 |
NHS Kent and Medway ICB | 135,000 |
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB | 264,000 |
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB | 9,000 |
NHS Lincolnshire ICB | 35,000 |
NHS Mid and South Essex ICB | 103,000 |
NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB | 80,000 |
NHS North Central London ICB | 68,000 |
NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB | 322,000 |
NHS North East London ICB | 339,000 |
NHS North West London ICB | 40,000 |
NHS Northamptonshire ICB | 18,000 |
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB | 64,000 |
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB | 91,000 |
NHS Somerset ICB | 78,000 |
NHS South East London ICB | 26,000 |
NHS South West London ICB | 115,000 |
NHS South Yorkshire ICB | 166,000 |
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent ICB | 164,000 |
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB | 192,000 |
NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB | 143,000 |
NHS Sussex ICB | 43,000 |
NHS West Yorkshire ICB | 322,000 |
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many participants were recruited to industry-sponsored clinical trials in each of the National Institute for Health and Care Research's Local Clinical Research Networks in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.
Answered by Will Quince
A table showing the number of participants recruited to industry-sponsored clinical trials in each of the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s Local Clinical Research Networks in 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 is attached.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department it taking steps to improve access to industry clinical trials amongst patients with glioblastoma.
Answered by Will Quince
In March 2021 the Government published ‘Saving and Improving Lives: The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery’ setting out ambitions to reform clinical research delivery in the United Kingdom. This sets out how we will improve access to clinical trials in all areas, including glioblastoma. This will include enhancing the use of data to support recruitment and improving processes to make study set-up and delivery faster, more efficient and more innovative, so that clinical research participation is more accessible than ever.
Lord James O’Shaughnessy has also been commissioned to independently review commercial clinical trials to provide recommendations that will improve access to them. We expect this will be published in the coming weeks.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
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 (a) improve the early diagnosis of rare cancer and (b) establish efficient pathways for patients to access relevant clinical research opportunities.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
NHS England’s comprehensive Early Diagnosis strategy is based on six core strands of activity, from raising awareness of cancer symptoms and encouraging people to come forward, to implementing targeted interventions for particular cancer types that we know have previously experienced later stages of diagnosis.
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) supports patients, the public and health and care organisations across England to participate in high-quality research, thereby advancing knowledge and improving care.
The CRN is comprised of 15 Local Clinical Research Networks and 30 Specialties who coordinate and support the delivery of clinical research by region and therapy area.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has been made on implementing the NHS Long Term Plan commitment to ensure that children with learning disabilities (a) have their needs met by eyesight, hearing and dental services, (b) are included in reviews as part of general screening services and (c) are supported by accessible ongoing care.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment that autistic children and young people, and those with a learning disability, or both in special residential schools should have access to dental, sight and hearing checks. In order to progress this commitment, NHS England has commenced individual proof-of-concept programmes covering the three sensory checks since 2021. These seek to pilot and evaluate a sight, hearing and oral health service model in special residential schools in England.
The outcomes from the specific proof-of-concept programmes are being collated for each of the sensory workstreams. The findings will inform decisions about the scope, funding and delivery of any commissioning planning for future sensory check delivery for children and young people in special residential schools.
As part of these programmes more than 690 children and young people have received a hearing check, over 70 children received an oral health check and over 10,900 children and young people have received an eye test.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children with learning disabilities have had their needs met by (a) eyesight, (b) hearing and (c) dental services since the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan commitment in January 2019.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment that autistic children and young people, and those with a learning disability, or both in special residential schools should have access to dental, sight and hearing checks. In order to progress this commitment, NHS England has commenced individual proof-of-concept programmes covering the three sensory checks since 2021. These seek to pilot and evaluate a sight, hearing and oral health service model in special residential schools in England.
The outcomes from the specific proof-of-concept programmes are being collated for each of the sensory workstreams. The findings will inform decisions about the scope, funding and delivery of any commissioning planning for future sensory check delivery for children and young people in special residential schools.
As part of these programmes more than 690 children and young people have received a hearing check, over 70 children received an oral health check and over 10,900 children and young people have received an eye test.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of 9 March 2023 by the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care, Official Report, column 510, when he plans to meet the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden and senior clinicians.
Answered by Will Quince
I am due to meet with the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden and senior clinicians in the very near future.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS has sent trucks of Personal Protective Equipment to the Mitcham Waste Transfer Station for shredding.
Answered by Will Quince
The Department has used the waste transfer facility at Mitcham in the last four months for several functions, including shredding, recycling and generating energy from waste.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the increases in the cost of living on charitable income for hospices.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Palliative and end of life care, including hospice care, is commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs) in response to the needs of their local population. Any assessment would therefore be made at a local level.
At a national level, NHS England has released £1.5 billion additional funding to ICBs to provide support for inflation, with ICBs deciding how best to distribute this funding within their systems.