Asked by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to publish on a monthly basis the number of patients waiting 12 hours or more from their time of arrival at hospital.
Answered by Will Quince
Data on the proportion of patients spending more than 12 hours in an emergency department is available for operational use by trusts to understand patient flows through emergency departments. The objectives in the ‘2022/23 priorities and operational planning guidance’ include reducing 12 hour waiting times and remains in place. The data is published annually by NHS Digital and NHS England is considering arrangements for further publication of this data.
Asked by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospitals have been retro-fitted to improve energy efficiency since 2019.
Answered by Will Quince
This information is not held in the format requested. However, since 2019 all National Health Service trusts have produced three-year plans to increase energy efficiency and reduce energy usage to support the commitment to achieve net zero for NHS energy emissions by 2040. In 2020/21, 123 trusts were undertaking or had completed at least one building energy efficiency scheme.
Asked by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of electric heaters bought for use in hospitals since 2019.
Answered by Will Quince
No specific estimate has been made as this information is not collected centrally.
Asked by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
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 review the current policy and delivery method of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
The Department continually monitors the policy and delivery of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme.
Asked by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the progress of the rollout of booster jabs for covid-19.
Answered by Caroline Johnson - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
As of 5 October 2022, over 33 million people in England had received a third primary dose or first booster dose. The deployment of the autumn booster vaccination campaign commenced on 5 September 2022. As of 11 October 2022, NHS England had delivered over 6.9 million autumn booster doses. As of 5 October, the UK Health Security Agency reports that over 38% of the total population in England aged 65 years old and over had received an autumn booster dose.
Asked by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made (a) podiatry vacancy rates in the NHS in Bath constituency and (b) the impact these vacancies will have on patient treatment for diabetic foot complications.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the durability of the covid-19 (a) vaccine and (b) booster vaccine in holding immunity.
Answered by Caroline Johnson - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
Several studies of vaccine effectiveness have been conducted in the United Kingdom which indicated that, against the Delta variant, two doses had an initial 90% effectiveness against symptomatic infection, waning over six months to 65% to 80% depending on the vaccine. Booster doses were found to restore vaccine effectiveness to over 90%. Protection against severe disease remained high in the first six months after at least two doses. For the Omicron variant, effectiveness against symptomatic infection was lower at an initial 70% after a booster, waning to 10 to 20% after five months. For the Omicron variant, effectiveness against hospitalisation following a booster dose is initially over 90%, waning to 70% after six months.
The UK Health Security Agency continues to assess data on vaccine effectiveness, including immunity to COVID-19. The most recent COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report was published on 1 September. This contains updates on effectiveness of the spring booster programme and against Omicron BA.5 and BA.5 sub-lineages, vaccination in pregnancy and vaccine impact on proportion of the population with antibodies to COVID-19. The report is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports
Asked by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
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 potential role IVF in preventing an ageing population.
Answered by James Morris
No specific assessment has been made.
Asked by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of provision of IVF services provided in England compared to the services available in France.
Answered by James Morris
We have no plans to make a specific assessment.
Asked by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the number of individuals under 40 who meet the criteria for IVF in the NICE guidelines but have not been provided with (a) three full cycles of IVF and (b) any IVF treatment in each of the past five years.
Answered by James Morris
We have no plans to make a specific assessment as the information requested is not collected centrally.