Jan. 17 2024
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 29 August 2022Found: dysaesthesias Hand-arm vibration syndrome 1 0 Hypoaesthesia 6 0 Paraesthesia 4 0 Parkinson's
Jan. 17 2024
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 29 August 2022Found: Submitted during post -approval procedures 35 Parkinson's Disease 6.
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan on regional variations in access to Parkinson’s care.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
No assessment has been made. The Long Term Workforce Plan, which was published in June 2023, includes projections for the number of doctors, nurses and other professionals that will be needed over the next 15 years.
It sets out the mix and number of staff required, as well as the actions and reforms across the National Health Service that will be needed to reduce the supply gap and improve retention. This plan will help ensure we have the right numbers of staff, with the right skills and roles, in the right locations and at the right time, to transform and deliver high-quality services fit for the future.
The modelling and staff training plans presented in the Plan look at the NHS as a whole at a high level, to inform government decisions on the workforce. This is designed to identify the right supply of staff across all clinical pathways and specialisms rather than workforce plans for specific services.
Dec. 29 2023
Source Page: New Year Honours List 2024Found: Empire Member of the Order of the British Empire Fiona Ann LINDOP Specialist Physiotherapist in Parkinson's
Dec. 29 2023
Source Page: New Year Honours List 2024Found: the Arts in Scotland (Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross)Fiona Ann LINDOP Specialist Physiotherapist in Parkinson's
Dec. 21 2023
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 11 July 2022Found: Paraesthesias and dysaesthesias Hypoaesthesia 6 0 Paraesthesia 4 0 Vibration syndrome 1 0 Parkinson's
Dec. 20 2023
Source Page: Community link workers and Adult Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing fund: FOI releaseFound: of 65FOI 202200396132 Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations Citymoves Dance Agency Dance for Parkinson's
Dec. 16 2023
Source Page: Correspondence in relation to offshore wind: FOI releaseFound: dance centre for health is being launched to help people living with deme ntia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's
Oral Evidence Dec. 13 2023
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)Found: , it has potentially serious consequences for patients with conditions like diabetes, epilepsy, Parkinson's
Asked by: Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Work Capability Assessment: activities and descriptors, published on 5 September 2023, what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of people who have a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease will no longer be deemed as having Limited Capacity for Work Related Activity under the planned reforms to the Work Capability Assessment.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
On 22 November we published our response to the consultation on changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) criteria, having carefully considered feedback from disabled people and people with health conditions, as well as the organisations that represent and support them.
The OBR have said that they expect the changes we outlined in this response will mean that 371,000 fewer people will be declared as having Limited Capability for Work Related Activity (LCWRA) by 2028/29 than otherwise would be the case. We will publish an Impact Assessment in due course. HMT have also published the impacts in their policy costing note that accompanies the Autumn Statement.
Estimates are not based on specific conditions because the WCA considers the impact that a person’s disability or health condition has on their ability to work, not the condition itself.
There have been significant changes to the world of work since 2011 when the WCA activities and descriptors were last comprehensively reviewed, particularly increased flexibility, and the availability of hybrid and home working jobs. As such, from 2025, we will be making changes to the criteria for Mobilising and Getting About in the WCA, as well as the Substantial Risk rules. In making these changes, we will continue to protect those with the most severe conditions, while ensuring those who can work are supported in doing so. To ensure those with the most significant mobilising limitations are still protected, we will retain the LCWRA Risk regulations for physical health – this means that where work preparation would lead to a deterioration in a claimant’s physical health they would still meet the eligibility for LCWRA.