Feb. 22 2024
Source Page: Diagnostic imaging dataset for October 2023Found: detailed information about diagnostic imaging tests carried out on NHS patients, extracted from local Radiology
Asked by: Mochan, Carol (Scottish Labour - South Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS boards currently use the system, TrakCare; in which clinical services they use the system, and how many staff are employed to maintain the system.
Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care
TrakCare is used as the main patient management system by 13 Health Boards:
All 13 Health Boards use TrakCare for waiting lists, Outpatients and inpatients, clinical coding, national Scottish Morbidity Records and new ways returns. Various Boards also use TrakCare for Emergency Departments, maternity services, mental health, community services, radiology, and theatres.
In addition, the system supports order request functionality for the service departments to manage the provision of laboratory, X-ray and diagnostic services; and Allied Health Professionals, observations, and clinical data recoding in clinical forms to varying degrees.
The Scottish Government does not collate or hold information on how many staff the Health Boards employ to maintain TrakCare.
Asked by: Hamilton, Rachael (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what recent steps have been taken to improve diagnosis times for those affected by brain tumours.
Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
The Scottish Government published our ten year Cancer Strategy for Scotland 2023-2033 along with an initial three year Cancer Action Plan ( Cancer Plan for Scotland 2023 – 2026 ) in June 2023.
Over the next 10 years, our strategic aim is to improve cancer survival and provide excellent, equitably accessible care. The Strategy and Plan take a comprehensive approach to improving patient pathways from prevention and diagnosis through to treatment and post-treatment care. We continue to place an emphasis on the less survivable cancers, including brain cancer, and improving their outcomes.
As part of this strategy, we developed a new Earlier Cancer Diagnosis Vision.
The vision includes continuing to deliver our Detect Cancer Earlier Programme, working with primary care clinicians to ensure they have direct access to diagnostic tests and quality education sources, as well as developing public campaigns to educate and empower those with possible symptoms of cancer to act early.
In addition to this work and in order to support radiology diagnostic capacity, we have funded mobile scanners to provide additional capacity for MRI and CT supporting cancer patients across NHS Scotland.
Jan. 25 2024
Source Page: Diagnostic imaging dataset for September 2023Found: detailed information about diagnostic imaging tests carried out on NHS patients, extracted from local Radiology
Mentions:
1: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) consisting of subject matter experts from a range of disciplines including social work, dentistry and radiology - Speech Link
Asked by: Stephanie Peacock (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure there are an adequate number of oncologists in each region.
Answered by Will Quince
There are more doctors working in clinical oncology and more radiology doctors compared to last year. On 10 January 2023, Health Education England, now NHS England, announced that nearly 900 additional medical specialty training posts have been created for this year, including 270 in the cancer and diagnostics programme. Many of the additional posts will be specifically targeted to tackle health inequalities and ensure training places are distributed fairly to best meet patients’ needs in all parts of England.
In 2023/24, NHS England is funding an expansion of cancer and diagnostics specialists, including additional medical training places for clinical/medical oncology, radiology, histopathology, and gastroenterology.
Jan. 19 2024
Source Page: India: doctors and medical faciliitesFound: include Accident and emergency, Anaesthesia & Critical care, Diagnostics, Microbiology, Pathology, Radiology
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Buckingham)
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 increase the number of trained interventional radiologists in the NHS.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
As of October 2022, there were 1,588 full-time equivalent doctors in training in the clinical radiology specialty in the National Health Service in England. This is an increase of 252, 18.9%, since 2019.
The Government funded an additional 20 Specialty Training year six (ST6) places for interventional radiologists in 2021/22 and 2022/23. These increases in the overall radiology workforce will increase the number of radiologists who can train to deliver interventional radiology and expand national capacity for the paediatric interventional radiology workforce.
To support the workforce as a whole, we have commissioned NHS England to develop a Long Term Workforce Plan, which will include independently verified forecasts for the number of healthcare professionals required in future years. The Plan is for the whole of the NHS workforce, it will not provide detailed workforce assessments for individual services.
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Buckingham)
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 effectiveness of the Global Radiologists Programme in filling NHS radiology vacancies.
Answered by Will Quince
No specific assessment has been made.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of consultant paediatric interventional radiology posts in (a) Enfield North constituency (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
‘Improving Paediatric Interventional Radiology services in the UK,’ the report published by the Royal College of Radiologists in April 2023, states that there are currently 12 dedicated consultant Paediatric Interventional Radiology posts in the UK, 7 of which are in London. No further assessments or estimates have been made by the Department. I am pleased to be meeting the Royal College of Radiologists in June to discuss their report.