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Written Question
Dialysis Machines: Finance
Thursday 22nd September 2022

Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the funding his Department provided for the provision of home dialysis to NHS trusts in England was passed on to patients in the last 12 months.

Answered by Will Quince

This information requested on funding in 2022 is not currently held centrally. However, in 2021/22, NHS England provided approximately £117 million to renal providers in England for the provision of home dialysis therapy. This is inclusive of haemodialysis and all modalities of peritoneal dialysis. The following table shows funding provided by NHS England to each specialist renal provider in England in 2021/22.

Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £996,247

Barts Health NHS Trust £9,873,038

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £841,162

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,297,309

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation

Trust £510,650

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £933,545

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust £1,832,292

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust £2,210,524

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust £919,822

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust £3,800,712

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £135,252

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust £3,191,945

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £1,344,022

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust £6,704,239

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £5,583,181

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £2,356,531

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £1,806,242

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,772,510

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust £4,634,713

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust £2,668,753

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation

Trust £1,430,263

North Bristol NHS Trust £2,128,904

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust £731,871

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust £3,111,524

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £2,169,549

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust £4,819,664

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust £1,483,022

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust £2,091,381

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust £5,252,797

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust £2,718,068

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £3,413,902

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust £2,027,726

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £857,527

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust £1,294,611

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,699,134

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust £976,574

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,843,691

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust £2,340,870

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust £5,578,386

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust £2,410,502

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation

Trust £3,127,492

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust £4,318,784

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust £3,006,318

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust £836,807

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust £2,199,773

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £1,056,816

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £267,484

Total £116,606,127

The information requested on funding passed to patients is not held centrally as renal providers have local arrangements in place with patients to facilitate reimbursement.


Written Question
Dialysis Machines: Finance
Thursday 22nd September 2022

Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided for the provision of home dialysis to each NHS trust in England in the last 12 months.

Answered by Will Quince

This information requested on funding in 2022 is not currently held centrally. However, in 2021/22, NHS England provided approximately £117 million to renal providers in England for the provision of home dialysis therapy. This is inclusive of haemodialysis and all modalities of peritoneal dialysis. The following table shows funding provided by NHS England to each specialist renal provider in England in 2021/22.

Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £996,247

Barts Health NHS Trust £9,873,038

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £841,162

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,297,309

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation

Trust £510,650

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £933,545

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust £1,832,292

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust £2,210,524

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust £919,822

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust £3,800,712

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £135,252

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust £3,191,945

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £1,344,022

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust £6,704,239

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £5,583,181

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £2,356,531

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £1,806,242

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,772,510

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust £4,634,713

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust £2,668,753

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation

Trust £1,430,263

North Bristol NHS Trust £2,128,904

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust £731,871

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust £3,111,524

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £2,169,549

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust £4,819,664

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust £1,483,022

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust £2,091,381

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust £5,252,797

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust £2,718,068

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £3,413,902

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust £2,027,726

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £857,527

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust £1,294,611

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,699,134

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust £976,574

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,843,691

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust £2,340,870

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust £5,578,386

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust £2,410,502

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation

Trust £3,127,492

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust £4,318,784

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust £3,006,318

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust £836,807

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust £2,199,773

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £1,056,816

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £267,484

Total £116,606,127

The information requested on funding passed to patients is not held centrally as renal providers have local arrangements in place with patients to facilitate reimbursement.


Written Question
Accident and Emergency Departments: Waiting Lists
Monday 5th September 2022

Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average waiting time for emergency care in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

No specific estimate of waiting times in Coventry and the West Midlands has been made as the data is not collected in the format requested. NHS Digital collects data on median waiting times by National Health Service trust, which is aggregated at national level. In May 2022, the median average waiting time in accident and emergency at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust was 128 minutes and 186 minutes in England.


Written Question
Health: Females
Tuesday 19th July 2022

Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North 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 is taking to reduce women’s health inequalities in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

In the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board area, local maternity and neonatal systems have developed an equity and equality strategy and an action plan will be submitted to NHS England by the end of September 2022. This will support services for smoking cessation, gestational diabetes, women with complex social needs and additional training for staff. Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System is reviewing inequalities in its screening programmes to improve access. It is also promoting the use of the Health Equity Assessment Tool to identify and address inequalities in women’s health services. University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and Coventry City Council are collaborating on targeted programmes for women living in deprived areas who have gestational diabetes or are obese.

In Birmingham and Solihull, a health inequality five year strategy is currently in development focussing on improving maternity pathways, reducing infant mortality, working towards the best start in life for children, mental health services, improving prevention services and better outcomes for those with disabilities and those in social care. Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board will work with local communities to reduce health inequalities through improvements to ethnicity and data coding to ensure that groups are identified and supported more effectively. In Herefordshire and Worcestershire, continuity of carer maternity plans are being developed through the Core20PLUS5 initiative, to address disparities in access to services for women. Herefordshire and Worcestershire’s inequalities strategy sets out how data sets will be combined to reduce health inequalities in tobacco dependence and maternity services.

The forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy aims to ensure that all women and girls have equitable access to and experience of services and disparities in outcomes are reduced. Further information will be available later this year.


Written Question
NHS: Staff
Tuesday 21st June 2022

Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)

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 trends in the level of (a) verbal abuse and (b) physical attacks experienced by NHS staff in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England in each of the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to better protect NHS staff in those areas from that abuse.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The following table shows the proportion of cases where National Health Service staff in organisations in Coventry, the West Midlands and England experienced at least one occurrence of physical violence at work from patients and service users, their relatives or other members of the public in each of the last three years.

2019

2020

2021

University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

13.8%

13.7%

15.2%

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

19.7%

14.9%

14.3%

Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System

N/A

11.2%

10.4%

Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System

N/A

13.4%

14.2%

The Black Country and West Birmingham Integrated Care System

N/A

13.1%

13.5%

England

15.0%

14.6%

14.3%

Source: NHS Staff Survey

The following table shows the proportion of cases where NHS staff in organisations in Coventry, the West Midlands and England experienced At least one occurrence of harassment, bullying or abuse at work from patients and service users, their relatives or other members of the public in each of the last three years.

2019

2020

2021

University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

27.4%

27.2%

29.7%

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

27.0%

22.9%

26.0%

Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System

N/A

21.3%

23.2%

Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System

N/A

25.9%

28.6%

The Black Country and West Birmingham Integrated Care System

N/A

26.7%

27.2%

England

28.7%

26.8%

27.5%

Source: NHS Staff Survey

Data for integrated care systems are not available for 2019.

NHS England has established a violence reduction programme to address deliberate violence and aggression towards NHS staff and ensure offenders are punished. The Civility and Respect programme aims to tackle bullying and harassment in the NHS.


Written Question
NHS Trusts: Surgery
Friday 27th May 2022

Asked by: Wes Streeting (Labour - Ilford North)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many surgical hubs there are in each NHS Trust in England; and if he will publish their location.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

There are currently 91 elective surgical hubs operational in England. The locations of future hubs are not yet confirmed. However, systems and regions will submit bids to NHS England and NHS Improvement to determine where these will be based.

The existing hubs are located at the following National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts, which states where a trust has more than one hub.

- Ashford and St Peter's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;

- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust;

- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;

- Barts Health NHS Trust (2 hubs);

- Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;

- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust;

- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (2 hubs);

- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2 hubs);

- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (2 hubs);

- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust;

- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust;

- East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust (2 hubs);

- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust;

- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust;

- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust;

- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (3 hubs);

- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust;

- Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;

- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust;

- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust;

- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;

- Lancaster Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;

- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (2 hubs);

- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust;

- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust;

- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (2 hubs);

- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust;

- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (2 hubs);

- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust;

- Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (2 hubs);

- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (4 hubs);

- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

- Pennine Acute Hospital NHS Trust (2 hubs);

- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust;

- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (2 hubs);

- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust;

- Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust;

- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (2 hubs);

- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust;

- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust;

- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust;

- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (3 hubs);

- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

- South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust (2 hubs);

- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;

- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust;

- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust;

- United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust;

- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

- University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust;

- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust;

- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (2 hubs);

- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust;

- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (4 hubs);

- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (2 hubs);

- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust;

- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust;

- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust;

- West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust;

- Whittington Health NHS Trust;

- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;

- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust;

- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust; and

- York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;


Written Question
Prostate Cancer: Screening
Thursday 19th May 2022

Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2021 to Question 87714 on the roll out of the Galen technology by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to test for prostate cancer, when the findings of the trial by the Imperial College Healthcare, University College London, University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and University Hospitals Southampton will be published.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The trial is due to finish on 31 March 2023 and its findings will be published in due course following its completion.


Written Question
Conversion Therapy
Thursday 28th April 2022

Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what data her Department holds on the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who have undergone conversion therapy in (a) the UK, (b) Manchester and (c) Manchester Gorton constituency since 2018.

Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The most recent data currently available about the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who have undergone conversion therapy in the UK is from the National LGBT Survey, published in 2018. Evidence from that shows that 5% of the over 108,000 respondents said they had been offered conversion therapy, and a further 2% said they had received it. This data is not available at a local or constituency level.

In October 2021, we published an evidence assessment and qualitative study on conversion therapy undertaken by Coventry University.

The Government’s recent public consultation on how to ban conversion therapy included a question about people’s experiences of conversion therapy in the UK and abroad and we are currently analysing responses.


Written Question
NHS: Vacancies
Friday 1st April 2022

Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) financial and (b) other steps his Department is taking to tackle workforce shortages within the NHS in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

In Coventry, NHS England is overseeing a programme to increase the workforce, including further development of the reservist programme; international recruitment for nurses and therapy roles; a partnership with the University of Coventry to expand the number of undergraduate places; primary care initiatives for general practitioners to support retention; and a system-wide needs analysis to support staff wellbeing.

In the West Midlands, NHS England is addressing vacancies in the region through health and wellbeing initiatives, with the emphasis on supporting staff to be able to attend work; reducing pressure on staffing and improving retention; improved opportunities for flexible working including retire and return; supporting the workforce with the addition of the reservists; and international recruitment initiatives in nursing and the allied health professions.

In England, eligible new and continuing nursing students at English universities receive a non-repayable grant of at least £5,000 for three years. In addition, extra grants of up to £3,000 per academic year are available to eligible students with child dependents or those studying specialist subjects. We have also increased the number of funded medical school places by 25% over three years to 2020. The first cohort of these students will enter foundation training from this year. This expansion also delivered five new medical schools in England.


Written Question
Educational Institutions: Domestic Visits
Thursday 31st March 2022

Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a list of every (a) school, (b) college and (c) university outside Stratford-upon-Avon constituency which he has visited since 15 September 2021.

Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has visited the following schools, colleges and universities outside of his constituency, Stratford-upon-Avon, since 15 September 2021. This list reflects visits undertaken in his capacity as Secretary of State for Education only:

  • 17 September 2021 to Barnet and Southgate College
  • 20 September 2021 to Harris Academy Westminster
  • 23 September 2021 to West Coventry Academy
  • 15 October 2021 to Westbury-on-Trym Church of England Academy
  • 21 October 2021 to Barnsley College
  • 17 November 2021 to Aston University
  • 18 November 2021 to St Mary’s Catholic Academy
  • 25 November 2021 to Brunel University
  • 06 January 2022 to Hammersmith Academy
  • 10 March 2022 to Sheffield Park Academy
  • 18 March 2022 to Aspire Academy Blackpool
  • 18 March 2022 to Highfurlong School
  • 24 March 2022 to The Totteridge Academy
  • 28 March 2022 to Monega Primary School