10 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow much and what proportion of the increase in funding for his Department announced at the Autumn Budget 2024 will be spent on (a) National Insurance contribution increases, (b) pay increases, and
ReplyWe have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget, and this enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department, from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26.Nati...
10 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many (a) newly-qualified GPs have been employed and (b) primary care networks have claimed reimbursement under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme GP Sum in each integrated care board sin
ReplyData on the number of general practitioners employed through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme is currently not available.
10 Dec 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhen she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wokingham on Food Banks and Universal Credit, dated 4 October 2024.
ReplyHM Treasury officials reviewed the correspondence and feel that it would be more appropriate for a response to be provided by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Colleagues from DWP have confirmed acceptance of this case and the hon. Member for Wo...
10 Dec 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhen the Chief Secretary to the Treasury plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wokingham on Orchestral Tax Relief, dated 24 September 2024.
ReplyA response to this correspondence has been sent to the hon. Member for Wokingham.
10 Dec 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhen she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wokingham on the British Psychological Society campaign for reform of the SEND system, dated 10 October 2024.
ReplyI can confirm that a response to the correspondence dated 10 October 2024 from the hon. Member for Wokingham was sent on 15 October 2024.
10 Dec 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3112 on Motor Vehicles: Lighting, whether the independent research has begun; when the results of that research are expected; and whether she plans to intr
ReplyThe independent headlamp glare research commenced in October and is expected to deliver in summer 2025. The Government will consider carefully the outcome of that research to determine what action might be appropriate.
10 Dec 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhen the Economic Secretary to the Treasury plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wokingham on the Equitable Life Policy compensation scheme, dated 30 October 2024.
ReplyA response was sent to the hon. Member for Wokingham on 27 November 2024.
9 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 13928 on Cancer: Health Services and with reference to the Plan for Change: Milestones for mission-led government, CP 1210, published on 5 Dec
ReplyThe Government recognises the importance of, and remains committed to meeting, all three National Health Service cancer waiting time standards across England. These are the 28-day faster diagnosis standard, the 31-day decision to treat to treatment standa...
5 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12587 on Breast Cancer: Nurses, whether his Department's plans to train clinical cancer staff will be included in the (a) forthcoming NHS ten-
ReplyThe Government has set out plans to publish a ten-year plan to reform the National Health Service. The plan will be informed by Lord Darzi’s report and will include further details on how we will improve cancer diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. Includin...
5 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to ensure that young people with cancer have equity of access to age-appropriate, specialist psychological support in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire West Integr
ReplyThe Department is dedicated to ensuring all children and young people with cancer have access to psychological support to help them through their diagnosis and treatment.NHS England has published service specifications that set out the service standards r...
5 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12590 on Breast Cancer: Genetics, what steps his Department is taking to reduce regional inequities in access to genetic counselling.
ReplyWe have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service. A central and core part of the 10-Year Health Plan will be our workforce and how we ensure we train and provide the staff, such as genetic counsellors, as well as the technology...
5 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of cancer in teenagers and young adults in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire Integrated Car
ReplyWe are committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster, so that more patients survive, including children, teenagers, and young adults.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has set out deta...
5 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat progress his Department has made on (a) improving the process for clinical trials and (b) ensuring that those trials are more accessible for teenagers and young adults.
ReplyIn order to maximise our potential to be a world leader and develop a more competitive, efficient, and accessible clinical research system, the Department is committed to implementing recommendations from Lord O'Shaughnessy’s independent review of commerc...
4 Dec 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWith reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Education in response to the question from the hon. Member for Wokingham of Tuesday 3 December, Official Report, column 96WH, if she will wri
ReplyI am happy to write to the hon. Member for Wokingham and Wokingham Borough Council to provide an update on these schools.The government is clear it wants to make sure all children with special educational needs and disabilities receive the support they ne...
3 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat plans his Department has to invest in the recruitment and retention of radiologists in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board.
ReplyInformation on local plans is not collected centrally by the Department. National Health Service organisations are responsible for their own recruitment, and for developing their own workforce plans based on service needs.At a national level, we are commi...
28 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the capacity of colonoscopy services and (b) ensure patients from the bowel cancer screening programme are seen within the targeted waiting times
ReplyThe National Health Service is taking steps to improve bowel cancer outcomes for patients across England. We will improve cancer survival rates and hit all NHS cancer waiting time targets, so no patient, including those referred through the bowel cancer s...
28 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps his Department is taking to include policies on (a) diagnosis, (b) care and treatment and (c) research into brain tumours in the (i) NHS 10-year plan and (ii) cancer strategy.
ReplyI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Gordon and Buchan on 28 November 2024 to Question 15703.
28 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of colonoscopy services; and whether his Department plans to increase the capacity of these services ahead of the exte
ReplyNHS England is responsible for delivering the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening programme and planning for the age extension in the programme from 60 years old down to 50 years old.The age extension for bowel screening started in April 2021 with the 56-year-old ...
28 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether his Department plans to reduce the sensitivity threshold of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme from 120µg/g closer to the UK National Screening Committee recommendation of 20µg/g.
ReplyNHS England is responsible for delivering the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening (NHS BCSP) programme, including planning for the age extension in the programme from 60 down to 50 years old, and reducing the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) down from 120 microgra...
28 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps his Department plans to take to help improve awareness of (a) Crohn’s disease, (b) ulcerative colitis and (c) inflammatory bowel disease.
ReplyNHS England’s Getting It Right First Time Programme on gastroenterology aims to reduce variations in care, increase early diagnosis and proactive management of Crohn’s disease and colitis, and increase access to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) specialist...