27 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat his Department's budget is for NHS public engagement roadshows in the 2024-25 financial year; and what steps his Department is taking to help prevent over-spends on roadshows.
ReplyThe promise that the National Health Service will be there for you when you need it has been broken for too many people. That is why we have launched the biggest ever national conversation on the future of the NHS.Despite consensus from health experts and...
27 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat objectives his Department has identified for its public engagement roadshow on the future of the NHS; and if he will make an assessment of the value for money provided by the programme.
ReplyThe promise that the National Health Service will be there for you when you need it has been broken for too many people. That is why we have launched the biggest ever national conversation on the future of the NHS.Despite consensus from health experts and...
27 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat process his Department plans to use for incorporating feedback from its public engagement roadshow on the future of the NHS into NHS (a) planning and (b) reforms.
ReplyThe promise that the National Health Service will be there for you when you need it has been broken for too many people. That is why we have launched the biggest ever national conversation on the future of the NHS.Despite consensus from health experts and...
26 Nov 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedIf she will launch a public consultation on the proposed changes to business property relief.
ReplyThe Government published information about the reforms to business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. The Government will publish a technical consultation in early 2025....
21 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat information his Department holds on the number of people employed by private ambulance services that have provided services to the NHS in the last 12 months.
ReplyThe Department does not hold information on the number of people employed by private ambulance services.
21 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat information his Department holds on the number of people employed by private ambulance services.
ReplyThe Department does not hold information on the number of people employed by private ambulance services.
18 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf he will take steps to ensure that medical treatment is only provided in appropriate medical settings.
ReplyThe Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care provision in England.Providers carrying on regulated activities must provide information about the locations from which these regulated activities will be managed fro...
14 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether his Department has had discussions with the Department for Education on (a) the impact of university debt on nursing degree graduates and (b) a student loan forgiveness model for those grad
ReplyThe Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Department for Education on a wide range of matters to ensure the education system is supporting healthcare students, while delivering value for money for taxpayers. Student funding arrangeme...
11 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWith reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, whether he has made an estimate of the overall cost to GP practices of the proposed increase to employer Nationa
ReplyWe have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget 2024, which enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26. Th...
4 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether he has had recent discussions with (a) NHS England, (b) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and (c) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on access for p
ReplyMinisters have had a number of recent discussions with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and NHS England, about patient access to new, licensed treatments for Alzh...
4 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf he will hold discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the potential merits of considering the potential impact of new treatments on caregivers when determining t
ReplyWe have no plans to hold such discussions. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) develops its guidance independently and in line with its established methods and processes, which have been developed through extensive engagement with...
22 Oct 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedWhat discussions he has had with the tidal stream energy industry on how GB Energy can support that sector.
ReplySix tidal stream projects were successful in Allocation Round 6, meaning that just over half of the world's tidal stream deployment is in UK waters. As Great British Energy will be operationally independent, it would not be for Ministers to engage specifi...
22 Oct 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedIf he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the tidal stream ring-fence to £30m in Allocation Round 7 of the upcoming Contracts for Difference auction.
ReplySix tidal stream projects were successful in Allocation Round 6, meaning that just over half of the world's tidal stream deployment is in UK waters. The Secretary of State is working with industry to accelerate ways the Contracts for Difference scheme can...
17 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for children’s hospices in line with (a) inflationary pressures and (b) operational costs in future financial
ReplyWe want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. NHS England has publish...
17 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the potential impact of the removal of funding for children’s hospices.
ReplyWe want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. NHS England has publish...
10 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many Integrated Care Systems do not have an open Women's Health Hub.
ReplyThe Department has invested £25 million over 2023/24 and 2024/25 to support the establishment of at least one pilot women’s health hub in every integrated care system. The National Health Services’ Priorities and operational planning guidance 2024/25 asks...
9 Oct 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedIf she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for Pupil Premium Plus to (a) children who have not been looked after and (b) other children in kinship care.
ReplyThe department is providing over £2.9 billion of pupil premium funding in 2024/25 to improve the educational outcomes of disadvantaged pupils in England.The criteria for pupil premium eligibility are:Pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school mea...