Clive Jones MP: written questions 2025
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RadiotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address regional inequalities in access to radiotherapy.
Answer: To help to address regional inequalities in access to radiotherapy, the Department has allocated £70 million of funding for 28 new radiotherapy machines to trusts across the country, to replace outdated machines.Reducing inequalities is a priority for the...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a rolling replacement programme for out-of-date radiotherapy machines.
Answer: There are currently no plans to have a rolling replacement programme for out-of-date radiotherapy machines. Responsibility for funding replacement machines lies with local systems.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024, how many hospital trusts were given funding for (a) new radiotherapy machines and (b) replacing out-of-date radiotherapy machines.
Answer: 28 trusts submitted applications for funding, and each trust has been awarded funding to replace one machine. For further information, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Wells and Mendip Hills on 7 April 2025 to Question 4...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of NHS Trusts that are using LINAC machines that are beyond their recommended lifespan.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on how many radiotherapy machines are beyond their recommended working life in each National Health Service trust.The number of radiotherapy machines in use which are over the 10-year recommended age is not published by N...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: RadiotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to include provisions for radiotherapy cancer treatment in the upcoming National Cancer Plan.
Answer: The Government has announced that the National Cancer Plan (NCP) will be published this year, following publication of the 10-Year Health Plan. We are now in discussions about what form it should take, including how we will ensure that cancer patients acr...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Duties: USADepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) the Food Standards Agency and (c) other stakeholders on the potential impact of reducing UK tariffs on US meat and seafood
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues. The department engages regularly with the Food Standards Agency and other stakeholders on a range of topics, including trade. Nobody wants a trade war, and our fo...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 41043 on Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment, what the cost was of each machine.
Answer: Specific information relating to which machines were purchased, including the supplier and the cost, is considered commercially sensitive, and as such will not be made public.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 41043 on Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment, what devices have been purchased; and from which companies they have been purchased.
Answer: Specific information relating to which machines were purchased, including the supplier and the cost, is considered commercially sensitive, and as such will not be made public.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRare Cancers: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the national cancer strategy will include commitments to improve outcomes for (a) acute myeloid leukaemia and (b) other rare and less common cancers.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan will seek to improve the experience and outcomes for people with rarer and less common cancers, including acute myeloid leukaemia. The plan will include further details on how we will improve outcomes, as well as speeding up diagn...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: Public ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46409More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the use of the Transformation Fund to reform palliative and end of life care services.
Answer: The Spending Review is underway and details will be announced on 11th June. As part of the Spring Statement, Government announced a £3.25bn Transformation Fund to drive efficiencies across government and save money later in the Parliament and set out how ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Public ExpenditureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Transformation Fund announced in the Spring Statement 2025; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on providing long term, sustainable funding for palliative and end of life care services.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has regular discussions with my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and colleagues across the Cabinet on a whole host of issues across our brief, including palliative and en...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of changes in the number of people with palliative care needs over the next 10 years.
Answer: We are aware that the Office for National Statistics has projected that, by 2040, approximately 800,000 people a year will die in the United Kingdom. Additionally, current trends point to a growing proportion of people dying from chronic disease, particul...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures to improve the quality of palliative and end of life care will be included in the 10 Year Health Plan.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and families receiv...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the colonoscopy capacity that would be required for the wider roll out of NHS England pilot to reduce the faecal immunochemical test threshold for the Bowel Cancer Scre
Answer: NHS England is assessing the potential impact of reducing the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) threshold for the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme from 120µg/g to 80µg/g. This is an ongoing assessment which includes evaluating and learning from early adopt...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of colonoscopy capacity for providing the bowel cancer screening programme.
Answer: NHS England is assessing the potential impact of reducing the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) threshold for the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme from 120µg/g to 80µg/g. This is an ongoing assessment which includes evaluating and learning from early adopt...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the NHS England pilot of reducing the faecal immunochemical test threshold for the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme from 120µg/g to 80µg/g on
Answer: NHS England is assessing the potential impact of reducing the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) threshold for the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme from 120µg/g to 80µg/g. This is an ongoing assessment which includes evaluating and learning from early adopt...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic Centres: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed Integrated Care Board cuts on Community Diagnostic Centres.
Answer: As part of the necessary changes to support the National Health Service to recover, NHS England has indicated that integrated care boards (ICBs) should reduce in size. The Government is supportive of NHS England’s decision and the necessary choices that a...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Integrated Care Board cuts on the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire West ICB.
Answer: NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act as main strategic commissioners of health and care services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure, to achieve a 50% cost reduction in their running cost allo...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Prime Minister in response to the Leader of the Opposition on 2 April 2025, how 1,000 new GPs were recruited.
Answer: Previously, primary care networks were limited in how they could use their funding, but now they can hire recently qualified doctors through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS), a practical solution which is boosting general practitioner (GP)...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 35076 tabled by the hon. Member for Wokingham on 3 March 2025.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 7 April 2025 to Question 35076.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the requirement for opportunity cost neutrality in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence severity modifier.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for developing the methods and processes that its independent committees use in their evaluations, independently and in consultation with stakeholders. The severity modifier is ba...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the requirement for opportunity cost neutrality in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence severity modifier on funding for tr
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for developing the methods and processes that its independent committees use in their evaluations, independently and in consultation with stakeholders. The severity modifier is ba...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to assess the potential impact of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s severity modifier on people with secondary breast cancer.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for developing the methods and processes that its independent committees use in their evaluations, independently and in consultation with stakeholders. The severity modifier is ba...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on the potential impact of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s severity modifier on the approval of treatments for severe conditions.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for developing the methods and processes that its independent committees use in their evaluations, independently and in consultation with stakeholders. The severity modifier is ba...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
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