Luke Evans MP: written questions 2025
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General Practitioners: HospitalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 23855 on General Practitioners: Hospitals, if he will publish data on the variation in the use of Advice and Guidance.
Answer: Data on the variation in Advice and Guidance by integrated care board (ICB) and provider is published monthly by NHS England and is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/outpatient-transformation/spec...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 23850 on Health Services, when he plans to provide an update on whether Advice and Guidance arrangements are agreed as part of GP Contract nego
Answer: My Department and NHS England started consultation with the General Practitioners Committee in England, of the British Medical Association, on the 2025/26 GP Contract on 19 December and will consider all proposed policy changes, including Advice and Guida...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Pharmacy EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings he has had with Community Pharmacy England since July 2024.
Answer: Ministers meet regularly with external stakeholders on a variety of topics, including, but not limited to, pharmacy. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly in arrears on the GOV.UK website.
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23853 on Pharmacy: Contracts, when he expects to conclude the consultation on the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework's 2025 to 2026 fundi
Answer: The Government recently resumed its consultation on the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework regarding funding arrangements for 2024/25 and 2025/26. As is custom and practice, we expect to announce the outcome in a joint letter to contractors in due c...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCerebral Palsy: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with (a) NHS England and (b) integrated care boards on the adequacy of NICE guidelines on the management of cerebral palsy in people under 25 years old with no cognitive
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines are developed by experts based on a thorough assessment of the available evidence and through extensive public and stakeholder engagement. They represent best practice and should be...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCerebral Palsy: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the care continuity for individuals with Cerebral Palsy with no cognative impairment moving from childrens care pathways to adult support networks.
Answer: There are no current plans to make such an assessment. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance on cerebral palsy in under 25 year olds, guidance code NG62, includes recommendations on the transition from children to adult s...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWealthTreasuryTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27265More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the finding of the Adam Smith Institute millionaire tracker.
Answer: The Government is committed to making sure the wealthiest in our society pay their fair share of tax. That is why the Chancellor announced a series of reforms at Autumn Budget 2024 to help fix the public finances in as fair a way as possible, while ensuri...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication by NHS England entitled Reforming elective care for patients, published on 6 January 2025, whether he has had recent discussions with General Practitioners on the
Answer: The Department and NHS England started consultation with the General Practitioners Committee in England, of the British Medical Association, on the 2025/26 GP Contract on 19 December, and will consider all proposed policy changes, including advice and gui...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication by NHS England entitled Reforming elective care for patients, published on 6 January 2025, whether the fee paid to GPs for providing advice and guidance with hospi
Answer: Advice and Guidance services enhance two-way communication between clinical colleagues in primary and secondary care. The Elective Reform Plan has committed to ensuring that general practitioners (GPs) will receive £20 per Advice and Guidance request, to ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many newly qualified GPs have been employed under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme since August 2024.
Answer: Information on the number of recently qualified general practitioners (GPs) for which primary care networks are claiming reimbursement via the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) is currently being collated. We are working to verify the data and ...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the size of the backlog of Remedial Pensions Savings Statements currently outstanding by the NHS Business Services Authority.
Answer: The Department understands that approximately 135,000 NHS Pension Scheme members may require a remedial pension savings statement as part of their remedy to the discrimination identified by the McCloud judgment. More than 70,000 statements have been issue...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of alleged errors made by the NHS Business Service Authority on (a) doctors pensions saving statements a
Answer: The Department recognises that the service received by impacted individuals was not acceptable and will negatively impact their personal pension tax affairs. The Department became aware of a calculation error in 2023/24 Pension Savings Statements issued b...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of referring the NHS Business Services Authority to the Pensions Regulator, in the context of concerns with the annual allowance.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority has proactively informed the regulator of an error in the pension growth calculations which affects 2023/24 Pension Savings Statements.
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: HospitalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of comparative data for GPs undertaking advice and guidance with hospital specialists in different (a) g
Answer: The Elective Reform plan commits to expanding the use of Advice and Guidance to ensure two-way communication between general practitioners (GPs) and hospital specialists, and ensure more patients are seen in the right clinical setting.Officials routinely ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: HospitalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the potential (a) savings to the NHS, (b) impact on waiting times and (c) impact on the workload of GPs of proposals to pay GPs £20 per request for undertaking ad
Answer: Advice and Guidance services enhance two-way communication between clinicians in primary and secondary care, with a view to ensuring patients receive the right care, in the right clinical setting. The Elective Reform Plan has committed to ensuring general...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide an update on negotiations with NHS England on the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework.
Answer: We have been clear that we want to work with the sector on a service fit for the future. Now that the Budget for the Government has been set, we will shortly be resuming our consultation with Community Pharmacy England regarding the funding arrangements f...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: ReformDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on which (a) straight-to-test pathways Community Diagnostic Centres and (b) hospital-based diagnostic services will be used to (i) develop and (ii) deli
Answer: Currently, the waiting list stands at 7.48 million patient pathways, with over 6 million people waiting. As set out in the Plan for Change, we will ensure that 92% of patients return to waiting no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment (RTT) by M...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: HospitalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the British Medical Association on proposals to pay GPs £20 per request for undertaking advice and guidance with hospital specialists.
Answer: In the Elective Reform Plan, the Government has proposed a £20 payment to general practitioners (GPs) per advice and guidance request. We expect this to increase the usage of advice and guidance, and help patients receive the care they need in primary and...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recent advice from the British Medical Association to stop engaging with advice and guidance pathways.
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering on its commitment in the recently published Elective Reform Plan to increase the use of Advice and Guidance by general practitioners (GPs), where appropriate, to support them to deliver high-quality patient care. ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAge: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of age-related discrimination on (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the workplace.
Answer: The Government recognises the need to recruit on merit, irrespective of a persons' age. The 2010 Equality Act provides strong protection against direct and indirect age discrimination in employment, rendering it unlawful for employers to discriminate agai...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial PrescribingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) NHS England and (b) social care providers on expanding opportunities for social prescribing.
Answer: The Department and NHS England work closely together to deliver the social prescribing work programme.I met with representatives of the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) on 13 January, a key stakeholder in this field. At the meeting, I confir...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial PrescribingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) NHS England and (b) social care providers on increasing opportunities for social prescribing.
Answer: The Department and NHS England work closely together to deliver the social prescribing work programme.I met with representatives of the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) on 13 January, a key stakeholder in this field. At the meeting, I confir...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAntidepressants: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet (a) NHS England, (b) MHRA and (c) bodies supporting people affected by (i) Post-Finasteride Syndrome and (ii) Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction following the use of anti-depressant medic
Answer: Ministers meet regularly with external stakeholders on a variety of issues, including with organisations such as NHS England, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and bodies representing patients affected by medicines and medica...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to ensure the long-term maintenance of the Local Authority Data Explorer following the closure of the Office for Local Government.
Answer: It is right for government, the sector, and for the general public that there is transparency on the delivery of the Government’s key missions, objectives and outcomes. My department will measure and publish data related to these priorities. This will inc...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the call for evidence for the men’s health strategy; and what estimate he has made of when the men’s health strategy will be published.
Answer: On 28 November 2024, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced plans for England’s first Men’s Health Strategy, to be delivered this year.The strategy will be informed by a call for evidence which will be launched shor...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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