Peter Prinsley MP: written questions
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NHS: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to review NHS targets to incentivise improvements in patient experience and outcomes.
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first. This means making sure patients are seen on time and ensuring people have the best possible experience of care. Our efforts to improve patient experience will be patient-led and co-developed to suppor...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Illnesses: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure people with long-term health conditions can access care services near their home.
Answer: Local authorities have a statutory duty to shape their care markets and deliver services to meet diverse local needs. In performing that duty, a local authority must have regard to current and likely future demand for such services and consider how provid...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Illnesses: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the uptake of patient-initiated follow-up for people with long-term conditions.
Answer: Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) is one way in which the Government will reform follow up care to ensure more optimised and productive clinical pathways. Offering PIFU to patients gives them greater choice and control, where it is clinically recommended...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for when councils will receive (a) transitional funding and (b) revenue support to develop food waste collection services compliant with new waste regulat
Answer: Collecting food waste separately from residual waste allows us to send it for anaerobic digestion or composting. This reduces the amount of food waste going to landfill, where it releases harmful greenhouse gases, helping to achieve our Net Zero strategy ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to incentivise dental practitioners to work in areas with significant waiting lists.
Answer: Patients in England are not registered with a National Health Service dental practice and no national waiting list is in operation, although many NHS dental practices do tend to see patients regularly. Dental practices may operate local waiting list arran...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: Labour TurnoverDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consistent application of retention policies across NHS trusts.
Answer: The Government is committed to making the National Health Service the best place to work, to ensure the retention of our hardworking and dedicated staff. NHS England is leading the National Retention Programme to drive a consistent, system-wide approach t...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the working conditions for trainee surgeons.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that doctors trained in the United Kingdom remain within the National Health Service through a structured, data-driven approach to workforce retention, and to improving the working conditions of all resident doctors, including...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise surgeons to work in areas with high waiting lists for elective procedures.
Answer: Within the terms and conditions of employment for consultants in England, there is the facility for employers to apply a local recruitment premium in addition to the base salary, time-limited for a maximum of four years. This can be used in circumstances ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle sexual misconduct in the NHS.
Answer: NHS England is taking a leading role in tackling sexual misconduct across the National Health Service. The NHS has a responsibility to protect staff, patients, and service users and offer safe spaces and routes for support.In 2024, NHS England launched a ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total number of trainee surgeons is in (a) England (b) Wales (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland.
Answer: The following table shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in surgical specialty group roles by grade in the National Health Service in England, as of November 2024:GradeFTE doctorsConsultant surgeons11,203Specialty and associate s...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total number of resident surgeons is in (a) England (b) Wales (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland.
Answer: The following table shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in surgical specialty group roles by grade in the National Health Service in England, as of November 2024:GradeFTE doctorsConsultant surgeons11,203Specialty and associate s...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total number of consultant surgeons is in (a) England (b) Wales (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland.
Answer: The following table shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in surgical specialty group roles by grade in the National Health Service in England, as of November 2024:GradeFTE doctorsConsultant surgeons11,203Specialty and associate s...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: UniversitiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to engage with universities as part of the 10-year Health Plan.
Answer: Universities across England and the United Kingdom have been engaged throughout the 10-Year Health Plan’s engagement process to inform policy making. Everyone, including universities, continues to be able to share their views via the Change NHS portal in ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of clinical academics in the UK.
Answer: We recognise that clinical academics are crucial to training future generations of healthcare professionals and leading research across the health and care system. In 2023, NHS England published an Educator Workforce Strategy, setting out the actions requ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: Overseas StudentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the 7.5% cap on international student numbers at medical and dental schools in England.
Answer: There are currently no such plans. We have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service. The plan will set out a bold agenda to deliver on the three big shifts needed to move healthcare from the hospital to the community, from anal...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the number of people waiting for medical training between foundation level and speciality training.
Answer: We continue to work with NHS England to keep the selection process for all applicants to medical speciality training under review. We are committed to ensuring that the number of medical specialty training places meets the demands of the National Health S...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAnaesthetics: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with NHS England on the potential merits of making 70 extra higher anaesthetic training places available every year.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need, including anaesthetists and all other medical specialities, to ensure patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it. We have launched the 10-Year Health Plan which will set ou...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide more training places in (a) core anaesthetics and (b) across all medical specialties.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need, including anaesthetists and all other medical specialities, to ensure patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it. We have launched the 10-Year Health Plan which will set ou...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase training facilities for surgeons in the East of England.
Answer: All local education providers, including in the East of England, are responsible for ensuring they have the appropriate capacity, including facilities, for training staff, including surgeons.The General Medical Council’s (GMC’s) Promoting excellence: stan...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Medical Treatments AbroadDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help inform people of the potential risks of of undertaking (a) cosmetic or (b) elective surgery overseas.
Answer: The Government has engaged, and continues to engage, with partners to develop, update and promote key messages on public facing guidance. We worked closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to develop guidance for its online travel adv...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Medical Treatments AbroadDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to NHS England of treating complications arising from surgeries undertaken overseas by UK residents.
Answer: The Department does not have data on the overall costs to the National Health Service for treating complications from surgeries conducted overseas. We are exploring ways to improve our understanding of the scale of the cost to the NHS.
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEar, Nose and Throat Conditions: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people waiting to undergo otolaryngology surgery.
Answer: Otolaryngology surgery is listed under Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) data for recording purposes. As of November 2024, the waiting list for ENT stood at 633,270. This marked a decrease of 4,380 compared to October 2024. As of November 2024, 49.2% of pathways...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Bury St Edmunds and StowmarketDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce elective surgery waiting lists in Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket constituency.
Answer: The Elective Reform Plan, launched as part of the Government’s Plan for Change, sets out how we will get back to the NHS Constitutional Standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment by the end of this Parliament, an...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHearing Impairment: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will hold discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the potential merits of taking steps encourage employers to (a) organise regular hearing tests, (b) distribute adequate personal hear
Answer: Duties on employers are well established in the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005, which require employers to: a) Carry out hearing tests regularly by a competent person (health surveillance) when there may be a risk to their employee’s hearing, ...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOxygen: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) expertise and (b) public confidence are retained in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy services available on the NHS.
Answer: NHS England is currently reviewing the service provision and national service specification for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Services, used to clearly define the standards of care expected from organisations funded by NHS England to provide specialised care,...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
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