Victoria Atkins MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Surgical HubsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many procedures were delivered by surgical hubs opened since 27 October 2021 in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March, (d) April, (e) May, (f) June and (g) July 2024.
Answer: Between October 2021 and 4 July 2024, 18 new Targeted Investment Fund (TIF2) funded surgical hubs have opened. Elective Hub data is only available from April 2024, when the Elective Hub dashboard was established.Of the 18 new TIF2 funded surgical hubs, on...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSurgical HubsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many procedures were delivered by surgical hubs opened since the 2021 Spending Review, as of 4 July 2024.
Answer: Between the 2021 Spending Review and 4 July 2024, 18 new Targeted Investment Fund (TIF2) funded surgical hubs have opened. Elective Hub data is only available from April 2024, when the Elective Hub dashboard was established.Of the 18 new TIF2 funded surgi...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) first stage and (b) second stage cancer patients received a diagnosis following an appointment at a community diagnostic centre opened since the 2021 Spending Review.
Answer: Data on the routes to diagnosis for cancer, which is collated and published by the National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) does not specify the setting where the diagnostic test took place, so we do not hold the information on diagnoses following app...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) checks, (b) tests and (c) scans were carried out at community diagnostic centres opened since the 2021 Spending Review in (i) January 2024, (ii) February 2024, (iii) March 2024, (iv) A
Answer: As of the end of June 2024, community diagnostics centres (CDCs) had delivered 9,292,578 tests, checks and scans since the 2021 Spending Review at the end of October. Over this period, the diagnostic waiting list has increased from 1,428,415 as at the end...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) checks, (b) tests and (c) scans were carried out at community diagnostic centres opened since the 2021 Spending Review, as of 4 July 2024.
Answer: As of the end of June 2024, community diagnostics centres (CDCs) had delivered 9,292,578 tests, checks and scans since the 2021 Spending Review at the end of October. Over this period, the diagnostic waiting list has increased from 1,428,415 as at the end...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDisease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the UK’s preparedness for (a) mpox and (b) future outbreaks and pandemics.
Answer: The Secretary of State and I have met regularly with officials from the Department, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the National Health Service on this issue.UKHSA will continue to keep the global situation and our domestic preparations under cl...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Labour TurnoverDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) non-executive directors, (b) other direct ministerial appointees and (c) other public appointees in his Department have left their posts since the general election; what (a) direct ministe
Answer: As of 3 September 2024, three public appointees left as non-executive board members, those being: Gerry Murphy, who ended his final term of office on the Department’s board as planned on 31 July 2024, following 10 years of service; Amit Bhagwat, a member ...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Civil ServantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has appointed civil servants who (a) previously (i) worked for and (ii) were seconded to the Labour Party, (b) previously donated to the Labour Party and (c) have been Labour
Answer: Previous political activity does not preclude appointment into the Civil Service. All civil servants are expected to support the Government of the day, in accordance with the values of the Civil Service Code, which includes impartiality. Routine recruitme...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Civil ServantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants who are not special advisers he has appointed without open competition since the general election.
Answer: The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 sets out the requirement for the Civil Service Commission to establish recruitment principles which departments must follow. The Recruitment Principles 2018 provide the legal requirement for the selection ...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordJunior Doctors: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) total and (b) estimated yearly cost to the public purse is of the pay offer award to NHS junior doctors.
Answer: The additional pay uplift, worth an average of 4.05% on top of their existing pay award for 2023/24, would have an estimated cost impact of approximately £350 million per year. The estimated £350 million cost for 2023/24 will fall in 2024/25 for accountin...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for the review of the New Hospitals Programme.
Answer: As my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced, and as subsequently confirmed in the Chancellor’s statement on 29 July 2024, we will be undertaking a full and comprehensive review of the New Hospital Programme to provide...
Answered 15 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordPilgrim Hospital: Accident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the the construction of the new A&E unit at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston; and when he expects the construction to be completed.
Answer: The new build and refurbishment of the Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre at the Pilgrim Hospital is taking place in two phases. The first phase, which is a new build, is on track to be completed by February 2025, with the subsequent refurbi...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
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| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 10 |
| Department for Transport | 1 |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 7 |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 12 |
| Treasury | 6 |
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