Found: Correspondence to the Committee from Baroness Merron regarding NHS Supply Chains dated 8 September 2025

Found: Baroness Merron told us that “leadership is absolutely key”61 in addressing cultural issues in the NHS

Found: The Department of Health says that Baroness Merron is also involved.

Found: Baroness Merron. Baroness Merron: Thank you.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 23 July (HL9674), how they determine the allocation of (1) capital and (2) revenue funding to hospices in England.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The £100 million capital funding allocation for eligible adult and children’s hospices in England has been calculated by the Department, informed by Hospice UK, and is based on the care expenditure of each hospice.

Some of the organisations that are eligible for this capital funding for hospices in England are national charities, providing services across the United Kingdom. Therefore, a £5 million cap per organisation, of the total £100 million, was introduced to ensure that the Department was not indirectly funding hospice capital projects elsewhere in the UK, beyond England.

This is deemed the fairest model that can release funding to the hospice sector fastest, helping hospices to fully utilise the allocated funds, and doing so in a way which results in best value for money.

Regarding revenue funding for children’s hospices, the £26 million of revenue funding to support children and young people’s hospices for 2025/26 will be disseminated by integrated care boards on behalf of NHS England. As in previous years, individual allocations of the revenue funding have been determined using a prevalence-based model, enabling allocations to reflect local population need.

This is in line with the NHS devolution and promotes a more consistent national approach, supporting commissioners in prioritising the palliative care and end of life care needs of their local population.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Merron on 1 May (HL Deb col 144GC), when the review of the clinical commissioning policy relating to multi-grip hand and upper limb prosthesis is expected to be published.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England has commissioned Solutions for Public Health (SPH) to complete a compliance audit report of the Multi-grip prosthetic hand (all ages) clinical commissioning policy, a copy of which is attached. The audit report from SPH will be available to commissioners by the end of October 2025.

NHS England will use the audit report to inform the evidence base for any proposed changes to the current commissioning policy.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 8 August (HL9651), whether the proposed Health Data Research Service will process any data from a patient who has objected to their health data being used in research via the National Data Opt-Out service.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Keeping data safe and secure and ensuring patient and public privacy remain key principles of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS). The public will retain a right to opt out of specific uses of their data beyond their direct care, and these opt-outs will be respected with the implementation of HDRS.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 17 July (HL9620), when they will publish the first quarterly report of data on the scale of mortality linked to synthetic opioids.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department has developed the report on deaths linked to synthetic opioids and ambulance call-outs in which the opioid antidote naloxone was administered that was previously referred to. The report is being prepared for publication in the coming weeks.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 9 April (HL6370), what progress have they made towards establishing a timeline for implementing the recommended shingles vaccination expansion; and, if a timeline is not yet in place, what factors are under review; and when a decision on the implementation timeline is expected.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department continues to consider the advice provided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on eligibility for the shingles vaccination programme for adults aged 80 years old and over. Factors under review include, and are not limited to, supply, financial considerations including cost-effectiveness and affordability, and clinical considerations including vaccine effectiveness. Currently, there are no further updates to share on timelines.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 21 July (HL9455), why there are no plans to review the current list of health and care professions that are represented by the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

There are no plans by either the Department or NHS England to review the list of health and care professions that are represented by the Chief Allied Health Professions officer. This is because currently, there is no clear case for doing so.

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Found: with Richard Torbett Lucy Chappell 20/05/2025 Life Sciences Community Life Sciences Drinks with Baroness Merron

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Found: Minister for Mental Health, Baroness Merron, said:  Technology is transforming healthcare and we are

Found: Minister for Mental Health, Baroness Merron, said:  Technology is transforming healthcare and we are

Found: Baroness Merron served for over five years.