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Written Question
Dental Services: South East
Monday 20th November 2023

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will publish the projected spend in NHS England's dentistry budget for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The information requested on projected spend in NHS England’s dentistry budget for Hampshire and Isle of Wight has not yet been validated.


Written Question
Dental Services: Training
Monday 10th July 2023

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason NHS dentists are required to have an extra year of training compared to private dentists.

Answered by Neil O'Brien

To practice in the National Health Service, dental graduates must complete a further one year of training on a Dental Foundation Training scheme. This helps ensure that dentists have the necessary competences and meet the necessary standards to practice in the NHS


Written Question
Dentistry
Monday 24th April 2023

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a statement on dentistry.

Answered by Neil O'Brien

In July 2022 the Department announced a package of improvements to the National Health Service dental system, detailed in ‘Our plan for patients’, many of which came into effect before the end of 2022. We know that we must go further, which is why we are again working with the sector and NHS England to consider further changes to improve the system. We will announce these changes shortly.


Written Question
Diabetes and Heart Diseases
Thursday 9th February 2023

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has on prioritisation of (a) heart disease and (b) diabetes in this Parliament.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Government announced on 24 January that it will publish a Major Conditions Strategy.

The Strategy will focus on conditions that contribute most to morbidity and mortality across the population in England: cancers; cardiovascular disease, including stroke and diabetes; chronic respiratory diseases; dementia; mental ill health; and musculoskeletal conditions.


Written Question
Coronavirus: Vaccination
Thursday 12th January 2023

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Covid-19 vaccinations in total have been delivered in community pharmacies in England up to 20 December 2022.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

As of 20 December 2022, approximately 33 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been delivered by community pharmacies in England.


Written Question
Dental Services: Isle of Wight
Monday 24th October 2022

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of her Plan for Patients on the availability of dental services on the Isle of Wight.

Answered by Will Quince

In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including on the Isle of Wight.

The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.


Written Question
Pharmacy: Isle of Wight
Monday 24th October 2022

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to expand the range of services available from pharmacies on the Isle of Wight; and what assessment she has made of the potential effect of her proposals for the range of services provided by pharmacies on public healthcare provision on the Isle of Wight.

Answered by Will Quince

The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 2019-2024 sets out how community pharmacy will be integrated into the National Health Service, deliver more clinical services and provide treatment and advice for minor illnesses. Since 2019, services such as minor illness referrals from NHS 111 and general practitioners and blood pressure checks have been introduced.

In September, the Government announced the agreement with the sector for the remainder of the five-year deal including a one-off investment of £100 million. Under the agreement, we will further expand the range of clinical services offered in community pharmacy. Community pharmacists will manage and initiate contraception and provide additional support to patients newly prescribed antidepressants. Urgent emergency care settings will be able to refer patients to a community pharmacist for a minor illness consultation or an urgent medicine supply. In addition, integrated care boards or NHS England’s regional teams can commission pharmaceutical services and local authorities can commission community pharmacies to provide public health services.


Written Question
Ambulance Services: Isle of Wight
Monday 24th October 2022

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of her Plan for Patients on access to ambulances on the Isle of Wight.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

No specific assessment has been made. However, ‘Our plan for patients’ and the National Health Service plan for winter resilience set out plans to increase capacity for winter 2022/23, including in the Isle of Wight. NHS bed capacity will be increased by the equivalent of at least 7,000 general and acute beds to reduce waiting times for admission from accident and emergency and ambulance handover delays and improve ambulance response times. This is in addition to £150 million allocated to address ambulance service pressures in 2022/23 and a £20 million investment to upgrade the ambulance fleet. ‘Our plan for patients’ also announced a £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund, to safely discharge people who are ready to leave hospital and increase bed capacity.


Written Question
Hospital Beds: Isle of Wight
Monday 24th October 2022

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of her Plan for Patients on hospital bed capacity on the Isle of Wight.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

No specific assessment has been made. However, ‘Our plan for patients’ and the National Health Service plan for winter resilience set out plans to increase capacity for winter 2022/23, including in the Isle of Wight. NHS bed capacity will be increased by the equivalent of at least 7,000 general and acute beds to reduce waiting times for admission from accident and emergency and ambulance handover delays and improve ambulance response times. This is in addition to £150 million allocated to address ambulance service pressures in 2022/23 and a £20 million investment to upgrade the ambulance fleet. ‘Our plan for patients’ also announced a £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund, to safely discharge people who are ready to leave hospital and increase bed capacity.


Written Question
Dental Services: Rural Areas
Monday 25th July 2022

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS dental treatment in rural and isolated communities.

Answered by James Morris

The Department and NHS England have recently announced improvements to the National Health Service dental system to increase access, target patients with higher oral health needs and make NHS dentistry a more attractive place to work for dentists and their teams.

This will assist regional commissioners to address the needs of NHS dental patients in rural and isolated communities through focused commissioning. It also aims to support practices to utilise members of the dental team to deliver care, particularly where there may be challenges in recruiting and retaining NHS dentists. Since July 2022, NHS England has asked practices to deliver 100% of contracted units of dental activity to safely improve access for patients, including in rural and isolated areas.