Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any hospitals will need to close due to reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
Answered by Will Quince
The National Health Service has been surveying sites and undertaking reinforce autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) mitigation work since 2019 and already has a comprehensive mitigation plan in place for hospital buildings with RAAC. This includes significant additional funding, £698 million from 2021 to 2025. Additionally, in May 2023 we announced that the seven NHS hospitals most affected by RAAC will be replaced by 2030 through the New Hospital Programme, and that we remain committed to eradicating RAAC from the NHS estate entirely by 2035.
The nature of hospital sites, typically with a large estate footprint and a range of ongoing maintenance programmes, means mitigation works can be carried out with relatively minimal service disruption, including relocating wards where necessary. Reducing the availability of advanced clinical settings could cause potential harm to patients. Keeping capacity open but being scrupulous about RAAC monitoring and mitigation until the RAAC can be removed is fully in line with the current evidence and recommendations of the Institute of Structural Engineers.
There is ongoing engagement with trusts on a national and regional level to ensure RAAC is being fully identified across the NHS estate, and the NHS has plans in place to manage any change in position with RAAC as part of the ongoing work every trust undertakes to plan for a wide range of scenarios.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many assessments of buildings on the NHS estate for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) have occurred in each of the last five years.
Answered by Will Quince
The National Health Service has been surveying sites and undertaking reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) mitigation work since 2019 and has had an active national remediation programme since 2021 to mitigate and monitor the risks posed by RAAC in the NHS estate.
NHS England has provided guidance for trusts nationally on how to establish the presence of RAAC in their estate. There is ongoing engagement with trusts on a national and regional level to ensure RAAC is identified across the NHS estate. Trusts are conducting surveys and assessments, including ongoing monitoring based on the guidance issued and so no central data of the number of assessments is held.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for patients to see their GP has been in Enfield North constituency for (a) non-emergency and (b) emergency appointments in (i) the last 12 months for which figures are available and (ii) the equivalent 12 month period prior to that.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The data is not held in the format requested.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GP surgeries are rated as Good by the CQC in Enfield North constituency.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
There are four general practice surgeries in the Enfield North constituency, and all four (100%) are rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals for elective surgery to (a) the NHS and (b) independent health providers funded through the NHS were made by each GP surgery in Enfield North constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Will Quince
The data is not held in the format requested.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for NHS patients to access cancer treatment in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
Answered by Will Quince
The information is not held in the format requested, as cancer waiting time data is not collected by constituency, borough, or city. Cancer waiting time data by provider, commissioner or at a national level is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on how Women’s Health Champions will be expected to provide updates (a) nationally and (b) to their Integrated Care Boards.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The network of Women’s Health Champions brings together leaders in women’s health from every integrated care system in England. The network will facilitate collaboration and the sharing of best practice to support the implementation of the Women’s Health Strategy and improving women’s health outcomes and reducing health inequalities.
The expectation is that Champions will therefore share information to their integrated care system partners on an ongoing basis, but there is no set format for them to do so.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish details of the Certificate of Pregnancy Loss pilot.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
As set out in the Government response in the Pregnancy Loss Review, the certificate will be tested with 1,000 bereaved families, who will be able to advise on the application process and receive a Certificate of Baby Loss. Subject to this testing, this process will enable the rollout of a certificate during International Baby Loss Awareness Week, from 9 to 15 October 2023.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for ADHD diagnosis for each constituency.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Rt hon. Member for Leeds Central on 5 April 2023 to Question 175511.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Boost for women and girls as Women’s Health Strategy turns one published 22 July 2023, if he will publish the dates for future meetings of the network of women’s health champions.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The next two meetings of the network of women’s health champions are currently scheduled for 3 October 2023 and 7 November 2023. Meetings beyond November are not yet scheduled.