Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) CT and (b) MRI scanners have been in operation for longer than 10 years.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the contract awarded by her Department to PA Consulting Services Limited on 8 January 2024 under procurement reference CF-2104, what the estimated cost to the public purse will be of the completed work.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
Procurement CF-2014 is for digital information services to support the work of the National Institute for Health and Care Research. The award amount is available at the following link:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9fb00b7d-b2dd-4672-acf4-25aae7e2f4f8
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many IT failures there have been at NHS trusts that affected clinical service delivery in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many IT failures there have been at NHS trusts in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many infrastructure failures at NHS trusts have been recorded in each of the last five years; and how many such failures had an impact on clinical service delivery in each of those years.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The National Health Service publishes the annual Estates Returns Information Collection, which includes detailed information on the NHS estate. Individual NHS Trusts are responsible for providing the data for the Estates Returns Information Collection and ensuring the accuracy of their returns. The information can be found at:
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual running costs were for NHS (a) Arden and GEM, (b) Midlands and Lancashire, (c) North of England and (d) South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The Department does not hold the information requested. Commissioning Support Units (CSUs) form part of one service provided to Clinical Commissioning Groups and integrated care boards by NHS England. CSUs are not separate legal entities, and spending forms part of NHS England’s parent accounts.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve staff retention on the New Hospitals Programme.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The New Hospital Programme (NHP) continues to recruit into outstanding vacancies and is making progress in line with its current plans, workforce planning and resource assumptions.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce vacancies on the New Hospitals Programme.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The New Hospital Programme (NHP) continues to recruit into outstanding vacancies and is making progress in line with its current plans, workforce planning and resource assumptions.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much each NHS Integrated Care Systems owed to NHS England for historic deficits at the end of the 2023-24 financial year.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The final year-end financial position for the integrated care boards, National Health Service trusts, and foundation trusts has not yet been finalised. All figures are due to be audited and will be reported in the accounts for all organisations, as well as in the Department’s 2023/24 Annual Report and Accounts, to be published later this year.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS (a) integrated care systems and (b) trusts were in deficit at the end of the 2023-24 financial year; and if she will publish a breakdown of those figures by (i) acute, (ii) mental health, (iii) community health, (iv) ambulance services and (v) other types of trust.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The final year-end financial position for the integrated care boards, National Health Service trusts, and foundation trusts has not yet been finalised. All figures are due to be audited and will be reported in the accounts for all organisations, as well as in the Department’s 2023/24 Annual Report and Accounts, to be published later this year.