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Written Question
NHS: ICT
Wednesday 9th November 2022

Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 151099 on Health Services: ICT, which providers of digital services used by NHS organisations to deliver patient-facing services are Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) compliant.

Answered by Will Quince

The NHS Digital Health Technology Standards Audit asks National Health Service organisations to provide details of all digital health technologies deployed by the organisation and whether the technology has been assessed against all or parts of the Digital Technology Assessment Criteria. The audit is open until 25 November 2022.


Written Question
Healthy Start Scheme
Thursday 3rd November 2022

Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 August 2022 to Question HL2011, what progress her Department has made on (a) collecting and (b) publishing data on take-up of the Healthy Start scheme.

Answered by Neil O'Brien

The Department of Health and Social Care continues to work with the NHS Business Services Authority and the Department for Work and Pensions to obtain the relevant data by the end of 2022.


Written Question
Healthy Start Scheme
Monday 31st October 2022

Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to resume the publication of monthly take-up data for the Healthy Start scheme.

Answered by Neil O'Brien

The Department of Health and Social Care continues to work closely with the NHS Business Services Authority and the Department for Work and Pensions to obtain the relevant data as soon as possible. The NHS Business Services Authority plan to publish the data by the end of the year.


Written Question
General Practitioners: Stretford and Urmston
Friday 28th October 2022

Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of GPs in Stretford and Urmston constituency.

Answered by Will Quince

We are working with NHS England, Health Education England and the profession to increase the general practice workforce in England, including in Stretford and Urmston. This includes measures to improve recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession and encourage them to return to practice.

The updated GP Contract Framework announced a number of new schemes, alongside continued support for existing recruitment and retention schemes for the general practice workforce. This includes the GP Retention Scheme, the GP Retention Fund, the National GP Induction and Refresher, the Locum Support Scheme, the New to Partnership Payment and the Supporting Mentors Scheme.


Written Question
Life Expectancy: Stretford and Urmston
Wednesday 26th October 2022

Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of life expectancy in Stretford and Urmston constituency.

Answered by Caroline Johnson

No specific assessment has been made. ‘Our plan for patients’, published on 22 September, sets out the immediate priorities to support individuals to live healthier lives, including improving access to health and care services in all areas and preventing ill-health. Further information on measures to address health disparities will be available in due course.


Written Question
Mental Health Services: Stretford and Urmston
Wednesday 26th October 2022

Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to mental health services in Stretford and Urmston constituency.

Answered by Caroline Johnson

In September we announced ‘Our Plan for Patients’, which outlines how we will increase access to National Health Service mental health and eating disorder services, including in Stretford and Urmston. Making it easier to access general practice through our ABCD priorities will expand this route as a gateway to mental health care.

Through the NHS Long Term Plan, we are investing an additional £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24 to expand these services for adults, children and young people in England, including in Stretford and Urmston.

We will invest approximately £1 billion in community mental health care for adults with severe mental illness, including eating disorders, by 2023/24 and an additional £53 million per year in children and young people's community eating disorder services to increase capacity in the 70 community eating disorder teams.


Written Question
Eating Disorders: Stretford and Urmston
Wednesday 26th October 2022

Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Stretford and Urmston constituency.

Answered by Caroline Johnson

In September we announced ‘Our Plan for Patients’, which outlines how we will increase access to National Health Service mental health and eating disorder services, including in Stretford and Urmston. Making it easier to access general practice through our ABCD priorities will expand this route as a gateway to mental health care.

Through the NHS Long Term Plan, we are investing an additional £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24 to expand these services for adults, children and young people in England, including in Stretford and Urmston.

We will invest approximately £1 billion in community mental health care for adults with severe mental illness, including eating disorders, by 2023/24 and an additional £53 million per year in children and young people's community eating disorder services to increase capacity in the 70 community eating disorder teams.


Written Question
Dental Services: Stretford and Urmston
Tuesday 25th October 2022

Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentist provision in Stretford and Urmston constituency.

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 in Stretford and Urmston.

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
NHS: ICT
Tuesday 25th October 2022

Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 151099 on Health Services: ICT, what recent steps her Department has taken to ensure that providers of digital services used by NHS organisations to deliver patient-facing services are Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) compliant.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The information requested is not held centrally. However, following analysis of the recently launched NHS Digital Health Technology Standards Audit, we will work with relevant stakeholders to deliver guidance for National Health Service organisations and suppliers to ensure that any non-compliance is resolved and all digital health products used are fit for purpose. NHS England is working with existing providers of non-compliant products to ensure this is achieved as soon as possible.


Written Question
NHS: ICT
Tuesday 25th October 2022

Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 151099 on Health Services: ICT, whether her Department holds the names of any providers of patient-facing digital services used by NHS organisations that are not DTAC compliant.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The information requested is not held centrally. However, following analysis of the recently launched NHS Digital Health Technology Standards Audit, we will work with relevant stakeholders to deliver guidance for National Health Service organisations and suppliers to ensure that any non-compliance is resolved and all digital health products used are fit for purpose. NHS England is working with existing providers of non-compliant products to ensure this is achieved as soon as possible.