Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether NHS England has set key performance indicators for integrated care boards or NHS Trusts to improve detection of osteoporotic fractures; and, in considering whether or not to set such key performance indicators, whether NHS England takes account of the risk that bone fractures can cause of premature death and disability.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
As part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme, the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership commission and manage a range of audits, including the Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme. These collect and analyse data supplied by local clinicians to provide a national picture regarding care. The results can then be used by systems and trusts to focus quality improvement.
This programme audits against a range of key performance indicators informed by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology assessments and guidance from the Royal Osteoporotic Society Clinical Standards. This includes those related to detection of osteoporotic fractures. There are also indicators related to osteoporosis and the prevention of fragility fractures within the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to encourage NHS England to designate osteoporosis as a ‘long term condition’.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department continues to work with NHS England on musculoskeletal policy, including considering classification of conditions such as osteoporosis.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for appointing (1) a National Clinical Director, or (2) National Specialty Adviser, for osteoporosis within NHS England.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Andrew Bennett is NHS England’s national clinical director for musculoskeletal conditions, which includes osteoporosis.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government on what timeframe they will (1) assess the first year of opt-out HIV and hepatitis testing, and (2) decide whether to expand opt-out testing to areas with a high HIV prevalence.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) will publish the reports for the first year of opt-out human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and blood borne virus testing, including hepatitis, in 2023. When examining the feasibility of further expanding HIV opt-out testing to areas of high prevalence, we will be considering these results and assess its contribution to finding cases of undiagnosed or untreated HIV and preventing further HIV transmissions in the areas it is currently being rolled out. We will also take into account data on progress towards our ambitions to end new HIV transmissions, acquired immune deficiency syndrome and HIV related deaths within England by 2030, including the estimated number of people living with undiagnosed HIV, published regularly by UKHSA through the HIV Action Plan Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the costs and benefits of funding HIV and hepatitis testing in emergency departments.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) will publish the reports for the first year of opt-out human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and blood borne virus testing, including hepatitis, in 2023. When examining the feasibility of further expanding HIV opt-out testing to areas of high prevalence, we will be considering these results and assess its contribution to finding cases of undiagnosed or untreated HIV and preventing further HIV transmissions in the areas it is currently being rolled out. We will also take into account data on progress towards our ambitions to end new HIV transmissions, acquired immune deficiency syndrome and HIV related deaths within England by 2030, including the estimated number of people living with undiagnosed HIV, published regularly by UKHSA through the HIV Action Plan Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase awareness of the symptoms of pancreatic cancer.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS England’s ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign seeks to address the barriers which may deter patients from seeking advice for potential symptoms of cancer, such as pancreatic cancer. A campaign focusing on abdominal and urological symptoms launched on 31 October 2022 and addresses symptoms of pancreatic cancer.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish their 10 Year Cancer Plan.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Following a call for evidence for a new cancer plan earlier this year, we received more than 5,000 responses. Further information will be available in due course.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist on 5 October (HL2070), who is responsible for collating information and statistics about the testing of prisoners for HIV in England and Wales.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Data on HIV testing is collected through the Health and Justice Indicators of Performance. NHS England’s health and justice commissioning teams receive the data from providers which is collated at regional and national levels.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current supplies of vaccines for Monkeypox; and whether they are anticipating any future supply problems.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Over 150,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine have been procured with the final deliveries of vaccine expected by the end of October 2022.
As endorsed by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) expert advice is to offer two vaccine doses to a defined high-risk cohort of 111,000 individuals in the United Kingdom. Since August 2022, the use of safe and equally effective fractional dosing allows one vial of vaccine to provide three doses. This is the default method of vaccination in some areas of the country.
The UKHSA has procured sufficient vaccine to deliver the current vaccination strategy in full and is monitoring the occurrence, distribution and control of monkeypox.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners in England and Wales have tested positive for HIV while in prison in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
The information requested is not held centrally.