Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
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 help encourage more people to become blood donors in (a) Stockport constituency and (b) the North West.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT runs marketing and partnership activity across England, including in Stockport, to encourage new donors to come forward. For example, on 11 November it launched a new campaign to ask the public to give the best gift this winter, to inspire people to fill the 100,000 vacant appointments in the run up to Christmas. It has also been working with the BBC on the Casualty Christmas Special, which will focus on blood stocks.
In addition, there are three NHSBT Community Grant projects based in the North West to promote blood donation, including a Caribbean and African Health Network, One Wirral Community Interest Company, and the community charity Become United. These focus on raising awareness in black heritage communities via events, webinars, videos, and web content.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an estimate of the average waiting time for podiatry appointments in (a) Stockport constituency and (b) Stockport Borough.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Data reports from the Stockport NHS Foundation Trust show that the average wait time for their podiatry services in 2023/24 was 13 weeks, and that the average wait time reported for August 2024, the most recent data available, was 17.9 weeks.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
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 25 April 2024 to Question 23057 on Dentistry: Mental Health Services, what her Department's expected timetable is for publishing the findings of its review into its mental health and wellbeing offer.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
NHS England is in the process of reviewing its mental health and wellbeing offer for National Health Service staff, and has committed to completing this review in 2024/25.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of audiology services in England that have been outsourced to private providers by NHS (a) trusts and (b) integrated care boards.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Audiology services are directly commissioned via integrated care boards (ICBs), which have responsibility for overseeing the quality and effectiveness of these services. Waiting times are recorded for audiology assessments through the national diagnostic activity and waiting times collection. This data is reviewed and monitored monthly across ICBs and NHS England. The data is available at the following link:
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of hydrotherapy centres (a) due to be closed and (b) under consideration for closure by NHS (i) trusts and (ii) integrated care boards.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
Health services are commissioned locally by integrated care boards, which are best placed to make decisions regarding the provision of health services, including hydrotherapy, to their local population, subject to local prioritisation and funding.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the cost to the NHS of providing (a) treatment and (b) other support to patients with mental health conditions in each year since 1 January 2022; and if she will commission research on the potential impact of (i) social and (ii) economic factors on the prevalence of mental health conditions.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
Forecast expenditure on the provision of National Health Service mental health services and support was £12.6 billion in 2022/23, £13.9 billion in 2023/24, and £14.8 billion in 2024/25. The equivalent information for 2021/22 is not available.
The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR supports a wide range of research studies in mental health, and launched a Mental Health Research Initiative in 2021, which included a £30 million investment to target acute regional and community mental health needs, and strengthen the nation’s capacity for high impact research. Further activity is underway to establish up to 10 Mental Health Research Groups in areas across England which experience a high mental health burden, but which currently have limited or absent research capacity. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including the factors influencing mental health.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
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 ensure the adequacy of processing times for (a) applications for and (b) appeals relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Operational delivery of NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is the responsibility of the integrated care boards (ICBs), with oversight from NHS England. The National Framework makes clear that ICBs are expected to reach a decision in most cases within 28 days of being notified of an individual’s potentially eligibility. Further information on the National Framework is available at the following link:
All ICBs must have a CHC local resolution process in place, in order to support individuals who may wish to challenge a decision. NHS England has provided best practice guidance to ICBs, outlining how local resolution should operate. This includes a recommendation that ICBs should complete a request for a local review within three months of receipt. Where it has not been possible to resolve the matter, the individual may apply to NHS England for an independent review of the decision.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
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 18 April 2024 to Question 21490 on Prosthetics, how many prosthetic limbs are produced by the 35 NHS commissioned prosthetic centres; whether the prostheses produced are of the highest market standard; who the NHS commissioned prosthetic centre providers are; and how many patients are waiting for prosthetic limbs from the NHS.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The prosthetic centres do not produce limbs. Limbs, and the components thereof, are supplied through the NHS Supply Chain, directly from the manufacturers. The NHS Supply Chain ensures that all regulatory quality assurance requirements are met.
National Health Service prosthetic providers do not hold a waiting list for the provision of limbs. Patients will be assessed and prescribed an appropriate limb, when clinically appropriate, following amputation. This will depend on the time required for the residual limb to heal to allow a prosthesis to be fitted, and will vary between patients. NHS England commissions 35 prosthetic centres, which are listed below:
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust;
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust;
- Sussex Community NHS Trust;
- North Bristol NHS Foundation Trust;
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust;
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust;
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust;
- Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust;
- Kent and Medway NHS Social Care Partnership Trust;
- North East London NHS Foundation Trust;
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust;
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust;
- Leicester Specialist Mobility Centre;
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust;
- Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust;
- St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust;
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust;
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust;
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust;
- Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust;
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust;
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Livewell Plymouth;
- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust;
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust;
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; and
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
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 18 April 2024 to Question 21865 on Bowel Cancer: Greater Manchester, what is the average waiting time to receive (a) an appointment for a coloscopy and (b) the results from a colonoscopy in (i) England, (ii) Greater Manchester and (iii) Stepping Hill Hospital.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
Statistics on diagnostics waiting times via modality for England, and at commissioner and provider levels, is publicly available and can be accessed via the following link:
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
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 16 April 2024 to Question 20454 on Mental Health Services: Stockport, what the average financial spend was per child and young person supported; and what the average number of contacts was per child and young person supported.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
Data from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 shows the average cost per contact is £333, and that then Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust received over 8,000 referrals, with a 96% acceptance rate. This is only for the children and young people’s mental health service provided by Pennine Care in Stockport. There may be other services and support, but to collate this would exceed the appropriate limit.