Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ask the Chief Executive of NHS England to respond to the letter dated 1 October 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, regarding bowel cancer screening, ref ZA56476.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS England and NHS Improvement have advised that they will respond to the hon. Member’s letter as soon as possible.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to a letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 16 September 2021, reference ZA57713 regarding a Rheumatology Department at an NHS Trust.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We replied to the hon. Member on 8 December.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he intends to respond to a letter dated 24 September 2021 from the honourable member for West Lancashire reference ZA57823 regarding NHS track and trace.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We replied to the hon. Member on 7 December 2021.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 19 August 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, reference ZA57378 regarding surgery wait times.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We replied to the hon. Member on 30 November 2021.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the letter of 20 August 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on Lymphedema treatment, ref ZA57271.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We replied to the hon. Member on 22 November.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 17 September 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, reference ZA57710.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We replied to the hon. Member on 26 November 2021.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has carried out any research on the effect on (a) patient outcomes, (b) healing rates and (c) quality of life of the reduced choice of wound care products available via NHS Supply Chain.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS Supply Chain provides a wide range of products to meet the needs of clinicians and patients. NHS Supply Chain does not offer all products in a range, balancing the need for choice and diversity with the benefits of consistency and economies of scale.
As a wide variety of research into effectiveness of wound care products is conducted independently, the Department does not carry out such research. Experts involved in developing specifications include National Health Service clinicians, representatives of the tissue viability nurse community and the National Wound Care Strategy Programme. The specifications include a range of technical and usability factors which vary by product.
Clinicians can source products through alternative routes if required to meet specialist patient needs.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the specifications used to procure wound care products are devised; who is responsible for devising those specifications; and how patient outcomes and quality of life impacts are considered as part of that process.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS Supply Chain provides a wide range of products to meet the needs of clinicians and patients. NHS Supply Chain does not offer all products in a range, balancing the need for choice and diversity with the benefits of consistency and economies of scale.
As a wide variety of research into effectiveness of wound care products is conducted independently, the Department does not carry out such research. Experts involved in developing specifications include National Health Service clinicians, representatives of the tissue viability nurse community and the National Wound Care Strategy Programme. The specifications include a range of technical and usability factors which vary by product.
Clinicians can source products through alternative routes if required to meet specialist patient needs.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisoners are residing in jail awaiting admission to mental health units in England as of 15 November 2021.
Answered by Gillian Keegan - Secretary of State for Education
The data for the number of prisoners residing in jail awaiting admission to mental health units in England is not currently available.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisoners are being held in solitary conditions awaiting admission to a mental health bed in England as of 15 November 2021.
Answered by Gillian Keegan - Secretary of State for Education
This information is not collected centrally.