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Written Question
Cystic Fibrosis: Medical Treatments
Monday 18th December 2023

Asked by: Sajid Javid (Conservative - Bromsgrove)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the draft guidance published by NICE on 3 November 2023, what steps she is taking to reduce delays in access to (a) treatment and (b) medicines for people with cystic fibrosis.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Government wants National Health Service patients to benefit from rapid access to effective new medicines. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the NHS on whether all new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS based on an assessment of their costs and benefits and aims wherever possible to publish guidance close to the point of licensing. The NHS is legally required to fund medicines recommended by NICE, normally within three months of final guidance.

Since 2019, NHS patients have been able to access the cystic fibrosis therapies Orkambi, Symkevi and Kaftrio through an interim access agreement. The agreement makes the medicines available for a limited time at a reduced price, while further information has been collected to inform a NICE appraisal. On 15 November 2023, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approved a new licence extension and children as young as two years old with cystic fibrosis are now eligible to receive Kaftrio through the interim access agreement.


Written Question
Coronavirus: Vaccination
Thursday 10th June 2021

Asked by: Sajid Javid (Conservative - Bromsgrove)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of adults in Bromsgrove District have received a covid-19 vaccination according to the latest available data.

Answered by Nadhim Zahawi

As of 27 May 2021, the number of people in Bromsgrove Lower Tier Local Authority (LTLA) who have received a first dose and those who have received first and second doses are 65,668 and 46,519 respectively.

The estimated percentage of those aged 16 years old and over who have had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Bromsgrove LTLA is 77.1%, based on population figures of 85,144. However, it should be noted that general practice boundaries are not necessarily coterminous with LTLA boundaries and therefore people outside of the Bromsgrove LTLA area may have been vaccinated in a Bromsgrove GP practice and vice versa. 16 years old and older, rather than 18 years old and over, has been given as the lowest relevant age cohort for population estimates across English geographies available on the National Immunisation Managements Service (NIMS) is 16-29.

Further information can be found at the following link: www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/


Written Question
Coronavirus: Vaccination
Thursday 10th June 2021

Asked by: Sajid Javid (Conservative - Bromsgrove)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received (a) one dose and (b) two doses of the covid-19 vaccination in Bromsgrove District according to the latest available data.

Answered by Nadhim Zahawi

As of 27 May 2021, the number of people in Bromsgrove Lower Tier Local Authority (LTLA) who have received a first dose and those who have received first and second doses are 65,668 and 46,519 respectively.

The estimated percentage of those aged 16 years old and over who have had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Bromsgrove LTLA is 77.1%, based on population figures of 85,144. However, it should be noted that general practice boundaries are not necessarily coterminous with LTLA boundaries and therefore people outside of the Bromsgrove LTLA area may have been vaccinated in a Bromsgrove GP practice and vice versa. 16 years old and older, rather than 18 years old and over, has been given as the lowest relevant age cohort for population estimates across English geographies available on the National Immunisation Managements Service (NIMS) is 16-29.

Further information can be found at the following link: www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/


Written Question
Mental Health
Wednesday 9th June 2021

Asked by: Sajid Javid (Conservative - Bromsgrove)

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 build on the promotion of connecting with nature as part of Mental Health Week 2021 in its future work on mental health.

Answered by Nadine Dorries

Our “COVID-19 mental health and wellbeing recovery action plan” recognises the important role that access to green spaces plays in supporting our mental health, and it outlines a range of work carried out by Government departments to increase access to green spaces.

This includes through testing green social prescribing through the Preventing and tackling mental ill health through green social prescribing project. This £5.77 million cross-Government project will test green social prescribing in seven sites, run national research work to understand scalability, and deliver a robust project evaluation. The project will work with communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19, and is running from October 2020 until April 2023. It will increase our understanding of how nature-based activities such as community gardening projects and green exercise can meet the needs of people with, or at risk of developing, mental ill health and help to inform future policy development.


Written Question
Coronavirus: Vaccination
Thursday 22nd April 2021

Asked by: Sajid Javid (Conservative - Bromsgrove)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received a covid-19 vaccination in Bromsgrove constituency on the most recent date for which information is available.

Answered by Nadhim Zahawi

On 15 April 2021 NHS England and Improvement published data showing that between 8 December 2020 and 11 April 2021, 56,146 people in Bromsgrove had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. This data is published at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/


Written Question
Parkinson's Disease: Health Services and Research
Thursday 1st April 2021

Asked by: Sajid Javid (Conservative - Bromsgrove)

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 improve (a) medical research into Parkinson’s disease and (b) care for people with Parkinson’s disease.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Department funds research into conditions through the National Institute for Health Research, which invested £6.5 million in 2019-20 in research on treatment and care of Parkinson’s disease. In addition, UK Research and Innovation allocated £8.8 million towards funding research into this area over the same period, primarily through their research councils.

NHS England and NHS Improvement work closely with the National Neurosciences Advisory Group (NNAG) to develop and coordinate England’s national programme of neurology service improvement. The NNAG worked with NHS RightCare and published a toolkit in 2019 which offers a comprehensive set of recommendations for improving care for progressive neurological conditions, including Parkinson’s disease. NHS England and NHS Improvement have made commissioners aware that they are responsible for implementing these toolkits in their local areas. The toolkit is available at the following link:

www.england.nhs.uk/rightcare/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2019/08/progressive-neuro-toolkit.pdf


Written Question
Alzheimer's Disease
Thursday 25th February 2021

Asked by: Sajid Javid (Conservative - Bromsgrove)

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 improve (a) the level of medical research into Alzheimer’s disease and (b) care for people with Alzheimer’s disease.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

We have been implementing the Challenge on Dementia 2020 to transform care, support, awareness and research for dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease by 2020. The Challenge contained the commitment to spend £300 million on dementia research over the five years to March 2020. This commitment was delivered a year early with £344 million spent on dementia research over four years. Much of this investment is in research to better understand the nature of dementia, in order to inform development of future treatments and ways to prevent the onset of the condition.

The Department, through the National Institute for Health Research, has also commissioned major research on dementia care and living well with dementia. We are currently working on ways to significantly boost further research on dementia at all stages on the translation pathway including medical and care interventions.


Written Question
Mental Health Services: Worcestershire
Wednesday 23rd September 2020

Asked by: Sajid Javid (Conservative - Bromsgrove)

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 support the provision of mental health services in Worcestershire for people aged 16-24.

Answered by Nadine Dorries

Continuing to expand access to children’s mental health services nationally is a priority for this Government, and it is a core part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The National Health Service has set an ambitious goal of an extra 345,000 children and young people aged 0-25 receiving support via NHS-funded mental health services and schools-based mental health support teams by 2023/24.

As a system, Herefordshire and Worcestershire have strengthened their transitions work through a new model for adult community mental health, with longer transitions and increased provision for young adults. The aim of this work is to reduce the ‘cliff edge’ experienced by some people when they turn 18.


Written Question
NHS: Voluntary Work
Thursday 21st May 2020

Asked by: Sajid Javid (Conservative - Bromsgrove)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to enable voluntary and community sector partners to recruit volunteers from the NHS Volunteer Responders list.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The NHS Volunteer Responders programme was designed to complement local level volunteering activity by supporting health and social care services to keep vulnerable people affected by COVID-19 and associated measures safe and well in the community.

Due to General Data Protection Regulations, volunteers are not able to be transferred to other organisations without their consent. However, a regular newsletter is sent to all NHS Volunteer Responders promoting opportunities with other voluntary and community sector organisations.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has also been working with the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergency Partnership to identify better ways of matching the country’s strong base of willing volunteers with priority needs. This involves improving coordination between sector organisations, identifying unmet needs and coordinating volunteer demand and supply, including from the NHS Volunteers Responders programme