Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: SaBTO annual report 2022 to 2023Found: the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) in 2022 to 2023.
Written Evidence May. 22 2024
Inquiry: Food, Diet and ObesityFound: FDO0048 - Food, Diet and Obesity Freelance Written Evidence
Asked by: Sarah Owen (Labour - Luton North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings were held between officials in her Department and representatives from NHS England on geographic variations in fertility treatment in the last year.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
There are regular meetings held between officials from NHS England and the Department as part of the Women’s Health Strategy commitment to address the current geographical variation in access to National Health Service-funded fertility services across England.
Apr. 20 2009
Source Page: Service for adults with autistic spectrum conditions (ASC): Good practice advice for primary care trust and local authority commissioners. 26 p.Found: Service for adults with autistic spectrum conditions (ASC): Good practice advice for primary care trust
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
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 ensure that people receive a good standard of hospice care if they reside in an area covered by an integrated care board that provides less than the national average level of funding for hospices.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by National Health Service staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, also play in providing support to people, and their families, at end of life. Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations who receive some statutory funding for providing NHS services. Charitable hospices are autonomous organisations that provide a range of services which go beyond that which statutory services are legally required to provide. Consequently, the funding arrangements reflect this.
In July 2022, NHS England published statutory guidance for commissioners on palliative and end of life care, setting out the considerations required for integrated care boards (ICBs), in order to meet their legal duties. This can be found at the following link:
NHS England has also published service specifications, for both adults and children and young people, which provide guidance on undertaking assessments to enable high-quality commissioning of services that meet both the population need and preferences. These can be found at the following link:
The Department is in ongoing discussions with NHS England about the oversight and accountability of NHS palliative and end of life care commissioning. We remain committed to improving patient access to, and quality of, palliative and end of life care, and are working with NHS England to reduce disparities in the standard of palliative and end of life care across the country.
From April 2024, NHS England will include palliative and end of life care in the list of topics for its regular performance discussions between national and regional leads. These national meetings will provide an additional mechanism for supporting ICBs in continuing to improve palliative and end of life care for their local population. Additionally, NHS England has commissioned the development of a palliative and end of life care dashboard, which brings together relevant local data in one place. The dashboard helps commissioners understand the palliative and end of life care needs of those in their local population, enabling ICBs to put plans in place to address and track the improvement of health inequalities.
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: Improvement notice issued to Halton Borough Council: March 2024Found: process , f. improve the quality of assessment, advice and planning across education, health and social
Jan. 10 2024
Source Page: Care workforce pathway for adult social care: call for evidence (easy read)Found: Care workforce pathway for adult social care: call for evidence (easy read)
Asked by: Robert Buckland (Conservative - South Swindon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NHS England about reducing waiting times for children and young people’s access to (a) community paediatric services, (b) occupational therapy and (c) speech and language therapy.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
The Department holds regular meetings with NHS England on timely access to community health services. Addressing waiting times is a priority for both the National Health Service and the Department. In 2023, NHS England asked local systems to develop plans to reduce community waiting lists.
NHS England is working to improve community health services data to better understand waiting lists and identifying actions to reduce waits, including consideration of new pathways to improve effectiveness and productivity.
Dec. 09 2009
Source Page: South East Coast strategic health authority: annual report 2008/09. 53 p.Found: South East Coast strategic health authority: annual report 2008/09. 53 p.
Dec. 15 2008
Source Page: Secretary of State Report on Disability Equality: Health and Care Services. 108 p.Found: Secretary of State Report on Disability Equality: Health and Care Services. 108 p.