Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) The City pays for a huge amount of our NHS, for example, and non-dom taxpayers were liable to pay £8.5 - Speech Link
2: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) to see an NHS dentist. - Speech Link
3: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) Opt-out savings are a little like auto-enrolment in pensions. - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Hunt (Con - South West Surrey) Financial services pay for half the cost of running the NHS. - Speech Link
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 33 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, how many people received support from the Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies programme (a) nationally and (b) by region in the last 12 months.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
NHS Talking Therapies data (including on employment support) is published monthly by NHSE. There is a slight lag in the publication, so the last 12 months for which data is available is March 2023-February 2024.
For the period March 2023-February 2024:
(a) NHSE data shows that 47,280 individuals started employment support in NHS Talking Therapies (this service is in England only)
(b) The following table breaks this down by NHS regions:
NHS Commissioning Region | Employment support starts |
EAST OF ENGLAND | 4,745 |
LONDON | 7,495 |
MIDLANDS | 10,240 |
NORTH EAST AND YORKSHIRE | 4,205 |
NORTH WEST | 3,830 |
SOUTH EAST | 12,505 |
SOUTH WEST | 4,260 |
Source: NHS Talking Therapies Monthly Statistics Including Employment Advisors - NHS England Digital
Caveats:
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a comparative estimate of the number of people who were economically inactive and waiting for NHS treatment by (a) nation and (b) region as of (i) 23 April 2010 and (ii) 23 April 2024.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information available on the number of people who were economically inactive and waiting for NHS treatment is given below.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published waiting times for a hospital appointment, test or to start receiving treatment through the NHS for those who are economically inactive as part of the Opinions and Lifestyles Survey. This data is available for Great Britain and is not available at lower-level geographies and the earliest available data is for 22 November to 18 December 2022 therefore a comparison with 2010 at a national and regional level cannot be made.
The latest Opinions and Lifestyle Survey data shows that the number of economically inactive adults aged 16 years and over in Great Britain is 6.9 million, excluding those who are retired (18 October 2023 to 1 January 2024). Economically inactive adults will, for example, include adults who are studying, have caring responsibilities or are long-term sick. Of this population, between 2.1 million (30%) and 2.6 million (38%) are currently waiting for a hospital appointment, test, or to start receiving medical treatment through the NHS.
Jan. 19 2011
Source Page: List of relevant documents to the Health and Social Care Bill 2010-11. 5 p.Found: Relevant documents General White Paper: Equity and Excellence ΠLiberating the NHS .
Asked by: Marsha De Cordova (Labour - Battersea)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech on welfare of 19 April 2024, who the specialist work and health professionals are that will be responsible for issuing fit notes.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The trailblazers announced at Autumn Statement 2023 will be delivered in NHS Integrated Care Systems and fit notes will continue to be issued by the registered healthcare professionals working within the NHS who are specified in legislation – Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.
Our ambition is to co-develop a new fit note process delivered through multi-disciplinary teams, bringing together the issuing of fit notes with health and work advice to support people who are at risk of falling out of work or who have already fallen out of work due to ill health.
Mentions:
1: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) To make matters worse, they do not currently receive compensation for the loss of private pensions. - Speech Link
2: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) Many disabled people want to work, and we at the Department for Work and Pensions will always ensure - Speech Link
3: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) I have counted almost 30 in the last year: pensions, planning, peerages, public sector pay, tuition fees - Speech Link
4: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) I also welcome the fact that he has finally acknowledged the crisis in NHS dentistry. - Speech Link
5: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) It is very simple: you can either back more NHS appointments or more tax avoidance. - Speech Link
Asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of automatically enrolling eligible people in the Healthy Start scheme.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
There are no plans for specific discussions on this point. The NHS Business Services Authority operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. The Healthy Start scheme has recently transitioned from paper vouchers to a prepaid card. All applicants to the Healthy Start scheme, where they meet the eligibility criteria set out in the Healthy Start legislation, must accept the terms and conditions of the prepaid card at the point of application. As the prepaid card is a financial product and cannot be issued without the applicant accepting these terms, the NHS Business Services Authority is not able to automatically provide eligible families with a prepaid card.
Mar. 04 2024
Source Page: Chair of Cafcass reappointedFound: Sally is currently also the Chair of NHS Resolution and has held several senior leadership roles across
Mar. 04 2024
Source Page: Chair of Cafcass reappointedFound: Sally is currently also the Chair of NHS Resolution and has held several senior leadership roles across
Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) analysis by the ONS does not go into that, but we have published the long-term workforce plan for the NHS - Speech Link
2: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) The focus of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in changing the benefits system and helping - Speech Link