Written Evidence May. 22 2024
Inquiry: Food, Diet and ObesityFound: Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University Written Evidence
Written Evidence May. 22 2024
Inquiry: Food, Diet and ObesityFound: .7 6.Use of online food delivery services (e.g.
Mentions:
1: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Elmet and Rothwell) Compared with the general public, sufferers have: a 37% higher chance of developing ovarian cancer; a - Speech Link
2: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Elmet and Rothwell) Key stages 3 to 4 include lessons on breast cancer, in collaboration with breast cancer charity CoppaFeel - Speech Link
3: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) We are investing £25 million to establish women’s health hubs, which will improve access to services - Speech Link
Asked by: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the 15 per cent shortfall in clinical oncologists, as estimated in the Royal College of Radiologists workforce census, does not impact the operational performance of radiotherapy services.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
According to the latest data, of those 10,328 cancer patients referred for first or subsequent treatment for radiotherapy in March 2024, 89.7% were treated within 31 days. The proportion of patients waiting more than 31 days for radiotherapy treatment in March 2024 was therefore 10.3%. This has decreased by 4.5% since January 2024.
We are aware of regional disparities in wait times for cancer treatment through NHS England’s data, and are considering the findings made by the Royal College of Radiologists. Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access of cancer diagnostics, including regional disparities, is a key focus of the Government. NHS England has commissioned six new cancer clinical audits in breast cancer, both primary and metastatic, as well as ovarian, pancreatic, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and kidney cancer. These will provide timely evidence for cancer service providers of where patterns of care in England may vary, increase the consistency of access to treatments, and help stimulate improvements in cancer treatments and outcomes for patients. The first outcomes of these audits are expected in September 2024.
The Department is working closely with NHS England to make sure we have the right workforce with the right skills up and down the country. In 2023/24, NHS England invested an additional £50 million to increase the number of cancer and diagnostic specialists.
The Government is also backing the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, with over £2.4 billion over the next five years to fund additional education and training places. The plan sets out an aim to double the number of medical school places in England to 15,000 places a year by 2031/32, and to work towards this expansion by increasing places by a third, to 10,000 a year, by 2028/29.
We are building our cancer workforce. In January 2024 there were over 35,200 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in the cancer workforce, an increase of over 13,300, or 60.7% since January 2010. Regarding clinical oncology specifically, as of January 2024, there are currently over 1,600 FTE doctors working in the speciality of clinical oncology in National Health Service trusts and other core organisations in England. This is over 30, or 2.2%, more than last year, over 300, or 27.7%, more than 2019, and over 600, 66.5%, more than in 2010. This includes over 900 FTE consultants. This is over 40, or 5.1%, more than last year, over 100, 22.0%, more than in 2019, and over 400, 80.2%, more than in 2010.
Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab - Life peer) Government what assessment they have made of NHS England London stating that “anyone with ovaries can get ovarian - Speech Link
2: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LD - Life peer) cancer and trans women can get prostate cancer. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Meyer (Con - Life peer) lack of specific data on the consequences of NHS England’s adoption of gender-neutral language and services - Speech Link
4: Lord Patel (XB - Life peer) So it is correct that only people with ovaries can develop ovarian diseases, including ovarian cancer - Speech Link
5: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) because we are doing something which applies to them, often in the case of ovarian or cervical cancer - Speech Link
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1: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) I am pleased that NHS England is reviewing mental health services for all staff, to ensure that all staff - Speech Link
2: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) NHS England is reviewing mental health services for all staff who need them, to ensure that they can - Speech Link
3: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) Only in an emergency admission in another country was the ovarian cancer diagnosed and the tumour removed - Speech Link
4: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) Friend rightly flags the excellent work going on to improve access to mental health services across the - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Sally-Ann Hart (Con - Hastings and Rye) , cancer care or A&E. - Speech Link
2: Robert Buckland (Con - South Swindon) That cannot happen without the input of Government and local health services. - Speech Link
3: Chris Loder (Con - West Dorset) for purpose”,and the value that the services provide individuals and the wider health system is “at - Speech Link
4: Richard Drax (Con - South Dorset) They work hand in hand with local health and care services, taking the pressure off the NHS. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Gwynne (Lab - Denton and Reddish) It was 30 years ago that I lost my mum to ovarian cancer—I was 19. - Speech Link
Apr. 18 2024
Source Page: The Smart Data Roadmap: action the government is taking in 2024 to 2025Found: There are also wider societal and health benefits that could be realised in enabling greater access
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Non-technical summaries granted in 2024Found: Studying novel treatments for ovarian Cancer 669 80.
Apr. 09 2024
Source Page: MHRA FOI performance dataFound: inbound network services contract (s)Disclosed in fullFOI 23/126Connectivity and Network Services a.