Luke Evans MP: written questions
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NHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 43999 on NHS England, if he will publish the evidence from the ongoing assessments.
Answer: It is only right that with such significant reform, we commit to carefully assessing and understanding the potential impacts, as is due process. Evidence from these ongoing assessments will inform our programme as appropriate.The Government is committed t...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many positions were funded using the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme per year since 2019; and in what roles.
Answer: The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent direct patient care staff positions that have been recruited as of each December over the last four years, within general practice and primary care networks, (PCNs) and breaks this down by the r...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the underspend for the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme was in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent direct patient care staff positions that have been recruited as of each December over the last four years, within general practice and primary care networks, (PCNs) and breaks this down by the r...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission into Adult Social CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources have been provided to Baroness Casey to support (a) the independent commission into adult social care and (b) associated costs.
Answer: The terms of reference set out that Baroness Casey of Blackstock DBE CB will lead the commission’s work fully independently, with the Department of Health and Social Care as the lead sponsor department. All relevant Government departments will cooperate f...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission into Adult Social CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Baroness Casey has begun the independent commission into adult social care.
Answer: The independent commission into adult social care, chaired by Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock DBE CB, formally launched on 29 April 2025 with a meeting with people who draw on social care. On 2 May 2025, the Government published the terms of reference...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's report entitled Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, published in 2021, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS England on improving awareness of
Answer: The National Health Service and its partner organisations are responding to the challenge of overprescribing, as set out in the Government’s review of overprescribing, Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, in September 2021. Due to the multifacet...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Information SharingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's report entitled Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, published in 2021, what progress his Department has made on improving data sharing across care sett
Answer: The National Health Service and its partner organisations are responding to the challenge of overprescribing, as set out in the Government’s review of overprescribing, Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, in September 2021. Due to the multifacet...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescription DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's report entitled Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, published in 2021, if he will take steps to expand structured medication reviews.
Answer: The National Health Service and its partner organisations are responding to the challenge of overprescribing, as set out in the Government’s review of overprescribing, Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, in September 2021. Due to the multifacet...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on overprescribing.
Answer: The National Health Service and its partner organisations are responding to the challenge of overprescribing, as set out in the Government’s review of overprescribing, Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, in September 2021. Due to the multifacet...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescription Drugs: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of overprescribing.
Answer: The National Health Service and its partner organisations are responding to the challenge of overprescribing, as set out in the Government’s review of overprescribing, Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, in September 2021. There are currently n...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescription DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to reduce overprescribing.
Answer: The National Health Service and its partner organisations are responding to the challenge of overprescribing, as set out in the Government’s review of overprescribing, Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, in September 2021. There are currently n...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescription DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of overprescribing.
Answer: The National Health Service and its partner organisations are responding to the challenge of overprescribing, as set out in the Government’s review of overprescribing, Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, in September 2021. There are currently n...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescription DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of his Department's report entitled Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, published on 22 September 2021.
Answer: The National Health Service and its partner organisations are responding to the challenge of overprescribing, as set out in the Government’s review of overprescribing, Good for you, good for us, good for everybody, in September 2021. There are currently n...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for recruiting new mental health workers in (a) child and (b) adult mental health services.
Answer: Too many people are not receiving the mental health care they need and waits for mental health services are too long.As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future and that is there when people need it, the Government...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new mental health staff have been recruited to the NHS since 1 July 2024.
Answer: Mental Health workforce data is published quarterly by NHS England as part of their NHS Workforce statistics, and is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics#past-publica...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: ComplaintsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2023-24, published in September 2024, what assessment he has made of the potential m
Answer: We are aware of both the Annual Review and Triennial Review from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) and support the work they do to ensure that those receiving care, whether self-funded or placed by their local authority, are aware of ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: ComplaintsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2023-24, published in September 2024, if he will undertake a review of the proportio
Answer: We are aware of both the Annual Review and Triennial Review from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) and support the work they do to ensure that those receiving care, whether self-funded or placed by their local authority, are aware of ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: ComplaintsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2023-24, pu
Answer: We are aware of both the Annual Review and Triennial Review from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) and support the work they do to ensure that those receiving care, whether self-funded or placed by their local authority, are aware of ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry and General Practitioners: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI 02629, if he will undertake a review into the difference in figures between GPs and General Dental Practitioners.
Answer: General practitioners (GPs) use Primary Care Support England to report earnings via a Type 1 GPs certificate, and are dependent on their tax return. Dentists use a system called Compass to report their earnings through the NHS Business Services Authority....
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI 02629, if he will undertake a review into the work of (a) Capita and (b) NHS Business Service Authority.
Answer: Capita operates the Primary Care Support England (PCSE) service under contract to NHS England. NHS England tracks PCSE’s performance on a monthly basis against contractual performance targets. NHS England works with PCSE, the NHS Business Services Authori...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the findings of FOI 02629 on the (a) number and (b) percentage of GPs with up to date pension records.
Answer: The Department, NHS England, and NHS Pensions (NHSP) are working together to improve the processing of general practitioners’ (GPs) pensions and to identify solutions to resolve gaps in records. A total of 21,601 missing years have been resolved in the pa...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the number of GPs with up-to-date pension records.
Answer: NHS England is working with NHS Pensions and Primary Care Support England (PCSE) to support general practitioners (GPs) to reduce the number of missing records. For the 2025/26 financial year, PCSE is maintaining a dedicated team to support GPs to resolve...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI-02629, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Capita and (b) the NHS Business Services Authority on GPs’ pensions records.
Answer: Every six weeks the Department meets with NHS England, the NHS Business Services Authority, Primary Care Support England, and the British Medical Association to review general practice (GP) pensions administration, discuss the current challenges and oppor...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the Care Quality Commission’s Community mental health survey 2024, published on 3 April 2025.
Answer: We welcome the Care Quality Commission’s survey. The evidence from this survey will feed into our plans to improve community mental health services through the 10 year plan. Too many people with mental health issues are not getting the care they need, and...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support integrated care boards through the closure of NHS England.
Answer: The Prime Minister announced that NHS England will be brought back into the Department. Integrated care boards (ICBs) are to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services. Detailed guidance has been provided to ICBs, National Health...
Answered 6 May 2025
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