Treatment and Care Innovation NHS Patients 2022-07-19
2022-07-19
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Questions & Answers
Q1
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Context
The question addresses the NHS's efforts in adopting innovative treatments and care methods to improve patient outcomes.
What steps his Department is taking to support innovation in the treatment and care of NHS patients. The questioner asks about specific actions being taken by the government department to foster and implement new technologies and methods in healthcare delivery.
The NHS has made significant progress in recent years in embracing innovations, from the NHS app where patients can now access their medical records, to the expansion of electronic patient records making it easier for healthcare professionals to share information for better, safer care for patients.
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Assessment & feedback
The questioner asked about specific steps being taken by the Department to support innovation in treatment and care, but the Minister did not provide details on any particular measures or initiatives beyond mentioning general advancements.
Broad Statement
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Q2
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The question addresses the success of an innovative wound healing service at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust that has achieved significant patient care improvements and cost savings.
I recently visited Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust's wound healing service and saw the ground-breaking work being undertaken there, which is changing the lives of people who were thought to be living with unhealable wounds. By adopting innovative methods of healing, the service has not only healed the unhealable, giving patients back the quality of life they deserve, but reduced the average cost of healing at the trust. Will the Minister look at how this approach could be adopted more broadly to improve patient care, save money, and reduce on-costs incurred through unhealed wounds?
I thank the hon. Lady, because it is the first I have heard of that and it sounds very exciting. I know how difficult it is with chronic wound management to get wounds to heal. Often these are patients with multiple co-morbidities such as diabetes that make the wounds very difficult to treat. I am keen to visit her constituency and her trust to learn more about it.
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Assessment & feedback
The questioner asked if the Minister would look at how this innovative approach could be adopted elsewhere, but the response was a personal statement of interest without any commitment to action or investigation.
Personal Statement
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