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House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

Non-covid Treatments

Tuesday 6 October 2020 · 2 questions

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Answered 1 Partly answered 1 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Ministerial Questions addressed non-covid treatments on 2020-10-06
  • NHS aims to restore non-covid treatments to around 90% of pre-pandemic levels by October
  • Restoration guidance for paediatric services has been published by NHS England and NHS Improvement

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Caroline Johnson Con Sleaford and North Hykeham
NHS
Context

Concerns about patients accessing treatments and procedures post-pandemic due to reduced services.

Question

What steps he is taking to ensure that patients with illnesses other than covid-19 can access the treatments and procedures that their diagnosis requires?

Answer from Edward Argar

It is vital that non-covid treatments are restored as quickly and safely as possible. That is what the NHS is doing. It is working to have them restored, by October, to around 90% of last year's levels.

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Q2 Caroline Johnson Con Sleaford and North Hykeham
NHS
Context

Children's hospital services were reduced during the pandemic, raising concerns about current service availability and future pandemic waves.

Question

Thankfully, children are relatively robust in the face of coronavirus. However, children's services, like other hospital services, were understandably reduced during the pandemic. What is my hon. Friend doing to ensure that paediatric services are now 100% up and running and will not be affected by a future wave of the pandemic? What is he doing to support NHS trusts in dealing with the backlog of appointments delayed by the coronavirus?

Answer from Edward Argar

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for her service to her constituents both as their MP and as a paediatric clinician. She is right to raise this important issue. Restoration guidance has already been published by NHS England and NHS Improvement, setting out a framework to fully restore services in this area, which I agree is vital. I would be very happy to meet her to discuss this further.

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Not addressed: Specific measures for 100% recovery of paediatric services and dealing with appointment backlogs not addressed directly

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