Lord Warner

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the differential rebate rates in the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access when compared to other countries, including Germany, and the impact of those rat...

To ask His Majesty's Government which financial year or years the additional £250 million announced on 9 January 2023 to speed up hospital discharges relate to; whether this is additional funding or a reallocation of existing budgets; and whether some of ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the latest information they have, by financial year, on (1) adult social care providers handing back contracts to local authorities, (2) the number of new residential and nursing home care providers being registered...

To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the additional (1) ambulances, and (2) hospital beds, announced on 30 January to be staffed and in operational use by patients.

To ask His Majesty's Government what forecasts they have made of the number of extra NHS staff required to make operational the additional (1) ambulances, and (2) hospital beds, announced on 30 January; and what estimates they have made of the revenue cos...

To ask His Majesty's Government what forecasts they have made of the number of additional (1) GPs, (2) nurses, (3) hospital consultants, and (4) radiographers, they will need by 2030, compared with the numbers currently available, according to the latest ...

To ask His Majesty's Government, following their response to the consultation on the extent of the impact on inward investment of higher payments under the statutory scheme to control the costs of branded medicines, what assessment they have made of the s...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the link between the use of innovative medicines by the NHS and (1) the placement of clinical trials in the UK, (2) patient outcomes, and (3) employment levels in the life sciences industry...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of changes to the rebate in the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, and to the accompanying Statutory Scheme, on (1) foreign direct investment into the UK ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the mechanisms for pricing schemes for innovative medicines in the UK, and those in comparative countries such as (1) Germany, (2) Spain, and (3) Ireland.

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the impact assessment for the Statutory Scheme for controlling the costs of branded health service medicines, which states that the proposed rebates pose a remote risk to the supply of ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they have received from industry of the impending impact on UK Research and Development investment of rising payment rates under the voluntary and statutory schemes for branded medicines.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the real terms decline in medicines spend since 2019 on (1) patient outcomes, and (2) foreign direct investment into UK research and development.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to identify the range of costs among NHS acute hospital providers for (1) routine (a) hip, (b) knee, and (c) cataract, operations, (2) routine (a) CT, (b) MRI scans, and (c) x-rays, and (3) routin...

To ask His Majesty's Government what, if any, central contracts have been let by NHS England with independent care providers to increase NHS (1) diagnostic, and (2) elective surgery, capacity; and what guidance has been given by NHS England to local commi...

To ask His Majesty's Government what arrangements they have put in place to advise (1) GPs, and (2) patients, on their ability to use diagnostic and surgical hubs as an alternative to waiting for treatment at their local hospital.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the independent sector was invited to participate in the selection of (1) NHS diagnostic and treatment hubs, or (2) elective surgical hubs; and if so, whether this was on the basis of a specific volume of service co...

To ask His Majesty's Government what elective surgical hubs were established in 2022; what are their locations; what services each hub provides; how they were selected; and when each one became operational.

To ask His Majesty's Government what NHS diagnostic and treatment hubs were established during 2022; what are their locations; what services each hub provides; how they were selected; and when each one became operational.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) doctors, (2) registered nurses, and (3) medical scientists, were employed as locums in each year since 2015; and what was the cost for each of those three groups in each of those years.