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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Get Britain Working White Paper, published on 26 November 2024, what differences there are between DWP ASK and the A-cubed tool.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Get Britain Working White Paper, published on 26 November 2024, what differences there are between DWP ASK and the A-cubed tool.
A-cubed was a proof-of-concept project built to test the feasibility of utilising generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assist DWP Work Coaches in finding Universal Credit guidance.
After the successful completion of the proof-of-concept project, the Department created a tool to test the capability further, and to roll it out following completion of successful testing. DWP Ask is the tool that has been developed, incorporating lessons from A-cubed. The A-cubed prototype has been discontinued, which is standard practice for proof-of-concepts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of when an artificial intelligence programme for the detection of heart disease will be widely available on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of when an artificial intelligence programme for the detection of heart disease will be widely available on the NHS.
The Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award has provided £123 million to 86 artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The Award was created to accelerate the testing and evaluation of some of the most promising AI technologies that can support clinicians in stroke diagnosis, cancer screening and managing conditions at home.
Some of these technologies being tested could support clinicians in diagnosing and treating heart disease. For example, iRhythm's Zio uses AI to help diagnose abnormal or irregular heart rhythms more quickly. Results from this trial are expected to be published in September 2023.
Caristo’s CaRi-Heart uses AI to analyse CT scans to detect inflammation in the heart and predict a patient’s risk from a heart attack. This could help clinicians identify more people with cardiovascular disease and provide preventative treatments sooner. Results from this trial are expected to be published before the end of 2023.
Ultromics’ EchGo uses AI to help analyse images of the heart, which could diagnose heart failure and coronary artery disease earlier and faster. Results from this trial are expected to be published early next year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent from the public purse on radiotherapy equipment and software in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22; and whether the Government plans to increase that funding in future years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent from the public purse on radiotherapy equipment and software in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22; and whether the Government plans to increase that funding in future years.
The total central investment made between 2016 and 2021 was £162 million and enabled the replacement or upgrade of circa 100 radiotherapy treatment machines.
From April 2022, the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines sits with local systems. This is supported by the 2021 Spending Review, which set aside £12 billion in operational capital for the National Health Service, and the recent Capital Planning Guidance, which states that integrated care systems (ICSs) will need to develop replacement plans as part of their multi-year capital plans, in partnership with specialised commissioners, Cancer Alliances and Radiotherapy Operational Delivery Networks, based on an assessment of equipment age, capacity and demand, opportunities to improve access and service risk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the UK participates in international covid-19 tracking in the same way as (a) Germany with the corona-warn-app and (b) other countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the UK participates in international covid-19 tracking in the same way as (a) Germany with the corona-warn-app and (b) other countries.
We work closely with our international partners to exchange best practice and work on digital solutions including exploring ways to support citizens when international travel resumes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2021 to Question 109345 on Coronavirus: Disease Control, what the cost to the public purse was of the in-app notifications provided by Instagram and Facebook to the users of their platforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2021 to Question 109345 on Coronavirus: Disease Control, what the cost to the public purse was of the in-app notifications provided by Instagram and Facebook to the users of their platforms.
These notifications were implemented by Facebook and Instagram at no cost to the Government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which date a person should follow in the event that self-isolation end dates differ between the NHS Track and Trace app and the NHS text message service; and what steps he will take to publicise his guidance on this...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which date a person should follow in the event that self-isolation end dates differ between the NHS Track and Trace app and the NHS text message service; and what steps he will take to publicise his guidance on this...
If the app advises a person to self-isolate for a shorter period of time than the period advised by contact tracers, they must self-isolate for the time advised by contact tracers in order to comply with the law. If the app advises a longer period than the period advised by contact tracers, then the additional time period identified by the app is advisory but is a recommended precaution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the reasons why people are being provided with different self-isolation end dates by the NHS Track and Trace app and the NHS text messaging service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the reasons why people are being provided with different self-isolation end dates by the NHS Track and Trace app and the NHS text messaging service.
There are a number of reasons why the NHS COVID-19 app’s isolation countdown may differ from what people have been told by NHS Test and Trace in England.
The COVID-19 app support website provides further advice at the following links:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the NHS Track and Trace app and the NHS text messaging service are synchronised when giving self-isolation end dates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the NHS Track and Trace app and the NHS text messaging service are synchronised when giving self-isolation end dates.
There remain some circumstances when the app’s isolation countdown may legitimately differ from what people have been told by NHS Test and Trace in England. For example, the app may have identified a close contact with an unknown person who later tests positive, who contact tracers would not be able to identify due to the app’s anonymity.
The COVID-19 app support website provides further advice at the following links:
https://faq.covid19.nhs.uk/article/KA-01147/en-us
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints have been raised relating to NHS Test and Trace failures to contact trace which were found to be caused by system problems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints have been raised relating to NHS Test and Trace failures to contact trace which were found to be caused by system problems.
The information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the performance of the online systems used by the NHS Test and Trace service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the performance of the online systems used by the NHS Test and Trace service.
No such assessment has been made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many contacts have been made via the NHS test and trace app (a) in total and (b) by employment sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many contacts have been made via the NHS test and trace app (a) in total and (b) by employment sector.
As of 17 February 2021 1,764,520 contact tracing alerts have been sent out to app users in England who have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.
Users of the NHS COVID-19 app are anonymous. Therefore, we do not hold data on the number of contact tracing alerts by employment sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that care home staff are able to obtain a QR code to attend walk-in testing facilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that care home staff are able to obtain a QR code to attend walk-in testing facilities.
All social care staff are considered essential workers and prioritised for COVID-19 testing. Those who have booked an appointment at a testing site will receive a test. Sites can use other information to confirm an appointment if a QR code cannot be provided.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many IT problems have resulted in the NHS Test and Trace service being unable to carry out contact tracing since that system was established.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many IT problems have resulted in the NHS Test and Trace service being unable to carry out contact tracing since that system was established.
There have been no IT failures preventing contact tracing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October to Question 93648, whether any of the 29 companies sub-contracted by Serco to deliver contact tracing services have sub-contracted work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October to Question 93648, whether any of the 29 companies sub-contracted by Serco to deliver contact tracing services have sub-contracted work.
Serco currently have 21 sub-contractors supporting this service. Serco can confirm that none of the companies sub-contracted to deliver these services have sub-contracted work.
The pay rates for staff directly employed by Serco and their sub-contractors is commercially confidential information. Serco can confirm that in line with legal requirements, all staff are paid at or above the national minimum wage or the national living wage, as appropriate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October to Question 93648, whether Serco are obligated to notify the Government if their sub-contractors in turn sub-contract contact tracing work under the terms of his Department's contract with Serco to deliver contact...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October to Question 93648, whether Serco are obligated to notify the Government if their sub-contractors in turn sub-contract contact tracing work under the terms of his Department's contract with Serco to deliver contact...
Serco currently have 21 sub-contractors supporting this service. Serco can confirm that none of the companies sub-contracted to deliver these services have sub-contracted work.
The pay rates for staff directly employed by Serco and their sub-contractors is commercially confidential information. Serco can confirm that in line with legal requirements, all staff are paid at or above the national minimum wage or the national living wage, as appropriate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average daily rate being paid to employees of (a) Serco and (b) companies subcontracted by Serco to deliver contact tracing services is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average daily rate being paid to employees of (a) Serco and (b) companies subcontracted by Serco to deliver contact tracing services is.
Serco currently have 21 sub-contractors supporting this service. Serco can confirm that none of the companies sub-contracted to deliver these services have sub-contracted work.
The pay rates for staff directly employed by Serco and their sub-contractors is commercially confidential information. Serco can confirm that in line with legal requirements, all staff are paid at or above the national minimum wage or the national living wage, as appropriate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to stop the appearance of incorrect or phantom notifications from the NHS covid-19 app.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to stop the appearance of incorrect or phantom notifications from the NHS covid-19 app.
The version 3.9 update to the COVID-19 app deployed on 29 October 2020 removed the exposure notifications generated automatically from the Apple and Google Application Programming Interface. Users needed to update their app to version 3.9 for this to take effect. For those who have not yet done this the app will continue to send a follow up message to confirm when no action needs to be taken.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether covid-19 test results from testing facilities being set up and run by universities can be entered on the Government track and trace app.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether covid-19 test results from testing facilities being set up and run by universities can be entered on the Government track and trace app.
Users with a confirmed positive PCR result following testing completed in facilities set up and run by universities in England can enter their result in the app using a token that can be provided following result confirmation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason results from (a) NHS hospitals and (b) Public Health England laboratories cannot be entered onto the NHS covid-19 app.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason results from (a) NHS hospitals and (b) Public Health England laboratories cannot be entered onto the NHS covid-19 app.
If a person books a test via the National Health Service COVID-19 app then the result will be automatically recorded in the app. If a person reports symptoms via the app but then chooses to book a test via the official testing website without going via the app, they can log both a positive and a negative test result on the app with the code that will be provided by email or SMS.
If a person has a test in a NHS hospital or as part of surveillance study, it should also be possible to log a positive test result on the app but it will not currently be possible to log a negative result.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2021 to Question 104209, whether the total figure provided for the number of downloads of the NHS Covid-19 app includes multiple downloads of the app to the same device on different occasions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2021 to Question 104209, whether the total figure provided for the number of downloads of the NHS Covid-19 app includes multiple downloads of the app to the same device on different occasions.
The download figures released are unique downloads per a user’s Apple or Google account, so it does not include multiple downloads of the app to the same device. A download is only counted once per user account and we do not count downloads to separate devices registered on the same user account; re-downloads following a deletion; re-downloads due to a device upgrade; or app upgrades.