To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Director-General of the World Health Organisation on facilitating Taiwan being an observer at the 2018 World Health Assembly.
Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
What steps he is taking to increase the provision of mental health services for children and young people.
Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment
What steps he has taken to reduce inappropriate out-of-area placements for mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to increase public awareness of the symptoms of (a) lung cancer and (b) respiratory conditions.
Mental Health Services: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for a mental health bed in Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2008-09.
Department of Health and Social Care: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Care Quality Commission's report, Sexual safety on mental health wards, published in September 2018, whether he plans to make additional funding available for Mental Health Trusts to promote joint-working between providers and other agencies such as the police.
Mental Health: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date he plans to publish the report of the 2016 Survey of the Mental Health of Children and Young People.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of how many schools-based mental health support teams and specialist crisis teams for young people there will be in (a) Windsor and (b) the South East and (c) the UK by 2023-24.
Ministry of Defence: Industrial Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many notices of contravention were issued to his Department by the Health and Safety Executive in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014, (d) 2015, (e) 2016 and (f) 2017.
How many reports have been made by marriage registrars and from which registration areas to the Registrar General, that marriages are suspected to be solely for immigration purposes, in each year from 1990 to the latest convenient date; and in how many of these instances information has been passed on to the Home Office. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 36 of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, whether each of the access to treatment pathways will (a) be published in the timetable set out and (b) will include waiting time targets.
Pursuant to her Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, 210 c748W, on marriages for immigration purposes, how many of the cases in the London Borough of Lewisham which were reported to the Registrar General, were passed on to the Home Office; and how many of those complaints were proven. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons that mental health services place limits on (a) how long patients can receive care and (b) the number of sessions they receive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many notices of contravention issued to his Department by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have resulted in follow-up action being taken by the HSE in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014, (d) 2015, (e) 2016 and (f) 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the December 2017 Green Paper entitled Transforming the Mental Health of Children and Young People, what progress has been made on implementing the four-week waiting time target.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations made by National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society in their report entitled Emotional Health and Well-being Matters.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency consultation on EU exit no-deal legislative proposals, published on 4 October 2018, how many responses to that consultation raised concern about the consultation process; and if his Department will publish the responses to that consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of an independent inquiry on the treatment of ex-service personnel with mental health issues.
Department of Health and Social Care: Brexit
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the accounting officer for his Department has sought a written ministerial direction for expenditure on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to spend the £4.5 billion announced on 23 July 2018 for social prescribing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effect on his Department's policies on peoples health of the recommendations in the Report, Building our Future: Laying the Foundations for Healthy Homes and Buildings, published on 24 October 2018 by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Healthy Homes and Building.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to put NHS-funded counsellors in every school to ensure easy access to mental health services for children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the costs incurred by the NHS in treating conditions caused by air pollution arising from different forms of transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) work with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and (b) establish a cross-departmental committee on health and buildings.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their most recent assessment of the impact on public health in Palestine of (1) the reduction in food aid provided by the World Food Programme, and (2) the level of availability of antibiotics and other medical supplies, water, power and fuel in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to publish his response to the report Health at Work by Dame Carol Black and David Frost; and what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of that report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Royal College of Psychiatrists report Suffering in Silence: age inequality in older people’s mental health care which concluded that older adults are the least likely group to seek treatment for mental health care despite being the group who achieve the highest recovery rates in services provided under the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of his Department's agencies, non-departmental public bodies or sponsored bodies have developed their own global health strategies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter entitled, Patient safety: letter to independent healthcare providers, published by his Department on 8 May 2018, what steps his Department is taking to improve patient safety in the private sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the December 2017 Green Paper entitled Transforming the Mental Health of Children and Young People, whether the four-week waiting time target refers to a waiting time from referral to (a) assessment or (b) treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much Public Health England has spent on consultancy workers in 2013-14.
Mental Health Act 1983 Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the Government's response to the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act published on 6 December 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the immigration health surcharge will be increased from £200 to £400; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' statement on racism and mental health, published in March 2018 recommending the appointment of a new equalities champion to drive cross-Government action on race equality in the NHS.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the results of the review of the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
Department of Health and Social Care: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department’s TDEL budget would need to increase by in each year from 2019-20 to 2023-24 to achieve a 3.6% increase in spending in each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the first set of trailblazers for mental health in schools; and whether the associated training in relation to those trailblazers will be delivered in January 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the World Health Organisation on Taiwan’s non-participation in the World Health Assembly later this month.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the NHS's preparations for winter.
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support available to students attending university.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many written submissions they have received as part of the review of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017; how many case studies were submitted to the review where urgent care was withheld; and what assessment they have made of the number of case studies submitted where urgent care was, or may have, been incorrectly withheld.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings his Department held with stakeholders to explore the opt-in requirement for universities to have permission to share information on student mental health with parents or a trusted person since June 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on setting up a working group on the transition students face when going to university as part of his measures to support student mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to make ensure that the training for the proposed Designated Senior Leads for Mental Health in schools includes information on the link between speech, language and communication needs and mental health, and how to recognise and respond appropriately to speech, language and communication needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients under the age of (a) 25 and (b) 16 have been referred out of the area for mental health treatment in each year since 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to the Department of Health and Social Care to use the upcoming World Health Assembly as an opportunity to encourage other countries to Invest in strengthening their healthcare systems.
Mental Health Services: Detention Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the mental health of women held in detention centres in the UK.
Department of Health and Social Care: NHS Property Board
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings of the NHS Property Board (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have attended in 2018 to date.
Health Services: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that UK citizens residing in the EU continue to receive healthcare coverage in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Royal College of Psychiatrists briefing entitled Children and young people's mental health, published in November 2018, what plans his Department has to ensure the timely roll-out of designated senior leads and mental health support teams in schools; and whether his Department has a timetable for the roll-out of such initiatives in every school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of section 6 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 as it applies to medical devices containing computers; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the letters sent to British pensioners residing in France by Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie informing them that their access to French healthcare system ends on 29 March 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants in his Department are currently working on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many have been moved from other projects to work on those plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2018 to Question 126232 on Mental Health Services: Stun Guns, what the timetable is for the publication of the first annual report on the data provided to the Home Office from police forces as part of the annual data requirement 2017-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the implementation of EU Directive 2004/37/EC on the funeral sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects of fuel poverty on public health.
Department of Health and Social Care: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with trade unions on reducing staff turnover.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will add stem cell donation to the statutory guidance relating to Health Education for secondary school pupils.
Department of Health and Social Care: Living Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in his department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the subject content of personal, social health education and citizenship teaching in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if he will make that subject a statutory component of the national curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support developing countries to establish universal health coverage.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Healthcare Environmental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the value was of contracts held by Wirral University Trust with Healthcare Environmental Services Ltd.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff (a) are employed directly by (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract to his Department.
Fire and Rescue Services: Mental Health Services
What steps he is taking to improve mental health support for firefighters.
What steps his Department is taking to help treat prisoners with mental health problems.
What steps the Government is taking to improve child health outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent meetings he has had with Babylon Healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of local authority health scrutiny committees and (b) ability of those committees to identify decisions and practices in the local health sector which have subsequently been changed.
Personal Independence Payment: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124308, on Personal Independence Payment: Mental Health, what estimate she has made of the administrative costs to her Department of reviewing the 1.6 million personal independence payment claims.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an (a) estimate of the levels and (b) assessment of the effects on public health of nitrogen oxides emitted during incineration of municipal waste.
What steps he is taking to improve the provision of mental health services for children and young people.
What steps he is taking to improve mental health support for members of the armed forces and veterans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the mental health workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to improve the delivery of mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to cover the cost of health insurance for UK citizens living in the EU in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many projects his Department has put on hold due to the requirements of planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on student (a) happiness and (b) satisfaction in secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Care Quality Commission's report, Sexual safety on mental health wards, published in September 2018, what plans he has to make additional funding available for Mental Health Trusts to train the workforce in safeguarding patients from sexual incidents in the ward setting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the conclusions on mental health funding of the Independent Monitoring Board on HMP Parc.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to seek to ensure the continuity of British citizens’ entitlement to health care in EU Member States via form S1 in the event that the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) doctors and (b) dentists have died by suicide in each of the last five years; what the average age of such doctors and dentists was when they died; and whether he has plans to create a national service to help health professionals suffering from mental illnesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2018 to Question 125505 on Personal Independence Payment: Mental Health, what recent assessment she has made of the administrative costs to her Department of reviewing the 1.6 million personal independence payment claims.
What steps his Department is taking to improve support for prisoners with mental health conditions.
To ask the Minister for the Home Department, how many times tasers have been used in a mental health setting in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the report, Alcohol and Mental Health: Policy and Practice in England, published by the Institute of Alcohol Studies and Centre for Mental Health in April 2018, what assessment he has made of the relevance for his Department's policies of the gaps in the provision of services for those with co-morbid alcohol use and mental health difficulties identified by that report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding of the recent Royal College of Psychiatrists survey that patients are waiting up to 13 years to receive the treatment they need.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of waiving the Immigration Health Surcharge for non-EEA nursing staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide access to mental health services for homeless people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he takes to assess the potential effects on human health of proposed waste incinerators.
What proposals she intends to strengthen adoption panels. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spend per head of population on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services by each (a) Clinical Commissioning Group and (b) Local Authority in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has for the (a) selection of members, (b) qualifications and training of members, (c) payment of members, (d) scrutiny and (e) likely operating cost, in relation to review panels set up under Clause 12 of the Adoption and Children Bill; and at what stages he envisages review panels will operate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support pupils who experience mental health problems at school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has for funding centrally the operation of the review panels under the Adoption and Children Bill. - Inc figures.
Department of Health and Social Care: Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in his Department are classified as contingent labour.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2018 to Question 193367, what evidence Public Health England has considered on the effects of dioxins released during incineration of municipal waste on human health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effects of the policies outlined in the Waste and Resources Strategy, published on 18 December 2018, on public health.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assurances they have received from the EU that an authorised signatory other than an official vet will be deemed acceptable in signing export health certificates to enable live animals to pass from the UK into the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there was any interruption for users of the portal for making Immigration Health Surcharge payments in the two working days prior to the Surcharge increase
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) ensure that services funded by the NHS are compliant with national learning disability improvement standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to his Department for financial year 2018-19 for planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how much of that funding has been spent.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the commitment to address health inequalities in the NHS Long Term Plan, published on 10 January, what steps they intend to take to tackle the health inequalities experienced by members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of health visitors (a) in England, (b) regionally and (c) in each local authority area in each year since September 2009.
Department of Health and Social Care: Refrigerators
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) his Department and (b) NHS England has spent on refrigerators in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure services funded by the NHS uphold national learning disability improvement standards; and whether he plans to bring forward measures to ensure compliance with those standards.
What will be the total cost of closing Guy's Hospital; and what is the estimated annual cost of running both Guy's Hospital and St. Thomas' Hospital. (Failed OPQ)
How many children were refused orthodontic treatment at Guy's hospital in 1993; and how many children by health authority were refused treatment in 1993 because of the limitation of extra-contractual referrals. - No figs given.
What were the costs of hardware, software, and consultancy fees for the GIANT information system purchased by Guy's Hospital in London. - Info not held centrally.
What implications the proposed changes at Guy's Hospital, South London, will have on the meeting of targets set by her Patient's Charter initiative.
How many referrals there have been over the past five years to Guy's Hospital poison unit concerning organophosphate poisoning. - Inc figures.
What is the cost of medical oncology, with radiotherapy costs identified separately, per out patient, day case, and inpatient episode for patients attending (a) St. Bartholomew's, (b) University College London, (c) Guy's, (d) the Royal Marsden, (c) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Welwyn, (f) Royal Sussex, (g) Addenbrookes and (h) John Radcliffe - Includes table.
How many beds, on average, there are at Guy's Hospital; and what information she has on the likely number of in-patients beds remaining at Guy's Hospital after the changes announced on 4th April. - Includes figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the waiting list for access to the INPUT pain management clinic at Guys and St Thomas's hospital is reduced; and when he will respond to the letter from Mrs Jackson of Christchurch dated 5th December 2003 on this subject.
If she will give a full reply to the April letter from the Chair of the Southwark Community Health Council on the subject of her statement of 10th February as it affects Guy's Hospital by 9th May. - Yes.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Government’s response to the Fifth Report of the International Development Committee, HC246 of Session 2014-15 on Strengthening Health Systems in Developing Countries, when her Department plans to publish its position paper on health systems strengthening.
When she will formally consult on the establishment of a new St. Thomas's and Guy's National Health Service Trust; and when she expects to announce her decision on whether to grant the new hospital trust status.
What representations she has received from the City of London police about the closure of Guy's Accident and Emergency Department. - None.
What assessment she has made in her consideration of the Tomlinson proposals of the effects on the waiting lists in south London if either St. Thomas's or Guy's hospital is closed. (Failed OPQ)
If she will publish the detailed evidence on which Sir Bernard Tomlinson based his view that St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospital should merge onto one site without detriment to patient care in South London.
If she will publish the evidence on which the decision to close Guy's Hospital was based. - No decision has been made to close Guy's hospital.
What previous experience there is of closing an accident and emergency department the size of that at Guy's Hospital.
What are the latest proposals for the future of Guy's Hospital. - Ref to 237 c458-61.
Where each department of Guys will physically go if the hospital is closed; and how many of the jobs in each department will remain.
If she will publish the evidence upon which she based her decision that the St. Thomas's site offers a better location and environment than Guy's Hospital; to place in Library all information which informed decision to concentrate acute and specialist services at St Thomas hospital; and what evidence DH has that Guys hospital is more efficient or cost effective than St Thomas. - Inc fact that all information necessary for statutory public consultation will be made available before final decision is made on any significant service changes.
Statement on how it is proposed to develop London's health services following the recent public consultations conducted by health authorities in north and south London. - Includes fact that copies of letters to regional chairmen will be placed in Library.
What were the costs of hardware, software and consultancy fees for the GIANT information system purchased by Guy's Hospital in London. - Info not held centrally.
What representations she has received concerning the proposed closure of Guy's Hospital Accident and Emergency Unit. (Failed OPQ).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money his Department has allocated for preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal to date; how much of that funding has been made by way of ministerial direction; and for what functions that funding has been allocated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the documents considered in the re-evaluation of accident and emergency services at Guy's Hospital, as recommended in Health Services in London-A Strategic Review.
If he will list the cannabis derivatives which can lawfully be prescribed by doctors. - Dronabinol and Nabilone are the only cannabis derivatives that may be lawfully prescribed by doctors.
What steps she is taking to ensure the continuation of the work of the breast unit at Guy's Hospital.
What experience has been gained elsewhere on the successful operation of an ambulatory care centre of the size of which is proposed for Guy's Hospital which is separated from an in-patient service on another site; and what is her assessment of the practicability of the scheme. - Inc ref to consultation document "Looking to the Future" (in Library). (DEP/3 759).
What proposals she intends to make with regard to Lewisham Hospital if her proposed merger of Guy's and St. Thomas' hospitals goes ahead; what increase she envisages in the number of accident and emergency cases to be dealt with at Lewisham Hospital; and how many additional beds Lewisham Hospital will require to meet the increase.
What notice she is taking of representations arguing against the reduction of beds or the closure of the Accident and Emergency Department at Guy's Hospital. (Failed OPQ)
To comment on the proposals from the trust board of Guy's and St. Thomas's to remain on two sites. (Failed OPQ)
To comment on the service to patients provided at present by (a) St. Bartholomew's Hospital and (b) Guy's Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government announcement of 21 November 2018 entitled New funding for primary and community healthcare by 2023-24 under the NHS Long Term Plan, how much of that funding will be made available to (a) Mid-Essex Clinical Commissioning Group and (b) North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was allocated to each local authority in England to be spent on public health in each year from 2010 to 2018 inclusively.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his speech at the Charity Commission's annual meeting on 7 January 2017, The shared society, what steps the Government has taken to reduce mental health stigma since July 2016.
Department of Health and Social Care: Public Bodies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff at (a) Care Quality Commission, (b) Health Education England, (c) Health Research Authority, (d) Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and (e) NHS England that work (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on facilitating health professionals in England to travel to low and middle income countries to provide healthcare education and training; and if she will make a statement.
Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to ensure that European Health Insurance Card application forms on the official NHS or gov.uk websites appear at the top of internet search engines rather than those websites charging a fee.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to proposals in the NHS Long Term Plan on expanding access to community-based mental health services, how many of the additional 345,000 children and young people expected to be accessing support via NHS funded mental health services and school or college-based Mental Health Support Teams are expected to be (a) 0-5, (b) 6-18 and, (c) 19-25 years old.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 51 of the NHS Long Term Plan, when his Department plans to (a) start and (b) complete the roll-out the new CAMHS model for 0-25-year olds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors the NHS in England plan to recruit in each year up to 2022-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff at (a) Care Quality Commission, (b) Health Education England, (c) Health Research Authority, (d) Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and (e) NHS England that work (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to provide counselling for students in schools.
Department of Health and Social Care: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of children aged five had at least one missing, decayed or filled tooth in each of the last eight years .
Developing Countries: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to improve mental health provision in low and middle income countries.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Public Health and Primary Care on 20 December 2018 (HCWS1221), what assessment they have made of the adequacy of public health service provision, in particular the provision of sexual and reproductive health services, following their recently announced financial cuts in specialist public health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2018 to Question 206308 on Pregnancy: Mental Health Services, what funding his Departmental will make available for the expansion in perinatal services under the NHS Long Term Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to restore regular reporting of mental health spend to the NHS Dashboard.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the minutes and notes of meetings between his officials and Healthcare Environmental Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether compliance with national learning disability improvement standards will be mandatory for NHS funded services and whether those services will be (a) regulated and (b) rated for national learning disability improvement standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 51 of the NHS Long Term Plan, how what estimate he has made of the cost of the roll-out of the new CAMHS model for 0-25-year olds.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 13 June 2018 (HL8293), whether the Department of Health and Social Care has published a response to its consultation Promoting Professionalism, Reforming Regulation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the four-week waiting time target for adult and older adult community mental health teams on page 69 of the NHS Long Term Plan, what grade of healthcare professional will have responsibility for the (a) assessment and (b) treatment of those people seeking such care.
British Nationals Abroad: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which EU member states have indicated that UK citizens living in those countries would continue to be able to access local health services in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals on mental health care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults in receipt of mental health services have (a) speech, language and communication needs and (b) dysphagia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight will be given to services funded by the NHS in relation to the implementation of national learning disability improvement standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prioritise mental health and wellbeing in the work place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 69 of the NHS Long Term Plan, whether the four-week waiting time target for adults and older adults community mental health teams will be between referral and assessment or referral and treatment.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people with (1) Type 1 and (2) Type 2 diabetes have (a) been offered and (b) attended structured education courses in each clinical commissioning group area in the most recent year for which data are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to training for professionals working with child mental health in North Herefordshire constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has undertaken to ensure that health services such as access to continuing healthcare plans are available to people with hearing impairments or profound deafness.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to abolish the NHS surcharge for non-EU citizens who pay National Insurance contributions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure services funded by the NHS uphold national learning disability improvement standards; and if he will introduce a monitoring system to ensure compliance with those standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking as part of the NHS Long Term Plan to ensure that there is an adequate number of staff to provide treatment for elderly people.
Department of Health and Social Care: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff in his Department in (i) Greater London and (ii) outside Greater London.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to reduce rising rates of tooth decay among young children in the North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing the health inequalities for people with a learning disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to increase attendance at diabetes education programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to increase attendance at diabetes education programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people attended diabetes education programmes in each clinical commissioning group area in 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on ensuring that reasonable adjustments are made for people with a learning disability when using NHS services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 3.92 in the NHS Long Term Plan, when four-week waiting time targets for community mental health teams will begin.
Department of Health and Social Care: Legal Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the highest hourly rate was that (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms-length bodies paid for legal advice in 2018.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to protect people experiencing mental health problems from accessing treatment from unqualified counsellors and psychotherapists, including by requiring statutory registration.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made representations to the Palestinian Authority about the restrictions that have been imposed on the healthcare budget for the population of Gaza.
Developing Countries: Education and Health Services
What steps she is taking to promote universal access to free public education and health systems in developing and partner countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with mental health problems can access treatment on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Backbench Business Committee debate on Mental Health First Aid on 17 January 2019, Official Report columns 1366-1395, by what date the Government plans to have implemented the Thriving at Work mental health recommendations in (a) the NHS and (b) the Civil Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the Backbench Business Committee debate on Mental Health First Aid on 17 January 2019 Official Report columns 1366-1395, what steps her Department is taking to ensure employers are aware of the the Health and Safety Executive's guidelines on existing requirements to consider mental health alongside physical health when undertaking a first aid needs assessment, published in November 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2018 to Question 162042 on Mental Health Services: Acute Beds, how many acute consultant-led alcohol detoxification beds there have been in the NHS in England since 2009.
Mental Health and Employers Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Backbench Business Committee debate on Mental Health First Aid on 17 January 2019, Official Report columns 1366-1395, what steps the Government has taken to implement each of the recommendations of the Farmer-Stevenson review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made on the health-related effects of electromagnetic fields.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the public consultation on the Government’s Healthy Start scheme he plans to publish.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce risks for farmers at work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions (a) his Department and (b) the NHS have had with their counterparts in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in relation those administration's policies on tackling rural health inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the training for designated senior leads for mental health includes training in awareness of speech, language and communication needs and their links to mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Backbench Business Committee debate on Mental Health First Aid on 17 January 2019, Official Report columns 1366-1395, by what date the Government plans to ensure that at least one member of staff in each primary and secondary school has received mental health first aid training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to hold discussions with the National Centre for Rural Health and Care on rural health issues.
What plans his Department has to maximise opportunities for qualified EU health workers to work in the NHS after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Backbench Business Committee debate on Mental Health First Aid on 17 January 2019 Official Report columns 1366-1395, by what date the Government plans to ensure that the recommendations of the Farmer-Stevenson review that are not yet implemented are implemented.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the fair distribution of the recently announced additional £2 billion further funding for mental health; and whether his Department has plans to ensure that Southport benefits from such funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to provide further support for veterans with mental health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2018 to Question 162042 on Mental Health Services: Acute Beds, how many acute consultant-led child and adolescent mental health services beds there have been in the NHS in each year since 2009.
asked Her Majesty's Government:How soon they will make good the £150,000 shortfall of funding for mental health in-reach to HMP Grendon that has arisen due to the suspension of agreed payments from Buckinghamshire National Health Service Primary Care Trust.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have produced any data concerning the dosage of Norethisterone and Ethinylostradiol contained in the drug Primodos compared with the dosage given to patients.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will meet with members of the Association for Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests, people adversely affected by the drug Primodos, and with the pharmaceutical company, Bayer, to discuss the consequences for people adversely affected by the drug Primodos.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the safety of the drug Primolut; and whether the licence for its sale has been reviewed.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which drugs currently available in the United Kingdom contain Norethisterone and Ethinylostradiol; what are the known disabilities which have occurred in the children of users of drugs containing these constituents; and whether any warnings are given to those who take them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive analysis of the research on the safety of high caffeine drinks from the EU Scientific Committee on Food; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) doctors and (b) nurses that completed training (a) no longer work in the NHS and (b) work abroad in the last year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Backbench Business Committee debate on Mental Health First Aid on 17 January 2019, by what date the Government plans to put out to tender the contracts to provide mental health first aid training for a primary school staff member in each school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he plans to issue a statement on the effects of caffeinated energy drinks on children; and if he will make a statement; if he plans to issue a statement on the effects of caffeinated energy drinks when combined with alcohol; and if he will make a statement; if he plans to issue a statement on the effects of caffeinated energy drinks when consumed prior to exercising; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Backbench Business debate on Mental Health First Aid of 17 January 2019, how the Government plans to make employers aware of examples of best practice concerning mental health in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Health Education England spent on clinical placements for (a) nursing, (b) midwifery and (c) allied health students in each year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent in (a) cash and (b) real terms on child and adolescent mental health services per young person in England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department and its agencies have conducted into the effects of caffeinated energy drinks consumed prior to exercising, on the human body; what the findings of the research were; and if he will make a statement; what research his Department and its agencies have conducted into the effects of combining caffeinated energy drinks with alcohol on the human body; what the findings of the research was were; and if he will make a statement; what research his Department and its agencies have conducted into the effects of (a) taurine, (b) glucuronolactone, (c) caffeine and (d) a combination of taurine, glucuronolactone and caffeine, on the human body; what the findings of the research were; and if he will make a statement; what research his Department and its agencies have conducted into the effects of caffeine on children; what the findings of the research were; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many acute mental health beds there were in the NHS in England in each year since 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department and its agencies have consulted other governmental health agencies on the safety of caffeinated energy drinks; and if he will make a statement.
Department of Health and Social Care: Cleaning Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which service providers are contracted to carry out third party cleaning contracts for his (a) Department and (b) executive agencies; if he will list all of the services delivered by third party contractors to his (i) Department and (ii) executive agencies; and how many people working for those third party contractors are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of mental health counsellors who have undertaken Improving Access to Psychological Therapies training in each year for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mental health support is available for children and young people diagnosed with life-limiting conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which of NHS England’s 25 trailblazer areas on transforming children and young people’s mental health include speech and language therapists.
Mental Health Services: Per Capita Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent in (a) cash and (b) real terms on mental health services per head of population in England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS England (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) allied healthcare professionals are employed on salaries below £30,000 per year in each (a) hospital and (b) NHSTrust; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the corrected Answer of 22 January 2019 to Question 206251, how many civil servants in his Department were working part or full time on projects in the Government Major Projects Portfolio in (a) June 2016 and (b) December 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications are pending where the claimant has a recorded mental health condition; and how many of these are claims have been awaiting decision for (a) three years (b) two years and (c) 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) complaints, (b) Freedom on Information requests and (c) Parliamentary Questions concerning the group Action on Smoking and Health his Department has dealt with in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many proactive inspections were carried out by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Written Statement of 11 December 2018 on Clinical Waste, Official Report, HCWS1168, if he will publish the NHS trusts that continue to receive services from Healthcare Environmental Services.
Action on Smoking and Health: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 25 January 2017 to Question 43975, on Action on Smoking and Health: complaints, what information his Department holds on whether it has received any complaints about that organisation since June 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many health and safety concerns were reported by (a) workers and (b) members of the public to the Health and Safety Executive; and how many were investigated by inspectors in each of the last 10 years.
Department of Health and Social Care: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies in each of year since October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research the Health and Safety Executive is undertaking to better understand the effect of polluted air on the health of outdoor workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 January 2017, on mental health, HCWS397, whether the programme of randomised control trials of preventative mental health support in schools will be tested in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) colleges and further education establishments.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement on risks to life.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent inspectors have been employed in each region of the country by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has received any complaints about the organisation Action on Smoking and Health in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Health and Safety Executive is taking to protect outdoor workers from the potential ill-health effects of long-term exposure to air pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Written Statement of 11 December 2018 on Clinical Waste, Official Report HCWS1168, what assessment he has made of the reasons why clinical waste from NHS trusts was not collected and properly disposed of by Healthcare Environmental Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that British citizens who are travelling to EU countries on 29 March 2019 will still have access to healthcare under the European Health Insurance Card.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) procurement processes his Department has run for contracts for after the UK leaves the EU since 23 June 2016 and (b) bids his Department has received from suppliers for services for after the UK has left the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2017 to Question 62473, on Action on Smoking and Health, for what reason his Department does not hold records of complaints concerning that organisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much public funding the Health and Safety Executive (a) received in each of the last 10 years and (b) is forecast to receive in 2019-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many frontline inspectors the Health and Safety Executive has employed in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional funding is planned to allocated to Health Education England for training, education and continuing professional development to help ensure the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many students entered training to become a (a) nurse, (b) midwife and (c) GP in England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Public Health England's consultation on the impact of data-sharing arrangements under the memorandum of understanding on the health and healthcare-seeking behaviour of migrants, whether the findings of that consultation will be published; when the results of that consultation will be published; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement on the risks to life.
Department of Health and Social Care: Sikhs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2019 to Question 206216 on public health: fuel poverty, whether his Department has made an assessment of the cost to the health service of fuel poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the health sector on the UK leaving the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what (a) funding and (b) facilities his Department has provided to NHS trusts for the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder in the last 12 months;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the membership of the inter-ministerial group for mental health is; how often that group meets; and what the dates of the group's last three meetings were.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department retains records on the proposed reconfiguration of local health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of emissions of (a) PM0.1, (b) PM1 and (c) PM2.5 (i) generally and (ii) from waste incineration sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the health effects of (a) PM0.1 and (b) PM1 in countries that (i) do and (ii) do not have waste incineration plants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the status is of the 10 pilot programmes aimed at improving mental health assessments for children entering care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support the mental health and well-being of postgraduate students in universities.
Health: Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disease
To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they will consider to encourage National Health Service managers and the British Medical Association to follow up recent research into the causes of schizophrenia and depressive and bipolar disorders.
(2) how many people have been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Teesside and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on overseas development aid projects in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) value, (b) nature and (c) outcome was of each project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2016 to Question 45295, on mental illness: children, how many children were admitted to adult in-patient mental health wards in 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2017 to Question 61521, what information his Department holds on the ages of people admitted to adult in-patient mental health wards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on the Healthy Start Scheme in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2017 to Question 61520, in which prisons she has visited a mental health service since July 2016; and on what date each such visit was made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what policy proposals the Clinical Priority Advisory Group assigned priority level (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4 and (e) 5 to the specialised commissioning re-prioritisation process for 2016-17, announced on 4 December 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health's Written Ministerial statement of 20 January 2017, Official Report, HCWS427, what the (a) names, (b) ages, (c) causes of death, (d) gender and (e) race of the 11 children who died in in-patient mental health units since 2013 were; what the recorded causes of death were; in which in-patient units they died; and under which mental health provider's care they were at the time of their death.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the implications for (a) public health and (b) air quality posed by the findings of the monitoring of PM10 emissions carried out by St Stephen-in-Brannel Parish Council in Cornwall.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2017 to Question 61518, what the recorded causes of death were of the 11 children who died in in-patient mental health units since 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2016 to Question 59052, for what reasons the decision was taken by his Department in 2015 to begin funding Overseas Development Assistance; from which Departmental budget such funding was taken; and how much has been so spent to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2019 to Question 203775 on Incinerators: Health Hazards, what evidence Public Health England considered in reaching its opinion that well run and regulated modern municipal waste incinerators are not a significant risk to public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2017 to Question 60527, what priority recommendation level was assigned by the NHS England Clinical Priority Advisory Group to each of the policy proposals (a) recommended for routine commissioning and (b) not recommended for routine commissioning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 January 2017, on mental illness, HCWS397, what preventative initiatives will be included in the programme of randomised control trials focusing on mental health in schools; and whether that programme will include school-based counselling in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) colleges and further education establishments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2017 to Question 62390, how many people were admitted to adult in-patient mental health wards in each month of 2016 by age at admission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2017 to Question 61891, on the Healthy Start Scheme, how many people have received support through that scheme since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2017 to Question 61891, how much his Department has spent on the Healthy Start Scheme in each region in England in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the effect on (a) public health and (b) air quality of the conclusions of the peer reviewed article by Prof Yu Shang et al entitled Cytotoxicity comparison between fine particles emitted from the combustion of municipal solid waste and biomass published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials No 367 (2019).
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mental health services in prisons the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation has visited since she was appointed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2019 to Question 206218 on Incinerators: Health Hazards, if will he ask Public Health England to investigate whether there is more recent information available on the effects on (a) human health and (b) air quality of numbers of PM0.1 or PM1 emitted by (i) waste incinerators and (ii) other processes.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to undertake a public consultation on the future of public health funding in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2016 to Question 44971, how many performance meetings the Departmental Board has held since the publication of the NHS Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16; and how many such meetings he has attended.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's assessment is of the potential implications of drilling for shale gas for the health of residents living in close proximity to shale gas well sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health service provision in (a) Coventry and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many performance meetings the Departmental Board has held since his appointment; and how many of those meetings he has attended.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Public Health England report entitled Review of the Potential Public Health Impacts of Exposures to Chemical and Radioactive Pollutants as a Result of the Shale Gas Extraction Process, published in January 2014, how many of the recommendations made in that report his Department has acted on; and which recommendations have not been acted on by his Department and why.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2017 to Question 59918, whether he attended the Departmental Board meeting that took place after the publication of the NHS Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to estimate the number of residents living in close proximity to Cuadrilla Resources' shale gas well at Preston New Road who have pre-existing health conditions potentially susceptible to aggravation by drilling for shale gas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Director of Public Health for Lancashire's report, published on 6 November 2014, into the Potential Public Health Impacts of the Proposed Shale Gas Exploration Sites in Lancashire, how many of the 61 recommendations in that report his Department has acted on; and which of those recommendations have not been acted on by his Department and why.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2017 to Question 58880, whether any funding was allocated to support the NHS in implementing the advised changes in the management and care of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma; and in what financial years such funding was allocated.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 2 November (HL2508), whether they have plans to review the progress in Implementing the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health with (1) service users, (2) the Local Government Association, and (3) the voluntary and third sector.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen on 13 December 2016 (HL3690), whether NHS England’s Advisory and Oversight Group, with respect to its role in monitoring and supporting the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, would benefit from the inclusion of local government representatives such as the Local Government Association or the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 21 November 2016 to Questions 54021, 54017, 54073 and 57074, which recommendations of the Director of Public Health at Lancashire County Council's rapid health impact assessment of the shale gas exploratory stage at Roseacre Wood and Preston New Road are relevant to Public Health England's responsibilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 21 November 2016 to Questions 54021, 54017, 54073 and 54074, what steps Public Health England is taking on the recommendations of the Director of Public Health at Lancashire County Council's rapid health impact assessment of the shale gas exploratory stage at Roseacre Wood and Preston New Road.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2016 to Question HL3395, if the Government will hold a public consultation on the effect on future arrangements for public health funding of Government proposals on business rate retention by local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) posts and (b) vacancies were there in mental health NHS trusts in England in the most recent month for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to tackle health inequality between the north and the south of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many health visitors were employed in (a) Wirral, (b) the Liverpool City Region and (c) England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to increase the mental health workforce to achieve the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that reasonable adjustments are provided to people with a learning disability when using the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure there is sufficient funding for (a) public health, (b) mental health services and (c) social care since Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group has been placed in financial directions; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2018 to Question 210680 and with reference to the Backbench Business Committee debate on Mental Health First Aid on 17 January 2019, Official Report columns 1366-1395, what the main outcomes were of the Work Leadership Council on the 17 January 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps with Cabinet colleagues to tackle health inequalities that stem from income inequality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on decreasing the number of people with a learning disability in assessment and treatment units.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on reducing health inequalities for people with a learning disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average length of waiting list for (a) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and (b) all other child mental health services in each of the six local authority areas in the Liverpool City Region in each of the past five years for which data are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 211319 on the Nuffield Trust Paper, whether healthcare services in deprived areas will receive support to recruit more staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in (a) England and (b) England and Wales were transferred to a bed in an NHS mental health facility because they had (i) psychosis, (ii) schizophrenia or (iii) any other condition in each of the last five years.
Department of Health and Social Care: Trade Associations
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which regulatory functions imposed by legislation for which his Department has responsibility are currently undertaken by trade associations; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding from the public purse was available to (a) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and (b) all other child mental health services in each of the six local authority areas in the Liverpool City Region in each of the past five years for which data are available; and what funding is available to each of those areas for each of the next two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has invested in child health research in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment of the effect on babies of (a) glyphosate and (b) other chemicals used in disposable nappies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2018 to Question 210677 on Mental Health and Employers Independent Review and with reference to the Backbench Business Committee debate on Mental Health First Aid on 17 January 2019, Official Report columns 1366-1395, whether the Government has plans to make the recommendations of the Farmer-Stevenson review binding for private business.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on the role of non-clinical interventions in achieving the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2016 to Question 55609, on health professions: training, if he will provide the same figures relating to each other provider in England.
Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure that every Sustainability and Transformation Partnership and Integrated Care System plan has a dedicated lead for children and young people at an executive or board level as recommended by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in their State of Child Health report published on 23 January 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Health Education England has spent on funding training places in each year since 2009; and how many of those training places were provided in the (a) Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, (b) Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust and (c) Humber NHS Foundation Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2019 to Question 207547 on Department of Health and Social Care: Brexit, how much of the £71 million allocated to his Department for Brexit preparations in 2018-19 and 2019-20 has been allocated to preparing for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2018 to Question 208247 on the regular reporting of mental health spend to the NHS dashboard, when the Government plans to publish the next quartile of data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to his oral contribution of 15 January 2019, Official Report, column 1005, what steps he is taking in relation to the GP Contract negotiations to improve the six-week perinatal mental health check for new mothers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government has made on meeting the target set out in the 2015 Comprehensive Spending Review to provide 2 million more diagnostic tests per year by 2020-21; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the debt levels of Four Seasons Health Care; whether they have any plans to intervene to protect the interests of patients; and whether they are able to require the company's private equity owner to invest new equity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made in laying statutory instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest number of weeks is which have passed between a doctor recommending transfer of a prisoner to a bed in a mental health facility and the prison’s eventual transfer of that prisoner in each year for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the link between areas of deprivation and health service usage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds figures on how many UK citizens below pension age living in the European Union utilise the S1 form certificate of entitlement to access healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) veterans and (b) serving armed forces personnel that enlisted aged 18 or under have sought mental health support in each of the last 10 years.
Department of Health and Social Care: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many days of sick leave have been taken by staff in his Department due to (a) stress and (b) mental ill-health in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2019 to Question 212352 on Mental Health Inter-ministerial Group, on what date the inter-ministerial group for mental health will next meet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health nurses have practised in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for further measures to assist employers in supporting employees to return to work after a health-related absence.
Coal Fired Power Stations and Incinerators: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) his Department or (b) Public Health England has (i) undertaken or (ii) made an assessment of any studies that compare the effectiveness of the different methods of filtering pollutants used in (A) waste incinerators and (B) coal fired power stations for protecting human health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information Public Health England holds on research on the health effects of emissions of perfluorooctanoic acid from waste incinerators.
Health and Social Care Information Centre
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Hospital Episode Statistics and Secondary Uses Service datasets are maintained for purposes of direct care; and whether the creation and processing of information by the Health and Social Care Information Centre for those purposes is subject to dissent under the Data Protection Act 1998.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England has made of the health effects of (a) PM 0.1 and (b) PM 1 in those parts of England (i) with and (ii) without waste incineration plants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the Healthy Start scheme delivers the goals of the Childhood Obesity Plan.
Pursuant to her Answer of 28th February, Official Report, 255 c495W, what information about Kawasaki disease has now been made available to doctors through (a) her Department and (b) health authorities.
If she will fund research into the cause, detection and treatment of Kawasaki disease; what information she has on the incidence of Kawasaki disease in England and Wales, the west midlands and Birmingham in each of the last 12 years; what action she has taken to reduce deaths from Kawasaki disease; if she will ask the Chief Medical Officer to issue advice to general practitioners on the diagnosis and treatment of Kawasaki disease. - Inc table.
What advice is issued to general practitioners about the diagnosis and treatment of Kawasaki's disease; and if she will ensure that all general practitioners in the country receive information at least as comprehensive as that being issued to Birmingham general practitioners by local consultants in communicable disease control; and what are most recent figures on incidence of Kawasakis disease in England and Wales and west Midlands region. - Includes ref to 246 c602W.
What action she is taking to reduce deaths from Kawasaki disease. - Ref to 246 c602W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2016 to Question 58477, on nutrition: health education, what advantages and disadvantages were considered and identified by Public Health England when the external reference group recommended using the linear programming model to revise the Eatwell Guide.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children receiving initial mental health treatment in West Kent.
North East London NHS Foundation Trust: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of waiting times in mental health services for initial treatment for children at the North-East London Foundation Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Public Health England identified any disadvantages to using a linear programming model to generate the food group segment sizes in the revised Eatwell Guide.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on international development targeted primarily at (a) the delivery of and (b) research into healthcare services in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the legal status is of the land at Stoke Mandeville Hospital which was sold to Persimmon Homes in 1998; what the receipts were of the sale in 1998 of land at Stoke Mandeville Hospital to Persimmon Homes; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report commissioned by NHS Estates into the sale in 1998 of land at Stoke Mandeville Hospital to Persimmon Homes; if the sale in 1998 by his Department of land at Stoke Mandeville Hospital was advertised; if he will make a statement on his plans for the land at Stoke Mandeville Hospital which is now in his ownership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of how effectively the measures in the draft Mental Health Bill would facilitate early intervention measures where mental health concerns are raised in relation to children and other young people; and what his proposed timetable is for bringing forward the Mental Health Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to review and address regional discrepancies in the provision of IVF services as outlined in the Women’s Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of Armed Forces personnel were classed as medically (a) non deployable and (b) limited deployable, in each year since 2010.
What assessment she has made as to the maintenance of clinical standards in pathology services at the Lister Hospital following any decision to award a contract to a private company which takes clinicians out of the management arrangements; and what steps she will take to monitor the quality of these services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Mental Health Bill will include provisions for every child to (a) have access to a (i) counsellor and (ii) play and creative arts therapist registered by a (A) Government and (B) Government-approved agency within school and (b) for all schools to have a mental health support team.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will publish details of the co-commissioning of specialised services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS of NHS mental health patients being treated in non-NHS institutions has been in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 9 January 2023, on NHS winter pressures, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing Care Quality Commission inspections on staff availability for clinical work in inpatient mental health settings.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that women in Afghanistan will no longer be allowed to continue their university education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2022 to Question 13051 on Gender Recognition: West Yorkshire, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the functioning of the pilot gender identity clinics and new services models; if he will publish the evaluation of the pilots; whether clinical capacity has increased; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his counterpart in Zimbabwe on the potential impact of the Health Services Bill on (a) workers’ rights, (b) rights of assembly and expression and (c) health service capacity in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for patient care of (a) levels of communication and (b) information sharing facilities between the NHS in England and health services in the devolved nations.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information her Department holds on how many (a) UK health workers have returned to UK from EU countries and (b) EU health workers have returned to EU countries from the UK since June 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the letter sent to him dated 23 February 2015 on prescription charges for people with long-term conditions by the Chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Respiratory Health, Parkinson's, Motor Neurone Disease, HIV and AIDS, Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia and Heart Disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much each clinical commissioning group has spent on child and adolescent mental health services in each year since 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assess the potential impact of poverty on (a) the mental health of and (b) suicide rates in people living in poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 96635 on Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds and with reference to the Answer of 17 June 2021 to Question 11615 on Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds, for what reason information could be provided to Question 11615 and not Question 96635; and how many mental health beds there were in 2021-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are for capital development of the Maxilla/Facial, Orthodontic and Restorative Department at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase mental health support to people in palliative or end-of-life care.
What percentage of the operational use of the Stoke Mandeville magnetic resource scanner is (a) for patients and (b) commercial.
What inquiry she has conducted into the placing of the control by North Hertfordshire Health Trust to manage the pathology services for the Lister Hospital, Stevenage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the timescale for the signing and implementation of the private finance initiative agreement to rebuild Stoke Mandeville Hospital. - Inc figure. (Holding answer 11 May 2004).
How many full-time consultant paediatricians are currently employed at the Grantham and Kesteven Hospital; and how many were employed at the time of the Beverley Allitt case. - Data on medical staff at local level are not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on achieving the objectives of its 10-year cross-government mental health and wellbeing plan.
Fire and Rescue Services: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of annual health monitoring for all firefighters, including after retirement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) GP appointments, (b) Accident and Emergency treatment and (c) delayed medical (i) treatments and (ii) operations in hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to require the UK Health Security Agency to produce more granular data on (a) HIV, (b) ethnicity, (c) age, (d) gender and (e) migration status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 90747 on Armed Forces: Health, if he will break down the percentage of Armed Forces personnel classed as medically (a) non-deployable and (b) limited deployable by service branch for each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Women's Health Strategy on tackling health inequalities and ensuring equitable access to and experience of services for women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2022 to Question 87887 on Mental Health Services: Standards, what steps he is taking to help tackle (a) failures identified in Care Quality Commission reports and (b) the reoccurrence of these failures.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the announcement of £200 million funding for the Women’s Integrated Sexual Health programme, which providers will deliver that project; and how much funding each of those providers will receive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of arranging with the Independent Community News Network and the Publish Interest News Foundation for a portion of public health campaign spending to be disbursed across the independent media sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that inefficiencies in the (a) ambulance service and (b) NHS are reduced.
Department of Health and Social Care: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2022 to Question 107066, how many purchases with a value less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget through a Government procurement card in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to bring forward the Mental Health Bill; and whether that Bill will include measures on (a) early intervention, (b) family stability and (c) the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the UK who suffer from Mild Cognitive Impairment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of incorporating education on female presentation of symptoms into the training of healthcare professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of how the NHS and local authorities could work more closely in order to help improve assessments of causation and environmental factors impacting on mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle health inequalities affecting women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the short-term capacity of (a) St. George's Hospital Tooting and (b) Kingston Hospital, to take on extra in-patient work from Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether joint committees of NHS England and clinical commissioning groups are permitted to deviate from national service specifications for specialised services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require companies to provide information on levels of sickness due to (a) stress and (b) other mental health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to introduce (a) video consultations and (b) other new technology into primary care service delivery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to tackle public health misinformation on social media platforms.
Health Services: Immigration Removal Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a review has been commissioned for completion this year to follow the health and wellbeing needs assessment programme in Immigration Removal Centres which reported in 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2021 to Question 59814 on the NHS Genomic Medicine Service, what amount of funding was provided through (a) specialised commissioning and (b) highly specialised services to the NHS Genomic Medicine Service annually; for the most recent time period that data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) improve mental health provision and (b) support the needs of children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many formal complaints (a) mental health services and (b) the NHS received in each region in each month of each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the (a) level of employment and (b) number of people who are out of work due to health problems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 219055, which areas are piloting enhanced access to mental health practitioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the take-up of free health checks by over-40s in each local authority area in each of the last four years for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nationals of (a) the EEA, excluding the UK and (b) non-EEA countries who are (i) doctors, (ii) dentists, (iii) other dental care professionals and (iv) nurses have been (A) suspended and (B) brought before a fitness to practise panel by their professional regulator as a result of poor English language skills in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS England spent per head on mental health in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what allocation per capita was made by his Department in respect of clinical commissioning group (CCG) services in (a) each CCG in York and North Yorkshire, (b) each region of England and (c) England in each year since 2015 (i) in cash terms and (ii) at constant prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many paediatric mental health nurses were employed by the NHS in each month since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department plans to make available to (a) healthcare in the North East of England, (b) healthcare in Sunderland and (c) the South Tyneside and Sunderland Hospital Trust in the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department are taking to help reduce the number of people who are out of work due to ill mental health.
Integrated Care Boards: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many health clinicians are members of integrated care boards; and how many integrated care boards have health clinicians on them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that the National HIV action plan includes targeted work to ensure migrants and asylum seekers living with HIV can access HIV care and treatment.
What steps she has taken to guarantee that the privatisation of pathology services at Lister Hospital in Stevenage has no detrimental impact upon the availability of those services to local patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on considering the potential merits of establishing a public inquiry into the adequacy of mental health services provided (a) by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust and (b) in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England will remain the sole budget-holder and accountable commissioner for all specialised services.
Health Services (Cross-border Health Care and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2019 to Question 237070 on Health Services (Cross-border Health Care and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, if she will place a copy of the Department of Health for Northern Ireland legislative review in the Library.
Department of Health and Social Care: Edenred
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December to Question 107082, for what reason he is concerned that the disclosure of the information requested in relation to his Department could affect Edenred’s commercial interests when sixteen other government departments who also use the Edenred contract to pay non-cash vouchers to their staff have disclosed the same information since 6 December 2022 with no such concerns arising.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department's budget is spent on legal fees and damages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the announcement in paragraph 1.233 of Budget 2015, HC 1093, of additional funding for children and young people's mental health services, how much of this funding has been spent by NHS England to date; how such funding has been spent; and how much in total he anticipates NHS England will have spent by the end of the current financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 9 January 2023 on NHS winter pressures, how many Care Quality Commission inspections he expects to take place in inpatient mental health services during winter 2023; and within what time period those inspections will occur.
What factors she took into account when deciding what type of further investigation to hold into the events at Grantham and Kesteven General Hospital between February and April 1991 which were the subject of the recent trial of former nurse Beverley Allitt; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to implement Tobacco harm reduction strategies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with severe mental illness have adequate access to physical health checks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech on 4 January 2023 entitled building a better future, whether he plans to publish a strategy on reducing NHS waiting lists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has held discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the potential health impact of self-disconnection of prepayment meters in winter 2022-23; and what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of expected levels of self-disconnection of prepayment meters in winter 2022-23.
Fire and Rescue Services: Occupational Health
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to introduce (a) facilities and (b) contracts for appropriate and effective PPE and workwear cleaning across all Fire and Rescue service and duty systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the facilities and development funding available for the Lister Hospital, Stevenage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the National Patient Access Team into waiting list management at Stoke Mandeville Hospital; what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the district audit analysis of alleged waiting list irregularities at Stoke Mandeville Hospital; if he will place in the Library a copy of the district audit report into the management of waiting lists at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. (Holding answer 9 January 2002).
Mental Health Services: Secondary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the process is for referring a child in secondary school education for support from their local mental health team.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients at the Herchel Prins Low Secure Unit at the Glenfield Hospital site in Leicestershire have been found not to have mental health problems. - No figures, not collected centrally.
Health Services and Social Services: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GDP was spent on health and social care in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to improve (a) recording and (b) monitoring of firefighter exposures to contaminants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of building the Herchel Prins Unit at Glenfield Hospital in Leicestershire; what its running costs were in the last financial year; and what this cost was per patient. - Not collected in the format requested.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for an outpatient appointment in the Maxilla/Facial Orthodontic and Restorative Department at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage. - Inc table. (Holding answer 4 July 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the long-term capacity of Kingston Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have escaped from the Herchel Prins Unit at Glenfield Hospital in Leicestershire in the last year. - Not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans that the report of the in-depth review into the future of domestic women’s football will be delivered..
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including early intervention measures within the upcoming Mental Health Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make provision to place an enabling team within a trust where mental health trusts receive an inadequate or requires improvement rating from the Care Quality Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future of the Accident and Emergency Department at the Lister Hospital. - (Holding answer 1 February 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the progress and timescale of the PFI Scheme for additional doctors' and nurses' accommodation at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to introduce effective decontamination policies and training across the Fire and Rescue Service.
What information she has received relating to nursing and medical staffing levels at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital in each of the last five years. - Data on staffing levels at this level of detail are not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce health inequalities between men and women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of treatment for (a) Alzheimer’s Disease and (b) Dementia in the North East London Clinical Commissioning Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable and format is for this year's review of the health and wellbeing needs assessment programme in immigration removal centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2015 to Question 20082, what the (a) dates, (b) locations and (c) organisations of the 19 visits and meetings referred to in that Answer were.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the increase is in the (a) size of the mental health staff workforce and (b) number of professionally qualified clinical mental health staff employed since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2017 to Question 6854, whether his Department has provided funding from non-section 64 sources to the organisation Action on Smoking and Health in the 2017-18 financial year or any of the last 10 financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Directors of Public Health are on integrated care boards; and how many integrated care boards have a Director of Public Health on them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's budget was derived from the public purse in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation he has had with (a) ophthalmologists in Buckinghamshire, (b) the Buckinghamshire Association for the Blind, (c) primary care trusts in Buckinghamshire and (d) the Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust about his plans for a diagnostic and treatment centre for ophthalmology in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; what assessment he has made of the impact on ophthalmology services at Stoke Mandeville Hospital of his plans for a diagnostic and treatment centre for ophthalmology in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; what arrangements he is proposing for managing (a) operative and (b) post-operative complications at the planned diagnostic and treatment centre for ophthalmology for Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; what representations he has received from local doctors about the accuracy of the information on the demands for cataract surgery on which he has based his plans for a diagnostic and treatment centre for ophthalmology in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. - (Holding answers 18 September 2003).
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the analysis submitted by Professor Sir Brian Jarman to the NHS Medical Director that child heart surgery units at Glenfield Hospital and the Royal Brompton Hospital rank 1 and 3 in terms of outcomes performance, what is their response to the recommendation of the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts that these units be closed.[HL3312]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will state, in respect of the patients at Stoke Mandeville Hospital who were found in the district audit investigation to have been suspended irregularly from waiting lists, how many were patients (a) waiting for the second stage of a bilateral procedure, (b) who self-deferred having declined a reasonable treatment plan and (c) who were suspended without reason. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 9 January 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 87882 on Mental Health, if he will publish a long-term strategy on mental health, well-being and suicide prevention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address disparities in access to NHS-funded IVF services for couples in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of repurposing temporary vaccination centres to deliver permanent NHS services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on child mental health services in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 9 January 2023 on NHS winter pressures, what measures will be implemented to discharge mental health patients into appropriate settings more quickly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide patients with (a) equitable access to technology to support their care and (b) greater agency in decision making concerning their care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to involve people living with HIV in the (a) development, (b) linkage with community-based services and (c) further implementation of quality-of-life measurement tools in health facilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for December 2021, for attendance at which event did his Department pay Revolution Events Ltd. £4,627.80 on 22 December 2021; and at which hotel was accommodation booked for staff attending that event.
Department of Health and Social Care: Paper
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s Greening Government Commitments for 2021-25, how many reams of A4 paper were purchased by his Department in Financial Year (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, and (c) 2021-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Child Accident and Emergency Ward at the Lister Hospital to be opened to patients; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 1 February 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2021 to Question 59814 on the NHS Genomic Medicine Service, what plans he has to develop operational level guidance for the NHS Genomic Medicine Service to further support NHS delivery and Genome UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England’s document, Investment and evolution: A five-year framework for GP contract reform to implement the NHS Long Term Plan, published 31 January 2019, whether his Department has plans to introduce a national service specification for women’s health including a focus on (a) sexual and reproductive health and (b) contraception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) paediatric and (b) adult cystic fibrosis centres in England did not provide at least 85 per cent of their patients with psychological support at their annual review, in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are patient representatives on the boards of integrated care boards and on primary care, commissioning and assurance committees; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer can access high-quality mental health and wellbeing support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NGOs will be able to engage with this year's review of the health and wellbeing needs assessment programme in immigration removal centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the net change has been in the number of inpatient perinatal mental health beds since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects that the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Dataset will start publishing data; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the name of the commissioned provider for health services in each prison in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people diagnosed with dementia have access to clinical support within a reasonable travelling distance from their home.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 1.233 of the March Budget 2015, how much of the £1.25 billion investment in mental health services has been allocated to children and young people's mental health in each clinical commissioning group in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 400 mental health support teams to be delivered by April 2023 will be in Sheffield.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many beneficiaries of Healthy Start paper vouchers have not yet re-enrolled via the new online registration system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support it provides to people out of work due to health problems.
Department of Health and Social Care: Incentives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2022 to Question 97502 on Department of Health and Social Care: Incentives, whose commercial interests would be affected by the disclosure of the information requested.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 9 January 2023 on NHS winter pressures, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of focusing Care Quality Commission inspections on inpatient mental health settings during winter 2023 on the discharge of patients from emergency departments to mental health settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring providers of all mental health, learning disability and autism services to publish the review of safeguarding policies in their organisations which was required by NHS England in autumn 2022.
Department of Health and Social Care: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s Greening Government Commitments for 2021-25, how many tonnes of food waste were produced from his Departmental estate in Financial Year (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 up to 31 December 2022.
Department of Health and Social Care: Remote Working
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of their Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding the cost of medicines regulation undertaken by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for Children and Adolescent Mental Health services assessments in Feltham and Heston constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to embed HIV prevention messaging in community support settings, including (a) women’s health groups, (b) GP surgeries and (c) non-health settings visited regularly by people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a network of nightingale-style stepdown facilities to provide transitional care for people that are ready for hospital discharge but have not yet secured the social care package they require.
What external public relations staff from (a) the private sector or (b) other NHS bodies have been employed by (i) Grantham and Kesteven District General Hospital, (ii) South Lincolnshire District Health Authority or (iii) Trent Regional Health Authority to assist with work relating to the Clothier Inquiry; and what was the cost of any of these contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have taken place in staffing levels since 1st May 1997 in respect of (a) administrative personnel and (b) nursing staff in (i) Kingston Hospital and (ii) West Middlesex Hospital. - No figures included.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to Sheffield for the delivery of mental health support teams in schools and colleges in (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amount each of the healthcare regulators charged for annual registration fees in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the patient voice in decisions about their care within the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on the nation's health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Kingston Hospital will receive the capital funding necessary for the new permanent ward block.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Welsh Government on its policy of offering one-off payments to health service workers; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of such payments being classed as cost-of-living payments rather than income for tax and benefit purposes.
Department for Work and Pensions: Atos Healthcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of the personal independence payment assessment contract with ATOS; what the main key performance indicators (KPIs) are under that contract; and what the (a) financial and (b) other penalties are for failure to meet KPIs.
Public Health and Social Services: Finance
To ask Her Majesty's Government what increases, in constant prices and on present funding plans, will be provided for (1) Public Health England, (2) local authority public health services, and (3) adult social care services, over each of the next five years; and what are the planned annual percentage increases for each of those service areas over that period.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have consulted (1) professional, and (2) unpaid, dementia carers regarding strategic decisions around integrated social care; and if so, how.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of increased use of medical technology to reduce waiting times for medical care.
Department of Health and Social Care: Management Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on management consultants in 2021-22.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage the adoption of genomic technology in the National Health Service.[HL1882]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people referred for talking therapies received cognitive behaviour therapy in each of the last five years.
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) ordinary and (b) named-day written questions their Department answered on time in 2022.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels within Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to improve the working conditions of the NHS workforce in order to help increase the retention rate of clinical positions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the impact of low level radiation on genome stability.
Special Educational Needs: Health Services and Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the role that health and social services have in filling the workforce gaps in the specialist support for children and young people with special educational needs that were identified in the SEND review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to use the findings of the genome project to identify and reduce the risks of heart disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure progress in research on genomic healthcare in the UK.
Tourette's Syndrome: Health Professions and Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to increase the number of specialist practitioners (a) researching and (b) treating Tourette Syndrome.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have, if any, to provide injured service men and women with full access to NHS facilities and treatments; and whether any such provision would be made for individuals who have access to private treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the consent framework for the Genomic Medicine Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 3088 on Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds, how many mental health beds there were in each financial year from (a) 2010 to (b) 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff are employed by his Department as of 13 January 2023; and what the cost is of these employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help encourage current and former staff to provide evidence to the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry into the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex between 2000 and 2020.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prostate cancer trials involving genomics have been approved in the past two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using genomics in healthcare for the diagnosis and treatment of blood cancers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the terms of reference for the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry into the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex between 2000 and 2020 can be met with the inquiry’s status as a non-statutory inquiry.
Department of Health: Research and Science
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the total amount made available to ring-fenced science and research funding organisations in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health beds there were in the NHS in each financial year since 2010-11.
Department of Health and Social Care: Annual Reports
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish its annual reports and accounts for the 2021-22 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the drugs Ziprazidone and Aripipazole will be available on prescription to treat schizophrenia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on human respiratory health of (a) log burning stoves and (b) pellet boilers.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 16 September (HL2100), whether they plan to remove the National Health Service ban on treating injured British military personnel who have undergone some private medical treatment, however small, for their injuries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) move towards a preventative model of care for dentistry and (b) bring forward a public awareness campaign on oral health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many health visitors were employed by NHS England in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the level of evidence provided by current and former staff to the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry into the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex between 2000 and 2020.
Immigration Removal Centres: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the report by the Centre for Mental Health, entitled Immigration Removal Centres in England: A mental heath needs analysis, published on 9 January 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2015 to Question 6342, if he will place a copy of the Joint Workplace Protocol in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all pancreatic cancer patients have access to dietetic treatment, advice and support; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that specialist medical services are accessible in all regions of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps Public Health England (a) have taken and (b) will take with the UK Border Agency and immigration removal centres to ensure (i) continuity of care for those undergoing treatment and (ii) access to screening and evidence-based treatment while in detention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of mental health support provision in the Prisons Estate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients subject to sectioning at Springfield Mental Hospital, Tooting have committed acts of violence outside the hospital in each of the last 10 years whilst subject to those sections.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to prioritise funding for public health and primary, community, and social care, in order to resolve capacity problems in A&E and hospital trusts.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the regional variations in people with Type 1 Diabetes meeting very few treatment targets; what proposals they have to remedy this; and over what timescale.
Department of Health: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legal costs the Government has incurred to date relating to the Freedom of Information request for the former Secretary of State for Health's diary of engagements referred to in Information Commissioner Decision Notice No. FS50406024 and the subsequent appeals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to prepare and implement an NHS workforce plan to ensure effective incontinence management for patients, including adequate provision of pelvic physiotherapy for all patients who require it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated total annual cost is of the new adolescent unit at Springfield Hospital combined with the estimated annual cost of maintaining the replacement services under consultation for Surrey following the proposed closure of the Woodside Adolescent Unit; and what the current annual cost was of the Woodside unit in the last 12 months; what discussions Surrey Oaklands initiated with the NHS in London about the closure of the Woodside Adolescent Unit; what the clinical reason was for the decision to transfer adolescent services from the Woodside Adolescent Unit to a new unit at Springfield Hospital. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-South Africa health partnership; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been sectioned at Springfield Mental Hospital, Tooting, in each of the last 10 years.
Allied Health Professions and Ancillary Staff: Vacancies
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to address staffing shortages to ensure that patients receive high-quality, allied healthcare professional and ancillary care, including those patients occupying the additional 7,000 hospital beds announced in August 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Oral Answer of the Minister for Community and Social Care of 7 July 2015, Official Report, column 166, when he intends to publish (a) national and (b) each clinical commissioning group's funding allocation for mental health for (i) 2014-15 and 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2015 to Question 6508, for what reasons his Department cannot report monthly on the litigation and Counsel's costs relating to the Freedom of Information request for the former Secretary of State for Health's diary of engagements referred to in Information Commissioner Decision Note No. FS50406024 and the subsequent appeals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2015 to Question 1439, how the fund for advanced care in GP practices and community healthcare facilities will be (a) allocated and (b) used.
Primary Education: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of primary schools in England employ a (a) play and (b) creative arts therapist; and how many and what proportion of Ofsted reports completed in 2022 for primary schools in (a) York and (b) elsewhere in England include reference to (i) play and (ii) creative arts therapy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the new adolescent mental health unit will open at Springfield Hospital in Tooting. - It is anticipated that the adolescent mental health unit will open in June 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether it is his intention that the NHS Commissioning Board will have responsibility for commissioning healthcare in immigration removal centres from April 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July to Question 6166, whether all Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are to receive a funding increase in the next financial year; and whether the expectation in the National Health Service England planning document for 2015-16 that mental health spending will grow in real terms at least as fast as each CCG's overall allocation will be enforceable or a guideline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the parliamentary ratification of the World Health Organisation Pandemic Treaty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce NHS waiting times for dermatology treatment.
Integrated Care Systems and Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of integrated care system and public health grant funding in the context of strengthening population health; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of combining those funding streams.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 2168 on Psilocybin: Health Hazards, in the context of psilocybin being classified under Schedule 1 of the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, for what reason substance 2-CB falls under Schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, when it is controlled under Schedule 2 of the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many CAMHS beds there were in the NHS in each financial year since 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 98767, when he plans to publish the most recent data on uptake of the Healthy Start scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is taking to speed up the administration of medical questionnaires submitted by motorists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a public awareness campaign on the health impacts and causes of air pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2021-22; and how much is budgeted to be spent for that purpose in 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on each of the six Cavell centre pilot project sites under consideration.
Pupil Exclusions: Mental Health and Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children being excluded have (a) mental health challenges or (b) a neurodiversity diagnosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation on its Mental health and wellbeing plan, which closed on 7 July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with local authorities on potential pilot Cavell centre super hubs of GP and other health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what main criteria are considered when hiring NHS medical staff other than their medical qualifications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2015 to Question 2761, if he will place in the Library a copy of the grant application received by his Department from Action on Smoking and Health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with local government on the public health grant allocations for (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) Public Health England, (c) health professional organisations and (d) other relevant stakeholders on the potential impact of the (i) forced installation and (ii) self-disconnection of prepayment meters on household health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote the use of primary care services for non-emergency health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the public health grant in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 will increase in line with inflation as announced in the Spending Review 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on the 10-year plan for dementia.
Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 110819, on Members: Correspondence, for what reason his Department has yet to respond to correspondence dated 23 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton; what his Department's target is for responding to correspondence from hon. Members; and in what proportion of cases that target is met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the public health budget allocations for 2023-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of publishing a Men's Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding of the public health grant to local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has (a) commissioned, (b) reviewed and (c) approved any outline business cases for pilot Cavell centre super hubs of GP and other health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposals to remove funding for applied general qualifications that overlap with Health and Science T-Levels on the health and social care workforce.
Pupils: Mental Health Services and Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children who have (a) mental health challenges and (b) a neurodiversity diagnosis have the in-school support that they need.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has spent money from the public purse on pilot Cavell centre super hubs of GP and other health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January to Question 119018 on Department of Health and Social Care: Paper, whether his Department maintains records for the number of reams of A4 paper purchased in each financial year, consistent with the requirements of HM Treasury's Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, 2022-23, published on 15 December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the health risks to vulnerable families and households arising from (a) the forced installation of prepayment meters and (b) the practice of self-disconnection by those households unable to afford to load credit onto prepayment meters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people are able to (a) access and (b) receive responses from the Healthy Start scheme via (i) phone and (ii) email in a timely manner.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department spent in 2021 on purchasing goods and services with a value of less than £500 on a government procurement card.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to inform local authorities of their provisional public health grant budgets for 2023-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 62832 on Healthy Start Scheme: Newcastle Upon Tyne, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on Healthy Start Vouchers use and claims at a city or constituency level; and what regional data his Department collects or holds on Healthy Start Voucher uptake.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve the provision of care for people diagnosed with ADHD.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the National Genomic Strategy will be launched; and what opportunities there will be for stakeholder involvement in that strategy's development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for the (a) the roll-out and (b) publication of progress reports on the Genomic Healthcare Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what actions his Department is taking to reduce variations in patient care quality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of waiting times for ADHD diagnostic appointments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Genomic Healthcare Strategy will include all types of cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients he estimates will benefit from whole genome sequencing in (a) 2019 and (b) each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on delivering the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions on Cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2015 to Question 10530, what the job titles are of those officials undertaking the assessment of the grant funding for Action on Smoking and Health; and what transparency measures have been built into the assessment process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) publish on his Department’s website and (b) place in the House of Commons Library, copies of the Ipsos Public Affairs report, commissioned by his Department, entitled Evaluation of Department of Health Cost Recovery ID Checking Pilot: Final Report, dated December 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 98767 on Healthy Start Scheme, when data on uptake of the Healthy Start scheme since 1 April 2022 will be published; for what reason data for uptake after 31 March 2022 has not been published; and if he will make a statement.
Animal and Plant Health Agency: Avian Influenza
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average length of time is between the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) receiving a report of suspected avian influenza in (a) wild birds and (b) kept birds on private land and (i) an APHA duty vet visiting to collect samples and (ii) a protection zone being established.
Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of availability of eating disorder services for children.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of current winter pressures on the NHS; and what plans they have, if any, to implement early emergency protocols to prevent similar pressures next winter.
Health and Safety: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will hold discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the potential merits of including in the reporting process the ability to log when (a) drugs or (b) alcohol were a contributing factor to an accident at work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have received whole genome sequencing through the NHS; and how many of those patients had a type of blood cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national audit of liver cancer services to address regional variations in care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of independent reviews of seclusion and long-term segregation under the Mental Health Act Code of Practice.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s First Report of Session 2019, on Drugs policy, HC 1178, what scientific and medical analysis showed the Class A, Schedule 1 drug psilocybin to be harmful to human health; on what dates that analysis was (a) commissioned and (b) published; and who conducted that analysis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients that will benefit from whole genome sequencing in the first year of its introduction; and what steps is he taking to ensure the adequacy of trained professionals to provide that service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's research into the use of (a) lamotrigine, (b) vigabatrin, (c) gabapentin, (d) oxcarbazepine, (e) topiramate and (f) tiagabine for the treatment of epilepsy in (i) children and (ii) adults. - Includes ref to www.nice.org.uk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy to ensure every person diagnosed with cancer has access to (a) personalised care, (b) a needs assessment, (c) a care plan and (d) health and wellbeing information and support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a five-year plan for public health funding.
Terminal Illnesses: Mental Health Services and Religion
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will put additional support in place for patients who receive a terminal or life changing diagnosis to address their (a) psychological and (b) spiritual needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health support available within schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Genomic Healthcare Strategy will ensure that genomics is included in routine care in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve diagnosis times for cervical cancer, (b) reduce backlogs for specialist referral for patients with suspected cervical cancer and (v) reduce waiting times for patients who require surgery to treat cervical cancer.
Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, under what circumstances it would be permissible for an autistic person or a person with learning disabilities to be placed in an inpatient unit rated as inadequate by the Care Quality Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the adequacy of the number of scans and health checks completed by the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional NHS staff will be required to provide the Genomic Medicine Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to undertake a public consultation with stakeholders on the development of the National Genomic Healthcare Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2022 on Question 102941, how many full time equivalent Departmental staff work in any capacity on the disposal of Personal Protective Equipment.
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the quality of NHS care for veterans and their families.
All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many items of correspondence his Department has received from (a) the Chair and (b) other members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer 20 May 2021 to Question 2168, what the evidential basis is for psilocybin being a Class A, Schedule 1 controlled drug; and whether there are other controlled drugs where no analysis or no recent analysis of harm has been conducted.
All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 10 December 2015 to Questions 18458 and 18543, what assessment he has made of the compatibility with the conditions applicable to grants awarded to Action on Smoking and Health of its the provision of secretariat assistance to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health; if he will review the conditions set out in the award letters for such grants; and if he will investigate any breaches in such conditions.
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the (1) resources, and (2) capacity, of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Association (MHRA); and whether they have made an assessment of the current capacity of the MHRA to keep pace with the expected launches of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approved medicines to the UK market.
Visas: Care Workers and Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on speeding up the processing of Health and Care Worker visas for those people roles in the NHS; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes to catering in acute hospitals resulted from the leading chef initiative; how many recipes developed by leading chefs for the NHS are used in the NHS; and how many hospitals use menus resulting from the leading chefs initiative.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 13th November 2001, 374 c682-3W, on nutrition, (a) how many and (b) which of the six key targets under the Better Hospital Food Programme by (i) region and (ii) health authority will be fully delivered by the end of December. - Inc table. (Holding answer 19 December 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will put in place a requirement that where a person has been admitted to hospital due to the effects of (a) damp, cold, or mould in their home or (b) malnutrition, those issues are tackled before or when that patient is discharged from hospital; and if he will take steps with his Cabinet colleagues to require (i) local authorities and (ii) social housing providers to resolve such issues as part of that process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of whether the terms of reference for the independent inquiry into the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex between 2000 and 2020 are achievable in the context of the inquiry’s non-statutory status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of people being admitted to hospital because of the effect of their housing conditions on their (a) medical wellbeing and (b) appetite; and what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce this level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of patient self-referral into routine NHS community services to reduce GP backlogs in England.
Department of Health and Social Care: Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what human resources information their Department shares with trade unions on a regular basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average wait time is for the processing of an extension to Health and Care Worker visas for those working in the NHS in each of the last 5 years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she will take to expedite Health and Care Worker visas for people with jobs secured in the NHS; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average wait time for the processing of Health and Care Worker visas for those waiting to fulfil vacancies to work in the NHS in each of the last 5 years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she will take to expedite the process of extensions of Health and Care Worker visas for people already working in the NHS; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS Executive officials directly involved in the establishment of single procurement arrangements for NHS trusts in the South West were previously involved in (a) development and (b) management of the Hospital Information Support Systems initiative.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the work of the Hospital Nutrition Policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the second stage of the Better Hospital Food Programme consists of. - An announcement will be made at Hospital Caterers Association Annual Conference on 24 April 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets his Department has set under phase II of the Better Hospital Food Programme for the (a) quality and (b) availability of drinks at ward level; and how improvements will be monitored; what targets his Department has set under phase II of the Better Hospital Food Programme for food and drinks services (a) for children and young adults and (b) in accident and emergency departments; and how improvements will be monitored.- No new targets have been set under phase II of the Better Hospital Food programme. (Questions printed separately in Daily Part).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government's initiative to improve hospital cleanliness following the distribution of funds directly to hospital trusts for this purpose.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish figures for 2003 on the six key targets of the Better Hospital Food Programme. - Details will be announced in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to enable patient feedback on the standard and quality of the food they are being served from the NHS recipe book. (Holding answer 8 January 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January, Official Report, column 181W, what proportion of trusts make no use of leading chef dishes.
Care Workers and Health Professions: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on speeding up the processing of Health and Care Worker visas for those people roles in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
Department of Health and Social Care: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data gathered is shared with union representatives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June 2003 at 406 c687W, on hospital food, what methods his Department will use to monitor the effectiveness of phase II of the Better Hospital Food Programme. - Standards of service provision will be monitored through patient environment action team inspections.
How many Health Information Support Systems projects have been initiated; and what is the cost of each project to date. - Figure given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the six key targets under the Better Hospital Food Programme will have been fully delivered by the end of December 2002 in each (a) region and (b) health authority. - Ref to 390 c481-2W, 14 October 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to move towards patient self-referral as the default pathway for (a) community audiology and (b) other routine community NHS services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the Health Inequalities White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital aftercare schemes or hospital at home schemes exist within the NHS; and if he will provide a breakdown by NHS region; what number and percentage of hospital aftercare schemes or hospital at home schemes are run by (a) NHS trusts, (b) voluntary organisations and (c) others. - Information not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost per hospital meal was (a) before and (b) after implementation of the Government's Better Hospital Food programme; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 12 December 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of evidence from current and former staff being provided to the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry into the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex between 2000 and 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the wider use of other NHS Primary Care providers to ease the pressures on General Practice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that current and former staff provide evidence to the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry into the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex between 2000 and 2020.
What plans he has to seek compensation in respect of the NHS HISS system.
Which pilot projects for hospital information support systems have now been evaluated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the way in which the duty of candour is operating in respect of staff providing evidence to the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry into the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex between 2000 and 2020.
Department of Health and Social Care: South Tyneside
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money South Tyneside Council has returned to his Department from grants allocated in the last two years as of 19 January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those chefs involved in the Better Hospital Food Panel; what the next year's budget for the Better Hospital Food Panel will be; and what the remuneration package for the chairman of the Better Hospital Food Panel is. (Holding answer 8 January 2002).
How much money has been spent on the design and implementation of the Hospital Information Support Systems in (a) 1994-95, (b) 1995-96 and (c) 1996-97. - Including figures.
Tourette's Syndrome: Education and Health Services
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the provision of (1) health, and (2) education, services for children and young people with Tourette’s Syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will make details of the second stage of the Better Hospital Food Programme available to the House. (Press release in Library Dep 03/1119).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 13th November 2001, Official Report, column 682W, on nutrition, (a) how many and (b) which of the six key targets under the Better Hospital Food Programme by (i) region and (ii) health authority will have been fully delivered by the end of (A) December 2001, (B) February 2002 and (C) April 2002; pursuant to his Answer of 13th November 2001, Official Report, columns 682-3W, on nutrition, (a) how many and (b) which of the key targets under the Better Hospital Food Programme were fully delivered by the end of (i) March and (ii) June 2002 in each (A) region and (B) health authority. - Inc table. (Holding answer 11 July 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department will assess the way the NHS buys its food to ensure that NHS trusts are getting the right kind of quality for the very best price, as set out in phase II of the Better Hospital Food Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on the leading chefs initiative.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of time taken to (a) process Health and Care Worker visas for people offered NHS roles and (b) extend Health and Care Worker visas for people currently working in the NHS; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for ADHD NHS treatment is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who was responsible for drawing up the nutritional quality standards for hospital food included in the official NHS recipe book. (Holding answer 8 January 2002).
What was the cost of producing each copy of Patient's Charter: Hospital and Ambulance Services: Comparative Performance Guide; how many were printed; and what was the total cost of distribution. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional resources his Department has given to (a) strategic health authorities, (b) primary care trusts and (c) NHS trusts to implement phase II of the Better Hospital Food Programme. - Inc figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most recent measurements are from the Phase I Better Hospital Food Programme's six key targets; pursuant to his Answer of 6th March 2003, 400 c1211W, on hospital food, what the most recent figures are for 2003 of the Stage I Better Hospital Food Programme 6 key targets.
What information he has on the number of patients now being treated under hospital at home schemes annually.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the Better Hospital Food Programme in NHS hospitals; when he last met the chairman of the programme; and how much funding he has allocated to the programme for (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Mental Health Bill, whether he plans to include a statutory duty to provide early intervention strategies to detect and address mental health issues for children and young people within primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care systems have appropriate in-area, regulated mental health residential services available for patient use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding for all 40 NHS Wellbeing Hubs will continue beyond March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to support the delivery of publicly-owned health care in Bangladesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming Mental Health Bill will include a statutory duty to provide early intervention strategies to detect and address mental health issues for children and young people within all primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact on the wellbeing of children in schools where mental health professionals are deployed in comparison to schools where mental health support is led by teachers who are not professionals in mental health; and whether she is taking steps to increase the number of early intervention services for children in schools experiencing mental health difficulties.
Mental Health Services: Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the proportion of children in care who enter mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he make it his policy to waive fees for Disclosure and Barring Service checks for healthcare workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds he will allocate to mental health treatment in Swale Primary Care Trust for (a) children and (b) those over 60 years in the next financial year. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of integrated care boards' commissioning of autism services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2015 to Question 5566, if he will place in the Library a copy of the assessment undertaken in the awarding of all grants to Action on Smoking and Health by his Department; and what the job title is of the official responsible for making recommendations to Ministers on the awarding of such grants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report of the Diabetes and Mental Health Expert Working Group in England entitled An integrated care model for mental health in diabetes, published 20 December 2022, whether he will take steps to improve the integration of diabetes and mental health care outside of long-term conditions Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of inflation on devolved assemblies' budgets for health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2023 to Question 117924 on Life Expectancy, when the Government will set out its plans to reduce health disparities.
Autism: Health Services and Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the integration of the care pathway for people with autism.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the total number of Health and Care Worker visas issued in Q1 2022 were issued to people due to work in (1) the health sector, and (2) the social care sector.
Health Professions: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what happens to the disciplinary records of (a) doctors and (b) nurses when they change (i) gender and (ii) name.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to take a more holistic approach to men’s health, given that there are common underlying factors such as alcohol and drug abuse, and suicide, which are identifiable and frequently preventable.
Department of Health and Social Care: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of employees in their Department are paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that children who enter the care system have the clinical mental health support they need (a) when entering and (b) throughout their time in that system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that mental health professionals are integrated into the Government's work on family hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2015 to Question 11110, how much the NHS spent on cancer services in each year since 2012-13; and what the year-on-year change in that amount was in real terms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 July 2015 to Question 7775, how many times the Deputy Director, Tobacco Control in his Department met representatives from Action on Smoking and Health in each of the last five years; and what the reason, items discussed and outcome were of each such meeting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money Swale Primary Care Trust has allocated to the crisis resolution teams for (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) quantity and (b) quality of residential facilities for children requiring mental health residential care.
Department of Health and Social Care: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he received ministerial severance pay when he left this post in September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what monitoring his Department carries out of who is in receipt of funds allocated through the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme, and what oversight he has of how this money is spent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place to ensure that grants made by his Department under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 are awarded transparently.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many perinatal mental health specialist midwives were in place in each financial year since 2009-10.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time for mental health support from (1) Step 1 initial assessment, (2) Step 2 low intensity, and (3) Step 3 high intensity; and in each case, what is the level of variation from the average by Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2015 to Question 7476, when he expects Public Health England and the National Offender Management Services' health needs assessment of all prisons to be (a) complete and (b) published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2015 to Question 11305, if he will ask NICE to undertake a technical appraisal of psychological therapies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has carried out an evaluation of the changes made under the first year of the Crisis Care Concordat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 January on Mental Health Update, HCWS512, how many places of safety will be new.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of waiting times for mental health support on the incidence of self-harm.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the Government requires NHS Trusts to publish under the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure (a) babies and (b) children are (i) well nourished and (ii) warm in all homes; and if he will introduce a screening process to help ensure children in hospitals are not discharged to settings where those conditions cannot be met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January to Question 122105 on Zimbabwe: Health Services, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Health Services Bill on (a) workers’ rights, (b) rights of assembly and expression and (c) health service capacity in that country.
Department of Health: Trading Standards Institute
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the delivery agreement and agreed deliverables between his Department and the Chartered Institute for Trading Standards.
Ambulance Services: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 January on Mental Health Update, HCWS512, what estimate he has made of the cost of each mental health ambulance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the funding to deliver the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme has been distributed to NHS trusts in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether in deciding to use the urgency procedure to lay The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations 2020 he made an assessment of the serious and imminent threat to public health caused by the inability of the public to access other NHS services providing diagnosis and treatment; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with Cancer Research UK on the 10-Year Cancer Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Major Conditions and Diseases Strategy, whether public health charities and organisations were consulted on the contents of that strategy prior to its publication.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 January on Mental Health Update, HCWS512, whether existing staff will be expected to cover multiple spaces; and what the arrangements for management of spaces will be.
What advice has been given to general practitioners in the Clitheroe area concerning possible health effects resulting from the burning of cemfuel. - This is a matter for East Lancashire health authority. The hon Member may wish to contract Mr W Ashworth, chairman, for details.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2015 to Question 13212, by when the assurance of clinical commissioning groups' (CCG) local transformation plans by NHS England's regional teams are planned to be completed; and whether he plans that the additional £30 million that has been allocated to CCGs will be spent in full in 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2015 to Question 12657, if he will commission an independent review into the procedures followed by the Tobacco Control policy team within his Department when awarding section 64 grants to Action on Smoking and Health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to (a) fund and (b) recruit increased numbers of Health Visitors; and if he will introduce a Health Visitor implementation plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to help retain Health Visitors in the NHS workforce; and what estimate he has made of the number of Health Visitors who are (a) eligible and (b) willing to return to practice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his Department's policy to publish a 10 year cancer plan.
Pursuant to his Answer of 24th October, Official Report, column 567, what assessment he has made of the second report of the Environment Committee on Burning of Secondary Liquid Fuel in Cement Kilns (H.C. 479 of Session 1994-95); and if he will commission studies into the possible health effects of burning cemfuel.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the correlation between reductions in public health funding and increases in rates of (1) syphilis, and (2) gonorrhoea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions are in place to support and promote the mental wellbeing of the NHS workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to publish a joint external evaluation on the UK's capacity to (a) prevent, (b) detect and (c) rapidly respond to public health risks occurring (i) naturally and (ii) due to (A) deliberate and (B) accidental events.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of recognising gambling as a public health issue; and what steps is he taking to address the relationship between gambling and suicide.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority Annual Report on Major Projects 2021-22, published on 20 July 2022, what the expected annual (a) resource and (b) capital expenditure will be on the (i) Integrated Single Financial Environment, (ii) GP IT Futures Programme, (iii) ESR Transformation Programme, (iv) PHE Science Hub, (v) Frontline Digitisation, (vi) Shared Care Records, (vii) AI Labs, (viii) Supporting People at Home and (ix) New Hospital Programme in each financial year of those schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology his Department uses to assess levels of mental health need in the prison population; and what plans he has to commission a prevalence survey of mental health among that population.
What studies his Department has commissioned into the possible health effects of burning cemfuel. - We have commissioned no such studies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the funding distributed by NHS England to improve eating disorder services has been spent; and what that funding has been spent on.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the need for increased funding for the infrastructure costs associated with mental health research.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2015 to Question 11792, which grants made under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1964 are awarded on a non-competed basis; and if he will ensure that all future section 64 grants are awarded on a competed basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 January on Mental Health Update, HCWS512, what additional staff training will be required to help provide a range of spaces to support people experiencing a mental health crisis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who paid for private healthcare services in NHS hospitals in (a) Wirral West constituency and (b) England in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to use submissions to the 10 year cancer plan call for evidence to inform the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2015 to Question 12901, on mental health services, whether the figures in that Answer include children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the waiting times for NHS treatments for unpaid carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trauma on staff working in Intensive Therapy Units; and what steps he is taking to reduce that impact on staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to ensure that there is a clear workforce strategy for intensive care which is consistent with high quality professional standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the average waiting time for NHS (a) assessments and (b) treatments for unpaid carers.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to bring forward a health disparities white paper in 2023.
Department of Health and Social Care: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether their department has purchased mobile UV virus irradiation units.
Health Services: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 9 January 2023 on NHS winter pressures, Official Report, column 287, what interventions using artificial intelligence his Department is considering for wider implementation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 28 June 2022 to Question 21237 on Health Services: Standards, what progress he has made on reviewing that progress against the commitments relating to cardiovascular disease and cholesterol; whether those targets will not be removed from the updated NHS Long Term Plan; and if he will publish the updated NHS Long Term Plan in January 2023 at the latest.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will commission further research into the health impacts of e-liquids containing propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin in vaping products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the single largest cause of sickness-related economic inactivity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the vacancy level is for (a) nurses, (b) post-registration trained nurses in critical care nursing, (c) consultants, (d) registrars, (e) physios and (f) other health professional in Intensive Therapy Units.
Department of Health and Social Care: EU Law
To ask His Majesty's Government which retained EU laws the Department of Health and Social Care is planning to reform or revoke in the event of a passage into law of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a substantive reply to Question 125459 on Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence, tabled by the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton on 17 January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of skills loss on the ability of Intensive Therapy Units to (a) deliver care through an experienced team and (b) train staff to acquire the level of professional competency that is required in that clinical setting.
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the Mental Health Act 1983, what plans they have to increase the capacity of (1) places of safety, (2) section 136 suites, and (3) crisis care units, in each Integrated Care Board area in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans for the proposed Major Conditions and Disease Strategy to replace existing disease and condition-specific strategies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role preventative public health policies will play in the context of the implementation of the Government's Major Disease and Conditions Strategy.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether their new Major Conditions Strategy will include the content of their unpublished Health Disparities White Paper.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 22 January (HL12047), whether they collect data on the level of self-harm amongst young and adolescent boys outside of mental health hospitals; if so, what was the such level since 23 March 2020; and if not, why not.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children who have been assessed as needing support from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are in mainstream education in each region; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made of the potential merits of including multiple sclerosis within the Major Conditions Strategy.
Environmental Health and Housing: Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing adequate funding to local authorities to ensure the sustainability of (a) environmental health and (b) local housing enforcement teams.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to implement the recommendation of Professor Steve Field in his report on how the NHS treats transgender people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help improve eye health in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated percentage of (a) boys and (b) girls who smoke regularly was in each year since 1997. - Including table.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will inform local authorities of their provisional public health grant budgets for 2023–24.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the reported level of (1) extreme anxiety, (2) self-harm, and (3) suicide, amongst young and adolescent boys since 23 March 2020; and what were the reported such levels from 23 March 2019 to 22 March 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provisions he has put in place in the new NHS Gender Identity Services specification for people who define as non-binary .
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that trans and non-binary individuals have equitable access to healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department expects the reset of the NHS Long Term Plan to be published; and whether it is his policy that the existing targets for (a) cardiovascular disease, (b) cholesterol, and (c) familial hypercholesterolemia will not be (i) removed from the NHS Long Term Plan or (ii) delayed as part of that reset.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provisions he has put in place for those who define as non-binary in the new NHS Gender Identity Services specification.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the rubella vaccination is administered to boys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average (a) weight and (b) waist size was of children in each of the last 10 years. - Inc table. (Holding answer 8 February 2005).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to provide a standardised pathway service across gender reassignment services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is take to consult trans and non-binary communities in the development of the Government's Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy and HIV Action Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the percentage of boys aged 14 and 15 years using cannabis in each of the last five years for which figures are available. - Tables given.
To ask His Majesty's Government what the consultation process will be in the development of their Major Conditions Strategy.
Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has plans to (a) reform, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they had regarding the development of the HIV Action Plan with (1) women (2) Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, (3) traveller communities, and (4) trans, non-binary, and gender diverse individuals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Gender Identity Services patients identified as (a) binary and (b) non-binary in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential correlation between ill mental health and loneliness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on analysing the responses from the call for evidence for the 10-year Cancer Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the criteria used to determine the conditions included in the Major Conditions Strategy.
Department of Health and Social Care: Holiday Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has notified staff to (a) tell or (b) remind them that they can sell annual leave in the last four months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which schools in England and Wales are authorised to provide (a) contraception and (b) emergency contraception to their pupils; since when each school has been authorised to do so; and in which schools and on what terms (i) contraception and (ii) emergency contraception is available to girls and boys under the age of 16 in these schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data gathered is shared with union representative.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to develop polices on confirming the date a transgender person has begun living in role.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have undertaken an equality analysis assessment of omitting boys from the current human papilloma virus vaccination programme for girls; and if such an assessment has been completed, what were its conclusions.[HL4073]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he list the average body mass index in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority in 2002. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many boys in England and Wales (a) under 16 years of age and (b) under 18 years of age, expressed as a total figure and as a percentage of the total number of boys in each age range, have been provided with contraception in schools, pharmacies, family planning clinics and other establishments authorised to provide contraception since the commencement of the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy. - information is not available in the form requested and ref to Table 2 of the statistical bulletin NHS Contraceptive Services, England: 2001-02 in Library and on www.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0220.htm.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department is taking to increase access to mental health services in the Solihull constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among (a) the public and (b) medical practitioners.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 22 January (HL12047), what steps they are taking to improve the collection of data in relation to the level of (1) extreme anxiety, (2) self-harm, and (3) suicide, amongst young and adolescent boys.
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of the new discharge funding announced on 9 January 2022 that will be spent on mental health services in Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 January on Mental Health Update, HCWS512, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of ways in which the Government could reduce the need for mental health crisis services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) conservation and (b) other charities on (i) creating more volunteering opportunities for people with (A) dementia, (B) mental health challenges and (C) disabled people and (ii) the establishment of social prescribing programmes to help support people with health requirements volunteer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 January on Mental Health Update, HCWS512, whether he has made an assessment of the potential benefits of investment in (a) talking therapy and (b) other preventative mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the iron intake of children to prevent childhood anaemia; and what assessment he has made of the incidence of childhood anaemia in the last 20 years. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) girls and (b) boys aged between five and 15 years suffered from asthma in 2003. - Includes table.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the level of the fee to apply for indefinite leave to remain on the retention of healthcare workers on Health and Care Worker visas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the results of the public consultation on interim service specification for specialist gender dysphoria services for children and young people will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost was of severance packages paid to Ministers in his Department since June 2022; and to which Ministers payments were made.
If she will name the health authorities which are unwilling to fund referrals to gender identity or dysphoria clinics. - This information is not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the average waiting times for a first appointment at each gender identity clinic for people suffering from gender dysphoria. - No figures. This information is not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to reduce waiting times to access an initial appointment with gender identity services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with (a) medical and nursing schools, (b) the Royal College of Psychiatrists, (c) the British Psychological Society and (d) mental health training providers to ensure that their (i) curricula, (ii) standards and (iii) compulsory and ongoing training include the mental health needs of LGBT people.
Health and Safety Executive: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which body is the legal employer of staff at the Health and Safety Executive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent information he has collated on waiting lists for gender reassignment surgery; how many tertiary level consultants and sessions were devoted to (a) male to female psychiatric assessment, (b) female to male psychiatric assessment, (c) male to female gender confirmation surgery and (d) female to male gender confirmation surgery, in respect of each specialist centre providing medical treatment of gender dysphoria, including transsexualism, within the National Health Service, in the most recent week for which figures are available and in the same week in each of the previous three years; how many patients there were to whom treatment was provided in each category listed above during the preceding 12 months; and how many patients were on the waiting list for each category of such treatment; if he will list the locations of providers of gender reassignment surgery that have done NHS commissioned work in each of the last five years; and how many FTE staff, broken down by category, worked at each facility in each year. (Further information on 26.02.2003 at 400 c624W). - Includes figures and fact that information on waiting lists and number of full time equivalent staff and sessions per week devoted to treating patients with gender dysphoria and those working in gender dysphoria clinics not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2021 to Question 787 on Gender Recognition: Health Services, how funding has been allocated to gender dysphoria services; which services have been in receipt of that funding; and how much each area in receipt of that funding has received in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to treatment for people that reach the age of 18 while on the waiting list to transition gender.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated to gender dysphoria services in (a) England, (b) each NHS England area, (c) Yorkshire and (d) York in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 20 October 2004, 425 c791W, on gender dysphoria, if he will make it his policy to collect centrally the average waiting times for a first appointment at each gender identity clinic for people suffering from gender dysphoria. - The Department collects data on waiting times by consultant-led specialty. We have no plans to collect data by sub-specialty.
Health Services and Social Services: LGBT+ People
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received regarding the report Unhealthy Attitudes published in July by Stonewall, and what steps they propose to take to improve training for health and social care employees about LGBT rights.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that female patients that object to being handled by a biologically male nurse who identifies as female are not discriminated against or recorded by the healthcare organisation as being “transphobic”.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that less survivable cancers, such as gastric cancer, are adequately represented in their proposed major conditions strategy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the lines of responsibility and accountability within both the Government and the National Health Service for the provision of healthcare to trans people, including areas that are not specifically related to treatment of gender dysphoria; and how those responsibilities relate to the Secretary of State for Health’s responsibilities as described in Sections 1, 1A and 1C of the National Health Service Act 2006, as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.[HL429]
How many diagnosed cases of gender identity disorder there are in the United Kingdom broken down to show (i) male-to-female and (ii) female-to-male transsexuals; if he will indicate the statistical assumptions underlying his calculation; and how many citizens are currently being treated for gender identity dysphoria by the NHS. - This information not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many months on average it took between General Practitioners’ referring people to gender dysphoria services and treatment being started in (a) England, (b) each NHS England area, (c) Yorkshire and (d) York in each year since 2010.
If she will ensure that patients undergoing treatment for gender dysphoria benefit from the same medical confidentiality as other patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have de-transitioned in each year since 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many months on average did it take between (a) GPs referring people to gender dysphoria services and (b) treatment being started in each year since 2010 in (i) England, (ii) each NHS England area, (iii) Yorkshire and (iv) York.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to end out of area placements for mental health patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether transsexualism is classed as a mental disorder for the purposes of sections 1 and 3 of the National Health Service Act 1977.
(Pursuant to reply on 06.02.2003 at 399 c442W) To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent information he has collated on waiting lists for gender reassignment surgery; how many tertiary level consultants and sessions were devoted to (a) male to female psychiatric assessment, (b) female to male psychiatric assessment, (c) male to female gender confirmation surgery and (d) female to male gender confirmation surgery, in respect of each specialist centre providing medical treatment of gender dysphoria, including transsexualism, within the National Health Service, in the most recent week for which figures are available and in the same week in each of the previous three years; how many patients there were to whom treatment was provided in each category listed above during the preceding 12 months; and how many patients were on the waiting list for each category of such treatment; if he will list the locations of providers of gender reassignment surgery that have done NHS commissioned work in each of the last five years; and how many FTE staff, broken down by category, worked at each facility in each year. - Including table and figure and fact that information on waiting lists and the number of staff and sessions per week devoted to treating patients not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has given to primary care trusts on ensuring that patients with gender dysphoria are able to access assessment and treatment on the same basis as other patients with a mental illness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the procurement of the new NHS England Gender Identity Services for Adults will have adequate capacity to ensure that the NHS 18-week first referral to treatment target will be met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided for public health campaigns on HIV for women in each year since 2018.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she plans to take to improve transition healthcare for people with gender dysphoria.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the press release by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Care Quality Commission demands improved waiting times at Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, published on 21 January, following its report Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Gender identity services: inspection report, published on 20 January, and (2) the extent to which that press release reflects the findings of that report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure mental health services are accessible to LGBT people.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce waiting lists for initial appointments at (1) Sheffield Gender Identity Clinic, and (2) other gender identity clinics in England.
How many people are currently being treated for gender identity dysphoria. - Not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference Stonewall's report entitled LGBT in Britain: Health Report, published in November 2018, if he will ask NHS England to run a national campaign to (a) tackle (i) homophobic, (ii) biphobic and (iii) transphobic discrimination in healthcare services and (b) encourage reporting of such discrimination.
If he will comment on the definitions of gender dysphoria syndrome recognised within the NHS.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust about the steps that Trust is taking to assess whether the treatment provided by the Gender Identity Development Service adequately considers instances where patients present conditions of gender dysphoria which may resolve itself without intervention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided for public health campaigns on HIV aimed at the black community in each year since 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided for public health campaigns on HIV for heterosexual (a) women and (b) men in each year since 2018.
What proportion of the population in England and Wales he estimates suffers from gender dysphoria. - Will write.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individuals have requested to detransition following gender transition in the most recent period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2020 to Question 27500 and with reference to the Answer of 6 June 2019 to Question 259019 on Gender Recognition: Clinics, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on NHS England’s pilot of new gender dysphoria services for adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for treatment for transgender people (a) under 18 years old and (b) over 18 years to transition in each of the last 12 months for which information is available.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish (1) the assessment of the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative of technologies from the company Healthy.io, (2) any contracts or agreements between Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and that company, and (3) an estimate of how many Oxfordshire patients had data about them provided to that company.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Mental Health Bill on (a) transgender people and (b) lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
To ask Her Majesty's Government why the National Health Service operates a policy according to which people seeking gender reassignment are automatically referred for up to two years of psychiatric assessment, given that transsexualism is not widely considered a mental health issue in the United Kingdom, and in the light of the availability of resources for people with mental health needs.
Department of Health and Social Care: Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps their Department takes to comply with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; and if they will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the impact of local authority environmental health teams on ensuring good environmental health conditions for local communities; and what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of funding for environmental health teams within local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that England has enough mental health beds for (a) adults and (b) children and adolescents.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of recent allegations of abuse of trans people by medical staff, collected under the Twitter hashtag #transdocfail, what steps they are taking to ensure that such abuse will not occur in the future.[HL295]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will respond to the Care Quality Commission's Community Mental Health Survey 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to pages 18 and 19 of the Government response to the First Report from the Women and Equalities Committee, Session 2015-16, on Transgender Equality, Cm 9301, published in July 2016, what steps NHS England has taken to strengthen governance arrangements to review within six months NHS compliance with the Equality Act 2010 in respect of services for transgender people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s work to reduce smoking since the dissolution of Public Health England.
NHS and Social Services: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce levels of funding for staff wellbeing hubs for health and social care staff.
Department of Health and Social Care: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if they will take steps to (a) publish an equality impact assessment and (b) consult with trade unions when proposing new HR policies for their Department; and if they will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department and its agencies spent on anti-smoking campaigns in the 12 months prior to November (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many home visits were made by NHS out of hours clinicians in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy papers entitled (a) The national strategy for autistic children, young people and adults: 2021 to 2026 and (b) Autism strategy implementation plan: 2021 to 2022 (Annex A), when he plans to publish the Autism strategy implementation plan for 2022 to 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department issues on the provision of care for transexual people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was between referral and first assessment for autism at Stockport Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 19 of the Government response to the First Report from the Women and Equalities Committee, Session 2015-16, on Transgender Equality, Cm 9301, published in July 2016, what steps NHS England has taken as part of its ongoing work to consider the uses of real-life experience for transgender people before genital surgery.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to tackle (a) GPs not being allowed to run oestrogen tests if a patient is still registered as male on the NHS and (b) other barriers in relation to those test barriers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he intends to publish the Autism strategy implementation plan (2022 to 2023) as stated in Part Two of the National strategy for autistic children, young people and adults: 2021 to 2026 and Autism strategy implementation plan: 2021 to 2022 (Annex A).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Mental Health Bill will include a statutory duty to provide early intervention strategies to (a) detect and (b) help tackle mental health issues for children and young people within all (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2015 to Question 12902, what policies for improvement he is developing as a result of the Care Quality Commission's Community Mental Health Survey 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Help Us, Help You campaign at tackling the barriers that deter patients from seeking NHS advice.
Health Services and Social Services: Inspections
To ask His Majesty's Government to what extent inspection reports by the Care Quality Commission examine claims made by sponsoring organisations regarding those organisations' recruitment, training and contract practices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the capacity of the NHS in England to diagnose and treat osteoporosis.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance is being given to primary care trusts to ensure that the cuts to services are not being targeted in a discriminatory manner; and what steps they are taking to ensure that the cuts do not discriminate against gender re-assignment cases; and whether they will ensure that their financial policies are equitable and have been subject to equality impact assessments.
Mental Health Services: Transgender People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the provision of mental health support for young people who identify as transgender.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health care provision for transgender people in the West Midands.
To ask His Majesty's Government when the Cross-Whitehall International Recruitment Steering Group last met; and what steps they are taking to prevent abusive employment practices towards healthcare recruits from overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 20 of the Government response to the First Report from the Women and Equalities Committee, Session 2015-16, on Transgender Equality, Cm 9301, published in July 2016, what progress has been made on the development of an action plan arising from the multi-agency symposium on a national and training plan in March 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve mental health provision for transgender people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government's commitment to restore aid funding for women and girls includes the restoration of the commitment of four percent of Official Development Assistance to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that individual healthcare recruits from India are being charged significant sums of money to obtain a work permit and visa; and whether this is prohibited by section 6(i) of the Employment Agencies Act 1973.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health care provision for transgender teenagers.
If she will comment on the availability of treatment in the NHS for transsexuals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 January 2023 on Government Action on Major Conditions and Diseases, HCWS514, and to the white paper entitled Levelling Up the United Kingdom, published on 2 February 2022, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Major Conditions Strategy on the Government's policies for improving well-being in every area of the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing access to primary services at community pharmacies on public health.
Huntington's Disease: Mental Health Services
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which people with Huntington’s disease who are displaying mental health symptoms are able to access community mental health services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that sponsor organisations regularly change contractual terms for overseas healthcare employees without the agreement of the individuals concerned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms are in place to monitor whether primary care trusts provide accessible, timely and high-quality gender identity services; and if he will make a statement.
Department of Health and Social Care: Treasury
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer since 25 October 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their emergency care plan announced on 30 January, how many extra staff will be required to staff the extra (1) hospital beds, and (2) ambulances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to raise awareness of the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities among health professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the plan to recover urgent and emergency care services, if he will publish a breakdown of how the £1 billion funding for that purpose will be spent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure there is adequate mental health support available to (a) emergency medical dispatchers and (b) all other staff who work in ambulance control rooms.
Care Workers and Health Professions: Migrant Workers
To ask His Majesty's Government who is responsible for implementing the Code of Practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England; and what steps they are taking to enforce the Code with individual sponsoring organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 28th November, Official Report, column 978W, on transsexual people, if he will make it his policy to issue guidance on the protocols of care for transsexual people, irrespective of the issue of funding for gender reassignment surgery for particular individuals; pursuant to his Answer of 28th November, Official Report, column 978W, on transsexual people, if he will make it his policy to issue guidance on the provision of health care for transsexual people, including care for conditions other than that of transsexualism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what toilet facilities there are for transgender people at his Department at (a) Richmond House, London and (b) Quarry House, Leeds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the provision of mental health support for young people who identify as transgender.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the circumstances in which a person is required by law to produce or show their birth certificate in a health setting.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on reducing waiting times for NHS gender identity services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the NHS to meet the 2 week wait cancer target of 93%.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to develop specific national guidelines about Huntington’s disease to ensure patients with the disease have a clear, consistent and coordinated care pathway.
What new campaigns his Department intends to introduce to alert children to the dangers of smoking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what actions his Department has taken to increase public awareness of the short-term and long-term effects of passive smoking on health. - Inc ref to report by the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health published on 11 March 1998. In Library.
Department of Health and Social Care: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £25,000 for November 2022, what the nature was of the (a) engagement activity and (b) creative work for which M and C Saatchi UK Ltd was paid £60,000 on 11 November 2022 under the heading Adult Mental Health Partnership engagements and creatives 20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action the Government is taking to reduce the number of cigarette smokers; and if he will comment on his Department's targets in this area. - Including figures.
What further action he will take to request the tobacco industry in their voluntary code of practice to discourage young people from taking up smoking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the expenditure on anti-tobacco advertising in each of the past 18 years; and what is his estimate of the total (a) numbers and (b) percentages of smokers in each of those years among (i) adults and (ii) children. - Includes table. (Holding answer 26 March 1998).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, What measures he is taking to reduce the incidence of tobacco-related illnesses and deaths. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures.
How much was spent in each of the last five years to discourage the use of (a) nicotine, (b) alcohol, (c) unnecessary medicinal drugs, (d) cannabis, (e) ecstasy and (f) heroin. - Inc table.
How much money is spent by Government on programmes to reduce smoking by children under 16 years of age. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure (a) every parent has adequate access to a health visitor and (b) a safe ratio of health visitors to parents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons his Department is publishing a major conditions strategy rather than a 10 year cancer plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeline is for the programme of work to assess fertility provision across Integrated Care Boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to discourage vaping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans for all Integrated Care Systems to have a women’s health hub.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Department's publication of spending over £25,000 in 2022, for what purpose his Department made payments to Savill UK Ltd for the rental of Harrington House in (a) March, (b) May, (c) September and (d) November 2022; and for what reason those payments increased from £68,1381.01 to £74,242.65 in November 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department's budget for 1998-99 is dedicated to reduction in the number of smokers. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated gross cost of anti-smoking campaigns in England aimed at children and young people has been since 1988; and what assessment he has made of the impact of the campaigns on teenage (a) boys and (b) girls. - Inc fact that will write.
What new programmes he is evaluating to publicise to young women the dangers to their health of smoking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has provided to the disability group of the work and health programme in each of the last five financial years.
How the sum spent last year on the no smoking campaign was disbursed. - Table given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to develop a men’s health strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has for publishing new content on women’s health on the NHS website.
What has been the total Department of Health budget in respect of smoking and drug addiction among children in each of the last five years. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what professional advice he has taken on the minimum effective expenditure on an advertising campaign intended to reduce significantly the numbers of teenagers who start and continue to smoke cigarettes; from whom he has taken it; what changes in policy and spending he made as a result. - Inc ref to Tobacco Control White Paper.
Statement on consideration which has been given by her Department to the funding of a television advertising campaign advising parents of the steps that can be taken to significantly reduce the risk of cot deaths. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) a potential rise in the number of people who have type 2 diabetes and (b) its potential impact on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve local IVF provision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to Question 125459 of 17 January 2023 on Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department is currently providing to initiatives to tackle (a) under age smoking, (b) teenage smoking and (c) passive smoking. - Inc figures.
If she will comment on the actions taken by Her Majesty's Government to assist the work of Action on Smoking and Health in publicising the dangers of cigarette smoking. - Incls figures.
What has been Her Majesty's Government's policy towards proposals for an EU anti-smoking campaign; and what is the current status of these proposals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to tackle the current increase in smoking amongst young women.
Health Services and Social Services: Ventilation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that health and social care settings have (a) visible CO2 monitors with a regulated maximum CO2 level of 800ppm, (b) ventilation and air filtration systems and (c) an open-access online monitoring systems with a RAG score.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds his Department makes available to assist people who wish to stop smoking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision has been made in the current year for anti-smoking initiatives.- Inc figs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to reduce the take up rate of smoking amongst young women. - Inc figs and ref to Tobacco Control White Paper, which will be published later this year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has provided to the work and health programme for use with people who have a (a) mental health condition and (b) drug or alcohol addiction in each of the last five financial years.
If he will list the cost of the current campaigns by the Health Education Authority in England designed to encourage people to stop smoking in the current financial year; and to comment on (a) the overall campaign and (b) the television advertising campaign; and if he will identify separately the costs of (b). - Includes figure.
Department of Health and Social Care: Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) strategy papers and (b) white papers announced by Ministers in his Department have not been published in the period since 2010.
Department of Health and Social Care: Hygiene
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of using (a) mixed taps and (b) hand-dryers on levels of personal hygiene; and whether he plans to take steps to install such devices in relevant facilities within his Departmental estate.
What measures have been undertaken by her Department to monitor the effects of the no-smoking campaign.
What was the financial cost incurred in 1995 by Her Majesty's Government in respect of the dangers of smoking campaigns. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the prevalence of mental health trusts excluding patients in need of community mental health care because they have Huntington’s disease.
To ask His Majesty's Government when before 1 April 2023 they will confirm whether NHS mental health funding will increase as a share of overall NHS expenditure in 2023/24, as required by section 3(2) of the Health and Care Act 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the objectives are of his Department's work to assess fertility provision across Integrated Care Boards.
What progress has been made towards achieving the targets for reducing smoking prevalence to 20 per cent. of adults by 2000, and by 33 per cent. of 11 to 15 year olds by 1994. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle health disparities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 60148 on Health and Social Care, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with NHS digital since transforming women’s health content on the NHS website.
What has been the reduction in treatment costs of smoking-related diseases since the beginning of the current no-smoking campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the number of health visitors.
What amount was spent by government on discouraging smoking in each of the last five years. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of changes in the number of health visitors since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the best practice resource produced by the Women’s Health Ambassador and other stakeholders on Integrated Care System’s creating women’s health hubs will be available.
What plans she has to tackle the problem of teenage smoking. - Including ref to new three-year national anti-smoking campaign.
What attempts were made, and what controls were in place to safeguard and judge the effectiveness of the 1994 no smoking campaign; what proposals she has to improve the targeting and monitoring of future Government no smoking campaigns.
Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what adult mental health partnership agreements have been secured for his Department by M and C Saatchi UK Ltd. since the start of financial year 2022-23.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had on the level of funding required from the public health grant in order to ensure that local authorities are able to fulfil their statutory public health responsibilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the Major Health Conditions Strategy will take into account the (a) views and (b) specific needs of children and young people who responded to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan.
To ask His Majesty's Government how much public health funding per head was allocated to each local authority in England in (1) 2020–21 and (2) 2021–22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Department's publication of data for expenditure over £25,000 in November 2022, what goods were being stored for his Department by (a) Kuehne and Nagel Ltd and (b) Uniserve Ltd. as of 31 December 2022; what quantities of goods were being stored by each company; and in which locations were they being stored.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which health and care services will be included in the Primary Care Recovery Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the specific healthcare needs of (a) trans and (b) non-binary people are included in the Women’s Health Strategy for England 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, What support the Government is giving to the Quitline smoking cessation helpline. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures.
Department of Health and Social Care: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on head-hunters in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential level of additional funding for health and care services required to enable those groups to deliver the Primary Care Recovery Plan effectively.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the use of community pharmacies will be incorporated into implementation of the Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services, published on 30 January 2023.
Mental Health Services: Further Education and Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require all schools and colleges to have Mental Health Support Teams; and what steps he is taking to increase access to accredited counsellors though Mental Health Support Teams.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which health and care organisations were consulted as part of his development of the Primary Care Recovery Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide additional funding for schools and colleges to set up Mental Health Support Teams.
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 available data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive advice from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence on Somatropin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the Pituitary Foundation, (b) the Royal College of Physicians and (c) the Society for Endocrinology on the subject of growth hormone deficiency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the level of local authority funding on the provision of mental health services for young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the consequences for his policies of the long-term (a) health impact of air pollution and (b) cost of treatments in the NHS associated with such pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the link between women taking the contraceptive pill or on hormone replacement therapy and their likelihood of suffering a deep vein thrombosis; and what measures are being taken to advise and make aware these vulnerable groups of the dangers of DVT and how to lower the risk of suffering from it. - Including ref to Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and BNF (British National Formulary). Medicine Control Agency's (MCA) safety bulletin Current Problems in Pharmacovigilance 1999 and MCA's website. (Holding answer 10 April 2002.
Department of Health and Social Care: Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) fossil fuel-, (b) electric- and (c) hybrid-powered road-legal vehicles their Department purchased in the last 24 months.
Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of retaining the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 following the passage of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill; and whether his Department has held recent discussions with industry stakeholders on the potential impact of not retaining those regulations.
What research her Department has funded into the possible effects of non human somatotropins on diabetics and people with liver complaints.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the prescribing of growth hormones for adults on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had concerning the dangers of oestrogen to women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish a Primary Care Recovery Plan.
Department of Health and Social Care:ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department's guidance on Ministers' use of personal (a) devices, (b) emails or (c) communication apps for official business.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to deal with medical problems associated with growth hormone deficiency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the average cost of treatment for individuals suffering from growth hormone deficiency in the last year for which figures are available. - Inc figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost of providing healthcare to people who have crossed the English Channel in small boats in each of the last three years.
Mental Health Services: Preventive Medicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for roll out of the R;pple tool for mental health outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department monitors adherence to NICE guidelines by health and social care professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the health impact of air pollution caused by diesel-powered generators for (a) personal and (b) commercial use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to health authorities regarding adult growth hormone replacement therapy; how many health authorities provide funding for adult growth hormone replacement therapy.
Whether his Department has used Office for National Statistics estimates of personal well-being when formulating policy; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve national well-being.
How many public and private beds there (a) were in 1985, (b) were in 1990 and (c) are currently in the Leeds General Infirmary, St. James Hospital and in the Leeds Healthcare region as a whole. - Inc tables.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the UK's progress towards meeting the EU's meat hygiene legislation with particular reference to the levels of (a) veterinary controls and (b) supervisory measures implemented.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Accident and Emergency department attendances have occurred at (a) St James's Hospital, Leeds and (b) Leeds General Infirmary in each year since 1995. - Includes table from 1998/99 for Leeds Teaching hospitals national health service trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what correspondence he has had concerning his Department's decision to challenge the declaration of a town green in the grounds of St James' Hospital in Portsmouth; and if he will make a statement; if he will make a statement to the House on his proposal to take action against Portsmouth City Council in respect of St James' Hospital; what discussions he has had with the DTLR concerning city council policy on open spaces; and if he will make a statement; what consultation he has had with the DTLR concerning Portsmouth City Council's policy on open spaces and St James' Hospital site; and if he will make a statement; what assessment has been made of the compatability between the proposed action by his Department against Portsmouth Council in regard to St James' Hospital and the open space in cities policy; and if he will make a statement; what action he has taking in respect of Portsmouth City Council's decision to declare a town green in the grounds of St James' Hospital; and for what reasons.
If she will list the professional qualifications of Mr Bernard Chalk, Deputy Director of Finance at St. James's Hospital, Leeds; and when those qualifications were attained.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce NHS waiting times for ADHD assessments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's News release, NHS taskforce to drive improvements in young people’s hospital mental health, learning disability and autism care, published on 10 October 2019, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the proposals in that announcement on people with ADHD.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) diagnosis, (b) patient management, (c) requestion tests, (d) patient reviews and (e) other aspects of the management of sepsis by NHS Trusts; and if he will commission a review of deaths from sepsis to identify (i) clinical errors and (ii) best practice in the management of patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in level of funding for public health grants on a real-terms basis for each financial year since 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of patients with ADHD that access NHS Mental Health services.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on (a) service provision, (b) support services and (c) waiting times for treatment for adults with suspected or confirmed ADHD.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support people with ADHD who are affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rural Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason his Department's second report on rural proofing made no reference to the work undertaken by the APPG on Rural Health & Social Care and its report looking at rural health and care provision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support she is planning to provide for adults recently diagnosed with ADHD.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing tailored mental health services for people diagnosed with (a) autism and (b) ADHD.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Major Health Conditions Strategy will take into account the (a) views and (b) specific needs of children and young people who responded to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether community pharmacies have adequate funding for the role envisaged for them in the primary care recovery plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a fully funded Pharmacy First service for minor illnesses in England.
Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidelines and grounds for exclusion from bidding for public procurement contracts his Department has in place which relate to a company's prior conduct or other specific situations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of community provision of mental health services to under-18s.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mental health provision for (a) all and (b) secondary school aged children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Pharmacy First service for minor illnesses used in Scotland; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting this model in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what figures his Department holds on the number of adults on NHS Trust waiting lists for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder services; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of waiting times for children's ADHD treatment within the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing (a) a single, established dataset to monitor referrals for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments and treatments and (b) b) a maximum waiting time standard from referral for an assessment of ADHD to the point of diagnosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 3.33 in the NHS Long Term Plan, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of support packages for children with ADHD.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder they have supported in 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of waiting times for access to NHS diagnosis and treatment services for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; what methodology is used to make that estimate; and whether those waiting times are within target.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support children and young people with their mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of child mental health provision in (a) primary and (b) secondary school settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated for the development and implementation of the Major Diseases Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS Property Services on taking steps to use former NHS facilities for step-down healthcare provision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of grass roots boxing clubs on the (a) physical and (b) mental wellbeing of participants in the sport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage NHS Trusts to follow NICE guidelines on referral and treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2020 to Question 68456, if he will publish the membership of the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Implementation Working Group within the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 132434 on Intensive Care: Health Professions, what data his Department holds staff vacancies in Intensive Therapy Units.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish the public health grant allocations for 2023-24.
Mental Health Services: Barnsley Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the waiting times for CAMHS in the Barnsley Central constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans that the sections of the Health and Care Act which establish the new NHS Provider Selection Regime will come into force through further regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with local authorities on the potential merits of using (a) empty care homes and (b) other unoccupied properties as step-down facilities to help reduce pressure in the NHS; and if he will provide funding to use these properties for this purpose.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the publication date for public health grant allocations for financial year 2023-24 is not aligned with the Local Government Finance Settlement.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she will take to raise awareness of the symptoms of ADHD in women and girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proposals will be included in the primary care recovery plan on using community pharmacies to support the health service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his department plans to publish the pathway for people with ADHD.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for adults waiting for an NHS referral for ADHD treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that allergy clinics have the (a) resources and (b) capacity to carry out allergy tests on patients with suspected allergies within an appropriate timeframe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the NHS of treating patients with insomnia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of asking primary care services to operate step-down facilities to help increase the rate of hospital discharge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the health implications of long-term use of talcum powder in (a) infants and (b) adults; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the Autism strategy implementation plan for the 2022-23 financial year.
Health Services: Departmental Coordination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will be delivered by multiple Government departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of statutory mental health assessments on children undertaking those assessments in (a) primary and (b) secondary education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request Suffolk Health Authority to reconsider their proposals to close the Bartlett Hospital, and to review the provision of hospital care in (a) Felixstowe and (b) the surrounding area; when he will announce a decision on the Bartlett Hospital in Felixstowe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Answer of 18 January 2023 to Question 126752, on Schools: Mental Health Service, whether (a) her Department is or (b) school are recruiting any mental health specialists as part of her Department's plan to fund all schools and colleges in England to train senior mental health leads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account he took of the closure of other local health services in considering the proposal to close the Bartlett Hospital in Felixstowe; and what assessment he made of the overall impact of the proposed closures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer 31 January 2023 to Question 133742 on Health Services, which mental health conditions will be included in the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will include policies to (a) help tackle children's mental health needs and (b) support children's mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve access to stroke rehabilitation after discharge from hospital when discharge funding for step down care ends on 31st March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to consult those affected by bowel cancer on its Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help deliver public owned health care in Bangladesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for (a) scoping and (b) publishing the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Women’s Health Strategy for England published August 2022, whether it is his Department to set out plans for sexual and reproductive health including access and choice for contraception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to prioritise (a) pancreatic cancer and (b) the other less survivable cancers in the Major Conditions Strategy, due to be published later this year.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many young people were on waiting lists to access (1) mental health support, and (2) an inpatient mental health bed, on 1 October 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of children currently have access to a mental health support team in school.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase access to (1) diagnosis centres, and (2) radiotherapy cancer treatments, for patients in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of funding for establishing (1) community diagnostic centres, and (2) cancer treatment hubs, in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of retaining the (a) Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations, (b) Manual Handling Operations Regulations, (c) Display Screen Equipment Regulations, (d) Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations, (d) Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations and (e) the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Regulations following the passage of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2022 to Question 99933 on Mental Health Services: Children and Young People, when he plans to take a decision on the potential introduction of a new waiting time standard that children, young people and their families and carers presenting to community-based mental health services should start to receive care within four weeks of referral; what estimate he has made of the level of any additional children and adolescent mental health service workforce that would be required to meet that new waiting time standard; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of nature on mental health and wellbeing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the newly announced Major Conditions Strategy will contain any new targets relating to cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to develop a strategy supporting (a) research on, (b) treatment advances for and (c) management of conditions that are not covered under the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons her Department has changed the criteria on the latest date to commence training for the senior mental health lead training grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the Major Conditions Strategy to help reduce waiting times for cancer (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the further roll-out of mental support teams in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February to Question 138030, when he plans to launch the women’s health area on the NHS website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to improve mental health among people under the age of 25 claiming Personal Independence Payment.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children and young people received inpatient mental health care from (1) private mental health providers, and how (2) NHS children, adolescent and mental health services (CAMHS), in each of the 10 years preceding October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2022 to Question 99933 on Mental Health Services: Children and Young People, whether he plans to introduce waiting time standards for children and young people's mental health services for (a) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessments, (b) autism assessments and (c) other assessments carried out by those services; what estimate he has made of the level of workforce required to meet (i) current and (ii) future demand for assessments carried out by those services; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a fund for research into the potential impact of plastic on human health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have completed a course of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer given on 2 March 2022 to Question 125430, on Mental Health Services: Children, what progress his Department has made with NHS England and stakeholders in improving waiting times for, and access to, child and adolescent mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken research on the potential impact of vaping on health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are on the waiting list to be treated with sleepio.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to extend support for low- and middle income earners who rely on private counselling or therapy in the context of the rising cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for CAMHS in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment he has made of the safety of vaping liquids including the potential effects of inhalation.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve health literacy of school pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health in the debate on Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry on 31 January 2023, Official Report, column 46WH, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of converting the non-statutory independent inquiry into Essex Partnership University Trust into a statutory inquiry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent employees were employed in roles primarily aimed to deliver the work of the Joint Work and Health Unit in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to expand existing Government (a) schemes and (b) incentives such as salary sacrifice or employment assistance programmes in order to make (i) psychotherapy and (ii) other mental health support services more affordable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to (a) psychotherapy and (b) other long-term mental health support for low and middle-income earners affected by rises in the cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting lists for autism assessments in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health in the debate on Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry on 31 January 2023, Official Report, column 46WH, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) level of engagement with affected families by and (b) other aspects of the non-statutory independent inquiry into Essex Partnership University Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recommendation 3, page 90 of the National Food Strategy, published in July 2021, if she will make it her policy to fund a communications campaign to increase the uptake of Healthy Start vouchers amongst eligible families; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the use of cognitive behavioural therapy to help treat chronic adult insomnia.
To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they have that fumes from motor vehicles cause (1) stunted lung growth in children, and (2) premature death.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to children’s mental health services in Warwick and Leamington constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 125433, and with reference to the Answer of 17 June 2021 to Question 11615, for what reason bed numbers were provided for Question 11615 and not Question 125433; and how many CAMHS beds were available in the NHS in each financial year since 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing to arthritis patients in Huddersfield constituency awaiting orthopaedic surgery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to help support women experiencing peri-menopausal and menopausal symptoms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake longitudinal research into the cumulative impact of vaping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health in the debate on Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry on 31 January 2023, Official Report, column 46WH, what level of staff engagement with the non-statutory independent inquiry into Essex Partnership University Trust would he consider to be satisfactory.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use more trained therapists to ease the backlog of NHS patients with mental health problems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve outcomes for people affected by haemophilia.
Mental Health Services: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of CAMHS practitioners in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of fossil fuel on human health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health in the debate on Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry on 31 January 2023, Official Report, column 46WH, when he will decide whether the level of staff engagement will require the non-statutory independent inquiry into Essex Partnership University Trust to become a statutory inquiry.
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with NICE to ensure that NICE committees (a) are accountable and (b) adequately consider patient testimony.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what workstreams have been established by the Joint Work and Health Unit; and what progress he has made on the workstreams.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the level of funding of the public health grant to local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hours of mental health training is required as part of the mandatory training course for (a) student doctors, (b) student nurses and (c) midwives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2015 to Question 227900, why people are counted only once during the year regardless of how many times they were in hospital; and whether he plans to change this counting method.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have held with other EU member states about whether the Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive provides sufficient safeguards to allow regulators to assure themselves that migrant healthcare professionals have kept their skills and competence up-to-date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Community and Social Care of 14 October 2015, Official Report, column 464, how many veterans the 10 mental health teams have supported in each year since they were opened.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 1 December (HL3716), what legal redress is available to patients denied access to mental health care by public health authorities that fail to comply with the provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 on equal priority for mental and physical health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2015 to Question 5566, on what basis his Department reached its conclusion that Action on Smoking and Health was the only charity in this area with the appropriate national record and forms; whether his Department gave consideration to organisations or bodies within (a) the NHS and (b) local government providing such services; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2015 to Question 11782, what discussions he has had with the professional regulators regarding the level of mental health training offered as part of the mandatory training course for (a) student doctors, (b) student nurses and (c) midwives.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to ensure equality of treatment for mental and physical illness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that the mental health needs of girls and young women are met; and what funding has been allocated to mental health provision for girls and young women.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the reported level of (1) anorexia nervosa, (2) self-harm, and (3) suicide, amongst young and adolescent girls since 23 March 2020; and what were the reported such levels from 23 March 2019 to 22 March 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2761 on smoking and health: finance, whether the award of such a grant is made on a competitive and transparent basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2015 to Question 227900, how much of the £250 million additional funding that was committed has been spent; and how many children and young people with mental health problems this funding has supported.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were admitted to adult inpatient mental health wards in each year since 2009-10.
Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to update the Cardiovascular Disease Outcome Strategy, published in March 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for additional winter pressures monitoring commencing in December.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the effects of and (b) improve outcomes for (i) coronary heart disease and (ii) cardiovascular disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 16 November 2015 to Questions 15277 and 15193, what the outputs are from the NHS England expert forum which were originally initiated in the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy; and what plans the NHS England expert group has for future work on familial hypercholesterolemia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2015 to Question 12818, on health services: weather, what data will be (a) collected and (b) published by NHS England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department received from Action on Smoking and Health about its grant application for the 2015-16 financial year since receipt of that application.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 12 November (HL3373), what they intend to do to prevent discriminatory treatment of BME mental health patients, and what assessment they have made of the implications of discriminatory treatment for patients in mental health wards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government response to the Report from the Education Select Committee, Life lessons: PSHE and SRE in schools, HC 145 of Session 2014-15, which was published in July 2015, cm 9121, which organisations and stakeholders referred to on page 9 of that response are being consulted in order to develop further measures to improve the quality of PHSE; whether such organisations and stakeholders include representatives of parent advocacy groups, faith groups and those involved in running faith schools; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2015 to Question 16779, if he will assess the extent to which grants made by his Department to Action on Smoking and Health were used for activities designed to influence his Department, other departments or Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2015 to Question 5566, what steps his Department took following receipt of the Freedom of Information requests in May and June 2014 on the use of grant funding by Action on Smoking and Health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2015 to Question 2952, if he will make it his policy to secure accredited Living Wage Employer status for his Department from the Living Wage Foundation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which individuals and organisations proposed that the provisions of the existing legislation relating to proportionality in sections 15 and 17 and Schedule 1 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 should be disapplied in respect of the composition of health and well-being boards. [129362]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a clause into the conditions relating to grants made by his Department to third parties to ensure that they are not used to fund activities intended to influence (a) parliament, government or political parties, (b) the awarding or renewal of Government contracts and grants and (c) legislative or regulatory action.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the refusal by researchers to publish trial data on recovery rates and positive outcome rates specified in their application for grant funding provided by the Department of Health, the Medical Research Council, the Scottish Office and the Department for Work and Pensions for "Comparison of adaptive pacing therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, graded exercise therapy, and specialist medical care for chronic fatigue syndrome (PACE): a randomised trial" contravenes the agreement the researchers entered into when the award was made.[HL3151]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2015 to Question 14762, if he will place in the Library the additional information received in respect of the application.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the extent to which grants made by his Department to third parties are used for activities designed to influence his Department, other departments or Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2015 to Question 13136, what consideration he has given to such representation made by the hon. Member for Shipley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 22 November 2012, Official Report, columns 577-8W, on Health and Wellbeing Boards, if he will place a copy of the consultation responses in the Library. [132307]
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2015 to Question 13645, (a) how and (b) by whom each head teacher was selected to work with her Department on improving the provision of PSHE in schools; and if she will make a statement.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 1 November 2011 (WA 236), what were the findings of the full evaluation of the impact of the Be Clear on Cancer lung cancer campaign launched on 10 October 2011. [HL3872]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in securing the early diagnosis of lung cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2015 to Question 13645, what the names of each head teacher and the school to which they belong are with whom her Department is currently working to improve the provision of PSHE in schools; and if she will make a statement.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 22 November (WA 410–11), whether they have compared autism provision in Northern Ireland with that in health regions in England; and, if so, what were their conclusions.[HL3701]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 22 November (WA 410–12), what variations there are in the assessment and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder throughout the United Kingdom; and what steps they are taking to implement best practice from one region in others.[HL3700]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many health visitors are employed in each region of England; what percentage in each region have been trained specifically on Autism Spectrum Disorder; and how these percentages compare with those for Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.[HL3323]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many recorded (a) e-coli infections and (b) e-coli 0157 infections there were in each year since 1997 which were linked to camping or visiting open farms; and if he will make a statement. - I nc table.
What is the current policy of the Maudesley Hospital in respect of the admission of emergency cases for neurosurgery; and what proposals there are to change this policy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children are waiting, and for how long, for diagnosis and assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and each region of England; and how the figures compare as a percentage of all children for each region.[HL3322]
To comment on the future of the Centre for Epilepsy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 19454, how many mental health specialists were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department will take in relation to depression in adolescent girls. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in the number of contraceptive injections given to school-aged girls in the last five years; what protocols apply to the giving of the contraceptive injection to school-aged girls; what the primary method of contraception was of teenage girls (a) below the age of 16 years and (b) over the age of 16 years in each of the last five years; for what reasons implants were not used as the primary method of contraception for school aged girls between 1997-98 and 1999-2000; what factors influence the decision to give a contraceptive injection rather than the contraceptive pill to school-aged girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is providing to fund mental health services for military personnel on active military duty; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the planned Government paper on violence against women will address (a) rape and sexual assault, (b) the problems faced by adult survivors of child sexual abuse, (c) sexual harassment, (d) female genital mutilation, (e) violence and abuse of girls, (f) the law as it relates to those who wish to claim asylum on the grounds of gender violence, (g) the law on homicide as it relates to victims of domestic violence who kill abusive partners and (h) funding for (i) rape crises centres, (ii) refuges and (iii) other services for women and girls who have suffered violence or abuse.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many girls under 18 years of age, not of UK nationality, were taken into local authority care in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001; how many remained in care for less than one week; and what nationalities they were. - Information on the nationality looked-after children is not collected centrally.
(2) what assessment he has made of the reasons for recent trends in life satisfaction for girls aged 11 to 15. [135908] Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which areas the morning-after pill is available to (a) girls aged 14 and 15, (b) girls aged 12 and 13 and (c) girls under 12 without a doctor's prescription; and what measures are in place in each such area to address issues of child abuse. - Inc ref to 23 January 2002, 378 c965W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many girls received the rubella vaccine in (a) each county or health authority and (b) England in each of the five years before the introduction of the MMR vaccine; and what proportion those who had received the vaccine represented of the total number of girls under 12 years of age. (Tables in Library Dep 02/420). - Inc ref to 5 March 2002 381 c192W and fact that a table of the available information has been placed in Library. (Holding answer 7 February 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to the public on the risk of contracting e-coli while camping.
To comment concerning the future of the Centre for Epilepsy at Maudsley Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential of the Men's Sheds movement to have a positive impact on health and wellbeing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) respiratory, (b) cardiovascular and (b) cancer risks arising from vaping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014 to Question 206875, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential of Men's Sheds movement to improve mental health and reduce loneliness; and if he will meet representatives of Men's Sheds to discuss those issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people diagnosed with cancer underwent a needs assessment and were given a personalised care and support plan in (a) 2020 (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health following the recent issue of commissioning guidance to local authorities, where responsibility lies for commissioning (a) the treatment of erectile dysfunction, (b) the treatment of testosterone deficiency syndrome and (c) other health services for men.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's National strategy for autistic children, young people and adults: 2021 to 2026, published in July 2021, what progress his Department has made in implementing that report’s five year roadmap.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people with arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent staff are currently working on the Major Diseases Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Major Conditions Strategy improves outcomes for people with a less survivable form of cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014 to Question 206875, what funding his his Department has made available for research into the effect of loneliness and isolation on health and wellbeing; and what research his Department has commissioned on that issue.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to increase the accessibility of health advice and treatment for men. [113982]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 January 2023 on Government Action on Major Conditions and Diseases, HCWS514, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will be a (a) five or (b) ten year strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 January 2023 on Government Action on Major Conditions and Diseases, HCWS514, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will be a five or 10 year strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the commitment to prepare a white paper on health disparities in the white paper entitled Levelling Up the United Kingdom, published on 2 February 2022, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle health disparities through the development of the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to support the work of the UK Men's Sheds Association.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce care disparities for different cancer types.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) the voices of neurodiverse individuals are heard and (b) their needs and perspectives are taken into account, in policy formation and decision making processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is nationwide post-diagnosis cancer support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on increasing the number of people who receive a Personal Health Budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle child health (a) inequalities and (b) issues linked to child poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2023 to Question 136680 on Smoking: Health education, for what reason (a) the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and (b) his Department is unable to provide information on Public Health England.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which joint strategic needs assessments pay due regard to men’s health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with TotalEnergies E&P UK Limited on what further steps that company has taken with the (a) Alwyn North, (b) Dunbar, (c) Gryphon Alpha FPSO, (d) Elgin Franklin, (e) Culzean and (f) Ailsa FSO assets to comply with their obligations under section 5(1) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 concerning the time taken to action unmanaged Safety and Environment Critical Element maintenance and inspection work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will consider the wider determinants of health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to £1 billion dedicated fund to help to support urgent and emergency care services, whether any of that funding will be allocated to private providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average daily cost to the NHS was for a person receiving mental health support in a hospital ward owned by Cygnet Health Care in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2023 to Question 136769, whether any of this funding will be allocated to private providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in each year since 1997 have suffered from achondroplasia. - Includes table.
How many human embryos have been made available for artistic research in the last 30 years; what legal authority is required; if the embryos used in the project Unnatural Selection at the Barbican Centre were obtained under a licence from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. - Figures not given.
What guidance has been issued by her Department about the nature of those handicaps which might be considered to be so severe as to fall within the provision of the existing legislation that abortions might in those cases be performed up until birth; and, specifically, whether dwarfism or acondraplasia might reasonably be considered as grounds for such late abortions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates sitting in (a) family courts, (b) youth courts and (c) adult magistrates courts are women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his plans are for the operation of the new New Mental Health Support Teams; and whether he has set a provisional date for (a) all pupils having access to those teams at their school, (b) publication of an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of those teams and (c) those teams being put on a statutory footing.
Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) retain and (b) replace the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 (S.I.1981/917); and what plans his Department has to discuss those Regulations with industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 137747, what brand of wash and dry devices have been installed within his Departmental estate; between what dates did that installation work take place; and how much did it cost.
Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) retain and (b) replace the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 (S.I.1996/341); and what plans his Department has to discuss those Regulations with industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the report of the Sport and Recreational Alliance on the Social value of movement and dance, published in February 2023; and if she will take steps to raise awareness of the report among schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a long term strategy for cancer to improve cancer outcomes in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total number of referrals to child mental health services in each of the last three years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the procedure for a medical professional to contact the DVLA if an individual is considered unfit to drive, following a medical diagnosis.
Department of Health and Social Care: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) iPhone 12, (b) iPhone 13 and (c) iPhone 14 devices were purchased for use by staff in his core Department in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national mental health emergency helpline which is separate from the NHS 111 service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Written Statement of 24 January on Government Action on Major Conditions and Diseases, HCWS514, what engagement his Department plans to have with the relevant cancer-related stakeholders on the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they have committed to child mental health services in the current financial year; and how much funding they provided in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on potential benefits and costs (a) realised and (b) expected to be realised by the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as a result of the agreements with Watford Borough Council and the property company Kier signed in June 2013 in relation to the Watford Health Campus Partnership LLP.
Mental Health Services: North East London Clinical Commissioning Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the availability of mental health services in areas under the North East London Clinical Commissioning Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Written Statement of 24 January on Government Action on Major Conditions and Diseases, HCWS514, how the Major Conditions Strategy will tackle waiting times for cancer (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost was for a (a) new hospital, (b) hospital upgrade, (c) MRI machine, (d) CT scanner and (e) GP appointment in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the start and proposed end dates are of the obligations incurred by the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust under the agreements with Watford Borough Council and the property company Kier signed in June 2013 in relation to the Watford Health Campus Partnership LLP.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to pages 245 and 246 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2021/22, HC1043, what the nature was of the goods already manufactured but not yet delivered for which compensation had to be paid by his Department; and what the (a) name and (b) location was of the supplier in question.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the backlog of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder assessments.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time from receiving a referral to child mental health services to receiving an appointment.
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) retain and (b) replace the Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (S.I.1999/3242) ); and what plans his Department has to discuss those Regulations with industry.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many integrated care systems have established services for Huntington’s disease patients in their local areas.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether, as was announced in the 2021 Spending Review, the public health grants for 2023–24 and 2024–25 will increase in line with inflation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the financial and other obligations incurred by the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are as a result of the agreements with Watford Borough Council and the property company Kier signed in June 2013 in relation to the Watford Health Campus Partnership LLP.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on agreements in place under which the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is liable to pay for land that it is planning to acquire from Watford Borough Council in relation to the Trust's acute redevelopment scheme.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the provision of mental health services for children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Major Conditions Strategy will help tackle waiting times for mental health (a) counselling and (b) therapy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish its 10-Year Plan for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health trusts (a) Simon Stevens and (b) Sir Bruce Keogh have visited in each year since their appointments as Chief Executive and Medical Director respectively of NHS England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2015 to Question 19338, how the effect of the Equality Act 2010 on service provision in the NHS is monitored.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the £15 million new funding allocated to perinatal mental health for 2015-16 has been spent to date; and what that funding has been spent on.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in each year since April 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2015 to Question 18011, when he plans to announce the successful bids for the Homelessness Change/Platform for Life programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2015 to Question 14919, what decisions have been made on how to spend the remaining funds that was allocated for perinatal mental health for 2015-16; and whether NHS England plans to spend the full £15 million allocation by the end of 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of Health Visitors on the ability of family hubs to operate effectively.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of Health Visitors on (a) health and wellbeing outcomes for children under the age of five and (b) parenting skills and confidence in those skills among parents of children under the age of five.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost has been to the Government up to 21 February 2023 of the Better Health: Reward app pilot in Wolverhampton announced on 17 February 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Equality Act 2010 on the care of older adult mental health patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to trusts on the promotion of private healthcare to NHS patients.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 9 February (HL 5339), whether NHS England and integrated care board aggregate NHS mental health expenditure would still be expected to increase as a share of their total expenditure in 2023/24 compared with 2022/23 if "non-recurrent" expenditure had not been excluded from the baseline calculation; and if not, to itemise and quantify expected "non-recurrent" expenditure in both years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total number of full-time equivalent staff employed by his Department was in (a) 2022 and (b) each of the last 13 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Major Conditions Strategy will tackle waiting times for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of arthritis.
Electronic Cigarettes: Environment Protection and Health Hazards
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) environmental, and (2) health, impact of disposable vapes; and what plans they have, if any, to ban the sale of such products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support offered for people in the health service who use British Sign Language as their first language in (a) Watford constituency and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Major Conditions Strategy will tackle waiting times for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that health visitors work with safe caseloads in the context of trends in the number of health visitors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2023 to Question 125326 on Health Services: Males, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the lessons that can be learned from the men's health strategy implemented in Australia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding charities received under the Integrated Personal Commissioning for Veterans Scheme in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021, (e) 2022 and (f) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure the adequacy of funding for the effective provision of (a) services and (b) referrals in relation to incidences of violence against women and girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the provision of pay-to-view television for patients in (a) the James Paget Hospital in Gorlston, Norfolk and (b) other NHS hospitals; and whether NHS hospitals are permitted to cease provision of free-to-air television.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department takes to monitor air quality; and what assessments his Department makes of the effect of air quality on (a) cardio-respiratory and (b) vascular health.
Department of Health and Social Care: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a Ministerial disability champion.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to (a) remove and (b) reduce VAT on essential healthcare products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2016 to Question 20200, what estimate his Department has made of its total spend on mental health specialists in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to produce an updated Equalities Impact Assessment on oral healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the number of health visitors that are required to operate a safe and effective service for parents; and whether he is taking steps to integrate the findings of that assessment into the NHS workforce plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding has been provided to each element of the Integrated Personal Commissioning for Veterans scheme in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) closure and (b) reduction of mental health hubs for NHS staff on levels of staff mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any subsequent legal agreements have been reached to change the original (a) obligations and (b) rights applying to the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as set out in the June 2013 agreement for the Watford Health Campus Partnership LLP.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA and how many deaths arising therefrom there were at the (a) Sunderland Royal Hospital, (b) Durham University Hospital, (c) Hartlepool University Hospital, (d) North Tees Hospital and (e) James Cook Hospital - South Tees in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve indoor air quality; and what assessment he has made of the main risks of poor indoor air quality to health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the decision was taken to site the Alliance Medicals mobile scanner at James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough rather than at University Hospital, North Durham; and who took the decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will authorise a proposed study by the University of Glasgow on the health impacts of customer interactions with his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps they have taken to operate a disability confident scheme for those seeking promotion in their Department; and how many and what proportion of those candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied under the scheme were (a) interviewed and (b) promoted in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February to Question 147378 on Health Services: Finance, whether he plans to publish a breakdown of how this funding will be spent when it is possible to do so.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his plans are for the level of funding for public health in future years; and if he will make it his police to ensure that funding is increased by at least the rate of inflation in 2023.
If she will comment about the guarantees she has given on the presumption that following the dismantling of the Great Yarmouth and Waveney District Health Authority on 1st April, the James Paget Hospital, Gorleston, shall be deemed the local hospital for the people of North Suffolk; and what qualifications to these guarantees she now expects to make.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish a replacement of the Health Disparities White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding the Integrated Personal Commissioning for Veterans Scheme received in (a) 2018, (b) 2019. (c) 2020, (d) 2021. (e) 2022 and (f) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans were (a) referred and (b) approved for the Integrated Personal Commissioning for Veterans scheme in each year since 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) very seriously injured and (b) brain injured veterans are currently supported through the Integrated Personal Care for Veterans System scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing multiple year funding allocations for public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with epidermolysis bullosa have access to adequate support through the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions has he had with the Home Secretary to ensure adequate mental health support is provided to people in police detention where required.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of waiting times for the diagnosis of endometriosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has he made of the current average waiting time between a patient reporting symptoms and a diagnosis of endometriosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle levels of obesity; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing an obesity strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government’s Major Conditions Strategy will incorporate all the commitments made in the 10-year Cancer Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps they have taken in their Department to operate the Disability Confident employer scheme for those seeking a lateral transfer; and how many and what proportion of candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied under that scheme where (a) interviewed and (b) laterally transferred in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to use epidemiological data in the development of the Government's levelling up policies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will respond to Question 137846 tabled on 1 February 2023 by the hon. Member for Ilford North.
Department of Health and Social Care: Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in each of the last 5 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that mental health is given the same priority in the Major Conditions Strategy as in the proposed ten-year mental health plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the needs of patients with fibromyalgia are being met by the NHS.
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason complaints about Government departments and other public organisations must be referred to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by a Member of Parliament.
Health and Social Services: Pay and Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the (a) skills and (b) pay of (i) social care staff and (ii) NHS staff undertaking similar work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending sick pay support for healthcare staff with long covid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the health of people with arthritis while they are waiting for elective treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on proposals for a review of (a) treatment and (b) guidance on best practice for patients with fibromyalgia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the paper Associations between air pollution and multimorbidity in the UK Biobank: A cross-sectional study.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the paper Association of Air Pollution Exposure With Psychotic Experiences During Adolescence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the links between air pollution and psychotic experiences in adolescents in England and Wales.
Department for Business and Trade: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has contracted work to a business that has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive within the last three years.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has contracted work to a business that has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive within the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to update the NHS website to include up-to-date information on menstrual health conditions using plain English.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will incorporate the commitments made in the 10-year mental health plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has contracted work to a business that has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive within the last three years.
To ask His Majesty's Government how they monitor compliance with the 'Guidance for Commissioners: Interpreting and Translation Services in Primary Care', published by NHS England in September 2018.
Health and Care Professions Council: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on retention of the physiotherapy workforce of the 20 per cent rise in registration fees agreed by the Health and Care Professions Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the paper Associations between air pollution and multimorbidity in the UK Biobank: A cross-sectional study, if he will make an estimate of the costs of air pollution to the (a) NHS and (b) UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) NHS England, (b) Health Education England and (c) NHS Digital spent on consultancy work on the organisational merger and headcount reduction programme; how much NHS England (i) has spent and (ii) plans to spend under its contract with PA Consulting; what the length is of the contract between NHS England and PA Consulting; how much Health Education England (A) has spent and (B) plans to spend under its contract with KPMG; what the length is of the contract between Health Education England and KPMG; and with reference to the Health Service Journal article entitled McKinsey wins £1m contract to devise new NHSE data model, published on 10 February 2023, what the value was of work contracted by NHS England has with McKinsey outside of the contract in place between December 2022 and March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of funding for mental health services in the context of the proportion of people living within mental health conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase UK aid to healthcare providers in the West Bank in response to increases in violence by Israeli (a) forces and (b) settlers in that region.
Autism and Learning Disability: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department, (b) NHS England, (c) private providers of inpatient services and (d) integrated care systems are taking steps to implement the recommendations of the report by NHS England entitled Safe and wellbeing reviews: thematic review and lessons learned, published on 21 February 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the information and resources on menstrual health conditions provided to primary healthcare professionals to help diagnosis and referrals to specialist treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the paper Associations between air pollution and multimorbidity in the UK Biobank: A cross-sectional study, if he will make an assessment of the consequences for his policies of links between mental health and air pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to gather evidence for the Major Conditions Strategy; and when he plans to complete it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support parents of children with severe mental health conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the datasets for which Public Health England is responsible for record data relating to religion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he intends to advise the Privy Council to reject the Health and Care Professions Council decision to increase their registrants’ fees by 20 per cent.
Health Services Safety Investigations Body
To ask His Majesty's Government why they decided to delay the establishment of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body by six months until October 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help integrate public health objectives into local (a) licensing and (b) planning policies for (i) food, (ii) alcohol and (iii) other businesses.
Department of Health and Social Care: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has contracted work to a business that has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive within the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will incorporate the commitments made in the 10-year Cancer Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the paper Mental health consequences of urban air pollution: prospective population-based longitudinal survey.
Department of Health and Social Care: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on consultants for the disposal of personal protective equipment programme, including costs associated with the resolution of disputed contracts, between January 2020 and January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial steps his Department is taking to (a) treat and (b) prevent HIV.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance by NHS England entitled The two-week wait skin cancer pathway, published on 4 April 2022, whether his Department plans to take steps to help tackle regional variations in the use of teledermatology within dermatology services in England; whether his Department has provided funding for the implementation of new pathways proposed within that guidance; and whether accountability mechanisms have been put in place to help ensure that integrated care systems implement those pathways in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy to implement the policies in the white paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published on 1 December 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to improve mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the monoclonal antibody drugs (a) Cetuximab and (b) Bevacizumab are not available through the NHS. - (Holding answer 30 January 2004).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the level of variation in access to treatment for patients with inflammatory skin conditions in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February to Question 143814 on Mental Health Services: Children and Young People, what the additional investment into mental health services in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency is (a) in 2022-23 and (b) planned for 2023-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he intends to publish his Department's workforce management information data for the months of March, April and May 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the white paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published on 1 December 2021, how much and what proportion of the £300 million of funding to integrate housing into local health and care strategies has been received by (a) local authorities and (b) integrated care boards since the announcement of that funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance by NHS England entitled Referral optimisation for people with skin conditions, published on 27 September 2022, what steps his Department is taking to help support the adoption of referral optimisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials in their Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of referral services for patients with skin conditions; and whether he is taking steps to improve those services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to women with ovarian cysts.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the overall effectiveness of the MHRA in supporting and evaluating clinical trials in the UK; and what assessment he has made of the potential future risks to that effectiveness.
To ask His Majesty's Government how next of kin are kept informed about the (1) physical, and (2) mental, health of prisoners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the use of single-use plastic in (a) GP surgeries and (b) pharmacies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken by MHRA to evaluate a clinical trial was in each of the last five years for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on increasing the use of recyclable materials in clinical and healthcare settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide funding for mental health services for people under the age of 18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of expanding reciprocal healthcare arrangements with the EU to include elective treatment.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the (1) physical, and (2) mental, health for all prisoners, given that COVID-19 is no longer a major threat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve access to primary care in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report entitled Early evaluation of the children and young people’s mental health trailblazer programme, published by the National Institute for Health and Care Research on 20 February 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children on NHS waiting lists for mental health treatment have been waiting for more than two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support for healthcare workers suffering from Long Covid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of restricting the use of single-use plastics in clinical and healthcare settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children on NHS waiting lists for mental health treatment have been waiting for more than one year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the standard time is for a coordinated response by MHRA for clinical trails; and what the performance has been against that standard in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions the response time to category A calls to the East Midlands Ambulance Trust took (a) over 30 minutes and (b) over one hour, in (i) the County of Rutland and (ii) the Melton Borough Council area, in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. - Inc fact that information about ambulance emergency response times to Category A calls not available specifically for Rutland or Melton borough council and ref to Department of Health Statistical Bulletin "Ambulance Services, England 2001-02" in Library and at www.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0213.htm.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have systems in place to use the concern and knowledge of family members for the benefit of prisoners suffering from ill health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of ambulance response times to category A calls by the East Midlands Ambulance Trust in (a) the county of Rutland and (b) the Melton Borough Council area were achieved within eight minutes in the last period for which figures are available; for those responses which took longer than eight minutes, how long it took for the ambulance to respond; and if he will make a statement. - Inc fact that not available for specific areas and includes ref to Dept of Health Statistical Bulletin 'Ambulance Services England 2001-02'. (Holding answer 4 November 2002).
Prisons: Health Services and Social Services
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve co-operation and joint working between individual prisons, the National Health Service, and social services.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency process for registering medical devices facilitates an adequate level of supply of safe medical devices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to provide funding for mental health services for children in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help reduce single use plastics in NHS services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time is to receive dental treatment for (a) those in pain and (b) those requiring routine treatment at (i) HMP Acklington, (ii) HMP Albany, (iii) HMP/YOI Altcourse, (iv) HMP Ashford, (v) HMP Askham, (vi) HMP/YOI Aylesbury, (vii) HMP Bedford, (viii) HMP Belmarsh, (ix) HMP Birmingham and (x) HMP Blakenhurst.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many phase one inspectors were employed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in each January since 2019.
Hereditary Diseases: Health and Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the level of life-long provision of services for adults with mitochondiral diseases.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for the extension of the Cancer Drugs Fund beyond January 2014.[HL5131]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to maintaining the Cancer Drugs Fund after the current arrangements come to an end in 2014.[HL864]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have received from NHS England about the operation of the national Cancer Drugs Fund list since April 2013.[HL938]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether NHS England has plans to create a transition mechanism to ensure that all patients whose access to medicines is currently funded through the Cancer Drugs Fund will be able to continue to access those medicines after 2014.[HL899]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many medicines will no longer be available through the National Health Service if the current Cancer Drugs Fund arrangements come to an end.[HL1071]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the future demand for medicines currently funded through the Cancer Drugs Fund which will not be covered by the value-based pricing scheme from January 2014.[HL941]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to NHS trusts on the provision of the same-sex staffing for patients receiving intimate care.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they propose that the Cancer Drugs Fund will operate when it becomes the responsibility of the NHS Commissioning Board; and what will happen in 2014 to treatments currently supported by that fund. [HL5559]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received from NHS England about the future of the Cancer Drugs Fund. [HL865]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessments they have undertaken of the changes in clinical involvement in decisions about the availability of cancer medicines since the introduction of the Cancer Drugs Fund.[HL862]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 25 June (WA 110), whether their commitment to protect patients receiving treatment through the Cancer Drugs Fund extends (1) to new patients requiring cancer treatment arising after the end of the Fund, and (2) to existing patients who have recurrent but not ongoing need for treatment previously received through the Fund.[HL1474]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing waiting times for bowel cancer referrals.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many patients are currently under the care of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in NHS England; how many children are currently on waiting lists for assessment; what percentage of CAMHS patients currently transition to Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS); and what further support they are providing to CAMHS in order to provide more urgent (1) support, and (2) treatment, to children and young people with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 January 2023 on Government Action on Major Conditions and Diseases, HCWS514, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will be a 5 or 10 year strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring health boards to establish specific agreements to treat functional neurological disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring health boards to accept referrals for treatment for functional neurological disorder.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessments they have undertaken of the success of the Cancer Drugs Fund since its introduction.[HL861]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are planning to take to avoid variations in access to medicines between patients diagnosed just before or just after the end of the current Cancer Drugs Fund arrangements.[HL993]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what powers NHS England has to continue the operation of the national Cancer Drugs Fund list after the end of March 2014.[HL939]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to involve NHS England in decisions about the future of the Cancer Drugs Fund. [HL866]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for a public consultation about the future of the Cancer Drugs Fund.[HL991]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any legislative changes would be required to continue the Cancer Drugs Fund beyond the end of the current arrangements in 2014.[HL940]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) about the potential impact on patients’ access to medicines not approved by NICE if the current Cancer Drugs Fund arrangements come to an end.[HL1072]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on the speed of access to cancer medicines of termination of the current Cancer Drugs Fund arrangements. [HL994]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to update the Mandate to NHS England to reflect the operation of the national Cancer Drugs Fund list.[HL992]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the interim service specification for specialist gender dysphoria services for children and young people.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to continue from 2014 onward the principle of clinically-led decision-making that has been implemented through the Cancer Drugs Fund, if the current Cancer Drugs Fund arrangements are not retained.[HL863]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to how medicines currently funded through the Cancer Drugs Fund could be incorporated into value-based pricing. [HL942]
Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to the Tribunal Procedure Committee consultation on Tribunal Procedure (First-Tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008, published on 22 March 2018.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the funding they provide to local authorities is sufficient to deliver statutory public health responsibilities.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the public health grant in (1) 2023–24, and (2) 2024–25 will increase in line with inflation as announced in the Spending Review 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by NHS England entitled Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care, published on 8 February 2022, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) increase capacity and (b) reduce treatment backlogs in dermatology services.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to instruct the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust to publish data on the number, or proportion, of young people referred to the Gender Identity Development Service since 2011 who had a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder.
How many United Kingdom citizens have been treated surgically for gender identity disorder in each of the last five years (a) on the NHS and (b) privately. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date it is planned that the process for the procurements of the new NHS Gender Identity Services for Adults will be completed.
What is his Department's forecast for the future growth of numbers of diagnoses of gender identity disorder created by the backlog of previously untreated cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure that all trans people have access to necessary healthcare and (b) reduce waiting times for gender affirming services and gender identity clinics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Getting It Right First Time programme review of dermatology services, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle regional variations in adherence to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on the provision of biologics for treatment of (a) psoriasis and (b) atopic dermatitis.
To ask His Majesty's Government when local authorities will be informed of the provisional public health grant budgets for 2023–24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the procurement of the new NHS England Gender Identity Services for Adults will build sufficient capacity to ensure that the NHS 18 week first referral to treatment target will be met.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of steps taken by the Board of Directors of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (1) to monitor the Gender Identity Development Service, and (2) to address any concerns raised by clinicians of that Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to improve data collection practices in the Gender Identity Development Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve services for patients with long term conditions not covered by his Department’s Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) funding and (b) training has been provided to GPs to ensure that they and their staff are adequately equipped to support people undergoing treatment relating to their gender identity.
What definition of the gender identity disorder syndrome is used by the NHS and by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people the NHS Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock Centre referred to an endocrinologist in each of the last three years; and what the (a) age and (b) gender was of those those people .
To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to inform local authorities of their provisional public health grant budgets for 2023–24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that his Department's Major Conditions Strategy takes into account the views and experiences of patients with long term conditions.
What was the number of diagnosed cases of gender identity disorder in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years; and how many were (i) male-to-female and (ii) female-to-male. - Not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish all the data it holds on (a) waiting (i) lists and (ii) times for gender identity services in England and (b) suicide rates among those waiting for gender identity services in the last three years.
What guidelines his Department gives to practitioners and health authorities regarding the treatment of gender identity disorder. - Guidelines on specific medical treatments are a matter for the relevant professional body.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of referrals for the Gender Identity Development Service; and if he will make a statement.
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the Major Conditions Strategy will help improve remission rates for people living with musculoskeletal conditions.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the public health grant in (1) 2023–24, and (2) 2024–25, in line with inflation as announced in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021.
Gender Recognition: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reason the NHS requires trans people to undergo a mandatory two year period of psychiatric assessment; what assessment he has made of the compatibility of NHS practice on psychiatric assessment of trans people with the best practice identified on page 16 of the European Commission's report of June 2011 on Trans and intersex people: discrimination on the grounds of sex, gender identity and gender expression; and if he will make a statement. [127550]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the Major Conditions Strategy will help tackle postcode variations in access to treatment for patients with inflammatory rheumatological conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for the completion of the procurement process for the new NHS Gender Identity Services for Adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2015 to Question 3732, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Covenant's health commitments are discharged in a fair and equitable manner throughout the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2017 to Question 113610, what plans his Department has to reduce the waiting times for a first appointment from 52 weeks to meet the NHS-wide 18 week referral target; and if he will meet NHS England to discuss its recent consultation on gender identity services for adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical commissioning groups adhere to the Armed Forces Covenant when responding to Individual Funding Requests for the treatment of ex-servicemen.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the two-week wait cancer referral target on referral waiting times for inflammatory skin conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the NHS will distinguish between sexuality and gender identity in the collection of data for people accessing Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the Major Conditions Strategy will help tackle the (a) workforce, (b) access to services, and (c) access to treatment challenges faced by people with musculoskeletal conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England has spent on gender identification services in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what clinical disciplines will be included in the multi-disciplinary teams that replace the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Gender Identity Development Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2023 to Question 114704 on Public Health: Finance, when his Department plans to inform local authorities of their public health grant budgets for 2023-24.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will monitor and ensure delivery of consistent standards of care for trans people across all services provided by the National Health Service.[HL294]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to (a) support trans people and (b) reduce the waiting time for trans people to access treatment provided by the NHS.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department plans to take with the Department for Health and Social Care to ensure that trans patients do not have to seek unaffordable private healthcare as a result of long waiting times in order to receive treatment and medication.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2023 to Question 149488 on Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Staff, for what reason staffing levels fell between June 2021 and December 2022; and whether his Department plans to take steps to increase staffing capacity.
What is the current waiting list for sex change operations. - No figs given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 148573, tabled by the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 20 February 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure his timetable for announcing the 2023-24 Public Health Grant will not effect delivery of local public health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to para 2.37 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751 published on 17 November 2022, if he will provide regular updates on the long-term workforce plan.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the accuracy of the Professional and Linguistics Assessment Board examination (PLAB) as a test of competence for International Medical Graduates, given the conclusion of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published on 17 April 2014 that the pass mark of PLAB would need to be increased by 30 per cent to reach equivalence with UK graduates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his statement of 24 January 2023 on Government Action on Major Conditions and Diseases, HCWS514, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential benefits of reprioritising mental health as part of the enlarged Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Mental Health and Well-Being Plan Call to Evidence 2022, whether his Department has received submissions on mental health support for babies and toddlers; and whether evidence on that matter will be integrated into the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new patients have been referred to the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Gender Identity Development Service since its closure was announced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to measure the impact of the Women’s Health Strategy for England in its first year.
What is the cost to public funds of a sex change operation carried out on the NHS. - No figs given.
Department of Health and Social Care: Hikvision
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Hikvision products are in use in his Department; and whether he plans to remove the Hikvision cameras.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a 10-year capital strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a separate strategy for rare and less survivable cancers.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Medical Treatments
To ask His Majesty's Government which medicinal products evaluated by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in each of the past five years have (1) been considered (a) to treat a life threatening or severe limiting disease, (b) to restore patients to full or near full health, and (c) likely to sustain their benefits over a very long period of time, and (2) not been considered to meet the above criteria, in cases where a request was made to be considered as such by the applicant company.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of Sickle Cell amongst healthcare professionals outside of London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of small and medium sized enterprises on the potential merits of providing Government subsidies for the purchase of occupational health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to create an accessible portal to access sickle cell patient records and care plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of NHS staff to identify when a patient is undergoing a Sickle Cell crisis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department is taking to help improve access to mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department publishes a list of conditions that make a person serving in the Armed Forces deemed medically (a) limited deployable and (b) non-deployable.
Which health authorities no longer fund (i) obstructive sleep apnoea referrals and (ii) sex change assessments and operations. - Information about health authority purchasing decisions is not held centrally. Each case should be decided on its clinical merits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help improve mental health support for parents during and after family court proceedings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing funding for upgrades to existing cancer centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that sickle cell services receive increased (a) staffing and (b) funding levels.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to publish a white paper on tackling health disparities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Major Diseases Strategy will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure Sickle Cell patients are treated in a timely way when attending hospital services.
Health and Social Care Information Centre: Gender Recognition
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Health and Social Care Information Centre does not contravene section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Public Health Grant has yet to be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the agreements with Watford Borough Council and the property company Kier signed by the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in relation to the Watford Health Campus Partnership LLP, which runs until 2033 unless previously terminated by agreement, by what authority that Trust signed those agreements; what the legal basis is of that authority; and whether that authority has or had a start or end date.
What is the current maximum age for voluntary gender reassignment on the National Health Service for (a) males and (b) females.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in financial year 2021-22.
How many sex change operations (a) from male to female and (b) from female to male, have been carried out under the National Health Service in each year since 1990. - No figs given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to publish statistics on the number of (a) young carers accessing children and adolescence mental health services (CAMHS) and (b) children provided with young carers assessments following contact with CAMHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mental health provision for (a) babies, (b) toddlers, (c) children and (d) young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that access to innovative therapies for (a) gastric cancer and (b) other less survivable cancers is included in its Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase the public health grant for (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 in line with inflation.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, or plan to have, with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) regarding the types of products or disease areas it plans to focus on in piloting new approaches to assessing their impact on health inequalities in the population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders on demand from small and medium-sized enterprises for occupational health services.
If she will introduce national criteria and protocols for gender reassignment therapy in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sex change operations were performed by the National Health Service in 2002. - 89 operations for gender reassignment performed in 2001-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle chlamydia in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ring-fencing funding and resources to help ensure adequate staffing levels to treat sickle cell patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will apply the latest 2022 update to The Building Regulations on Ventilation for New Buildings to existing Healthcare Buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department issues to health authorities who have a blanket policy not to offer gender reassignment surgery on the National Health Service. .
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2016 to Question 20190, if he will make it his policy to collect centrally the number of (a) young carers accessing Children and Adolescene Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and (b) children provided with young carers assessments following contact with CAMHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of collecting data on ethnicity and age for those presenting with menstrual health conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address negative and racial stereotypes in healthcare settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the cost of rolling out the Better Health: Reward app pilot in Wolverhampton so that it runs nationally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the structure of the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will detail levels of funding for mental health services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage people to quit smoking.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Interim report of the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People, published in February 2022, and guidance produced by NHS England, what powers ministers have to compel the Gender Identity Development Service, under the auspices of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, to cease operations immediately.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much from the public purse the Government has spent on advertising the Better Health: Reward app pilot in Wolverhampton, announced on 17 February 2023, as of 8 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for cancer treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to increase the number of mental health counsellors working in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were on NHS waiting lists who had been waiting for more than 62 days for cancer treatment as of 8 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Start for Life funding her Department budgeted for distribution to participating local authorities in the 2022-23 financial year; and how much and what proportion of that funding was received by those local authorities as of 31 January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have signed-up to the Better Health: Rewards app pilot in Wolverhampton, announced on 17 February 2023, as of 8 March 2023.
Mental Health Services: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether consultation responses to the 10-year plan to improve mental health will be used to inform his Department's Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time between a woman first presenting with symptoms of endometriosis to (a) being diagnosed and (b) receiving treatment.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce poverty-related health inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to assess future workforce requirements in cancer services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which health conditions have care coordinators for patients within the NHS to provide tailored support within local areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government will take to encourage healthy workplaces for people with long term conditions as part of the renewed focus on encouraging people to return to work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department's Major Conditions Strategy will include the impact of multimorbidity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons his Department launched the Major Conditions Strategy which features mental health services instead of the Mental Health Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to patients receiving inpatient psychiatric care, for how long on average such patients receive such care where they (a) have Huntingdon's disease or a similar neurological condition and (b) do not have such a neurological condition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to integrate the ambitions set out in the Mental Health Plan with the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is on track to deliver the 18 month target within the elective recovery plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) value for money and (b) effectiveness of contracted health services provided by Operose Health in (i) England and (ii) London.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Care Quality Commission is responsible for ensuring entrants to England on Health and Social Care visas and work permits are employed under the same terms and conditions as UK domiciled staff; and if not, who is responsible for their conditions of employment.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the mental wellbeing of paramedics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 128715 on Health: Disadvantages, what plans he has to expand the Major Conditions Strategy to cover ethnic and gender disparities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether current employees of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Gender Identity Development Service will lead the replacement multi-disciplinary teams within the new provider.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to health and social care services for people with Huntington's disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on the 10-Year Cancer Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help protect healthcare infrastructure in conflict zones.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with the Chief Executive of Wythenshawe Hospital the hospital's methods of handling complaints made by honourable Members on behalf of their constituents; and if he will make a statement; if he will investigate for what reason the Chief Executive of Wythenshawe Hospital has not replied to correspondence from the honourable Member for Warrington North about the case of Mr Stanley Ford; and if he will make a statement. (Holding answers 19 July 2002).
When she expects to be able to reply to the representations, under urgent cover, made to her by the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe, in regard to facilities at Wythenshawe Hospital for admission and treatment overnight there in cases of emergency.
How many patients have been transferred out of Wythenshawe hospital in each month since January 1996 because of a lack of available beds; and what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) transferring patients and (b) their treatment.
If she will list the dentists in the constituency of Lewisham, Deptford, which will accept NHS patients; of those listed, which dentists have said that their lists for NHS patients are currently closed.
If he will institute an independent inquiry into the death of Mr Salya Narcein Bansal in Wythenshawe hospital. - South Manchester University Hospitals national health service trust has already investigated this case under the standard NHS complaints procedures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled (a) on the day of admission and (b) before the day of admission at Wythenshawe Hospital in each quarter since 1997. - Includes table.
Pursuant to 241 c474-5W, what progress has be en made on the revision of the Wythenshawe hospital development scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will announce his decision on the future of the transplant unit at Wythenshawe Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contacts his Department has had with (a) Wythenshawe Hospital and (b) Greater Manchester Health Authority concerning the case of Mr Stanley Ford; and if he will list, in each case, the date and nature of contact. - (Holding answer 24 October 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investigations have taken place into hygiene standards at Wythenshawe Hospital following the outbreaks of MRSA in May and June. - (Holding answer 24 October 2002).
How many patients have been struck off (a) GPs' lists and (b) dentists' lists in the parliamentary constituency of Lewisham, Deptford in each of the last 12 months. - Info not available in form requested.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date changes to the network of transplant units will be implemented; what period of consultation will be allowed following the publication of proposals for the future of transplant units in Wythenshawe, Sheffield and Birmingham; when he will publish his proposals for the future of transplant units in Wythenshawe, Sheffield and Birmingham. (Holding answer 15 October 2001).
What progress has been made in the version of the Wythenshawe hospital development scheme and the clinical review of hospital services in South Manchester since her Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 119W.
How many patients resident at Wythenshawe Hospital on 1st June had been forced to remain in hospital for longer than their treatment required because suitable residential or day care support was not available; how many such patients had been resident at the hospital for up to (a) one week, (b) two weeks, (c) one month, (d) two months and (e) three months or more; and what estimate he has made of the additional financial costs to the NHS of these extended periods of care and how many patients admitted to Wythenshawe Hospital in (a) 1995-96 and (b) 1996-97 had been forced to remain in hospital for longer than their treatment required because suitable residential or day care was not available for up to (i) one week, (ii) two weeks, (iii) one month, (iv) two months and (v) three months or longer; and what estimate he has made of the additional costs to the NHS of these extended periods of care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed by the NHS in health facilities in the Lewisham, Deptford constituency in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2004. - Inc fact that information is not available in the format requested and table.
What discussions her Department has had with the Manchester Health Purchasing Consortium about the major improvements planned for Wythenshawe Hospital; for what reason a new and more limited scheme will now have to be submitted to her Department; what effect an amended scheme will have on the running down of Withington Hospital; what other hospitals in the City will be affected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask the Commission for Health Improvement to investigate (a) the procedures in place for monitoring the number of times patients have operations cancelled at Wythenshawe Hospital, (b) the procedures which are involved when the hospital cancels a patient's surgery more than once and (c) the system used for ensuring patients are notified of a new date for surgery within 28 days. - Including ref to Policy on assessing requests for investigations and fast track clinical governance reviews, copies in Library and on www.chi.nhs.uk. (DEP 02/1826).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the procedures adopted by (a) Wythenshawe Hospital and (b) the Greater Manchester Health Authority when dealing with complaints about the treatment of Mr S. Ford of Warrington; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 24 October 2002).
Pursuant to 241 c78-9W, what is her estimate of the total cost saving expected for the revision of the Wythenshawe hospital development scheme; if she will provide a breakdown of her calculations; and when she expects to be able to give details of the impact of the revision on the scheme as originally proposed and on Withington and other Manchester hospitals. - Includes fact that scheme not yet finalised.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason Wynthenshawe Hospital failed to reschedule heart surgery on Mr Stanley Ford of Warrington within 28 days of the first cancellation of his operation; for what reason Wythenshawe Hospital cancelled heart surgery on Mr Stanley Ford of Warrington six times; and, in each case, what the reasons were for the cancellations; what the average time taken in 2001 by the Chief Executive of Wythenshawe Hospital was to reply to letters from honourable Members outside Manchester. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 19 July 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the reasons why Wythenshawe Hospital was short of theatre staff on 22nd March; how many staff were missing; what post each of them held; and, in each case, what the reason for absence was. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 24 October 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason Wythenshawe Hospital scheduled an operation on Mr S. Ford of Warrington at a time when the relevant consultant was known to be away; how many times this has happened to other patients in the last year; and what procedures will be put in place to prevent such occurences in the future.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to measure the effectiveness of (1) NHS England's plan to fund art, music or gardening classes instead of prescribing antidepressants, announced on 2 March, and (2) the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence's draft guidance, issued on 1 March, approving the use of digitally enabled therapies for patients with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and body dysmorphia disorders.
What research his Department has carried out to measure health outcomes in people with osteoarthritis. - Inc list.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department is allocating to further support for leukaemia patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with universities on mental health safety for students.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department is allocating to support the creation of new women’s health hubs, as part of the Women’s Health Strategy for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds his Department has provided for mental health research (a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms and (c) as a proportion of the total research and development budget in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specific steps he is taking to support the health and wellbeing of people aged over 70 in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the policies are of healthcare regulations on the publication of (a) fitness to practice decisions, (b) sanctions and (c) warnings when a person changes their gender and requests their former public record is suppressed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2023 to Question 160224, on Public Health: Finance, if he will take steps to ensure that local public health services will not be affected by the timing of the announcement of the 2023-24 Public Health Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2016 to Question 21330, what estimate his Department has made of its spend on mental health specialists in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the review of welfare provision for veterans will include a detailed examination of the medical discharge process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2015 to Question 902116, how much additional financial support in winter resilience money the NHS received in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15; and on what dates in those years that additional support was allocated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England is taking to ensure that mental health diagnostic and other services are (i) accessible and (ii) meet the needs of (A) children and (B) adults on the autism spectrum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional financial support he plans to make available to the NHS to deal with pressure on services in winter 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2016 to Question 20755, when the visits to clinical commissioning groups referred to in that question are planned to start; and when he expects the findings of such visits to be reported to him.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for cancer treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals similar to those set out in the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill.
Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the cost to the public purse of (a) research, (b) new treatments and (c) clinical care for (i) sickle cell disease and (ii) cystic fibrosis in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether all staff working in mental health services are given equality and diversity training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle inequalities in access to cancer treatment across (a) socio-economic, (b) regional and (c) ethnic groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2016 to Question 21922, which organisations other than CCGs have been allocated funding from the £173 million that has been allocated; and how much of that amount he estimates will be spent in 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, if he will publish a timetable for the digitisation of the NHS Health Check.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement of 11 January 2016, how much of the proposed £1.4 billion mental health support funding for young people over the next five years has already been allocated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring all workplaces to have a trained mental health first aider.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the use of apps in mental health treatment compared to talking therapies.
Female Genital Schistosomiasis: Health Services
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle female genital schistosomiasis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include a statutory duty to provide early intervention strategies to (a) detect and (b) address mental health issues for (i) children and (ii) young people in (A) primary and (B) secondary schools in the forthcoming Mental Health Bill; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2016 to Question 21919, whether the £290 million announced for perinatal mental health, funded from the Department's overall Spending Review Settlement, is in addition to the £600 million announced in the 2015 Autumn Statement.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to achieve gender parity in their HIV response, to ensure there is equitable (1) investment, (2) priority, and (3) attention, to women in HIV (a) prevention, (b) research, (c) data, and (d) services, in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement of 11 January 2016, whether the £290 million of investment announced for perinatal mental health care is in addition to the (a) £1.25 billion investment for perinatal and children and young people's mental health announced by the then Deputy Prime Minister in March 2015 and (b) £660 million investment for mental health announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Guidance on Public health grants to local authorities: 2023 to 2024, published on 14 March, what steps he is taking to prioritise public health.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Oral Answer to the hon. Member for Litchfield of 14 January 2016, how the media-smart literacy resources regarding body image are distributed to parents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2016 to Question 21922, how much of the £75 million allocated to CCGs to improve local services in 2015-16 has been spent.
Mental Health Services: Chronic Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the mental health 10 year plan; and whether that plan will include measures to support people living with long-term conditions such as diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on rolling out a network of Genomic Laboratory Hubs.
Mental Health Services: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of AI therapeutics for mental health treatment.
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to appoint a new Medical Consultant in Reproductive and Public Health at the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on Government plans to (a) professionalise and (b) remunerate foster carers. - Includes figures.
Health Education: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to educate young people on food and exercise choices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of (a) producing and (b) distributing Primary Care magazine is; and how many copies have been circulated of each issue in the last 12 months. - Includes table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to take steps to review the health and wellbeing impact of night-time shift working; and if she will take steps to create a working group on this issue with industry stakeholders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has set a target for uptake of the Healthy Start scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing guidance for employers on promoting the health and wellbeing for night shift workers.
To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing for research into the potential long-term health impacts, including an increased risk of dementia, of contact sport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has made an assessment of the effectiveness of measures to mitigate health impacts of night time shift working.
Mental Health Services: Ambulance Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of 15 March by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Official Report column 326WH, what the time frame is for the roll out of up to 90 mental health ambulances: and in which regions these ambulances will be based.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the value of the Healthy Start scheme in line with the value of the Best Start Foods scheme in Scotland.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.100 of the Spring Budget Report 2023, HC1183, published in March 2023, what the evidential basis is for the adequacy of £10 million funding in the MHRA achieving the objective of having a fully operational approval process in place from 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle obesity in adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is of producing and distributing Primary Care magazine; and how many copies have been circulated. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to encourage families to foster young people being looked after by local authorities. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department plans to take to protect night-shift workers from health risks linked to night-shift work in her review of the Future of Work.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.100 of the Spring Budget Report 2023, HC1183, published in March 2023, how the £10 million funding will be spent within the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to increase agency capabilities; and what budget that funding will come from.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the NHS Business Service Authority are taking to encourage people who were not previously registered for Healthy Start paper vouchers to register for the digital Healthy Start scheme.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) sporting bodies, and (2) other stakeholders, regarding guidance for schools and clubs about (a) the prevention of concussion, and (b) promotion of good health, whilst playing contact sports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will published the findings of the call for evidence on the Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan, which closed on 7 July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the Healthy Start scheme to cover the time period between the age at which eligibility for Healthy Start stops and the age at which children start school and begin to receive Free School Meals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will publish the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on future (a) funding and (b) commissioning arrangements for hepatitis C services after April 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 30 January 2020 to Question 7600 on Mental Health Services and the Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service Specifications published in December 2019, what mechanisms his Department plans to use to ensure that (a) Primary Care Networks, (b) mental health services and (c) other community services work in partnership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timeframe is for rolling out the Excellence in Continence Care Guidelines across the Integrated Care Systems and Primary Care Networks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential of effect the draft service specifications for Primary Care Networks, published on 23 December 2019, on people with mental health problems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of people with HIV are not retained in care by (a) NHS region, (b) Integrated Care System, (c) NHS Trust, and (d) local authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that mental health is prioritised within the Primary Care Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service Specifications 2020-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received support from the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Primary Care Networks will have responsibility for the implementation of the NHS England Excellence in Continence Care guidelines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Action 7 of the HIV Action Plan, what barriers his Department has identified to retention in care for people living with HIV; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle those barriers.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to expand the workforce by improving access to (1) affordable childcare, and (2) occupational health services.
asked Her Majesty's Government:What is the current position with regard to the Midland Medical Accommodation project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2761 on smoking and health: finance, what the job title is of the official who will decide whether such a grant is awarded; and what criteria that official will apply in reaching that decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2691, whether his Department has received representations on the use of grant funding provided to outside groups being used for the lobbying of his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 158772 tabled by the Rt hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green on 06 March 2023 on Hikvision Cameras.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2023to Question 140109 on Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement, whether previous allegations of improper data usage are taken into account before awarding public contracts that allow private companies access to sensitive patient data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as closely as possible to the constituency, the effects of his Department's policies since 2nd May 1997 on the constituents of Ilford North. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2761, what assessment he has made of whether organisations or groups other than Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) are capable to deliver the services for which ASH has applied for grant funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th March 2004, 419 c247W, on Hospital Construction (Lichfield), when he expects construction work to begin on the new hospital at the St Michael's site in Lichfield; when he expects the new hospital to be completed and opened; and what changes there have been in the car parking and future hospital expansion arrangements for the hospital; and if he will make a statement; if he will make a statement on the financial shortfall of the Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust.
To ask His Majesty's Government which routine procedures previously provided by the NHS are now only delivered through private companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on increasing the number of mental health support teams in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what investment his Department is making in menopause support services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 104356 on Endometriosis: Health Services, what recent progress the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has made on updating sections in its guideline on (a) diagnosing endometriosis, (b) surgical management and (c) surgical management if fertility is a priority.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many recommendations of the Final report on progress to address COVID-19 health inequalities, published by the Minister for Equalities on 3 December 2021, have been implemented in full.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what NHS mental health support is in place for young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to provide mental health support for NHS staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department will provide funding to Action on Smoking and Health in the 2015-16 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the grant of £2.5 million by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health Authority to St. Michael's Hospital, Hayle, in 1995 was approved by his Department's Regional Office, and on what terms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to provide funding for research on the potential health risks of night-shift working.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter dated 10 November 2022 from Andrew Cox, Senior Coroner for the coroner area of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, to the Secretary of State setting out matters revealed by inquests giving rise to concern and requesting a response by 10 January 2023, for what reason his Department has not responded to that correspondence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that no funding provided by his Department which reaches a third-party group is subsequently used to lobby his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the findings of the report, The Case for an Increase in Oncology Drug Expenditure in the UK by the Campaign for Effective and Rational Treatment, a copy of which has been sent to him; and if he will make a statement; what guidance he has given to health authorities on oncology drug spending following the publication of the report by CERT on oncology drug expenditure in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Ilford North; and if he will make a statement. - Inc tables and ref to 'Department of Health - Government Expenditure Plans 2000-01', in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of flooding of the River Roding on public health in Ilford North; and what steps he has taken in the last 12 months to minimise the impact. - (Holding answer 16 November 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of referrals there have been to (a) GPs and (b) mental health specialists citing the asylum process as contributing to mental ill health in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when construction will commence on the new hospital at the St Michael's site in Lichfield; and if he will make a statement; how many car parking spaces will be made available to (a) staff and (b) visitors at the St Michael's site in Lichfield once the construction of the new hospital is completed; how many square metres have been set aside for future expansion of the new hospital at the St Michael's site in Lichfield once it is completed. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the progress made by local authorities on the provision of public health since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 104356 on Endometriosis: Health Services, what progress the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has made on assessing the needs and provision of mental wellbeing support for people with suspected or confirmed endometriosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the introduction of the Work and Health Programme in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether, under the Government's proposals for public service pension reform, a male doctor, over 60 years of age and with 40 years' service, who decides not to retire before 2005, would still be able to retire before the age of 65; what rewards would accrue to him for working beyond the age of 60; and whether his accrual rate would move from to per year after 2005. - Inc ref to "Pension Scheme Modernisation: A Millennium Health Check for the NHS Pension Scheme".
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been (a) disbursed as of 21 March 2023 and (b) committed in total to each of the proposed Cavell centres in (i) Devon, (ii) Derbyshire, (iii) Nottinghamshire, (iv) Lincolnshire, (v) Surrey and (vi) Shropshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support students whose courses have been affected by the insolvency of Supporting Minds CIC.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2015 to Question 18729 and the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury of 6 January 2016, Official Report, columns 274-5, whether he has discussed the introduction of the new Work and Health Programme in Scotland with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether differentials in salary bands will be maintained between care staff and senior care staff within the Cost of Care model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any other Government departments provide funding for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) interstitial lung disease and (ii) idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on improving communication between police forces and mental health teams on the detention of people with mental health illnesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide access for all NHS dentists to NHS occupational health schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the service specifications for teenage and young adult cancer services in England; and when those specifications will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions the Government has had had with Northern Ireland Health and Social Care on the potential introduction of Op COURAGE in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer on 9 March 2023 to Question 162275 on Neurology: Standards, what the integrated care systems' planned engagement is with the Huntington's Disease Association to improve (a) neurological services, (b) access to healthcare and (b) the care pathway for patients with Huntington's disease.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the United States’ National Toxicology Program’s report State of the Science Concerning Fluoride Exposure, dated September 2022.
Health and Sports: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the recommendation in the House of Lords National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee’s report A national plan for sport, health and wellbeing (HL Paper 113, Session 2021–22) to establish a new ministerial post with responsibility for sport, health and wellbeing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of annual expenditure by (a) his Department and (b) the NHS is used to fund frontline services.
Learning Disability: Loneliness and Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) mental ill-health and (b) loneliness affecting people with a learning disability following the covid-19 pandemic; and what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which access to day services for people with learning disabilities has changed since the publication of the Government’s COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing Recovery Action Plan in March 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mental health support for men in order to reduce levels of male suicide.
What plans he has to restrict the present list of colostomy bags available on the NHS or their availability free of charge to patients. - None. People who have a permanent fistula are exempt from prescription charges and this includes people who use colostomy bags.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps the Government has taken to raise awareness of male mental health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of behavioural changes among adult males in reporting their own medical health issues over the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
What is the average prescription cost of a colostomy bag. - Info not available. Average net ingredient cost of prescribing in 1992 was £1.84.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 28 April (HL15156), what assessment they have made of their compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty, particularly section 149 (1b) of the Equality Act 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for the Fund to Stimulate Innovation in Occupational Health competition were received by the closing date of 15 March 2023.
What standard is set by her Department for colostomy bags; what work is being undertaken to improve the standard of such bags; and what consideration has been given to the need for an expiry date for their use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the results of the Fund to Stimulate Innovation in Occupational Health competition will be announced.
What is the average production cost of a colostomy bag; and what discussion has been held with the pharmaceutical industry to ensure an adequate and economic supply of colostomy bags to those who require this facility. - Inc fact that info not available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health community outreach programmes focussed on traditional male environments have been set up to engage with men in each local authority area in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation Women's Health Strategy Call for Evidence, if he will make it his policy to launch a consultation into men's health outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department is developing to tackle specific health issues affecting men and boys.
Special Educational Needs: Health and Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure improved engagement and support for children and families from health and social care services as part of the SEND Improvement Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to develop Government policy on improving men's mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to change attitudes to personal health issues among men.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that men make use of mental health services when they need them; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Minister for Public Health and Innovation's comments for Huffington Post, entitled Time to change - men and mental health, published on 23 February 2017, what the evidential basis is for the calculation on waiting times and standards for talking therapies; and what time period that calculation relates to.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department takes to take into account the needs of men when developing mental health support policies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department makes support available to men experiencing family isolation.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their announcement on 6 March of a call for evidence in support of a new Women's Health Strategy, whether have they assessed the merits of developing a men's health strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the backlog in health and services for disabled children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper published on 15 March 2023, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of testing a financial incentive and support model to encourage employers to purchase occupational health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Institute for Fiscal Studies report entitled one year on from the backlog recovery plan: what next for NHS waiting lists, published in February 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that report's findings on NHS waitlists in 2023 and early 2024; and if he will introduce a requirement to provide personalised pre-operative care for people on waiting lists for surgery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of schools with medical conditions policies which are accessible to parents and carers in line with their statutory duties under Children and Families Act 2014.
What was the total cost to the NHS in each of the past years of providing colostomy bags on prescription. - Info not available centrally. Net ingredient cost of prescribing colostomy bags in England for last 10 years given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that all parts of Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Mental Health Trust operate safely.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of his Department's annual expenditure is being spent on preventing ill health in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 166295 on Mental Health Services: Artificial Intelligence, when he plans to publish the results of the app testing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 166295 on Mental Health Services: Artificial Intelligence, how much of the £123 million provided for AI technologies will be designated for the development of AI technologies for mental health treatment.
Anti-social Behaviour: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that victims of anti-social behaviour have access to mental health support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many projects his Department is funding for research into (a) male and (b) female health; and what the cost of those programmes has been in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled £25 million for women's health hub expansion, published on 8 March 2023, whether he plans to allocate new funding to men's health hubs.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Policy Exchange Gender identity ideology in the NHS, published on 2 January; and what steps they are taking to ensure that every hospital trust is able to guarantee same-sex accommodation and intimate same-sex care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time from (a) patients presenting with cancer symptoms to diagnosis and (b) from diagnosis of cancer to treatment for (i) cancer in general and (ii) pancreatic cancer.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether there are any reasons why a hospital trust could not guarantee same-sex accommodation and intimate same-sex care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2023 to Question 166379 on Health Professions: Migrant Workers, if he will make it his policy not to recruit health workers from Nepal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of his Department's annual budget (a) will be spent on primary care in 2022-23 and (b) was spent on primary care in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of his Department's annual budget (a) will be spent on prevention of ill health in 2022-23 and (b) was spent on prevention of ill health in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of General Practitioners report entitled Fit for the Future GP Pressures 2023, published in March 2023, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of that report's findings on aptitudes on (a) the adequacy of IT suppliers and support services in general practice and (b) the ability of IT systems used in primary care to exchange information with secondary care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will meet with industry representatives to discuss the potential merits of retaining the protections provided by the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3242) following the UK's exit from the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the number of adoption registered therapists providing counselling to adults who were adopted as children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his Department's policy to maintain the protection provided by (i) the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (ii) the Display Screen Equipment Regulations (iii) The Manual Handling Operations Regulations (iv) The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (v) The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (vi) The Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations following the UK's exit from the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 76 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, for what reason the cost of increasing employment advisers in health settings is expected to be £5 million in 2023-24 compared to £50 million in 2027-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for (a) diagnosis of and (b) treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of General Practitioners report entitled Fit for the Future GP Pressures 2023, published in March 2023, what assessment he has made of the flexibility of primary care network funding streams.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of families expected to be on the Healthy Start Scheme in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of the delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services; and whether the plan is being delivered on schedule.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his Department's policy to maintain the protections provided by the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1513) following the UK's exit from the EU; and if his Department will meet with industry representatives to discuss this matter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish further details on the WorkWell Partnerships Programme pilot announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Spring Budget 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the data that is collected on NHS funded mental health inpatient services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 76 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, for what reason the costs of the Occupational Health: SME subsidy pilot scheme expansion pilot are expected to be lower in 2023-24 than in 2024-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of General Practitioners report entitled Fit for the Future GP Pressures 2023, published in March 2023, whether he plans to reform primary care network funding streams; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which consultations published by their Department are awaiting a response; and when each of those responses (a) were initially planned to and (b) will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, when his Department will publish the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for the opening of specialised NHS medical centres for women during pregnancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to ensure the provision of wellbeing services to support the (a) physical and (b) mental health of (i) NHS staff and (ii) people contracted to undertake NHS work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 76 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, for what reason costs of the WorkWell Partnerships Programme pilot (a) increase each year from 2023-24 to 2025-26 and (b) fall to zero from 2026-27.
Health and Care Professions Council: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Health and Care Professions Council on the potential merits of (a) giving its membership a vote on its budget plans and (b) consulting with its membership on measures to reduce their costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his Department's policy to retain the protections of the Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/341) following the UK's exit from the EU; and if his Department will meet with industry representatives to discuss that matter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to conducting the rapid review into mental health services inpatient services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the particular mental health and wellbeing of ethnic minority girls and young women.
Personal Care Services: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential adequacy of current health and safety regulations for (a) practice and (b) training in the beauty industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department collects data on the mental health of NHS staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of suitability of the use of mental health hospitals for individuals with autism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his Department's policy to maintain the protections provided by the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 (S.I. 1981/917) following the UK's exit from the EU; and if his Department will meet industry representatives to discuss that matter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of safety within mental health hospitals following reports from Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the WorkWell Partnerships Programme pilot will provide support for economically inactive people.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their Women’s Health Strategy for England, published on 30 August 2022, what steps they are taking to address the high rates of poor mental health amongst girls and young women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England spent on inpatient services commissioned from providers with (a) requires improvement and (b) inadequate Care Quality Commission ratings in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Governance and assurance review of the Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust by the Good Governance Institute, published in March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 166164 on Government Departments: Staff, what the overall rating out of 100 recorded was in the most recent Leesman office surveys undertaken by (a) NHS England, (b) the UK Health and Security Agency and (c) the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement in Written Ministerial Statement UIN HCWS512 on 23 January 2023 of a rapid review into patient safety in mental health inpatient settings in England, whether funding has been allocated for the collation of new data as part of that review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the existing data sets that will be considered within the rapid review of patient safety in mental health inpatient services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to support vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers, including those who are children and those with mental health needs, following the announcement on 29 March of plans to use former military bases to house refugees and asylum seekers.
Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will meet with industry representatives to discuss the potential merits of retaining the protections provided by the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2792) following the UK's exit from the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of launching a new education campaign on advising patients on (a) when and how to self-manage illness, (b) when to access their GP and (c) when to access other healthcare services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Israel following reports of attacks on health workers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times (a) he and (b) other Ministers from his Department have met with the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation since September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve patient safety within mental health hospitals following the events at Edenfield Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement in Written Ministerial Statement UIN HCWS512 on 23 January 2023 of a rapid review into patient safety in mental health inpatient settings in England, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of widening that review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help support manufacturing initiatives for health products in (a) Africa and (b) other regions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to conclude the review into patient safety in mental health inpatient services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to educate (a) workers and (b) businesses on ways to reduce negative health impacts of night-time work.
To ask His Majesty's Government why they have discarded the NHS England 10 Year Cancer Strategy for a combined 5 Year Major Conditions Strategy.
What studies her Department has conducted into the use of, and efficacy of the Bart's Test for pregnant women for Down's Syndrome. - Inc fact that recently published articles & published studies on maternal serum screening, including Bart's triple test are available in Library (Dep 8880). (Holding answer 5 Feb 1993).
What guidelines her Department has issued on the use or sale of the Bart's Test for pregnant women for Down's Syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact on the Friarage Hospital of the Working Time Directive.
What guidance her Department has on the provision of the triple test as a screening test for abnormalities in pregnant women; if he will indicate the percentage of purchasers and hospitals who are providing the triple test of abnormalities in pregnancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make available additional resources to the NHS Hospital in Northallerton through the North Yorkshire Health Authority to compensate for the scaling down of the military hospital in Catterick.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future of the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton.
Which health authorities provide (a) full funding and (b) partial funding for pregnant women to undergo the Bart's Test for Down's Syndrome; how many pregnant women have had the Barts test for Downs syndrome in the last two years; to break down the figure by age group; & what information she has on the availability of the Barts test through non-trust hospitals & self-governing trust hospitals. - This information is not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health inspectors are available to check imports through the ports of (a) Southampton, (b) Bristol, (c) Portsmouth, (d) Poole, (e) Weymouth, (f) Bournmouth Airport and (g) Southampton Airport; and if he will make a statement. - Not available centrally. (Holding answer 15 October 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of clinical commissioning groups that are ensuring patients in their area have a choice of mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2016 to Question 22946, what action he will take to deal with clinical commissioning groups found not to have arrangements in place to offer mental health patients a choice of provider.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the risk to children and babies of parents sharing the same bed as their children; and what guidance he issues on this matter. - Includes ref to 'Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy', copy in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions officials in his Department have had (a) with NHS organisations and (b) the National Audit Office on the 18-week referral-to-treatment standard for people with rheumatoid arthritis; and what assessment has been made of the effects on people with rheumatoid arthritis of the introduction of that standard.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of people with rheumatoid arthritis in (1) England, and (2) the United Kingdom; and what is their estimate of the number of people diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in the last year in (a) England, and (b) the United Kingdom. [HL1927]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of trusts who prescribe biologics in accordance with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis.[HL1929]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with the Royal College of General Practitioners on primary care training in rheumatoid arthritis for GPs.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to enable more patients with rheumatoid arthritis to self-refer to physiotherapy services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment has been made of the (a) standard and (b) consistency of (i) ongoing and (ii) specialist care for rheumatoid arthritis patients.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people were receiving biologics as part of their treatment for rheumatoid arthritis in the last financial year; and what was the estimated cost to the National Health Service.[HL1928]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the ability of GP consortia to commission rheumatoid arthritis services appropriately.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance has been issued to primary care trusts on assessing what services are required for people with rheumatoid arthritis to enable them to decide what services they need to provide in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken in response to the recommendation of the Public Accounts Committee in its recent report on Services for people with rheumatoid arthritis, HC 46, on take up of the Commissioning Pathway by primary care trusts; and how it intends to evaluate the effect of the Pathway on patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made by his Department in reviewing evidence on the need for better access to flare-up and pain management services for people with rheumatoid arthritis; and when it will produce an action plan.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implementation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence clinical guideline 79 on rheumatoid arthritis in England. [HL229]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of people with rheumatoid arthritis received treatment by a consultant-led multidisciplinary team that included physiotherapy in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to priority four of the UK Rare Diseases Framework, what steps his Department is taking to reduce regional variations in access to specialist care for patients with (a) hereditary angioedema and (b) other rare diseases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the recognition by clinicians in emergency settings of (a) hereditary angioedema and (b) other potentially life-threatening rare diseases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) public awareness and (b) education on Group B Strep.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the accessibility of specialist medical services outside of London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to increase awareness of rheumatoid arthritis in the workplace; and what plans he has to issue guidance to employers on supporting employees with rheumatoid arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessments of the health implications of the drug Scopolamine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing compulsory mental health lessons in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of patient-supported education as a means of reducing regional variation in care for (a) hereditary angioedema and (b) other rare diseases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his department will make an assessment of the potential merits of a major information campaign advising the public how to self manage minor illnesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to improve (a) education for primary healthcare professionals, (b) diagnostic procedures and (c) referral times for the treatment and long-term care of patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 169238 on Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement, whether his Department plans to make assessments under regulation 57(8)(g) for ongoing procurement for the NHS’ Federated Data Platform contract.
Work and Health Programme: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper published on 15 March 2023, how many people have been referred to the Work and Health Programme due to a learning disability in each of the last three years for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Government's position is on each of the proposed amendments to the World Health Organisation International Health Regulations 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer on 30 March 2023 to Question 167151 on Health: Working Hours, what assessment her Department has made of (a) levels of adherence by employers to the Regulations with regard to night-work and (b) the level of effectiveness of the Working Time Regulations in ensuring health protections for night workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department will run a campaign within the next 12 months to raise people's awareness of the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, with particular reference to seeking prompt medical attention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that GP consortia have the appropriate skills and knowledge to commission services for people diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis which develop their ability to self-care and manage their pain on a day-to-day basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS Trusts to (a) manage patient pathways and (b) track patient outcomes for people living with rheumatic conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of care for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans to encourage the sharing of good practice in rheumatoid arthritis services provided by different groups of commissioners; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will commission research into the effects on expenditure on benefits of patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving treatment that enables them to continue to work or return to work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will support a public health campaign to increase understanding of and reduce the stigma around conversations about death, dying and bereavement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure adequate funding for high quality, safe and effective care for disabled people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to help bring about a resolution to the healthcare workers pay dispute in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2023 to Question 148651 on the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981, if he will list the stakeholders that his Department have consulted on those regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure awareness of metastatic breast cancer among NHS staff involved in primary care.
(2) what the expected publication date is for the national clinical audit on rheumatoid arthritis. [130739] Sir Bob Russell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure that people diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis are referred to a specialist at an appropriate time in respect of diagnosis and follow-up appointments and during flare-ups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the number of rheumatoid arthritis specialist nurses working in the NHS; how many rheumatoid arthritis specialist nurses he expects to be working in the NHS in 2012; with reference to the oral evidence taken before the Public Accounts Committee on 23 November 2009, on services for people with rheumatoid arthritis, HC 46, Session 2009-10, what the evidential basis is for the expectation that the number of specialist rheumatoid arthritis nurses in the NHS is increasing; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 169238 on Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement, how many times operators have (a) confirmed that there has been any instance of grave professional misconduct which could render its integrity questionable and (b) been excluded from a contract procurement as a result of that misconduct since 2016; and if he will list those prospective operators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer on 27 March 2023 to Question 169324 on Health: Working Hours, what plans her Department has to (a) ensure health protections for night-time workers in addition to those in the Working Time Regulations, (b) review the existing Working Time Regulations to ensure they are sufficient in ensuring health protections for night workers and (c) set out plans to institute mandatory periodic reviews of night shift workers to ensure their wellbeing while in that employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assistance his Department is providing to care commissioners in respect of provision of multi-disciplinary teams for patients with rheumatoid arthritis; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has on the proportion of rheumatoid arthritis patients who when treated with anti-TNF medications respond positively to the treatment and are enable to remain at work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 169238 on Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement, whether this includes cases where the jurisdiction in which the grave misconduct occurred included jurisdictions outside the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the oral evidence taken by the Committee of Public Accounts on 23 November 2009, on services for people with rheumatoid arthritis, HC 46, Session 2009-10, what progress his Department's Acting Director-General for Commissioning and System Management has made in responding to the request made in question 21 to investigate the potentially adverse effects of commissioning decisions on patient care in the rheumatology specialty; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, wat assessment he has made of the potential merits of including appropriate treatment for symptoms of the menopause in the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill on the level of support provided by the Government to businesses for health and safety initiatives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to implement the recommendations of the report by NHS England entitled An improvement framework to reduce community musculoskeletal waits while delivering best outcomes and experience, published on 10 January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to encourage the adoption of individualised care plans to provide social, psychological and lifestyle advice and clinical support for patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to conduct a formal evaluation of self-management programmes provided by the NHS to patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to help the Department of Education in Northern Ireland to maintain the (a) Engage and (b) Healthy Happy Minds programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that all patients with primary breast cancer have an end of treatment summary in order to speed up detection of secondary breast cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including a retained reflex check at the two to two-and-a-half years old health and development review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to publish a 10-year mental health plan instead of the major conditions strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the need for co-ordination between local authorities, the national health service and social care services to ensure that services for people diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis are fully integrated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer on 27 March 2023 to Question 169324 on Health: Working Hours, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of night shift working on the health and well-being of health workers; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand the orthopaedic workforce.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve public awareness of the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.[HL227]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting time for access to community child health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce elective procedure backlogs in child health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent assessment is of progress towards meeting the 18-week waiting time target for access to rheumatoid arthritis services; what assessment he has made of the effect of the waiting time target on the provision of rheumatology services; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that people with rheumatoid arthritis are given a personalised care plan.[HL228]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of reviewing the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 to (a) strengthen the provisions on protecting mental health within existing legislation and (b) enshrine parity of esteem for mental health in law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce treatment waiting times for children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on which dates he has met with the British Medical Association to discuss preventing strike action since his appointment on 25 October 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide, in the form of a table, the number of families who they forecast will take up the Healthy Start Scheme in the current year, alongside the figures for the previous five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce elective surgery treatment waiting times for children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle misinformation on healthcare products (a) online and (b) in communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will include the care of rheumatoid arthritis as a priority in the next iteration of his Department's world class commissioning assurance framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 to strengthen the provisions protecting mental health within existing legislation and enshrine parity of esteem for mental health in law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of rheumatoid arthritis services; what steps his Department is (a) taking and (b) plans to take to encourage primary care trusts to commission services in line with this assessment in the next six months; and if he will make a statement.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the devolved administrations regarding the accessibility of (1) medicines, and (2) clinical interventions, for secondary metastatic breast cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people to receive mental health support.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the accessibility of (1) medicines, and (2) clinical interventions, for secondary metastatic breast cancer in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the responsiveness of crisis teams in mental health services; and if he will set national standards for that responsiveness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March to Question 158909 on Mental Health Services: Children, what proportion of responses received included reference to mental health support for babies and toddlers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve the training provided to GPs in respect of rheumatoid arthritis; what funding his Department is providing to support this training; when he anticipates the educational material to be provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance entitled Working definition of trauma-informed practice, published by his Department on 2 November 2022, what recent progress his Department has made on developing the evidence base for the use of trauma-informed practice in different settings; and if he will make a statement.
Electricity Storage Health and Safety Governance Group
To ask His Majesty's Government what organisations are members of the electricity Storage Health and Safety Governance Group; and when it last met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of prescribing mindfulness on the NHS for mental health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for elective procedures relating to children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will conduct a review into (a) the adequacy of the level of public understanding of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's Yellow Card reporting system and (b) any changes needed to help increase public understanding of that reporting system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in crisis teams in mental health trusts; and what steps he is taking to ensure that they are staffed to meet the needs of the population.
Neuromuscular Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the NHS workforce plan meets the needs of people with (a) Parkinson's disease and (b) other long-term neurological conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) cost-saving (b) time-saving and (c) patient benefits of using self-care in primary care settings.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will review the level of insurance tax for private health insurance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that the National Curriculum includes lessons on personal wellbeing and building resilience for addressing mental health challenges for school pupils from Reception to Year 13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty of care for higher education institutions on student (a) mental health, (b) safety and (c) well-being.
To ask His Majesty's Government (1) how many families are forecast to take up the Healthy Start Scheme in the current year, and (2) how many took it up in the previous five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to ensure that primary care healthcare practitioners are (a) trained and (b) resourced to support patients with self-care.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of amendments to Article 1 (Definitions) and the proposed new Article 13A (WHO-led International Public Health Response) of the International Health Regulations of the World Health Organisation, designed to give the organisation's recommendations binding effect on member states during a public health emergency of international concern.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Cancer Waiting Time statistics for February published on 13 April 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department plans to give to its employees on actions to take on No Smoking Day.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with eating disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of cancer treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to allow patients to recover the cost of privately funded treatment from the NHS where they were not offered the option of treatment at an independent hospital under the NHS Choice Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the consequences are of non-adherence to NHS England’s Service Specifications for different treatments and conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide financial support for the cost of travelling to hospital by cancer patients who do not qualify for the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether support for patients with multimorbidity will be included as a focus in the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for reviewing the penalties for those found guilty of an offence under (1) the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, and (2) other related legislation, including regulations 12, 38(1)(a) and 41(1)(a) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 and sections 33(1)(c), 33(6) and 157(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have a (i) school nurse, (ii) healthy lifestyles coach and (iii) equivalent health worker.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the state of the relationship between central government and local directors of public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is sufficient high quality residential placements for children and young people with serious mental health challenges in every locality.
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Alzheimer’s Research UK and the Royal College of Psychiatrists report entitled Are we ready to deliver disease modifying treatments?, published on 26 May 2021, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that report's findings that 36 per cent of psychiatrists think their services could adapt to deliver a new treatment within a year; and what steps his Department is taking to prepare the NHS for future dementia treatments following the approval of lecanemab in the US.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the ability of asylum seekers housed on (a) military bases, (b) accommodation barges, (c) cruise ships and (d) other non-urban locations to access medical care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services in Bristol.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for NHS treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the minimum requirements are for mental health support teams in relation to (a) the number of staff and (b) their roles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS services relating to the menopause in (a) the London Borough of Hounslow, (b) London and (c) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve NHS services for Menopause.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has with (a) NHS trusts, (b) integrated care boards and (c) other stakeholders on the services that will be offered through integrated community musculoskeletal services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to implement the actions identified for it in the Government's Ending Violence against Women and Girls Strategy 2016-2020, published in March 2016; and when a member of staff from his Department last attended a Violence against Women and Girls Stakeholder Meeting chaired by the Home Office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Department for Education's announcement of £79 million to boost mental health support for children and young people on 5 March 2021, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) schools and (b) students in London that will have access to a mental health support team following the announcement of that funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of (a) staffing and (b) funding for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the context of the agency’s new responsibilities under the Windsor Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people waiting for community musculoskeletal services were provided with an appointment within (a) four and (b) 12 weeks of referral in the past year.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bellamy on 28 March (HL Deb col 121), which stakeholders and other participants in criminal trials they are consulting on the options to offer better support to those taking part in such criminal trials.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that mental health services take account of the experiences and needs of women (a) in general and (b) who have experienced extensive abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release of 21 March 2021 announcing £79 million for 400 mental health support teams in schools and colleges, how much funding will be allocated to (a) Sheffield and (b) South Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS Trusts on waiting lists; and what support the Government has made available to help reduce waiting lists.
Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department last conducted a health and safety risk assessment of the Army’s armoured vehicle fleet for issues related to noise and vibration.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bellamy on 28 March (HL Deb col 121), how long the consideration of options to properly support jurors adversely affected by sitting on a jury will take.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has a team with specific responsibility for addressing women's mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all NHS mental health trusts consider the needs of women in service planning and delivery; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the backlog in maintenance issues within the NHS on the elective recovery plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release of 21 March 2021 announcing 400 mental health support teams in schools and colleges, how many of those teams will be in (a) Sheffield and (b) South Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Department of Education's press release, £79 million to boost mental health support for children and young people, published on 5 March 2021, what plans his Department has to provide mental health and wellbeing support to schools that will not be covered by one of the new mental health support teams.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on eliminating waits of more than 18 months for elective care.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bellamy on 28 March (HL Deb col 121), what options are being considered to properly support jurors adversely affected by sitting on a jury.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of mental health trusts provide mental health services and support by female staff in female only settings; what funding is provided for such services; and what minimum standards are required for training, supervision and support for staff and volunteers providing those services.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Recruitment and Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake an audit of skills capacity within the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; and what steps he is taking to ensure that any skills needs are met through appropriate (a) recruitment and (b) training.
To ask His Majesty's Government what are their plans to reinstate aid funding to the Health Pooled Fund in support of hospitals and health care centres across South Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of women accessing mental health services experienced sexual or domestic abuse in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent professional mental health workers belonging to mental health support teams are supporting pupils in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on average how many schools does a mental health support team provide services to.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of staffing levels at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on (a) the time taken by the agency to conduct clinical studies and (b) patient access to clinical studies in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Mental Health Taskforce's report, entitled The five-year forward view for mental health, published in February 2016, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendation that an equalities champion for mental health be approved; and what responsibilities that champion will have for women's mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of mental health trusts (a) offer female patients a choice of a female care coordinator, (b) conduct routine enquiries with female patients about experiences of abuse and violence and (c) provide gender-sensitive care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the provision of services of the findings of the report, entitled Hidden Hurt: violence, abuse and disadvantage in the lives of women, published by Agenda in January 2016; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time from referral to second appointment was for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services service users for (a) all pathways and (b) the neurodevelopment diagnostic pathway for autism and ADHD between April 2022 and January 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bellamy on 28 March (HL Deb col 121), what research they have commissioned on the psychological effects on jurors of their jury service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on improving women's mental health since the publication in 2010 of Working towards women's wellbeing: unfinished business.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS England on NHS treatments available for menopause.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is adequate focus on cancer in the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS Mental Health Trusts (a) he and (b) other Ministers from his Department have met with since September 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to establish a national access and waiting time standard for children and young people's mental health services, and if so, when; and what plans they have to establish a pathway for young people transitioning from children and young people's mental health services to adult mental health services, in order to collect detailed and accurate numerical data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including kidney function testing in the Our Future Health research programme.
National Women's Prisons Health and Social Care Review: Genito-urinary Medicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the National Review of Health and Social Care in Women’s Prisons will cover women’s sexual and reproductive healthcare in the prison system.
National Women's Prisons Health and Social Care Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the publication of the report on the National Review of Health and Social Care in Women’s Prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times (a) he and (b) other Ministers from his Department have met with an NHS Mental Health Trust since September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will include steps to help tackle chronic kidney disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking, with reference to the report by the National Audit Office on Services for People with Rheumatoid Arthritis, to work with primary care trusts to promote early treatment of and employment-focused support for people with inflammatory arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations will be consulted in the development of his Department’s women’s health strategy; and how those organisations will be consulted.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the relationship between women’s mental health and experience of violence and abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what topics will be included in the women’s health strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of the extent to which NHS providers have met NICE quality standard on rheumatoid arthritis since 2013.
Mental Health Services: Rheumatoid Arthritis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to mental health services for people living with rheumatoid arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the alignment between the Government’s Major Conditions Strategy and the Life Sciences Vision.
asked Her Majesty's Government:What consideration they have given to the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society's recently published survey on Employment and Rheumatoid Arthritis: a national picture; and whether they will be making any response to its findings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS Mental Health Trusts consider the needs of women who have suffered mental health needs as a result of abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has made a recent assessment of the (a) performance of the NHS in delivering health services to people with rheumatoid arthritis and (b) cost-effectiveness of the provision of such services in relation to the levels of economic productivity of such people; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) the prevention of unplanned pregnancies and (b) abortion will be included in the women’s health strategy.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the current commissioning structure for women’s health services in England.
To ask Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that the treatment of NHS patients with rheumatoid arthritis is not interrupted in the event that the UK does not agree a withdrawal deal with the EU before March 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Patient Safety, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, of 24 September 2020, Official Report, column 1243, when the Women’s Health Agenda is next planned to meet; and whether the issue of painful hysteroscopy is on the agenda for that meeting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on the teaching of menstrual wellbeing in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when Public Health England plans to publish its Women’s Reproductive Health Action plan; and whether his Department plans to use that strategy to inform his Department’s women’s health strategy.
Department of Health and Social Care: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on staff training related to diversity and inclusion in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has sought legal advice on the extent to which the Health and Safety Regulations fall under the scope of the Retained EU Law Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the priorities will be of the newly established Best MSK Health programme; and whether that programme will include a focus on supporting people with rheumatoid arthritis to achieve disease remission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether patient care plans are taking into account the particular needs of women and girls who have experienced violence and abuse.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are considering day release for prisoners who need to attend health appointments on external premises as an alternative to the normal requirement of two prison officers as escorts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure coherence between the forthcoming Sexual and Reproductive Health and Women's Health strategies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timetable is for the (a) development and (b) publication of the Government's women’s health strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the availability of specialist health practitioners and services in women’s health during the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that National Institute for Health and Care Excellence technology appraisal guidance is implemented by (a) breast cancer and (b) other services within three months of publication.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to launch a publicity campaign to educate people on self-managing illnesses and on when to access health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is taking steps to ensure that menstrual wellbeing is part of the national school curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the mental health of women of (a) experiencing an unplanned pregnancy and birth and (b) having an abortion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to develop a cross-departmental strategy on menstrual health management to tackle the stigma of periods.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is sufficient trauma-informed care for women experiencing mental health problems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the work of women's mental health taskforce to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has made a recent estimate of the amount spent by (a) each primary care trust and (b) the NHS per head of population on rheumatoid arthritis services; and what progress his Department has made on its work to determine whether there is correlation between the quality of rheumatoid arthritis services and spending per head of population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that mental health services take account of the experiences and needs of women (a) in general and (b) who have experienced extensive abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to develop a women’s health strategy; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to reduce any variation in compliance with NICE standards for the treatment and management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people, particularly those within the highest risk groups, are aware of the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis received an annual review in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) women and (b) girls with their mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women and girls can receive treatment for (a) heavy menstrual bleeding and (b) other women-specific conditions during the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities have sufficient funding to ensure women’s health services are available for people who require diagnosis and treatment during the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what step he is taking to help ensure that variation in access to women’s health services is not exacerbated further by service closures during the covid-19 outbreak..
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of trends and development in the quality of care given by NHS trusts to people with rheumatoid arthritis in each year from 2010 to 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with rheumatoid arthritis are diagnosed and receive treatment within the first three months of referral from primary care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support specialist health practitioners in the area of women’s health to implement new ways of working during the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what topics will be included in his Department’s women’s health strategy; and when his Department plans to publish that strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that women with (a) heavy menstrual bleeding and (b) other women-specific conditions are not deterred from presenting at primary care by covid-19 concerns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if a representative from his Department will meet with the Menstrual Health Coalition to discuss how new ways of working during the covid-19 outbreak can benefit women’s health services in the future.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made in recent years with regard to implementing the principle of equivalence of healthcare received by prisoners with that received by the general public; and in particular, what steps they have taken to reduce the turnover of health personnel in prisons, thus reducing the need for agency personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations in the report, Break the Barriers: Girls' experiences of menstruation in the UK, published in January 2018 by Plan UK.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people living with rheumatoid arthritis accessed mental health services through the Adult Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department is providing for (a) mental health and (b) other support services for veterans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients on an NHS waiting list have been waiting more than 18 months for treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional funding to the Healthy Start scheme to help tackle food poverty.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will respond to Early Day Motion 271, entitled NICE guidelines on ME.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2023 to Question 148528 on Asbestos: Regulation, what the outcome is of the further review by the Health and Safety Executive of its retained EU Law which could impact on the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a response to Early Day Motion 883, Campaign for an Osteogenesis Imperfecta national awareness month.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to meet its target of increasing the take-up of the Healthy Start Scheme to 75 per cent by the end of March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help ensure that stroke survivors receive the recommended 3 hours of rehabilitation per day as set out by the National Clinical Guideline for Stroke.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to help ensure that the World Bank’s Pandemic Fund is used to ensure that healthcare facilities worldwide have adequate access to water, sanitation, and hygiene.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of breast clinical and medical oncologists to meet patient demand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide funding for a network of early support hubs for the provision of mental health support for young people in the forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of waiting times for NHS Parkinson's care in England on people who provide unpaid care to their partners who have Parkinson's.
Department of Health and Social Care: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on achieving water neutrality on his Department’s estate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors returned to employment with the NHS in England having previously left NHS employment in each of the last eight years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many UCAS applications there were to AHP courses in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the Major Conditions Strategy includes policies on bowel cancer patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many UCAS applications there were to healthcare support worker roles in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on inaccurate or incomplete ethnicity data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce shortages in the NHS breast cancer workforce and (b) increase the capacity of breast cancer services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the British Medical Association report Building the Future: Getting IT Right, published on 5 December 2022; in particular, the finding that "nearly 76 per cent of doctors ranked 'interoperability of systems' as a 'significant barrier' to digital transformation"; and what assessment they have made of whether the absence of a consistent child identifier prevents the interoperability of IT systems for protecting children's health and care.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish their timeline for the update of service specifications in specialised services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of the public aged 40-74 who have been invited for an NHS Health Check by their local authority in the past five years.
To ask His Majesty's Government how learnings from the two integrated care boards (ICBs) in South London that have taken on full commissioning responsibility for specialised services deemed suitable and ready will be applied to other ICBs ahead of full delegation from 2024–25.
Multiple Myeloma: Health Services and Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to revaluate funding for Myeloma (a) care and (b) research under the NHS Long Term Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had recent discussions with schools on their ability to support pupils experiencing mental health difficulties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether rare cancers will be included in the scope of the Major Conditions Strategy.
Children and Young People: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps social care providers can take to place a child safely if they believe that child is unsafe in a CAMHS placement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that children and young people are not placed in social care settings if mental health interventions are required.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the upper earnings limits for eligibility for the Healthy Start Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include provisions for (a) treatment of liver cancer and (b) tackling hepatitis C as a cause of liver cancer in the forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide specific funding for increasing the number of staff in the breast cancer workforce who deliver systemic anti-cancer treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2023 to Question 181897 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Health and Safety, when (a) Defence Equipment and Support and (b) the Army last reviewed he safety of each in-service vehicle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to prioritise children’s oral health in his plans for dental health care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to secure joint placement commissioning so that children with mental health needs are placed with adequate support.
To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are putting in place to ensure that unwarranted variation in access to specialised services does not increase due to the delegation of some of these services to the integrated care board level.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Markham on 19 April (HL Deb col 671), what are the legal remedies available in (1) criminal or civil law, or in (2) relevant employment contracts, for staff failing to keep or report medical data on the whole patient cohort which attended the Gender Identity Development Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that children with intent on significant harm are placed in mental health facilities rather than social care settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the increase in the drug tariff to the NHS, in actual and percentage terms, of (a) Thyroxine tablets (100 mcg) per 1000, (b) Erythromycin tablets (250 mg) per 500, (c) Warfarin (5 mg) tablets per 500 and (d) chlordiazepoxide (10 mg) capsules per 500 between May 1998 and May 1999; and if he will make a statement. - Table given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the needs of men experiencing incontinence are recognised in Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of uptake of the Healthy Start Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the number of children referred for mental health care.
What is the basis of his Department's own compliance cost assessment for the provision of powered wheelchairs; and what recent revision has been made to this assessment; and what assessment he has made of the report of the Batteries Not Included Consortium on the provision of powered wheelchairs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many electrically powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs have been made available in each year since 1997; how much the NHS has spent on the provision of electrically-powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs in each year since 1997; how many people have utilised NHS vouchers as part-payment for powered wheelchairs in each year since 1997. - Including table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to extend the NHS wheelchair voucher scheme to cover powered wheelchairs.
What conclusions have been reached by the departmental working group set up by his Department to look at the feasibility of introducing a voucher scheme for the provision of indoor/outdoor and indoor electrically powered wheelchairs; and what is the proposed value of the voucher.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those categories of people eligible to be provided with electric wheelchairs at public expense; and what plans he has to review this provision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations were held with user groups in advance of communication of the Health Service Circular, Wheelchair Voucher Scheme: funding in 1997-98 and 1998-99 (HSC 1998/004).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been waiting for more than 18 months for treatment on an NHS waiting list in Stockport constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria govern the granting of wheelchairs for (a) indoor use and (b) outdoor use only. - Inc ref to Health Service Guidance (HSG (96)34), in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been taken to monitor spending on (a) indoor outdoor powered wheelchair funding schemes and (b) the voucher funding schemes for manual wheelchairs. - (Holding answer 1 June 1998).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average length of the waiting list for an electrically powered (a) indoor and outdoor and (b) indoor NHS wheelchair in the North West; how many additional electric powered (a) indoor and outdoor and (b) indoor NHS wheelchairs will be made available in the North West for the year 1999-2000; what is the waiting time for electrically powered (a) indoor and outdoor and (b) indoor NHS wheelchairs in the North West; how many electrically powered (a) indoor and (b) indoor and outdoor NHS wheelchairs there are in the North West. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2016 to Question 23676, when the work being undertaken by Health Education England and NHS England to which he refers will be completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget was allocated for the provision of self-propelled indoor/outdoor, non-attendant, electrical wheelchairs in the financial year 1997-98; what was the actual expenditure on electric wheelchairs in that year; and how many self-propelled indoor/outdoor, non-attendant, electric wheelchairs were issued in that year. - Including figures.
Parkinson's Disease: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support available for people with Parkinson's in Cheshire and Merseyside integrated care systems area; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list how many (a) electronically powered indoor/outdoor wheel chairs and (b) wheelchair vouchers were issued by each health authority in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 1999; and what was the cost to each health authority. - Includes tables and fact that a breakdown of national figures has been placed in Library. (Dep No 00/879).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the shortage of health visitors on (a) children with special educational needs and disabilities and (b) other vulnerable children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's total spend was on human resources in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to (a) NHS trusts and (b) social services departments about the use of reconditioned motors in electric wheelchairs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adverse incidents involving (a) electrically powered and (b) manual wheelchairs have been reported to the Medical Devices Agency in each of the past three years; and what steps he is taking to improve (i) the comprehensiveness of such reports and (ii) their utility in identifying and remedying systematic faults. - Inc table and ref to Medical Devices Agency website. (Holding answer 17 April 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to (a) NHS trusts and (b) social services departments on the expected safe lifetime of electric wheelchairs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the budgets for the provision of electric powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs to health trusts.
What assessment she has made of the benefit to permanently disabled adults and children of providing them with an indoor/outdoor powered wheelchair; how many permanently disabled adults and children there are; and what would be the total cost of providing each of them with such a powered wheelchair. - Inc figs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many accidents have been caused by (a) powered wheelchairs and (b) electric two seater scooters in each of the last two years. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 10 December 2001).
Statement on when he will announce the conclusions of his assessment of the recommendations of the evaluation study by the University of York Health Economics Consortium of the Powered Wheelchair and Voucher Scheme initiatives. - Includes fact that report placed on NHS website at: www.nhs.uk and figures.
What is the most recent figure available for the cost of providing an individual with an electrically powered indoor/outdoor wheelchair; and what is most recent figure available for cost of providing an individual with an electrically powered indoor wheelchair.
Depressive Illnesses: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish NHS data on access to Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression through the long-term conditions pathway by condition.
What are the criteria for qualifying for a publicly funded indoor/outdoor powered wheelchair in the United Kingdom; what funding arrangements exist for indoor/outdoor powered wheelchair provision in the UK.
How many people have been provided with electrically powered indoor wheelchairs by health authorities in England in each of the last three years. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vouchers have been issued under the electrically powered indoor/outdoor wheelchair scheme since April 1996; and what is the target number of vouchers for the four year programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the terms of reference for the current review of the wheelchair service for indoor and outdoor powered wheelchairs; when the contract for the review project was let; and what the deadline is for receipt of the contractor's report. - (Holding answer 2 November 1998).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he collates into delays in prescription of electrically powered indoor-outdoor wheelchairs; and what service standards are set centrally in this area. - (Holding answer 17 April 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discretion general practitioners have to charge patients for issuing forms for use of a disability buggy; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on the provision of electrically-powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs in each year since 1997;how many people have utilised NHS vouchers as part-payment for powered wheelchairs in each year since 1997;how many electrically powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs have been made available in each year since 1997. - Including table and ref to 22 January 2002, 378 c763W. (Letter in Library Dep 02/1189).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) address disparities between health authorities in the provision of (i) indoor outdoor powered wheelchairs and (ii) vouchers by wheelchair services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent guidance he has given to (a) health authorities and (b) NHS trusts regarding the provision of electronically-powered wheel chairs. - Includes ref to Health Service Guidance (96)34.
What action he proposes to take in response to the National Prosthetic and Wheelchair Services Report.
What developments there have been in regard to the provision of indoor/outdoor powered wheelchairs for all permanently disabled children and adults requiring them for independent mobility on the basis recommended by the Government's Working Party chaired by Professor (now Lord) McColl in 1986, further to the Adjournment Debate on this subject on 1st July.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the increase in child referrals for mental health care in 2021-22 shown by NHS statistics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) manual and (b) powered wheel chairs were purchased by the NHS in each of the last four years. - Including table and fact that information requested is not collected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of departmental staff who took sick absences related to stress, anxiety, depression or other mental health reasons in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health-related sick day absences were taken by staff in his Department in each month since April 2022.
What consultations he has had with user groups concerning the funding of indoor/outdoor powered wheelchairs in the United Kingdom; what progress has been made in implementing the central recommendations of the 1986 McColl report; what assessment has been made of the benefit to disabled people of indoor/outdoor powered wheelchairs; what consultations or correspondence his Dept has had with health authorities concerning the funding of indoor/outdoor powered wheelchairs; what plans he has to extend the funding of powered wheelchairs and when the most recent assessment was made of the level of demand.
If the Department's estimate of the cost of providing indoor and outdoor powered wheelchairs remains as set out in the letter date stamped 23rd March, Ref. POH(4)4295/111 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, the honourable Member for Battersea, to the honourable Member for Hastings and Rye; when and by whom the estimate was made.
How many people have been provided with electrically powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs by health authorities in England in each of the last three years; and various questions on same.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of funding will be provided for the electrically-powered indoor/outdoor wheelchair scheme after the year 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to extend the voucher scheme for manual wheelchairs to the provision of indoor outdoor powered wheelchairs. - (Holding answer 1 June 1998).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions Ministers and officials have had with user organisations on their concerns about performance management of the wheelchair service; and what action he has taken to address the concerns of user organisations about the management performance of the separate funding schemes for indoor and outdoor powered wheelchairs and vouchers. - (Holding answer 1 June 1998).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department has made to monitor how funding is spent in the event of an underspend of (a) the indoor/outdoor powered wheelchair funding scheme and (b) the voucher funding scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are waiting for an eligibility assessment for an electronically powered indoor/outdoor wheelchair; how many extra contractual referrals took place during their last year of operation in respect of (a) orthotics, (b) prosthetics and (c) wheelchairs; how many people who have been assessed as being eligible for an electronically powered indoor/outdoor wheelchair are waiting for one; how many out of area treatments have taken place for (a) orthotics, (b) prosthetics and (c) wheelchairs. - The information requested is not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include projections of the numbers of mental health staff that will be recruited to support people with Parkinson’s in the NHS workforce plan.
What is the number of new electrically-powered wheelchairs supplied by the National Health Service in the Greater Manchester area over the past three years. - Including table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to implement the policies set out in the Women’s Health Strategy for England, published on 30 August 2022.
If he will comment on the actions he proposes to take to ensure that guidance issued to health trusts on the allocations of power-assisted wheelchairs to severely disabled children is properly implemented.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to increase the provision of electric wheelchairs. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of mental health-related sick days which were taken by departmental staff in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many powered wheelchairs were issued by the National Health Service in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. - Information requested is not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 104 of the Armed Forces Covenant and Veterans annual report 2022, published on 19 December 2022, what the average waiting times were for (a) Transition, Intervention and Liaison Services and (b) Complex Treatment Services under Op Courage by Clinical Commissioning Group area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under five years old have powered wheelchairs provided by the NHS; and if he will make a statement. - Includes table and fact that information is not held centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to enable the Asian People's Disability Association to remain in the offices which they now occupy in the Central Middlesex Hospital, Park Royal, (a) during and (b) after the rebuilding programme.
When she last met the Chairman of the Parkside Health Authority to discuss the Central Middlesex Hospital's Mental Health Unit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a comment on the consultants' report following their review of the invalid vehicle service.
What proposals she has to resite the Association for Research into Multiple Sclerosis following the proposed closure of the Central Middlesex Hospital; and if she will take account of the needs of multiple sclerosis sufferers at present treated there. - Inc figures.
When she received the Report of the Mental Health Act Commissioners following their inspection of the Central Middlesex Hospital's Mental Health Unit on 9th April.
How many visits the Mental Health Act Commissioners have made to the Central Middlesex Hospital's Mental Health Unit in the past 12 months. - Three.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the operation of the voluntary register for clinical physiologists; and whether they have plans to introduce a mandatory register.
asked Her Majesty's Government:When they plan to implement state registration of clinical physiologists as recommended by the Health Professions Council in 2004.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the timetable for the section 60 order required to implement statutory regulation for clinical physiologists.
asked Her Majesty's Government:(a) whether they plan to include clinical physiology in a system of statutory regulation; and (b) whether they will publish an implementation timetable for the inclusion of clinical physiology in a system of statutory regulation; and
To ask Her Majesty's Government when a statutory system of regulation of clinical physiologists will be operational.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 7 March (WA 204) on the regulation of clinical physiologists, what are the ““several strands of work that are being brought together””; and why the process of statutory regulation of healthcare scientists cannot begin in 2008.
What criteria they use when considering whether to bring new groups of healthcare professionals into a system of statutory regulation.
What assessment they have made of the impact of the modernising scientific careers programme on the voluntary registration system for clinical physiology; and
asked Her Majesty's Government:What assessment they have made of clinical physiologists performing high-risk procedures, both invasive and non-invasive, on patients; and what guidance they have issued to primary care trusts on clinical physiologists performing high-risk procedures on patients; and
What representations they have received from the Health Professions Council with regard to the inclusion of clinical physiologists in a system of statutory regulation; and
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 1 July 2008 (WA 28–9), what progress they have made towards the statutory regulation of clinicalscientists, including clinical physiologists, as recommended by the Health Professions Council in 2004; and why the process has taken the time it has.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of their decision to regulate public health consultants, why they have not decided to regulate clinical physiologists who undertake sensitive work.
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 October (WA 171), what is the timetable for the publication of the next-steps document and consultation on modernising scientific careers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory investigations the Health and Safety Executive ended as a result of inadequate resources in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate staffing levels for mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to include the charity sector in the process of designing musculoskeletal health and wellbeing hubs.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the joint statement made by various organisations on 21 March which called for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing for England; and what plans they have to meet with representatives of the relevant organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve and increase support for student's (a) mental health, (b) safety and (c) well-being.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their levels of preparedness for the predicted increase in the older population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make it his policy to establish a dedicated ringfenced fund for research into the links between plastic pollution and trends in human health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what reason a ringfenced fund for research on the effect of plastic pollution on the human body has not been set up.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that living more than 20 miles from home has on (1) the mental health and wellbeing, and (2) educational outcomes, of children in the care system in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many serious incident root causes analysis investigations were not closed within 60 days (a) nationally (b) in Yorkshire and (c) in York in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the process for genome testing in the NHS to address delays in getting diagnostic test results.
Department of Health and Social Care: Public Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's budget for public relations was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the capability of the Health and Safety Executive to investigate incidents that are deemed to meet the conditions for a mandatory investigation.
Mental Health Services: Restraint Techniques
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the reports published in November 2022 on independent investigations into the care and treatment of Emily, Christie and Nadia by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of those reports on the use of restraint; and if he will bring forward proposals to review the Mental Health Act and amend the use of restraint in mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reason callers to NHS England’s EHIC renewal line are assumed to agree to data-sharing if they do not hang up, whilst other Government Departments require legal data-sharing gateways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer on 24 April 2023 to Question 180639 on Health: Working Hours, what is meant by a regular basis in the context of the working time regulations; what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the implementation of health checks on a regular basis by employers of night workers; and whether her Department plans to amend the working time regulations to define what a regular basis is for health checks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that appropriate provision is in place to support mental health patients in North Yorkshire; and what steps he is taking to help ensure that the police are not used as a backstop for people experiencing mental health challenges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to establish a dedicated research fund into the impact of plastic pollution on human health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2023 to Question 181666, whether his Department plans to provide funding to increase pay for public health staff employed by local authorities by 3.5 per cent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address the backlog in NHS Genomics Medicines Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of providing combined health and social care placements for people with significant mental health challenges.
Department of Health and Social Care: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on radio adverts in each of the the last five years broken down by radio station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of each Integrated Care Service having a specialist (a) allergy service, (b) allergy nurse and (c) dietician.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of Tier 4 beds in (a) England, (b) York and (c) North Yorkshire; and whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of beds available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place in the House of Commons Library a list of cases considered by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England’s Joint Investment Committee each month of the last three years including (a) the proposing body, (b) the value of the proposal, (c) at what stage a decision on the business case was made, (d) whether the original business case was approved by the proposing body and (e) whether the proposal was subject to a Gateway Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Women's Health Strategy for England, published on 30 August 2022, when he plans to publish the implementation framework for the delivery plan; whether the framework will include timeframes for (a) intrauterine insemination and (b) IVF treatment for people in same-sex relationships; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which public health factors created the 10 largest direct cost impacts on the NHS in 2021; and how much the NHS spent in 2021 on tackling the health impacts of the following public health factors: (a) air pollution, (b) alcoholism, (c) obesity, (d) excessive salt consumption and (e) smoking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to bring forward regulations under section 92 of the Health and Social Care Act 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what occupational therapy is available for patients of the Villa psychiatric ward at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath; what work is taking place at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath to remove asbestos panelling in the Villa psychiatric ward; what recent representations he has received on behalf of patients regarding conditions at the Villa psychiatric ward at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath. (Holding answer 29 April 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that assessments of neurodiverse (a) adults and (b) children by all agencies consider what type of placement would be most suitable for their needs.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support small business owners struggling with low levels of wellbeing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help strengthen health systems and improve healthcare access for children across the East Africa region affected by (a) malnutrition and (b) preventable disease risks associated with drought.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adults that have been hospitalised due to second-hand smoke inhalation in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he had made of the potential impact of the 2.8 per cent increase in the public health grant for 2022-23 on the adequacy of the provision of public health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how may full-time equivalent call handlers his Department has employed to work on NHS-run dedicated 24/7 helplines for patients experiencing a mental health crisis in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people aged 50-74 who have not received an invitation for an NHS Health Check from their local authority in the last ten years.
To ask His Majesty's Government how the Major Conditions Strategy will promote the importance of integrated physical and mental health treatment for people with long-term conditions such as diabetes and Parkinson's Disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of (a) the delivery of NHS Talking Therapies in British Sign Language and (b) the (i) promotion and (ii) utilisation of these services by healthcare professionals.
Mental Health Services: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the (a) average and (b) longest response time for calls to 24/7 helplines run by the NHS for patients experiencing a mental health crisis in the past 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of calls to 24/7 helplines run by the NHS for patients experiencing a mental health crisis that were (a) made and (b) answered in each of the past 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 176815 on Mental Health Services, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department are working on the rapid review of mental health inpatient services.
Tourette's Syndrome: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of potential merits of NICE guidance for (a) Tourrette syndrome and (b) other tic disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans to review the guidelines on sharing health data following the Children's Commissioner's report on this issue. [131074]
Department of Health and Social Care: Randox Laboratories
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contributions of the Minister for Care and Mental Health of 17 November 2021, Official Report, Column 595, whether his Department has located minutes of the ministerial meeting of 9 April 2020 between Lord Bethell, Randox and the former Rt hon. Member for North Shropshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraphs 3.37 and 3.38 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, when he plans to publish the consultations on occupational health; and (b) when he plans that the pilot for a subsidy for small businesses to access occupational health services will go live.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that left-handed staff are able to use medical equipment effectively.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the prevalence of potential links between landfill sites and health inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on removal of asbestos of introducing a central register of asbestos cases covering its (a) location and (b) condition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, whether he plans to publish an implementation plan for the announcements on occupational health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of skills of community pharmacists to provide primary care services; and whether he plans to take steps to include pharmacy technicians as part of the primary care recovery plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the public aged 40- to 74 have been invited for an NHS Health Check in each local authority in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to raise awareness of section 170 of the Health and Care Act 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on NHS waiting lists for asylum seekers; and if she will take steps to ensure that asylum seekers are not moved to a new area while on an NHS waiting list.
Department of Health and Social Care: Ministerial Boxes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have (a) been reported missing or lost or (b) had their security features removed in order that they can be purchased for personal use by former ministers from 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled What the Prime Minister’s Primary Care Recovery Plan means for you, published on 9 May 2023, whether his Department plans to provide additional funding to support the transition for other health professionals to take primary referrals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential barriers faced by left-handed medical staff in their daily work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to inform patients about the primary care recovery plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of invitations to NHS Health Checks for those aged 40-74 sent between 2018 and 2022 were (a) accepted and (b) completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS workforce strategy will include provisions for NHS Trusts in England to hire the additional cancer workforce needed to meet the ambition for 75 per cent of cancer patients to be diagnosed at stage I or II by 2028 as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure employers in high-risk industries comply with regulations to manage and remove asbestos.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to increase recruitment of (a) nursing and (b) other medical staff in NHS hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the recommendations on addressing health challenges for night shift workers made by the former Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee in its report entitled Post-pandemic economic growth: UK labour markets, HC 306, published on 21 April 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase the number of specialist practitioners (a) researching and (b) treating Tourette’s Syndrome.
Mental Health Services and Special Educational Needs: Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to increase the speed of (a) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services referrals for vulnerable students and (b) the testing process for Students with Special Educational Needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to introduce (a) legislation or (b) regulations to protect workers from asbestos exposure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers have been fined for failing to protect their employees from asbestos exposure in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling in the 2017 case of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts & Ors for the calculation of holiday pay entitlement for staff in her Department; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to section 179 of the Health and Care Act 2022, whether he is taking steps to support cross-departmental work to prepare the report required under subsection (1); and whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential use of a consistent child identifier to facilitate the sharing of information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of unaddressed sensory health, vision and hearing conditions on (a) mental health and (b) cognitive decline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the size of backlogs in the NHS approaching summer 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of training for service providers on (a) Tourette’s syndrome and (b) other tic disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing NICE guidance for (a) Tourette’s Syndrome and (b) other tic disorders.
Health Professions: Labour Turnover and Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) provide newly qualified medical staff with clinical supervision and (b) increase retention rates of those staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to introduce additional training and resources to help employers and workers manage the risk of asbestos exposure.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of burning of plastics on respiratory disease in areas surrounding incinerator plants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to replace the loss of European Union (a) resources and (b) staff at the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Medicines Agency on the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's proposed reforms to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency on the incentives for international pharmaceutical companies to approach the UK for regulatory approval of their products in the first instance.
Schools: Mental Health Services and Pastoral Care
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to expand pastoral and mental health support in schools to keep students in education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of walk in healthcare centres in (a) Enfield North constituency and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will publish an implementation plan for the announcements on occupational health in the Budget 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of emissions from incinerators on the health of (1) the local population as a whole, and (2) babies and children in particular.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the BioIndustry Association and (b) other biotech industry representatives on the Government's proposed reforms to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the production of nitrogen oxides at waste incinerators in relation to (1) decreased lung function, (2) increases in respiratory symptoms, (3) asthma prevalence and incidence, (4) cancer incidence, (5) adverse birth outcomes, and (6) mortality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of immigration on the (a) availability of doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals and (b) provision of healthcare services in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that patients with chronic respiratory conditions receive (a) timely and (b) accurate (i) assessments and (ii) treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the retention of (a) staff and (b) skills at the agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the consultations on occupational health announced in the Budget 2023 will be published; and when the pilot for a subsidy for small businesses to access occupational health services will commence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of requiring people to have a valid certificate of medical insurance before being granted an immigration visa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) National Institute for Health and Care (NICE), (b) NHS England and (c) other system partners on the potential merits of lowering the discount rate applied to technologies with health gains evaluated by NICE.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department taking to reduce waiting times for (a) GP and (b) hospital appointment waiting times for women with endometriosis.
Health: Complementary and Alternative Medicines
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how many unlicensed black cohosh products are currently for sale in the United Kingdom; and what plans they have to ensure that only licensed black cohosh products with appropriate quality and safety information will be available for sale in future.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve outcomes for bowel cancer patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on increasing access to diabetes healthcare teams in (a) Leicestershire (b) Bosworth and (c) the rest of the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department facilitates information-sharing with his counterparts in developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people the NHS has referred to (a) Psychiatry-UK LLP and (b) ADHD 360 for assessments in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the regional availability of allergy care provision across England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions has he had with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on addressing health inequalities.
Health Services and Social Services: Information Sharing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the sharing of data across health and social care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of hospitalisations which were attributed to household mould inhalation in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will create a National Plastic Health Impact Research Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) address the backlog in NHS England's diabetes service, (b) promote greater integration of diabetes services with other NHS services, (c) promote greater co-ordination of diabetes services with other NHS services and (d) improve diabetes services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans that the review of the relationships, sex and health education statutory guidance will (a) begin, (b) invite views from stakeholder organisations, (c) conclude and (d) be implemented in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children with learning disabilities have had their needs met by (a) eyesight, (b) hearing and (c) dental services since the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan commitment in January 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure waiting times for cancer treatment are reduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has been made on implementing the NHS Long Term Plan commitment to ensure that children with learning disabilities (a) have their needs met by eyesight, hearing and dental services, (b) are included in reviews as part of general screening services and (c) are supported by accessible ongoing care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the (a) UK Health Security Agency, (b) British HIV Association and (c) other representatives of people with HIV on taking steps to encourage people who are living with HIV to seek medical care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much from the public purse the NHS has paid to (a) Psychiatry-UK LLP and (b) ADHD 360 in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why (a) sodium and calcium ascorbate, and (b) sodium, potassium and calcium hydroxide have been included on the positive list in Annex II of the EU Food Supplements Directive; and why magnesium ascorbate has not been included. - Including ref to Food Supplements (England) Regulations 2003
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to (a) support people affected by and (b) protect future generations against the impacts of asbestosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the remit of her Department's review into relationships, sex and health education will include a consideration of whether parents with children at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools should have the option of withdrawing their children from all relationships, health and sex education lessons.
Genito-urinary Medicine: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May to Question 184237 on Genito-urinary Medicine: Mental Health Services, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that sexual health and HIV are factors considered in the context of improving the physical wellbeing of people who experience mental health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) overall impact and (b) impact on each trust involved of the Improving Elective Care Coordination for Patients Programme on (i) waiting lists, (ii) staff performance, (iii) treating patients and (iv) theatre scheduling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on increasing access to diabetes healthcare teams in (a) Enfield North constituency (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of applying for Universal Credit on the mental health of recipients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has taken steps to ensure there is a mental health specialist in every school.
Department of Health and Social Care: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department uses automated decision making.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve access to early mental health care for children and young people who have not yet had a medical diagnosis; and what progress he has made on the provision of early support hubs in the North East.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all resources recommended or promoted for use by schools by the Department for Education are checked for compliance with (1) safeguarding procedures, (2) the Equality Act 2010, (3) the Public Sector Equality Duty, and (4) the statutory guidance on Relationship Education, Relationship and Sex Education and Health Education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of children and adolescent mental health services appointments.
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 July 2018 on on Relationships and Sex Education, HCWS 892 , what additional funding he plans to allocate to schools to support training and investment required to deliver (a) Relationships Education, (b) Relationships and Sex Education and (c) Health Education.
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support his Department is providing schools to compensate for lost teaching time for Relationships and sex education and health education lessons as a result of covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of using alternatives to restraint, segregation and seclusion in healthcare settings.
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make Relationships Education, Sex and Relationships Education and Health Education available as a free teacher subject specialism training course; and if he will make a statement.
Department of Health and Social Care: Equal Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for employers published on 17 April 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the minimum skills and knowledge pupils should have by the end of the 2020-21 school year on Relationships and sex education and health education taking into account lost teaching time for lessons as a result of covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department will allocate to support schools to deliver Relationships and sex education and health education in the financial year 2021-22; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to provide funding for local suicide prevention services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to expand the Healthy Start voucher scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people in England live within one hour's drive of a memory service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department uses low levels of engagement around menstrual health services as a criterion used to determine in which areas women’s health hubs should be introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will commission Ofsted to undertake a subject review of Relationship Education, Health Education, Sex and Relationship Education; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have accessed training as part of the £6 million in funding allocated to implementation support for Relationships and sex education and health education in financial year 2019-20; and how many hours of training in that subject those teachers have received.
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will introduce a waiting time target for treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on improving the mental health of people in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training for teachers delivering the new Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2023 to Question 183643 on Public Health, what methodologies were used to estimate the costs to the NHS for each of the five risk factors specified.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will take steps with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to help promote low-cost visits and stays in the natural environment for targeted groups with the purpose of supporting individuals' wellbeing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the British Standard BS 40102-1:2023 entitled Health and well-being and indoor environmental quality in buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are accessing type one diabetes services in each Integrated Care System; and how many specialist health and care workers are trained to onboard patients onto diabetes technology in each Integrated Care System in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of urgency of the need for targets to protect public health from (a) outdoor and (b) indoor air pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has adequate funding to cover the cost of all people who are eligible for the Healthy Start Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of which internationally recognised (a) guidelines and (b) standards are most effective at protecting public health from indoor air pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of which internationally recognised (a) guidelines and (b) standards are most effective at protecting public health from outdoor air pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential long-term financial merits of a move to hybrid closed loop technology for people with type one diabetes who are clinically eligible to access that therapy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote public awareness of the the effect on people's health of poor quality indoor environments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of qualified healthcare scientists in areas where there is a backlog in fitting hearing aids to patients; and whether he plans to take steps to increase the level of recruitment of those qualified healthcare scientists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to provide funding for improving the mental health of 18-25 year olds in further or higher education; and whether it is his policy to support the introduction of legislation to make it compulsory for universities and colleges to (a) record suicides and (b) facilitate joined up monitoring of mental health of young people in further and higher education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was unclaimed by people eligible for the Healthy Start Scheme in financial years (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23.
What plans he has to fund the Bridge Child Care Development scheme for the next financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to update the health technical memorandum entitled HTM-03-01 on specialised ventilation for healthcare buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that Integrated Care Boards are able to implement the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's appraisals on hybrid closed loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address inequalities of access to healthcare for people with (a) hEDS and (b) HSD in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve access to diabetes technologies across local diabetes services in the North East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the joint report from the APPG for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and the APPG on Antibiotics entitled Prevention first: why clean water and hygiene are the best medicine against the spread of drug-resistant infections, published February 2023, what steps the Department is taking to help improve water, sanitation and hygiene in healthcare facilities to prevent antibiotic resistance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 175581 on Healthy Start Scheme, whether his Department estimates the anticipated demand for the Healthy Start Scheme each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the specific requirements of people living in rural areas who seek mental health support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average weekly Healthy Start payment was for (a) individuals entitled to the scheme and (b) households with claimants receiving a digital card payment in March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) increase access to podiatry services for rheumatology patients, (b) increase access to specialised psychology services for rheumatology patients, (c) increase the number of pharmacists working within rheumatology services, (d) increase the number of allied health professionals working within rheumatology teams, (e) increase the number of sports and exercise consultants, (f) increase access to sports and exercise medicine and (g) improve the skill mix in primary care to diagnose, treat and manage Musculoskeletal and rheumatic conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on the Healthy Start Scheme including on (a) transition to the digital scheme, (b) applicant support and (c) promotion in 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) Allied Health Professionals entering specialist rheumatology training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve levels of staff retention of healthcare professionals working in rheumatology services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of (a) rheumatology consultants and (b) rheumatology clinical nurse specialists in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of introducing a national eye health strategy on economic productivity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the provision of rheumatology care in Bootle constituency in the last (a) 12 and (d) 24 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to update the guidance and specifications on the use of mechanical ventilation systems in the healthcare sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) rheumatology consultants, (b) rheumatology clinical nurse specialists, (c) specialist rheumatology physiotherapists, (d) psychologists, (e) podiatrists, (f) occupational health therapists and (g) specialist rheumatology pharmacists in England; and what steps he is taking to fill vacancies in these professions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published on 9 May 2023, whether pharmacists will be able to (a) amend and (b) add entries to shared patient medical records.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published on 9 May 2023, what her planned timetable is for working with suppliers to identify medicines which could be reclassified from being available only on prescription to being available in a pharmacy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support mental health services for young people in Lincolnshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of occupational exposure limits for ozone on patients in the health care sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published on 9 May 2023, whether pharmacists will be able to refer patients directly to other healthcare professionals.
To ask His Majesty's Government why the NHS Health Check is not being offered to people over 74.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of patients in England and Wales with continence care needs; and what steps is he taking to ensure that such patients have access to (a) the most clinically appropriate products for their needs and (b) an adequate supply of clinically appropriate products.
Mental Health Services: Administrative Delays
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle the reported backlog of people requiring urgent mental health support.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether patients' mobility is monitored as part of the NHS Health Check.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published on 9 May 2023, what assessment his Department has made of the potential role of the pharmacy sector in helping patients to monitor (a) high blood pressure and (b) other long-term conditions at home.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of WHO's implementation of harm reduction strategies to help reduce smoking; and will he make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published on 9 May 2023, what steps his Department is taking to improve IT connectivity between community pharmacies and other parts of the NHS.
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the uptake of the NHS Health Check in each of the past five years; and how often patients are being checked under that programme on average.
Criminal Proceedings: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to ensure that people in the criminal justice system have immediate access to pre-trial trauma services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) prevent ill health, and (2) promote staying healthy, among older people.
How many emergency vehicles run by (a) the London Ambulance Service, (b) the Northumbria Ambulance Service, (c) the West Midlands Ambulance Service and (d) the Greater Manchester Ambulance Service are more than three years old; and what proportion of the fleet this represents in each case. - This information is not available centrally.
If she will give the ORCON standard for accident and emergency service in respect of (a) the West Midland Ambulance Trust and (b) the Staffordshire Ambulance Trust for (i) 1992 and (ii) 1993. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of additional ambulances and crew required by the London Ambulance Service (a) to achieve the best eight minute response rate currently achieved by an urban trust and (b) for 55 per cent. of calls to be responded to in eight minutes, using the most recent annual figures available. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 14 December 2000).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to invest in more ambulance vehicles for the London Ambulance Service. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the London Ambulance Service called on the services of the (a) St. John Ambulance and (b) British Red Cross Society to assist in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996, (iv) 1997, (v) 1998, (vi) 1999 and (vii) 2000; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the introduction of stab and bullet-proof vests to London Ambulance Service staff will cost; and to what extent this will (a) come from the London Ambulance Service current budget and (b) be met by extra central Government funding. - (Holding answer 18 July 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many AS1 emergency calls were received by the London Ambulance Service on 26th October; how many AS2 urgent requests for ambulances were received on that date; and what is the (a) average and (b) longest time taken to respond to calls in each category. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional funding the London Regional Office of the NHS Executive plans to make to the London Ambulance Service to assist it to meet its performance targets; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the additional demands upon the London Ambulance Service arising from the millennium celebrations; and what additional resources have been made available to the service for this purpose.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls the London Ambulance Service received during the most recent 12 months for which figures are available; how many hoax calls were made to the London Ambulance Service during the last year; what proportion of calls made to the London Ambulance Service over the last year that were acted upon were deemed inappropriate calls; what was the average time it took, for the latest year for which figures are available, for the London ambulance service to respond to calls; and what the equivalent figures were for the previous three years; what was the average response time of the London Ambulance Service over the last year; how many call outs were made to the London Ambulance Service in the latest year for which figures are available; how many calls to the London Ambulance Service during the last year were screened, with a subsequent determination that the sending of an ambulance was not necessary. - Inc figures and ref to Department of Health Statistical Bulletin "Ambulance Services, England 2000/01" in Library and www.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0115.htm. (Holding answer 8 January 2002).
What representations she has received and what data she has in her possession concerning delays in (a) reception of 999 calls at the headquarters of the South Yorkshire ambulance service, (b) the dispatch of emergency calls from that headquarters and (c) the arrival of ambulance at an emergency incident; and what were the comparative figures for (i) 24 months, (ii) 36 months and (iii) 48 months ago. - Inc tables.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answers of 6th February, 399 c434-6W, about 999 calls made to the London Ambulance Service about people needing emergency help in another part of the country, for what reasons callers are not told that (a) the London Ambulance Service has responsibility to pass on the details of the emergency to the ambulance service in the area concerned and (b) that this can and will be done. - (Holding answer 11 February 2003).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase the funding of the London Ambulance Service to improve pay and conditions of staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the potential closure of the Stroke Recovery Service in Portsmouth on treatment of stroke patients in that catchment area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times in 2001 St. John's Ambulance volunteers carried out duties normally the responsibility of London Ambulance Service personnel. - (Holding answer 8 January 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to address shortages of ambulance staff in London. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the turnaround time was for the Ambulance Service admitting patients to accident and emergency for each quarter in the last 12 months in each NHS Trust in London Region with an accident and emergency department. - Includes ref to information requested not held centrally.
When the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, the honourable Member for Bolton West, last communicated with the Chairman of the South Yorkshire Ambulance Service; what subjects were raised; and if she will comment on the performance and response times of that Ambulance Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has given to the London Ambulance Service during the last 12 months. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paramedics retired from the service in 2001 (a) in England, (b) from the London Ambulance Service and (c) from the Sussex Ambulance Service. - The information requested is not collected centrally.
If he will comment on the trend in response rates by the London Ambulance Service in the London Borough of Barnet during the last three years.
What estimate she has made of the additional costs faced by the National Health Service resulting from the increase of fuel oil duty announced in the Budget; and if she will make it her policy to ensure that patient care is not diminished through the budget reductions necessary to meet the increased costs; & what is expected cost to Staffordshire ambulance trust of increased duty announced in Budget on petrol & diesel fuel; & if DH expects costs to be passed on to its client health authorities. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will inquire into the considerations which have led hospitals in the West Midlands to be unable to take patients carried by the Staffordshire Ambulance Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) closure and (b) reduction in size of mental health hubs for NHS staff on those staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a minister will attend the UN High-level meeting on universal health coverage in September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any mechanisms exist to allow the Government to intervene in devolved health matters if it believes there is a significant risk to patient health.
Which contracts of the London Ambulance Service for accident and emergency services with the health authorities in the London area will include performance requirements for activation and response that are at least equal to the national ORCON standards.
Whether she has received a copy of the arbitration decision in respect of the Patient Transport Service contract for North Staffordshire; who were arbiters in respect of appeal by Staffordshire ambulance trust against letting contract; and to place in Library copy of arbitration procedure and decision. - Inc fact that copies of letters sent to all parties following conciliation along with guidance EL(91)11 and EL(93)10 in Library (DEP 10346).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from (a) organisations, (b) honourable Members and (c) others about the response rate times achieved by Staffordshire Ambulance Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average response time was in 2001 for the (a) London Ambulance Service and (b) Sussex Ambulance Service; and what the Government's target response times were. - Inc ref to Health Statistical Bulletin "Ambulance Services, England 2000-01", copy in Library and at www.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0115.htm. (Holding answer 8 January 2002).
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many cycle response units are in service with the London Ambulance Service; in which London Boroughs they are situated; how many are due to be introduced in 2003; and if he will make a statement.
To comment on the extent of his responsibilities for the South Yorkshire ambulance service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of NHS Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs on (a) NHS staff mental health, (b) NHS staff wellbeing, (c) NHS staff retention rates, (d) NHS staff vacancy rates and (e) NHS staff burnout.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reorganise the basis from which the London Ambulance Service operates.
If she will meet employees of the Staffordshire Ambulance Trust to discuss patient transport services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Anguillan nationals have been treated in NHS facilities for specialised treatment in each of the past five years.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to (a) monitor and (b) publish waiting times for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Exposure Response Prevention for the treatment of OCD within secondary care.
How many paramedics were employed by the London Ambulance Service during each of the last five years; and how many are currently employed. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons for the delay were in the emergency services provision in respect of the death of Mr Shiblu Rahman on 1st April in Bow; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money NHSE planned to allocate to Integrated Care Boards to fully implement the NHS Long Term Plan tobacco dependence treatment services in 2023-24 as at February 2022; how much money was allocated to ICBs for those services after the publication of the Spring Statement 2022, CP 653; and whether any, additional funding has been allocated by NHSE during financial year 2023-24 to help reduce smoking at regional and national level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to evaluate the pilot of body armour being conducted by the London Ambulance Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the impact of the use of computerised systems in respect of call-outs by Staffordshire Ambulance Service is disseminated to other ambulance services in the United Kingdom; what assessment he has made of the response rate times achieved by Staffordshire Ambulance Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to encourage retention of staff in the London Ambulance Service.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of frontline London ambulance staff have been issued with anti-stab vests; and if he will make a statement.
How many ambulances are currently operated by the South Yorkshire ambulance service; what is their current age; and how many days the ambulances spend on average out of service; how many employees of service were dismissed in 1993-94 and 1994-95; and how many maintenance depots the service currently operates; to list their locations; and what figure was 24 months ago. - Information not available centrally.
If he will publish figures for the performance of the South Yorkshire ambulance service in each month from July 1994, showing the percentage of calls responded to within 14 minutes for the (a) Doncaster, (b) Barnsley, (c) Rotherham and (d) Sheffield health areas; what is the target specified in the Patient's Charter; and what extra provision is provided for the large rural areas within the county. - Includes figure.
Animal and Plant Health Agency: Port of Dover
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions have officials working for the Animal and Plant Health Agency at the Port of Dover have (a) stopped and (b) detained vehicles containing animals suspected of contravening regulations on (i) smuggling and (ii) biosecurity in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of local authorities do not have specialist autism teams in (a) England and (b) Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the breakdown on the M4 motorway of a St. John Ambulance under contract to the London Ambulance Service carrying a patient awaiting a heart and lung transplant on 19th February; what requirements there are for ambulances carrying patients long distances to carry spare tyres.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many vacancies there are within the London Ambulance Service for frontline paramedics; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of additional ambulances and crew required for the London Ambulance Service to achieve an average eight minute response rate for urban trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Animal and Plant Health Agency staff are based at the Port of Dover on average each day in 2023; and what facilities those staff have to investigate vehicles containing animals suspected of contravening regulations on (a) smuggling and (b) biosecurity in (i) the Port of Dover and (ii) the area surrounding the port.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the importance of Stroke Recovery Services to stroke survivors and their families.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department (a) provided in the 2022-23 financial year and (b) will provide in the 2023-24 financial year for the healthcare system in Anguilla; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his department will make an assessment of the adequacy of mental health services for young people in Stockport constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the percentage of patients who achieve return of spontaneous circulation at the point of admission following (a) cardiac arrests and (b) heart attack having been delivered to (i) Stafford General Hospital , (ii) Burton District General Hospital and (iii) Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield by the Staffordshire Ambulance Service for each of the last two financial years. - Inc table and available figs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent people from developing dementia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health support teams in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical networks (a) are effective and (b) encourage full participation by those invited to join those forums.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the Major Conditions Strategy interim report prior to the Summer Recess 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the objectives of the Major Conditions Strategy will be.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that delivery partners are adequately funded to carry out their responsibilities in relation to the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on (a) environmental, (b) occupational health and (c) other cross-Departmental policies relating to the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to continue to fund the NHS staff mental health and wellbeing hubs beyond 2022/23.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value is of Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) fees paid by (a) international students and (b) the dependents of international students each year since the inception of the IHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people at risk of genetic haemochromatosis have access to appropriate (a) screening, (b) treatment and (c) support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the final report on the Major Conditions Strategy will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he will monitor the success of the Major Conditions Strategy.
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings (a) he and (b) other Ministers from his Department have held with Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust since January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans his Department has to respond to a (a) heatwave and (b) cold snap in (i) London North West Healthcare NHS Trust area and (ii) the NHS England area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in schools in England are covered by mental health support teams in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance she has issued to workers on the steps that employers should take during periods of extreme heat, including in respect of (a) dress codes, (b) working hours and (c) care of more vulnerable workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that primary school students are supported with their mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the tenth special report of the Environmental Audit Committee, published on 24 October 2018 on Heatwaves: adapting to climate change: Government Response to the Committee's ninth report, HC 826, whether the Government has updated the adaptation guidance for local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the effectiveness of personal, social, health and economic education in delivering public health messages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to Solihull Council as part of the Public Health Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to ensure secondary school students are supported with their mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated for (a) the delivery of the Major Conditions Strategy and (b) supporting disease management and prevention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the cost of living on mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the women’s health clinical lead in NHS England will be appointed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish additional information on the allocation of funding for Women’s Health Hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were employed by his Department to work on matters relating to equality, diversity and inclusivity in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress NHS England has made on developing a neuropsychiatry service specification.
Department of Health and Social Care: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to stop employers from requiring employees to pay the costs of necessary Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department (a) allocated and (b) allocated to Enfield Council as part of the Public Health Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's research into the use of (a) clopidogrel and (b) dipyridamole for the prevention of (i) occlusive vascular and (ii) arterosclerotic events.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the prevalence of mental health first aid in (a) the community and (b) the NHS workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to support people with (a) Huntington's Disease and (b) other complex neurological conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) rheumatology consultants, (b) rheumatology clinical nurse specialists, (c) specialist rheumatology physiotherapists, (d) psychologists, (e) podiatrists, (f) occupational health therapists and (g) specialist rheumatology pharmacists in North Central London Integrated Care System; and what steps he is taking to fill vacancies in these professions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the outcomes for people discharged from mental health wards.
Health Professions: Recruitment and Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the (a) training and (b) recruitment of medical staff who were born in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to help ensure that the provision of IVF is (a) efficient and (b) compassionate for people requiring IVF services in Congleton constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding will be provided to local authorities to fund HealthWatch groups in their areas when they are established.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons local HealthWatch bodies are not to be covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how much funding has been allocated to and (b) how many staff have been employed by (i) Healthwatch England, (ii) Healthwatch Hull and (iii) each other local Healthwatch in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they propose to take to ensure that a proper distinction is made between the role of the contractor appointed by the local authority to enable local healthwatches to be established and run, and that of the local healthwatch organisation itself.
HealthWatch England: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2011, Official Report, column 355W, on HealthWatch: freedom of information, whether he has made a decision on the addition of local HealthWatch organisations to the schedule of the Freedom of Information Act; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recourse or right of appeal is available to a member of the public removed from, or prevented from working with, a local healthwatch by the contractors.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish any submission received from Healthwatch England on the NHS Bodies and Local Authorities (Partnership Arrangements, Care Trusts, Public Health and Local Healthwatch) Regulations 2012.[HL4830]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on whether councillors who sit on a social services authority can also act as members or chairs of Healthwatch.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what role he proposes for hon. Members in determining the future of HealthWatch in their constituencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what transitional arrangements are in place between the end of local involvement networks and the establishment of Healthwatch; and if he will make a statement; [147373]
(2) which areas an individual Healthwatch will cover; [147375] Miss McIntosh:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to ensure that the role and purpose of Healthwatch is understood by patients and the public. [129953]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how Local Health Watch will be funded.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether local healthwatches are meeting Healthwatch England's mission to be a consumer champion, in the light of reports that some contractors and local authorities refuse to engage with the public in their area.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to undertake an investigation into the performance of local healthwatches.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they sought the views of Healthwatch England on the NHS Bodies and Local Authorities (Partnership Arrangements, Care Trusts, Public Health and Local Healthwatch) Regulations 2012.[HL4829]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action can be taken by a local authority or a successful provider when a contractor appointed to enable a local healthwatch to be established and run does not respect the distinction between its role and the local healthwatch organisation being run by that provider.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds minutes of the meetings between the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Innovation and Abingdon Health on (a) 1 April 2020, (b) 29 April 2020 and (c) 13 May 2020; and who attended those meetings on behalf of (i) his Department and (ii) Abingdon Health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure (a) collaboration and (b) information sharing between (i) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), (ii) GPs and (iii) adoption support workers providing care to children with mental health issues.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NICE to publish the minutes of the Highly Specialised Technologies Evaluation meeting held on 17 March 2015.
Department of Health and Social Care: Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department’s Information Risk Management and Assurance Directorate take steps to internally distribute and publicise guidance on (a) minute taking during Ministerial meetings and (b) requirements for officials to be present during Ministerial meetings.
Public Health England: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the minutes of each Public Health England board meeting in 2015.
Department of Health and Social Care: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant of his Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 196185 on Department of Health and Social Care: Meetings, if he will publish the (a) names of the people who attended those meetings and (b) minutes of the meetings.
Women's Health Taskforce for England: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to inform (a) the Campaign Against Painful Hysteroscopy and (b) other patient groups about the (i) agendas and (ii) minutes of the meetings of the women’s health taskforce for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 25 November 2021 to the Right Honourable Member for Ashton under Lyne, whether the National Audit Office has been provided the minutes of the meeting between Lord Bethell, Randox and the former Right Honourable Member for North Shropshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Work and Pensions Committee report, entitled Uses of Health and Disability Benefits, published 3 February 2022, what steps her Department is taking to improve information sharing between medical professionals and Job Centre Plus to mitigate the need for claimants to repeat details of their health conditions.
Health Services and Social Services: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to facilitate the sharing of data between different health and social care services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve data sharing agreements between countries in the case of a global health emergency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support mental health services for children and young people living in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of spending on legal disrepair cases on the prevalence of health conditions caused by poor quality housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the uptake of the Healthy Start Scheme on a (a) monthly and (b) yearly basis; and what recent estimate his Department has made of the uptake of the Healthy Start Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential quality of life benefits of potentially one-time treatments for patients with life-long and chronic diseases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department will use responses to its call for evidence for the Health Disparities White Paper in the development of the Major Conditions Strategy.
Department of Health and Social Care: Empty Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his (a) Department and (b) Department's non-departmental public bodies spent on vacant properties since June 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of ADHD support services in (a) Weaver Vale (b) North West England and (c) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the effectiveness of the level 4 gateway referral process to support children with mental health needs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on access to social care for people with dementia of the inclusion of community interest companies within the VAT exemptions for welfare, services and goods.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poor quality housing on (a) outcomes for people with (i) respiratory and (ii) chronic health conditions and (b) the cost of healthcare provision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure that the Independent Advisory Panel for the DfE Review of the RSHE Statutory Guidance engages adequately with (a) schools and (b) parents as set out in the terms of reference published on 31 May 2023, in the context of the announcement that it will conclude its work by September 2023 and of the school summer holidays which will take place from late July to September.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of mental health support available for LGBTQ+ individuals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote healthy eating in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a target for the proportion of eligible people that should receive Healthy Start payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support available for people from the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department made available to Solihull Council through the Senior Mental Health Lead Training Grants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to schools on discussions of Andrew Tate’s views in Personal, Social and Health Education lessons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of mental health support for those newly diagnosed as HIV positive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of not increasing the value of Healthy Start payments since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to the Healthy Start scheme in each of the next three financial years.
Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing advanced therapy medicinal products-specific experts on National Institute for Health and Care Excellence single technology appraisal committees for the evaluation of new innovative advanced therapies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of recipients of Healthy Start paper vouchers who have not re-enrolled via the online registration system as of 1 June 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor whether NHS cancer targets are being met in each integrated care board and (b) help tackle disparities in meeting NHS cancer targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department made available to Enfield Council through the Senior Mental Health Lead Training Grants in each of the last ten years in real terms.
Health Services and Social Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to para 122 of the report entitled Expert Panel: evaluation of Government’s commitments in the area of the health and social care workforce: Government Response, published 21 April 2023, if he will publish the methodology and analysis used for regression modelling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Civil Service headquarters occupancy data, updated on 1 June 2022, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of occupancy rates on his Department's performance during May 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's open consultation entitled Major conditions strategy: call for evidence, published on 17 May 2023, what his expected timescale is for bringing forward recommendations on that strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to reach a decision regarding the future of Brumby Hospital, Scunthorpe. - (Holding answer 13 April 1999).
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Senior mental health lead training funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure funding for (a) bespoke parent-infant relationship and (b) perinatal mental health support is directed to local services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to move the inpatient facilities of the cancer centre at Mount Vernon Hospital to a new hospital at Hatfield.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2023 to Question 131354 on Draft Mental Health Bill, what discussions he had has with the Leader of the House on the parliamentary timetable for introduction of the Mental Health Bill.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reconsider the proposed closure of the Clover Health Centre in Greenwich which serves Nepalese and other minorities suffering from severe health problems and language difficulties; and what assessment they have made of whether other local health centres have the capacity to take on these patients.
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and UK Health Security Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the (a) implications for his policies of retaining both and (b) potential merits of merging the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and the UK Health Security Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future of the Cancer Centre at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the number of (a) cancer inpatients who could be referred to the new hospital in Hatfield from within a 15 mile radius of it and (b) cancer inpatients who can be referred to the Cancer Centre at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, from within a 15 mile radius of it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the terms of reference entitled Terms of Reference: Independent Advisory Panel to inform the DfE Review of the RSHE Statutory Guidance, published on 31 May 2023, whether the independent advisory panel will be restricted to advising only on age restrictions for each topic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £100 million for bespoke parent-infant relationship and perinatal mental health support set out in the Women's Health Strategy has been spent; and if he will publish a breakdown on that expenditure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing societal awareness of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator use to improve survival rates in response to cardiac arrest in (a) homes, (b) workplaces and (c) public spaces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure access to Independent Mental Health Advocates for all children in detention.
Department of Health and Social Care: Information Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent staff his Department employs in communications roles.
Cost of Living and Mental Health Services: Hampshire
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of demand for financial and mental health support from families in Hampshire; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the implementation of health checks on a regular basis by employers of night workers in the context of the Working Time Regulations; and what guidance his Department holds on the interpretation of what a regular basis constitutes to in carrying out these checks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Veterans' Places, Pathways and People portfolio grants stage 2 at achieving its objectives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 185900 on Healthy Start Scheme, how much funding was provided to his Department for the Healthy Start scheme in 2021-22; and what was the forecasted number of families on the scheme during this time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the (a) number of sports and exercise consultants and (b) access to sports and exercise medicine.
To ask the Leader of the House what explanations he has had from the Department for Health and Social Care concerning their failure to answer 18 questions for written answer, dating back to 19 April, within the recommended time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the veterans mental health strategic lead grants at achieving their objectives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 176695 on Jobcentres: Health Services, if he will publish further information on the implementation of the WorkWell Partnerships Programme pilot.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of split commissioning on the effectiveness of women’s health services in England; and whether he plans to recommend changes to the current system through the forthcoming women’s health strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timetable is for publication of the Government's women’s health strategy.
Women's Health Ambassador: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Women's Health Ambassador for England will be recruited by open application; and where that post will be advertised.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the major investments at (a) Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby and (b) Scunthorpe Hospital since 1997, and the value of those investments. - Including table.
Cost of Living and Mental Health Services: Greater London
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of demand for financial and mental health support from families in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London; and if he will make a statement.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider universal access to a high-quality Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) to be the best form of secondary fracture prevention; and if so, whether they will ensure that universal access to FLS is provided under the forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the (a) sexual and reproductive health strategy and (b) women’s health strategy will include provisions for creating a central hub of accessible information for patients on menstrual health and other women-specific health concerns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to support the appointment of a women’s reproductive health lead on each integrated care board to help ensure women’s health needs are prioritised, in the context of the Women’s Health Strategy for England, published August 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the Women’s Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the strategy paper for the Women's Strategy for Health will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement his Department has had with (a) survivors of domestic abuse, (b) the domestic abuse sector and (c) the wider violence against women and girls sector, since the publication of the Women’s Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to data produced by the ONS, Socioeconomic inequalities in avoidable mortality in England: 2019, released on 11 March 2021, what steps the Government is taking to tackle regional disparities in women's health outcomes in the context of women in the most deprived areas being 3.5 times more likely to die from an avoidable cause than those in the least deprived areas in England in 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to tackle (a) pre- and (b) post- covid-19 inequalities and intersectional issues affecting adolescents and young women accessing sexual and reproductive health services; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to implement local women and girls’ mental health strategies, to help ensure that meeting the mental health needs of domestic abuse survivors is reflected at both a national and local level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of A and E patients were admitted, transferred or discharged in less than four hours in (a) England, (b) Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby and (c) Scunthorpe District General Hospital in the last year for which figures are available. - Includes figures and fact that information requested is not available on an individual hospital site basis.
Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what practical steps he is taking to ensure that the experiences and interests of children with fetal valproate syndrome and their families are represented as an integral part of patient involvement at every level of the NHS in England.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether plans to improve (1) diagnosis, and (2) treatment, of heavy menstrual bleeding will be included in (a) the sexual and reproductive health strategy, or (b) any broader women’s health strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2021 to Question 33935, what steps his Department has taken to improve cohesion between the Women’s Health Strategy and the Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle stigmas associated with women’s health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out a timetable for the publication of the Women’s Health Strategy for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a new module on the importance of pelvic floor health education can be introduced into the school curriculum targeting girls between the ages of 13-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the wide scope of issues covered by the Women’s Health Strategy on the effectiveness of that strategy; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the (a) access to and (b) quality of menstrual health services; what plans his Department has to further improve menstrual health services in the health system beyond the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the Women's Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the funding required to progress the Women’s Health Strategy; and if her Department has had discussions with the Treasury on funding the Strategy.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will review the decision of Torbay District General Hospital to deny former serviceman Mr Jack Tagg, who has been diagnosed with ““wet”” macular degeneration, a course of Lucentis on the ground of cost.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the report of the National Women’s Prisons Health and Social Care Review to be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has in place to improve cross-Government co-operation on matters relating to the commissioning of menstrual health and reproductive health services in the Women’s Health Strategy; and what steps he is taking to improve the cohesiveness of decision-making by commissioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure the forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy includes provisions for menstrual wellbeing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Results of the Women’s Health, let’s talk about it survey and the Women's Health Strategy for England, published on 20 July 2022, what steps he plans to take as part of that strategy to ensure that women feel they are listened to by their doctors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce inequalities in healthcare for women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what methodology his Department uses to assess the need for mental health support for women and girls who have been subject to sexual violence; and what steps he is taking to ensure that those services are (a) adequate and (b) easily accessible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the need for greater integration of reproductive health services and psychological therapy for women who experience mental health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his timetable for the publication of the Women’s Health Strategy for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of in-patients are treated at the Diana Princess of Wales hospital in Grimsby in (a) one month or less, (b) three months, (c) six months and (d) over six months; what percentage of in-patients are treated at Scunthorpe hospital in (a) one month or less, (b) three months, (c) six months and (d) over six months. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of public information campaigns on (a) safety relating to ticks and (b) tick-bite prevention measures in (i) GP surgeries and (ii) outdoor spaces.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government who composed the Press Release by the Department of Health and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority “Innovative genetic treatment to prevent mitochondrial disease”, issued on 28 June; what is the treatment referred to that “could save around 10 lives each year”; to which types of condition such treatment is expected to apply; and whether it is intended that the treatments and techniques involved should be applied to more cases each year.[HL1303]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of women on waiting lists for gynaecological care are awaiting care for menstrual health conditions; and how many of those women have been waiting for more than six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve women's health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Women’s Health Ambassador has accountability for the delivery of the commitments outlined in the Women’s Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to publish an annual report on their progress to deliver on the commitments outlined in the Women’s Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for announcing the appointment of the new Women's Health Ambassador for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that women's (a) concerns and (b) healthcare are prioritised in the NHS.
Women's Health Taskforce for England: Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what dates the Women’s Health Taskforce for England has met since January 2020; and what the topics of discussion were at each of those meetings.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to create a comprehensive women’s health strategy which includes provisions for (1) improving sexual and reproductive health, and (2) menstrual wellbeing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) women's health issues and (b) women with womb related health concerns including fibroids and endometriosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle health inequalities affecting women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the call for evidence for the Women’s Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Women’s Health Strategy for England, published August 2022, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the expansion of women’s health hubs; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce women’s health inequalities in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his counterpart in Columbia on harassment of women and LGBTIQ+ people during protests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Women’s Health Strategy will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish an annual report on its progress on delivering the commitments outlined in the Women’s Health Strategy.
How many patients have died within six months of being discharged form the Edith Morgan Psychiatric Unit, Torbay Hospital in the latest convenient period. - Info not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were on (a) inpatient waiting lists and (b) day case waiting lists at (i) Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital and (ii) Grimsby and Scunthorpe Hospital in each year since 1997. - Including table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the staff complement at the West Suffolk Hospital was in each of the last nine years; and what percentage of that total was made up of (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) ancillary staff and (d) administrative, managerial and clerical staff in each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) acute and (b) non-acute beds there were in West Suffolk Hospital in each of the last nine years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many active users there are of the Better Health: Rewards app.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of introducing stronger regulations for businesses that promote very low-calorie diets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other staff were employed at West Suffolk Hospital in each of the last five years. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the information collected under paragraphs 11(1) and 11(3) of Schedule 9 of the COSHH Regulations allows his Department to trace other patients on the same operating list as the patient carrying the infective agent of new-variant CJD at Torbay; and if the hospital concerned has listed the employees involved in the operation in accordance with these paragraphs. - (Holding answer 16 November 1998).
What consultations she has had with the Edith Morgan Psychiatric Unit, Torbay Hospital.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 19 February (HL13078), whether the women’s health strategy that is currently in development will make provision for improving patient access to diagnosis and treatment for women-specific health concerns including heavy menstrual bleeding and endometriosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to engage with a wide range of stakeholders and experts as part of its response to the Women’s Health Strategy consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Sexual and Reproductive Strategy will help ensure that girls are supported with their menstrual wellbeing from a young age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Women's Health Strategy for England published on 30 August 2022, which said that women meet barriers in accessing the contraceptive method of their choice due to siloed commissioning, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle siloed commissioning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure accountability for the delivery of the forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish a new Women’s Health Strategy.
If she will list for each of the last five years, the number and causes of deaths at the Edith Morgan Psychiatric Unit, Torbay Hospital. - Refer to the chairman of the South Devon Healthcare Trust, for these details.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of HIV (a) treatments and (b) retention in care settings.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 4 March (WA 168–9) about the decision to deny Mr Jack Tagg a course of ranibizumab (Lucentis), what account was taken of his service in the Armed Forces; and whether the handling of this case is consistent with the statement made by the Secretary of State for Health, Mr Alan Johnson, on priority treatment for such patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cleaners are employed at (a) Scunthorpe Hospital and (b) Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby. - The Department does not routinely collect this information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 185900 on Healthy Start Scheme, on what timescale his Department measures forecasted uptake of the Healthy Start Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the post of Women's Health Ambassador will be salaried.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps has he taken to help ensure that teachers receive mental health support for (a) suicidal thoughts, (b) work related stress and (c) other mental health challenges.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to engage with the UN Regional Commissions to develop family planning and sexual and reproductive health indicators to accompany the goals and targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what work is being done by the Health and Safety Executive towards improving protections for women workers against endocrine-disrupting chemicals; and what analysis has been undertaken on the outcomes of women workers' exposure to such chemicals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Heathy Start Scheme applications were rejected due to the form being filled out incorrectly in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) March 2023; and how many applications to that scheme were rejected in that period in total.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much bilateral expenditure was directly targeted by the Department for International Development towards reproductive health in (1) 2015–16, and (2) 2016–17, listed as totals and divided into subgroups (a) Population Policy and Administrative Management, (b) Reproductive Health Care, (c) Maternal and Neonatal Health, (d) Family Planning, and (e) Personnel Development for Population and Reproductive Health.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to increase their financial assistance for family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights in Myanmar, in the light of the reduction in funding by other donors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the evidence provided to the Women's Health Strategy for England on endometriosis diagnosis and treatment, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a change in the service specification for severe endometriosis on diagnosis rates and access to treatment for that condition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will undertake a review of the proportion of patients with communication needs who can access their health information in a format suitable to their personal needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether minutes will be published for meetings between the Women's Health Ambassador for England and Ministers of his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Deputy Women’s Health Ambassador will be announced and what the timeline is for their appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what responsibility Integrated Care Systems will have for (a) maternity and (b) other women's health services; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the delivery plan for the Women’s Health Strategy will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to establish community mental health hubs for children during school holidays.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the responses to his Department's call for evidence on long-term mental health support which closed on 7 July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for the Women’s Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that (a) local and (b) national data on cancer waiting times is accessible to the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA were reported at (a) Scunthorpe Hospital and (b) Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby in each year for which figures are available. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he introduce a national toothbrushing programme to help improve childhood oral healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the research in the British Medical Journal by Stickels (et al.) entitled Aortic stenosis post-Covid-19: a mathematical model on waiting lists and mortality, published on 16 June 2022, and by Strange (et al.) entitled Uncovering the treatable burden of severe aortic stenosis in the UK, published on 26 January 2022, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) detection rates, (b) diagnosis rates and (c) treatment capacity for heart valve disease, in the context of the epidemiology and risk of mortality of the disease.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to engage with other countries to develop family planning and sexual and reproductive health indicators to accompany the goals and targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money was (a) allocated to and (b) spent on the Healthy Start Scheme in the 2021-22 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 185900 on Healthy Start Scheme, what the forecasted number was of (a) beneficiaries or (b) families in percentage format of the Healthy Start Scheme for (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to include active monitoring in cancer care planning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has held recent discussions with universities on student mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which member of his ministerial team has responsibility for the allied health professions.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an individual is entitled to an Immigration Health Surcharge refund where they have paid the surcharge but have been refused registration with a GP as they were leaving the UK within 6 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to confirm how many Mental Health Support Teams are in (a) the North West and (b) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people on a charity worker visa who have paid the Immigration Heath Surcharge are entitled to (a) register with a GP and (b) access NHS care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's publication A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation, published on 29 March 2023, how much and what proportion of the budget of each regulator in their Department was spent on regulation of artificial intelligence in the latest period for which information is available; how many staff in each regulator worked (a) wholly and (b) partly on those issues in the latest period for which information is available; and whether those regulators plan to increase resources for their work on artificial intelligence.
Department of Health: Information Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many press, communication and public relations staff are employed by (a) his Department, (b) Public Health England, (c) NHS England, (d) Monitor, (e) the Care Quality Commission, (f) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, (g) NHS Blood and Transplant, (h) the NHS Litigation Authority, (i) the Trust Development Authority, (j) the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, (k) the Human Tissue Authority, (l) the NHS Business Service Authority, (m) Health Education England and (n) the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency; how many of those employees are paid more than (i) £50,000 and (ii) £100,000; and what the total expenditure was on press and communication by each of those organisations in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of making (a) early intervention mental health support and (b) physiotherapy provided by employers non-taxable benefits-in-kind.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 182258, tabled by the hon. Member for Shipley on 24 April 2023.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether providing access to applications that support employees' mental health is (1) a taxable payment or (2) a benefit for employees; and, if not, whether they will update the published guidance to reflect this.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Adult Weight Management Services Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to improve (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of eating disorders.
Educational Institutions: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Mental Health Support Teams there were in (a) Enfield North Constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London in each year since 2010.
Suicide: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing suicide prevention as a compulsory part of the personal, social, health and economic education curriculum.
World Health Organisation: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that (a) stakeholders and (b) the public are able to feed into (i) the UK’s position and (ii) responses to amendments submitted by other countries on the World Health Organisation’s Pandemic Preparedness Treaty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Ring-Fenced Public Health Grant to Local Authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on making (a) early intervention mental health support and (b) physiotherapy provided by employers non-taxable benefits-in-kind.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Health and Safety Executive has (a) issued guidance and (b) provided other advice to his Department on the use of face coverings for workers in health care settings.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the health and safety issues, if any, that may occur on train services lasting more than three hours where refreshments, including water, are not made available to customers in hot weather.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of (a) mental health and (b) well-being support for people affected by neurological conditions in Enfield North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission research on the potential impact of artificial intelligence on (a) diagnostics, (b) health economics and (c) clinicians' workloads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of parents of children who are eligible for Healthy Start vouchers in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency have not received them.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Right Care, Right Person operational model on community safety partnerships overseen by local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2023 to Question 184919 on Allergies: Health Services, for what reasons no specific assessment has been made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 187332 on Health Services, whether the 10-year plan for dementia forms part of the materials informing the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's preparedness for quickly assessing new medicines licensed through the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's international recognition framework that will be in place from 1 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency international recognition framework, starting on 1 January 2024, on the average time taken for medicines to become available to NHS patients.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are giving GPs different advice about the provision of treatments and services to asylum-seekers as compared to provision for the general population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of cases that have been referred to the NHS under right care, right person model since its introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide financial support for parents of children who cannot use Healthy Start vouchers due to their children's dietary requirements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the right care, right person model on availability of staff for (a) mental health crisis and (b) other mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency plans to consult representatives of (a) patient organisations and (b) the pharmaceutical industry on its plans for new regulatory recognition routes for medicines under the international recognition framework, starting on 1 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Accessible Information Standard across healthcare services.
Department of Health and Social Care: Vodafone Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications of the Three-Vodafone merger on his Department’s contracts with Vodafone.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she made of the potential (a) risks to and (b) impact on outcomes for people with mental health challenges of implementing the right care, right person model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the potential cost to the NHS of dealing with cases referred to clinical settings under the right care, right person model in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve diabetes care in the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February to Question 139217 on Mental Health: Preventive Medicine, what progress NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence have made on the development of a policy framework to assess digital health technologies.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy that community safety partnerships should make an assessment of the impact of Right Care, Right Person operational model in their communities.
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent progress they have made towards reducing health inequalities; and what further steps they intend to take in the future.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards are in place to prevent (a) children and (b) those suffering from eating disorders using the NHS’s Better Health weight loss app.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of parents of children eligible for Healthy Start vouchers in (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) Enfield North constituency have not received them.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on providing domestic abuse survivors with mental health and support services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the number of NHS staff providing rheumatology care in the (a) Buckinghamshire, (b) Oxfordshire and (c) West Berkshire Integrated Care Board area and (d) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many crisis houses are commissioned by the NHS but not managed by its staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment was made as part of the development the NHS Better Health app of the potential effect of that app on people with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement.
Department of Health and Social Care: Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an Access to Work scheme has been implemented in their Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding she plans to allocate to the Animal and Plant Health Agency in each of the next five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help ensure that information on the importance of hydration in hot weather is communicated to the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of the adequacy of Animal Plant and Health Agency veterinary resources; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an estimate of the total number of years' experience held by all NHS (a) nurses and (b) doctors in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of safety incident data for the UK set out in the report by the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation entitled 2022 incident data report; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, which of his Department’s commitments in that strategy that have not been paused as a result of legal action have (a) been fully, (b) been partially and (c) not been implemented.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many parents of children eligible for Healthy Start vouchers there are in (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) Enfield North constituency; and how many and what proportion of such parents have not received them.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the WannaCry ransomware attack on the NHS, what instructions were provided to (1) NHS, and (2) Public Health England (PHE), staff about the importance of software updates; what assessment they have made of whether the PHE Excel errors, resulting in COVID-19 cases being unreported, were related to a lack of software updates; and what plans they have to ensure that PHE uses appropriate database software to record and analyse COVID-19 data in future.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he is taking steps to help ensure that information on the importance of (a) skin protection, (b) covering up and (c) using an appropriate factor sun cream is communicated to the public.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 4 December 2013 (WA 48–9) and 6 February (WA 76), what was the justification for the statement that a proposed treatment “could save 10 lives each year”; and how that statement can be reconciled with the statement “it would not be appropriate to speculate on which enucleated embryo might result in the birth of a child”.[HL6103]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 7 January (WA 271), 22 January (WA 124–5), 6 February (WA 76) and 24 February (WA 175–6), whether they will place in the Library of the House a printed copy of the diagrams published by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority with appropriate annotation to indicate unambiguously which of the two embryos involved in the pronuclear transfer technique as portrayed in those diagrams might correspond to the 10 people they consider would otherwise die and whose lives would be saved but who are not replacements; and if not, why that would not be possible.[HL6104]
Mental Health Services: Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of people with sight loss who have accessed NHS mental health support services between 1 January 2023 and 10 May 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department has removed health impairment as a head of impairment in fitness to practice proceedings before professional regulatory tribunals.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the the impact of housing of an increased number of asylum seekers in Shrewsbury on the local health economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equality of access to mental health services for blind and partially-sighted people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to improve the mix of skills in primary care to help diagnose, treat and manage musculoskeletal health and rheumatic conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase (a) the number of sports and exercise consultants and (b) access to sports and exercise medicine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of allied health professionals working within rheumatology teams.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand the number of allied health professionals working within rheumatology teams.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the skill mix in primary care to (a) diagnose, (b) treat and (c) manage (i) musculoskeletal and (ii) rheumatic conditions.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how long on average the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency takes to respond to written correspondence from Hon and Rt Hon Members.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2023 to Question 188802 on Migrants: Health Services, whether the Government has provided guidance to temporary visa holders who have paid the immigration health surcharge on accessing (a) their local GP and (b) other free NHS medical care.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any (1) health benefits, and (2) health hazards, of eating unpasteurised cheddar cheese, and its by-product whey butter.
Department of Health And Social Care: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure of 14 June 2023 at Topical Questions, T7, Official Report, column 286, what plans his Department has to (a) utilise the provisions in Part 3 of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill and (b) use smart data in new sectors.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any (1) health benefits, and (2) health hazards, of drinking untreated raw cow's milk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he Department is taking to improve the performance of the NHS in supporting women who experience birth trauma.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include birth trauma in the Women's Health Strategy in the future.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that all families have access to (a) a toothbrush and (b) toothpaste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2023 to Question 188918 on Drugs: Licensing, what criteria his Department uses to determine what conditions are a public health need.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care on 21 June, whether any staff employed in the Gender Identity Development Service of the Tavistock Clinic will be employed in any capacity in the new centres being opened from April 2024 to treat children presenting with apparent gender dysphoria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the NHS collaborate to align priorities for women's health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that cancer plans in each integrated care board have a public health focus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of smoking cessation (a) products and (b) approaches; and what research his Department has commissioned into the efficacy of smoking cessation (i) products and (ii) approaches.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help ensure that every cancer patient has a navigator to guide them through their treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support (a) his Department and (b) the NHS provides to people diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease and their families.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and (b) the event organisers to help enable the Gratitude Games to go ahead this year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is in place for people with psychosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle inequalities in cancer outcomes between integrated care board areas.
Statement on investigation of the safety of cot and baby mattresses. Statement on investigation of safety of cot and baby mattresses. - Dr Kenneth Calman has set up an expert group to steer further work by Dept on cot deaths. Group will be chaired by Lady Limerick.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which (a) Government department and (b) Minister has responsibility for negotiations on (i) the World Health Organization Pandemic Preparedness Treaty and (ii) proposed amendments to the World Health Organization International Health Regulations (2005); and what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential effects of these measures.
What action she is taking with respect to the use by National Health Service trusts of mattress covers which have antimony and phosphorous in the fire retardant material.
What recent representations she has received about child mattresses and cot deaths; and what is her Department's policy on the matter.
If she is now able to add to the answer given on 18th April 1990 to the honourable Member for Dumbarton by the honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire concerning the work of Barry Richardson and cot deaths; and if she is now in a position to give a definitive response to his findings; and what is her response to the work of Barry Richardson, the Robens institute at Surrey university and others linking cot deaths to abnormally high levels of antimony in the blood and tissue of victims.
How many mattresses were examined in compiling the CESDI report; and how many of them had been used before.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department's sponsored research into sudden unexpected deaths in infancy made of the incidence of deaths among (a) children sleeping on a mattress that was new for that child and (b) children sleeping on a mattress that had been previously used by other children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Your life and CF, published in June 2023 by Cystic Fibrosis Trust, if he will make an assessment of the impact of hospital car park charges on the proportion of appointments missed by people with (a) cystic fibrosis and (b) other long term conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2022 survey published by NHS Digital on 29 November 2022, how many and what proportion of children and young people aged (a) 7 to 10, (b) 11 to 16, (c) 7 to 16 and (d) 17 to 24 have a probable mental health disorder in each (i) region of England and (ii) integrated care system area in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include provisions in the NHS workforce plan to increase the nuclear medicines workforce; and what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of supply of that workforce to meet future demand for (a) molecular radiotherapy and (b) other treatments.
What evidence she has in respect of the effect of biodegradation of compounds of antimony used in flameproofing cot mattresses. - Includes fact that Dr Kenneth Calman, chief medical officer, has set up an expert group to steer further work by DH on cot deaths. This group is chaired by Lady Limerick. Terms of reference given.
How many of all recorded cot deaths in England and Wales in the last five years were attributable to (a) colds and bronchial conditions, (b) emissions from plastic bedding and (c) urine and its reaction with bedding.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the review Preventing illness and improving health for all: a review of the NHS Health Check programme and recommendations, published in December 2021, what progress they have made in bringing forward the recommendations for the NHS Health Check contained in that review.
When her Department first became aware of the possible link between chemicals in cot and baby mattresses and sudden infant death syndrome.
Animal and Plant Health Agency: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of the adequacy of the Animal Plant and Health Agency’s veterinary resources within Lancashire; and if she will make a statement.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to improve the uptake of NHS health checks in England to spot early signs of a stroke, such as atrial fibrillation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on human health of (a) wood preservative and varnishing products, (b) alkylphenols, (c) brominated flame retardants, (d) organotin compounds, (e) phthalate esters, (f) short-chain chlorinated paraffins and (g) phthalates DEHP and DBP in products; what advice has been given to the public relating to their use; and if he will make a statement. - Including refs to www.pesticides.gov.uk/committees/acp/acp.htm; http://ecb.jrc.it/existing-chemicals/ and fact that no advice has been given by the Department to the public relating to the use of these compounds.
Animal and Plant Health Agency: Weybridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Improving the UK’s science capability for managing animal diseases, published by the National Audit Office on 15 June 2022, what assessment he has made of the reasons for his Department allowing the Animal and Plant Health Agency Weybridge site to deteriorate to a state where some of the facilities were found to be no longer fit for purpose; what steps he is taking to tackle the (a) under-investment and (b) poor strategic management of the site identified by that report; what recent assessment he has made of the site’s ability to respond effectively to a major animal disease outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) diagnosis times and (b) cancer treatment pathways; and whether he plans to include this in the 10-year Cancer Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the mental health of teachers.
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made, if any, of the safety of vaping; and what action they propose in consequence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of guidance on asthma care; and if he will make a statement.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether comparative data is kept on the average height and/or weight of children aged 5 in the UK as compared to other countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the mental health of teachers on the quality of education provided.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve care for people suffering from asthma; and if he will make a statement.
Public Health: International Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the debate on Public Health emergency: the need for a holistic approach to multilateralism and health care at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 20 June 2023.
Health Professions: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase (a) recruitment and (b) retention of healthcare professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help younger men with their mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new primary health care premises were completed in each of the last three calendar years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the four-month visa extension for newly trained international medical graduates announced in the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published by NHS England on 9 May 2023, will apply across all four nations.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve mental health support for members of the Armed Forces and their families.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many proposed new primary health care premises were not progressed to construction stage as a result of a District Valuer assessment of the proposed market rent in each of the last three calendar years.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide a full list of documents that pregnant women applying for Healthy Start can submit as proof of pregnancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many District Valuer Services assessments for new primary health care premises have taken place in each of the last three calendar years; and how many and what proportion of those assessments resulted in an agreement on the market rent between the commissioner and the District Valuer Service.
To ask His Majesty's Government how, if at all, they are promoting the 'One Health' approach in multilateral policy processes, such as through the World Health Organisation's proposed Pandemic Preparedness Treaty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative estimate of the funding for healthcare per person in (a) the UK and (b) other similar countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce NHS waiting times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many District Valuer Services assessments for primary health care premises were (a) disputed and (b) resulted in a failure to agree on market rent in each of the last three calendar years.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguards he plans to put in place to ensure the security of Scottish NHS data shared with HM Revenue and Customs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Health and Safety Executive has issued recent guidance to (a) NHS England and (b) the UK Health Security Agency on the use of face coverings for workers in health care settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce pressures on NHS cardiovascular care services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for a referral by a GP to a specialist in Sefton Central constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help support children whose mental health is affected by their financial circumstances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the speed of and (b) support children awaiting referral to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
British International Investment: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of investments in private healthcare providers by British International Investment on (a) people living in poverty and (b) women and girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to consult on health and safety protections for night workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive plans to publish guidance on the use of drones to spray bracken.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his polices of the amendments to World Health Organization's International Health Regulations; and when he plans to publish his response to those proposed amendments.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide LGBTQ+ relevant mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve local clinical leadership in cancer care.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement the recommendations contained in the Infection Management Coalition White Paper, published in February 2022, which recommends action to (1) address infection prevention, (2) provide rapid treatment of sepsis, (3) address antimicrobial stewardship, and (4) pandemic preparedness, with a single-policy approach.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the commissioning of integrated services for eating disorders for (1) children and young people, and (2) adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide cancer patients with care navigators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the written evidence submitted by the Royal Osteoporosis Society to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry on prevention in health and social care, reference PHS0405.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with cystic fibrosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of using supported self-care in primary care settings on (a) costs of care, (b) time and (c) patient outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide clinicians with access to high quality training in advanced cancer treatments and care.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of specialist day care provision and home-based treatment for eating disorders, as compared to inpatient treatment for (1) children and young people, and (2) adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the take-up by pensioners in Doncaster Central of free eye tests after their introduction; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if Taxol and Taxotere are available free of charge to NHS cancer patients in the South Staffordshire Health Authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce backlogs in community child health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of healthcare services in Montserrat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on monitoring the initial effectiveness of the Neuroscience Transformation Programme in the fields of (a) improving specialised adult neuroscience science and (b) a new model of integrated care for neurology services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 119579, if he will publish the Hepatobiliary Clinical Reference Group stocktake of health inequalities in liver disease commissioned by NHS England in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 119579 on Liver Diseases: Health Services, what steps he is taking to implement the findings of the Hepatobiliary Clinical Reference Group review of the stocktake of health inequalities in liver disease commissioned by NHS England in 2021.
Department of Health and Social Care: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement on 24 November 2022 on Security Update on Surveillance Equipment, WMS 386, whether they have (a) ceased deployment of visual surveillance systems produced by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of the People’s Republic of China onto sensitive sites, (b) ensured no such equipment is connected to departmental core network, (c) considered whether there are sites outside the definition of sensitive sites to which they would wish to extend risk mitigation and (d) put in place any additional controls or taken any further steps.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS England on the appointment of a clinical lead for women’s health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will prioritise the treatment of liver disease in the context of that disease being the most common cause of premature mortality in the UK; and what plans his Department has to ensure that NHS planning and policy (a) recognises and (b) responds to the severity of that disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and (b) quality of student (i) support and (ii) wellbeing services provided by universities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of mental health nurses in inpatient mental health hospitals in the context of patient safety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, where the money allocated for the Delivery Plan for recovering access to Primary Care has been retargeted from.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional mental health staff the NHS plans to recruit in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional mental health nurses the NHS plans to recruit in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support local planning authorities to help tackle regional health inequalities through (a) active travel facilities, (b) access to healthcare and (c) other infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 3 July 2023, what funding his Department has allocated to increase training positions for mental health nurses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) the number of health visitors and (b) caseloads for health visitors return to 2015 levels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health workers were employed by the NHS in (a) January and (b) June 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve aftercare for stroke patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of ultra low emissions zones on health outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Wirral South constituency in June 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were employed as health care workers in the NHS in (a) January and (b) June 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which integrated care boards are (a) meeting and (b) not meeting the NHS target of completing 75 per cent of annual health checks for people aged 14 or over with a learning disability by 2023-24; and what level are those not meeting the target of at least 75 per cent reaching.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting list time for specialist clinical (a) care and (b) surgery was in (a) February, (b) April and (c) June 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will takes steps to ensure that the Major Conditions Strategy identifies Fracture Liaison Services as an exemplar of good practice to be deployed across Integrated Care Systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mental health support is available to asylum seekers who are awaiting results of their asylum claim.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the wellbeing of children in school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of particulate matter emissions on (a) health and (b) life expectancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to increase the (a) recruitment to and (b) retention of healthcare professionals in the NHS in June 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) support and (b) protect Palestinian healthcare services in the occupied West Bank.
Health Services and Social Services: Regulation
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to (1) significantly reduce, and (2) reform, the amount of regulators and regulatory systems in the health and care sector.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill (HL Paper 128), published on 19 January.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been on a waiting list for an appointment for (a) special care and (b) surgery treatments for more than one year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support intensive care unit workers (a) with their mental health and (b) generally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce fragility fractures; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Fragility Liaison Services on reducing (a) re-fracture rates and (b) hip fractures.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 27 June (HL8446), what plans they have to discuss with South Western Railways that company's failure to provide water for passengers during hot weather, unlike the other operators cited.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps has he taken to provide funding for NHS winter planning for 2023-4.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Chief Operation Officer of Royal Mail about the impact on patients of Royal Mail delivery delays in (a) Brighton Pavilion constituency and (b) other areas experiencing delays in delivery of letters that include details of NHS appointments; what steps he is taking to ensure that patients receive timely information about their appointments; and if he will make a statement.
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of digital literacy of the healthcare workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to develop a care pathway for cardiac arrest survivors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many inspections of (a) adult social care providers, (b) primary medical services, (c) hospitals and (d) mental health services were carried out by the Care Quality Commission in the (i) south east and (ii) south west in each of the last 24 months.
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the availability of digital infrastructure to enable effective digital working in healthcare organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has conducted a recent health and safety risk assessment of NHS estates.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the University of Manchester, published in Nursing Standard on 9 May, that there is a significant variation in reported usability of the same types of digital technology across different healthcare organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS services in the winter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all survivors of cardiac arrest can access appropriate, ongoing, personalised support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many inspections of (a) adult social care providers, (b) primary medical services, (c) hospitals and (d) mental health services were carried out by the Care Quality Commission in the (i) London and (ii) East of England network in each of the last 24 months.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department produced a ministerial response under the write round process to the Department for Education's review of the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish an implementation framework for the Women's Health Strategy 2022.
Ministry of Justice: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department produced a ministerial response under the write round process to the Department for Education's review of the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of assaults against LGBTQ+ staff members in primary care settings in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated for LGBTQ+ appropriate mental health treatment for financial years (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26.
Home Office: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department produced a ministerial response under the write round process to the Department for Education's review of the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department produced a ministerial response under the write round process to the Department for Education's review of the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on research into LGBTQ+ mental health in the last 12 months.
Department of Health and Social Care: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department produced a ministerial response under the write round process to the Department for Education's review of the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum.
Ministry of Defence: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department produced a ministerial response under the write round process to the Department for Education's review of the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health support teams are in (a) schools and (b) colleges, broken down by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of social prescribing in improving (a) physical and (b) mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken between referral to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and initial appointment is in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 26 April to Question 181988 on Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services, how many people are on a waiting list for community musculoskeletal services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the European Commission proposal to ban the use of recycled rubber infill in artificial pitches, and in particular of its differential impact on (1) Great Britain, and (2) Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Departments plans to take to improve medical isolation practises at the Kent Intake Unit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2023 to Question 172437 on Health Services: Waiting Lists, whether his Department has plans to work with (a) Versus Arthritis and (b) other charities on creating personalised preparation plans for patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what services will be offered through local musculoskeletal health hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2023 to Question 172437 on Health Services: Waiting Lists, what personalised perioperative care plans for patients with arthritis will consist of.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2023 to Question 191564 on Mental Health Services: Children and Young People, what the average waiting time is for a young person to access mental health services in Wirral South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to provide people who have survived cardiac arrest with an individualised rehabilitation plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include musculoskeletal services in the Getting It Right First Time programme.
Department of Health and Social Care: Dahua Technology and Hikvision
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether their Department has purchased products manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua in the last three years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Wales about its commitment to provide 100 per cent population coverage of Fracture Liaison Services by September 2024; and what plans they have to introduce a similar commitment for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to develop a formal care pathway for cardiac arrest survivors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with mental health issues in each of the last five years; what types of treatment are provided to such people in secondary care; and how many such people received each treatment in each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 13 of the NHS Benchmarking Network's Children and Young People’s Mental Health Workforce Census, published in January 2023, if he will publish the full-time equivalent number of people working in NHS children and young people's mental health services in (a) 2016, (b) 2019, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022, by (i) job role and (ii) integrated care system region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing people from lower socio-economic backgrounds free access to bicycles; and if he will take steps to pilot such a scheme to assess impacts on participants physical and mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to provide people affected by cardiac arrest with ongoing and personalised support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the retention of (a) GPs and (b) other primary healthcare staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of waiting times for elective care on the mental health of people with arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of which NHS Trusts (a) were and (b) were not on track to meet their 18 month targets in the elective recovery plan as of 1 July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for children and adolescent mental health services in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting lists for those services in those areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the length of waiting lists for mental health services in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2023 to Question 192573 on Health Services: Waiting Lists, what the average waiting list time for specialist clinical (a) care and (b) surgery was in (i) February, (ii) April and (iii) June 2023 for people in Wirral South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients are admitted to a specialist stroke bed within 72 hours of a stroke.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the current time limit to complete Occupational English Tests on medical professionals sitting the test in (a) the South West and (b) the rest of the UK; and whether he has plans to change the time limit.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the adequacy of response times to requests for further information on clinical trials.
Community Health Fund: Public Consultation
To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to launch their technical consultation on the Community Health Fund; and how long this consultation will be open for submissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of children and young people who made an urgent presentation to community-based mental health crisis services were seen within 24 hours from referral in each of the last five years for which data are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of children and young people presenting to community-based mental health services started to receive help within four weeks of referral in each of the last five years for which data are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many contracts worth more than £1 million his Department has entered into where the (a) goods and (b) services contracted for have not been received and are no longer expected to be received in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were waiting over 18 months for NHS treatment in England as of 12 July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what new capital funding was made available to primary care estates in the financial year 2022-23 in (a) Feltham and Heston constituency and (b) London.
Health and Safety Executive: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the number of inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Executive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle health inequalities in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average processing time is for a UK (a) European and (b) Global Health Insurance Card; and what steps he is taking to warn applicants of possible delays.
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to engage with parents in its relationships, sex and health education public consultation review; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to create stop vaping programmes for (a) adults and (b) children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of industrial action on patient waiting lists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of community child health services in Leicester East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the NHS meets the 10.3 per cent annual growth in treatment volumes required over the next two years to meet the elective recovery targets by 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what services his Department plans to include in community musculoskeletal hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that public health messages on vaping are targeted at adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that staff in his Department who are under investigation for alleged misconduct are not named before those allegations are proven.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support for or veterans who show symptoms of PTSD (a) two, (b) five and (c) seven years after they left the Armed Forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to warn children and young people about the harmful content of single use vapes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of community musculoskeletal services are submitting data on waiting list times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of (a) children and (b) young adults placed on adult psychiatric wards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) algorithmic and (b) other automated decision making systems his Department uses; and for what purposes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide additional resources to local public health teams to support stop vaping programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people living with a musculoskeletal condition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the mental health and wellbeing of NHS staff of the closure of NHS Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP appointments primarily related to mental health in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons funding for NHS staff mental health and wellbeing hubs ended on 31 March 2023.
Department of Health and Social Care: Members
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions a request for a meeting by an hon. Member was not agreed to by (a) a Minister and (b) their office on behalf of a Minister in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that there are professional mental health teams linked to schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of (a) physical and (b) mental healthcare for nitrous oxide users.
Department of Health and Social Care: Wave Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of working directly with the WAVE Trust 70/30 campaign.
Department of Health and Social Care: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the construction of buildings operated under its remit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to involve children and young people in decisions regarding their care and treatment when in hospital relating to their mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) implications for his Department's policies of the Joint Replacement Support Package created by Versus Arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Israel on damage to (a) a UN Relief and Works Agency health clinic in Jenin and (b) other healthcare facilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Israel on access for health workers in West Bank attempting to access injured Palestinians.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure children and young people with complex mental health needs are cared for in safe and therapeutic environments.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NICE’s Topic Selection Oversight Panel considers (a) clinical and (b) patient expert insights in its decision-making processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report by the regional office for the Eastern Mediterranean of the World Health Organisation entitled Increasing attacks on health care and health worker testimony, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Palestine Red Crescent Society providing bullet-proof vests, helmets and tear-gas masks to its teams following alleged incidents of direct targeting of health workers by Israeli forces.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 17 July (HL8936), when updated guidance will be available from NHS England; how the "transformation" of adult eating disorder (AED) services will be defined and its effectiveness assessed; and by what date integrated care systems will be expected to have transformed AED services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessments they have made of the reported attacks on healthcare facilities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training clinicians receive on the needs of families where a parent has mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support the needs of people with (a) spinal muscular atrophy and (b) other rare neurological conditions as part of its implementation of the Rare Diseases Action Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the potential fiscal impact of increases of the (a) immigration health surcharge and (b) student visas on the (i) number of international students, (ii) economy and (iii) higher education sector.
Migrants and Overseas Students: Health Services and Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing the cost of (a) the immigration health surcharge and (b) student visas on (i) numbers of international students and (ii) international student diversification in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on mental health support services that are available to asylum seekers and refugees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include the quality of inpatient environments and the range of people’s experiences of inpatient treatment in the forthcoming Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch investigation into mental health inpatient care settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials were working in his Department on (a) the date of the appointment and (b) 18 July 2023.
Mental Health Services: Children and Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to embed support for patients who are parents and their children into adult mental health services; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Russell Group, (b) Universities UK and (c) other sector stakeholders on the potential impact of increasing the cost of (i) the immigration health surcharge and (ii) student visas on the higher education sector.
To ask His Majesty's Government what effective measures they propose to take to cut the waiting time of patients waiting for NHS treatment, and in particular to address the number of patients waiting more than a year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce racial disparities in (a) mental health services and (b) experiences of the Mental Health Act 1983.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to incorporate mental health support and prevention in the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include proposals to tackle the socioeconomic causes of health inequalities in the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2023 to Question 193136 on Kent Intake Unit: Health Services, how many medical staff are employed at that Unit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2023 to Question 193133 on Mental Health Services: Further Education and Schools, what his Department's definition is of a mental health team in (a) schools and (b) colleges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with counterparts in Wales on (a) the Welsh Women’s Health Plan and (b) England’s Women’s Health Strategy; and if he will publish minutes of those meetings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2023 to Question 193607 on Health Services: Wirral South, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for treatment on the Wirral.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment has she made of the adequacy of the availability of mental health support within universities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to launch a consultation on the disclosure of industry payments to the healthcare sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has provided guidance to NICE on the evidence used to inform the criteria updates to its Highly Specialised Technology processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she made of the number of university students seeking support for their mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in the Immigration Health Surcharge on the number of migrants with (a) acute and (b) chronic health issues who will seek NHS treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what their Departments policy is on Civil Servants in their Department working from home and receiving the London Weighting Allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for when increases in the cost of (a) works visas, (b) study visas and (c) the immigration health surcharge will come into effect.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to improve access to Specialist Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to monitor (a) incidents of physical assault and (b) obstruction of emergency medical teams of Palestinian health workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Women’s Health Ambassador for England has met with the Women’s Health Champion for Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on the implementation of the Women's Health Strategy for England of the implementation of the Scottish Women’s Health Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Women’s Health Ambassador for England has met with the Women’s Health Plan team in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases to the Immigration Health Surcharge on household debt for migrant workers.
Overseas Students: Health Services and Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow international students to split the cost of their (a) visa and (b) immigration health surcharge over the duration of their visa, in the context of planned increases in those costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2023 to Question 193134 on Mental Health Services: Children and Young People, when she plans that the national access and waiting times standards for these services in England will be (a) defined and (b) set.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide education on toothbrushing in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide additional mental health support for people affected by rises in the cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress their Department have made on implementing Procurement Policy Note 06/21.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2023 to Question 193136 on Kent Intake Unit: Health Services, how many medical staff are on duty at that Unit at any one time.
Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to appoint a new chair for the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the rate of compliance by operators in the offshore oil and gas industry with the requirements of the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015.
Department of Health: Politically Exposed Persons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of its senior civil servants who will potentially fall under the provisions of the Fourth EU Money Laundering Directive, 2015/849; and what assessment he has made of which of his Department's agencies or other public bodies will potentially be classed as holding a prominent public function for the purposes of that directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2023 to Question 193672 on Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts, how many contracts worth more than £1 million his Department has entered into where the (a) goods and (b) services contracted for have not been received and are no longer expected to be received in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the level of healthcare needs that residents at the proposed new asylum accommodation centre at MDP Wethersfield will have; what healthcare provision will be available on-site; whether residents will be registered with local GPs off-site; what estimate she has made of the number of GP practices in the local area; and what assessment she has made of the (a) capacity of those practices to take on new patients and (b) levels of experience in working with asylum seekers and refugees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in which meetings the Government will be represented at the fourth meeting of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government be represented at Joint Plenary Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body and the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations in July 2023.
Offshore Fixed Structures: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) improvement and (b) prohibition notices were issued by Health and Safety Executive inspectors to operators of offshore oil and gas installations in each year since 2016-17; and how many of those notices were related to safety maintenance issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were treated by the National Health Service in each of the last five years for conditions contracted from animal faeces in public places.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to assess the safety of grating systems for workers on offshore (a) fixed and (b) mobile oil and gas platforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the funding allocations for the Renal Clinical Networks for 2024-25 and 2025-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2023 to Question 193672 on Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing an answer to that Question.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 193672 on Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts, if he will seek advice from (a) the National Audit Office and (b) other external bodies on improving the financial monitoring of contracts entered into by his Department.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the budget for falls prevention; and whether they have any plans to allocate a portion of that budget to Fracture Liaison Services in order to (1) diagnose osteoporosis early, and (2) prevent hip fractures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2023 to Question 193672 on Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts, what systems are in place for Ministers to track spending on (a) all contracts and (b) contracts where problems are encountered.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent mental health professionals were working in schools in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23 academic years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many safety case assessments the Health and Safety Executive has received from duty holders in the offshore oil and gas sector since 2018-19 .
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which offshore oil and gas installations on the UK Continental Shelf established a safety committee in line with Regulation 19 of the Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989 in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to duty holders in the North Sea oil and gas industry are their legal obligations to train (a) staff and (b) contractors to comply with the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases he is aware of where patients have been provided with access to cancer treatment as a result of the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017; and how many of those cases related to people who were (a) confirmed foreign nationals and (b) undocumented.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what powers he has to intervene in cases where long-term British residents are denied cancer care as a result of the introduction of the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is responsible for making a decision on whether a patient qualifies for an exemption under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and as set out in his Department's accompanying guidance; and to what extent clinicians are involved in such decisions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) complaints and (b) redress procedures are available for patients (i) whose treatment has incorrectly been withheld by a hospital demanding payment for treatment upfront and (ii) who have been billed for treatment under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and as set out in his Department's accompanying guidance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effect of the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017; and if he will publish an assessment of the effect of those regulations to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that exemptions to charging under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and as set out in his Department's accompanying guidance are being applied to qualifying patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has (a) implemented a public awareness strategy and (b) issued guidance to ensure that patients eligible for exemptions under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors (Amendment) Regulations 2017 are made aware that they are exempt from such charges.
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Mental Health
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the reported increase in (1) poor mental health of students, and (2) the risk of teenage suicide, whether they plan to introduce a level 2 qualification in mental health awareness and suicide prevention as a mandatory part of the PSHE curriculum in schools and colleges for 11–18 year olds.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many automated decision-making systems are currently in use by the Department of Health and Social Care, even partially, to make decisions that affect people’s legal rights or entitlements; and how many of those systems have publicly available equality impact assessments or data protection impact assessments or both.
To ask the Leader of the House, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 19 June (HL8246), what explanations he has had from the Department of Health and Social Care concerning the number of questions allocated to that department that remain unanswered after 10 working days.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received about Wycombe Hospital. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in NHS units in Chesham and Amersham waited longer than (a) four and (b) 24 hours in accident and emergency in each of the last 12 months; and what proportion they were of the total; if he will make a statement on progress on reducing waiting lists at NHS units in the Chesham and Amersham constituency; if he will make a statement on progress on visiting times for accident and emergency services at NHS units in the Chesham and Amersham constituency. - Includes fact that quarterly data relating to waiting times in accident and emergency departments will be published for the first time shortly and figures given for South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust waiting time figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many days since 1st December 2000 Wycombe General Hospital has been on red alert; how many patients were waiting (a) in accident and emergency for beds and (b) in the medical assessment unit at 9 a.m. on each of the days from 1st December 2000 to 10th January 2001 at Wycombe General Hospital. - Information not collected centrally.
What is (a) the current capital value of the Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon, the Bishop Auckland Hospital and the Wycombe and Amersham General Hospital, (b) the capital value of the proposed new hospitals, (c) the cost of refurbishment and rebuild, (d) the length of the lease from the private financiers with the NHS, (e) the annual cost of the lease to the NHS for each year of the duration, (f) the cost to the NHS of preparing the bid and (g) the projected time to rebuild the hospitals. - Inc fact that capital value of individual hospitals and the costs of preparing individual business cases are not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were from Wycombe Hospital in each year since 1997. - Information requested is not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research into the issues raised by Mind's report, The Hidden Costs of Mental Health; and if he will make a statement.
How many people living with HIV/AIDS in the United Kingdom are being sponsored to attend the Eleventh International Conference on AIDS in Vancouver in July 1996.
If representatives from his Department will be attending the Eleventh International Conference on AIDS in Vancouver in July.
If representatives from his Department will be attending the Eleventh International Conference on AIDS in Vancouver in July. - Inc ref to 276 c342W.
How many people working in community-based organisations in the United Kingdom are being sponsored to attend the Eleventh International Conference on AIDS in Vancouver in July.
Industrial Health and Safety: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent guidance he has given to the Health and Safety Executive with regard to the monitoring of employers' compliance with their duty under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 to ensure that the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings shall be reasonable; and what guidance he has issued on appropriate enforcement measures which should be taken where employers are found to be in breach of that duty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2013, Official Report, column 489W, on industrial health and safety: temperature, what steps he has taken to clarify with the Health and Safety Executive what level of temperature in the workplace would exceed that considered reasonable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of staff in his Department would receive an increase in their salary in the event that their hourly pay rate was (a) £8.72, (b) £9.30 and (c) £10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Future Fit work to reconfigure health services in Shropshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of tooth decay among children in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the charging of the immigration health surcharge to people that are victims of sex trafficking and that have successfully applied for leave to remain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to local child and adolescent mental health services in each year since 2010-11; and what that funding is in real terms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to assess the long term health benefits of the proposed Future Fit programme in Shropshire.
Healthy Start Scheme: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for a public consultation on healthy start vouchers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with relevant bodies on (a) the effect on patients of increased demand for vascular services and (b) increasing levels of capital funding for vascular services in Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will publish the full allocations for the Public Health Grant for 2020-21; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness hidden disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the level of social stigma in relation to mental health and (b) promote awareness of mental health issues among young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the increase in the National Living wage announced by the Government on 31 December 2019, what discussions he is having with private sector companies undertaking facility management work for his Department to ensure that the cost of wage increases for their employees are not passed on to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission 24-hour specialist emergency services for mental health patients; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated from the public purse to preventative mental health programmes in Cumbria in each year from 2010 to 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve hospital inspections to ensure adequate treatment and care for patients with mental health conditions.
National Institute for Health Research: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake an equality impact assessment of research funding spent by the National Institute for Health Research.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the NICE methods review task and finish groups will take to consult with the wider health charity sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Queen’s Speech 2019 background briefing notes, what proportion of the 6,000 new staff in primary care settings will be providing mental health support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to assess the mental health of (a) primary and (b) secondary school aged children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the effective use of community resources to promote children’s mental health and wellbeing in (a) the City of York and b) the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to support the delivery of health improvements in Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to GPs to ensure that they have adequate knowledge of the (a) causes and (b) health management of adult and paediatric incontinence.
Department of Health and Social Care: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of climate change on the work of his Department; and what steps he is taking in response to that effect.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for his Department to publish a response to its Review of the National Autism Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve access to treatment for people with eating disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to make it easier for veterans to access the health services.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the description of the arrests of medical personnel during a confrontation at Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University on 17 November, by Dr Darren Mann, and his call for an international inquiry into breaches of international humanitarian norms and human rights law.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many registered mental health nurses there are in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people's mental health services in (a) the Vale of York CCG and (b) throughout the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which patient organisations are members of the (a) modifiers considered in decision-making, (b) exploring uncertainty, (c) types of evidence, (d) health-related quality of life, (e) technology specific issues, (f) discounting, (g) cost-minimisation methods (h) costs used in HTA, (i) equality considerations in guideline development, (j) general approach to decision-making and (k) position of technologies in care pathway, NICE methods review task and finish groups.
Department of Health and Social Care: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has appointed an official responsible for leading on his Department's application of the Family Test.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) registered nurses, (2) registered nursing associates, and (3) registered midwives, joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018-2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on achieving the target of reducing out-of-area placements for people receiving inpatient care for severe mental health conditions by 2021.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the treatment of medical professionals in Hong Kong; and what representations they intend to make to the government of China about such treatment.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of public investments in research and development towards delivering the targets set out in Sustainable Development Goal 3 on health.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ensure quicker access for children to child and adolescent mental health services.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) registered nurses, (2) registered nursing associates, and (3) registered midwives, are on the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register (a) in total, and (b) whose initial registration was in another European Union country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date the planning phase of the Future Fit reconfiguration of services in Shropshire commenced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the added cost is in terms of inflation of every annual delay into starting the Future Fit reconfiguration of services in Shropshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of prison governors holding monthly health and safety meetings with representatives of staff unions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will allocate new funding to tackle unmet needs in provision of vascular services in (a) England and (b) Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) parents, (b) adoptive parents and (c) kinship carers of young people requiring additional Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services treatment in (a) the City of York and (b) the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is is taking to reduce waiting times for mental health treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve healthcare for women with endometriosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will undertake a review of the adequacy of dedicated perinatal mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to care for those in mental health crisis, and what steps his Department is taking to improve the provision of mental health care in the community.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which hospital trusts do not have a designated doctor for looked-after children.
Department of Health and Social Care: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the provision of healthcare to UK citizens living in other EU countries after the UK has left the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of mental health assessments for looked after children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to recruit more (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) clinicians in Suffolk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to implement a cancer workforce plan to ensure an adequately skilled and sustainable workforce.
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of applying the precautionary principle to the introduction of 5G technology until further evidence of its safety to the public is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish his White Paper on reforming the Mental Health Act 1983.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase access to and (b) improve the delivery of mental health services in Easington constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a main condition of epilepsy have found a long-term job through the Work and Health Programme in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to children’s mental health services in (a) the North West, (b) Liverpool City region, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce an (a) access and (b) waiting time standard for adults with eating disorders in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 October 2019, Publication of Professor Sir Mike Richards’ Review of National Adult Screening Programmes, HCWS 11, what discussions his Department plans to hold with patient groups when developing the implementation plan on the recommendations of that review.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on the Treasury and the NHS working together to review the tax treatment of workplace occupational health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much research funding his Department has allocated for multi-diagnostic assessments for neurodevelopmental conditions in the last five years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the NHS to meet its target of referring patients for treatment for cancer within 62 days.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the publication of the full consultation on the proposed reforms to NICE methods and processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking as part of the NHS Long Term Plan to improve children’s mental health services in St Helens North constituency; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of state for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of people sent out of area for mental health treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of information on the (a) signs and (b) symptoms of secondary breast cancer.
Her Majesty's Government whether the White Paper on the Mental Health Act 1983 will include measures that prioritise prevention and early intervention, as proposed by the Local Government Association in its Bright Futures campaign and in its submission to the review of the Mental Health Act 1983.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are planning to take to ensure that people with fluctuating and hidden health conditions receive the support they need to (1) find, and (2) stay in, employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has allocated to preparation for leaving the EU without a deal (a) since 2016 and (b) since March 2019.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to recruit a new CEO for Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many months behind schedule the Future Fit reconfiguration of health services is in Shropshire.
Department of Health and Social Care: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the titles of the reviews that his Department is undertaking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to (a) increase public understanding of HPV and (b) raise public awareness of the benefits of HPV screening alongside the roll-out of HPV primary screening in the cervical cancer screening programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to children’s mental health services in (a) St Helens and (b) nationally in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to assess the long term efficiency savings of the Future Fit reconfiguration of services in Shropshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of conduct of Telford Council in relation to the Future Fit process.
Department of Health and Social Care: Senior Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times (a) he and (b) his Ministers have met the (i) chief dental officer, (ii) chief medical officer, (iii) chief nursing officer, (iv) chief scientific officer, (v) chief allied health professions officer and (vi) chief pharmaceutical officer in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the resources allocated to the NHS Long Term Plan will be dedicated to reduce waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with learning disabilities covered by the transforming care programme are receiving care in inpatient units or hospitals rated (a) inadequate and (b) requires improvement by the Care Quality Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of carbon monoxide on public health; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that homeless people have access to primary health care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to enable wider system transformation at Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust in order to deliver Future Fit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to improve health and safety in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS staff are trained to provide adequate support to people with Tourette’s.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent comparative assessment she has made of the potential benefits to (a) workers, (b) employers and (c) the NHS of providing workers who have physical and mental health conditions with (i) early access to free clinical support and (ii) 28 consecutive days of absence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation has affected the right of recognised unions in his Department to bargaining information in relation to section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Education Policy Institute's Annual Report on access to child and adolescent mental health services, published on 10 January 2020; and what steps his Department will take with the Department of Health and Social Care to (a) increase the accountability of mental health providers in England and (b) reduce waiting times for their services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) researching and (b) introducing multi-diagnostic pathways for neurodevelopmental conditions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much bilateral expenditure the Department for International Development spent directly targeting reproductive health in (1) 2016–17, and (2) 2017–18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that public health policy on the effects of the 5G network is based on up-to-date information; and what plans he has to review the guidelines of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection on exposure to visible and infrared radiation.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of the revenue resources specified in the NHS Funding Bill that will be allocated to mental health services for each year of the settlement.
Her Majesty's Government whether people who vape are given the same access to NHS services as people who smoke who are seeking to quit; and if not, why not.
Her Majesty's Government how the NHS Long Term Plan intends to improve the quality of life for survivors of cancer.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) registered nurses, (2) registered nursing associates, and (3) registered midwives, who were previously residents of other EU countries, joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council register in 2018–19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to review the range of services offered through the Healthy Child Programme in 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made in improving access to specialist mental health support for children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which body is responsible for overseeing national provision of family history clinics to support women with a family history of breast cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) reduce waiting times for CAMHS services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the level of vacancies in diagnostic posts in NHS England.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what complaints, if any, they have received about late deliveries by the healthcare provider Healthcare at Home.
Hereditary Diseases and Rare Diseases: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of rare and genetic conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to reduce outpatient waiting times for adults with eating disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to ensure that Shropshire is allocated funding from the Future Fit programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Future Fit process in Shropshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what powers he has to ensure that (a) spending on and (b) improvements to Shropshire's health services under the Future Fit programme take place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the length of time taken by opponents of the Future Fit process for judicial review as at 1 January 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to January 2020 NHS Digital figures showing an increase in hospital admissions for eating disorders, what steps he is taking to (a) prevent people from developing those disorders and (b) support people in those situations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what national public awareness campaigns have been run to increase awareness of ovarian cancer in the last 12 months; and what steps his Department is taking to improve public awareness of ovarian cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to allocated funding from the public purse to enable schools in Easington constituency to establish mental health and wellbeing teams to support pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on provision for children and young people's mental health in the Online Harms Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on improving access to mental health assessments for children in care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department allocated to local authorities to facilitate the integration of health and social care services in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of mental health assessments for looked after children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the mental health support teams in schools established by the trailblazer programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings on healthcare provision of the report by Inquest, Deaths in prison, published 22 January 2019, if he will take steps to improve the (a) physical and (b) mental wellbeing of prisoners.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of preferential tax treatment for companies that look after the mental health of employees in work; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many schools have mental health teams.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of children aged five and under have dental disease in each local authority area of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the National Quality Improvement Taskforce for children and young people’s mental health inpatient services' has to include the transition to adult services in its remit; and what steps the Taskforce will take to ensure service improvements are carried over to adult services.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of Official Development Assistance was allocated to sexual and reproductive health and rights in (1) 2017–18, and (2) 2018–19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of health and safety reporting systems in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on mental health services (a) in York and (b) nationally in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to provide additional financial assistance to student nurses, midwives and allied health professionals to help with the costs of childcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is on course to meet its 2024 target of a maximum four-week waiting time for children and young people who are referred to a mental health specialist.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what equality impact assessment she has made of health related funding allocated by her Department in respect of the industrial strategy; and if she will undertake equality impact assessments of health related funding allocated by her Department over the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage middle-aged people to eat healthily.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental healthcare provision in UK prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2019 to Question 7034 on Health: Screening, when his Department plans to publish the implementation plan relating to Professor Sir Mike Richards’ Review of National Adult Screening programmes.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the appointment of the chief executive of London North West University Healthcare NHS trust; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) registered nurses, (2) registered midwives, left the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018–19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to sufferers of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is compliant with the requirement in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code that time off with pay for safety representatives will not be set against facility time allowed under existing arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the mental health of claimants during the assessment process for (a) personal independent payment, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) universal credit; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on how Government can encourage employers to invest in early clinical intervention.
Young Offender Institutions: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) mental health services and (b) mental health assessment in Young Offender Institutions; and if he will make a statement.
Mental Health Services: Prisons and Youth Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England has spent on commissioning mental health services to treat patients in (a) youth offender institutes, (b) secure children’s homes and (c) prisons in each year for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how patient organisations were recruited to the 11 NICE methods review task and finish groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government has made in response to the review of the Challenge on Dementia.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of air pollution on the NHS, particularly in the winter.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police forces employ integrated street triage for mental health services; what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of such provision; and whether they plan to encourage more police forces to employ this practice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are to reclassify Rohypnol; and how many doses of Rohypnol have been prescribed in each country of the United Kingdom in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will ban the drug rohypnol.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they intend to make to the government of Israel about reports that the only vehicle available to a medical team that provides assistance to 1,500 Palestinians in the West Bank has been confiscated by Israel.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the research by Environmental Health Perspectives, published on 18 December, which links air pollution with higher rates of mental health issues.
Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) efficacy of, and (2) access to, treatment to improve the quality of life of cancer survivors, in particular those measures which combat long-term physical or psychological symptoms arising from cancer treatments.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he will take to mitigate health risks to the public from increased EMF/RF radiation resulting from the roll-out of the 5G network.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what research they have undertaken into the correlation between reductions in Public Health England's anti-smoking budget and the number of smokers in England; and what are their projections for the future costs to the NHS of treating smoking-related illnesses as a result of any such reductions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of all contracts they had with the health provider Healthcare at Home in the last financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the 300 local clinicians in Shropshire to conclude the Future Fit process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many health and safety reporting systems each prison has in operation; and if he will make a statement.
Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote (1) racial, and (2) religious, integration in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) nurses, (b) GPs, (c) midwives and (d) mental health specialists are working in (i) Medway and (ii) West Kent.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will reassess the potential merits of the £625 immigration health surcharge for NHS staff who are not UK citizens.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential savings to the NHS of the provision of cognitive behavioural therapy services by employers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Mental Health Support Teams Trailblazers in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the capacity of local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in (a) the City of York and (b) the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to allocated grants to local (a) voluntary and (b) charity groups to support children suffering from mental health issues in the next five fiscal years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to ensure continued access for British citizens to health services in the EU after Brexit, including continued access to the benefits of the European Health Insurance Card.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the ‘treatment gap’ for young people who are referred to mental health services but rejected for not meeting eligibility criteria.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of NHS trusts' ability to manage increased patient risk this winter.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) registered nurses, and (2) registered midwives, left the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018–19 to return to other EU or non-EU countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many overseas patients in the UK (a) under and (b) over 16 years of age are being treated with rcFVIII products. - The information requested is not collected centrally.
If he will make it his policy to fund provision for recombinant Factor VIII on an equivalent basis to that provided in Scotland.
What plans he has to promote greater use of recombinant factor 8 clotting products for haemophiliacs.
If he will comment on the availability throughout England of recombinant Factor 8. (Failed OPQ).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons it is his policy that haemophiliac patients should not be entitled to have recombinant factor VIII.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what time scale he has given for health authorities to provide all under 16 year olds and new patients requiring the synthetic version of blood product Factor VIII with this treatment; and what advice he has given to those authorities which previously restricted its availability because of budgetary constraints. - Includes ref to Health Service Circular HSC 033.
What studies her Department has made of the possible negative effects of using temazepam without a prescription, with special reference to the injection of the drug; what assessment she has made of whether other benzodiazepines are more effective in the treatment of anxiety and sleeplessness than temazepam; what information and educational material is currently available to the general public concerning the ill effects of illegal use of temazepam; to what degree this information is available. - Includes fact that general information on ill-effects of misuse of benzodiazepines, including Temazepam, is given in leaflets (Drugs and Solvents: Things You Should Know' which is targeted at young people.
What representations has he made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding his decision to impose value-added tax on recombinant factor VIII products.
If he will provide extra funds to all hospital trusts to cover the extra cost of recombinant factor VIII products, incurred as a result of the imposition of value-added tax on these products; what measure he is taking to ensure that hospital trusts buy and continue to buy the new recombinant factor 8 products in the wake of the imposition of VAT on these products.
To comment on the operation of the Medicines Act (Exemptions from Licences) (Importation) Order 1984 (S.I., 1984, No. 673) in relation to named patient arrangements for the supply of unlicensed Factor VIII preparations and other unlicensed pharmaceutical products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to obtain supplies of synthetic factor 8 for the treatment of haemophilia in the United Kingdom whilst the Bayer plant in the USA is closed.
Statement on the availability of products containing triazolam. - Inc fact that all licences for triazolam products incl brand named Halcion, Upjohn Limited are being revoked on 9 June 1993 & ref to Committee on Safety of Medicines (report available in Library - Dep 9336).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to extend the provision of recombinant factor 8 to treat haemophilia patients of all ages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the underspend was on last year's budget for recombinant clotting factor for haemophilia patients in West Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to grant special payments to haemophilia sufferers who have contracted the hepatitus C infection as a result of treatment with the human derived blood product factor 8.
What representations he has received, and from whom, concerning the VAT status of recombinant Factor Eight and plasma-derived Factor Eight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many suppliers of recombinant clotting factor for haemophilia patients there are in the UK. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if value-added tax is chargeable on (a) supplies of recombinant factor VIII for the treatment of haemophiliacs and (b) supplies of conventionally produced factor VIII; what representations he has made to HM Treasury in respect of charging VAT on these substances; on what date he made those representations; and what response he has received.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he has taken to ensure that recombinant treatment is made available to adults with haemophilia who live in (a) England and (b) Northern Ireland. - Inc ref to www.doh.gov.uk/blood/rcfwg.
What research his Department has commissioned into factor VIII; where it is based; who does it; what it costs; and when it started; what evidence he has evaluated based on research in factor 8 otherwise than in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, What is his policy towards the provision of Recombinant Factor VIII for the treatment of haemophilia sufferers. (Failed OPQ)
What evidence his Department had evaluated (a) before and (b) since 1978 in respect of possible contamination of factor VIII with particular reference to non-hepatitis A and B.
What recent representations (a) he and (b) the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, the honourable Member for Orpington, have received from the Haemophilia Society in regard to (i) the availability of Recombinant Factor VIII for children with haemophilia and (ii) the risks for children not receiving Recombinant Factor VIII; what reply he has sent; what action he is taking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the charging mechanisms for providing recombinant factor VIII to haemophiliacs under the age of 20 but over the age of 16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when recombinant genetically engineered haemophiliac treatment will be available to all patients in England. - (Holding answer 26 June 2001).
If he will establish funding provision for recombinant Factor VIII on an equivalent basis to that provided in Scotland. - Ref to 282 c216-7W.
If recombinant, genetically engineered, factor VIII is available on the NHS to all patients.
To comment on the use of the drug Halcion in treating cases of severe depression. - Halcion, or triazolam, is a treatment for insomnia & not for depression. Withdrawn from UK market in 1992 on grounds of safety because of psychiatric adverse reactions, including depression. Under the Medicines Act manufacturer has rights of appeal against permanent withdrawal of the drug & at present time the matter remains under appeal.
What representations she has received from the United Kingdom Regional Haemophilia Centre Directors' Committee about the licensing of pharmaceutical products used in the treatment of people with haemophilia; if she will make it her policy that all people with haemophilia A should be treated with licensed monoclonal high purity products; and if she will make central funds available for this purpose; & if she will make it her policy not to allow unlicensed fact 8 products for the treatment of haemophilia to be imported or used within the United Kingdom.
If he will provide funding for the purchase of Recombinant Factor VIII by haemophiliacs.
What was the cost of purchase to the hospital service of the NHS of (a) plasma and (b) factor 8 in each year since 1985; and how the cost of the purchaser was shared between (i) NHS derived material, (ii) non-NHS British material and (iii) imported material; how much plasma & factor 8 was used & what was country of origin of imports; & what is item cost of blood plasma & factor 8 from NHS, non-NHS British & imported sources. - Inc table.
What is the quantity of (i) recombinant Factor Eight and (ii) plasma-derived Factor Eight, (a) produced and (b) used annually in the National Health Service.
What arrangements she has made for the specialist provision of Factor 8 to hospitals throughout the North West of England following the proposed closure of two blood transfusion centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he is giving haemophilia patients regarding the safety of human plasma-derived factor 8 with respect to (a) hepatitis A, B, C, (b) Aids and (c) CJD.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what figures he has collated on the price paid in (a) the UK, (b) each other EU country, (c) the USA and (d) Japan for rcFVIII for the treatment of haemophiliacs. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors are preventing targets for the required amount of recombinant clotting factor for haemophilia patients being met; what the budget is for 2003-04 to provide recombinant clotting factor for haemophilia patients. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government intends to make Recombinant Factor 8 available to all haemophiliacs in England. - (Holding answer 12 March 2001).
If she will list those health authorities which (a) will purchase in-vitro fertilisation treatment for any couple of child-bearing age, (b) will purchase in-vitro fertilisation treatment for a restricted group of couples and (c) will not purchase in-vitro fertilisation treatment for any couple.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that public health campaigns (a) take into account the welfare of people affected by eating disorders and (b) do not (i) inadvertently reinforce unhealthy thoughts and (ii) trigger harmful behaviour in those people; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the cost of medical treatment provided by the NHS to foreign nationals was repaid by those nationals in each of the last five years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any evidence of deterioration in the mental health of those referred to child and adolescent mental health services in the period between initial assessment at the point of referral and treatment; and how they assess any such deterioration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to introduce a national measure of children’s well-being; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of progress in the adoption of the national optimal lung cancer pathway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to ensure people with no fixed abode can access non-urgent medical care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to assess the long-term efficiency savings of the Future Fit reconfiguration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish its response to the final report of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983, published on 6 December 2018; and what the Government's timescale is for introducing a mental health Bill to reform that Act.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for the ending of mixed sex wards in mental health facilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent from the public purse by the NHS on alcohol-related hospital admissions in (a) 2018-2019, (b) 2017-2018, (c) 2016-2017 and (d) 2015-2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the training provided to and (b) improve the understanding of dealing with cases sensitively and effectively of (i) medical students and (ii) junior doctors on eating disorders.
Department of Health and Social Care: Offshore Funds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money (a) the NHS and (b) his Department paid into offshore bank accounts in the financial year 2018-19.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of mental health trailblazer areas; and whether they plan to roll out the scheme more widely.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) EU and )b) overseas nationals employed as semi-skilled ancillary staff in (a) National Health Service hospitals and (b) the private care sector as care assistants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that help is available within the community for young people whilst they wait for NHS mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a cancer strategy for the future of cancer services in North West London; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department takes to ensure nurses, GPs or clinical experts are present at all times in NHS 111 call centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS posts in children and young people’s mental health service there were in each year and at each grade since 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to the (a) NHS and (b) private care sector of the proposed immigration limits on unskilled and low-paid workers from (i) the EU and (ii) overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has held any meetings or discussions with relevant bodies to assess the effect of the reduction of the (a) number of vascular centres in England on rates of lower limb amputations and (b) capacity at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's vascular service on its ability to meet the health needs of its population; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming NHS People Plan will take account of the barriers and challenges faced by NHS staff in charge of providing vital vascular services; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the total NHS budget is spent on child and adolescent mental health services.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what reasons are given for the rejection of referrals to child and adolescent mental health services from school-based teams.
Care Quality Commission: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that the CQC and the Parliamentary and Heath Service Ombudsman draw up a memorandum of understanding specifying (a) roles, (b) relationships and (c) communication.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of referrals of children from school-based teams are referred for treatment through child and adolescent mental health services; and what is the average waiting time between referral and treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to support improved (a) healthcare and (b) delivery of healthcare services to indigenous women in Brazil.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) members of his Departmental Board and (b) senior executives are required to disclose their offshore bank accounts and holdings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of fast-tracking access to mental health services for veterans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to implement maximum waiting times for adult inpatient mental health care; and what progress he has made on the maximum waiting time pilots.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the health risks of vaping and e-cigarettes.
What variation there is in the provision of fertility treatment between each regional authority in England; and what waiting lists are maintained.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve support for the health and wellbeing of (a) young and (b) other carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help ensure equity in the performance of clinical commissioning groups on the (a) timeliness and (b) quality of mental health treatments for children after receipt of a referral for such treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timescale is for publishing the public health grant allocations for 2020-21.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2020 to Question 12225 on Mental Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements, what discussions officials of his Department has had with officials of the Treasury on the importance of people with health conditions getting travel insurance with adequate cover after European Health Insurance Card arrangements cease; and what negotiations the UK Government plans to conduct with the European Commission on safeguarding UK travellers with health conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists on amending the Mental Health Act 1983.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the publication of Health Education England Cancer Workforce Plan phase 2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to tackle potential labour shortages as a result of the Government's proposed immigration controls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department monitors the cash held by its subsidiaries in offshore bank accounts; and how frequently those subsidiaries report those balances to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2020 to Question 11622, on Pupils: Mental Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of standardising the tools such as surveys used by schools to monitor their pupils’ wellbeing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will apply the precautionary principle to the roll out of 5G in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward proposals to improve children's dental health to reduce the number of children admitted to hospital for dental extractions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has undertaken of the effect of air pollution on health in the UK.
Mental Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2020 to Question 12225 on Mental Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements, how people with mental health conditions seeking travel insurance will be made aware of the risk that they might be declined cover; and what rights those people will have to challenge such a decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase public awareness of the symptoms of (a) pancreatic and (b) other less survivable cancers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration health surcharges have been paid by overseas (a) doctors and (b) nurses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that mental health support is available for young people waiting for mental health treatments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on patient safety of the delays to the Future Fit process instigated by Telford Council.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what support is available to the children on waiting lists for treatment by child and adolescent mental health services, and to the parents of such children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2020 to Question 12283 on Dementia: Diagnosis, if he will make it his policy to instruct CCGs to allocate funding for dementia sufferers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 6 February 2020 to Question 11632, Prisons: Industrial Health and Safety, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a single reporting system in each prison for assaults against staff that is accessible (a) internally and (b) externally in order for staff to report incidents away from the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on capital investment needed to deliver the modernisation of the primary care estate outlined in the Health Infrastructure Plan published on 30 September 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a yearly standardised mental health questionnaire for all secondary school children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the provision of adequate support for people with lymphoedema.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the provision of eating disorder services in the North East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the range of skills in the cancer workforce (a) by supporting the expansion of the responsibilities of advanced clinical practitioner roles and (b) through other steps.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) funding for and (b) provision of mental health services is adequate to meet the high need in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming NHS People Plan will include a fully costed plan to address the needs of NHS staff providing vascular services in (a) England and (b) Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent health complications caused by PM2.5 particles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for primary healthcare services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effect of funding inequalities between areas on (a) NHS Newham clinical commissioning group, (b) North-East London sustainability and transformation partnership and (c) other areas as set out on the Royal College of Psychiatrists Mental Health Watch website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2020 to Question 10385 on Dementia: Health Services, when the Government plans to publish the Implementation Plan for the review of the Challenge on Dementia to take that strategy forward from 2020 to 2025.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much NHS England spent on healthcare services in adult prisons in England and Wales in 2019; and how much of this was spent on mental health services.
Department of Health and Social Care: Civil Society
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total amount of funding from the public purse given by his Department to (a) civil society and (b) campaigning bodies in each of the last five years.
Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on a potential merger of the Hillingdon Hospitals Trusts and North West Hospitals trusts; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that regulatory bodies for healthcare professionals issue guidance on (a) the duty of staff to report (i) patient safety and (ii) other concerns about clinical services and (b) the mechanism for reporting those concerns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the NHS workforce is located within (a) mental health services and (b) young people’s mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent guidance and advice has been provided by the Clinical Excellence Group on Lung Cancer on the detection, diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.
Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group and London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the expected overspend at the end of the 2019-2020 of (a) London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and (b) Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department’s (a) anti-fraud and (b) anti-money laundering procedures review will investigate (i) payments by his Department to offshore accounts and (ii) the use of offshore accounts by his Department's (A) suppliers and (B) senior staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what specialist support is provided in schools for pupils with mental health problems.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what services are provided for people with mental health problems in prisons in England and Wales; and how NHS England monitors (1) the quality of mental health services, and (2) the outcomes those services achieve.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2020 to Question 12225 on Mental Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements, what enforcement action will be taken to ensure that companies comply with the Financial Conduct Authority's guidance to improve access to travel insurance for all consumers with medical conditions; and in the event that companies do not comply with that guidance, what consequences will apply.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to improve mental healthcare in Wycombe; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on alternative procurement routes for primary care modernisation proposals after the suspension in 2019 of new Local Improvement Finance Trust projects.
Department of Health and Social Care: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department defines rurality.
Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent from the public purse by (a) NHS bodies and (b) local authorities on (i) drug and (ii) alcohol abuse (A) prevention and (B) treatment in (1) 2016-17, (2) 2017-18, (3) 2018-19 and (4) 2019-2020 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the availability of talking therapies in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the dangers that perfluorooctanoic acid poses to the body.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2020 to Question 8391 on Gambling and Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of monies raised by gambling duties to meet the costs to the public purse associated with gambling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will amend the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to make provision for Future Fit investment in Shropshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to raise awareness of the symptoms of pancreatic cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision in HMYOI Doncaster.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd November, Official Report, column 603W, what inquiries he has made into the reasons why expenditure on the mortuary at Trafford General Hospital in 1998 failed to bring the facility to the necessary minimum standard. - (Holding answer 7 November 2000).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact on cancer patients of the Thames Valley of Rutherford Health Group going into liquidation; and if he will take steps to reopen the Rutherford Cancer Centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the condition of the mortuary of Trafford General Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from Trafford CHC relating to his decision to direct the Salford and Trafford Health Authority to withdraw its consultation on childrens' services; and what plans are there to provide additional funding to safeguard the future of the childrens ward at Trafford General Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd November 2000 at 355 c603W, when he expects remedial action to be taken to bring the mortuary at Trafford General Hospital to the necessary minimum standard; pursuant to his Answer of 2nd November, what funding will be provided to achieve the necessary minimum standards at the mortuary of Trafford General Hospital. - Includes figure. (Holding answer 7 November 2000).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mileage allowances community nurses can claim in rural areas; and if these have been increased since 1997. (Letter in Library Dep 00/1650). - Inc ref to letter GC 2/2000, copy in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will assess the effects of increases in fuel prices on district nurses and health visitors in the NHS who use their own cars for work; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have required surgery for the treatment of (a) gall-stones and (b) kidney-stones in each of the past five years. - Inc table.
Statement on what initiatives the Government took to promote National Breastfeeding Week on 17th to 23rd May. - Inc fact that launched the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund United Kingdom Baby Friendly Initiative's (UKBFI) new community initiative and Department will be funding research costing £225,000 to identify the barriers to breastfeeding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to encourage more hospitals in England to seek baby-friendly accreditation from UNICEF by promoting increased uptake of breastfeeding. (Holding answer 29 October 2003).
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the forthcoming spending review, if his Department will preserve the current ring-fence on public health funding for local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the salary on-call payments and mileage payments made to senior staff of Integrate Services while the organisation was in receipt of a section 64 grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the percentage change in the real value, adjusted for costs, of the mileage allowance awarded to community nurses since 1994; and what plans he has to grade the allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to increase the Whitley Council mileage allowance for NHS staff using their own transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with health trusts and local authorities concerning parking arrangements for community nurses; what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding tax levels on lease cars used by community nurses; what discussions he has had with health trusts regarding mileage rates for community nurses; what plans he has to improve the lease car arrangements for NHS community nursing staff. - Includes ref to 'Planning Policy Guidance 13'.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis mileage payments are set for health service workers who travel between hospitals during the working day. - Including ref to Advance Letter (GC) 2-2000, in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what motor mileage allowance rates his Department offers to (a) ministers and (b) civil servants using their own vehicles for official business; and what has been the cost of each in each of the last five years. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the mileage rates currently applicable to staff, indicating what changes have been made to encourage staff to switch from cars to public transport and other less polluting forms of travel. - Inc figs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the new mileage payment rates for nurses working in the community.
If she will list all those new services in health care which have been recommended or are being considered for moving to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford from other hospital sites outside the Chelmsford area.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with professional accountancy bodies on the health implications for accountants and other allied professions in meeting HMRC deadlines for tax returns.
Pursuant to 245 c28W, if she is now in a position to announce when she will make a decision on the proposal to move the Burns Unit from Billericay to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford.
When she expects to make the decision about moving the Burns Unit from Billericay to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford.
What consideration his Department has given to directing all NHS Trust hospitals to conform to Treasury rules concerning commercial activities and returns on capital employed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Minister within his Department has responsibility for the Commercial Directorate at the NHS; what the objectives are of the Commercial Directorate in the NHS. - (Holding answer 28 June 2004).
What controls she exercises over commercial activities carried out on behalf of the NHS within trust hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what controls regulate the distribution within NHS premises of commercial products to patients where the giving of permission to distribute generates an income stream for NHS trusts. - Inc fact that guidance is available in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy to introduce a new 10-year plan to improve mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to seek early access to the forthcoming update of the Cochrane review on physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses to help ensure thatpolicy recommendations for this winter are informed by that review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle health inequality in Nottingham South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a 10-year plan for mental health before Christmas 2022; and if that plan will set out policy objectives for all Departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of those entitled to Healthy Start vouchers have accessed those vouchers in York.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) tackle malnutrition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department takes to measure the effectiveness of Healthy Start vouchers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to mental health services in (a) York Central constituency and (b) York.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent meetings she has held with mental health stakeholders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to tackle malnutrition caused by food poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2022 to Question 59514 on Health: Equality, for what reasons his Department has not provided a date for the publication of the health disparities white paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on mental health.
Mental Health Services: Somerton and Frome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access for young people to mental health services in Somerton and Frome constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) FTE nurses and (b) health visitors there were in the NHS workforce, by region, in each of the last five years.
Health and Social Care Levy and National Insurance Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2022 to Question 134097 on Health and Social Care Levy and National Insurance Contributions, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to HMRC of (a) the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy from April 2023, (b) the transitional increase to the main and additional rates of National Insurance contributions in 2022-23, (c) the reversal of that transitional increase and (d) the cancellation of the Levy arising from (i) changes to HMRC’s IT systems and (ii) extra staff to support customers and ensure compliance with the new system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle health inequality in Walsall South constituency.
Mental Health Services: Sunderland Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Sunderland Central constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of assaults against LGBTQ+ staff members in primary care settings in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of women’s health hubs will provide Fracture Liaison Services.
Department of Health and Social Care: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps their Department is taking to improve its digital services to provide better (a) accessibility and (b) user experience for the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development, whether he plans to take steps to raise the provision of basic healthcare for elderly people at the UN high-level meeting on Universal Health Coverage this month.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release published by his Department on 22 July 2023 entitled Boost for women and girls as Women’s Health Strategy turns one, what will be the remit of the new network of women’s health champions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to promote the interests of older people at the UN high-level meeting on universal health coverage in September.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides for patients with lupus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information their Department holds on the level of staff retention; and what steps they are taking to improve staff retention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide details of the event planned by his Department with clinicians and data scientists on artificial intelligence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken an equalities impact assessment on the potential effects of the planned increases in (a) visa fees and (b) the Immigration Health Surcharge on those who will be expected to pay them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department provides to military personnel to ensure their health and fitness remains at a high level when they are not deployed in the UK and off-duty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting health impact assessments of the public health impacts of new free trade agreements; and if he will make an impact assessment of the potential impact of accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merit of each Intrgetated Care System having a (a) specialist allergy nurse and (b) specialist dietician.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take with his international counterparts to include older people in commitments made at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage in September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of qualified health and safety inspectors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data their Department holds on the average response time to written parliamentary questions in the last six months; and what assessment they have made of the adequacy of that response time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the recommendations in the Age International report entitled Universal Health Coverage For All Ages, on the United Nations high-level meeting on universal health coverage in September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of specialist services for people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on (a) delivering the Women's Health Strategy for England and (b) reducing regional disparities in access to IVF treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase access to community child health services in Enfield North constituency.
Department of Health and Social Care: Public Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has been the average time taken to respond to public inquiries by his Department in each of the last five years; and whether he plans to introduce measures to improve this.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to release a delivery plan for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) support access to and (b) provide funding for stop smoking services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Boost for women and girls as Women’s Health Strategy turns one published 22 July 2023, if he will publish the dates for future meetings of the network of women’s health champions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to put in place additional measures to tackle cancer treatment waiting times.
Department of Health and Social Care: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if they will take steps to visit Solihull constituency in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many integrated care boards have made specific reference to (a) homelessness and (b) rough sleeping populations in their localised strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of microplastics in the air within (a) houses, (b) large cities, (c) hospitals and (d) health care environments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data their Department holds on the average response time to enquiries by Members; and what assessment they have made of the adequacy of that response time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) all food provided through the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme is sourced at the highest quality and (b) healthy eating is promoted more widely in schools.
Department of Health and Social Care: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps their Department is taking to improve the response time to FOI requests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Justice on including the unique needs of young women's mental health in the Young Women’s Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) powers of and (b) funding for the Health and Safety Executive to enable them to carry out investigations (i) quickly and (ii) effectively.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of streamlining the process for making packaging changes on licensed smoking cessation products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has held discussions with television production companies on mental health support for reality television (a) contestants and (b) production staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory psychological assessments for medical staff working in (a) high-stress and (b) sensitive NHS departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure an increased commitment to support the health of older people at the United Nations high-level Meeting on universal health coverage in September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) psychosocial and (b) other mental health support to eczema patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the United Nations publication entitled World Population Ageing, published 2017, if he will raise the topic of healthcare planning for an aging population at the United Nations high-level meeting on universal health coverage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on older people’s health care ahead of the United Nations High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage in September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that older people are included in commitments made at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage in September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to support for people experiencing a mental health crisis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, omitting staff working on maternity care, how many NHS England staff are working on implementation of the Women's Health Strategy for England as of September 2023; and what portion of those staff are full time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding young people's access to occupational health services on their mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) people already living in the UK, (b) women, (c) people with children who are British citizens and (d) people from ethnic minority backgrounds who are likely to be affected by her Department's planned increases in (i) visa fees and (ii) the Immigration Health Surcharge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) referral and (b) risk assessment criteria will be for referring women to women’s health hubs in order to access Fracture Liaison Services.
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure children with primary ciliary dyskinesia receive similar care to those with cystic fibrosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he has met the Women’s Health Ambassador in the period since June 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's timescales are for introducing changes to the levels of (a) visa fees and (b) the Immigration Health Surcharge; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of microplastic contaminants on public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of foreign nationals accessing NHS services in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains Government policy to reform the Mental Health Act 1983.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs of Member correspondence in their office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to adopt Allergy UK's Patient Charter as a plan for patient rights for people living with allergic conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support services that support people with multiple disadvantages and implement trauma-informed approaches.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the Mental Health Act 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether new capital funding was made available to primary care estates in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London in the financial year 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce new checks on healthcare staff that move between hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government announcement of 8 March 2023, what proportion of the £25 million allocated for the creation of women’s health hubs will be invested in Fracture Liaison Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department is providing for implementation of the Women's Health Strategy for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to train community healthcare professionals to (a) support and (b) provide appropriate referrals to specialist care for people with moderate to severe atopic eczema.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential long-term effects of vaping on the health of people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 in (i) Wirral and (ii) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many health visitors are employed by the NHS; and how many were employed on 1 September 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the average waiting time for mental health services in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate increases in the number of hospital admissions associated with (a) allergies and (b) anaphylaxis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to assess the success of the women’s health area on the NHS website.
Department of Health and Social Care: Stonewall
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department met Stonewall to discuss equality issues in each year since 2021.
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of resources available to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to (a) consider referrals in a reasonable timeframe and (b) to manage the demand on its services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the average time taken by his Department to respond to freedom of information requests in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that individuals experiencing a mental health crisis receive appropriate tailored care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on reducing court backlogs for health and safety cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps their Department is taking to improve response times to written parliamentary questions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeline is for proceeding with the draft Mental Health Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the members of the new network of women’s health champions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of Deep End GP groupings; and how much from the public purse NHS England has spent on Deep End GP groupings in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on (a) waiting times for mental health care services and (b) the quality of mental health care provision in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the referral pathways will be for women to access women’s health hubs in order to benefit from Fracture Liaison Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures are in place to monitor medical staff who have been moved to administrative roles after concerns about them have been raised.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using digital technology to support access to stop smoking services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS England staff are working on fertility aspects of the Women's Health Strategy for England as of September 2023; and what portion of those staff are full time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish information on his Department's planned FemTech Accelerator.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children with serious mental health problems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with (a) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and (b) other types of neurodiversity receive the most effective (i) treatment and (ii) care for their conditions.
Department of Health and Social Care: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) enhance cybersecurity and (b) protect personal data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of people using community mental health services are receiving psychological therapy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent comparative assessment of the UK rate of (a) breast and cervical cancer screenings, (b) access to Hormone replacement therapy, (c) maternal mortality, (d) women's life expectancy, (e) women's confidence in healthcare provision and (f) time to diagnose (i) endometriosis and (ii) polycystic ovary syndrome compared with similar countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS mental health workforce staff pay keeps pace with other sectors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to promote the women’s health area on the NHS website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require all integrated care boards to make reference to (a) homelessness and (b) rough sleeping populations in their local health strategies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the prominence of microplastic contaminants in human tissue samples.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to migrants who may be unable to afford planned increases to the cost of (a) visa fees and (b) the Immigration Health Surcharge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) people with eczema are (i) evaluated and (ii) treated by specialists and (b) patient-initiated follow-ups are adopted across the health system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering migraine specialist services at women’s health hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients were waiting for NHS treatment as of 30 August; and what was the average waiting time for NHS treatment in August 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available specifically for people with cancer who experience long waits for treatment.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to collaborate with the NHS to (1) identify, and (2) prioritise, areas of research with the highest potential for successful translation into tangible benefits for patients and the healthcare system.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the breakdown by department of the current allocation of Government funding for projects aimed at translating health research into practical innovations; what plans they have, if any, to increase such funding; how they plan to support collaborations between academic institutions and industry to expedite the development of healthcare technologies and treatments; and what steps they are taking to ensure that promising research findings are supported for successful translation into practical applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of healthcare professional regulators; and if he will take steps to consolidate them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the use of out-of-area placements for young people in mental health inpatient services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support people living with autism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support people who have been diagnosed with leukaemia.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the provision of reciprocal free healthcare within Europe and England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 188559 on Healthy Start Scheme, for what reason Departmental forecasts on numbers of beneficiaries and uptake of the Healthy Start scheme are not available.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to develop the skills in the UK to translate research outcomes into real-world applications, particularly in the fields of health and technology, (2) to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration in this area, and (3) to enhance the availability of specialized training and skill development programmes that cater to the needs of researchers and professionals engaged in translating research into commercial applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on how Women’s Health Champions will be expected to provide updates (a) nationally and (b) to their Integrated Care Boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that public health organisations make the (a) the wellbeing and health of patients and (b) public interest their first priorities.
Department of Health and Social Services: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of funding for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland to help tackle waiting lists.
GP Surgeries and Primary Health Care: Concrete
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many buildings used to provide GP and primary care services for the NHS contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has held discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the adequacy of the single technology appraisal pathway for the assessment of (a) innovative technologies and (b) advanced therapy medicinal products.
Department of Health and Social Care: Concrete
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found within their Department's estate.
Department of Health and Social Care: Subject Access Requests
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average response time to subject access requests was by their Department in the latest period for which data is available; and if they will make an assessment of the adequacy of that response time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make available audited data on the cost of operating the Healthy Start scheme in the 2022/23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase funding for Healthwatch England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to review the reports of all whistleblowing investigations undertaken by his Department in the last 10 years to identify any recurring themes or issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to meet the 75% uptake target for the Healthy Start scheme.
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the artificial intelligence (AI) applications funded to date under the NHS AI Lab's AI in Health and Care Awards; and how much each developer has received to date.
Borderline Personality Disorder: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people living with borderline personality disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of people directly employed by, (b) freelancers and (c) consultants in each of the health and care regulators in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of clinical supervision on levels of safe clinical practice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department made of the potential prevalence of RAAC in buildings (a) owned and (b) occupied by (i) NHS and (ii) other departmental staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue new guidance on reducing sickness levels among vulnerable groups during high temperatures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS diabetes care (a) nationally and (b) in Romford constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to implement a U.K.-wide mental health emergency hotline service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients waited over (a) 28, (b) 62 and (c) 90 days between their first and second appointment as part of treatment from the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist mental health ambulances were in operation in each ambulance trust in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulation of space within residential accommodation to provide for a safe and healthy living environment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement the policies on mental health in the Major Conditions Strategy published in August 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department's consultation, Occupational Health: Working Better, updated on 9 August 2023, encourages the development of facilities to allow working people to engage in (a) the daily mile and (b) other physical and mental health activities.
Department of Health and Social Care: Policy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic challenges, (b) does not allow current events to slow down work on long term strategic issues and (c) consistently undertakes horizon scanning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) dense and (b) high rise residential buildings on the (i) mental and (ii) physical health of their residents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a social model for mental health for supporting people with mental health challenges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Steri-X system in killing pathogenic bacteria, including (a) MRSA, (b) E coli, (c) Legionella pneumophilia Salmonella enteritidis and (d) Pseudomonas aeruginosa; and when the Steri-X system was first added to the NHS list of approved products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of the 25 of May 2023 to Question 185279 on Health Services and with reference to Lord Markham's letter of 30 August 2023 to the Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee, whether the figures on the average impact across the 24 trusts involved in realising benefits through the Improving Elective Care Coordination for Patients Programme on (a) waiting list reduction and (b) increased efficient usage theatres are available; and if will take steps to publish that data.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs in community child health services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure young people have timely access to mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent pseudomonas from occurring in health care environments; and if he will make a statement.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce NHS treatment waiting times for children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the new residential developments provide for a healthy space for the mental, physical and social health of the population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost was of refurbishments to his Department's offices at 39 Victoria Street in the last 12 months; and what the procurement references were for these refurbishments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2023 to Question 193665 on Health Professions: English Language, what the (a) pass and (b) fail rate was for the Occupational English Test in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring care homes to provide (a) residents and (b) family members of residents of care homes with access to a second opinion on clinical care decisions if they raise concerns about a proposed decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of pseudomonas have reported to his Department in each of the last five years in each health authority in England and Wales; how many hospitals have notified his Department of problems relating to pseudomonas in each of the last five years; how many people have died as a result of pseudomonas contracted (a) in NHS hospitals and (b) elsewhere in each of the last five years; what guidance he gives hospitals on pseudomonas; and if he will make a statement; what guidance he has issued to health authorities and hospital trusts on combating pseudomonas on NHS premises. - Inc table and fact that there are no centrally held statistics on deaths from this cause.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the equipment available to eradicate (a) pseudomonas and (b) legionella type bacteria in water systems in health care environments; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps with his international counterparts to include older people from developing countries in consultations on the development of Universal Health Coverage in low and middle-income countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his letter to his counterparts in Scotland and Wales on 13 August 2023, what steps he plans to take to ensure that patients on waiting lists in Northern Ireland can receive treatment in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to report by the Menstrual Health Coalition, entitled Heavy menstrual bleeding breaking silence and stigma, published in March 2020, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) patients and (b) clinicians have access to information on heavy menstrual bleeding; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the (a) sexual and reproductive health strategy and (b) women’s health strategy will include provisions to improve clinical awareness of heavy menstrual bleeding and associated diagnostics and treatments as recommended by the Menstrual Health Coalition’s report Heavy Menstrual Bleeding – breaking silence and stigma, published in March 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Schedule 12 of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill introduced on 8 March 2023, whether any IT provider notified his (a) Department and (b) agencies and other public bodies of an intention to pursue legal action if they were the subject of a statement of censure for non-compliance with information standards of the type described in Section 251ZC of that Bill between 6 April 2015 and 5 April 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to schedule 12 of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (No. 2) Bill, whether (a) the Phoenix Partnership Ltd., (b) Palantir Foundry and (c) any other IT provider has been identified by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies as (A) not complying with information standards as described in proposed section 251ZC and (B) not making the required adjustments to comply with those standards as described in proposed section 251ZB between 1 April 2015 and 11 September 2023.
Department of Health and Social Care: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether their Department has a Chief Risk Officer for national security risks relating to the work of their Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS care for illnesses related to ME and chronic fatigue is delivered sensitively.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that women with heavy menstrual bleeding receive a timely diagnosis (a) as covid-19 restrictions are eased and (b) after the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help improve healthcare provision in Montserrat.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that current guidance on quality continence care has been transitioned into Integrated Care Systems since April 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2023 to Question 186779 on Health Services, what proportion of additional NHS funding (a) in 2023/24 and (b) 2024/25 will be spent on delivery of the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patient genomes have been sequenced by the Genomics Medicine Service as of 11 September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to address health inequality through schools.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made on the development of care pathways by the National Bladder and Bowel Health Project since it recommenced following the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what changes his Department plans to make to the (a) reporting of and (b) data collected by NHS England on cancer waiting times after 1 October 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of continence care specialists in the NHS workforce; and what plans they have to further support continence care specialists following the publication of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan in June.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the breakdown of spend by government departments going to bodies or projects aimed at translating health research into practical innovations.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide (1) an update on the timeframe for the National Bladder and Bowel Health Project, and (2) details of which stakeholders have been consulted in respect of that project, since it recommenced following the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by the Menstrual Health Coalition, entitled Heavy menstrual bleeding breaking silence and stigma, published in March 2020, whether his Department has plans to increase the length of GP appointments for women and girls with heavy menstrual bleeding; and if he will make a statement.
Department for Transport: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department produced a Ministerial response under the write round process to the Department for Education's review of the relationships, sex and health education curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is planning to take to help improve epilepsy care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Schedule 12 of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill, whether he already has the statutory authority to (a) issue written notices to relevant IT providers requesting their compliance with information standards of the type described in Section 251ZB and (b) publish a statement of censure to relevant IT providers regarding their non-compliance with those standards of the type described in Section 251ZC.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to conduct a new National Audit of Continence Care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will respond to the recommendations in the report by the Menstrual Health Coalition, entitled Heavy menstrual bleeding breaking silence and stigma, published in March 2020; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS cancer patients have waited longer than (a) 62 days, (b) 3 months, (c) 4 months, (d) 6 months and (e) 12 months in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the total number of visits by health visitors that took place in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the uptake of the Healthy Start scheme in (a) the South East and (b) England was in the past year.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their commitment in the Major Conditions Strategy: case for change and our strategic framework, published on 14 August and updated on 21 August, to set up more fracture liaison services, whether the responsibility for that initiative lies with the Department of Health and Social Care or with NHS England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what measures exist to support effective suicide (1) surveillance, and (2) prevention.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on academic institutions in the UK of increasing the annual immigration health surcharge for overseas researchers from £624 to £1,035 for main applicants and to £776 for child dependants from this autumn in combination with an increase of 15 per cent in visa fees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussion with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on taking steps to help ensure that people who experience street homelessness have priority access to physical and mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the potential impact of poor health outcomes on economic activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Major Conditions Strategy: case for change and our strategic framework, published by his Department on 21 August 2023, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of implementing the framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of families were (a) eligible for and (b) claimed Healthy Start Scheme vouchers by 12 September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing guidance on the use of face masks in (a) hospitals and (b) care homes and (c) other health settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has held with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on providing expedient access to a clinician for people held by police who have underlying physical or mental health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department have made of the adequacy of resources for podiatric care in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether legislative proposals to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 will be announced in the King's Speech.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) academic research and (b) evidence from (i) young people, (ii) teachers and (iii) schools her Department has sought to inform the (A) expert advisory group and (B) review on relationships, sex and health education; and whether she plans to publish that evidence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on deployment of substance misuse, harm reduction services to people who are street homeless.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle Haemochromatosis.
Healthy Start Scheme: Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to expand the eligibility of the Healthy Start scheme to all families on Universal Credit and equivalent benefits with children under five years old.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of supervised toothbrushing programmes that are operating in each local authority; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of those programmes on the oral health of children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister in their Department is responsible for overseeing work on long-term strategic challenges; and how many officials in their Department (a) undertake horizon scanning work and (b) focus on delivering long-term priorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the uptake was of the Healthy Start scheme in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England about funding for the Cavell Centres national pilot scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the percentage uptake of Healthy Start Scheme vouchers is as of 12 September 2023 in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to improve access to (a) technological and (b) psychological support for people with diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Healthy Start scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve patient access to primary care in (a) Liverpool, Walton and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to mental health services in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) England.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to introduce legislation which facilitates the improvement of parental rights in respect of seeking a second medical opinion of the treatment of their children or legal equivalent, across all clinical settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that full-time carers have access to support to help (a) prevent burnout and (b) maintain their (i) mental and (ii) physical well-being.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the R&D budget is of the UK Health Security Agency Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for NHS treatment in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK Rare Diseases Framework on international collaboration since January 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve healthcare for women in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce the backlog of 143,119 people waiting for an autism assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help tackle the backlog of people waiting for an autism assessment in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) west Essex.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is routinely provided to adults on the waiting list for an autism assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce the backlog of 1,315 people waiting for an autism assessment in south-east London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle health inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) children and (b) young adults on a waiting list for an autism assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the clinical efficacy of Allendronate (Fosamax) in the treatment of osteoporosis, following trials at Manchester Royal Infirmary. - (Holding answer 20 January 2004).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) providing additional funding for services that help people stop smoking and (b) using proceeds from the tobacco industry to fund smoking cessation services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met with the Chief Executive of the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is routinely provided to children and young people on the waiting list for an autism assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with colleagues at NHS England on the potential merits of setting up a national NHS Mental Health Emergency Helpline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is routinely provided to adults after receiving an autism diagnosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the level of capacity in the independent health sector which can be used to help reduce waiting times in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of people waiting for an autism assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he had on his visit to Houston, Texas in February 2017; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost to the public purse was of those meetings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) children and (b) young adults that receive an autism diagnosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have accessed smoking cessation services in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is routinely provided to children and young people after receiving an autism diagnosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of rises in the cost of living on public health.
Department of Health and Social Care: General Dental Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Ministers in his Department have met with representatives of the General Dental Council in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2023 to Question 183537 on Rare Diseases, whether he plans to include the proposal to provide alert cards to patients with rare diseases in the England Rare Diseases Action Plan in the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the training available on coeliac disease for (a) primary care physicians and (b) other health professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2023 to Question 183537 on Rare Diseases, for what reason the proposal to provide patients with alert cards was not included in the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2023; and how his Department plans to ensure adequate co-ordination of care for people with rare conditions in emergency settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce disparities in maternal health outcomes experienced by black women and women from Asian and Ethnic Minority groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with NHS England on improving incentives in primary care to adhere to NICE guidelines on coeliac disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) outpatient and (b) inpatient appointments were carried out by the NHS in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the impact of changes to NHS cancer waiting time targets; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many diagnostics appointments were carried out by the NHS in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) funding and (b) guidance provided to public bodies delivering menstrual (i) products and (ii) services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the needs of people affected by rare conditions will be considered in the development of the Major Conditions Strategy; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the overlapping needs of individuals with (a) rare conditions and (b) major conditions covered in the strategy will be adequately met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to use (a) schools and (b) nurseries to deliver health services in disadvantaged communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children whose NHS appointments have been delayed due to industrial action since December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will use the next GP Contract to increase the range of services provided in primary care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle disparities in health outcomes for women in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds the data needed to contact families who are eligible for Healthy Start payments but are not accessing that scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve cardiovascular care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many beneficiaries in receipt of healthy start payments have no recourse to public funds but are eligible through having British children as of 19 September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of assisting primary healthcare professionals to carry out clinical audits for coeliac disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of gut health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children living in Tooting constituency are waiting for an Autism assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a public health campaign to raise awareness of coeliac disease and its symptoms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a target for the percentage of eligible people accessing the healthy start scheme in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of levels of independent prescribing responsibilities for (a) the retention of (i) dietitians, (ii) occupational therapists, (iii) orthoptists, (iv) prosthetists and orthotists, (v) diagnostic radiographers and (vi) speech and language therapists and (b) the patients of those professions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on multi-agency working to support vulnerable adults.
Fire Resistant Materials: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what evidence her Department has on the impact on health of toxic smoke inhalation generated by chemical flame retardants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle the backlog of cardiovascular care in the NHS.
Department of Health and Social Care: General Medical Council
To ask His Majesty's Government when they last met the General Medical Council; and what was covered on the agenda.
Health Services: Menopause and Pregnancy
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the General Medical Council concerning its removal of the words "mother" and "women" from its internal guidance for pregnant or menopausal staff; and whether this reflects advice to doctors on how to treat and describe patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department held discussions with (a) cancer charities and (b) clinicians on changes to NHS cancer waiting time targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children living in Tooting constituency are waiting for an ADHD assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she plans to measure the success of the Right Care, Right Person approach.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the waiting time for (a) autism and (b) ADHD assessments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting lists for cardiovascular care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has sought meetings with (a) professional societies and (b) charities on education and training on coeliac disease in the past year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled National Partnership Agreement: Right Care, Right Person, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the adopted model of the approach in each locality on supporting local services users.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle autism assessment backlogs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue national guidance on implementing the proposals set out in the policy paper entitled National Partnership Agreement: Right Care, Right Person.
Health Services and Social Services: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Indian migrant workers in the health and social care sector are paid at least the national minimum wage by recruitment agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the implementation of the (a) UK Rare Diseases Framework and (b) England’s Rare Disease Action Plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for his core Department as performance-related bonuses in 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle disparities in health outcomes for women in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reducing the number of NHS cancer waiting time targets; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help people living with chronic pain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure there are an adequate number of oncologists in each region.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have conducted any studies into the savings which would accrue to the NHS from investment to enable universal, high-quality Fracture Liaison Services across England; and if no such study has been made, whether they intend to commission one.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) guidelines for cardiomyopathies.
Young People: Cost of Living and Mental Health
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by The Prince's Trust and LADbible Gen Z: Redefining Dream Jobs, published on 19 September; in particular, the finding that 57 per cent of young people surveyed had lowered their long-term aspirations over the last two years due to concerns about mental health and the increased cost of living.
Department of Health and Social Care: ICT
To ask His Majesty's Government what are (1) the remit, and (2) the work programme, of the Department for Health and Social Care’s Private Office Data Science unit.
What steps he is taking to stop the sale of naturally-occurring melatonin in health food shops; what representations he has received calling for chemical equivalents to be available on prescription; and what assessment he has made of the differences between the two products; and what proposals DH has for making melatonin available as a dietary supplement without prescription.
Health: Food Supplements and Herbal Remedies
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many complaints about food supplements and herbal remedies being marketed in the United Kingdom with illegal health claims by companies based in the Channel Islands have been referred by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to the appropriate agencies in Guernsey and Jersey in the last two years; and what information the agency has received about the subsequent investigation of such complaints and the eventual outcomes; and
When and for what reasons it was made illegal to offer kava kava for sale in the United Kingdom; and what assessment they have made of (a). the implications for public health of this decision; and (b) the legality of the continued marketing of products containing kava kava for sale to United Kingdom consumers by mail order from the Channel Islands; and
What powers are available to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to prevent the marketing to United Kingdom mainland consumers of unlicensed medicinal products by companies based in the Channel Islands; and what steps they will take to address this issue.
What steps they propose to take to prevent direct-mail advertising from the Channel Islands offering products banned in the United Kingdom and products for which promotional health claims are made that would be illegal in the United Kingdom and the European Union; and
What assessment they have made of the claims that Beres Drops cure cancer by the Healthy for Life company of the Channel Islands in its direct marketing to United Kingdom consumers; and
When and for what reasons it was made illegal to offer melatonin for sale in the United Kingdom; and what assessment they have made of (a). the implications for public health of this decision; and (b) the legality of the continued marketing of products containing melatonin for sale to United Kingdom consumers by mail order from the Channel Islands; and
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the procedure for disposing of waste human tissue from the NHS.
What requirements there are for pharmaceutical companies to carry out human tissue tests in vitro prior to marketing their products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce a national scheme to distribute human tissue unfit for transplant for use in research.
What quantities of amniotic fluid blood samples and human tissues were imported from Hong Kong through Heathrow Airport to private laboratories in the United Kingdom in 1994; what tests are carried out on such samples for the AIDS virus, Hepatitis and other infectious diseases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on therapeutic cloning of human tissue. - Inc ref to 333 c436W, 24 June 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether human tissue typing is available in England.
Statement on what guidelines are followed when contracting out disposal of human tissue to hospital waste disposal companies; what outside companies are used by the NHS for disposal of human tissue; what the terms of their contracts are; and for how long they have been doing work for the NHS. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of human tissue in drug research; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the current contracts entered into by the NHS for the disposal of waste human tissue; and if he will place the terms of the contracts in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the institutions funded by the Government to carry out research using human tissue. - Inc fact that details of projects directly funded by the Department or supported through the NHS research and development levy can be found on the National Research Register (NRR) and on the Internet: http://www.doh.gov.uk/nrr.htm.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Glasgow, Baillieston of 25th February, 380 c963W, on organ donation, when the consultation paper on the review of the law governing the taking, removal and use of human tissue will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the work of the UK Human Tissue Bank; if he will make a statement on their work; what advice has been issued to NHS trusts about the collection by the UK Human Tissue Bank of non-transplantable human tissue from hospitals nationwide; what has been done to encourage the use of human tissue by scientists operating within the UK; and what evidence he has collated as to the efficacy of using human tissue rather than animal subjects in tests. - Includes ref to 5 March 2002 at 381 c192W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government will publish its response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee 5th Report of Session 2000-01 on Genetics and Insurance. - Inc fact that the Government's response is published today as Cm 5286, copies in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to restore severe asthma referrals to pre-covid-19 levels.
Knockbracken Health Care Park: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what consultation with (a) patients, (b) carers and (c) health professionals has been conducted into proposals to reduce the number of acute mental health in-patient beds at Knockbracken Health Care Park.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans there are to reduce the number of acute mental health in-patient beds at Knockbracken Health Care Park.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that referrals to care for people with asthma return to the level they were at prior to the covid-19 outbreak; and what his timeframe is for reaching that level of asthma referrals.
What action was taken by her Department in response to (a) Camberwell Community Health Council's Annual Report of 1990 and (b) other representations by the Community Health Council, in respect of accident and emergency procedures at King's College Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to reply to the letters of the Chairman of East Dorset Community Health Council of 27th September and 29th October, regarding cleft lip and palate services.
When he expects to make a statement about the merger of the Plymouth and Torbay community health councils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, If he will make a statement on acrylamide. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent guidance the Chief Medical Officer has issued to the public regarding the incidence of acrylamide in baked and fried food; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the research commissioned by the Food Standards Agency into the prevalence of acrylamide in cooked and prepared food.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the additional number of beds that would be required to eliminate queueing for a bed on wards at (a) Whiston Hospital, (b) University Hospital, Aintree, (c) the Royal Liverpool Teaching Hospital and (d) Alder Hey Hospital; and if he will make a statement. - Inc ref to 5 March 2002 381 c192W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research the Government is carrying out on the link between acrylamide and (a) bowel, (b) bladder and (c) kidney cancer.
National Institute for Health Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has for the role of National Institute for Health Protection in public health; how that role will differ from the role currently performed by Public Health England; and what the body’s Key Performance Indicators will be.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent guidance the Chief Medical Officer has issued to the public regarding the incidence of acrylamide in baked and fried food. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the threat of cancer from acrylamide in (a) food and (b) tobacco smoke.
If he will comment on the discrepancy between the originating capital debt allocated to the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital National Health Trust in SI No. 350 and that set out in the Treasury minute on dissolution and reconfiguration of certain National Health Service trusts. - Inc figs.
Health Services and Social Services: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to offer employment opportunities in the health and social care sectors to young people affected by reductions in employment opportunities as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and how many and what proportion of employment opportunities made available through the Kickstarter programme are jobs in the health and social care sectors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received and what research he has evaluated on the impact on human health caused by the presence of acrylamide in certain cooked foods; what action he proposes to take as a result; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, If he will make a statement on the prevalence of acrylamide in cooked and prepared food. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what foods the chemical acrylamide is present in; and what research has been done into the effects of acrylamide on health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made in establishing the National Institute for Health Protection as a replacement for Public Health England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what organisational change in public health he has identified as necessary to prepare for future pandemics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the (a) prevalence of acrylamide in cooked and prepared food and (b) results of recent research commissioned by the Food Standards Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the major investment in new hospital facilities at the Freeman and RVI hospitals Newcastle was first accepted in his Department's programme; when it was decided to use PFI finance; how many business cases have subsequently been submitted; and how many health authorities had to be signed up to the business case on each occasion. - Includes figures.
By what amount the budget of the United Teaching Hospitals Trust has been increased for 1994-95 to reflect an acquired responsibility for the management of Wharfedale Hospital; and by what amount budget of St Jamess University NHS Trust has been increased for 1994-95 to reflect its acquired responsibility for management of Seacroft hospital. - Ref to 239 c304-5W.
If she has now approved the establishing of the Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust.
What is the cost of new office kitchen and waiting room facilities being prepared at Lewisham Hospital for the Chairman of Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust.
What representations he has received recently regarding art therapy services in London; and if he will comment on the matters raised by the honourable Member for Woolwich in his letter of 5th March regarding Lewisham and Guys NHS Mental Health Trust; with whom the final decision to delete art therapy services in the Lewisham and Guy's NHS mental health trust rests and what was the basis upon which the decision to cease to provide art therapy services in the Lewisham and Guy's NHS mental health trust was taken. - (Holding answer 10 March 1997).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of conducting the elections of public and patients to the board of Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation Trust; and if he will break down the total, by sums for (a) staff costs, (b) publicity, (c) recruitment of members, (d) payments to the Electoral Reform Society, (e) building a database and (f) public consultation. - (Holding answer 21 July 2004).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the cost of the High Court appeal by his Department in respect of the London Borough of Lewisham and Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign Ltd v Trust Special Administrator & Anr. Appeal to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department first contacted the honourable member for Manchester Central concerning his letter of 3rd August 2000 regarding catering services for Manchester Central Healthcare Trust; and if he will make a statement. (Holding answer 13 February 2001).
If she will direct the Chief Executive of the Lewisham Hospital Trust to reply to the enquiries of 29th November 1994, 20th December 1994 and 18th January from the honourable Member for Lewisham West relating to the case of Mr Hugh Fraser. - Understand Lewisham Hospital national health service trust has now sent a full reply.
What public consultations took place before the decision to allow Wharfedale Hospital to be taken over by the United Leeds Hospital (LGI) Trust; what budget adjustments are planned for the Leeds health authority & St James Hospital Trust to reflect the transfer of responsibility for Seacroft Hospital from one to the other, & for Wharfedale Hospital from Leeds health authority to the United Leeds Hospital (LGI) Trust; & what public consultations took place before the decision to allow St James Hospital Trust to take over Seacroft Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of his appeal against the judgement issued by Mr Justice Silber on 31 July 2013 in the High Court on the South London Healthcare Trust and Lewisham Hospital.
How many beds have been closed in (a) the Leeds St. James Trust and (b) the Leeds General Infirmary Trust since their inception as trusts. - Ref to "Bed Availability in England 1992-93", copy in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the outline business case for the replacement of heating system boilers using PFI at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle was received; when it was approved; and when work will start. - (Holding answer 27 November 2000).
If she has now decided who is to be the Chairman of the Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust; & what are the terms of contract under which Sir Philip Harris has been offered the position of chairman of the proposed new Lewisham hospital NHS trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the decision was taken to replace the existing Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment at Newcastle General Hospital; what recent changes in numbers of linear accelerators have been made; and how many successive business cases for replacements have been submitted since 1997.
What undertakings Sir Philip Harris has given as to the proportion of his time to be devoted to the chairmanship of the Lewisham Hospital Trust relative to business and other activities; and if she will now review his appointment.
How many operations were cancelled in the last three months of the 1993-94 financial year in (a) the Leeds St. James Trust and (b) the Leeds General Infirmary Trust; how many patients were not admitted within a month of their second cancelled operation in (a) the Leeds St. James Trust and (b) the Leeds General Infirmary Trust in the last quarter of the 1993-94 financial year.
What are the total start-up costs of the proposed new Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust. - Inc figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17th April 2002, 383 c1019W, what the cost per tube was of toothpaste distributed; what areas of the country were targeted for the project; and what evaluation of the scheme has taken place. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy for flouridated toothpaste to carry health warning labels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to monitor the levels of fluoride added to toothpaste, mouthwashes and dental floss by manufacturers of dental products; and if he will make a statement; what powers are available to him to require manufacturers to include the fluoride contents of (a) toothpaste, (b) mouth washes and (c) dental floss on product labels. - Inc figures and refs to Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1996 and section 130 of the Medicines Act 1968 and Directive 65/66/EEC.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Healthy Starts Voucher Scheme to include the purchase of fortified plant milks.
What assessment he has made of levels of consumption of toothpaste in the North West relative to the South of England. - We have made no such assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of toothpaste sold in the UK contained fluoride in the last 12 months. - Dept does not collect this information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including plant milks in the Healthy Start voucher scheme.
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors, (b) midwives and (c) nurses and health visitors were employed by the North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust in each year between 2014 and 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government plans to take to address risks to public health caused by a rise in the incidence of risky sexual behaviour related to drug use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much it cost to run Whichello's Wharf House in Leighton Buzzard in the last year for which figures are available; what the average number of in-patients was in that year; and how many out-patients were treated there in that year. [127019]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral Answer of 12th November, Official Report, column 898 when (a) he and (b) his ministers were informed of the £1 million donation from Mr Ecclestone.
Endoscopy: Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership and Warrington
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce endoscopy waiting lists in (a) Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System and (b) Warrington.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled National Partnership Agreement: Right Care, Right Person, published 26 July 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential role of the voluntary and community sector in supporting integrated care boards (ICBs) with tackling mental health challenges in the community; and if he will take steps to ensure that ICBs consult that sector on the design and implementation of the Right Care, Right Person agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to protect the mental health of children forced to learn remotely while their schools undergo building works to remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of contracting (a) rehabilitation, (b) therapy and (c) other similar services for frontline staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether armed forces personnel are entitled to use local NHS care at their home residence whilst off duty; and whether his Department has issued guidance to armed forces personnel on what steps to take if care is refused by local NHS services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist mental health ambulances were in use in the NHS in September (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to set targets for reducing the number of people with autism without a learning disability that are confined to inpatient care in mental health hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each local authority was allocated for public health expenditure in 2013-14; and how much each local authority has spent on public health to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of recipients of Healthy Start paper vouchers have not re-enrolled via the online registration system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of body cameras that have been issued to (a) doctors and (b) nurses in hospitals since 1 January 2023; and what guidance his Department has issued on the use of body cameras in healthcare settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve the way referrals are made by schools to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, in the context of Coroner Abigail Combes' prevention of future deaths report in September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had recent discussions with NHS England on expanding the provision of clinical care for Tourette Syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that local authorities have adequate funding to invest in early intervention services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS physicians there were per 10,000 people in January (a) 2010 and (b) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Health Education England spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Health and Safety Executive spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the UK Health Security Agency spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many medical professionals working for the NHS moved from a study visa to a work visa in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish to publish for consultation an amended draft of the statutory guidance on the risks associated with e-cigarettes in the Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support the Government provides to local authorities for the purposes of investing in early intervention services.
Ministry of Justice: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of contracting (a) rehabilitation, (b) therapy and (c) other similar services for frontline staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) men, (b) women and (c) children were referred through the NHS for counselling to treat depression and anxiety in each of the last 10 years.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Animal and Plant Health Agency: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Animal and Plant Health Agency spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase (a) funding and (b) staffing levels for vascular care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what digital health collaboration is in place between the UK and (a) India, (b) Japan and (c) Israel as of 13 October 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the NHS of providing healthcare to people who have registered as patients since migrating to the UK since 2010.
Department of Health and Social Care: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of civil servants (a) at grade senior civil servant 2 and (b) on full-time equivalent contracts in his Department are women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to establish a mental health emergency helpline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Mental Health Support Teams in reducing levels of demand on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of civil servants on temporary contracts in his Department are women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the NHS has adequate numbers of cystic fibrosis specialists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2014, Official Report, columns 276-7W, on mental health services, what the key performance indicators for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme were in each year since their introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recommendations 22 and 23 of the independent report entitled Commercial clinical trials in the UK: the Lord O’Shaughnessy review - final report, published in May 2023, whether the Government plans to set out a strategy for increasing clinical trial activity in primary care settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill's Report entitled Draft Mental Health Bill 2022, published on 19 January 2023, HC 696.
Mental Health: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with representatives of the devolved institutions on the potential merits of including policies on the sharing of information on mental health matters in the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people living with epilepsy.
Mental Health Services: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS long-term plan, what the Barnett consequentials for Norther Ireland are of the additional funding for mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people with autism that are confined to inpatient care in mental health hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when a land Industrial Health Assessment was last produced.
National Data Guardian for Health and Care: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the National Data Guardian spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled National Partnership Agreement: Right Care, Right Person, published on 26 July 2023, if he will make an assessment of the (a) potential impact of people not being attended to by the police and (b) adequacy of staff powers to support their patient under Sections 135 and 136 on the number of people in a mental health crisis that (i) an ambulance is called for and (ii) are admitted at accident and emergency departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2013, Official Report, column 469W, on health: finance, when the figures for Q2 and Q3 will be available.
Defence Equipment & Support: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to ensure the adequacy of health and safety arrangements during industrial action at Defence Equipment and Support in Beith.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities on the potential merits of prioritising identification of people who (a) are traditionally reluctant to engage with the health system and (b) may not be easily identifiable as a result of (i) poor health literacy, (ii) digital exclusion, (iii) multiple deprivation and (iv) inequalities conferred by ethnicity.
Health Services and Social Services: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much accrued to the Exchequer from VAT on health and social care training in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many retired clinicians were employed by NHS 111 in (a) April and (b) September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in St Helens North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to make primary care optometry the default option for glaucoma care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for regional differences in waiting times for access to NHS specialist menopause services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what factors its Department (a) considers and (b) advocates as a priority on the cross-agency topic prioritisation group; and if he will make a statement.
Department of Health and Social Care: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of contracting (a) rehabilitation, (b) therapy and (c) other similar services for key workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) paediatric and (b) adult cystic fibrosis centres did not provide at least 85 per cent of their patients with psychological support at their annual review in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with NHS England on the potential merits of supporting the British Society for Heart Failure-led multi-disciplinary 25in25 initiative.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Health Research Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps to help ensure that older people are included in commitments made at the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on universal health coverage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) hospitals and (b) other healthcare facilities that contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in (i) Lambeth and (ii) Southwark.
Pentonville Prison: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support provision inside Pentonville Prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the uptake of perinatal mental health services among ethnic minority communities.
Department for Education: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of contracting (a) rehabilitation, (b) therapy and (c) other similar services for key workers.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Children's Society's The Good Childhood Report 2023, published on 20 September, what steps the Department of Health and Social Care's Major Conditions Strategy will take to prevent poor mental health and promote wellbeing in children and young people.
To ask His Majesty's Government when steps they are taking to reduce the number of autistic people confined to inpatient care in mental health hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the independent report by RedQuadrant, entitled Building the Right support: an analysis of funding flows, published by his Department on 14 July 2022.
Autism and Learning Disabilty: Mental Health Services
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to set targets aimed at reducing the number of autistic people without a learning disability confined to inpatient care in mental health hospitals.
Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing care to those with (a) PANS and (b) PANDAS who have (i) been hospitalised and (ii) left with enduring and life-changing symptoms after receiving in-effective healthcare treatment.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the total number of people already in the UK likely to be affected by the increase in (1) visa fees, and (2) the Immigration Health Surcharge, scheduled for 4 October; and whether they have undertaken an equalities impact assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the debate on the report entitled Mental health and well-being of children and young adults, which was held at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 13 October 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of out of school provision of specialist support for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the potential merits of including in statutory guidance on relationships, sex and health education a requirement for pupils to be taught about the health risks associated with e-cigarettes and vapes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of pulmonary fibrosis.
Autism and Learning Disability: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with (a) autism and (b) a learning disability reside in a mental health inpatient unit that has most recently been rated as inadequate by the CQC; and for how many of those people have additional (i) safeguards and (ii) mitigations been put in place to monitor their (A) safety, (B) wellbeing and (C) treatment.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made provision to support migrants already in the UK who are unable to afford the forthcoming increase in visa fees and the Immigration Health Surcharge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many diagnostic tests that had to be repeated in each of the last 12 months.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Children's Society's The Good Childhood Report 2023, published on 20 September, and what plans they have to implement its recommendations to promote the wellbeing of children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the swap to stop scheme to include smoking cessation products such as nicotine replacement therapies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to review the work of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase spending on (a) estates and (b) infrastructure for primary care.
What steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for NHS treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the major conditions strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the British Society for Echocardiography made in its report entitled The UK Echocardiography Workforce published in June 2023, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that the NHS retains a sufficient number of experienced echocardiographers to train new recruits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on creating healthy homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the UK Health Security Agency Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre spent on research and development in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 financial years; and how much it expects to spend in 2023-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that relationships, sex and health education statutory guidance includes a requirement for pupils to be taught about the risks associated with e-cigarettes and vapes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of NHS cases received by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce a Mental Health Bill, as proposed by the then Prime Minister in May 2017.
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to improve support people with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and what steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to improve support for carers of people with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the impact of social media usage on the mental health of people under the age of 18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education to all Higher Education leaders of 5 June 2023, how many Universities have signed up to the University Mental Health Charter Programme since the date of that letter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide women with education on self-examining for breast cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools offer professional mental health support for pupils.
Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the waiting times for patients referred to NHS hospital trusts for (a) hearing and (b) sight loss.
(3) if he will make it his policy to require mainstream schools to follow the new guidance on managing medicines in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of regional disparities in the provision of fracture liaison services on patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education to all Higher Education leaders of 5 June 2023, what proportion of the university leaders that he wrote to (a) attended and (b) sent a delegate to the online Charter Question and Answer session on 19 June 2023.
Higher Education: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Higher Education leaders responded to the letter from the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education to all Higher Education leaders of 5 June 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing fracture liaison services across England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international partners to help ensure the protection of healthcare workers in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional funding to extend the provision of fracture liaison services to all NHS trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of young people on the development of the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what quantitative estimates NHS England has made of the root causes of missed outpatient appointments in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many yellow card scheme reports since 1989 have been received by the Medicines Control Agency regarding adverse reaction to metrizamide/myodil; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS outpatient appointments were missed in each year since 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to access mental health services in Birmingham.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether, following the recent recommendation by the World Health Organization on the R21 malaria vaccine, they intend to provide sufficient funding to (1) Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, (2) the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and (3) Unitaid, over their next funding cycles to ensure that vaccines and other life-saving tools can be delivered at scale.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the impact of damage to health facilities in Gaza on their capacity to meet the needs of the civilian population.
Falkland Islands: Mental Health Services
To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to the government of the Falkland Islands to assist with the provision of mental health services for young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the average time taken for an individual to receive a mental health (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to findings in the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group's report entitled Prepare, Practice, Protect: Improving Carbon Monoxide Safety in Health and Care Services, published July 2023, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for national resources on carbon monoxide funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent guidance his Department has issued to primary care services with regard to out-of-hours services; and if he will make a statement. - Inc ref to Health Committee Report on general practitioner out-of-hours services (Cm 6352) and "New Quality Requirements in the Delivery of Out-of-Hours Services".
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Turnberg Committee submitted to him an analysis of the costs of (a) keeping Bart's Hospital open, as proposed by the committee and (b) concentrating all services on the Royal London site in a new hospital building. - No.
To comment on the future of Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
Who authorised the dismissal of Professor Hudson from the Board of St. Bartholomew's Hospital; and under what powers; and to comment on the reasons for the dismissal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals are taking part in the Red Card Scheme; how many (a) red and (b) yellow cards have been issued; and what changes have been observed in the levels of violence to staff in the hospitals involved.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional allocation for 2001-02 under Reforming Emergency Care has been given to (a) Forest Healthcare Trust, (b) Redbridge Hospital Trust and (c) Redbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority; and for what purpose they will be used. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 3 December 2001).
If she will state the defined interest or repayment terms on the interest bearing debt and public dividend capital of (a) Newham Healthcare NHS Trust and (b) the Royal Hospitals of St. Bartholomew's, Royal London, and London Chest Hospital Trust together with their respective payments for the years 1975-76 in respect of (i) 6 per cent. of their origination capital debt, (ii) interest and re-payment of their interest bearing debt and (iii) public dividend capital, stating the purpose of each type of payment. - Includes table and ref to SI 1995/407.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the level of price increases which the Royal London Hospital Trust has charged health authorities using its services (a) last year and (b) in the current year; what is the proposed increase for next year; what measures it is taking to achieve its three per cent. efficiency savings target; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figures and fact that a national schedule containing information on hospital costs in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that people are receiving high quality, safe services from private providers of out-of-hours primary care services; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what publicity campaigns (a) have taken place and (b) are planned for the prostate cancer risk management programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recent publication, The Widening Gap, by Bristol University, on inequalities in health provision. - Including ref to Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation White Paper and Reducing Health Inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 198889 on Genomics: Health Services, if he will list the companies (a) involved in delivering and (b) that provided technology and products in support of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2023 to Question 197002 on Tobacco: support for stop smoking services, whether he plans to expand the scope of the swap to stop scheme to include licensed (a) nicotine replacement therapies and (b) stop smoking medicines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the availability of the new breast cancer drug Xeloda in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. - (Holding answer 24 May 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of attacks on healthcare facilities in (a) the occupied West Bank and (b) East Jerusalem since 7 October 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department is taking to help ensure the protection of medical infrastructure in Gaza.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Children’s Society’s The Good Childhood Report 2023, published on 20 September, whether they will investigate any change in the proportion of female children and young people who are unhappy with their lives as a whole, and in particular their appearance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will launch an awareness campaign on abdominal and urological symptoms of ovarian cancer.
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of any benefits gained from children's housing situations being tracked on the healthcare system to the adequacy of their healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for patients admitted to Southend General Hospital Accident and Emergency Department to be admitted to a ward in each year since 1997. - Includes table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the provision of MRI scanners for Southend Hospital. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2013, Official Report, columns 348-49W, on health services: reciprocal arrangements, what steps his Department is taking to recoup balances outstanding from those European countries in relation to EHIC payments; and if he will make it his policy to withhold government EHIC payments from those countries which owe the UK money under those arrangements.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made in terms of any increase or reduction in (1) costs, and (2) time from blood taking and testing to receiving results, of the proposals to move pathology services from Southend and Basildon hospitals to Bedford Hospital.[HL4492]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 July 2013, Official Report, column 437W, on mental health services, what information his Department collects on NHS (a) spending on and (b) referrals to counsellors and psychotherapists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the closure of the cancer unit at Southend General Hospital is under consideration; and which body or person has the responsibility for determining the minimum catchment area size of such units. - Including figures. (Holding answer 17 January 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the health implications of long-term use of talcum powder in (a) infants and (b) adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent (a) doctors and consultants and (b) nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff there were at (i) Southend and (ii) Basildon hospitals in each year since 1996. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the health risks of asthma sufferers drinking soya milk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2013, Official Report, columns 377-8W, on health services: reciprocal arrangements, what the outstanding balance is for each European nation for all EHIC pensioner and all other categories of reciprocal health care systems in total.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for patients admitted to Southend General Hospital Accident and Emergency Department to see a doctor in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000, (e) 2001 and (f) 2002. - No figures and information not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS has spent on treatment given by unregulated counsellors and psychotherapists in the (a) private and (b) public sector following referrals by GPs in each of the last five years; and how many people have been referred by GPs to such counsellors and psychotherapists in the (i) private and (ii) public sector in each such year. [165029]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they, the regional health authority and NHS Midlands and East have received in response to the proposals to move pathology services from Basildon and Southend hospitals to Bedford Hospital.[HL4493]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurse vacancies there are at Southend General Hospital. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were in (a) the first 6 months of 2002 and (b) 2001 at Southend General Hospital. - Includes fact that information on delayed discharges is collected centrally and is placed in Library but not at trust level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, If he will make a statement on the waiting lists for surgery at the Southend General Hospital. (Failed OPQ).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, What progress has been made in reducing waiting lists in Southend Hospital. (Failed OPQ).
What research has been (a) started and (b) completed on phytoestrogen in soya milk following the 1992 recommendations of the Committee on Toxicity of Foodstuffs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of contracting NHS neurodevelopmental assessments to private providers; and whether he has had discussions with the NHS on the potential merits of conducting such tests via the NHS.
Mental Health Services: Postgraduate Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the balance between (a) theoretical and (b) practice-based content in postgraduate courses in play therapy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has made available for research into the use and benefits of assistive technology in each of the last six years. - Inc ref to Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, and www.doh.gov.uk/research,
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the 3rd Audit Commission report, Keeping People Independent with Assistive Technology. - This report has not yet been published and an assessment is not, therefore, possible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the availability of postgraduate training in practice-based play therapy in each region of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how assistive technology research and development are being monitored and evaluated. - Including ref to annual report 2002, pursuant to Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has collated on a possible relationship between the creation of toxins from the heating of teflon-coated pans and the onset of polymer fever in humans; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered (a) town planners, (b) landscape designers, (c) chartered surveyors and (d) architects work in (i) NHS Estates, (ii) NHS regional offices and (iii) NHS trusts. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the consultation being carried out by the Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust recommends a significant transfer of facilities away from Epsom to St. Helier; for what reasons the Chief Executive of the Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust has not held discussions with the management of hospitals in Surrey about impact on them of the location of services away from St. Helier.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when patients of the Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust will have access to digital hearing aids.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the hospitals in Carshalton and Wallington which ran a budget deficit in the year ending 31st March 2003; and how much this deficit was for each hospital. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff, broken down by grade, work in the accident and emergency departments at (a) Epsom and (b) St Helier hospitals. - Including table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase the level of resources for Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust in respect of services at Cobham Cottage Hospital.
(Pursuant to reply on 12.02.2002 at 380 c334W) To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the London Regional Office will conclude its review of the Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust in respect of its management of in-patient waiting lists; and if he will publish the findings. - (Holding answer 6 February 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the information about the number of people living within 20 minutes drive prepared by the DTLR and presented to the management team of the Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust as part of its strategic review in 2000-01. - Includes ref to info in Library. (Dep 02/796) (Holding answer 5 February 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will comment on the discovery of prescribed drugs collected by Ian Brady at Ashworth Hospital and the purposes for which they were collected; and other questions relating to Ashworth Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to provide financial support to the Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust to develop a recovery plan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the London Regional Office will conclude its review of the Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust in respect of its management of in-patient waiting lists; and if he will publish the findings. - (Holding answer 6 February 2002). (Further information on 17.04.2002 at 383 c1037W)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of (a) the current financial position of the Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust and (b) the Trust's year end figures for 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the number of people admitted to Epsom and St Helier hospitals via the accident and emergency departments in each of the past 24 months. - Includes table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Ashworth Hospital informed him that Ian Brady had handed over a large number of pills to Una Forsyth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for a non-urgent NHS patient to receive an ultrasound examination for a possible thrombosis in each (a) London hospital and (b) NHS region for each of the years (i) 1997, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 1999. - Inc fact that data requested not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of eligible patients waited less than 60 minutes between their call for professional help and receiving thrombolytic treatment, (a) for the latest day for which figures are available and (b) for previous recent periods in the last 12 months for which data was collected. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the date when paramedics will commence administering thrombolytic drugs to heart attack patients in the Wyre Forest constituency before their journey to hospital in Worcester.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets have been set for the NHS on the wait for eligible patients between their call for professional help and receiving thrombolytic treatment. - Includes figures.
What assistance has been given in the past by her Department to the Thrombosis Research Institute; and what such resources will continue to be made available in the future; & to outline all the funding which is currently made available by DH to research into the causes & treatments of thrombosis. - In figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence he has collated on the number of lives that could be saved by reducing the time between (a) the onset of symptoms and (b) arrival in hospital and the start of thrombolytic treatment. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to allowing ambulance personnel to administer clotbuster injections to heart attack patients; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to increase the £192,000 per year they spend on preventing Venous Thromboembolism (blood clots), in light of figures which show that it kills an estimated 25,000 patients in the National Health Service each year.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cases of venous thromboembolism (VTE) were diagnosed in each of the past five years; how many of those cases resulted in deaths; and what plans they have to reduce the number of cases of VTE.
What information she has concerning the number of deaths from thrombosis in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. - Table given.
Department of Health and Social Care: CARE Badge Community Interest Company
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many CARE badges have been (a) produced and (b) distributed by his Department since the transfer of the CARE badge brand rights to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
What plans she has to provide a co-ordinated strategic lead from her Department on building community partnerships to tackle drug misuse; what is her response to the recommendation concerning investment in infrastructure to co-ordinate drug misuse policy made in the report commissioned by her Dept from Roger Howard Associates; when she plans to publish the report "Across the Divide: building Community Partnerships to Tackle Drug Misuse" & whether the report was amended between January and April 1993. - Inc fact that copies in Library DEP 10395.
How many patients have been waiting for treatment longer than one year in the United Health Area of South Humberside. - Information requested is given in 'Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England (in Library). Latest published data are for March 1994. (Failed OPQ).
How many people have been waiting for more than 12 months for hospital treatment in Tameside and Glossop. - Includes figures. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people received NHS talking therapies in each integrated care system area in the most recent period for which data is available; and how many and what proportion of those therapies were conducted (a) online, (b) face-to-face and (c) by phone.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support (a) the restoration of essential health services in the conflict zones of Sudan and (b) South Sudan to provide health services for refugees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in (i) Enfield North constituency, (ii) the London Borough of Enfield and (iii) London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by Parkinson's UK entitled Every minute counts, published in September 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the proportion of patients with Parkinson's admitted to hospital who always receive their medication on time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS continence services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that those affected by a brain tumour receive early diagnosis and treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure patients with Huntington’s Disease have access to community mental health services when psychiatric symptoms are present.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 25 October 2023 to Question 203270 on Universities: Mental Health Services, how many and what proportion of Higher Education leaders received the letter on mental health services from the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education on 5 June 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of money that (1) they, and (2) the NHS, spent on Babylon Health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to take steps to invest in research into Gulf conflict related illnesses in order to support veterans with such illnesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve access to mental health services for people aged between 18 and 25 years old in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 29 March 2023 to Question 173068 on Mental Health Services: Artificial Intelligence, when he plans to publish the results of the app testing.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will commission an independent review into their (1) relationship with, and (2) outcomes, from their work with Babylon Health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) dentists, (b) GPs and (c) pharmacists per 100,000 people in each integrated care system area; and if he will publish those estimates by Index of Multiple Deprivation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to veterans with Gulf conflict related illnesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to establish an independent body to (a) identify and (b) monitor public health threats from (i) plastic and (ii) microplastic contamination.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies in each financial year from 2010 to 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that homeless people have access to (a) GP and (b) dental services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health support teams are in operation in schools and colleges as of 7 November 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of diagnostic tests have been carried out by the NHS (a) in total, (b) six weeks and (c) ten weeks after a referral in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the immigration health surcharge to £2,700 per person per year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help protect medical infrastructure in Gaza.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they intend to carry out further research into whether or not the use of mobile phones causes brain tumours.
General Practitioners: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of trainee GPs undertook a training placement in a mental health setting in the past ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle (a) malaria outbreaks and (b) other health crises in (i) Sudan and (ii) South Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of 999 calls related to mental health (a) nationally and (b) in each police force area in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of night work on (a) the level of risk of diagnosis with diabetes, (b) the level of risk of diagnosis with cardiovascular disease and (c) other health outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that every school pupil with a medical condition has an individual healthcare plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number children who are able to access mental health support at their secondary school or college.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for implementing the forthcoming increase in the immigration health surcharge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people accessed talking therapies each year from 2010 and 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the proportion of adults with primary brain tumours who will be enrolled in randomised, controlled clinical trials as part of their therapy by 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of hospital trusts run specialist in-patient smoking cessation services; and what recent estimate he has made of when all hospital trusts will provided these services.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they propose to meet the challenges associated with the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumours, in the light of the initiatives provided by International Brain Tumour Awareness Week.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to issue updated guidance to schools on supporting pupils with medical conditions.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve care provided to patients with (a) Crohn's disease and (b) ulcerative colitis.
To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to address the continuing health crises in Sudan and South Sudan, particularly given the worsening malaria outbreaks in those countries.
(2) how many (a) patients were treated and (b) therapists were trained under the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme in each quarter of the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on expenditure on external consultants by (a) his Department, (b) its arm's length bodies and (c) Connecting for Health.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to help pharmaceutical companies assist with the development of (a) HIV/AIDS, (b) tuberculosis, (c) malaria, (d) maternity and (e) other health programmes in developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on (a) establishing and (b) defining the priorities of the Highly Specialised Services Programme Board.
Department of Health and Social Care: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 3,310 total headcount figure for permanent civil servants excluding agency workers working for his Department as of 31 March 2023, as detailed in Cabinet Office statistics entitled Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, what that figure was on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2020.
Health and Social Care Leadership in England Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made towards implementing the recommendations of the Messenger Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what personal medical service allocation was provided to North Staffordshire in the last five years; what his policy is on allocation of resources to areas of high health inequalities; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to address the misdiagnosis of epilepsy and non-epileptic seizure disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he next plans to run a national public information campaign on prostate cancer; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect of health and well-being boards on the role and influence of public governors in NHS foundation trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to collaborate with international partners to (i) strengthen international health systems and (ii) help ensure that HIV (A) prevention, (B) testing and (C) treatment services are integrated into primary healthcare structures around the world.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are planning to implement comprehensive public education campaigns to raise awareness about HIV transmission and treatment advancements, and to tackle stigma; and, if so, what are their plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help ensure that integrated care boards are (a) ready and (b) supported to commission neurology services identified as suitable for delegation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by his Department's arm's length bodies on external consultants in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask His Majesty's Government, given that the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act was published five years ago and that the most recent Conservative manifesto included a promise to legislate in this Parliament, why a bill on Mental Health Act reform was not mentioned in the King's Speech.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to collaborate with media organisations, social media influencers, and public figures including celebrities, to portray accurate and empathetic representations of people living with HIV in order to counteract harmful stereotypes; and, if so, what are their plans.
Department of Health and Social Care: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what level of consultation officials in his Department had with their counterparts in the Department for Business and Trade during the negotiation of the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); and whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the findings of Public Health Wales’ report entitled The health, well-being and equity impact of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Agreement on Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many physical assaults on health visitors were recorded in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available in 2012.
(4) what steps his Department is taking to ensure that pancreatic cancer patients are (a) more involved in their care and (b) supported by clinical nurse specialists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the cost saving to the Exchequer resulting from the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme;
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the ways in which the Government can leverage its diplomatic relationships to (a) advocate for increased global funding for HIV programs and (b) encourage other countries to prioritise the HIV/AIDS agenda.
To ask His Majesty's Government how they will work with trading partners to ensure that the capacity and availability of certifiers for export health certificates are sufficient to prevent any barrier to trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department is taking to improve pancreatic cancer survival rates;
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend (1) to help to restore essential health services in the conflict zones of Sudan, and (2) to support South Sudan in providing health services for refugees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of vaping on adult lungs.
Health Impact Assessment: Trade Negotiations
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking health impact assessments for future free trade agreement negotiations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) longest waiting times for outpatient psychiatric care in each NHS trust in the latest period for which figures are available.
(3) what recent representations he has received from (a) acute and (b) foundation trusts on changes to payment by results tariffs;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health visitors there were in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England in each of the last five years.
Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure of Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency facilities on the economies of local rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with airport operators on the adequacy of provision within airports for people with (a) autism and (b) other conditions that cause sensory overload.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which tests will be retained at post-mortem Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency sites.
(3) what recent assessment he has made of geographical variations in care for cancer patients;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many sexual assaults took place in NHS mental health facilities in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available in 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times his Department answered Named Day written parliamentary questions stating that it would not be possible to answer a question within the usual time period, in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support the practice of mindfulness among (a) serving armed forces staff, (b) reservists and (c) veterans.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to utilise the expertise of trained counsellors and psychotherapists in the 10 newly announced mental health support hubs for children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential steps the Government can take to support (a) new (i) prevention methods, (ii) vaccines and (iii) point-of-care diagnostics and (b) other areas of research and innovation related to global HIV interventions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve care for patients with cystic fibrosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support health and care staff in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England with the rising cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the potential merits of (a) amending the National Planning Policy Framework and (b) introducing regulations governing the future Infrastructure Levy to ensure that sufficient GP and dental services are provided alongside housing developments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2022 Workforce Census, what assessment he has made of the shortage in the NHS clinical oncology workforce on (a) radiotherapy waiting times, (b) patient outcomes and (c) staff well-being.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions took place with NHS bodies with a view to any encouragement for them to contract with Babylon Health.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the integration of accredited counsellors and psychotherapists into the existing mental health workforce to bolster recruitment and retention.
Department of Health and Social Care: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv) external hard drives that have been (A) lost and (B) stolen in the last year.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings took place in the last 10 years between Ministers and representatives of Babylon Health.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the supply of qualified and experienced counsellors and psychotherapists to meet the severity and range of mental health problems experienced by people across the country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that healthcare providers are trained in gender-sensitive and culturally competent care for women seeking HIV-related services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish the next phase of the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2023 to Question 180601 on Orthopaedics: Health Professions, what plans she has to (a) support NHS staff retention and (b) ensure vacancies are filled in (i) trauma and orthopaedics and (ii) rheumatology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the average length of time for which adults had been waiting for (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment for eating disorders in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of young people are discharged from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services without a transition plan to adult services.
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Mental Health Services
To ask His Majesty's Government, of those currently serving an imprisonment for public protection sentence in (1) prison, or (2) the community, how many are (a) eligible for support, and (b) receiving support, under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department are on long-term sick leave.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has plans to expand the common conditions service beyond the initial seven conditions outlined in the Government’s Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use schools and nurseries as hubs for delivering health services to support families and meet the health needs of children and young people, especially within disadvantaged communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) measure and (b) assess the adequacy of the progress of integrated care systems in (i) establishing women’s health hubs and (ii) ensuring that hubs offer the full list of core services set out in the guidance entitled Women's health hubs: core specification, published on 22 July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to increase the specialist cardiology workforce in (a) primary and (b) secondary care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will adopt a tooth brushing strategy for children to improve oral healthcare.
Department of Health and Social Care: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether senior officials from her Department have travelled to China since January 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for (a) access to NHS Talking Therapies, (b) an assessment and (c) first appointment with a therapist after seeing a GP was in each Clinical commissioning group in the last 12 months; and what the average waiting time for each was in each Integrated care system area in the most recent period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government’s publication, The best start for life: a vision for the 1,001 critical days, published on 25 March 2021, when the Cabinet Minister is planned to be appointed to oversee implementation of the agreed actions from the Early Years Healthy Development Review Report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the development and roll-out of a new card scheme to replace the existing Healthy Start Voucher Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to launch the consultation on the permanent extension of the Healthy Start scheme to families who are subject to No Recourse to Public Funds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been treated using NHS Talking Therapies online in each Integrated care system area in the most recent period for which data is available; and what proportion of such therapies are conducted (a) online, (b) face to face and (c) by phone.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of young people do not transition to adult services after being discharged from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was received by (a) North East London Integrated Care System and (b) other London trusts in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for transition of patients from child to adult mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for patients to have (a) an assessment and (b) a first appointment with an NHS Talking Therapies therapist after being seen by a GP in each (i) clinical commissioning group between January 2021 and August 2023 and (ii) integrated care system area in the most recent period for which data is available.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are planning to provide mental health support to the descendants of Pontian refugees who suffered a genocide between 1914 and 1923, as recognised by the International Association of Genocide Scholars.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of GP surgeries that offer appointments with a mental health nurse.
What progress has been made towards her target for reducing energy consumption in the National Health Service over the five years from 1991-92. - Inc figs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will increase funding for (a) health prevention and (b) screening programmes.
What progress has been made towards cutting energy consumption in Government buildings for which he has responsibility in each year since 1990. Including ref to reply on 17 May c259-62W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support cancer services and (b) reduce waiting times for access to cancer treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to clarify the role of primary care in the NHS winter plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will develop a long term plan for managing winter pressures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to move winter pressures from secondary care to primary care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce NHS waiting times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she would make it her policy that patients over retirement age should have an annual health check.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of advice on HIV (a) prevention and (b) testing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish the final myalgic encephalomyelitis delivery plan.
Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rheumatology: Primary Health Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve the medical skill mix in primary healthcare to help diagnose and treat (a) musculoskeletal and (b) rheumatic conditions.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 28 March (HL6761), what assessment they have made of the opportunities of utilising peer-to-peer support workers and volunteers with lived experience in the delivery of inclusion health initiatives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the report by General Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard entitled Health and social care review: leadership for a collaborative and inclusive future, published on 8 June 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she made of the impact of lead pollution on (a) children's and (b) other people's health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take steps raise awareness of (a) the levels of nicotine in and (b) the risk of addiction from vape devices.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to take diplomatic steps to support Taiwan’s application to join World Health Assembly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has plans to arrange for (a) medical equipment, (b) pharmaceuticals and (c) other health resources to be sent to Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS digital mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many health visitors have worked in the NHS on average in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 16th October 2023 to Question 200467 on the Healthy Start Scheme, what is the NHS Business Services Authority's timeline on when they will obtain contact data for those eligible for but not accessing the Healthy Start scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department holds data on the number of health visits carried out per local authority in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the protection of healthcare (a) personnel and (b) infrastructure in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Israel’s closure of the Erez crossing since 7 October 2023 on cancer patients in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent employees of her Department work on the delivery of Op Courage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the strength of the correlation between school exclusions and children who have experienced trauma.
What information she has regarding the links between the development of pelvic inflamatory disease and abortions on women infected with chlamydia.
When the review of the Public Health Laboratory Service into the epidemiology and control of chlamydia trachomatis infection will be complete; what representations she has received about this matter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled '£200 million to boost NHS resilience and care this winter', published 14 September 2023, if he will provide additional resources to local authorities to support hospital discharge and reablement services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the preparedness of the NHS in Essex for winter 2023-24; and how much additional funding his Department plans to provide to NHS services in Essex for winter 2023-24.
What was the incidence of pelvic inflamatory disease for 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987 and the last year for which figures are available. - Available data are of new cases of pelvic infection & epididymitis reported by genitourinary medicine clinics. In England in 1990-91 there were 5700 cases. Data for 1987 & earlier years are not available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health ambulances are in service in (a) London and (b) England.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust: Barts Health NHS Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when planning began for increased collaboration between Barts Health and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) awareness among and (b) training for primary healthcare professionals of menstrual health conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care to the Chair of the Health and Social Care on NHS Federated Data Platform dated 30 August 2023, which 24 NHS trusts are actively realising benefits from the Improving Elective Care Coordination for Patients and Care Coordination Solution programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending health and safety legislation to cover armed forces personnel serving overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to increase funding for accessible health information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to revise the NHS Accessible Information Standard.
Health Services and Social Services: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans NHS England has to update the Accessible Information Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for a referral to child and adolescent mental health services in (a) Lewisham Deptford constituency, (b) London and (c) England in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department provides accelerated NHS (a) primary and (b) secondary care services to armed forces veterans whose medical conditions arise from their military service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of the proposed merger between Barts Health and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount patients can claim under the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of NHS preparedness in County Durham for winter 2023-24; and how much additional funding her Department plans to provide to NHS services in County Durham for winter 2023-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that health and care information is provided in an accessible format.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has for the governance of the merger between Barts Health and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter from Lord Markham, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, to the Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee, dated 30 August 2023, which are the 36 NHS trusts said in that letter to be participating in NHS England’s pilot programmes on improving elective care coordination for patients and care coordination solution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that providers of health and care services are producing information in adequately accessible format.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has taken steps to increase support for young men suffering from mental health conditions in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
Health and Safety: Artificial Intelligence
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 5 June 2018 (HL8200), what testing and examination was carried out to ensure that any artificial intelligence software supplied for use in the Department for Work and Pensions is safe and without risks, as required by section 6 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Human Tissue
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to amend guidance on personal, social, health and economic education in schools to promote discussion and awareness of organ, blood and stem cell donation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department (a) has spent and (b) estimates it will spend on the judicial review proceedings launched by the Good Law Project regarding the £22.6m contract awarded by his Department to Bunzl for personal procurement equipment procurement in April 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has taken steps to increase support for suicide prevention services in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
Mental Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she expects the Adult Senior Intervenors pilot project evaluation report to be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the levels of compliance by health and social care providers with the Accessible Information Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have informed her Department that they have not received information in an adequately accessible format in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Agreement for Lasting Peace through a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities between the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, brokered by the African Union on 2 November 2022, what steps he plans to take to help people access specialist support services for (a) sexual and reproductive health, (b) mental health, and (c) justice in Ethiopia’s regions.
Incontinence and Urology: Health Services
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to indicate to NHS England that urological conditions and continence services should be afforded a higher priority in the future planning of services.
Industrial Health and Safety: Artificial Intelligence
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which section 6 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 applies to artificial intelligence or machine learning software that is used in the workplace to (1) control or animate physical things in the workplace, (2) design articles for use in the workplace, or (3) support human decision-making processes running on computers under the control of the employer with an impact on people's health and safety; and whether, in each case, testing regimes exist as set out in section 6(1)(b) of that Act.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of funds dispersed by NHS Blood and Transplant to organisations for the purposes of raising awareness about organ, blood and stem cell donation.
Mental Health Services: Selby and Ainsty
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps she has taken to reduce the waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services in Selby and Ainsty constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the retention of (a) GPs and (b) other primary healthcare staff in North Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help people with limited internet capability access online health services.
Dementia: Disinformation and Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to (a) raise awareness and (b) tackle disinformation on dementia in (i) Romford and (ii) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health ambulances are in service in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) the North West.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS cancer treatment services have adequate resources to meet increasing demand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 65 of the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023, published on 20 July 2023, how much funding has been allocated to the programme to tackle health and safety risks on his Department's estate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding her Department has allocated to (a) primary care in Folkestone and Hythe constituency, (b) East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and (c) capital investment in the (i) William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, (ii) Royal Victoria Hospital in Folkestone and (iii) Buckland Hospital in Dover in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which trusts have been identified by Getting It Right First Time as part of its Further Faster pilot to deliver rapid clinical transformation for patients with (a) Crohn's disease and (b) ulcerative colitis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of home care workers who have (a) obtained and (b) have yet to obtain NVQ level 2 in care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) professional care workers, (b) care assistants and (c) registered nurses there are in England who are exclusively occupied with the elderly. - Inc table, figures and fact that information on the number of care and nursing staff exclusively occupied with the elderly in England is not held centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses, (b) non-medical, non-nursing care workers and (c) administrative staff were employed in GP practices in each year since 1992.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of removing benefits from, and applying sanctions to, claimants with mental health conditions after 18 months in the context of their ‘Back To Work’ plan launched on 16 November.
If he will name the companies invited by the North West Regional Health Authority in 1992 to tender for the contract to construct a waste incinerator at the Royal Oldham Hospital - This information is not held centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will establish a national register for (a) care workers and (b) care assistants dealing with the elderly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost of offering flu vaccine to all frontline social care workers. - Including figures. (Holding answer 17 July 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on implementation of Project Cortisone; and when he plans that it will be fully operational.
Which bodies are responsible for checking the suitability of child care workers supplied by employment agencies. - It is responsibility of each individual employer to ensure that people they employ to work with children are suitable for such work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the devolved administrations on extending the remit of Op Courage outside England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending post-service transition support services for people medically discharged from the armed forces from six months to two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to train care workers to NVQ level 2 standard as set out in the domiciliary care standards; and if he will make a statement.
Social Security Benefits: Anxiety and Mental Health
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are currently claiming disability benefit because of mental health conditions, including severe anxiety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many professional care workers, care assistants and registered nurses there are in England caring for the elderly outside the NHS. - Inc ref to 24 November 1999, 339 c144W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints his Department has received in the last five years about (a) care workers, (b) care assistants and (c) registered nurses dealing with the elderly. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the national ratio is of care workers to residents in state nursing homes. - Includes fact that not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses, (b) non-medical, non-nursing care workers and (c) administrative staff were employed in general practitioner practices in Taunton in each year since 1997. - Including tables.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many graduate primary care mental health workers there are, in each NHS region. - Including fact that no graduate primary care workers have been employed yet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral statement to the House on 5th November, Official Report, columns 1011-13, what assessment he has made of the call for a comprehensive system of training and qualification for all residential care workers contained in the Residential Forum's Report, A Golden Opportunity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the General Social Care Council will publish the timescales for registering each category of social care worker; pursuant to his Answer of 25th June, Official Report, column 24W, on the General Social Care Council, concerning the General Social Care Council, if he will list each category of social care worker it is planned to register and how many (a) there are in total in each category and (b) are qualified; pursuant to his Answer of 25th June, Official Report, column 24W, on the General Social Care Council, if he will set out his reasons for not requiring the General Social Care Council to develop an interim register that covers all unqualified social care workers. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the (a) First Sea Lord, (b) Chief of the General Staff and (c) Chief of the Air Staff on tackling gaps in transition services for people who are medically discharged from the armed forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England paid to (a) Mountain Healthcare Ltd and (b) G4S Health UK Ltd for the provision of healthcare in police custody and secure environments between (i) October 2020 to September 2021 and (ii) October 2021 to September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time was for an assessment conducted by (a) the Transition, Intervention and Liaison veterans' mental health service, (b) Community Therapeutic Services and (c) High Intensity Services following a person's first contact with Op COURAGE between November 2021 and January 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the number of non-EU nationals who received health and care worker visa on staffing levels in (a) the NHS and (b) care homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have received a health and care worker visa since the establishment of that visa category.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls Op COURAGE has received each month from October 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans were (a) referred to or (b) contacted Op Courage for support in (ii) April-July and (ii) August-November 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure the programme of work on accessible information is (a) adequately resourced and (b) prioritised in NHS England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which spending programmes their Department devolves for administration to (a) local government in England and (b) other local spending bodies; and what the budget is of each such programme for each year for which budgets are agreed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has provided for the expansion of autism services in Wandsworth in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support the implementation of accessible information in (a) NHS England and (b) social care services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average amount of time it takes between an individual making initial contact with Op Courage to that individual attending an assessment appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Op COURAGE.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for an assessment conducted by the (a) Transition, Intervention and Liaison veterans' mental health service, (b) Community Therapeutic Services and (c) High Intensity Services following a person's first contact with Op COURAGE in each month from January 2022 to May 2022 inclusive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department spent on (a) current and (b) legacy IT infrastructure (i) in total and (ii) purchased in 2013 or earlier in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance by the Central Digital and Data Office entitled Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published on 29 September 2023, how many red-rated IT systems are used by their Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure female prisoners are offered adequate mental health support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that mental health research receives sufficient support and funding from Government.
(6) if he will seek information from the Minister of Health in the Welsh Government on the total income to each health service trust/board in Wales, individually, for private patient treatment in acute health services in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; Ann Clwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to increase the number of mental health specialists in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to expand the Improving Access to Psychological Therapy programme;
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on the proportion of funding transferred from the Department of Health to his Department for purposes of improving public health which is being spent on (a) leisure provision, (b) housing, (c) anti-social behaviour and (d) improving the environment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether his Department will be running a Warm Homes, Healthy People programme for the winter of 2013-14;
(7) if he will seek information from the Minister of Health in the Welsh Government on whether arrangements exist in Wales whereby private patients are treated in NHS public ward facilities and where such treatment provides additional income for NHS consultants acting in a private capacity. Ann Clwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many mental health tribunal cases were listed for hearings in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012 and (f) 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the proportion of those younger than 65 with mental health problems who receive adequate care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve detection of mental illness in younger people.
(2) if he will seek information from the Minister of Health in the Welsh Government on the total cost to each service trust and board of payments to non-NHS providers for acute service contractual and non-contractual referrals in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; Ann Clwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to proceed with tendering for the Health and Work Assessment Advisory Service.
(5) what steps he is taking to improve care for mental health patients within the NHS. Mr Amess:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of (a) developing and (b) marketing the Smart Restart mobile application for the Change for Life back to school campaign; and how many downloads of the application there have been to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the safety implications of employing workers on zero hours contracts in (a) hazardous industries and (b) the offshore oil and gas industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many adolescent in-patient mental health units have ceased to operate as a result of the change in Tier 4 specification introduced by NHS England.
(4) what recent representations he has received from the Mental Health Foundation; Mr Amess:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have had to wait more than (a) 28 days, (b) six months and (c) one year for treatment under the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many safety inspectors worked full-time for the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent assessment he has made of ethnic inequalities in mental health services; and what steps he is taking to tackle any such inequality;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether he plans to extend the street triage initiative;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his Department has spent on the promotion of five a day for mental health in each year for which data is available;
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many inspectors are employed in the Health and Safety Executive's (a) Field Operations Directorate, (b) Hazardous Industries Directorate and (c) Office for Nuclear Regulation; and how many of the inspectors in each such category currently carry out site inspections and accident investigations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to support Alcohol Awareness Week; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 4 November 2013, Official Report, columns 71-73W on mental health, if he will make an assessment on the effect of a reduction in living standards on mental health and well-being.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what enforcement action the Health and Safety Executive has taken by way of (a) prosecutions, (b) prohibition notices, (c) improvement notices and (d) material breaches under the Fee for Intervention process in relation to the consultation rights identified in the (i) Safety Representatives and Safety Committee Regulations 1977, as amended and (ii) Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996, in each year from 2000 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of NHS mental health trusts offering specific maternal mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many full-time equivalent health visitors were expected to be employed by the NHS under the Health Visitor Implementation Programme in July 2013; and how many such health visitors were employed at that time;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve care for vulnerable older people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Health Services Commissioners Act 1993 to include the General Dental Council as a body subject to investigation under Clause 2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding mental health services in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Haringey have received in each of the last four years.
(3) pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2013, Official Report, columns 432-3W, on streptococcus, whether the study to be commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme will include a comparison of the effectiveness of the high risk factors at predicting GBS colonisation in labour with women without these high risk factors. Nadine Dorries:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether the formal audit of practice suggested by the UK National Screening Committee to establish how effectively guidance from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is being implemented at a national level will include practice as well as a review of policy documents;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish his grounds of appeal against the judgment issued by Mr Justice Silber on 31 July 2013 in the High Court regarding the South London Healthcare Trust and Lewisham Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health visitor weight tests were conducted on two year-olds in England in the six months from April 2013; and what the (a) take-up rate of and (b) reasons given for not taking up such tests were in that period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many under 18 year olds have accessed cognitive behavioural therapy in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has commissioned on the relationship between social class and (a) smoking, (b) obesity and (c) physical activity levels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many days (a) under-16 year olds and (b) under-18 year olds spent on adult mental health wards in each region in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the current (a) budget, (b) number of staff employed and (c) budget for staff salaries is for Public Health England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what plans the Government has to support and develop the Health and Safety Executive Do your bit campaign to improve worker involvement in assisting employers develop effective risk management systems;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to implement the draft guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in 2010 on personal social and health education focusing on sexual health and alcohol.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 5 November 2013, Official Report, columns 166-9W, on mental health services for young people, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in data collection on the accuracy of data relating to under-18 year olds who were admitted to adult mental health wards between 2007 and 2012; and what estimate he has made of the number of young patients on adult wards which were not set aside for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services patients in 2011-12.
(2) what evidence his Department holds on the effectiveness of negative results for group B streptococcus from a urine test in early pregnancy as a predictor of maternal group B streptococcus colonisation in labour; Nadine Dorries:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the additional £500 million allocated to accident and emergency departments most under pressure will be allocated to mental health crisis services in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Haringey.
Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Expert Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to provide a full response to the final report from the Tree and Plant Health Biosecurity Expert Taskforce.
(2) whether the previous weighting for deprivation within the capitation formula has been removed or substantially downgraded in the new formula. Sarah Champion:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which health projects have been rated as red by the Gateway Review process in the last five years; and what subsequent action was taken in each case;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the timetable is for the transfer of public health functions from the NHS to local authorities; what steps he has taken to date to implement that transfer; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the value of written risk assessments for small and medium-sized enterprises operating in high risk sectors.
(3) if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's most recent research and publications on the effect of the economic downturn on mental ill health. Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will have discussions with medical professionals in Northern Ireland and the other constituent parts of the UK on forming a strategy to promote best practice in the treatment of armed forces veterans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has issued to local clinical commissioning groups on the importance of commissioning good mental health services in areas of high deprivation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which staff positions at Public Health England are currently unfilled.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the public health impact of gang and youth violence; and what steps the Government is taking to tackle it.
(2) which organisations provide healthcare provision to each prison in England and Wales; Sadiq Khan:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide additional funding to NHS Trusts in the North East to develop resilience to increased pressures on accident and emergency departments during winter.
(2) what estimate he has made of the number of visits to GPs per year by people who have (a) undergone and (b) not undergone mindfulness interventions; Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend or delete the rights workers have under Article 11(2) of the Council Directive of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to bring forward an extension of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to cover private healthcare providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress he has made on implementation of the health visitor implementation plan; and if he will make a statement.
(2) what steps he is taking to ensure that patients have access to monitoring and self-management opportunities for long-term conditions. Grahame M. Morris:
Work Experience: Industrial Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with which individuals and bodies his Department consulted prior to the publication of the statement ‘Ministers to end work experience health and safety confusion' on the gov.uk website on 21 June 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library a copy of all internal briefings prepared for Ministers on the effects on human health of exposure to lead in the UK in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many appointments for ATOS face-to-face assessments in England were cancelled in the last 12 months because a healthcare professional was not available for the appointment; and for what reason such appointments were cancelled.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2013, Official Report, column 673W, on Public Health England, what consideration was given to gender and equality in the shortlisting process for the Public Health England advisory board.
(2) what steps he is taking to make cognitive behavioural therapy more widely available; Mr Amess:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2013, Official Report, columns 1003-4W, on health visitors, how many health visiting students are training and expected to join the workforce between September and November 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what per capita spend on mental health services was in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex in each of the last five years.
Mental Health Services: Warwick and Leamington
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding per adult was provided for mental health services in Warwick and Leamington constituency in (a) 2019 and (b) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help support the (a) mental health and (b) well-being of veterans' families.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2023 to Question 149 on Universities: Mental Health Services, what information her Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of universities that have amended their practices in line with the recommendations in her Department's letter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what the total income to each health service trust and board in Wales from UK Government Departments was in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13;
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make it her policy that publicly led and financed health systems should be a priority in international discussions on the post-2015 development framework and that the future allocation of funds to the UK aid budget should reflect such a priority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what assessment he has made of the use of mindfulness in schools to reduce stress and absenteeism;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent meetings he has had on health service reconfiguration in Worcestershire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times he has met the chief inspectors of (a) hospitals, (b) social care and (c) GPs since July 2013; and what issues he discussed with each.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what responsibilities a school has if it believes a pupil is suffering from mental health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the current (a) budget, (b) number of staff employed and (c) budget for staff salaries is for Healthwatch England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 29 October 2013, Official Report, columns 442-43W, on mental health services, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in data collection on the number of people recorded as waiting over 28 days for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies between Quarter 3 2008-09 and Quarter 1 2013-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities currently employing acting or interim Directors of Public Health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people treated for injuries related to (a) female genital mutilation and (b) domestic violence in 2012-13 were in the UK (i) illegally and (ii) as short-term visitors at the time of their treatment; and what provision he plans to make for such cases under the proposed new charging scheme for NHS treatment.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the level of happiness was in each local authority area in each year for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to work with NHS England to use programme budgeting to assess public spending on mental health services in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
(2) what assessment he has made of the effect of a drop in living standards on mental health and wellbeing. Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors were working in hospitals in Merseyside in each month since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) when each of the contracts between his Department and the organisations that provide healthcare provision in prisons in England and Wales was signed;
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what instructions his Department has given to Ofsted inspectors in respect of the inspection of wellbeing in schools since 2010.
(7) if he will give the annual results for the (a) depression register for adults number 18 plus or (b) depression prevalence for adults 18 plus (percentage) for each year in which data are available. Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department plans to spend on the proposed Health and Work Assessment Advisory Service in each of the next three years.
(2) when bids will be invited for the Warm Homes Healthy People Fund in 2013-14. Sarah Newton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the saving to the public purse in 2015-16 as a result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
(2) what assessment he has made of the use of mindfulness in schools to improve attention spans of children; Chris Ruane:
(2) what the per capita breakdown of spending on mental health services in each local authority area has been in each of the last five years. Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if her Department will take steps to ensure that overseas visitors who are liable to pay for NHS treatment are made aware of this before they travel to the UK; and if it will encourage applicants for UK visas to take out health insurance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how regularly he meets with (a) executives and (b) assessors of Atos Healthcare to discuss disability assessments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve (a) NHS 111 online and (b) other NHS digital services to help enable self-care of minor, self-treatable ailments.
(2) what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the decision of NHS England to transfer brain tumour patients undergoing treatment at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery to another provider with his Department's policy on patient choice. Tessa Munt:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress he has made against his target of increasing the number of health visitors by 50 per cent by 2015.
(2) who commissions health services for each of the 12 prisons contractually managed by the private sector in England and Wales. Sadiq Khan:
(2) what assessment was made by all Gateway reviews into NHS property services to date; and what action was taken following such reviews. Charlotte Leslie:
(3) what assessment he has made of the use of mindfulness in schools in developing lifelong healthy mental health habits; Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with mental health problems who are victims of crime are properly supported;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to explain to overseas visitors to the UK the costs of NHS treatment and the need for health insurance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many inpatient beds for child and adolescent mental health services there were in each year from 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many health and safety inspections of cooling towers have been completed since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if his Department plans to support the Royal College of Psychiatrists' proposal to promote a show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2015 in support of veteran's mental health; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) when (a) he, (b) his ministerial colleagues and (c) officials in his Department have met representatives of the NHS to discuss prison healthcare since May 2010;
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answers of 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 765W, on pupils: health and 12 November 2013, Official Report, columns 607-8W, on schools: health, for what reason the number of times well-being has been referred to in Ofsted inspectors' reports has declined between 2010 and 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many quick service restaurant chains have endorsed public health responsibility deals; which such chains have committed to deals that deliver a healthier product to consumers; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent discussions he has had about the listing of mental health tribunal cases.
(3) what recent assessment he has made of the cost effectiveness of increased spending on mental health care; Mr Amess:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which local authorities have not delegated funding to Health and Wellbeing boards;
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the 307 amendments to the World Health Organisation’s International Health Regulations (2005), proposed in May 2023, given the deadline for opting out of the regulations and that extended consideration period has now passed and that ten months remain for the UK to opt-out of the amendments.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implementation of NHS England guidance on Excellence in Continence Care published in June 2018.
(3) if he will seek information from the Minister of Health in the Welsh Government on which health service trusts and boards in Wales allow for the treatment of private patients in NHS wards where the cost of treatment and care is funded by the patient; Ann Clwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many assessment centres Atos Healthcare (a) provided and (b) have been contracted to provide in each region under its personal independence payment contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department has spent on research and development of new drugs, diagnostics and vaccines for global health through each of her Department's product development partnerships in each of the last five years; and how much she intends to spend in such fashion in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what changes his Department intends to make to how sex and relationship education is taught under the PSHE curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health on 7 November 2013, Official Report, column 476, on standardised tobacco packaging, which risk behaviours the dedicated youth marketing programme will be aimed at discouraging.
Health Services: Young Offender Institutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what health providers provide services in young offender institutions.
(2) how many health visitors were working in (a) each constituency, (b) each local authority and (c) total in each of the last four years. Lucy Powell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much Public Health England spent on consultancy services in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of a potential link between increased social distress and changes in the number of mental health referrals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the issue of organ donation and transplantation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to encourage NHS trusts to employ more health visitors.
(2) what recent assessment he has made of emergency mental health care in the NHS; Tracey Crouch:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) male adults, (b) female adults and (c) children have been diagnosed with depression in each of the last 10 months;
Industrial Health and Safety: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many construction sites were visited by a Health and Safety Executive safety inspector in each year since 2008.
(2) what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department of the conclusions and recommendations of the 2013 report from Mind, Victim Support and others entitled At Risk, Yet Dismissed: The criminal victimisation of people with mental health problems; and if he will meet the authors of that report. Philip Davies:
(3) what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of the street triage pilot. Glyn Davies:
(3) how many people reported poor (a) mental and (b) physical health in (i) May 2010 and (ii) the most recent period for which data is available; Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much Health Education England has spent on consultancy services in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support his Department provides during exceptionally cold weather for health trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health services in each London borough have achieved “You're Welcome” accreditation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to bring forward a franchise responsibility deal to allow quick service restaurants owned by franchisees to participate in initiatives to improve public health; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which organisations or individuals have withdrawn from each of the networks established under the public health responsibility deal to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 678W, on health, which organisations have withdrawn from the Responsibility Deal; on what dates they withdrew; and for what reason they withdrew.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will announce his decision on public health funding allocations for local authorities NHS England and clinical commissioning groups; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many qualified health visitors there were in the West Midlands in (a) the latest reported period and (b) May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to establish an NHS England unit to reflect the six local authorities of the Merseyside city region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Health and Safety Executive inspectors currently carry out front-line site inspections and accident investigations; and how many such inspectors there were in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012.
(3) with reference to the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) evaluation of the HSE worker involvement training courses: final report, HSE Research Report 694, published in March 2013, what promotional activity the (a) Government and (b) HSE has undertaken to promote worker representative training since the launch of the report; and which press releases the HSE has published on this matter. Helen Goodman:
(2) when he expects to achieve the increase of 4,200 health visitors set out in the Health Visitor Implementation Plan published in February 2011. Mrs Hodgson:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider that parliamentary ratification is needed for the World Health Organisation’s International Health Regulations (2005) as amended.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to introduce financial incentives for food and drink businesses which endorse public health responsibility deals; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to announce his decision on which areas have been chosen to become a pioneer site to support the delivery of integrated care.
(2) what guidance his Department used to calculate allocation of winter funds to NHS trusts. Julie Elliott:
(4) what assessment he has made of the use of mindfulness in schools in (a) improving behaviour and (b) increasing educational attainment. Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical care commissioning groups commission appropriate services for women who have been victims of violence; and what monitoring his Department undertakes to check that such services meet the requisite standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve the provision of mental health services in Haringey.
(2) which local authorities have delegated funding to Health and Wellbeing boards. Keith Vaz:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether NHS practitioners are made aware of the potential uses of self-monitoring technology in healthcare;
(4) if he will seek information from the Minister of Health in the Welsh Government on information held on income received by GPs, consultants and other medical professionals for private treatment of patients in NHS facilities in Wales; Ann Clwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans her Departmernt has to replace the current research strategy for new drugs, diagnostics and vaccines when it expires at the end of 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what governance arrangements professional bodies are required to meet before being approved on the accredited voluntary register by the Professional Standards Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the (a) average cost per student and (b) total cost to the NHS of treating international students studying at UK universities in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help provide proactive mental health support to veterans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the results of the Public Health England staff survey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans to issue an update to the document Living Well for Longer: Call to Action to Reduce Premature Mortality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what advice he has received regarding what changes to existing legislation would be needed to extend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to cover private healthcare providers;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will conduct a new psychiatric morbidity survey for children and adolescents;
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many construction sites (a) in total and (b) in London were issued with a prohibition notice by the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve future care provision for deafblind people; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what (a) health checks and (b) nursing care must be provided at free schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many under 18 year olds have been admitted to adult mental health wards in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance he has issued to schools regarding education on the effects of legal highs; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations his Department received from North East NHS trusts regarding his recent allocation of winter funds;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his policy is on increasing bed capacity within mental health treatments in Haringey;
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to assist war veterans with mental health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his Department's policy is on the optimum number of cases handled per health visitor;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will commission an analysis of the reasons for the increase in referrals to Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services in the last two years; and if he will ensure that sufficient resources are in place to support those services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department will publish its response to the sustaining services, ensuring fairness consultation landed in July 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the original cost estimates were for the proposals of the Trust Special Administrator for the reconfiguration of services in south east London; what his Department's current estimate is of the costs of reconfiguration to 2018; and from which budgets any difference between these two figures will be met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many telephone conversations he has had with chief executives or chairs of (a) NHS trusts and (b) NHS foundation trusts in the last month.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the effects of long-term use of mobile telephones, hand-held computers and other digital hardware on mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to mental health services in Warwickshire in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) increase digital health literacy and (b) ensure the adequacy of NHS vetting of health apps it is considering promoting to the public.
(2) what assessment his Department has made of staffing levels at places of safety in England as defined by the Mental Health Act 1983 for each year since 1997-98. Luciana Berger:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of patients who have been prescribed protein drinks by their GPs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve the health of homeless people in Brighton.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has held with the Northern Ireland Executive on the levy issued on foreign students and temporary migrants to use the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many non-UK residents were treated by the NHS in 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the reconfiguration of health services in Worcestershire and any effects on Alexandra Hospital, Redditch.
(2) what recent evaluation his Department has made of the Any Qualified Provider model for delivering adult hearing services; and if he will publish any such evaluation. Stephen Lloyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the retention rate of health visitors has been (a) nationally and (b) in each local authority area in each year since 2010;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 18 October 2013, Official Report, column 895W, on health services: Greater London, which clinical commissioning groups will contribute how much revenue costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of progress to date towards the Coalition Agreement Commitment in the provision of 4,200 more health visitors.
(2) what plans he has to respond to the recommendations in the recent report by the Chief Medical Officer, Prevention Pays - our children deserve better, that there should be an annual survey of children's mental health and wellbeing and of investment in child and adolescent mental health services in England. Luciana Berger:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what targets health assessors working for Atos Healthcare work towards; and whether a bonus is payable upon reaching such targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many construction sites in London were visited by a Health and Safety Executive safety inspector in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will take steps to ensure the dissemination and training of health personnel in essential medicine treatment guidelines and supervision in projects supported by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will commission an investigation into local variations in the maximum number of cases to be handled by health visitors so as to ensure good practice;
(5) if he will seek information from the Minister of Health in the Welsh Government on what monitoring exists in Wales to ensure compliance by consultants in hospitals with the terms of their contractual agreements; Ann Clwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2013, Official Report, column 716W, on Warm Homes Healthy People Fund, if he will make a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of the delivery of the ring-fenced funding and the Warm Homes Healthy People Fund.
(3) how many inpatient beds are available for mental health patients in each mental health trust in each of the last five years; and what the average occupation level was for such beds in each trust in each such year. Tracey Crouch:
(2) if he will commission a review of local guidelines on the appropriate caseload for health visitors to gain insight into which local authorities are overloaded. Mr Jim Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) for the 12 prisons contractually managed by the private sector in England and Wales, who is providing health services; when were the contracts signed; for how long they run; how much they cost; and how they are performing against the contract provision;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total (a) expenditure on consultants to date and (b) budget is for the Greater Manchester Healthier Together project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent assessment he has made of staffing levels at places of safety in England as defined by the Mental Health Act 1983;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of NHS and social care spending on mental health support in England for (a) children, (b) adults of working age and (c) adults over 65 years old in 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has given clinical commissioning groups and other bodies responsible for the commissioning of NHS services the ability to ensure commissioned services are performed by practitioners registered either with the Health and Care Professions Council or the Accredited Voluntary Register where appropriate.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their response to the report prepared by Future Health for Astellas Pharma Who’s Counting: The case for urgent action to improve NHS continence care, published in September.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) appointing a hepatitis B virus (HBV) elimination programme national clinical lead and (b) establishing a national register for monitoring HBV diagnoses and treatment uptake.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility to people with dementia of the assessment process for NHS Continuing Healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to extend the Learning Support Fund to students studying pharmacy and cardiac physiology.
(2) what assessment he has made of the August 2013 CQC report on St Ann's Hospital, Haringey and its finding of bed shortages in the hospital. Mr Lammy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he plans to introduce the new formula proposed by the Fundamental Review of Allocations Policy;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether NHS England has the authority to transfer a patient's care from one NHS provider to another if the patient is satisfied with his or her current provider;
(2) what the average number of cases handled per health visitor in NHS England is. Mr Jim Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to promote awareness of organ donation within schools in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress he has made on the reconfiguration of health services in Worcestershire; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on steps to ensure there is a safe and appropriate emergency care pathway in place for offenders experiencing mental health issues (a) at the point of arrest and (b) once in police custody.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when his Department will begin monitoring outcomes from adult hearing services delivered through the Any Qualified Provider model as part of a long-term evaluation of the policy; and if he will make a statement;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the potential administrative cost to the NHS of charging international students for their treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in his Department have been (a) seconded and (b) hired from organisations that have signed up to responsibility deal pledges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of mother and baby mental health units in the UK; and if he will publish a regional list of such units.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; and if he will publish the results of that assessment.
(5) what assessment he has made of the age of onset of depression over the longest period for which data is available; Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will attend the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health between 10 and 13 November 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was received by the NHS from each European country participating in the EHIC scheme in 2012-13; and how much is outstanding from each such nation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the potential effect of (a) working very long hours, (b) temporary working contracts, (c) caring for the elderly and disabled and (d) personal debt on wellbeing in the UK.
(4) how many people have been diagnosed with anxiety disorder in each year for which data is available; Chris Ruane:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amendment to Article 59 of the World Health Organisation's International Health Regulations, adopted on 22 May 2022 by the World Health Assembly, and for which the opt-out period, available to each country separately, expires on 1 December.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the £100 million funding from the Start for Life Programme to support (a) perinatal mental health and (b) parent-infant relationships has been (i) distributed and (ii) spent as of 27 November 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the current (a) budget, (b) number of staff employed and (c) budget for staff salaries is for Health Education England.
(2) what steps he has taken to promote greater worker involvement in promoting health and safety; Helen Goodman:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her policy is on including universal health coverage in the post-2015 millennium development goals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by specialist commissioning hubs on consultancy services in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
(2) what recent discussions he has had with private healthcare providers on extending Freedom of Information Act 2000 provision to cover private companies providing services to NHS patients. Mr Jamie Reed:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what real-terms expenditure on adult mental health services has been in each year since 1997-98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answers of 21 November 2013, Official Report, columns 1003-4W and 3 December 2013, Official Report, column 644W, on health visitors, what the expected net growth is in the number of health visitors from August 2013 to the end of 2013-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what contractual penalties are in place if Atos fails to meet targets or fulfil obligations.
(4) how much his Department spent in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 on each of the contracts to deliver healthcare provision in prisons in England and Wales. Sadiq Khan:
(6) what assessment he has made of the effect of materialism on levels of mental health; Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health of 7 November 2013, Official Report, column 476, on dedicated youth marketing programme, how much his Department has spent on public health marketing in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her Department's funded programmes are doing towards strengthening the health workforce in low and middle income countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to work with NHS bodies, local authorities, police and other agencies to (a) prevent people with mental health problems becoming victims of crime and (b) support people with mental health problems who are victims of crime.
(3) when each of the contracts between his Department and providers of healthcare provision in prisons in England and Wales terminate; Sadiq Khan:
(2) what additional resources he has allocated to deal with the mental ill health that has resulted from the economic downturn; Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 152W, on mental health (1) what assessment he has made of the recent publications that have considered the effect of the economic downturn on mental health and well-being; and whether that consideration has led to any changes in policy;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the written statement of 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 45WS, on NHS winter planning, how much of the additional £500 million will be allocated to mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the consequences for workplace health and safety of ending the requirement for written risk assessments for small and medium-sized enterprises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the per capita spend on mental health services in West Sussex has been in each of the last five years; and how this spend compares to the national average in that period;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the effect of modern technology and digital media on levels of mental health in children and adolescents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of former Directors of Public Health who now work for Public Health England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate the Health and Safety Executive has made of the proportion of employees in the UK who are not being adequately consulted under the (a) Safety Representatives and Safety Committee Regulations 1977, as amended, and (b) Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of child and adolescent mental health services provision (a) nationally and (b) regionally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the waiting times for accessing mental health services.
(2) when results of the street triage pilot will be published; Glyn Davies:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 152W, on mental health services: young people, what practical and physical conditions must be met before a patient under 18-years-old is recorded as in part of an adult ward set aside for child and adolescent mental health services' patients; and how many (a) under 16-year-olds and (b) 16 to 17-year-olds were admitted to part of an adult ward set aside for child and adolescent mental health services' patients in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many medical professionals Atos is obliged to employ under its contract with his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the written answer of 29 November 2013, Official Report, column 467W, on health education, what continued development has been undertaken since the guidance was suspended.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many non-clinical NHS staff in Staffordshire were paid over (a) £50,000, (b) £66,000, (c) £100,000 and (d) £150,000 in the last four years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the written answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 147W, on Health Education, what the rationale was for suspending work on the draft guidance.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make an assessment of the life satisfaction of people in the (a) bottom and (b) top quartile of earnings in each year from 2007 to the latest period for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times he has met the chief executive or chair of (a) the Care Quality Commission, (b) Monitor, (c) NHS England and (d) the NHS Trust Development Authority since June 2013; and what issues he discussed with each.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funds his Department has provided for promotion of (a) five-a-day fruit and vegetable consumption and (b) physical exercise in the last 12 months; and if he will take steps to promote five-a-day habits for good mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on implementing the interim delivery plan on myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome; and if she has an expected timeline on when the plan will be fully implemented.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to encourage NHS England to appoint a national Clinical Director for urological conditions and continence services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will review the compatibility of the services provided by the NHS with the Prague Declaration signed by the National Association of Deafened People; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect of legal highs on levels of demand for mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what meetings he has held with ministerial colleagues on public health marketing campaigns since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much Healthwatch England spent on consultancy services in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
(2) when (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues have met their counterparts in the Department for Health to discuss prison healthcare since May 2010. Sadiq Khan:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many doctors Atos employed in (a) Gloucester constituency, (b) Gloucestershire and (c) England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to increase the annual grant available under the Learning Support Fund for healthcare students studying (a) nursing, (b) midwifery and (c) allied healthcare professions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the per capita spend on mental health services in (a) Portsmouth South constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) England was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2013, Official Report, column 765W, on pupils: health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the reduction in references to children's well-being in Ofsted inspectors' guildlines in 2011 and 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by which date in early 2024 her Department plans to publish the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding per child and adolescent was provided for CAMHS mental health services in Warwick and Leamington constituency in (a) 2019 and (b) 2022.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research they are currently supporting into the development of new anti-fungal treatments for conditions such as chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.[HL6512]
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) mental health and (b) suicide prevention provision in secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of early onset heart disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the effect of the inhalation of bioaerosols on human health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of research into treatment with synthetic human antibodies in order to counter deadly fungal infections; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase access to mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to publish a long-term cancer strategy for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions due to anaphylaxis there have been in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on delivering the NHS Long Term Plan's priorities on dementia prevention.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve mental health support services for military veterans, including those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the compatibility of different international mental health screening measures with existing procedures for mental health patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for gender dysphoria treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure every child has access to a mental health professional (a) at school and (b) in the community.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ask NHS England and the Health Quality Improvement Partnership to conduct a clinical audit of urology services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's target is for the number of care coordinators employed as part of Op COURAGE.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans received support from Op Courage between (a) April-July and (b) August-November 2021.
How much additional funding is being accorded to North Manchester Hospital emergency services to serve the June Euro 96 competition being held in Manchester.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an annual mental health and wellbeing review for (a) children and (b) young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care coordinators are currently employed as part of Op COURAGE.
Work Capability Assessment: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people in chronic mental health crisis and chronic psychosis are not excluded from the substantial risk category of limited capability for work-related activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been waiting for 12 months or longer for NHS treatment in Warwick and Leamington constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing quarterly reports on progress made against the commitments set out in her Department's England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2023, last updated on 10 July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of moving gender transition-related healthcare into primary care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2022 Workforce Census, what assessment he has of the adequacy of the size of the NHS clinical oncology workforce.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for raising public awareness of the use of medical associate professions in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent on the Healthy Start Scheme in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of mental health services available for Armed Forces across the UK; and whether they plan to make further changes.
Department of Health: Off-payroll Working
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were paid off-payroll in each agency for which his Department is responsible in each of the last three financial years for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to incorporate health inequalities into national development management policies.
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the most common categories of mental health problem that recruits at the Army Foundation College have presented to the on-site counselling psychotherapist, and whether a periodic report of the data is produced.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help support police officers with mental health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that NHS providers comply with the Accessible Information Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps with (a) the Royal National Institute of Blind People, (b) local sight loss councils and (c) other third sector organisations to undertake a review of the effectiveness of non-clinical support services for people living with sight loss.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to provide training to (a) GPs and (b) specialists to help improve the time taken to (i) diagnose and (ii) refer patients with inflammatory skin conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 128715 on Health: Disadvantages, what plans she has to expand the Major Conditions Strategy to address ethnic and gender disparities.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Evans of Rainow on 14 September (HL Debate, col 241GC), why the “package of prioritised measures to expand the provision of fracture liaison services and improve their current quality” was not mentioned in the Autumn Statement.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment the Army has made of the risk of adolescent recruits enlisting with a history of depression or anxiety later being discharged for reasons of mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department provided to help support police officers' mental health in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce elective backlogs in child health services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in determining whether suicide and self-harm prevention will be included in their guidance on relationships, sex and health education as an explicit part of the curriculum, in particular to support young people to spot the signs of, and seek appropriate support for, cases of suicidal ideation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of funding announced for NHS services in 2023 will be spent on child health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support patients with inflammatory skin conditions to manage the impact of that condition on their mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Major conditions strategy: case for change and our strategic framework published on 21 August 2023, what steps she is taking to ensure NHS non-clinical staff employed through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme have awareness of the six major health conditions in the strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England plans to publish the revised Accessible Information Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Major conditions strategy: case for change and our strategic framework published on 14 August 2023, what plans her Department has to align NHS Health Checks with the six major health conditions listed.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many and what proportion of recruits at the Army Foundation College were discharged for a mental health reason in each of the last five years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) ensure people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) have access to specialist ME/chronic fatigue syndrome services, and (2) increase funding available for such services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure the collection of national data on (a) diagnosis, (b) referral to specialist care and (c) access to treatment for people with inflammatory skin conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's press release Earlier mental health support announced for thousands nationwide, published on 25 October 2023, how much of the £2.3 billion of additional funding for mental health services in England will be spent on mental health services for residents of Chipping Barnet constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that asylum seekers given leave to remain have adequate support to access (a) housing and (b) health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of Acute Respiratory Infection hubs on (a) GP appointments and (b) emergency department attendance levels since their creation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact on public health of expanding UK oil and gas fields.
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the possibility and potential of implementing routine assessments into the prevalence and geographic and socioeconomic disparities of people with (1) Crohn’s disease, and (2) ulcerative colitis to inform healthcare investment and planning decisions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Acute Respiratory Infection hubs were operating in winter 2022-23; and how many are planned to be operating in winter 2023-24.
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to ensure that there is parity between care provided by gastroenterology services and other disease areas on (1) diagnosis, (2) treatment, and (3) outcomes.
Gaza: Disease Control and Health Services
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he has taken to work with the World Health Organisation to address (a) the rise in disease and (b) other aspects of the health crisis in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether bed-blocking at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital by clients of Birmingham City Council's Social Services Department is delaying operations for Solihull patients. - Inc figures.
To ask His Majesty's Government how they measure the adequacy and efficacy of data collection on waiting times for gastroenterology services.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to announce funding for improved fracture liaison services across England to avoid a postcode lottery relating to early detection of osteoporosis.
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the potential of (1) a new national clinical director, and (2) new targets, to improve gastroenterology services.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department plans to (a) maintain and (b) increase funding for Product Development Partnerships.
Hull and Goole Port Health Authority: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government funding for the Hull and Goole Port Health Authority's preparation for the end of the transition period; whether funding for that purpose will be (a) made (i) direct or (ii) via local authorities and (b) ring-fenced; and how the level of that funding will be calculated.
Hull and Goole Port Health Authority: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timetable is for the development of an employment plan to ensure effective (a) employee cover and (b) public safety in the Hull and Goole Port Health Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the detailed patient environment action teams' results for Evesham Community Hospital for (a) 2004 and (b) 2003. - Inc fact that information placed in Library (Dep 05/275).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support NHS services to make adequate provision to (a) diagnose and (b) manage Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of health and care worker visa holders have dependents in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has provided for (a) mental health services (i) for children and young people and (ii) in total and (b) all NHS services in each financial year since 2019-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that healthcare information is accessible to blind and partially-sighted people; and whether she has had recent discussions with NHS England on the effectiveness of the accessible information standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of funding was allocated by his Department between 1996 and 2001 for research into benign prostatic hyperplasia. - Inc figure and ref to http://www/doh.gov.uk/research/nrr.htm
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussion she has had with the Office of Environmental Protection on (a) air quality and (b) its health impacts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's webpage entitled Diagnosis and referral of inflammatory arthritis, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of people with suspected inflammatory arthritis who receive referral to rheumatology services within three working days.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a UK-wide blueprint for inflammatory bowel disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for the completion of the new medical centre at HMP Wandsworth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reports were made by his Department to the Health and Safety Executive in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and (e) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2023 to Question 193651 on Arthritis: Mental Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of waiting times for elective care on the mental health of people with arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to respond to the letter from the honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire of 9th December concerning the future of Evesham Community Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that medical professionals who harm their patients face appropriate punishment.
Ministry of Defence: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many mental health specialists were employed by his Department in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future role of and services provided at Evesham Community Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number of full time equivalent (a) physiotherapists, (b) occupational therapists, (c) speech and language therapists and (d) neurologists working in the NHS on average across each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel who undertook regular fitness tests in 2022 were (a) found to be unfit and (b) had their service discontinued in the same year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future of Malvern Community Hospital.
What steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for cancer treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future of the minor injuries unit at Evesham Community Hospital, and the implications of proposed staff reductions at the unit for its functioning. - Inc ref to "Keeping the NHS Local - A New Direction of Travel" February 2003.
What is his policy with regard to making a prostate specific Antigen test generally available to people suspected of suffering from prostate problems at an early date; and what plans he has to introduce a regular screening test for all men of vulnerable age groups.
Department of Health and Social Care: Official Hospitality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on mental health services for (a) military personnel and (b) veterans in (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21, (iii) 2021-22 and (iv) 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, how much and what proportion of the additional £2.3 billion of funding for mental health services has been spent on services for (a) children and (b) other young people.
What steps she is taking to reduce NHS waiting times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of the level of mental health support available to bereaved parents following miscarriage and baby loss and (b) potential merits of allocating additional resources for such care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on mental health services in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23.
Environmental Health and Trading Standards
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the numbers of (1) trading standards, (2) environmental health, and (3) food safety personnel in local authorities, and what plans they have to ensure sufficient numbers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the treatment available for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to prepare for winter 2023-24 in (a) Bournemouth East constituency and (b) the South West.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the elective recovery taskforce's implementation plan, what steps her Department is taking to ensure equity in access for people who are unable to use (a) NHS Digital, (b) MyPlanned and (c) other online platforms relevant to healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of how many children suspended from schools (a) have mental health issues and (b) are neurodivergent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients waited longer than 2 hours for urgent community response teams in each of the last 12 months.
Domestic Accidents: Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of level (a) one and (b) two fall incidents community health services responded to in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will respond to the letter from Andrew Cox, Senior Coroner for the coroner area of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, of 23 November 2023 on matters revealed by inquests giving rise to concern.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent on external recruitment consultants in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of early intervention mental health support in schools for children and young people.
Care Workers and Health Services: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Oral Statement from the Secretary of State for the Home Department of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration, Official Report, column 41, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the changes to visas announced in that Statement on the (a) mental health and (b) general well-being of workers in health and care roles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the newly merged Eastbourne and Hastings Hospital trusts will pay in additional National Insurance contributions in the year 2002; how much he estimates the merged Eastbourne and Hastings hospital trusts will pay in additional national insurance contributions in 2003. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the draft Immigration (Health Charge) Amendment Order 2023, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase to the immigration health surcharge on affected people's ability to access health and care services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Oral Statement from the Secretary of State for the Home Department of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration, Official Report, column 41, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to visas announced in that Statement on the number of vacancies in health and care roles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of dedicated fall prevention teams.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was received from the immigration health surcharge in (a) 2019 and (b) 2022.
What assessment he has made of the number of dedicated surgical wards required at Sunderland District General Hospital to meet the needs of the population of Sunderland and North Easington. - This is a matter for Sunderland health authority.
If she will list the dates and occasions on which the Sunderland DHA consulted with (a) the City of Sunderland Social Services Department, (b) the Sunderland DHA clinicians, (c) GPs and health personnel involved in the delivery of child health services over the (i) options to unify child health services and (ii) the use of the Sunderland Eye Infirmary site; & various other questions on health services in Sunderland.
How many paid for car parking spaces there are at the Sunderland General Hospital; what is the revenue from car parking spaces; what further car parking spaces are to be created; what is the cost of adding each additional space; what contingency plans are available when all the car parking spaces are full; and whether the staff use the car parking spaces. - Inc fact that this is matter for district health authority.
What is the current ratio of surgical beds to head of population (a) nationally, (b) in the Northern Region and (c) at Sunderland General Hospital. - Table given.
How many nursing staff were employed in Hartlepool, Sunderland and Durham hospitals in each of the last five years. - No figs given. Inc ref to various DH statistical bulletins and regional tables to be placed in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Scottish Government on the use of digital cards to replace paper Healthy Start Vouchers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of vehicle collisions which resulted in an injury that were (a) caused and (b) partly caused by a medical episode experienced by a driver.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of drivers who were advised that they had a medical condition that affects their ability to drive safely about which they should notify the DVLA who did not notify the DVLA in each year since 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health support available to unpaid carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls were responded to by mental health joint response cars in London in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS agencies (a) own the Mount Vernon Hospital estate and (b) are responsible for services provided there; and if he will list the chief executive and board members of each of these agencies. - Inc list.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the relationship between poverty and health inequality; and what steps he is taking in response to the findings of the report by Professor Sir Michael Marmot entitled Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 years on.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the roll-out of funding for Mental Health Support Teams beyond 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken for patients with inflammatory skin conditions to be referred for specialist care on the cost of treatment for such conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of eligible adults who have received (a) abdominal aortic aneurysm, (b) bowel, (c) breast and (d) cervical screening in (i) Lambeth CCG (ii) Southwark CCG and (iii) England in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department undertook an impact assessment prior to the suspension of the £100 million of funding for weight management services, announced on 4 March 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish any impact assessments undertaken on mental health support provided to the social care workforce during the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the time taken for patients with inflammatory skin conditions to access (a) specialist care and support and (b) treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Cancer Research UK Cancer Patient Survey 2021, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for cancer (a) testing, (b) screening and (c) treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many notifications of any injury or illness that would have a likely impact on safe driving ability the DVLA has received from (a) doctors, (b) other healthcare professionals and (c) drivers in each year since 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's publication entitled 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance, what information has been provided to NHS patients to enable them to (a) self-refer into audiology services and (b) identify whether their local service has a self-referral patient pathway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials from his Department work exclusively on prison healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce variations in access to menopause treatment and (b) ensure that women get equal access to the treatments they need.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's publication entitled 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance, whether her Department has provided further (a) guidance and (b) other support to relevant Integrated Care Boards to help support the delivery of a self-referral patient pathway for audiology services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of implementing NHS England’s Referral optimisation for people with skin conditions on (i) the cost of treatment and (ii) number of referrals for people with skin conditions in (a) England, (b) Cheshire and Merseyside integrated care system and (c) Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendation by Mind, Young Minds, Youth Access, the Children’s Society and the Children and the Young People’s Mental Health Coalition for the Government to fund a network of mental health support hubs for young people across England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of mobile dental check-up vehicles on children's oral health.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her 19 February 2020 policy statement entitled The UK's points-based immigration system, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of the (a) exclusion of an immigration route for low-skilled work and (b) general salary threshold of £25,600 on the adequacy of the number of staff in the health and social care sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of maintaining funding for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency at its current level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the public health allocation was to each local authority in each year since 2010; and what the percentage change was between those allocations in 2010 and 2020, by local authority.
Department of Health and Social Care: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer given on 7 June 2022 to Question 8012 on Department of Health and Social Care: Protective Clothing, at what grade each of the 3.5 full time equivalent staff overseeing the storage of personal protective equipment are employed within the civil service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided to support the mental health of the social care workforce during the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister of his Department is responsible for prison healthcare, and how many times that Minister has visited prisons in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living on the mental health of unpaid carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the provision of psychological support for blood cancer patients across England; and what plans he has to address regional disparities in that provision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the social care workforce is provided with mental health training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps to improve training for NHS professionals providing emotional and psychological support for (a) solid tumour cancer patients and (b) blood cancer patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's publication entitled 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of (a) NHS audiology departments and (b) private sector AQP audiology services that have successfully implemented a self-referral patient pathway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials from his Department have made visits to prisons in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled Investigation into the management of Health Screening, published 1 February 2019, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS screening laboratories are sufficiently staffed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eating disorder (a) beds and (b) services commissioned by NHS England have been delivered by the private sector in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set up a national network of rare-disease centres.
Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England: Public Appointments
To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure the appointment of professionally credible chief professions officers and heads of profession for non-clinical roles within the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve patient access to primary care in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the RFA Argus will be utilising its hospital facilities for casualties from the conflict in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the self-assessment framework in the Royal Marines Project Regain programme in helping to (a) combat mental health issues and (b) prevent suicide by armed forces personnel since its introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of domestic wood burning on public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 4438 on Healthy Start Scheme: Expenditure, whether Healthy Start costs have now been published.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the compliance of covid-19 guidance with accessible information standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the (a) revenue and (b) capital costs of (i) guaranteeing mental health treatment within a month, (ii) establishing walk-in mental health hubs for children and young people and (iii) providing specialist mental health support in all schools over the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will set a target for the number of trusts to adopt the NHS England guidance on Referral optimisation for people with skin conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people, by gender, undergoing a community programme approach received follow-up post-discharge support from a mental health hospital within (a) 48 hours and (b) seven days in 2016-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of extra beds available at hospitals in winter 2023-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 23 May 2023 to Question 185728 on Buildings: Health and Safety, whether officials have concluded their review of British Standard BS 40102-1:2023 entitled Health and well-being and indoor environmental quality in buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to review the implementation of the Accessible Information Standard, DCB1605, introduced in 2016, to ensure that the healthcare information and communication support needs of people with a disability, including visual impairments, are being met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to raise public awareness of obesity-linked illnesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to assess the level of regional variation in access to (a) care, (b) services and (c) treatment for patients with inflammatory skin conditions.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made the long-term medical effects of using oral tobacco-free nicotine pouches.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote collaboration among all professions and support staff within the NHS to ensure comprehensive, patient-centred, and integrated healthcare.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report Children and young people’s mental health services: Targets, progress and barriers to improvement published by the Education Policy Institute on 10 December.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS compliance with the Accessible Information Standard in the event that more NHS services are delivered online and by phone because of the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Monthly Diagnostic Data published by NHS England includes data on (a) pathology and (b) phlebotomy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department monitors the progress of organisations providing NHS or adult social care towards conforming to the Accessible Information Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve access to mental health services in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Accessible Information Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken for eligible applicants to receive an immigration healthcare surcharge refund was in each of the past six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to monitor the effectiveness of NHS England’s guidance on Referral optimisation for people with skin conditions.
Children in Care: Mental Health Services
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their timetable for updating the Statutory Guidance on Promoting the Health and Well-being of Looked After Children, published in March 2015; whether there will be a specific focus on mental health services for this group; and how they plan to deliver updated guidance in a culturally sensitive way.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ICBs have introduced self-referral routes for (a) fall services, (b) musculoskeletal services, (c) audiology for older people, (d) weight management services, (e) community podiatry and (f) wheelchair and community equipment as of 12 November 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of the proportion of low-income families that attend yearly dental check-ups in Birmingham.
To ask His Majesty's Government how they are supporting the NHS to build additional capacity over winter, in light of pressures including high numbers of patients being admitted with winter viruses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people, by gender, received follow-up post-discharge support from a mental health hospital within (a) 48 hours and (b) seven days in 2016-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to introduce the teaching of menstrual wellbeing in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5546 what the (a) original projected cost and (b) final cost of the new medical centre at HMP Wandsworth was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the provision of orthodontic surgeons at the Sunderland Royal Hospital; and what plans he has to increase their numbers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the potential merits of including (a) endometriosis and (b) menstrual wellbeing in the health and wellbeing school curriculum in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 8 February, Official Report, column 805, on the NHS’s delivery plan for tackling the covid-19 backlog of elective care, what plans his Department has to ensure that the NHS's delivery plan tackles the backlog of elective care for menstrual health conditions.
To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they have put in place to deal with the predicted unequal impact of climate change and associated health conditions on those who are vulnerable, including children, older people, and those with medical conditions or living in deprived areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to resume referrals from GPs to (a) Kings College Hospital Trust and (b) Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital for treatment of long covid; and for what reason South East London clinical commissioning group made the decision to pause acceptance of referrals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects vacancies for orthodontists at Sunderland Royal Hospital to be filled; and how long the positions have remained vacant. - City Hospitals Sunderland National Health Service Foundation Trust will write.
To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they have put in place to ensure the right research, data and information are in place to tackle the increasing health risks from climate change.
Department of Health and Social Care: Power Failures
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there have been any power cuts on their Department's property in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times in children’s community health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed in (a) Sunderland Royal Hospital, (b) Hartlepool University Hospital and (c) Durham University Hospital in each year since 2001. - Inc table.
To ask the Leader of the House why Written Questions HL660 and HL661, tabled on 28 November, have not been answered after 10 working days.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses in (a) Sunderland Royal Hospital, (b) Hartlepool General Hospital, (c) North Tees Hospital and (d) University Hospital Durham are training to become nurse practitioners. - Includes table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will hold discussions with the Scottish Government on the potential merits of including (a) endometriosis and (b) menstrual wellbeing in the health and wellbeing school curriculum in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to protect (a) Bupa, (b) HCA Healthcare and (c) other major private healthcare providers from (i) BGI Group and (ii) MGI Tech.
How many high dependency unit beds there are in (a) Hartlepool General Hospital, (b) Dryburn Hospital and (c) Sunderland Royal Hospital. - Including ref to "Bed availability for England", available in Library.
What is the total cost to the Sunderland Hospital Trust of changing the name of Sunderland District General Hospital to the Sunderland Royal Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were awaiting treatment by a consultant orthodontist on the latest date for which figures are available; and what the average time taken to obtain treatment once placed on the waiting list was in (a) Sunderland Royal Hospital, (b) Durham University Hospital and (c) Hartlepool University Hospital in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Written Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5046 on Migrants: Health Services and Housing, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of data sharing between stakeholders and local authorities; and what plans he has to improve it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of excluding ADHD spend from Mental Health Investment Standard money and Mental Health service development funding on (a) waiting lists and (b) ICB core funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the additional £1 billion per year for community mental health services has been spent; and if she will make an assessment of the impact of that funding on care pathways for people living with bipolar disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have (a) arrived in the UK on a Health and Care Worker visa and (b) subsequently applied for a different type of visa since 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce barriers faced by blind and partially sighted people in accessing health and care information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve dental hygiene in Southend.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have (a) arrived in and (b) subsequently left the UK on a Health and Care Worker visa since 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Patient safety boost as medical associates to be regulated, published on 11 December 2023, for what reasons the General Medical Council was appointed as the regulator.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with local mental health trusts on the adequacy of their staffing levels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) treatment for and (b) diagnosis of (i) endometriosis, (ii) polycystic ovary syndrome and (iii) other women's health concerns; and what steps she is taking to help ensure young women seeking treatment for these conditions have their concerns taken seriously.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who were issued a Health and Care Worker visa since 2020 remain employed in the health and social care sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board with the additional £8m funding required to pay for the projected increase in demand in primary care for Locally Commissioned Services for this financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the statutory guidance on promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children published on 17 March 2015, if she will review and update that guidance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of processes for the management of sepsis in other countries.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to expand provision of HIV peer support in all areas of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure all Trusts with secondary care services have a clinical lead for sepsis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to develop a sepsis strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people accessing perinatal mental health services by NHS inclusion groups since 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of ovarian cancer in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to improve the provision of mental health care across the youth secure estate.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to re-engage people back into HIV care who have been lost to follow up.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to ensure provision of mental health services for people living with HIV, and (2) to ensure there are effective referral pathways between HIV clinics and NHS Talking Therapies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help raise awareness of ovarian cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether GPs are required to ensure that patient letters are provided in a format that is readable for blind and partially-sighted people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equality of access and provision of NHS care for patients with learning disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure hospital staff can support British sign language interpreters to assist deaf patients.
Health Services: Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with sight and hearing impairments are able to access NHS services.
Mental Health Services: Hearing Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what secondary and tertiary mental health services for deaf patients are commissioned nationally by NHS England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to improve the availability of British Sign Language translation services at hospitals and GP practices in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of the transfer of alerts relating to patients with learning difficulties between different health care providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent guidance his Department has provided for NHS Foundation Trusts and clinical commissioning groups on staff training and improving the care of people with a learning disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all children with additional needs are given the tailored support they need and deserve within the healthcare system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to enforce NHS standards on accessibility for health information for blind people.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the special needs of people with hearing loss in NHS hospitals when they are (1) acutely ill, and (2) at risk of death.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS services are available to people who read using braille.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the (a) availability and (b) adequacy of the health services provided to deafblind people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to provide (a) information on its services in British Sign Language (BSL) and (b) correspondence in BSL to people whose principal language is BSL; and what steps he has taken to encourage GPs and other practitioners to provide (i) prescriptions, (ii) details of medical appointments and (iii) other essential personal medical documents in BSL to people whose principal language is BSL.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) Bridgewater and (b) Merseycare NHS Trust spent on bidding for the Liverpool Community Health contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the investigations into the allegations relating to the treatment of terminally-ill children within the Southend Community Services Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the amount spent by (a) Alder Hey and (b) Merseycare on the bid to run Liverpool Community Trust; and whether any consultants were involved in that process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of administrative and support staff in NHS organisations within the North Yorkshire Health Authority area in 1996-97; and what the planned cost is of administrative and support staff for (a) Hambleton and Richmondshire Primary Care Trust, (b) Craven, Harrogate and Rural District PCT, (c) Selby and York Primary Care Trust, (d) Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale PCT, (e) Harrogate Health Care Trust, (f) South Tees Hospital NHS Trust and (g) York Health Services NHS Trust in 2002-03. - Includes table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Nottingham University CHP generator for the Queen's Medical Centre by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative; what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the elderly mental health for the Rotherham Priority Health NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative; what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Queen's Medical Centre ENT Opthalmology Capital Scheme for the Queen's Medical Centre NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with South Tees Hospital Trust on its financial position; and what assessment he has made of its plans for (a) staff appointments, (b) shift patterns and overtime for permanent staff and (c) timing of operations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the financial deficit of South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust was on the latest date for which figures are available; what assessment he has made of the reasons for the accumulation of the deficit; and if he will provide assistance to the Trust to enable it to eradicate the deficit without reducing the number of staff or the standard and availability of local services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of National Insurance contributions to the South Tees Hospital Trust in (a) 1997-98, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2003-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for his oral contribution of 1 September 2020, Official Report, column 29, that the backlog of cancer cases built up during the covid-19 outbreak has been reduced by half.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Gracious Speech of 19 December 2019, Official Report column 31, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the Mental Health Act 1989 during the 2019-21 Session.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information (a) her Department and (b) the NHS has collected on (i) interventions, (ii) strategies and (iii) policies that are successful at reducing levels of (A) depression, (B) bad nerves and (C) anxiety in the working age population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the findings of the Healthwatch publication, Accessible Information Standard: Findings from our evidence review, published in February 2022, on levels of (a) training and (b) awareness of the standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on delivering the Women's Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of social media by different age groups on levels of (a) depression, (b) bad nerves and (c) anxiety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what medical research the Government has funded into bad nerves.
Mental Health Services: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase access to mental health support for patients with (a) Crohn's disease and (b) ulcerative colitis.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, how his Department works with the Department for Work and Pensions to define (a) depression, (b) bad nerves and (c) anxiety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what the prevalence is of (a) bad nerves and (b) anxiety in people aged between 16 and 64 who have been economically inactive because of long term health conditions since (i) 2010 and (ii) 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of provision of healthcare for people with dementia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) full and (b) part time work on (i) bad nerves, (ii) anxiety and (iii) depression in working age adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what the prevalence of (a) depression, (b) bad nerves and (c) anxiety is for each age cohort of (i) men and (ii) and for people (A) in work and (B) who are long term sick.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides for education settings to help students experiencing (a) depression, (b) bad nerves and (c) anxiety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Parliamentary Health and Service Ombudsman.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, when the self-reported conditions of (a) bad nerves and (b) anxiety were added to the Labour Force Survey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) treatments and (b) advice provided by the NHS for individuals with low blood pressure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of (a) maternity and (b) children's services in Redditch.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps (a) her Department and (b) the NHS is taking to (i) manage and (ii) reduce the growth of (A) depression, (B) bad nerves and (C) anxiety in the working age population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, how job coaches work with people self reporting (a) bad nerves and (b) anxiety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will have discussions with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on the potential merits of enabling employers to report to the HSE (a) drug and (b) alcohol misuse as a contributing factor in a reportable incident.
Department of Health and Social Care: Bullying and Harassment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many settlement payments her Department issued following claims of (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination in the (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21, (iii) 2021-22 and (iv) 2022-23 financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what steps his Department takes to work with the Department of Health and Social Care on clinically recognised approaches to treating (a) bad nerves and (b) anxiety to design appropriate work-related interventions to tackle rates of long term sickness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspections have the Health and Safety Executive conducted by sector in each year since 2008.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what steps the ONS takes taken to help participants in the Labour Force Survey distinguish between (a) normal and (b) medical levels of (i) bad nerves and (ii) anxiety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what interventions have proved effective at helping people with (a) anxiety and (b) bad nerves into work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what guidance his Department provides to employers to help them manage employees who report (a) bad nerves, (b) depression and (c) anxiety to stay in work.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what medical research supports the concept of bad nerves.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to mental health professionals across (a) primary school, (b) secondary school and (c) further education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, whether (a) policy interventions for and (b) other approaches to (i) bad nerves and (ii) anxiety are different for people reporting it as a (A) primary and (B) secondary condition.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what the definition is of bad nerves.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much from the public purse the Government spent on the UK's membership subscription to the World Health Organization in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2023 to Question 4738 on Health Services: Disability, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the updated Accessible Information Standard is published as soon as possible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) her Department and (b) the NHS collects data on rates of (i) depression, (ii) bad nerves and (iii) anxiety in (A) men and (B) women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, whether performance differs in helping people to re-engage with work who report (a) anxiety and (b) bad nerves as a (i) primary and (ii) secondary condition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department collects data on students who self report (a) depression, (b) bad nerves and (c) anxiety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response the Government has made to the recommendations of Coroner William Armstrong at the inquest into the death of Rocky Bennett; and if he will make a statement. (Response in Library Dep 02/550).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan on regional variations in access to Parkinson’s care.
Pursuant to 235 c793-4W, corrected information on the current non-executive directors and members of the Cornwall Hospitals Trust, together with the dates when they were appointed and the period of their respective appointments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to work with local government to deliver a joined-up approach to suicide prevention.
PHE Reproductive Health, Sexual Health and HIV Innovation Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department plans to allocate to the Reproductive Health, Sexual Health and HIV Innovation Fund in the 2024-25 financial year.
How many emergency referrals by general practitioners Treliske Hospital, Cornwall, the hospital was unable to admit on the weekend of 6th and 7th January. - Not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding she has committed to the National Suicide Prevention strategy.
What connections the outgoing Chairman of the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust had with any political party; and what are party political affiliations of chairs of trusts and regional health authorities and district health authorities at present.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
Dental Health: Bacterial Diseases and Sepsis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to increase awareness of the potential impact of oral hygiene on levels of prevalence of (a) sepsis and (b) blood borne bacterial infections that can originate from the mouth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is he taking to support the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people with dementia will benefit from the forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department has allocated to the Reproductive Health, Sexual Health and HIV Innovation Fund in the 2023-24 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking work with Cabinet colleagues to deliver a joined-up approach to suicide prevention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with pharmacists' representatives on the potential impact of community pharmacies delivering the NHS Pharmacy First Service on their (a) finances and (b) workforce.
If she will list the current non-executive directors and members of the Cornwall District Health Authority, Cornwall, Community Healthcare Trust and the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, together with the dates when they were appointed and the period of their respective appointments. - List given. (Information on Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust corrected at 237 c549-50W).
What is the salary of the Chairman of the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust. - £19,285.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20 – 2023/24, published in July 2019, what progress she has made on achieving 100% coverage of 24/7 age-appropriate crisis care via NHS 111.
If her Department will bear the cost of defending the unfair dismissal case brought by the former Chairman of the Cornwall Community Healthcare Trust, Admiral Sir Godfrey Milton-Thompson, and of the ex gratia settlement to him. - We have already done so.
What reasons were given for the Chief Executive of the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust leaving in February 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of working from home on mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the findings were of the independent review of the impact of the Sexual Health, Reproductive Health and HIV Innovation Fund.
In respect of the recent appendicectomy case in Cornwall, what considerations underlay the decisions (a) to suspend the theatre sister, (b) initially not to suspend the surgical registrar and (c) to take no action against the anaesthetist.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of school behaviour policies on the mental health of students who (a) have mental health needs and (b) are neurodivergent.
What were the grounds for not renewing the contract from 30th November of the Chairman of the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust; when he was informed that his contract would not be renewed; and on what basis he was appointed as chairman of the trust two years ago.
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about his Department were submitted to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman in 2023; and how many and what proportion of those complaints were upheld.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number of children admitted to hospital because of dental related emergencies in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department has provided for the HIV Innovation Fund in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve mental health support for veterans and their families.
If her Department will defend any action brought by the former Chairman of the Cornwall Community Healthcare Trust, Mrs Abigail Kirby Harris, and will be prepared to entertain any claim made by her.
Community Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will hold discussions with the (a) Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, (b) Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, (c) Royal College of Occupational Therapists and (d) British Association for Community Child Health on waiting times for community services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what changes have been made to the provision of services for people with dementia in the period since the publication of the guidance by the NHS and the Alzheimer’s Society entitled The dementia guide: Living well after your diagnosis in November 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that people's care needs are met in Leicester East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to increase funding for third sector organisations for the delivery of services through Integrated Care Boards for patients with dementia in the community in the context of trends in the level of dementia diagnoses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many government procurement cards were held by people to make purchases against her Department’s budget as of (a) 31 December 2022, (b) 31 March 2023 and (c) 31 December 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the promotional material entitled Portland Port: Factsheet, published on 29 December 2023, how many staff work in the medical facility on the Bibby Stockholm.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure adequate staffing levels within NHS organisations across Leicester and Leicestershire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of cases of (a) preventable ill health and (b) premature death (i) in Leicester East constituency and (ii) nationally.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of complaints raised with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman are rejected for being submitted after more than 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to help reduce health inequalities in Leicester East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve public awareness of eye health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much it cost the (a) Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership, (b) Lancashire Care and (c) South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trusts to place the job advertisement in the Nursing Times on 17th June. - Info not collected centrally.
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been suspended from the Derbyshire Mental Health Trust in the last two years; and for how long those suspensions were active.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much revenue the health surcharge for migrants generated in each year from 2018 to 2022 inclusive.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide a timetable for updating the Statutory Guidance on Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Looked After Children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received on the future of (a) North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust and (b) St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust. [158958]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what drugs are being used and being tested in the treatment of (a) childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, (b) acute myelogenous leukemia, (c) chronic lymphocytic leukemia, (d) esophageal cancer, (e) osteosarcoma, (f) pancreatic cancer, (g) retinoblastoma, (h) sarcoma, (i) stomach cancer, (j) thyroid cancer and (k) Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has received representations from relevant stakeholders on the training of pharmacists and the community pharmacy workforce to deliver the Pharmacy First service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to encourage people with (a) depression, (b) bad nerves and (c) anxiety to self manage their conditions by engaging with work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on treating obesity-related diseases in each of the last five years.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to comments by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care in the Sunday Express on 20 August 2023, when they plan to publish details on ways to establish more fracture liaison services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the budget of NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS funded Nursing Care is spent on pensioners.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many prisoners serving (1) determinate, and (2) indeterminate, sentences have been granted compassionate release from prison on the grounds of ill-health in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on funding for the Lancashire Mental Health Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) recent progress has been made on the implementation of the Pharmacy First service and (b) steps have been taken to (i) prepare and (ii) train pharmacists and other pharmacy staff to deliver the agreed services under that framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with representatives of (a) employed pharmacists and (b) locums on the implementation of the Pharmacy First service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against her Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 31 October 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of training of the community pharmacy workforce on people's ability to access the Pharmacy First services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that key worker housing is available for (a) NHS and (b) social care workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle disparities in diabetes care (a) access and (b) treatment for people living in low socioeconomic areas.
Department of Health and Social Care: Feltham and Heston
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) schemes and (b) grants their Department administers that are open for (i) individuals, (ii) organisations and (iii) other groups in Feltham and Heston constituency to apply for as of 10 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase (a) recruitment and (b) retention of staff in NHS organisations in East Yorkshire constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been waiting for medical procedures for longer than (a) 126 days and (b) 365 days in Feltham and Heston constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to announce the completion of the private finance initiative project to replace Loughborough's general hospital.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people entering prison underwent reception screening for mental health issues; and how many of these were undertaken by a person with a recognised mental health qualification, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing asylum seekers with access to NHS screening programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards the completion of a full business case to replace Loughborough's general hospital through a private finance initiative.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for transfer from prison to hospital were decided (1) within the target timescales set by the HM Prison and Probation Service Mental Health Casework Section, and (2) outside the target timescales; and of those transfers decided outside of the target timescales, what was the average length of delay, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist mental health beds for young people are provided by the Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets have been set for bed capacity in the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust; at what level of bed capacity the Trust is operating; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were employed by the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust and its successor trust in each year since 1992, broken down by staff group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will conduct an assessment of the level of consultation undertaken by the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust with its service users on the use of its day treatment centres; if he will make a statement on the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust's (a) review and re-alignment of services and (b) its impact on service users; what assessment he has made of (a) the crisis resolution service being introduced by the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust and (b) whether there are sufficient funds for its development without detriment to existing services; what assessment he has made of the effect of the new crisis resolution service adopted by the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust on over-capacity on acute wards. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much external funding the UK Health Security Agency has received in each year since it was formed; and who provided that funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancelled operations in (a) England and Wales and (b) Wakefield and Pontefract hospitals have been attributed to a lack of capacity of high dependency and intensive care beds in the last 12 months for which statistics are available. - No figures given and ref to www.doh.gov.uk/hospitalactivity/data_requests.htm.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to her Department was for officials to attend the fourth meeting of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations in July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st February, Official Report, column 162W, on Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust, whether the bed occupancy rate for 2003-04 includes patients occupying the beds of other patients on leave.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a dedicated cancer strategy to work in conjunction with the Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust has received the additional £5 million allocated after the external review of services in 1999; what assessment he has made of the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust's financial position; and if he will make a statement; what assessment he has made of the impact on services at the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust of its financial deficit. - Ref to 21 February 2005, 431 c161-2W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust of purchasing acute beds from outside trust boundaries was in the most recent year for which figures are available; and why it has been necessary to purchase them. - Leeds Mental Health Teaching National Health Service Trust does not purchase acute beds from outside its boundaries. Such service provision is directly commissioned by the Leeds primary care trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expenditure of the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust, and its successor trust, was on mental health services in each year since 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health patients have been treated as (a) inpatients and (b) outpatients by the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust and its successor trust in each year since 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the bed occupancy rate in the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust in acute (a) under-65s and (b) over-65s wards is. - Including figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to (a) allocate additional funding and (b) increase staff recruitment for NHS England in winter 2023-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding (a) alternative therapy methods, (b) art therapy and (c) music therapy to help the mental wellbeing of children and young people.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve treatment and care for patients with Alzheimer's.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to promote child dental health.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of freedom of information requests by the Spinal Injuries Association that show large regional variation in the provision of services for patients with spinal injuries with regard to neurogenic bowel care interventions, including digital rectal stimulation and the digital removal of faeces; and what action they plan to take in response to those findings.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure equitable access to cancer treatment and care across different regions of the UK; and what steps they are taking to improve cancer survival rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the ability of low-income families to access the NHS Healthy Start scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department takes to help ensure that clinical supervisers of (a) medical students and (b) newly qualified healthcare staff hold the relevant competencies to train those people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential role of non-fungible tokens in the issuing of professional certificates on health and care professional registers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of regional inequalities in child health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will list the 18 NHS acute trusts where Op RESTORE: The Veterans Physical Health and Wellbeing Service are located; and for what reason those trusts were selected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of availability of clinicians to supervise (a) medical students and (b) newly qualified healthcare staff.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps the Government has taken to help improve access to healthcare for older people in the Global South.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps she has taken to help ensure that chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients on active monitoring have the support they need for their (a) mental and (b) physical well-being.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of having a single regulator with different registers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on transgender people of delays for specialist gender identity services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to engage with accredited (a) counsellors and (b) psychotherapists to reduce waiting times for mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in average waiting times to access (a) community paediatric services, (b) occupational therapy and (c) speech and language therapy in the last three years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to lengthen the time in which a complaint may be brought to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how she plans to review the effectiveness of changes to statutory regulations of healthcare professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve NHS care for people with migraines; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing the availability of headache specialists in the NHS, (b) improving the provision of (i) training and resources for GPs and (ii) guidance for other health professionals on migraines and (c) increasing the role of pharmacies for providing primary care for people with migraines.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of arranging for Palestinians in Gaza who are in need of urgent healthcare to (a) be brought to the UK and (b) access healthcare on the NHS.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce rates of violence experienced by front line healthcare workers; and what assessment they have made of the effect of such violence on staffing levels.
To ask His Majesty's Government, in each of the past five years, how many applications for transfer from prison to hospital were determined (1) within, and (2) outside, the target time by the mental health casework section of His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Mental Health; and of the decisions outside the target time, what was the average length of delay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to increase services offered by community pharmacies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that integrated care boards make an assessment of the adequacy of their (a) workforce planning and (b) other services for meeting the needs of their populations who are affected by migraines.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Rare Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the case for a rarity modifier in its standard technology appraisal programme as part of its modular updates to its methods and processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help prevent tooth decay in children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support research into the potential impact of vaping on health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling pharmacists to undertake (a) blood tests and (b) ECGs as part of the Pharmacy First service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help support the mental health of farmers during the transition from the Basic Payment Scheme to the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take steps to regulate additional Medical Allied Professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on the publication of the final Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health care provision in (a) Dewsbury constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many equalities impact assessments her Department completed in each of the last five years for which data is available.
Southern Health and Social Care Trust: Cervical Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with Health and Social Care Northern Ireland on its response to potential cervical screening errors at the Southern Health and Social Care Trust between January 2008 and October 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to regulate all professions working in mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Health and Safety Executive's annual budget is for accessing scientific papers and other academic journals; to which academic journals it subscribes; and whether there are any relevant academic journals to which it does not have access in the context of its work on UK REACH.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure women have accessible provision to (a) drug and alcohol and (b) mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to ensure a clear delineation of responsibilities between different health professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of cervical cancer awareness campaigns at reaching people under 25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that mental health services are accessible to women in all regions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to provide women and girls with trauma-informed preventative care through the criminal justice system.
Health Professions: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) review and (b) issue guidance on (i) pay levels and (ii) other employment terms for (A) physician associates, (B) anaesthesia associates and (C) doctors in training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of support for people with diabetes in (a) Dewsbury constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will undertake a review of consistency in the use of NHS protected job titles.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish detailed implementation plans, covering those health missions within the Life Sciences Vision, as undertaken at its launch in July 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the number of people living with diabetes who receive their NICE recommended care processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to tackle less survivable cancers in the Major Conditions Strategy.
Uk Health Security Agency: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will confirm whether (a) Simon Blagden declared his relationship with Larkspur International to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) before his appointment to its advisory board, (b) UKHSA vetted Larkspur International before his appointment and (c) he supplied UKHSA with a list of Larkspur's clients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library details of (a) arrangements, (b) contracts and (c) tariffs relating to the commissioning by the Isle of Man Government of elective health service treatments handled by North West Specialist Commissioning team of the NHS that have been in operation over the past decade; and if he will make a statement.
Tourette's Syndrome: Health Services and Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to increase the number of specialist practitioners (a) researching and (b) treating Tourette's syndrome in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) the north of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK's obligations under the International Labour Organization Convention on Occupational Health Services are met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that disabled people who are (a) in work and (b) are seeking to return to work have access to occupational health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department collects data on students who self-report (a) depression, (b) bad nerves and (c) anxiety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing NICE guidance for (a) Tourette's syndrome and (b) other tic disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to improve the quality of training for service providers on (a) Tourette's syndrome and (b) other tic disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NHS England about reducing waiting times for children and young people’s access to (a) community paediatric services, (b) occupational therapy and (c) speech and language therapy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there is any evidence that the prescription of opioid medication to relieve chronic pain has led to fatal overdoses in patients in the United Kingdom; and whether there is any evidence of abuse in the use of opiates by patients.[HL6924]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that diabetes patients in (a) Scunthorpe and (b) England receive the eight health checks recommended by Diabetes UK.
Autism: Community Care and Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the cost of (a) confining autistic adults in mental health hospitals and (b) meeting needs in the community.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of providing language translators in (a) hospitals and (b) health centres in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implication for his policies of the petition presented to the Prime Minister in January 2020 by the International Appeal to stop 5G on Earth and in Space.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Major Conditions Strategy provides a care and treatment pathway for patients living with (a) complex conditions and (b) dementia.
To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance has been issued to the film and television industry regarding the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of waiting times for adult gender affirming care appointments on the mental health of those individuals.
To ask His Majesty's Government how NHS England waiting lists for hospital appointments are adjusted to take account of people who have died while waiting for an appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take legislative steps to align (a) standards and (b) fitness to practice processes across all healthcare profession regulators.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the application of health and safety legislation to those who work freelance and as contractors.
Department of Health and Social Care: Public Appointments
To ask His Majesty's Government what public appointments are made directly by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the current waiting times for CAMHS for children in (a) Darlington, (b) the North East and (c) England; and what steps she is taking to reduce those waiting times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support voluntary sector providers of mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the General Medical Council on the provision of mental health support for patients who have sought a private diagnosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister in her Department is responsible for delivery of (a) cancer screening programmes and (b) the NHS public health Section 7A agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many opioid prescriptions were issued in the UK in each of the past 10 years. - Inc table.
Department of Health and Social Care: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targets her Department has set to help achieve the Government's commitments on net zero.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research into opioid substitution therapy. - Includes fact that the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) has recently published a briefing on the advice of its expert group on opioid treatment. Copies in in Library (Dep 03/817).
To ask His Majesty's Government what requirements are in place to ensure health and safety risk assessments are maintained in the film and television industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on steps being taken to help mitigate the potential mental health impact of (a) conditionality groups and (b) welfare sanctions on claimants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for child and adolescent mental health services in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) the North West in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps she is taking to reduce those waiting times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the removal of NHS public health functions agreement ring-fence funding on cancer screening programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that individuals with family in the UK who switch to a SOC 6145 health worker visa are not separated from their dependents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will have discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the adequacy of the (a) use of equipment and (b) other steps taken by silica-related industries to detect silica dust.
Department of Health and Social Care: Ministers' Private Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any refurbishments have been made to ministerial offices in her Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of his Department's Defence Equipment and Support Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, published on 20 July 2023, what the total budget was for DE&S World Environment and Safety Day.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to launch a national awareness campaign on breast screening.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of his Department's Defence Equipment and Support Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, published on 20 July 2023, what the cost to the taxpayer was of the mock health and safety prosecution trial event.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will have discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the safety of engineered stone production; and if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of banning the (a) production and (b) use of engineered stone.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS public health functions agreement 2023 to 2024 will include a ring-fence in financial directions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the relationship between the availability of NHS dental care and (a) adult and (b) children dental health in Blaydon constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) self-harm, (b) depression and (c) suicidal ideation have been reported by people living in government-provided asylum accommodation in (i) hotels, (ii) barges, (iii) former military sites and (iv) detention facilities and removal centres in each of the last 15 years.
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to disband the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of workers that are regularly exposed to silica dust in the workplace.
To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided to support specialist medical care in the UK for children evacuated from Ukraine since February 2022.
When he plans to publish the official government response to the Health Select Committee report into resource allocation. - The response to the report has been published today and copies placed in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health support for veterans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to table 15 of the Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, HC 33, published on 25 January 2024, what the distance travelled on domestic flights was in 2021-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government will respond to the Health Committee's Report on the provision of information on the safety of breast implants, HC 308, Session 2000-01. - Provided today, copies in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on best practice on tackling veterans’ mental health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) availability of forensic community support services for (a) autistic people and (b) people with a learning disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of Integrated Care Systems that have a specialist multidisciplinary and crisis support service for (a) autistic people and (b) people with a learning disability; and whether she has made an assessment of the (i) adequacy and (ii) availability of such services.
Statement on when he will publish his response to the seventh report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology of Session 1997-98, Resistance to Antibiotics and their Antimicrobial Agents (HL81). - Laid before Parliament today, copies in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the Health Committee's First Report of Session 1999-2000 on the Cost and Availability of Generic Drugs to the National Health Service (HC105).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many established posts are vacant by (a) discipline and (b) job role in South Cumbria CAMHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with NHS England on the Kooth mental health platform.
Statement on when the Government will publish its response to the Health Committee's Third Report of Session 2001-02 on Delayed Discharges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the capital funding provided to Barts Health NHS Trust for fire safety works at (a) Newham Hospital Gateway Surgical Centre, (b) other areas of Newham Hospital and (c) other facilities within that Trust.
Department of Health and Social Care: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which policies under each arms length body reporting to their Department fall within the scope of the Environmental principles policy statement, published on 31 January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what crisis assessment and intervention services are available to young people under the age of 18 in South Cumbria.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 3 June (WA 92), what action Lord Darzi of Denham has taken since his assurance on 28 April (Official Report, House of Lords, col. 143) that he as a Minister would assist in securing a debate on the response to the Archer report; whether he asked or will ask for fulfilment of his assurance to be considered by the business managers and usual channels; and when the debate will take place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the Government's response to the replies received on the consultation paper Proposal to Exclude Overseas Visitors from Eligibility to Free NHS Primary Medical Services.
Accident and Emergency Departments: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of young people who presented at an ambulance and emergency department in mental health crisis in each month in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish his Department's response to the Mental Health Act Commission's Eighth Biennial Report. - Ref to response in Library. (Dep 01/595).
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 16 June (WA 198), why the ministerial response on 20 May to the report of the Independent Public Inquiry headed by Lord Archer of Sandwell stated that "the increased payments we are making available will help people infected with HIV to meet higher insurance premiums they may face" when officials were advised by the Association of British Insurers that it was not possible to calculate the total cost of life insurance provision for patients with HIV or hepatitis C or both by contaminated blood products as the premiums would vary for each individual and would be dependent on their particular circumstances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will (a) make it her policy to introduce mandatory dental checks for children under 11 in educational settings and (b) make an estimate of the cost of such checks.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the remarks by Lord Darzi of Denham on 28 April (Official Report, House of Lords, col. 143) undertaking to assist in securing time for their response to the report of the Independent Public Inquiry headed by Lord Archer of Sandwell into the use of contaminated blood in the NHS treatment of haemophilia patients to be debated in the House of Lords, when the debate will take place; and whether they will indicate its timing, following their response to the Archer report being made by Written Statement.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to hold a debate on the Department of Health's response to the report of the Independent Public Inquiry, headed by Lord Archer of Sandwell, into the 1,937 deaths of haemophilia patients caused by contaminated NHS blood and blood products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of crisis referrals to child and adolescent mental health services on the standard of therapeutic provision for under-18s in south Cumbria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by South Cumbria CAMHS in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by South Cumbria CAMHS in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many established posts are filled by (a) discipline and (b) job role in South Cumbria CAMHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of young people in South Cumbria identified as highly complex or at high risk to self or others are on the waiting list for (a) cognitive behavioural therapy, (b) psychology and (c) family therapy as of 29 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government's response to the Health Select Committee's Second Report on Public Health will be published. - We expect to publish the Government's response to the Select Committee next week and copies will be placed in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the financial impact of the Social Care Levy on (a) private and (b) voluntary sector employers in the social care sector in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland.
Statement on when the Secretary of State for Health expects the Government response to the Joint Human Genetics Advisory Commission and Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority report, Cloning Issues in Reproduction, Science and Medicine, to be published. - Includes fact that Government response has today been placed in Library.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will give a substantive response to the recommendations by the Office of Fair Trading in their report on dentistry, published in September 2012.[HL5833]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish his Department's response to the Third Report of the Health Select Committee of Session 2003-04, HC23, on Obesity; and for what reason his Department has been unable to supply a response within the six month time limit understood by convention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support young people with autism in South Cumbria.
Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis time and (b) access to care for people suffering from (i) Crohn’s disease and (ii) colitis.
Statement on when the Government will publish its response to the First Report of the Select Committee on Health on the role of the private sector in the NHS. - Published today, copies in Library.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 June (WA 14) on the Government's response to the report of the Independent Public Inquiry on Contaminated NHS Blood Products made by Written Statement on 20 May (WS 121–2), when after 20 May a debate was held on the response, as such a debate was implied by the words in the Written Answer stating that his department's contact with the Whips' Office was about "a further debate" on the Government's response.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of young people who were referred to child and adolescent mental health services waited (a) two weeks, (b) one month, (c) three months, (d) six months and (e) longer than six months for an assessment in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the extra costs to be incurred by the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust following his decision to suspend the transfer of services between the East Surrey and Crawley hospitals if that suspension is (a) until January 2002 and (b) indefinite. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the emergency closure of the accident and emergency department at Crawley and Redhill hospitals effective from 21st January. (Holding answer 24 January 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were waiting for treatment at East Surrey Hospital, together with the average length of waiting time in (a) May 1997 and (b) May 2001. - Inc figures for trusts. (Holding answer 25 June 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Let’s talk kidneys: Opportunities for early intervention in chronic kidney disease, published by Kidney Care UK on 13 December 2023, if she will ensure that the Major Conditions Strategy includes (a) increased testing for chronic kidney disease in primary care settings for those most at risk by virtue of having (i) diabetes and (ii) cardiovascular disease, (b) the incorporation of evidence-based interventions into chronic kidney disease care strategies which aim to delay disease progression and (c) other actions on chronic kidney disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the The Crawley Hospital Energy Management for the Surrey and Sussex Health Care NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Graylingwell Hospital reprovision for the Sussex Weald and Downs NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will make a decision on the future provision of acute services by the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he agreed a price for the PPP deal at Redwood Hospital between the Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust and BUPA; if a final agreement had been signed off prior to his announcement of the deal on 4th December 2001; what the price is per patient of treatment in the PPP deal at Redwood Hospital; and what estimate he has made of the number of nurses who will need to be recruited to increase the capacity at the Redhill/Redwood Hopsital site following the BUPA deal. - (Holding answer 17 January 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response he will make to the Fourth, Eighth and Ninth reports of the Health Select Committee on maternity services in session 2002-03. (Holding answer 11 December 2003).
Health Services: Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for which statistics relating to (a) hospitals, (b) maternity units and (c) other health services in England, about which information has been sought by means of Parliamentary Questions in the current Session, his Department has answered that such information is not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many recommendations by parliamentary select committees have been adopted by his Department since June 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in response to last year's Audit Commission Report, `Fully Equipped' in respect of disability equipment available through the NHS. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of developing a bespoke strategy for children's and young people's mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the state of negotiations between Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust and a private nursing home provider concerning the future of Oxted Hospital. - (Holding answer 25 June 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on current levels of (a) nursing and (b) cleaning staff at East Surrey Hospital. - Includes figures.
Statement on the Government response to the Science and Technology Committee 6th Report of Session 1999-2000, HC723, on Cancer Research; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures and ref to Cm 4928, copies in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that schools are providing adequate information to (a) students and (b) parents on the (i) merits and (ii) associated risks of measles vaccinations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure coordination of children and young people's mental health support across different agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other health care professionals were working at (i) the Princess Royal hospital, Haywards Heath, (ii) St Richard’s hospital, Chichester and (iii) Worthing hospital in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussion he had with (a) representatives of Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust, (b) East Surrey Health Authority and (c) other parties prior to the announcement that the Chief Executive of Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust was leaving; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he is taking to ensure the physical security of Oxted and Limpsfield War Memorial Hospital. (Holding answer 2 April 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the new cataract unit at the Surrey and Sussex Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he received in respect of suspending the concentration of services within the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; and if he will publish that advice; what consideration he gave in reaching his decision to suspend the concentration of services within the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (a) to patient safety, (b) staff morale and (c) cost; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the redevelopment of Oxted Hospital to commence; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 9 February 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to her Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the current financial deficit of Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 25 June 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been to date to the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust of the suspension of the transfer of health services between Crawley Hospital and East Surrey Hospital; if he will publish the advice given to the South East Region NHS Executive by the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust before his decision to suspend the transfer of services between Crawley and East Surrey Hospitals announced on 27th March 2001. - Inc figure and ref to 3 April 2001, 366 c140W. (Holding answer 2 May 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to defer possible sale of land at Oxted and Limpsfield War Memorial Hospital until the outcome of the present inquiry by the Ombudsman is known. (Holding answer 2 April 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that parents with children with mental health challenges receive the support required.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the memorandum of understanding between the UK and Taiwan signed on 10 July 2023, what progress has been made to further cooperation on reciprocal health insurance agreements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response he plans to make to the recent Scope report, `Speak for Yourself', concerning communication aids.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she expects all schools in York to have a designated mental health team.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle shortages of health visitors and (b) help ensure that they are resourced to support parents of children with mental health challenges.
Charcot Marie Tooth Disease: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training healthcare professionals receive in (a) diagnosing and (b) supporting people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking with NHS England to support Integrated Care Boards to (a) prepare for full delegation of specialised services for interstitial lung disease from April 2024 and (b) improve patient outcomes for interstitial lung disease.
Health Services and Social Services: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a supplier working group to better facilitate ongoing communication and dialogue with industry relating to health and social care data and cyber security has been established.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the new draft guidance for Relationship, Sex, and Health Education will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether they can publish the (a) members list and (b) terms of reference for the nine regional statutory joint committees responsible for commissioning specialised services that cover (i) North East, (ii) West Midlands, (iii) East Midlands, (iv) South West, (v) East, (vi) London, (vii) North West, (viii) Yorkshire and The Humber, and (ix) South East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2024 to Question 9342 on UK Health Security Agency: Finance, if she will publish a breakdown of the source of the vaccines income.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department has issued to local authority smoking cessation services on whether they can offer disposable vapes through the Swap to Stop scheme; and whether her Department has received representations on the distribution of disposable vapes by local authorities from Yorkshire Cancer Research.
To ask His Majesty's Government what systems are in place to ensure pregnant women are screened for existing or potential mental health difficulties.
Integrated Care Boards: Primary Health Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2024 to Question 7731 on Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board: Dental Services, how many Integrated Care Boards are in leasing arrangements for primary care provision; and what the value of such contracts is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living on the mental health of young people.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many home visits from (1) midwives, and (2) health visitors, women currently receive after childbirth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on improving cyber security of the health and care system in each year since 2016; and how much and what proportion of that expenditure was (a) internal and (b) on contracted suppliers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Border Target Operating Model, whether he has made an estimate of the (a) average cost to businesses of a health certificate for an individual consignment and (b) total cost for businesses of acquiring health certificates over the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding a redevelopment of the Animal Plant and Health Agency Headquarters in Weybridge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to (a) increase the capacity of interstitial lung disease services and (b) reduce the time between diagnosis and access to treatment for that disease.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the Department of Health's response to the proposed level of annual payments to the infected beneficiary community in paragraph 3.4 of the submission from the Macfarlane Trust dated 1 July replying to the Written Statement by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 May (WA 121–2) in response to the report of the Independent Public Inquiry headed by Lord Archer of Sandwell.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office on Public Procurement: Value for Money on 25 March 2021, and the commitment to investigate reports that Deloitte consultants are drafting responses for Ministers, if he will investigate (a) the delay in answering Question 149740 on Care Homes: Coronavirus tabled on 5 February 2021 and (b) other parliamentary questions referencing Deloitte.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment the Department of Health has made of paragraph 4.2 of the submission from the Macfarlane Trust dated 1 July replying to the Written Statement by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 May (WA 121–2) in response to the report of the Independent Public Inquiry headed by Lord Archer of Sandwell that the potential number of bereaved and other dependants will be around 500.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what further representations they have had from the MacFarlane Trust on the Department of the Health's response to the report of the Independent Public Inquiry, headed by Lord Archer of Sandwell, on contaminated blood products; and what reply is being sent to the trust's letter to the department of 9 September.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5802 on Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence, for what reason has a response not been provided within the statutory timeframe; and what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) report prepared by Coroner Andrew Cox on 23 November 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 31 January (HL1876), stating that “If a patient dies whilst on an elective waiting list, the corresponding patient pathway should be removed from the list and recorded appropriately”, how many corresponding patient pathways entries have been removed from the records after the death of a patient.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 June (WA 14), what action Lord Darzi of Denham as a Minister has taken, in addition to his department contacting the Whips' Office, to secure a debate on their response to the Archer report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are recorded as being on a waiting list for treatment more than once for the same condition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2024 to Question 10927 on Mental Health Services: Children and Young People, what the average waiting time was from referral to assessment for a child referred to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in the latest period for which data is available; and how many children are on a waiting list in each local authority within the NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board area.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment the Department of Health has made of paragraph 3.2 of the submission from the Macfarlane Trust dated 1 July replying to the Written Statement by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 May (WS 121–2) in response to the report of the Independent Public Inquiry headed by Lord Archer of Sandwell that the average amount disbursed toinfected beneficiaries was £8,100 in the financial year ended 31 March 2008 and £8,600 in the financial year ended 31 March 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Written Parliamentary Questions to his Department have received a response drafted by external contractors since March 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2021 to Question 149740 on Care Homes: Coronavirus, whether any Deloitte employees were involved in the drafting of that Answer; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 June (WA 14) saying "the department has contacted the Whips' Office about a further debate on the Government's response to the Archer report", on what date or dates there was any previous debate on the Government's response to the report since the Written Statement by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 May (WS 121–22) reporting their response to the House of Lords; who from the Department of Health contacted the Whips' Office; in what terms the approach was made; and whether "Whips' Office" means the Government Whips Office or all the whips' offices.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 16 June (WA 198), what meetings took place between officials at the Department of Health and the Macfarlane Trust to retrieve and record the correct data to ascertain the average levels of disbursements paid to infected beneficiaries prior to the publication of the ministerial response on 20 May to the report of the Independent Public Inquiry headed by Lord Archer of Sandwell; and what records of such meetings were kept.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the written answers he provided to the Hon Member for Walthamstow in the past 12 months were written by consultants as opposed to civil servants; and which Minister approved those answers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help improve access to NHS menopause services.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help improve healthcare provision on Montserrat.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment the Department of Health has made of paragraph 4.2 of the submission from the Macfarlane Trust dated 1 July replying to the Written Statement by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 May (WA 121–2) in response to the report of the independent public inquiry headed by Lord Archer of Sandwell that the average level of financial disbursements to widows and dependants is £3,300.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the implementation plan for a cyber resilient health and adult social care system in England has been published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide adequate education on the use of alcohol to people under the age of 18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of responses to Written Parliamentary Questions drafted by external contractors since March 2020.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, having regard to the relative burden of disease, of the level of investment in the World Health Organization's pandemic agenda, relative to efforts to counter endemic diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help raise public awareness of the risks of vaping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s publication entitled MHRA Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023, published on 19 July 2023, what estimate she has made of the resourcing challenges faced by the MHRA; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle these challenges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of NHS menopause services available in Devon.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) monitor the mental health of residents, and ongoing safeguarding concerns, and (2) reduce the risk of further suicides, on the Bibby Stockholm and at MDP Wethersfield; and what assessment they have made of the findings of the report Ghettoised and traumatised: the experiences of men held in quasi-detention in Wethersfield, published by the Helen Bamber Foundation and Humans for Rights Network on 15 December 2023, and their implications for housing asylum seekers at MDP Wethersfield.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls NHS 111 received about dental (a) pain and (b) other problems in each of the last five years.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to set up an expert steering group on fracture liaison services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of NHS expenditure was spent on mental health services in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the total morbidity burden in England is accounted for by mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of NHS expenditure on mental health services was spent on children and young people’s mental health services in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the adequacy of the provision of mental health services in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the failure of some companies that sponsor people on Skilled Worker Visas not following up job opportunities in the health and care sector.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the correlation between the deprivation and availability of fracture liaison services.
General Medical Council and Health and Care Professions Council: Charter for Families Bereaved through Public Tragedy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with the (a) General Medical Council and (b) Health and Care Professions Council on signing the Hillsborough Charter.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the actual UK Official Development Assistance expenditure on sexual and reproductive health and rights from (1) the cross-government funds, (2) the Conflict Stability and Security Fund, and (3) the Prosperity Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on supporting the mental health and wellbeing of people impacted by flooding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of integrating mental health data with the mapping of predictions of extreme weather events.
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Local Government Ombudsman
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they began to draft legislation to combine the activities of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman with those of the Local Government Ombudsman, whether this work is continuing, and when they expect to introduce such a bill into Parliament.
Department of Health and Social Care: Reorganisation
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the change of name of the Department of Health to the Department of Health and Social Care, whether there have been any changes to the responsibilities of (1) that Department, and (2) any other department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take steps to learn from international best practice on the provision of rehabilitative care for injured veterans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will create a long-term strategy for raising awareness of ADHD in women and young girls.
To ask Her Majesty's Government on what date the Prime Minister was first briefed by officials about COVID-19 and its potential impact on public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2024 to Question 11392 on Department of Health and Social Care: Ministers' Private Offices, what the cost was of the refurbishment to ministerial offices in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) increase capacity and (b) improve infrastructure in the NHS to help tackle dementia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support people with early onset dementia.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to support the nomination of health care workers in Gaza for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
Agriculture: Industrial Health and Safety
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many fatalities and serious injuries there have been in the agriculture industry in each year from 1995 until 2014.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to increase emergency mental health support for British army veterans who served in Afghanistan, and (2) to communicate current military decisions regarding Afghanistan to veteran communities.
Economic Situation and Public Health: Coronavirus
To ask Her Majesty's Government on what date the Cabinet was first briefed about the threats posed to public health and the economy by COVID-19.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of heart-related deaths in the United Kingdom in 2013.[HL4922]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing mental health support for veterans who are suffering from PTSD.
Driving and Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in negotiations with the EU or bilaterally with individual member states on continued mutual recognition of (1) drivers licences, (2) EHIC cards, and (3) disabled blue parking badges.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of procurement policies on improving health and safety at work.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made to bring together the work of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman with that of the Local Government Ombudsman.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing rehabilitative care for injured veterans.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the functions of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to ensure that it investigates a higher proportion of complaints received than is current practice.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of mental health support services provided for armed forces veterans.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote public morale during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 10 September (HL10037), whether the spend on sexual and reproductive health and rights includes funding from the Conflict Stability and Security Fund, and the Prosperity Fund.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the rates of (1) total deaths from liver disease, and (2) age-standardised deaths from liver disease in (a) England, and (b) each parliamentary constituency, in each year since 1997.[HL6789]
To ask His Majesty's Government when the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's plans to report on the impact of changes to the health technology evaluation manual introduced in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the budget was for the Worcestershire NHS Mental Health Trust in each year since 1997.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of UK Official Development Assistance expenditure on sexual and reproductive health and rights comes from (1) the cross-government funds, (2) the Conflict Stability and Security Fund, and (3) the Prosperity Fund.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) overall, and (2) age-standardised, deaths from liver disease there have been in (a) England, and (b) each parliamentary constituency, each year since 1997. [HL6595]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what activities a private hospital must undertake in order to be eligible for charitable status; and whether all private hospitals that have been awarded charitable status meet those criteria every year.[HL2098]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of Scottish citizens who worked in the NHS that emigrated in each year since 2010.
Migrant Workers: Health Services and Social Services
To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance is currently issued to health and care workers recruited from overseas with regard to the right of entry of dependent children.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to case no. GWF066389479, for what reason an applicant who has been granted entry clearance under paragraph 319X of the Immigration Rules or Appendix CNP has been asked to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge despite the application being submitted before 12 April 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government how much has been raised from the Immigration Health Surcharge has been received by (1) the NHS, and (2) by non-NHS bodies, in each year since 2015.
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to help raise awareness of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder among (a) young women and (b) girls.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether support is provided to health and care workers recruited overseas in the visa application process for dependent children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of UK citizens who worked in the NHS that emigrated in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of young people in the youth secure estate being reported as having tooth decay in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with NHS England on introducing a promotional campaign to help patients recognise early symptoms of pancreatic cancer.
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to establish a patient care pathway for postural tachycardia syndrome.
To ask His Majesty's Government what happens to any money credited to NHS Healthy Start cards that is not used by entitled beneficiaries within the period of time they have available to spend that money on valid items.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to deliver a national awareness campaign on breast cancer screening to help improve uptake.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to case no. GWF066389012, for what reason an applicant who has been granted entry clearance under paragraph 319X of the Immigration Rules or Appendix CNP has been asked to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge despite the application being submitted before 12 April 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government on how many occasions enforcement action has been taken against care providers who fail to provide sufficient work for health and care workers recruited from overseas under the Certificate of Sponsorship scheme.
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities: Staff
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 5 February (HL1920), how many staff and whole time equivalents were attached to the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) before its recent internal restructuring; and how many staff and whole time equivalents now work on OHID responsibilities in teams across the Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will have discussions with representatives of the alcohol industry on the role of product labelling in informing women about the risks of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Schools: Mental Health and Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure a knowledge of (a) mental health and (b) neurodiversity among (i) school teachers and (ii) school students.
To ask His Majesty's Government why fracture liaison services were not included in the ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ published in February 2022; how much of the £8 billion committed to support elective recovery under that plan has been allocated to fracture liaison services; and, if none, what were the reasons for that.
To ask His Majesty's Government, in each of the past 12 months for which data are available, how much money was (1) credited to NHS Healthy Start cards, (2) used by entitled beneficiaries within the period of time they have available to spend that money on valid items, and (3) not used.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of primary care facilities to meet demand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the potential merits of adopting a public health approach to tackling gambling harms.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times were for patients at (a) West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust and (b) Addenbrookes Hospital NHS Trust for (i) general surgery, (ii) urology, (iii) trauma and orthopaedics, (iv) ear, nose and throat, (v) ophthalmology, (vi) oral surgery and (vii) obstetrics and gynaecology for each year since 2001-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Fourth Report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee of Session 2022-23 on Rural Mental Health, HC248, published on 9 May 2023, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations in the section entitled Rural mental health service provision, policy and strategy development.
Department for Transport: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
Northern Ireland Office: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of including information on the health impact of gambling harms in the personal, social, health and economic education curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she last met with the families involved with the Essex Mental Health Statutory Public Inquiry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's guidance to officials visiting farms about (a) farmers' mental health, (b) signs of concern, (c) early intervention and (d) avenues of support.
Department for Education: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for the legal teams of the families involved in the Essex mental health independent inquiry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (a) reducing alcohol harm among children and (b) providing effective education for young people on that subject.
To ask the Attorney General, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
Department for Work and Pensions: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will launch a consultation on the potential impact of increasing production costs on farmers’ mental health.
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to meet families involved in the Essex mental health independent inquiry to discuss the terms of reference for that inquiry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England has placed a requirement on Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust to pay off its deficit.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Institute of Health Equity’s report Health Inequalities published in January, which showed that between 2010 and 2020 nearly 1.2 million people died prematurely from a combination of poverty, austerity and COVID-19, and what redress have they offered to the families of the victims.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Royal College of General Practice with regard to its cancellation of a clinical conference organised by the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender on “Do No Harm” on reducing harm and promoting safe, evidence-based care for gender questioning children and young people.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 9 February (HL2206), whether a specific body will be set up to lead their joint exploration, with NHS England, of supporting the provision of fracture liaison services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the evidence of links between (1) air pollution, and (2) dementia and brain ill-health, highlighted in the study on 'Ambient air pollution and the dynamic transitions of stroke and dementia', published in The Lancet in January.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children have required NHS care as a result of (1) tooth decay, (2) Type 2 diabetes, and (3) musculoskeletal conditions, in the past 12 months for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what development projects are proposed for St George's Hospital, Hornchurch within the next three years; and whether a capital programme has been agreed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has given to St George's Hospital NHS Trust, Tooting since May 1997. - Including table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, How many acute hospital beds there are at St George's Hospital, Tooting. (Failed OPQ) - Inc figures.
If he will list the members of the St. George's Hospital NHS Trust; where they reside; what are their professions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the persons appointed to St George's Hospital Trust who live within the London Borough of Wandsworth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on St George's Hospital, Tooting of being granted foundation status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid by St George's Hospital NHS Trust, Tooting in response to negligence claims in each of the last five years. - Information on the amounts paid in response to negligence claims is not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute mental health beds there were, and what the occupancy rate of such beds was, in Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of targeted awareness campaigns for young people on the five main warning signs and symptoms of cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on updates in the way that it assesses medicines that reduce health inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in her Department; and what the salary band is for each post.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the (a) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and (b) Chancellor of the Exchequer on the application of NICE's evaluation methods to support value assessment for one-off curative treatments for which health gains are accrued over time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by the British Liver Trust entitled Liver Cancer – A Call to Action, published in October 2023, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing an optimal care pathway for liver cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NICE on developing its methodologies to ensure future access to (a) innovative one-time treatments and (b) cell and genetic therapies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of making mental health first aid a compulsory component of teacher training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of working in close proximity to (a) radar systems and (b) other radio frequency radiation emitters on incidences of cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2024 to Question 12282 on UK Health Security Agency: Finance, if she will list (a) all the third parties that have contributed to the UKHSA vaccines income and (b) how much each has third party has given in each year since the UKHSA was formed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has taken steps to ensure that medical advisors at Veterans UK are trained to (a) monitor and (b) record cancer incidences among veterans who have worked in close proximity to radio frequency radiation emitters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of the use of block contract payment models in cardiac services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent changes have been made to the location of mental health tribunals sittings for patients of the Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust; and for what reasons the changes were made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to expand the eligibility of familial mapping services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are block contract payment models in use for cardiac services.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential adequacy of protections to ensure that people on the seasonal worker visa scheme who (a) become ill and (b) are injured at work have access to (i) healthcare, (ii) accommodation and (iii) compensation for loss of work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health trusts are implementing smoking cessation services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential level of risk posed by working in close proximity to radio frequency emitters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that specialist medical services for Tourette's Syndrome are accessible to people outside of London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients of the Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust subject to sectioning did not have their tribunal hearings within the designated time limit under the 1983 Mental Health Act in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Public Health England's research and analysis paper entitled Evidence review of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products 2018, published in March 2018, what recent assessment her Department has made of the relevance of that paper's finding that compared with cigarette smoke, heated tobacco products are likely to expose users and bystanders to lower levels of particulate matter and harmful and potentially harmful compounds.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department take steps to support workers on the health and care worker visa to find an alternative sponsor in the event that their initial sponsor has its licence revoked.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on (a) care for patients with and (b) treatment for liver cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations he has received from the (a) East Yorkshire Primary Care Trust and (b) West Hull Primary Care Trust concerning operational status prior to 1st April.
How many people have been recorded as dying of the heart defect HCM. - Ref to 251 c1149.
Which European countries have screening programmes for the heart defect HCM. - This information is not availble centrally.
What research has been done, and what findings have been made, about the causes of the fatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy condition and which groups are vulnerable.
If she will make available a screening programme for athletes, sports people and young people in order to reduce hypertrophic cardiomyopathy deaths.
What assessment her Department has made of the incidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. - Inc figs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds were available in the National Health Service in each year since 1997 in (a) Northumberland Health Authority and (b) Cheviot and Wansbeck Hospital. - Includes table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on respiratory syncytial virus infection immunisation in the last three years in Portsmouth Primary Care Trust; and if he will make a statement. - Inc fact that cost to Portsmouth primary care trust of this treatment not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what publicity he plans to produce on the dangers of lighter fuel refills; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of establishing a national screening programme for cardiomyopathy for all children starting secondary school to identify those suffering from Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans received mental health support last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria were used to determine the cancer types selected for the evaluation of treatment and services by the Royal College of Surgeons and NHS England; and whether an assessment was made of the potential merits of including liver cancer in that study.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on increasing the accessibility of Op COURAGE for veterans since its inception.
Department of Health and Social Care: Visits Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's data entitled Ministerial travel, July to September 2023, how much of the £6,487.91 spent on the visit by the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care to New York from 19 to 22 September 2023 were for flights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of (a) trends in levels of (i) stress and (ii) burnout and (b) the potential impact of these on mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department has collated on the number of deaths, broken down by age group, arising from misuse of lighter fuel refills in each of the last three years. - Includes table and fact information for 1997 and 1998 not yet available.
What consideration she has given to research undertaken into hypertrophic cardiomyopathy outside the United Kingdom & if she will make funding available for research.
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of referral-to-treatment cases which will be taken off the main elective waiting list as a result of new guidance from NHS England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of fracture care in areas where there is no full fracture liaison service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent on equality, diversity and inclusion (a) events and (b) training in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his guidance issued to the deceased family after diagnosis of sudden adult death syndrome.
How many deaths have occurred as a result of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years. - Table given.
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of England has a full fracture liaison service.
To ask His Majesty's Government why consultant-led community services activity is no longer to be recorded on the main elective waiting list.
What plans she has to initiate research into hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
How many deaths due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy were recorded over the past 10 years; and if she will break down the figures by age group. - Table showing number of deaths for which hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy was stated as the cause in Library as Dep/3 870.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of teenagers who might be at risk from cardiomyopathy leading to sudden death.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits of implementing a mental health support team plus model in schools and (b) impact of such an approach on the mental wellbeing of children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2024 to Question 11561 on Mental Health Services: Veterans, if she will take steps to collaborate with non-Five Eyes nations to identify additional best practices for providing mental health support to veterans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths have occurred by age and region in each of the last 10 years due to the volatile substance misuse of butane gas products. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department had discussions with the Cabinet Office on the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care sharing the RAF plane used by the Deputy Prime Minister to visit New York on 19 September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans in the West Midlands accessed Op COURAGE in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) community liver health checks, (b) primary care pilots and (c) surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma as part of NHS England's early detection of liver cancer programme.
To ask His Majesty's Government when before 1 April they will confirm whether NHS mental health funding will increase as a share of overall NHS expenditure in 2024/25, as required by section 3(2) of the Health and Care Act 2022.
What discussions he has had with the manufacturers of butane gas lighters and refills regarding the sale of such products to people under the age of 16.
How much grant has been made to the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association in the current financial year. - The Department has granted the Association £8,000 in the current financial year.
What remuneration, allowances and other expenses are received by members of the boards of (a) Hillingdon Hospital Trust and (b) Portsmouth Health Care Trust. - Inc figs for salaries and fact that details of allowances are not available centrally.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Markham on 19 January 2023 (HL Deb col 1926), what is meant by “different versions” of the fracture liaison service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died as a result of abuse of (a) butane gas refills and (b) other volatile substances in each year since 1997. - Inc tables.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people currently working in healthcare provision who fall under Standard Occupational Code (SOC) 6145, or senior carers who fall under SOC 6146, are migrant workers who would fall under the ambit of new restrictions preventing their dependents moving to the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients on an NHS elective waiting list are waiting for (a) a diagnostic test, (b) an outpatient appointment and (c) an elective procedure or surgery in England.
What is the cost of severance payments made by Tameside Acute Care Trust to achieve its proposed reduction in the number of managers; if he will publish a complete schedule of the severance costs of health authorities and trusts incurred to meet the management reduction targets for 1996-97. - Info not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure worker safety for those working (a) shifts and (b) unsociable hours.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to meet its obligations under the International Labour Organisation Convention on Occupational Safety and Health 1981.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when digital hearing aids will be available to patients of Blackpool Victoria Acute Health Trust. - (Holding answer 19 November 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the average waiting time for adults to receive a full diagnostic assessment for ADHD in each commissioning area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are being taken by his Department to offer cardiac screening for the condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy to children about to take part in competitive sport. - (Holding answer 22 January 2002).
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote the benefits of drinking milk to children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate of the number of people who have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) mould and (b) damp on the long-term health of social housing tenants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to ensure that living well with HIV is prioritised in local commissioning by integrated care boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the budget is for the Smile for Life programme, and if she will publish a breakdown of costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish guidance on how people can protect themselves from the harms of air pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's evaluation processes complement the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's International Recognition Procedure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
Department of Health and Social Care: Domicil
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any non-executive directors employed in her Department are non-domiciled.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the number of acute beds in the Dudley group of hospitals which are unavailable to incoming patients as a result of being occupied by patients needing accommodation in a nursing home. - Includes figures.
What assessment he has made of the employment consequences of the implementation of Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust's proposed capital investment strategy option 3. - None. The employment consequences of a national health service trust's capital investment proposals are a matter for the trust's management.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the care of medical patients on surgical wards in the Dudley group of hospitals. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on how many people not legally resident in the UK were charged for healthcare in (a) NHS hospitals and (b) doctors surgeries in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of mixed wards for inpatient psychiatric care were in use for each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's consultation on the disclosure of industry payments to the healthcare sector, which closed on 16 October 2023, whether she plans to bring forward regulations under section 92 of the Health and Social Care Act 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the periods of time patients have to wait for beds in the accident and emergency department and medical assessment unit of the Dudley Group of Hospitals. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS mental health trusts have an inadequate safety rating.
What stage the Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust's proposed capital investment plan has reached; and what further stages must be passed for it to obtain approval.
If he will list the management consultants used to prepare the Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust's capital investment strategy; and what is the value of contracts awarded; and various questions on same. - The employment of consultants by national health service trusts is a matter for them and no information is available centrally on such contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department plans to publish the responses to the public consultation on the disclosure of industry payments to the healthcare sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS trusts apply the national sexual safety collaborative.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support farmers with their mental health and wellbeing.
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Octagon Healthcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 69941, what proportion of the overall £250 million savings were realised for the Norwich and Norfolk NHS Trust in its PFI payments to Octagon Healthcare as a result of his Department's initiative to extract savings and better value for money for PFI contracts.
Department of Health and Social Care: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding their Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on software updates to legacy computer systems in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to require every Integrated Care Board to develop a young onset dementia pathway to (a) standardise and (b) improve dementia (i) care and (ii) support for people of working age.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the recommendation of the National Audit Office in its report of 28 April 2011, Lessons from PFI and other projects, on his Department collecting data better to understand the relationship between the investors' returns and the risks they have borne and the value which PFI equity investors contribute, what estimate his Department has made of the value which Octagon Healthcare contributes to the Norwich and Norfolk NHS Trust.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Vertex
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of NICE's commercial negotiations with Vertex on NHS contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Sunderland and Homerton NHS trusts will be granted foundation status. - (Holding answer 9 December 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish a breakdown of PFI payments made by Norwich and Norfolk NHS Trust to Octagon Healthcare, including (a) capital costs and (b) service payments made to SERCO.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of PFI payments made to the Norwich and Norfolk NHS Trust to Octagon Healthcare over the next two decades.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of doctors in (a) West Suffolk Hospital trust, (b) Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS trust, (c) James Paget NHS trust, (d) Ipswich NHS trust and (e) Addenbrookes NHS trust, is per 100 beds. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of doctors is per 100 beds in NHS hospitals in (a) West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust, (b) Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust, (c) James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust, (d) Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust and (e) Addenbrooke's NHS Trust. - Table given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there to award, (a) Northamptonshire and (b) Norfolk and Norwich NHS trusts foundation trust status. - Including ref to NHS Foundation Trusts: Eligibility Criteria and Timetable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations she has received on the funding of Bexley Primary Healthcare Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will agree to a meeting with representatives of Queen Mary's Hospital NHS Trust, Oxleas NHS Trust, Bexley Care Trust and the Strategic Health Authority. - I will be meeting my hon. Friend on Wednesday 14 July.
Department of Health and Social Care : Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in their Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding was provided by her Department to Bexley Care Trust for (a) prevention and (b) treatment of (i) sexually transmitted diseases, (ii) obesity, (iii) diabetes and (iv) alcoholism in each of the last five years.
What qualifications Sir Michael Carlisle had for being made Chairman of the Community Health Sheffield NHS Trust; and to state age and qualifications of chairman of community health Sheffield NHS trust.
Which land and buildings, currently in health authority ownership, will pass to the ownership of the new trust, on the formation of Community Health Sheffield NHS Trust.
How much has been spent by Sheffield Health Authority in consultative fees for research, design or establishment costs for the logo to be adopted by the proposed Sheffield Community Health Trust operational from 1st April.
Who will be Chairman on 1st April of (a) Trent Regional Health Authority and (b) Sheffield Community Health Trust.
What has been spent within the Sheffield Health Authority area on work undertaken for or on behalf of Community Health Sheffield Shadow Trust on capital developments, including minor works in the 1993-94 financial year and the estimated expenditure in the 1994-95 financial year, within Community Health Sheffield arising from or consequent on such work for managerial, administrative and clerical facilities. - Inc fact these matters for Trent regional health authority.
If the post of Chairman of the Community Health Sheffield NHS Trust was advertised (a) privately or (b) publicly.
When she plans to meet the chairmen of the South Lancashire Health Authority and the Ormskirk Hospital Trust to discuss the Health Service Review in Southport, Formby and West Lancashire; and further questions on this review and on Ormskirk hospital.
When and by whom a final decision will be made as to the land and buildings in the Sheffield area that will transfer to Community Health Sheffield Trust.
What are the estimated costs of building a new maternity unit at (a) Ormskirk Hospital and (b) Southport Hospital. - No figures given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he comment on the provision of renal services by the South Lancashire NHS Trust.
Where in the North Worcestershire NHS Trust area maternity facilities are currently available; where she expects them to be available by 1st January 1996; and to ensure that procedure used by North Worcestershire health authority in connection with refusal to open maternity facilities at Kidderminster general hospital is not followed elsewhere.
How many operations were cancelled on the day of, or after, the patient had been admitted to hospitals under the aegis of Durham Hospitals NHS Trust in the last 12 months for which figures are available. - Not available centrally.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have received mental health treatment from South Tees NHS Trust since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists there were in (a) North East Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust, (b) North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust and (c) Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust in each year since 1997. - Including table. (Holding answer 25 October 2004).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there are in the Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency. - Inc table.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of new optimal clinical pathways for those with neurological conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of patients (a) waiting for mental healthcare and (b) on NHS waiting lists for physical conditions who are also waiting for mental healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that businesses provide adequate respiratory protective equipment to people at risk of residual welding fume.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to work with NHS England, commissioners and providers to use the new optimal clinical pathways for the benefit of patients with neurological conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which ethnicity codes are collected by NHS services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of digital roles within her Department were vacant as of 26 February 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people waited over 12 months for an operation in Hull and the East Riding in the last quarter for which figures are available; and what the figures were for the preceding four quarters. - Table given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) provide information to welders on and (b) help protect welders from the potential health risks associated with mild steel welding fume.
To ask His Majesty's Government why the scope of the Major Conditions Strategy does not include hundreds of neurological conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the treatment of (a) babies, (b) children and (c) young people by integrated care systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to help ensure NHS services record ethnicity data in line with the 2021 Census categories.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce diagnosis times of Complex Trauma Dissociative Identity Disorder.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the health impact of people intentionally dehydrating because of a lack of public toilets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether ethnicity codes used in the NHS are in line with the (a) 2001 and (b) 2011 Census codes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the support provided to people with Complex Trauma Dissociative Identity Disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made towards the target coverage for non-specific symptom pathways by March 2024.
Avoidant/restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Health Services
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the Worcestershire and Herefordshire Integrated Care Board will make available services to people suffering from Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that businesses undertaking welding provide effective controls on the fumes arising from welding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the cost to the NHS caused by Royal Mail (a) delays and (b) failures to deliver appointment letters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the average target timeline for exit from the Recovery Support Programme for those ICBs in segment 4.
Health Professions and Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to work with universities to help train (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) teachers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department collates data on patients that die while under the care of a mental health provider.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients were seen by a general practitioner within the 48-hour general practitioner access target in (a) Suffolk and (b) the Bury St Edmunds constituency in the last year. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) NHS dentists and (b) general practitioners were practising in the West Suffolk parliamentary constituency at 31st December (i) 2004 and (ii) 1997; and if he will make a statement. - Includes table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is she taking to provide people living with a rare disease equitable access to (a) diagnosis, (b) treatment, and (c) care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on delayed discharges in (a) the Craven, Harrogate and Rural District Primary Care Trust and (b) the Hambleton and Richmondshire Primary Care Trust area. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the average waiting time for cognitive behavioural therapy for women with menopausal symptoms in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the recovery support programme in (a) embedding improvements, (b) preventing further deterioration and (c) enabling stabilisation of services for the (i) Norfolk and Waveney, (ii) Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and (iii) Devon Integrated Care Board.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to improve the mental health and wellbeing of people working in the construction industry.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the health of children's teeth nationally in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce the waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services in the Tees Esk Wear Mental Health Trust region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of restructuring at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on that agency's performance in 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department issues guidance to mental health providers on steps to be taken to secure an independent inquiry in the event that a patient dies while under their care.
Department of Health and Social Care: Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals her Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the 2002-03 budget was (a) finalised and (b) published for the (i) Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and (ii) Portsmouth City Primary Care Trust; and if he will make a statement; what plans he has to bring an end to the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS trust deficit; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing vacancies there are in the Southwark Primary Care Trust area; how many nurses are employed in each hospital in the Southwark Primary Care Trust area; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a breakdown of the number of people on waiting lists for tier 3 weight management services by (a) Integrated Care Board area and (b) NHS trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners there were in the Southwark Primary Care Trust area in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people (a) have undergone and (b) are eligible to receive an NHS Health Check in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent alcohol policy specialists her Department employs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the vacancy rates are for health visitors in (a) Lambeth and (b) Sutton primary care trusts. - Inc table. (Holding answer 24 February 2004).
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2024 to Question 13206 on Migrants: Health Services, whether applicants who applied for entry clearance under paragraph 319X of the Immigration Rules before 12 April 2023 pay the Immigration Health Surcharge if their application is processed after that date.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the dynamic support register and Care (Education) and Treatment Review policy for autistic people without a learning difficulty in (1) preventing hospital admissions, and (2) speeding up hospital discharges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of bed blocking in hospitals located in the Southwark Primary Care Trust area; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of tier 3 weight management services for patients; and in which (a) Integrated Care Board areas and (b) NHS trusts those services are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timescale is for (a) completing and (b) assessing the projects undertaken under the Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing injured Palestinians to be treated at UK hospitals until their health is stabilised.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she (a) has reviewed and (b) plans to review the (i) provision and (ii) location of (A) inpatient and (B) outpatient health services in Essex.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made on the Lampard Inquiry into mental health services in Essex.
Department of Health and Social Care : Magazine Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding their Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has an alcohol policy team.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that patients diagnosed with early stage chronic kidney disease are monitored for disease progression.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of chronic kidney disease among high-risk groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the level of use of the new healthcare facility at HMP Wandsworth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to enforcement notice 310819694 served against the UK Health Security Agency on 31 July 2020 by the Health and Safety Executive, what steps she is taking to ensure that laboratories at Porton Down continue to comply with relevant safety requirements.
Horizon IT System: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Offord of Garvel on 14 February (HL2130), whether the Government were informed of any action by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman resulting from the sub-postmaster's complaint.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many serious clinical incidents have taken place since Hammersmith Hospital took over the contract to provide pathology services to West Middlesex Hospital and Hounslow Primary Care Trust. - Includes figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will ask the Chief Medical Officers to update their review of the potential impact of mobile phone usage from a young age on children's development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by the National Audit Office entitled Investigation into the UKHSA’s health security campus programme, published on 28 February 2024, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the UK Health Security Agency has adequate capabilities for (a) identifying, (b) studying and (c) responding to dangerous pathogens.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to determine workforce requirements in the (a) health and (b) social care sectors in the context of (i) an ageing population and (ii) trends in the level of ill health in later life.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to increase awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to tackle regulatory systems that slow down research.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a cross-government strategy to tackle health inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his policy that compulsory NHS funding will not be required for older NICE-approved technologies where they are superseded by newer, more cost-effective and medically advanced NICE-approved treatments. - (Holding answer 5 December 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her Department’s policies of a call from over 250 members of the Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA) for a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities.
Gastrointestinal Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of patients with lower gastrointestinal cancers who receive their first treatment within 62 days of being urgently referred by their GP.
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the average monthly proportion of lower gastrointestinal cancer patients started treatment within 62 days of referral for each year figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of private renting on mental health.
Department of Health and Social Care: Publishing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, What proposals he has to increase the use of telemedicine in the National Health Service. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, If he will make a statement on his plans for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. (Failed OPQ)
On what date a banker's card for the payment of expenses was supplied to the Chairman of the Northern and Yorkshire Region; how much has been charged to this card; and how much has been reimbursed by the Health Service. - I will write to the hon Member on this matter.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Why the drug Aricept is available through the National Health Service only to those who suffer from the more severe form of Alzheimer's disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence about the provision of (a) Reminyl, (b) Aricept, (c) Exelon and (d) Ebixa treatments by the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the Government's policy on the prescribing of Aricept (Donepezil).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Standing Medical Advisory Committee will publish its report on the drug Aricept.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme in supporting (a) people with cancer aged up to 25 and (b) their families with the cost of travel to cancer treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the health authorities which currently make Aricept available on National Health Service prescription. - Inc available fig.
If she will list for each National Health Service trust in the former North East Thames region, those chairmen and non-executive directors who live outside the boundaries of the district health authority in which that trust is situated. - List given. (Holding answer 5 July 1994).(Refer to revised list of those living outside boundaries in library at 248 c1230-1W)
How many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful claims for compensation have been made against the North Western Regional Health Authority during each of the last five years. - There were no traceable claims for compensation in this period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the costs of reorganisation, restructuring and redundancy following the award of the pre-registration nursing and midwifery education contract in Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are currently prescribed (a) Aricept, (b) Exelon and (c) Reminyl on the NHS. - Inc table and fact that we do not hold information in the form requested. (Incorrectly printed in Daily Part as Tim Loughton answering question).
What estimate he has made of the annual cost of prescription fraud in (a) Tamworth, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands. - Staffordshire family health services authority £0.4m. and West Midlands regional health authority £5m.
What recent representations he has received about the level of funding for the North East Thames Regional Health Authority. (Failed OPQ) - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the per capita spending on health services (a) in cash terms and (b) at 1992 prices in (i) Cornwall, (ii) Devon, (iii) the South and West National Health Service Region and (iv) England in each year since 1992. - Table given. (Holding answer 12 November 1997).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the benefits for Alzheimer's sufferers from the drug Aricept; and to comment on the availability of Aricept in the United Kingdom; and what plans DH has to issue guidance on the prescription of Aricept for Alzheimers sufferers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation he has made of the clinical trials regarding the use of Aricept in treating patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
What is the provision for (a) infertility investigation and (b) infertility treatment in the North West Regional Health Authority; what discussions have been held between the North West regional health authority and her Department as to the most cost-effective means of providing for infertility investigation and treatment in its area. - Inc ref to 243 c520W.
What requests from the Cookridge Centre for linear accelerators, and are currently under consideration by Northern and Yorkshire Health and when is completion of the purchasing agreement is expected.
If she will list for each NHS trust in the former Oxford region, those chairmen and non-executive directors who live outside the boundaries of the district health authority in which that trust is situated. - Includes list of names of the appointees who live outside the relevant district health authority boundaries. - (Holding answer 1 July 1994).(Refer to revised list of those living outside boundaries in library at 248 c1230-1W)
What has been the annual increase in the number of patients who have had operations cancelled on the day they were due to go into hospital or after admission since 1994-95 in the South Thames Region. - Latest information place in Library.
What progress he has made in reversing ward closures in hospitals in the North Thames Region of the NHS. (Failed OPQ).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his powers in relation to the decision of the former North Thames Regional Health Authority to retain a cancer centre at Colchester, and to build a new centre of excellence in the town, and the role of the Eastern Region Health Authority; what discussions his Department has held over the possible transfer of the cancer centre in Colchester to Ipswich.
If he will list for (a) the South East Thames Regional Health Authority, (b) the East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Health Authority and (c) each of the NHS trusts operating within the East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Health Authority area (1) the number of emergency readmissions within 28 days for the periods (i) 1st April 1995 to 30th September 1995, (ii) 1st October 1995 to 31st March 1996, (iii) 1st April 1996 to 30th September 1996 and (iv) 1st October 1996 to 31st March 1997 and (2) the figures in (1) above expressed as a percentage of the total number of operations carried out. - Including tables.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the social costs and benefits of Aricept for Alzheimer's patients and (b) the savings in respite and other long-term care resulting from the use of Aricept.
Department of Health and Social Care: WhatsApp
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
What progress has been achieved in reducing the hours worked by junior doctors in the Anglia and Oxford Region. - Inc figs. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made with respect to the building of a new breast cancer unit at Nottingham City Hospital; and if he will make a statement; what discussions he has had with Trent Regional Health Authority about the proposed new breast cancer unit at Nottingham City Hospital. - (Holding answer 14 December 1999).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to primary care trusts for the prescription of Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl for patients with mental health problems.
What representations she has received from the BMA relating to the impact of the waiting list initiative on clinical care in the North West Regional Health Authority. - None.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to health authorities about the criteria for NHS prescriptions for the drug Aricept. - Inc ref to guidance from the Standing Medical Advisory Committee, copies in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the availability of step down support in London for homeless people being discharged from hospital care.
If he will give a breakdown by the procedure adopted of the number of abortions performed in the NHS South Thames Region in the latest year for which figures are available. - Will write.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what scrutiny his Department undertook of the terms of the contract award; and what assessment he has made of the tender process for the award of the pre-registration nursing and midwifery education contract in Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight by the NHS Executive South and West.
What appointments Mr J. Greetham (a) holds and (b) has held within the NHS, with their dates; and which (i) minister and (ii) regional chair signed the letter of appointment in each case. - Inc list and ref to 274 c778-80w.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances the drug Aricept is currently available by prescription for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
What discussions she has had with the North East Thames Regional Health Authority regarding the number of patients on doctors' lists; and how many patients were removed at the instigation of the doctor in the area in (a) 1979, (b) 1985 and (c) in the last year for which figures are available; reasons doctors given when removing patients from their lists; how many patients were removed from lists in last period for which figures are available without any reason being given to patient; and what % of total this represents; and similarly for area covering Hornsey and Wood Green constituency. - No dicussions have taken place. Ref to reply given today for Ynys Mon (Mr Jones) for available information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the cost to the NHS of the prescription of the drug Aricept in 1998; and how many prescriptions were issued by each health authority; what funds each health authority in England has allocated to consultants and General Practitioners for prescribing the drug Aricept in the current year. - Including figures.
What is the number of mentally handicapped children currently in NHS hospital care in (a) the North West and (b) nationally. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many district health authority areas the drug Aricept is available on prescription at public expense.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what ethical guidelines are given to government-supported medical researchers into the Alzheimer's drug Aricept about administering placebos to patients who could benefit from the drug.
What progress has been made in taking forward the private finance initiative in the North-West Region. (Failed OPQ) - Includes figures and that details in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the research by the University of Southampton into the clinical effectiveness of Aricept.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has taken recent steps to commission research into (a) reducing ill health and (b) retaining (i) physical function and (ii) mental capacity by older people.
Department of Health and Social Care: Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants in her Department have a criminal conviction.
List for each NHS trust in the former North West Thames region, those chairman and non-executive directors who live outside the boundaries of the district health authority in which that trust is situated. - List given. (Holding answer 4 July 1994).(Printed with incorrect question in DP and BV) Ref. to revised list of those living outside boundaries in library at 248 c1230-1W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS prescriptions for (a) Aricept, (b) Concerta XL and (c) Risperidone have been made in 2003; and what additional funds have been made available for prescription of these drugs. - Inc table.
If she will list, for each NHS trust in the former Northern Region, those chairmen and non-executive directors who live outside the boundaries of the district health authority in which that trust is situated. - Inc fig and list. - (Holding answer 28 June 1994).(Ref to revised list of those living outside boundaries in library at 248 c1230-1W)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the trends over the last 20 years, in cancer incidence in children, with particular reference to cancers of the CNS and leukemia (a) nationally and (b) in the area covered by the East Anglian Regional Health Authority. - Inc fact that tables showing the numbers of newly diagnosed cases have been placed in Library as DEP 3/6214.
What is the total amount of funding allocated to the NHS for the financial year 1995-96; what was the figure in 1994-95; how much of this total sum is allocated for 1995-96 to the Yorkshire and Northern Region; and what the figure was for 1994-95. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 13 December 1994).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will comment on the Minister of State's recent letter to North Thames and South Thames health authorities regarding school nurses and health visitors.
(a) how many acute psychiatric wards there are, (b) how many beds are in each acute psychiatric ward, (c) on average what percentage of beds are vacant on those wards and (d) on average what percentage of patients are legally detained on those wards in respect of (i) the North West regional office, (ii) the West Midlands regional office, (iii) the South Thames regional office and (iv) the North Thames regional office of the NHS Executive. - Information is not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which area health authorities in England and Wales fund the prescription of the drug Aricept to treat Alzheimer's Disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number and proportion of (a) counsellors and (b) adult psychotherapists in the mental health workforce.
If she will establish and set out the dates, periods and reasons when, in 1995 to date, at casualty units in the area of the former North East Thames Regional Health Authority within Greater London those arriving either before or after diagnosis and treatment were accommodated on trolleys from emergency ambulances, and the maximum number so used on any such occasion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria were used in the selection of the preferred tenderers for the pre-registration nursing and midwifery education in Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight by the NHS Executive South and West.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to provide additional funding to the NHS for (a) diagnostic tools and (b) the workforce to help prepare for the potential arrival of new dementia treatments.
How many joint ventures are currently established between the NHS and the private sector in hospitals covering the Trent region; and if he will list each project indicating the hospital involved. - Inc list.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Government's response to the consultation by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence on the cost effectiveness of Arisept, Excelon and Reminyl.
What bids have been received from members of staff of (a) the North Yorkshire Regional Health Authority, (b) the Northern Regional Health Authority and (c) the Yorkshire Regional Health Authority for a buy-out of specific services being market tested; and with what result. - This is a matter for Northern and Yorkshire regional health authority.
What guidance his Department has issued regarding protocols for the use of the drug Aricept; and to list the health authorities in England and Wales which have agreed to fund the use of Aricept by (a) general practitioners and (b) hospital consultants; and to list the hospitals in England and Wales whose hospital formulary includes Aricept.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision has been made by the Neo-Natal In-services Commissioning investigation for NHS North Thames Region in their examination of the most suitable locations for natal intensive care unit services in the region, for audit of the cost and current usage data being submitted to them by the individual trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many administrative personnel working for the Hillingdon Health Authority, West Hertfordshire Health Authority, North Thames Regional Executive of the NHS and the Mount Vernon and Watford Hospitals NHS Trust are subject to incentive project reviews; and what posts they hold. - Inc ref to DH Pay Arrangements - Guidance for Managers and Staff. (Holding answer 18 November 1998).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce national prescribing policies for (a) Aricept and (b) beta-interferon. - Inc ref to EL(94)72 in Lib.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on applications to the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme by (a) cancer patients up to 25 and (b) families of a child with cancer (i) in the UK and (ii) from Northern Ireland who travel to receive treatment in England.
To comment on trends in patient demand in the North West Reg ional Health Authority area. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take measures to ensure that a higher proportion of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease receive Reminyl; if he will take measures to increase the number of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease receiving treatment; how many people within each health authority are suffering from mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease; how many and what percentage of these are being treated; and how many and what percentage of patients are receiving Reminyl. - Includes fact that information about the numbers of people within each health authority with Alzheimers, and about the type of treatment they are receiving, is not routinely collected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the NHS's prescribing policies in relation to Aricept of (a) West Kent Health Authority, (b) Thames Gateway NHS Trust and (c) general practitioners in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency.
What arbitration over contracts between purchasers and providers has taken place in the NHS Executive Trent since 1st April; which authorities and trusts were involved; when the arbitration guidance was issued, and to what financial year it related.
Which (a) water authorities and (b) water companies have rejected health authorities' requests for fluoridation since 1985 indicating where these have been on (i) non-technical and (ii) technical grounds; what estimate DH has made of savings in dental health costs to Sunderland health authority from water fluoridation; and of annual projected capital and revenue costs of this; when DH last discussed fluoridation of water supplies with NHS Executive, Water Services Association and Water Companies Association; to give total number of cases since 1986 of dental fluorosis in each of district health authorities in Northern and Yorkshire region indicating which DHA has artificial fluoridation and natural fluoridation; and what research DH has undertaken and commissioned regarding relationship between incidence of tooth decay in areas of similar income level which have and do not have fluoridated water supply. - Includes ref to 'One is a Million' by British Fluoridation Society and Public Health Alliance (in Library).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are receiving prescriptions for (a) Donepezil (Aricept), (b) Rivastigmine (Exelon) and (c) Galantamine (Remings). - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts prescribe (a) Aricept, (b) Exelon and (c) Reminyl. - Inc table.
Pursuant to his Answer of 10th March, Official Report, column 114W, how much money was spent by fundholding general practitioners practices in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) Yorkshire Region and (c) Northern Region on purchasing hospital and community health services from private sector providers as defined by sub-code 160 in form FAA23 in the accounts filed by health authorities in each year since general practitioners fund holding started. - Table given. .
Hartlepool Primary Care Trust: Health Visitors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health visitors were employed by Hartlepool Primary Care Trust in each year since the trust was established.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the recommendation of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence not to use donepezil (Aricept) in the treatment of mild to moderate cases of Alzheimer's disease.
If she will list for each of the last 10 years the number of cases of thyroid cancer that have been reported in (a) North Western, (b) Mersey, (c) Northern, (d) Yorkshire, (e) Trent and (f) West Midlands regional health authorities; and what the national average was for each of the years. - The information is published in tables 2 and 7 of "Cancer statistics, registrations, series MB1, nos 11-22" (HMSO), copies in Library. (Stats 410.75).
What estimate he has made of the likely level of bed closures in the South Thames and North Thames regions (a) in the remainder of the current financial year and (b) in 1997-98. - Figures not given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current cost to the NHS is of prescribing (a) Aricept, (b) Exelon and (c) Reminyl. - Inc tables.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the North West Regional Health Authority on the appointment of independent investigators to report on administration of the Guild Community Trust Preston during 1998 and 1999; and if he will make a statement; in what ways he involved the Chairman of the North West Regional Health Authority in seeking the resignations of the non-executive directors of the Guild Community Trust Preston; if he will list the grounds on which he dismissed the Board of the Guild Community Trust Preston; if he will list those occasions on which the non-executive directors of the Guild Community Trust Preston sought advice on the way the trust was being run from the North West Regional Health Authority; and what advice was given; if he will publish the correspondence between his Department, the North West Regional Health Authority and the Chief Executive of the Guild Community Trust Preston during 1998 and 1999 on the Chief Executive's administration of the trust during this period; if he will list the (a) meetings and (b) communications between his Department and the Chief Executive of the Guild Community Trust Preston during 1998 and 1999 and state the reasons for each of those meetings and communications; what reports his Department has received on the administration of the Guild Community Trust Preston in its last two years; and what were their conclusions. - (Holding answer 25 May 1999).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public money has been spent on the AD2000 Study of the effectiveness of donepezil in each of the years (a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000 and (d) 2001, broken down by (i) the amount spent by individual health authorities on the trial, (ii) the amount allocated to the trial from regional research and development budgets, (iii) the amount allocated from the national research and development extra treatment costs fund and (iv) other NHS costs incurred as a result of the trial. - Includes table and ref to information is not available in the format requested. (Holding answer 16 March 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that Aricept and related drugs may be prescribed for Alzheimer's disease.
To what extent table six of her latest Department Annual Report understates the amount of money the North West Region of the National Health Service should receive under the Government's new weighted capitation formula. - Includes fact that in "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1995-96 to 1997-98", Cm. 2812, the figure for region in table 6 column 2 is incorrect. Correct figures given in answer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health authorities are prescribing (a) Aricept, (b) Exelon and (c) Reminyl to patients on the basis of need.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the hospitals in the North and South Thames Regions which have received winter pressures money this winter, indicating the amounts received. - Including table and available figures.
What proportion of hospital and community health services in the South Thames Region is now carried out by NHS trusts. (Failed OPQ)
Mental Health Services: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that mental health training programs equip future clinicians with the necessary digital literacy skills to support the integration of technology into mental health care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) total number of beds and (b) number of private beds in each health authority in the North Thames region of the NHS. - Inc tables and fact that information on the number of private beds is not collected.
What plans he has to hold an inquiry into the reasons for the acute shortage of midwives in the South Thames Area. - Includes figures.
What action he has taken in response to a letter to him from the South Thames Medical Directors dated 26th February; and if he will place a copy of his reply in the Library. - Includes fact that a copy of correspondence will be placed in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to (a) monitor the implementation of NICE guidance on the use of Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease and (b) publish the results; when he will direct health authorities to make funds available for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease with Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the capital projects and their value at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital which have been authorised since 1st May 1997; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figures table and ref to information on all locally managed capital projects is not collected centrally.
If he will list (i) the numbers of (a) medical and (b) nursing staff suspended or dismissed at each NHS trust in the Northern Region since 1st January 1993 and (ii) the numbers of staff in each category heard by disciplinary hearings of trusts who were not so suspended or dismissed in this period. - Inc figures and fact that information on nursing staff is not available centrally.
What representations he has received from the North West Regional Health Authority with regard to levels of funding to maintain standards of patient care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will allow GPs to issue private prescriptions for Aricept (donepezil) and Exelon (rivastigmine) anti-dementia drugs for their NHS patients; and what central funding is available to regional health authorities to provide for Aricept (donepezil) and Exelon (rivastigmine) anti-dementia treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2024 to Question 13942 on UK Health Security Agency: Finance, if she will break down the (a) sources and (b) amounts of the Other customers section.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health authorities (a) have authorised the prescription of the drug Aricept to ameliorate the symptons of Alzheimer's disease in each of the Government standard regions, (b) have refused to authorise its use and (c) have not yet reached a decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute mental illness beds were available (a) for the elderly, (b) for children, (c) for other age groups and (d) in secure units in 2002-03 in the area covered by Newcastle Primary Care Trust; and what the occupancy rates were in each case.- Including table.
What arbitration on contracts between purchasers and providers has taken place in the Northern and Yorkshire Health Region since 1st April; which authorities and trusts were involved; when the arbitration guidance was issued and to which financial year it referred.
What is the value of the North West RHA residual trust property which is being transferred to Manchester Health Authority; and where it is located. - No trust fund property is to be transferred to Manchester health authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of evidence-based digital mental health innovations on reducing waiting lists for child and adolescent services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's research into the use of (a) memantine, (b) donepezil, (c) rivastigmine and (d) galantamine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. - Includes ref to www.nice.org.uk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls to the NHS Counter Fraud Service there were in each of the last three years; and (a) how many and (b) what percentage of calls resulted in a successful prosecution. - Inc tables.
What advice district health authorities located in the South West and Wessex Regional Health Authority area have sought from his Department about the most efficacious provision of infertility treatment and diagnosis in the last two years; and further questions on same; and includes refs to various publications.
If he will make a statement on the outcome of the legal action taken by the Wessex Regional Health Authority against Wessex Information Systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps (a) her Department and (b) NHS England have taken to incentivise the integration of digital technologies into cardiovascular disease care pathways.
Health Services and Social Services: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland administration on pay for (a) health and social care and (b) NHS workers.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding by the NHS Confederation that there has been a 26 per cent cut to the public health grant per person in real terms since 2015–16; and what plans they have to ensure that every baby and young child in England can receive the full Healthy Child Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase girls' access to mental health services.
If he will place in the Library a copy of the South and West Regional Health Authority's submission to the Ministry of Defence Front Line First review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patients awaiting neck surgery will be affected by the investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Service into the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust as a result of the appointment of the head of neck surgery as the acting chief executive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals will be affected by the NHS Counter-Fraud Service inquiry into the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust; if he will ensure that any financial shortfall discovered by the NHS Counter Fraud Service inquiry into the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust arising from financial misconduct or other irregularities will be made good from public funds; whether the findings of the inquiry by the NHS Counter Fraud Service into the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust will be made public; when the inquiry by the NHS Counter Fraud Service into the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust will report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to expand the scope of the NHS Health Check to (a) include a wider range of clinical checks for identifying (i) cardiovascular disease (CVD) and (ii) CVD-risk conditions and (b) take place in (A) the community, (B) workplaces and (C) other new settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve girls' health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans are in receipt of specialist mental health support.
What is the up-to-date position regarding the negotiations between the regional health authority and the architects for St. Mary's Hospital.
What is the cost of acquiring and equipping the premises for the South and West Regional Health Authority at the Parkway Business Park, Bristol; what is the total cost of re-locating staff from Bristol and Winchester to the new South and West regional health authority headquarters at the Parkway business park, Bristol. - Matter for the regional health authority.
Department of Health and Social Care: Fraud and Maladministration
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by her Department in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's budget for specialist mental health support was in each year since 2010.
If she will issue advice to South West Region on the sale of their IT Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average annual cost of prescription fraud has been in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual GP practices and primary care trusts (a) have been and (b) are being investigated by the NHS Counter Fraud Department for removing from their lists children not immunised against MMR. - Includes figures.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) high secure, (2) medium secure, and (3) low secure, mental health service beds are in each integrated care board area of England.
asked Her Majesty's Government:When each appointee designate of the proposed Northern Ireland Health Authority commenced duties; what is the annual salary for each appointment; what has been the total amount of salaries and expenses (a) up to 8 May, and (b) since 8 May; and from which department these costs are met.
asked Her Majesty's Government:What arrangements they made prior to 8 May to appoint a chief executive designate and directors designate to a Northern Ireland Health Authority; what duties they have been authorised to carry out; who provided that authorisation; and what salaries and expenses were paid.
What were the five most common causes of death for women in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire health authorities in the last year for which figures are available. - Inc list.
How many pregnancies occurred in each of the last five years in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire health authorities. - Inc table.
To ask His Majesty's Government what specialist provision is available for “further support or counselling if there are emotional consequences of persistent facial paralysis or paresis”, as mentioned in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines for Bell’s palsy referral.
asked Her Majesty's Government:What arrangements they made prior to 8 May to establish a Northern Ireland Health Authority; what appointments were made; and whether the necessary legislation was in place to enable this process.
asked Her Majesty's Government:What arrangements they made prior to 8 May for the chief executive designate and directors designate of a proposed Northern Ireland Health Authority to make further appointments; who authorised such developments prior to enabling legislation being in place; and what salaries and expenses are involved in such appointments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase awareness of pulmonary fibrosis among (a) health professionals and (b) the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the merits of separating the Health and Social Services Authority functions from the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.
Northern Ireland: Strategic Health and Social Services Authority
What will be the basis of membership of the proposed Strategic Health and Social Services Authority in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number of primary care vacancies for each of the last 12 months.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to respond to the survey by Facial Palsy UK published on 1 March, and if so when; and what assessment they have made of the fact that nearly 90 per cent of respondents called for a clearer understanding of which type of specialist provides care for patients with facial palsy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) diagnosis, (b) treatment and (c) care for people living with pulmonary fibrosis; and if she will make an assessment of the impact of waiting times on patient care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Local Investment Finance Trust scheme within the Havering primary care trust area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants employed by the Leeds Health Authority and its trusts are suspended; and for how long they each have been suspended.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people suffering from diabetes there were within the Durham Health Authority Easington District locality area in each year since 1995. - Info not held centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were registered with NHS dentists in each of the last 10 years in the area covered by the Cotswold and Vale PCT. - Including figures and tables.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were employed by North Yorkshire area health authority in 1997; and how many are employed in (a) York and Selby primary care trust, (b) Hambleton and Richmondshire primary care trust and (c) Harrogate and Craven primary care trust.
How many people aged over 60 years resident in Eastbourne are currently in receipt of free prescriptions under the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the allocations of (a) revenue and (b) capital to Leeds primary care trusts and each of their predecessor healthcare commissioning bodies have been since 1991-92. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, If he will comment on the funding available to the East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Health Authority for 1998-99. (Failed OPQ). - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2024 to Question 15620 on Health Services: Postal Services, whether his Department collects information on the reasons for missed NHS appointments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2024 to Question 14455 on Mental Health Services: Veterans, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using social prescribing to support veterans with mild mental health conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are employed in each of the hospitals located in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority; how many nursing vacancies there are in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area; and what the average figure is for each hospital trust. - Inc tables.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of NHS funding to tackle the backlog of (a) elective surgeries and (b) other non-emergency procedures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2024 to Question 12907 on Mental Health Services: Veterans, if she will make an estimate of the number of veterans with gambling addictions that have used Op COURAGE since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, How many people are employed (a) by the Dorset and Somerset Health Authority and (b) in administrative posts in the primary care trusts in both counties. - The information is not collected centrally. (Failed OPQ).
What progress has been made in resolving the relative underfunding of the Southend Health Authority. - Inc figures and ref to DH guidance EL(92)47 (in Library ref RM).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many domestic overnight visits Ministers within their Department have taken in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost to the public purse was of those visits.
How many intensive care beds there have been in the City of Durham constituency, in each year since 1979. - Info for years prior to 1988 is not available centrally. In each year from 1988-89 to 1994-95, there has been an average of 33 intensive care beds in the Durham health authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his replies of 8th December 1998, Official Report, column 185, if he will (a) list the latest figures for people waiting 12 months or more for hospital treatment in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area and (b) the latest figures for people waiting (i) 13 to 25 weeks and (ii) 26 weeks or more to see a consultant in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to recruit an additional 2,000 radiotherapy professionals by 2040.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many privately-run and owned nursing homes are registered with Durham Health Authority; and how many were so registered in each of the last five years. - Includes table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Castle Point residents were registered with an NHS dentist in each of the last five years. - Includes table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area waited more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months, (d) 12 months, (e)15 months, (f)18 months and (g) 24 months for (i) heart operations, (ii) cancer treatment and (iii) hip replacements in each year since 2001-2002. - Inc ref to www.performance.doh.gov.uk/cancerwaits/.
What is his latest estimate of the relative underfunding of the Southend Health Authority. - Including figure.
Department of Health and Social Care: Defamation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions have Ministers in her Department informed the Law Officers that they are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal capacity, (b) their official position and (c) both since 19 December 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2024 to Question 14455 on Mental Health Services: Veterans, how many veterans were referred to Op COURAGE more than once since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans are being drawn up by (a) East Somerset NHS Trust and (b) Dorset and Somerset Health Authority to establish a new diagnostic and treatment centre in Yeovil; and if he will make a statement.
Whether the contract for the construction of the new headquarters of the East Yorkshire District Health Authority and Humberside FHSA was put out to tender.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were registered with national health services in each of the last five years in the area covered by North Yorkshire area health authority. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the per capita expenditure by Durham Health Authority was in each of the last six years. - Inc table.
What discussions she has had with Camden and Islington Health Authority concerning its contracting decisions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have used the facilities of the General Dentistry Service in Gloucestershire in each year since its inception. - Including table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients on waiting lists have been waiting over one year in (a) 1979, (b) 1989, (c) 1995 and (d) the latest date for which figures are available in Durham Health Authority; and how many patients this represented. - Table given.
How many people aged (a) 65 to 74, (b) 75 to 84 and (c) over 84 years were discharged from a hospital in the former York Health District in each of the last 10 years; and, of these people, what percentage were re-admitted to a hospital in the district for treatment (i) in the same specialty or (ii) in a different specialty within (1) one month, (2) three months and (3) six months of their previous discharge. - Inc fact that this info is not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the planned cost is of administrative and support staff for the North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire NHS Health Authority in 2002-03. - Includes figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to have concluded his evaluation of the expression of interest submitted by Merton and Sutton, Wandsworth and Roehampton, Twickenham and Richmond community health care trusts in relation to trust mergers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has held discussions with NHS England on the need for a dedicated and specific cancer plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to improve the (a) diagnosis rate, (b) co-ordination of care and (c) access to specialist (i) care, (ii) treatment and (iii) support for individuals with cystic fibrosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public money has been spent on health in Chorley in each of the last seven years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding has been allocated to the NHS in Warrington in each year since 1997. - Inc tables.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health body has the authority to remove a caution registered against residential property in respect of Bedfordshire Health Authority's interest in relation to a loan required to complete the original purchase of that property. (Holding answer 1 March 2004).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the progress made by NHS trusts in moving health care assistants from band two to band three for the pay bands that were introduced in July 2021.
North-West Lancashire Strategic Health Authority
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what considerations she took into account when approving the appointment of the chair of the new North West Lancashire strategic health authority; and if she will make a statement.
If he will instigate an urgent review of orthopaedic services in South Manchester and how many orthopaedic surgeons have left hospitals in the south Manchester area in each of the last five years; what assessment he had made of the factors underlying their departure; what assessment he has made of the impact of their departure on provision of orthopaedic services in south Manchester; what measures he proposes to address shortages in provisions at times of extreme levels of demand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the financial impact of the higher pay bands for health care assistants introduced in July 2021 on NHS trusts.
When he expects construction of the new Newbury hospital to begin; and when the hospital will open.
What assessment he has made of the level of supply relative to the level of demand for orthopaedic services in South Manchester hospitals; what steps he has taken to ensure adequate provision; and if he will take further measures urgently.
If he will list the waiting times for (a) non-urgent operations and (b) urgent operations for hospitals in the Cheshire Health Authority for each of the last five years; and what is the national average figure. - Inc ref to info on waiting times at hospitals in Cheshire contained in "Hospital Waiting List Statistics, England" (in Lib).
If he will list the number of beds available for long-term elderly care, for cancer patients and intensive care in each of the hospitals in Cheshire health authority for each of the last five years; and what is the national average figure. - Figs not given. Inc ref to Bed Availability, England (in Lib).
What action she is taking to reduce the projected deficit by Waltham Forest Health Authority.
How many pregnant women living in the Chorley and South Ribble health area had their babies delivered (a) in Preston and neighbouring districts and (b) at Chorley General Hospital in the last year for which figures are available; and what criteria relate to the transfer of women in labour from Chorley General Hospital to Preston Royal Infirmary. - Includes table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to help increase collaboration between (a) GP surgeries and (b) Integrated Care Boards when treating veterans with physical and mental conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, by health authority, the number of objections which he has received since 1st January about reductions in family planning services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been spent on health in Crosby in each of the last seven years. - Inc table.
How many representations have been received in favour of the proposed consortia of Salford and Manchester health authorities; and how many against the proposal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a health card for veterans.
If the proposed new larger regional health authority will restore the funding cutback to Waltham Forest District Health Authority made by the current regional health authority.
What is the percentage of patients currently covered by GP budget fundholders in (a) the Dartford constituency, (b) the Dartford and Gravesham Health Trust Area, (c) the County of Kent, (d) the South Thames Regional Health Authority, (e) England and (f) the United Kingdom. - Includes table, but no figures given for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
From whom the South East Thames Regional Health Authority purchased the second hand body scanner for Greenwich Health Authority. - The scanner was supplied by American Medical Ltd.
What consultations he has had with the Chairman of the Wiltshire Health Authority concerning the filling of the vacancy for chief executive. - None.
What proposals she has received relating to Waltham Forest from (a) the London Initiative Zone and (b) the London Implementation Group; and what is the estimated cost of each. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been made available for frontline health services in Burnley in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. - Inc tables.
What was the total cost of converting the former Crownhill Hospital in Plymouth into offices for Plymouth and Torbay Health Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to NHS trusts to meet the increased pay costs for health care assistants arising from the introduction of higher pay bands in July 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the role of clinical nurse specialists in breast care, with particular reference to (a) new roles being undertaken by breast care nurses and (b) the support, resources and training needed to undertake these roles; what steps he is taking to ensure the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of sufficient numbers of breast care nurses; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy (a) to recommend to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence that it introduce guidance on the maximum caseloads for breast care nurses in its forthcoming review of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment and (b) to direct NHS trusts to implement guidance on maximum caseloads for breast care nurses. - Inc ref to www.nice.org.uk.
Export Health Certificates: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken to end the requirement for people with guide dogs to produce an animal health certificate when travelling to Northern Ireland.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, what plans they have to ensure that there are enough vets in place to create and sign off Export Health Certificates, ahead of the implementation of a new import regime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP appointments were missed (a) in the Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authority Area and (b) nationally during 1997; and at what estimated cost. - Inc fact that information not available and ref to Doctor Patient Partnership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were on NHS (a) alcohol and (b) drug rehabilitation schemes in the Newcastle City Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1998-99. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis were (a) Portsmouth, (b) East Kent and (c) West Kent and East Surrey Health Authorities selected to test the treatment of NHS patients overseas. - (Holding answer 6 November 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of respiratory syncitial virus requiring hospital admission there have been in the last three years in the Portsmouth Health Authority, broken down by age; and if he will make a statement; what estimate he has made of the cost of treating infants suffering from respiratory syncitial virus infection in terms of (a) hospital stays and (b) intensive care unit stays in the Portsmouth Primary Care Trust; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of (a) total NHS spending and (b) total NHS capital spending in each year from 1990-91 to 2004-05, in real terms; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the average daily number of available beds in residential care for (a) mental illnesses and (b) learning disabilities in (i) St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West, (iv) England and (v) Scotland in (1) 1998, (2) 1999, (3) 2000, (4) 2001 and (5) the quarter to 31st March 2002. - Including table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the destinations were of domestic overnight visits undertaken by Ministers within their Department in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the per capita health funding is in (a) Surrey and (b) Durham for the 2002-03 financial year. - Figures given.
If he will make it his policy to work towards the signing of the contract for the new Worcester District General Hospital before the dissolution of Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has plans to deliver a national awareness campaign on breast cancer screening.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to open the healthcare centre at HMP Wandsworth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average wait for operations on the NHS in Wirral South was in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much spending there was on mental health services in (a) St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England in each year since 1996; and what the projected amounts are for (i) 2002 and (ii) 2003. - (Holding answer 23 July 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made of staff shortages of (a) doctors, (b) nurses, and (c) scientific personnel in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff were employed in communication roles in Shropshire Health Authority in October.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in (i) St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West Region in each year since 1992. - The information requested has been placed in the Library. (Dep 03/2693).
When he expects contracts to be signed for the construction of the new Worcester District General Hospital. - (Holding answer 17 March 1997).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many posts will be made redundant when the East Riding and Hull Health Authority is terminated. - No decision has yet been taken on this issue. Arrangements are being made for staff to be transferred to strategic health authorities until such time as their futures are determined.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) general practitioners, (b) nurses, (c) cancer specialists and (d) consultants per 1,000 head of population there were in (i) St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West, (iv) England and (v) Scotland in (1) 1998, (2) 1999, (3) 2000, (4) 2001 and (5) the quarter to 31st March 2002. - Including tables.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals for secondary healthcare treatment for prisoners at HMP Wandsworth were made in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the impact on Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority of the structural reforms proposed for the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pensioners had eyesight tests (a) in England and (b) in Amber Valley in each year since 1997. - Inc tables.
If she will list the members of the Hertfordshire Health Agency, the chief executive, their qualifications and a list of their outside interests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds in mental healthcare facilities there were in (a) St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1998, (iv) 1999, (v) 2000 and (vi) 2001; and what the projected amounts are for (1) 2002 and (2) 2003. - Inc tables. (Holding answer 23 July 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that there is someone in every school that a child who is (a) anxious and (b) in distress can spend time with if they are de-regulated in their (i) behaviour and (ii) emotions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costings have been undertaken to date by (a) his Department and (b) the Worcestershire Health Authority concerning the cost to the National Health Service of staff travel arising from the transfer of staff as a result of the implementation of each of the options referred to in the Strategic Framework Document from the Worcestershire Health Authority 23rd October 1997; and various questions on same.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which integrated care boards have undertaken an oral health needs assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been spent on mental health services in Cornwall in each of the last 10 years. - Including table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were in the Portsmouth, Isle of Wight and South East Hampshire NHS Trusts in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000. - Inc fact that information has been placed in the Library. (Holding answer 11 December 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the healthcare centre at HMP Wandsworth did not open in October 2021; and what the cost to the public purse was of the change in opening date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most recent statistics for the mortality rate from coronary heart disease are in the area covered by the Bolton Primary Care Trust. (Failed OPQ). - Inc figures.
If she will publish the contributions made in the public consultation exercise run by Yorkshire Regional Health Authority concerning the proposed merger of Kirklees, Dewsbury and Calderdale health authorities into one new health authority. - Inc fact that DH have no plans to do so.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors were employed in the NHS in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority (i) in May 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. - Includes table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to maintain the continuity of medical, epidemiological, financial and other data series in respect of (a) the former Isle of Wight Health Authority, (b) the former Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority, (c) other health authorities which have been abolished since 1997 and (d) other health authorities which may be abolished; what his policy is on this matter; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects a decision to be made on how many posts will be made redundant following the termination of the East Riding and Hull Health Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of constructing the East Riding and Hull Health Authority HQ in Willerby. - Includes figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that public health education is delivered to children and young people who are (a) not in school and (b) at particular risk from harm from (i) use of (A) nitrous oxide, (B) drugs and (C) alcohol and (ii) other public health concerns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what per capita spending on health was in Wirral South in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to take steps to help increase the number of musculoskeletal hubs in local communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the Government's major conditions strategy with specific reference to breast cancer; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of nursing posts are vacant in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Independent review of drugs by Professor Dame Carol Black, if his Department will commission further research on the potential impact of the use of (a) skunk and (b) all other cannabis on levels of psychosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of musculoskeletal hubs in local communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent changes in the level of podiatric care there have been in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority area.
If he will make a statement on the availability of National Health Service dentistry in the Vale of Evesham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the shortfall of (a) nurses, (b) general practitioners, (c) cancer specialists and (d) consultants in (i) St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) England. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing and residential home beds there were in (a) Hampshire and (b) in the Portsmouth, Isle of Wight and South East Hampshire Health Authority in (i) 1993, (ii) 1998, (iii) 1999 and (iv) 2000. - Inc table. (Holding answer 11 December 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time a patient was on the waiting list for treatment for (a) cancer, (b) heart disease, (c) hip replacement and (d) liver complaints was in (i) St Helens and Knowsley Authority, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West Region in each year since 1992; how many (a) cancer, (b) heart disease, (c) hip replacement and (d) liver complaint patients resident in St Helens were on a waiting list for treatment in each year since 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults are registered with an NHS dentist within Leicestershire Health Authority; and what percentage of people covered by Leicestershire Health Authority are registered with an NHS dentist. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the cost of the provision of healthcare at HMP Wandsworth in the last 12 months.
On what basis the present capitation formula for Edgware is calculated; and what evidence she has on whether the census figures for 1991 still represent the true picture in the case of the London Borough of Barnet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of NHS income from charges was in each year since 1990-91, broken down by income from (a) fees and charges from health authorities, (b) fees and charges from district health authorities, (c) road traffic accident income, (d) fees and charges from NHS trusts, (e) NHS Supplies Authority fees, (f) dental charges, (g) prescription charges, (h) nursing home inspection fees, (i) subsidised dried milk, (j) Medicines Control Agency: licences and inspections, (k) youth treatment service income, (l) NHS Pensions Agency fees, (m) Medical Devices Agency fees, (n) Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority: licences fees, (o) English National Board for Nursing registration fees and (p) other charges.
Statement on 250 c88W, what arrangements DH has made to create a special health authority to undertake the functions of the Family Health Services Appeal Unit.
West Bank: Education and Health Services
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank have access to (a) healthcare, (b) education and (c) aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support charitable organisations providing mental health services to those in need.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 12 March (HL3021), what is the distribution of each category of commissioned mental health service bed into each integrated care board area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will appoint an appeal panel under the Family Health Services Appeal Authority to consider the case of Dr Barney Williams of the Marshfield Road Surgery, Chippenham; how honourable Members can make representations to an appeal panel set up under the Family Health Services Appeal Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2024 to Question 16638 on UK Health Security Agency: Finance, on what basis the information requested is considered to be commercially sensitive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to educate young people about the importance of health screening programmes in later life.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals for secondary healthcare treatment for prisoners at HMP Wandsworth were missed in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of legalising assisted dying on suicide prevention programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the document entitled the National Partnership Agreement for Health and Social Care for England: improving the quality of services for people in prison and those subject to statutory supervision by the probation service in the community 2022-2025, if she will make a comparative assessment with Cabinet colleagues of standards of healthcare received by (a) prisoners at HMP Wandsworth and (b) the general population.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to find solutions for diabetes type one sufferers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure the early identification of public health risks in care homes.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the protection of the titles “physician associate” and “anaesthesia associate” under the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024, when they plan to provide protection for other medical titles which are not already protected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to assess the adequacy of staffing levels in public health.
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and Public Health England: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent staff were employed in the health improvement directorate of (a) the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and (b) Public Health England in each year since 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering a health check with annual vaccinations.
Department of Health and Social Care: Darlington
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent in Darlington constituency in each financial year between 2019-20 and 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of levels of parental (a) choice and (b) responsibility to decide the medical care their child receives.
To ask His Majesty's Government what processes the Environment Agency follows in identifying and nominating chemical substances to the Prioritisation and Early Warning System (PEWS) for chemicals of emerging concern; and whether there are routes for individuals or other organisations to raise chemical substances of concern to PEWS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has received representations from the scientific community on the efficiency of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, If he will make a statement about progress on services at the new hospital at Edgware.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been made available for each of the last three years, for the development of cord blood transplantation services (a) throughout the UK and (b) at Edgware. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on Edgware Hospital development with particular reference to (a) what diagnostic services and equipment are to be provided, (b) how the hospital will fit into the primary care trust's intermediate care strategy and (c) what plans there are to improve cross health service border usage by residents in Brent and Harrow. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to help reduce the number of suicides in high-frequency suicide locations (a) along the south coast and (b) in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to promote Op Courage to veterans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of women’s health hubs in reducing waiting times for women’s health (a) diagnoses and (b) treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase the capacity of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure the safety of health workers in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October to Question 183513 on Health Services: Prisons, where the Under-Secretary of State for Health met the providers who are responsible for healthcare services at HMP Liverpool.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to (a) monitor and (b) report on the performance of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of women’s health hubs open on 29 February 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress concerning the relocation of the blood transfusion service at Edgware Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who is responsible for (a) accommodating, (b) maintaining, (c) supporting and (d) compensating workers in the UK on the Seasonal Worker visa who become ill; who is responsible for (i) monitoring and (ii) enforcing this right; and which body handles complaints on healthcare support for those workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women’s health hubs were open on 29 February 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the number of cord blood units held in each of the cord blood banks in the UK; what is the target for the number of units of cord blood to be held by each cord blood bank; what progress is being made towards achieving the target; what is the present level of stocks held by the cord blood service at Edgware; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Op Courage awareness campaign since its launch on 9 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the outbreak of measles centred on a school in Edgware. - (Holding answer 13 February 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take steps to help increase productivity in the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of funding provided to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is toward land sales of sites at (a) Edgware Hospital and (b) Colindale Hospital; and what assessment he has made of the implications for such sales of (i) anticipated population growth, (ii) changes in demand for car parking at Edgware Hospital and (iii) the availability of affordable housing in the area (A) generally and (B) for key workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to commission research into the (a) adequacy of the support provided and (b) potential merits of providing alternative support to local authorities to help reduce the rate of suicide in high-frequency suicide locations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will make a decision on the plan to build a new hospital at Edgware.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the mental health and wellbeing of student nurses in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress towards the new hospital development at Edgware. - Inc ref to 382 c699-700, 26 March 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2018 to Question 183583 on Health Service: Prisons, whether the Under-Secretary of State for Health met healthcare professionals on her visits to HMP Chelmsford.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department issues on the (a) adoption by and (b) use in the NHS of System One computer software.
Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the agreed salary for the Chair of the Humber, Coast and Vale Integrated Care System is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the review of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and related antidepressants includes investigation of whether such drugs may induce violent and dangerous behaviour in some users; whether the drugs (a) mirtazapine and (b) bupropion were included in the review of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants and related drugs; and if he will conduct an assessment of whether each drug carries a risk of inducing suicidal behaviour. - Inc ref to 22 June 2004, 422 c1336-7W.
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a response to Early Day Motion 479 on Staffing reductions at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of local retention initiatives in the Black Country Integrated Care System area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for the publication of the Major Conditions Strategy; and whether there will be additional funding for that strategy.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the MHRA’s Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP) procedure meets the needs of small and medium sized companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the review of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and related anti-depressants includes an assessment of possible risks that such drugs may induce violent and dangerous behaviour in some users; whether mirtazapine and bupropion are included in the review of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and related drugs; what advice he has received on whether mirtazapine and buproprion carry a risk of inducing suicidal behaviour. - Inc ref to 22 June 2004, 422 c1336-7W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to provide a substantive answer to Question 16155 on Blood: Contamination, tabled on 28 February 2024 by the Hon. Member for Glenrothes.
Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care Partnership: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the agreed salary is of the chief executive of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on NHS services of the introduction of legislation to permit assisted dying.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Medicine and Healthcare Regulatory Agency plans to restore its product registration tracking website.
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the agreed salary is of the (a) CEO and b) Chair of the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes integrated care system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the agreed salary is of the (a) chief executive and (b) chair of The Black Country integrated care system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the drugs (a) mirtzapine and (b) bupropion are included in the review of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants and related drugs; and whether either carries a risk of inducing suicidal behaviour comparable with that of the drugs now under review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS plans to expand the use of System One computer software.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will (a) publish average weight to height ratios for children in England and (b) provide advice on any health implications for those who have a ratio significantly larger or smaller than the average.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the agreed salary for the chief executive of the Humber Coast and Vale integrated care system.
North East London Health and Care Partnership: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department collects on the provision of local retention initiatives in the North East London ICS area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be directly accountable to the proposed Greater Manchester Interim and Elected Mayor under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to (a) recruit and (b) train more (i) medical physicists and (ii) clinical engineers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that farmers follow duties under (a) section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and (b) Cattle and public access guidance published by the Health and Safety Executive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal (a) support and (b) representation to Ministers in her Department in relation to their official conduct in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the numbers of (a) Medical Physicists and (b) Clinical Engineers in the NHS Workforce as of 18 March 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) Medical Physicists and (b) Clinical Engineers required in the NHS over the next (i) five (ii) 10 and (iii) 15 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be directly accountable to the individual local authorities under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for hospital hearing (a) tests and (b) aid fitting in areas where no community audiology service is commissioned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many requests for healthcare treatment for prisoners at HMP Full Sutton were made in each of the last five years; and what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of healthcare treatment for prisoners at that prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure local authorities can finance the delivery of essential medical (a) devices and (b) services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the modernising scientific careers framework for (a) medical physicists, (b) clinical engineers and (c) clinical scientists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be accountable to (a) the Secretary of State for Health and (b) Parliament under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of debt collection practices on the (a) mental and (b) physical health of individuals in financial difficulty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be directly accountable to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the age demographic on the workforce for (a) medical physics and (b) clinical engineering.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Health and Care Professions Council on the registration of clinical technologists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Scottish Government's publication entitled Healthcare Science in Scotland: Defining Our Strategic Approach, published on 14 March 2024, and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a similar strategy for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of recent advances in clinical (a) technology and (b) other equipment on the number of (i) medical physicists and (ii) clinical engineers that are required in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her Department's policy is on the regulation of clinical technologists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help encourage innovation in the development of healthcare technology for at home use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget for the Military Mental Health Helpline was in each financial year since 2019-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many integrated care boards have introduced (a) community audiology services and (b) self-referral for community audiology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to help raise awareness of careers in (a) medical physics and (b) clinical engineering.
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the agreed salary for the chief executive of the West Yorkshire integrated care system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will introduce a statutory register for (a) clinical technologists and (b) other health professionals that use a voluntary register.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many phone calls were made to the 24 hour Military Mental Health Helpline in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS is taking steps with (a) technology developers and (b) academia to help accelerate the introduction of innovative medical solutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the use of silver alloy urinary catheters on rates of infection. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 14 March 2024 to Question 17496 on Mental Health Services: Veterans, for what reason NHS England does not hold data on the number of veterans with gambling addictions who have used Op Courage services.
Congenital Abnormalities: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure effective collaboration between early intervention services for babies with neurodevelopmental conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure specialist neurotherapy for babies with neurodevelopmental conditions is accessible through the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2024 to Question 17496 on Mental Health Services: Veterans, for what reason NHS England does not hold data on the number of veterans who have used Op Courage services more than once.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of workforce requirements for (a) babies and (b) children with neurodevelopmental conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the NHS' planned timetable is for a decision on the Start Well public consultation on the future of maternity, neonatal and children’s surgical services in north central London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department has taken to restore the availability of data on the uptake of Healthy Start vouchers on the Healthy Start website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 14 March 2024 to Question 17495 on Mental Health Services: Veterans, how much funding has been allocated to the three social prescribing pilot sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans with drug and alcohol addictions have used Op COURAGE since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans with OCD have used Op COURAGE since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether bespoke wellbeing support is provided by the NHS to veterans who are full-time carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure bereaved parents have access to NHS community-based psychological support.
To ask His Majesty's Government what measures are in place to train healthcare professionals in understanding and supporting the specific medical needs of individuals with autism.
Genito-urinary Medicine: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the number of sexual and reproductive health professionals in (a) post and (b) training in the context of trends in the level of sexually transmitted infection rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to publish all responses made to the Start Well public consultation on proposed changes to maternity, neonatal and children's surgical services in North Central London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2024 to Question 17495 on Mental Health Services: Veterans, where the three social prescribing pilot sites are located.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department has taken to restore the availability of data on Healthy Start uptake on the Healthy Start website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2024 to Question 17902, how many individual Musculoskeletal Physical Activity Hubs will be created as a result of the £12 million a year allocated as part of the 2023 Spring Budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of training given to staff on assessing when to stop IUD insertions if the patient feels pain or discomfort.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the Boxall profile measurement tool to help measure the social emotional mental health and wellbeing of school pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were eligible for Healthy Start vouchers in January (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will set a target time for women to receive treatment from specialist referred services after they first present symptoms of heavy menstrual bleeding in primary care.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure equitable access to specialised care and support for patients with rare diseases across England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the health and social care sectors regarding the implications for those sectors of the proposed new net migration measures, since the announcement of those measures on 4 December 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health, Start for Life and Primary Care to the hon. Member for South Shields of December 2023, whether her Department has received personal identifiable data from the Department for Work and Pensions on people who are eligible for Healthy Start.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve mental health services and reduce waiting times for those seeking treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2024 to Question 13013 on NHS 111: Dental Health, how many calls NHS 111 received relating to the categories of (a) Toothache without Dental Injury, (b) Dental Problems, (c) Other Dental Problems- Fillings, Crowns Bridges, Appliances etc, (d) Dental Module, (e) Dental Bleeding, (f) Toothache After Dental Injury, (g) Dental Injury and (h) Total volume of Triages with a Dental Symptom in each financial year since 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans in garrison towns have used Op Courage since its inception.
To ask His Majesty's Government what initiatives are currently in place to ensure that military veterans receive timely access to (1) physical rehabilitation services, and (2) mental health services, specifically those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent on the Healthy Start Scheme in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on supporting the wellbeing of gay, lesbian and bisexual young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health, Start for Life and Primary Care to the hon. Member for South Shields of December 2023, for what purpose her Department requested personal identifiable data from the Department for Work and Pensions on people who are eligible for Healthy Start.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the immigration health surcharge for people who already (a) work and (b) pay taxes in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of automatically enrolling eligible people in the Healthy Start scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease receive an appointment with a specialist within six weeks.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to streamline the transition of medical care from military services to the NHS for service leavers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 15 March 2024 to Question 17714 on Health Services: Veterans, how many veterans in the West Midlands used Op Restore services in 2022 and 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what staff networks there are in her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 15 March 2024 to Question 17714 on Health Services: Veterans, how many veterans used Op Restore services in 2022 and 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect on human health of the use in industry of the flame retardant Deca-BDE; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the sanctions regime does not disadvantage those who experience mental health challenges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of taking a nurturing and trauma-informed approach to people with mental health challenges who are not in employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that obligations under the Equalities Act 2010 are taken into account when developing policies on support for people with mental health challenges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with social media companies on the potential effects of social media on mental health.
Department for Work and Pensions: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training (a) he has and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had in mental health literacy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to develop tools on social media to improve health literacy for (a) men and (b) women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department's (a) policy and (b) other staff have comprehensive training in mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the NHS have made of the possible health benefits to individuals of the regular consumption of grapefruits and grapefruit juice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure adequate oversight of how primary care settings deliver equitable access to weight management services in line with NICE Guidance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to individual business of acquiring an Environmental Export Health Certificate for a consignment of goods being imported to the UK since the introduction of the Border Target Operating Model in January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the Government did not secure reserved descriptions in the EC Jams Directive (2001/113/EC) for (a) curd, (b) flavour curd, (c) lemon cheese and (d) mincemeat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support applicants for continued healthcare funding who appeal a decision to (a) NHS England and (b) the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2023 to Question 4959 on Respiratory Diseases: Health Services, how many Acute Respiratory Infection hubs were operating in winter 2023/24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to change the law governing the labelling of (a) lemon curd and (b) mincemeat; what his policy is on the labelling of (a) lemon curd and (b) mincemeat.
What information she has concerning the health risks associated with the use of hair dyes; and what advice is given by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Tier 2 weight management services are sufficiently (a) resourced and (b) integrated with (i) primary care networks, (ii) community health hubs and (iii) other relevant providers to offer comprehensive support for people living with obesity.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that patient records and personal data are only accessible to those who need to view them, and to ensure connections between software systems in health facilities include suitable control measures for this risk.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many incidents of patient records or personal data being accessed without due cause have been recorded in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to weight management services in areas of socioeconomic deprivation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress NHS England has made on integrating Wegovy to existing weight management structures within primary care settings.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Markham on 21 March (HLWS366), whether NHS England and integrated care board aggregate NHS mental health expenditure would still be expected to increase as a share of their total expenditure in 2024–25 compared with 2023–24 if "non-recurrent" expenditure is not excluded from the baseline calculation; and if not, whether they will itemise and quantify expected "non-recurrent" expenditure in both years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has made for combating the health effects of increasing levels of UV radiation due to the decline in cloud cover and ozone depletion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding possible dangers to sight that may be caused by the August solar eclipse; if he will publish details on how Government information regarding eclipse safety can be accessed on the Internet; what consultations he has had with (a) broadcasters and (b) newspapers regarding publicising the dangers to ocular health of the solar eclipse; what discussions he has had with the Department for Education and Employment regarding informing pupils of the dangers of the August solar eclipse before the end of the school year; what advice he has issued to family doctors and other Health Service personnel regarding the treatment of injuries caused as a result of the solar eclipse; what advice he is planning to issue to parents regarding the dangers of the solar eclipse; what plans he has to encourage the use of indirect pinhole projectors by children wishing to observe the solar eclipse; what advice he intends to issue regarding the safety of solar viewers whose safety has not been authorised by optical bodies; what plans he has to advise users about the safety of solar filters or spectacles; what plans he has to warn people about the dangers of viewing the solar eclipse through binocular projection; what public advertising campaigns he intends to commission on the dangers of the solar eclipse; what advice he has been given regarding damage to the retina caused by the solar eclipse; and what plans he has to publicise the fact that retina damage occurs in a painless manner. - Includes ref to leaflet 'Observing Solar Eclipses - Taking care of your sight', and College of Optometrists website: www.college-optometrists.org.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has spent on advising the public that vitamin D obtained from sunlight is essential for health. - Inc no figures.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage adults to gain sufficient levels of vitamin D through safe exposure to sunlight from May to September.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to promote safety in the sun.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has commissioned research into the potential effects on health of low levels of sunlight in the UK relative to such levels in other countries.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the 2021 NICE guidance for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) has been implemented (1) in general, and (2) in relation to the training health and social care professionals on how to employ the new recommendations, (a) establishing a UK-wide network of hospital-based ME/CFS specialist services, (b) making all NHS services accessible and capable of providing personalised ongoing care and support to those with ME/CFS, and (c) ensuring social care provision for ME/CFS is monitored and regularly reviewed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2024 to Question 11063 on Cancer and Public Health, what steps the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care can take in the event that key deliverables on cancer screening under section 7A are not being delivered.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Mental Health Treatment Requirements were issued per year in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve allergy awareness in health care settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to then Answer of 30 January 2024 to Question 11063 on Cancer and Public Health, whether the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care participates in NHS Public Health Functions Agreement accountability meetings.
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: NHS
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make representations to Cabinet colleagues on enabling the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to initiate investigations into the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of the number of heart valve disease patients treated in non-elective settings in the last 12 months; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of this treatment on (a) hospital capacity and (b) patient's quality of life.
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the pay ranges at each grade are for Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency staff based (a) in and (b) outside London.
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made regarding the potential for insourcing to tackle NHS waiting lists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to ensure that young offenders are provided therapeutic support (a) in the community and (b) in secure settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will include steps to help tackle regional variations in access to Parkinson’s specialist care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any (a) public and (b) private sector employer has been reported to the Health and Safety Executive for failure to abide by health and safety legislation during the Covid 19 pandemic.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Gallup, the Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network World Happiness Report, published on 20 March; in particular, the finding that the happiness of young people under the age of 30 in the UK has declined.
To ask His Majesty's Government when the major conditions strategy will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive is investigating (a) public and (b) private sector employers for failure to abide by health and safety legislation during the Covid 19 pandemic.
Dementia and Parkinson's Disease: Health Services and Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to provide training in Parkinson’s-related dementia care for health and social care professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) promote better awareness within the NHS of the symptoms of Lyme disease and (b) speed up (i) testing and (ii) analysis of test results for Lyme disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with NHS England on ensuring that cancer is (a) diagnosed and (b) treated as quickly as possible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the pay ranges are at each grade for staff based (a) in and (b) outside London at the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that NHS trusts are made aware of (1) insourcing arrangements as a route to reducing local waiting lists, and (2) the benefits of insourcing for (a) patients, and (b) NHS trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will amend the NHS long-term workforce plan to help tackle regional variations in access to Parkinson’s specialist care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has had discussions with NICE on the development of the interim methods and processes statement for late-stage assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that health and social care professionals are trained in Parkinson’s-related dementia care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive pursued prosecution of (a) public and (b) private sector employers for failure to abide by health and safety legislation during the Covid 19 pandemic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential (a) risks and (b) benefits to (i) patients and (ii) caregivers of the use of a predetermined price range for categories of technologies in the new late-stage assessment process adopted by NICE.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has received representations of concern from (a) patient safety groups and (b) medical equipment suppliers on the interim methods and processes statement for late-stage assessments published by NICE.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she is having with professional bodies on ensuring that the public have a clear understanding of (a) professional titles and (b) the services they can expect from the holders of such titles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure health and social care staff receive specific Parkinson’s and dementia training.
To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to help the mental health of boys who were impacted by the lockdown restrictions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the annual reports of multi-centre research ethics committees have been (a) written, (b) circulated to local research ethics committees and (c) made available for public inspection.
What procedures (a) his Department, (b) the Licensing Authority and (c) the Medicines Control Agency follow to ensure safety of volunteers in phase 1 clinical trials. What procedures (a) his Department and (b) the Medicines Control Agency follow to ensure appropriate monitoring of ethics committees considering and approving phase 1 clinical trials.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of adjustments made by health services for people with learning disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines exist to ensure that patients are informed before being included in any medical research. - Inc ref to HSG(91)5: Local Research Ethics Committees and the Briefing Pack for Research Ethics Committee Members (in Library).
What responsibility there is for general practitioners to seek permission from district ethical committees prior to embarking on research in primary care; and what is the composition of these committees. - Inc ref to Local Research Ethics Committees in Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what review the Government has undertaken of the operation of local and multi-centre research ethics committees since their introduction; and what proposals he has to amend their method of operation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what appropriate adjustments are being made by NHS services to help assist people with learning disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what appropriate adjustments are being made by NHS services to assist adult patients who cannot read.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Central Office for Research Ethics Committees will make funds available to local research ethics committees for the training of their members.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the average time taken for ethics committee approval of research and clinical trial proposals in (a) the year before and (b) the period since the introduction of multi-centre research ethics committees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) local medical research ethics committees, (b) members on each committee and their qualifications and (c) clinical trials each one has authorised in the last five years; and if he will place a summary of the result of each trial in the Library. - Includes figures and fact that list of Local Research Ethics Committees, in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local research ethics committees received (a) all and (b) part of their funding from health authorities prior to 1st April 2002; how many local research ethics committees have received funding from strategic health authorities since 1st April 2002; how many local research ethics committees have received funding from the Central Office for Research Ethics Committees since 1st April 2002; and what the total value of funding was. - Information not held centrally and shall write to the hon Member with the details when they are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment was made of the need for regional offices for research ethics committees; what consultations were held; and what his estimate is of the annual costs of running these offices. - Inc ref to management information sheet number 1, issued by COREC in May 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Central Office for Research Ethics Committees became responsible for research ethics committees in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where and when the Central Office for Research Ethics Committees advertised the posts of making public appointments when appointing (a) an adviser on training research ethics committees and (b) an adviser on accreditation of research ethics committees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the ability of local research ethics committees to improve their performance as set out in the recommendations of the pharmaceutical industry competitiveness task force; and what funding they have received to deliver this.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the delay in issuing of a common application form for researchers to use when applying to a research ethics committee; and by how long it has been delayed. - Inc ref to common application form is planned to be available on the COREC website: www.corec.org.uk on 14 February 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local research ethics committee administrators resigned between (a) 1st April 2001 and 31st March 2002, and (b) 1st April and 30th November 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent the training strategy for research ethics committee members developed by COREC matches that recommended in the report on the training needs of research ethics committee members commissioned by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure NHS services are able to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the operations of multi-centre research ethics committees with the EU Clinical Trials Directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of adjustments implemented in healthcare services for people with learning disabilities or those with difficulties reading.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the members are of the independent group drawn from local research ethics committees, multi-centre research ethics committees, health authorities, research subjects, wider lay interests and the research community evaluating the MREC system; how often they have met; what the results were of their deliberations; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many letters were received from local research ethics committees by the Central Office for Research Ethics Committees from (a) 1st January to 31st December 2001, (b) 1st January to 30th September 2002 and (c) 1st October to 31st October; how many of those letters were acknowledged within one month; and how many of those letters have neither been acknowledged nor received a reply. - Will write when this has been collated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the closure of Marske Medical Centre on the costs of travel for patients who must travel further to access GP services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of Marske Medical Centre on waiting times for primary medical care services at neighbouring practices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2006, Official Report, columns 625-26W, on mental health, what the assessed establishment requirement is for each category of mental health worker; and where each is based.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the timetable for introducing Aimspro as a licensed drug for multiple sclerosis sufferers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate how many additional patients per month could benefit from taxanes for the treatment of breast cancer in the NHS; if he will estimate how many additional lives would be saved per month through use of taxanes to treat all breast cancer patients in the NHS who could benefit from it. - Inc figures
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the progress of the trials of the drug Aimspro for the treatment of MS; what side effects have been discovered; what benefits have been found for MS sufferers; and when he expects that this drug may be generally available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Aimspro treatment for multiple sclerosis; what trials of it have taken place; what the results were; what its current availability is; and what requirements need to be fulfilled before it is available to NHS patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from healthcare professionals regarding the funding of taxanes. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the National Institute for Clinical Excellence has made of the current trials of the use of Aimspro for multiple sclerosis sufferers; and if he will make a statement.
Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the contribution that swimming pools and leisure centres make to physical and mental wellbeing and consequent reductions in NHS costs in the long term as a result of better health outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been done into the effects of Aimspro on MS sufferers.
asked Her Majesty's Government:How street children will benefit from the updated HIV/AIDS strategy in the light of the fact that the £200 million social protection programmes will focus on households.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Why they have hitherto given less support to health partnerships as contributors to international development than they have given to schools twinnings and further education links.
What evidence she holds on the dependence risk of Zoplicone in clinical usage; what representations have been made by DH since 1989 to the manufacturers of Zimovane, in respect of their claims that there is no evidence of dependence in clinical use; and what was the outcome and what action she proposes to take against the manufacturers of Zimovane in respect of their claims that there is no evidence of depedence in clinical use.
What (a) quantity and (b) percentage of pharmaceuticals for (i) human and (ii) animal use produced in the United Kingdom were donated overseas. - Information is not available.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Why the categories of ““orphans and vulnerable children”” and ““children affected by AIDS”” in the updated HIV/AIDS strategy do not refer to street children's lives; and how that strategy will ensure that the needs of street children form a part of national plans of action.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what support the Department for International Development plans to provide to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, which is facing a deficit of $5 billion.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will support the inclusion in the final statement of the UN high-level plenary meeting on the millenniumdevelopment goals of a call for at least 3.5 million new health workers to be available for work by 2015 in countries that currently have an acute shortage.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their plans for financing National Health Service HIV treatment from the overseas development aid budget. [HL958]
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what measures she is taking in support of the World Health Organisation’s initiative to achieve universal health coverage in low-income countries. [143560]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they intend to make to ensure that decisions on follow-up and review of the World Health Organization’s report Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are fully integrated into the work of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum when following-up and reviewing the United Nations 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance funding was provided to mental health projects in the past three years.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the Department for International Development's total overseas development aid was spent on sexual, reproductive, maternal and child health in (1) 2013, (2) 2014, and (3) 2015.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of UK financial support to Sierra Leone for family planning and sexual reproductive health and rights is provided through (1) direct bilateral aid to the government of Sierra Leone, (2) the United Nations Population Fund, (3) non-governmental organisations, and (4) other mechanisms.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much DfID spent directly targeting reproductive health under the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee codes (1) 13010, (2) 13021, (3) 13022, (4) 13030, and (5) 13081 in the financial years (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their decision to cut the Department for International Development's inter-country support programme on health and AIDS in Southern Africa represents a change in policy away from the championing of global health and HIV/AIDS architecture.
Which 10 developing countries received the greatest quantities of medicinal drug donations from United Kingdom companies and charities for (a) emergency relief and (b) general medicinal use in 1996-97; and what estimate she has made of the number of tonnes of medicinal drugs donated to developing countries (a) directly by pharmaceutical companies and (b) via charities each year for (i) emergency relief and (ii) general medicinal use; and what estimate he has made of the total numbers of charitable organisations and commercial bodies which donate medicinal drugs to (a) the Baltic states, (b) Haiti, (c) Africa and (d) Romania.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the adequacy of access to (a) water, (b) sanitation and (c) hygiene facilities in Health Care Facilities in Malawi.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the first year evaluation report of the smoking cessation projects overseas which are managed by his Department.
Department of Health and Social Care: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is signing new funding agreements for projects from the Official Development Assistance budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's press release entitled, UK will step up efforts to end preventable deaths of mothers, new-born babies and children in the developing world by 2030, published in October 2019, whether preventable (a) HIV acquisitions and (b) AIDS related deaths will be included in those priorities.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they have allocated for mental health programmes in South Sudan.
What funding is being provided to the human reproduction programme in the World Health Organisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review his policy regarding the parallel use of opiate pain killers and strong sedatives with older people.
What assessment his Department has made of the safety implications of companies donating pharmaceuticals for (a) human and (b) animal use; what regulations his Department has set for the (a) quantities, (b) content, (c) labelling and (d) life span of pharmaceuticals for donation overseas.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis care and control programmes.[HL4234]
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to ensure that strengthening of health systems will form part of the global development agenda after 2015. [142304]
Developing Countries: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which countries her Department has supported to train, recruit and retain health workers since May 2010.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are supporting the government of Rwanda in its work to provide reproductive health choices to women and girls in Rwanda.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to support and promote the provision of adequate health care to the civilian population of Gaza, particularly children, in the light of World Health Organisation reports that over 42 per cent of Palestinian requests for permits to travel to hospital appointments outside Gaza were denied or delayed by Israel in April.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much bilateral expenditure was directly targeted by DFID towards reproductive health in (1) 2015–16, and (2) 2016–17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2017 to Question 62581, if he will provide the (a) title, (b) location, (c) value, (d) organisation in receipt of the funding, (e) objectives and (f) timeframe of each project funded by his Department's Official Development Assistance budget in each year since 2014; whether any officials were on secondment as part of each such project; and what the expected outcome of each such project was; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that information.
Her Majesty's Government whether health alliances, such as the Uganda UK Health Alliance and the Zambia UK Health Workforce Alliance, will be covered by any new Health Partnership Scheme.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the effect of the Department for International Development's decision to end its inter-country support programme on health and AIDS in Southern Africa on the regional-level approach to health and HIV/AIDS.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding the Department for International Development has allocated to the promotion of Universal Health Coverage.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 28 January 2020 (HL435), whether funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights provided by Official Development Assistance is allocated by (1) financial, or (2) calendar, year.
Palestinians: Education and Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has conducted an impact assessment of the potential effect of reductions in official development assistance on Palestinian (a) healthcare and (b) education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what Official Development Assistance funding mechanisms his Department uses to disburse sexual and reproductive health and rights aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK’s foreign aid programs for 2021-22 will support the delivery of essential healthcare services in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support the strengthening of health systems in low- and lower-middle income countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what aid his Department is giving to third world contries on health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what steps the Government has taken with (a) UN partners, (b) EU Governments, (c) the US Administration and (d) other donor Governments to ensure comprehensive sexuality education remains part of HIV prevention programmes;
What actions they are taking to deliver the target of universal access to reproductive health by 2015, as called for in the millennium review summit.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department has taken to address (a) underweight, (b) unsafe sex, (c) unsafe water and sanitation and (d) indoor air pollution in high-mortality countries.
What financial incentives his Department gives to companies to donate pharmaceuticals overseas. - None.
What steps they are taking with their international partners to tackle vesico-vaginal fistula.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to commission research into the overuse of sedatives in nursing and residential homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department has invested in global mental health initiatives or programmes in each year since 2010. [140005]
What progress there has been in the construction of an International Peto Institute in Budapest; when she expects building work to begin; when Her Majesty's Government's obligation to help fund this project will expire; and what assessment she has made of whether the funding pledged by Her Majesty's Government to this project could be more effectively spent in creating an equivalent facility in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is considering for implementing the March 2008 Global Health Workforce Alliance Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action; and if he will make a statement.
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many meetings have taken place of the group of officials who have been charged by an interdepartmental ministerial group to report back to them on the phasing and financing of the recommendations made by Lord Crisp in his report Global Health Partnerships.
asked Her Majesty's Government:When they expect to issue their response to the Crisp report on Global Health Partnerships: The UK contribution to health in developing countries, published on 13 February.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when he plans to publish his Department's 2009 health portfolio review.
(2) what aid his Department allocated for reproductive health commodities in each year between 2000–01 and 2004–05.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the outcomes arising from the Department for International Developments-sponsored product development partnerships.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how money provided by his Department to fund health-related projects is split between improving overall health infrastructures and fighting specific diseases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on supporting clinicians on the export for use in other countries of clinical and management procedures that have been developed in the NHS.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they provide to family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights work in Tanzania.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department is providing to agencies in Palestine to help with medical aid.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether single-use surgical instruments could be collected and resterilised for donation overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support her Department provides to countries to help strengthen their health systems in a long-term and sustainable fashion. [143557]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Department for International Development spent on the relief of (1) HIV, (2) tuberculosis, and (3) malaria, in 2013, including commitments to the Global Fund.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to promote innovative medical technologies and product development partnerships as part of the post-2015 development agenda.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy on the potential role of product development partnerships in the post-2015 development agenda.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding mechanisms they use to disburse funding for sexual and reproductive health and family planning in fragile and conflict-affected states.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to provide funding and support to healthcare centres in Gaza which are operating without electricity or fuel for backup generators.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure Official Development Assistance allocated to Gaza supports the sustainable development of Gaza's health system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department's share of the Official Development Assistance will be reduced in the event of a decrease in GNI.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance his Department plans to allocate to global health projects in 2021.
(3) what steps the Government has taken with (a) UN partners, (b) EU Governments, (c) the US Administration and (d) other donor Governments to ensure the linkage between sexual and reproductive health and HIV information and services is promoted as part of HIV programming;
What information she has about the quality of the work of the World Health Organisation in emergency situations in Sub-Saharan Africa; and what proposals she has to improve the quality of her monitoring of the activities of the World Health Organisation in developing countries. - Ref to 246 c77W.
What representations she has made to the World Health Organisation about the quality of its work in emergency situations in developing countries. - Ref to 246 c636W.
What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the World Health Organisation's guidelines on drug donations; and what proposals he has to improve them; and what plans he has to implement the World Health Organisation's guidelines on drug donations to third world and former eastern bloc countries.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of Official Development Assistance was allocated to sexual and reproductive health and family planning in fragile and conflict-affected states in the last year for which figures are available.
Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the success of the Department for International Development's Health Partnership Scheme.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the announcement by the Palestinian Ministry of Health that because of fuel shortages affecting hospitals and clinics “urgent action is needed to prevent collapse of Gaza’s health system”, they are planning to offer any assistance.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to seek to ensure that adolescents in refugee camps are able to engage with confidential sexual and reproductive health and rights services.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to establish a requirement for countries in receipt of Overseas Development Assistance for health to make measurable progress towards committing five per cent of GDP to health spending.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it a condition of Official Development Assistance for the health sector that developing countries allocate five percent of their GDP to that sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the UK's total Official Development Assistance budget was allocated to sexual and reproductive health and rights including family planning and reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health as calculated using the (a) Muskoka 1 and (b) Muskoka 2 methodology in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018 and (iii) 2019.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that countries supported by the Department for International Development are investing in their healthcare systems through domestic resources.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Department for International Development prioritises non-communicable diseases through its Universal Health Coverage programs.
Her Majesty's Government how much they have contributed to the World Health Organisation's COVID-19 Response Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2009, Official Report, column 676W, on overseas aid: health services, how much bilateral aid was provided for expenditure on (a) reproductive health and (b) HIV and AIDS in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (iii) 2005-06, (iv) 2006-07, (v) 2007-08 and (vi) 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's total bilateral aid spending was to reproductive health and HIV/AIDS in 2004–05, broken down by sector.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that at least 25 per cent of all new United Kingdom overseas health funding is directed to support human resources for health in the worst affected countries.
(2) what discussions he has had with the Government of Indonesia on investment in health and education in West Papua; and what recent discussions he has had on the allocation of international humanitarian and development aid to support the people of West Papua.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to provide support to (a) health and (b) education services in areas captured from al-Shabaab in Somalia.
asked Her Majesty's Government:What measures will be taken to ensure that street children gain access to HIV/AIDS treatment services and benefit from out-of-school prevention programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will assess the adequacy of non-discriminatory medical care provided by each aid agency in receipt of funding from her Department to (a) women and girls who have been raped in situations of armed conflict and (b) such females seeking abortion services; and if she will make a statement. [133504]
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether her Department is involved in preparations for the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health in 2013. [143559]
What proposals he has to meet United States representatives to discuss the provision of tax incentives for firms donating medicinal drugs to developing countries. - None.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what response they have made to the recent report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what aid his Department has provided to reproductive health commodities in each year since 2000–01;
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much Official Development Assistance was disbursed via non-grant financing mechanisms for sexual and reproductive health and family planning in (1) 2014–15, (2) 2013–14, (3) 2012–13.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of DfID’s total overseas development aid was spent on sexual and reproductive health and rights in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.
What further progress has been made on the provision of United Kingdom public funds for an extension of the Peto Institute for Conductive Education.
World Health Organization: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on how the World Health Organisation plans to spend funding granted to that organisation by the UK Government in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Health and (b) relevant stakeholders on the quality of the contribution to be made to aid efforts by healthcare workers volunteering on development and relief programmes.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are funding any mental health services in Afghanistan; if so, where; and how much they are funding.
asked Her Majesty's Government:What timetable they have set for decisions by the interdepartmental ministerial group considering implementation of Lord Crisp's report Global Health Partnerships.
asked Her Majesty's Government:What they have done, since the publication of the Department for International Development's 2006 White Paper, Eliminating World Poverty, to implement the commitment (mentioned in page 79) to help African partners solve their health staffing crises by expanding links between the UK National Health Service and poor countries; and what plans they have for further action.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2012, Official Report, column 556W, on developing countries: health services, in which countries her Department (a) is supporting and (b) has supported in each of the last 12 months programmes that make abortions safe and accessible; and what independent evidence her Department has used to verify that such services (i) are safe and (ii) save women's lives. [137351]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have held with international counterparts on including product development partnerships in the post-2015 development agenda.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support global health systems and maintain access to critical routine immunisations.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their plans for the Department for International Development to invest in addressing Aids, tuberculosis, and malaria globally from 2016 onwards.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the sustainable development goals on the UK's aid spending on health initiatives; and if her Department will issue a guidance note on that spending.
Central African Republic: Health and Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of UK aid funding for health and nutrition programmes in the Central African Republic.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government in the light of the recent inclusion of mental health targets under Sustainable Development Goal 3, whether the Department for International Development plans to review its strategy for funding mental health in low- and middle-income countries.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to secure a medical pipeline in areas where the government of South Sudan is unable to provide basic drugs for health clinics.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the state of health provision in Zimbabwe, including drug shortages in Zimbabwean hospitals, and of its impact on neighbouring countries; and what development aid or other support they are providing to address these issues.
Developing Countries: Health Services and Social Services
Her Majesty's Government how they ensure that their overseas programmes support front-line health and social workers and caregivers with equitable access to training, personal protective equipment and other essential products, taking into the account the specific needs of women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the progress towards the implementation of her Department’s (a) Ending Preventable Deaths Approach Paper and (b) Health System Strengthening for Global Health Security and Universal Health Coverage position paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of Official Development Assistance funding was allocated to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in fragile and conflict-affected states in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support her Department provides to developing countries to help strengthen their health work forces in line with the World Health Organisation Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. [143558]
(4) what steps the Government is taking to raise the profile of linked sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV/AIDS funding, policies and services to combat HIV/AIDS at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session 2006.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding the Department for International Development is making available for family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights this year.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the proportion of the Department for International Development funding for mental health in low- and middle-income countries has increased or decreased in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what non-grant mechanisms the Department for International Development uses to finance sexual and reproductive health and family planning.
Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to replace the Department for International Development's Health Partnership Scheme; and if so, when the new scheme will start.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding the Government disbursed (a) bilaterally and (b) multilaterally on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and research in each of the last five years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government who has been affected by the withdrawal of the Department for International Development's inter-country support programme on health and AIDS in Southern Africa.
What progress has been made with the undertaking to contribute towards the development of the International Peto Institute in Budapest; whether other OECD countries have contributed; how much of the United Kingdom Government grant has been spent; if she will list the principal elements of the new Institute which have already been paid for, and which will be paid for in the remainder of this financial year. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contribution his Department has made to the Global Health Workforce Alliance's Health Worker Policy Initiative working group; and if he will make a statement.
Pursuant to her Answer of 18th June, Official Report, 209 column 677W, if she will specify the component parts of the International Peto Institute proposed development in Budapest, which are either under construction or completed and occupied as a result of the initial payment of £1,750,000 by Her Majesty's Government to the Hungarian Government.
(2) what steps the Government has taken with (a) UN partners, (b) EU Governments, (c) the US Administration and (d) other donor Governments to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health supplies, including condoms, remains part of global HIV programming;
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to restart the UK Partnerships for Health Systems Programme once the temporary cut to the Official Development Assistance budget is restored to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) invest in global health systems and (b) maintain access to critical routine immunisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to integrate its policy on neglected tropical diseases and its policy on water and sanitation. [142305]
Pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 119W, if he will seek through the World Health Organisation to ensure that other nations do not offer financial incentives to companies to donate pharmaceuticals overseas. - Inc fact that will place copies of the "Essential Drugs Monitor" publication which includes guidelines in Library. (Dep/3 4632).
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to ensure that at least 25 per cent of their health funding overseas goes to support human resources for health in the poorest countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of integrating early childhood development interventions on nutrition, immunisation and education on the effectiveness on strength of local health systems; and what contribution such an assessment has made to decisions on the funding of (a) her Department's country programmes and (b) multilateral programmes supported by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2017 to Question 66933, on Department of Health: overseas aid, when each of those projects listed in that Answer were agreed with the stated recipients; and when each such project commenced.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to seek to ensure that people with disabilities in refugee camps are able to engage with sexual and reproductive health and rights services.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to support the healthcare system in Gaza, particularly in relation to dealing with complex and serious gunshot wounds.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans the Department for International Development have to make global polio eradication a priority over the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many of his Department's country programmes had health advisors in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Department for International Development spent directly targeting reproductive health under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee codes (1) 13010, (2) 13021, (3) 13022, (4) 13030, and (5) 13081, in total in the (a) 2016–17, (b) 2017–18, and (c) 2018–19, financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Official Development Assistance his Department was allocated in the financial years (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21; and what estimate his Department has made of the amount of Official Development Assistance his Department will be allocated for the financial year 2021-22.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the estimate by Dr Saifuddin Ahmed and others (The Lancet, 14 July 2012) that satisfying unmet need for contraception could prevent another 104,000 maternal deaths per year.[HL2385]
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of UK ODA her Department has allocated to sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes in 2022-23.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the level of spending of Overseas Development Assistance in strengthening health care systems in (1) Ghana, (2) Nigeria, and (3) other Commonwealth countries.
Development Aid: Family Planning and Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to ensure that aid funding allocated to support women and girls in the developing world will include provision for (a) sexual and reproductive health services, (b) maternal health care and (c) family planning.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they consider to be the prospects for ending polio transmission by 2014 and certification of a polio-free world by 2018; and what aid they are providing to the World Health Organisation for its polio eradication campaign.[HL2888]
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding he plans to allocate to the Mae Tao Clinic on the Thailand-Burma border in each of the next three years.
Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure the continuation of existing health partnerships during the period before the commencement of any new Health Partnership Scheme.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will support the government of Sierra Leone in improving its general healthcare system.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to deliver (a) drugs and (b) medical equipment to Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support the Department is providing for research into developing vaccines to prevent HIV/AIDS. - Inc figures.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentages of the Department for International Development’s total Official Development Assistance were spent on sexual, reproductive, maternal and child health in (1) 2013, (2) 2014, and (3) 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to use the research base for clinical and management procedure that have been exported by groups of NHS clinicians for use in other countries to inform best practice within the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to the promotion of universal health coverage in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her Zimbabwean Government on (a) health services and (b) UK aid to that country.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on supporting sexual and reproductive health and rights in countries receiving Department for International Development Official Development Assistance in relation to (1) contraceptive prevalence, (2) maternal mortality, (3) maternal morbidity, (4) safe and unsafe abortions, (5) female genital mutilation, (6) child marriage, (7) menstrual hygiene, (8) schooling for girls, (9) toilet facilities in refugee camps, and (10) universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of Official Development Assistance was allocated to the World Health Organisation in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with countries receiving official development assistance (ODA) for sexual and reproductive health and rights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to commit new resources at the upcoming global covid-19 summit to help end the covid-19 pandemic and build better global health systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to support the training of mental health professionals in low and middle income countries.
Development Aid: Education and Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will ensure that future allocations of aid will contribute to achieving universal (a) primary education and (b) healthcare.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many disease-specific programmes they have (1) reduced, and (2) cancelled, as a result of the reduction of the foreign aid budget by £2.9 billion announced in July.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he gives regarding the prevention of abuse to older people in hospitals and care homes through the over-use of sedative and anti-psychotic medication. - Inc ref to Age Concern report in 1998 'Drugs and Dementia', copy in Library.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they are combating tuberculosis-HIV co-infection in the United Kingdom and overseas.
Statement on her recent visit to Russia and Kazakhstan.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department’s bilateral aid to (a) reproductive health programmes and (b) HIV programmes was in 2005-06, broken down into (i) project or sector aid, (ii) programme aid, (iii) technical co-operation, (iv) grants and other aid in kind, (v) humanitarian assistance and (vi) CDC investments.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they have given to programmes which were expecting funding in the short and long term through the Department for International Development's recently withdrawn inter-country support programme on health and AIDS in Southern Africa.
To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Department for International Development withdrew its inter-country support programme on health and AIDS in Southern Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to help ensure investment in universal and comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights is prioritised within the upcoming Women and Girls strategy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which Government agencies work with AIDS and HIV sufferers in each of the countries of Africa; and with which charities those agencies work.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they are doing to support global efforts to eradicate polio.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have for supporting the development and funding of national health workforce plans in the world's poorest countries.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what the Department for International Development's priorities are in the next 12 months on the monitoring and control of global tuberculosis.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of wild poliovirus cases reported in 2013 to date and in the comparable period of 2012, broken down in each case by country; and what assistance they are providing to each of those countries for their polio eradication campaigns.[HL2889]
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding his Department has allocated to (a) tackle HIV/AIDS, (b) improve other health services and (c) improve education in Malawi in 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps are taken to ensure that projects funded by his Department to fight specific diseases in developing countries do not take (a) resources and (b) medical staff away from those countries’ general healthcare infrastructure.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the situation in relation to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Zimbabwe; and what help they are giving in those areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to encourage other countries to fulfil their commitments to funding initiatives to tackle HIV, TB and malaria.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to make global mental health a priority of her Department.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government in which countries UK aid is being used to fund private healthcare provision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2017 to Question 59052, what the reason was for the increase in funding on Official Development Assistance by his Department from £11 million in 2014 to £32 million in 2015; what such figures are for 2016; and what the (a) cost and (b) purpose is of each project in receipt of such funding in each such year.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Department for International Development spent on mental health in low- and middle-income countries in 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's spending was on Overseas Development Aid in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) the first 10 months of 2015-16; and what the recipient countries of that aid were.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 31 October (HL2510), in which developing countries the UK supports private healthcare providers.
Department of Health: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what projects by (a) name and (b) value his Department funded from the Conflict Stabilisation and Security Fund; and which of those projects were categorised as contributing towards Overseas Development Aid.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding the Department for International Development will make available to family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights organisations this year.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the role of private healthcare providers in delivering government aid programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which overseas development aid projects his Department plans to fund from its overseas aid budget in each of the next 10 years; and what the nature, value and predicted outcome is for each project so funded.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 13 September (HL10035), what was the break-down of spending by the Department for International Development directly targeting reproductive health under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee codes (1) 13010, (2) 13021, (3) 13022, (4) 13030, and (5) 13081 in the financial years (a) 2015–16, and (b) 2016–17.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current health situation in Yemen; and how much (1) aid, and (2) medical supplies, they intend to provide to that country in the current financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department allocates Official Development Assistance to any programmes that are targeted at supporting women and girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding was allocated to basic health in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to Answer of 27 April 2020 to Question 37585 on World Health Organisation: Overseas Aid, what reforms to the World Health Organisation her Department is seeking as a result of that agency's response to the covid-19 pandemic.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to require countries in receipt of Official Development Assistance for the health sector to commit five per cent of their GDP to spending on that sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes of the planned reduction in UK ODA spending from 0.7 per cent to 0.5 per cent of GNI.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase the level of Official Development Assistance funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that investment in universal and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights is prioritised within the upcoming Women and Girls strategy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the United Kingdom’s current budget for health and health systems is spent on addressing the human resources for health crises in the world’s poorest 20 countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what steps he is taking to help (a) reduce malnourishment, (b) increase health standards and (c) reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in West Papua;
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of reductions in UK official development assistance to support the salaries of healthcare professionals on the delivery of essential healthcare services in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK Government’s strategy for international development, published in May 2022, what funding has been allocated to programmes focused on delivering universal, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much finding the Government has allocated to global health R&D in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to measure the effect of its support for health system strengthening in low-income countries. [143714]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 16 October (WA 83–4), what new resources are being provided to improve HIV responses for men who have sex with men in countries that continue to criminalise same-sex sexual conduct; and how those resources affect prevention and treatment.[HL2849]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the World Health Organization Recommended Activities for tuberculosis and HIV integration are currently employed within (1) bilateral tuberculosis programmes, and (2) bilateral HIV programmes.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support women and girls around the world to access universal family planning and sexual and reproductive health services as agreed at the UN Sustainable Development Summit 2015.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 31 October (HL2511), what lessons they have learnt in respect of the use of aid to support mixed public and private health systems to deliver high quality, accessible and affordable healthcare to the poor.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent measures he has taken to ensure that local prescribing guidelines are in place governing the prescription of powerful pain relieving and sedative medicines throughout the NHS.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department for International Development will value mental health equally with physical health in its funding decisions.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the inclusion of Universal Health Coverage as a target in the World Health Organization report Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, published on 8 April 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to provide support for improvements to mental health training for healthcare workers in low and middle income countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to the promotion of universal health coverage in developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to the promotion of universal health coverage.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support countries with weak health systems to ensure they have the resilience to respond to the covid-19 pandemic and maintain pre-existing health priorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the allocation of funding from the public purse for global child and maternal health outcomes remains a priority for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the letter to the Prime Minister from the Royal College of Midwives on the reduction in the aid budget, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the reduction in the Official Development Assistance budget on the number of midwives, nurses and doctors in training.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what the overall official development assistance reduction to (1) Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and (2) Family Planning, will be this financial year; and whether there has been an impact assessment of the effects of these reductions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the UK’s decision to reduce funding that supports the salaries of health and education workers in Palestine on the delivery of essential healthcare services in the occupied Palestinian territory.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 25 January (WA 129), what support they provided to each country on (a) antenatal care, (b) safe birth, (c) emergency obstetric care, (d) post natal care, and (e) newborn care; and what support they plan to give during the next two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to build health care capacity and improve public health to tackle neglected tropical diseases. [142303]
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to (a) reduce growing inequalities in health in developing countries and (b) show that UK aid is reaching the poorest and marginalised groups. [143713]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 21 October (HL2052), what proportion of spending on HIV, tuberculosis and malaria can be qualified as supporting research and development for new drugs, diagnostics and vaccines.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department has taken to reorganise its funding model to ensure that it is encouraging service delivery for complex multiple needs, in line with an intregrated model of healthcare solutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what effect Sustainable Development Goal 3 has had on her Department's aid strategy for UK; and what account she plans to take of that goal in forming the new UK aid strategy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in setting up a coordinated and effective health care system in Sierra Leone, following the Ebola outbreak.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will increase funding for abortion, contraception, and reproductive health information and services, in the light of the re-establishment of the global gag rule by President Trump.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to allocate addition funding for medical services in Gaza.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the Department for International Development's total overseas development aid was spent on sexual and reproductive health and rights in (1) 2016–17, (2) 2017–18, and (3) 2018–19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2021 to Question 5258, whether a specific impact assessment for the transmission of covid-19 in developing countries was conducted prior to the decision being taken to cancel Official Development Assistance funding to the UK Partnerships for Health Systems programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which funding mechanisms his Department uses to disburse Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights aid to fragile and conflict-affected states.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the funding committed by his Department to smoking cessation projects overseas has been spent to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the criteria his Department plans to use for prioritising Official Development Assistance spending in the event of a decrease in GNI.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 28 January (HL435), how they calculated the 13.6 per cent of UK Official Development Assistance spent on sexual and reproductive health and rights in 2017–18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential effect of suspending Official Development Assistance funding to the UK Partnerships for Health Systems programme on efforts to tackle the covid-19 pandemic in developing countries prior to that decision being taken.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of total Official Development Assistance was allocated to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure pandemic preparedness efforts lead to investment in primary healthcare services and the strengthening of routine immunisation services globally.
Department of Health and Social Care: Termination of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff left her Department in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged four and under in Wellingborough constituency were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in each of the last 5 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS consultants carried out work in the private sector in the most recent financial year for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of discontinuing funding for T1DE pilot schemes on the health and well-being of patients living with type 1 diabetes with disordered eating.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the value of contracts awarded to non-NHS providers was for the provision of clinical services in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2020-21 financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to reach a decision on the appeal by Mid Essex Community Health Council against the proposed closure of the maternity unit at St. Peter's Hospital, Maldon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of funding options to ensure the sustainability of T1DE services beyond the pilot phase.
Pharmacy and Health Services: Worthing West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pharmacies have closed in Worthing West constituency since 2019; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of these closures on NHS primary care services in Worthing West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to mental health services in Suffolk Coastal constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on private sector contracts for the provision of clinical services in the most recent financial year for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will revise the cancer ambitions in NHS England’s Long Term Plan to account for the cancer backlog and increasing cancer prevalence as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what treatment centres are available in the North of England to servicemen and women (a) suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and (b) who have recently served in Iraq and Afghanistan; how many servicemen and women and former servicemen and women have been treated in these centres in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that seriously ill children and their families can access information on how to access emotional and psychological support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of changes in numbers of people reporting (a) physical and (b) mental health issues in the week following clock changes in March for British Summer Time in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to publish the results of the review by McKinsey and Co into NHS productivity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many child mental health patients have been held in inappropriate out of area placements since March 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adult mental health patients have been held in inappropriate out of area placements since March 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the cost-benefit analysis of the T1DE pilot schemes carried out by NHS England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure hospitals develop treatment pathways for Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome patients at risk of starvation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will ensure that the national autism strategy provides guidance on reasonable adjustments that public service providers can make to support adults with autism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of pharmacies that have closed in Easington since 2019; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of these closures on primary care services.
Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what weighting her department is giving to (a) individual and (b) organisational stakeholder responses to the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure hospitals follow the NICE guidelines on Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of north-south health inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to use the Northern Powerhouse strategy refresh to improve health outcomes for people in the North of England.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the commitment made in Transferring Care for People with Learning Disabilities - Next Steps, published in January 2015, to establish a reconfiguration taskforce to support local leaders to reshape services in the north of England, what progress they have made in this regard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what checks are made for the presence of nitrofurans and chorophenecol in chicken imported into the United Kingdom (a) directly from non-EU countries and (b) from a third country via another EU member state.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that staffing levels of mental health professionals in the NHS meet levels of demand for their services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Sixth-Fifth Report of the Committee on Public Accounts of Session 2022-23 on Progress in improving NHS mental health services, HC 1000, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for the reported shortage of mental health professionals in the NHS workforce.
Department of Health and Social Care: Marketing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of her Department’s (a) advertising and (b) marketing expenditure was on (i) local newspapers in print and online, (ii) national newspapers in print and online, (iii) social media, (iv) search engines, (v) broadcast and on-demand television and (vi) other channels in the most recent year for which data is available.
If she will publish for the latest year for which figures are available the total income to her Department from the sale of Amoxycillin on prescription to patients of general practitioners who are not exempt from paying prescription charges. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if (a) chloraphenicol and (b) streptomycin have been found in Chinese honey imported by the UK. - Includes ref to website www.food.gov.uk.
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the annual spend by the health service on legal representation at inquests in the previous five years for which information is available.
Uk Research and Innovation: UK Health Security Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has taken steps to align the activities of UK Research and Innovation and the UK Health Security Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of average waiting times for receiving NHS mental health (a) treatment and (b) other support services on the (i) wellbeing and (ii) employment of patients requiring those services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of average waiting times for young people to access mental health services in Warwickshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisoners were transferred to hospital for (a) physical and (b) mental health concerns in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the FSA has taken to identify imports of turkeys from Brazil that have been treated with antibiotic furazolidine; and whether all poultry imported in 2002 from Brazil has been treated with furazolidine. - (Holding answer 12 December 2002).
What assessment her Department has made of the extent to which naturally occurring strains of anthrax are resistant to penicillin; and if she will comment on penicillin resistant anthrax.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with the Health and Safety Executive on monitoring public exposure to silica dust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2024 to Question 19659 on NHS 111: Dental Health, if she will provide breakdown of calls by symptom group by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how her Department plans to use Section 95 (3) 251ZA Information Standards (Compliance) of the Health and Care Act 2022 to ensure that NHS providers meet the communication needs of patients set out in the Accessible Information Standard.
If she will publish for the most recent year for which figures are available (a) the total number of prescriptions dispensed in England and Wales for Amoxycillin and (b) the total number of prescriptions dispensed in England and Wales to non-exempt prescription charge payers for Amoxycillin. - Inc figures for England and fact that information not available on number of chargeable prescriptions at individual drug level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who carries out tests for furazolidone in turkeys impounded at border inspection posts in the EU; whether such tests are conducted on all poultry imported from Brazil; how much such tests cost; how many birds for food were imported into this country from Brazil in each year since 1997; and how many tested positive for furazolidone. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 16 December 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to implement section 95 of the Health and Care Act 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payment is made by the Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Southampton Community Hospitals NHS Trust to undertakers for the removal of bodies out of hours under the existing contractual arrangements; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to research by Christine Camacho and Luke Munford at the University of Manchester, what steps they are taking to reduce regional inequalities in what those researchers refer to as "Deaths of Despair".
To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is their policy for the NHS to refer to "people who have ovaries" rather than "women" and whether this phraseology has been market tested with women, including those for whom English is a second language, to ensure that it is fully understood.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the undertakers who were invited to tender for the contract for the removal of bodies out of hours at Milford-on-Sea Community Hospital; what is the price paid by Southampton University NHS Trust to undertakers for the removal of each cadaver under the existing out of hours contractual arrangements; if he will list the hospitals which share the same contract for out of hours removal of bodies at Milford-on-Sea Community Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of armed forces personnel were (a) Medically Not Deployable and (b) Medically Limited Deployable in each year since 2010, broken down by service branch.
What provision for the treatment of, or vaccination against, penicillin resistant anthrax she has made.
Prisons and Young Offenders: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male prisoners, (b) women prisoners and (c) young offenders were transferred to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission in enforcement of the Accessible Information Standard across the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of trends in the number of patients waiting for mental health treatment on the economy.
If he will be commenting on the content of the executive letter to the National Health Service in November concerning new drugs for multiple sclerosis and if he will set out the guidelines which has been issued to authorities regarding the prescription of interferon-beta-1b for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. - Including ref to executive letter EL(95)97.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of NHS provision for the treatment of ADHD in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the public's awareness of the side effects that can arise from taking weight loss drugs such as Ozempic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve early intervention for mental health conditions in working-age adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to protect the titles for all (a) psychologists, (b) psychotherapists, (c) counsellors and (d) other psychological therapy providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to work with local authorities to increase access to support services for people with autism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NICE guidance entitled Integrated health and social care for people experiencing homelessness, published on 16 March 2022, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people experiencing homelessness have somewhere safe and secure to recover when discharged from hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to bring waiting times for mental health patients in-line with waiting times for physical health patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the help us, help you campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her Department has had with NHS England and Barts Health NHS Trust on the ongoing dispute.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the risk of people moving from non-nicotine to nicotine vapes.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the mental health of medical practitioners of withdrawing NHS Practitioner Health services for new applicants.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the mental health and wellbeing of babies and very young children, especially given the evidence surrounding the cumulative impact of poor mental health outcomes that begin early in life.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of NHS providers that have adopted two stage shared decision-making across all admitted pathways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her Department has had with cancer treatment support groups on the use of direct funds to support patients and their families.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses have worked in NHS community health services on average in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress NHS England has made on developing a neuropsychiatric service specification.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assess and mitigate the impact of private medical insurance fees on the quality and suitability of care provided to patients with private medical insurance.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect updated NHS wait times to be published for 2022 and 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Early Intervention Hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on delivering a mental health support lead within primary and secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve the treatment of Cholangiocarcinoma cancers; and whether a proportion of the additional funding allocated to her Department in the Spring Budget 2024 will be used to treat Cholangiocarcinoma cancers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has her Department allocated to provide recovery spaces for families of cancer treatment patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) blind, (b) partially sighted, (c) deaf and (d) hearing impaired patients receive (i) care and (ii) communications related to their heath in an accessible format; and if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of missed appointments due to (A) inaccessible and (B) missed communications.
To ask His Majesty's Government what regulations are in place to ensure that the care and treatment provided by private medical insurers are the most appropriate for a specific patient.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support exists for those with (a) Huntington’s disease and (b) other complex neurological conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Major Conditions Strategy includes additional material on mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of BAME health and social care workers have had occupational risk assessments as at 30 June 2020.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on the mental health and wellbeing of secondary care staff if their partnership with NHS Practitioner Health is ended after the 12-month review period.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received from the United Kingdom National Screening Committee regarding the accuracy of pre-natal tests for foetal abnormality. [HL1446]
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on integrating social care and the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) stigma and (b) gender norms on trends in the number of men accessing mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the (a) cost to the NHS of lack of specialist bowel care for patients with neurogenic bowel disorders and (b) additional costs incurred by (i) diagnosis and treatment of pressure sores resulting from inadequate care and (ii) other secondary complications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take steps to use technology to help improve (a) boys' and (b) men's mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on steps to help improve boys' mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help improve men's mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints NHS England have received relating to the adequacy of bowel care provided to people with neurogenic bowel disorders in the last 12 months; and what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that patients receive (a) timely and (b) appropriate care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 16199 on Alcoholic Drinks: Health, whether the post of (a) Head of Alcohol Policy and (b) Senior Policy Manager for Alcohol is (i) occupied and (ii) combined with other policy areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her policy is on establishing a national policy for neurogenic bowel cancer; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure adequate care is available for people who need it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investigation HM Prison and Probation Service has carried out into the causes of the hospitalisation of (a) prison staff and (b) prisoners at HMP Lewes on 28 March 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the BALM programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services waiting lists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on steps to help improve levels of health literacy in school children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help men identify poor mental health symptoms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of a men's health strategy for the economy.
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many urology patients will no longer have continence products delivered to their home under the Department of Health's proposed reform of services relating to Part IX of the drug tariff in the event that the reform is implemented.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to NHS trusts of the removal of VAT zero-rating on continence products in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the reimposition of VAT on continence products is estimated to cost the NHS in 1999-2000 and 2000-01. - Includes figure, ref to 307 c487W and fact that details of expenditure on continence products are not held centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding (a) the NHS and (b) social services unnecessarily charging people for continence products. - No representations have been received on these issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out for each category of continence product purchased by the NHS National Supplies Trust in each of the last four years (a) the numbers of items purchased, (b) the total cost, (c) the percentage change in the number purchased from year to year; and what were the totals for all categories of continence products. - Inc table. (Holding answer 2 March 1998).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate the Government has made of the number of deaths from preventable illnesses in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the extra cost to the NHS would be if VAT was applied to home-delivered continence products at 17.5 per cent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations the Department has received following the announcement that continence pads would be provided free of charge to all care home residents from October 2001; and if he will make a statement; what proportion of the amount made available for NHS continence services for 2003-04 will be earmarked for (a) continence adviser recruitment, (b) continence adviser training, (c) continence pads and (d) other continence products and services; whether an equivalent amount to the money made available in the period April 2002 to April 2003 for NHS continence services for self-funding residents will be made available for non self-funding residents post April 2003; and if he will make a statement; what factors were taken into consideration when deciding to allocate the initial £6 million for NHS continence care in the period October 2001 to April 2002 to all care home residents; what funds will be made available for NHS continence services in the period (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will ensure that continence services are not commercially retailed by providers of continence products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he took to inform community continence services of the Treasury's decision on 13th August 1997 to impose VAT on home deliveries of continence products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discourage NHS trusts from selling continence products to NHS patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of classifying covid-19 as an occupational disease for healthcare workers; and whether his Department has had discussions with relevant professional bodies on that matter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is his policy to encourage NHS trusts to sell continence products to NHS patients. - Includes ref to White Paper "The New NHS".
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of Pancreatic Cancer UK's Optimal Care Pathway recommendations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, 307 c562W, concerning continence products purchased by the NHS National Supplies Trust, what evidence he evaluated to support the explanation for the overall drop in value and volume. - Includes fact that data on incontinence products that are home delivered are not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was for each category of continence product purchased by the NHS National Suppliers Trust in the year from February 1998 to January 1999 (a) the number of items purchased, (b) the total costs and (c) the percentage change in the number purchased from the previous year; and what estimate he has made of the proportion this represents of the total of such products, by category or overall, that are purchased by the NHS. - Includes table and figures. (Holding answer 1 November 1999).
If she will list the amount spent on continence products in each year since 1988; and what is the projected spending for 1994, 1995 and 1996. - Table given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 9th March, Official Report, 308 c65W, concerning the selling of continence products, if he will ask the Chief Executive of the NHS Management Executive to write again to NHS Trust Chief Executives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 88 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023, published on 6 July 2023, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Work and Health Programme following the programme evaluation using Randomised Control Trial design.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will develop a (a) rehabilitation strategy and (b) single accountable lead in every NHS Trust and Integrated Care Board area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) an ageing population and (b) trends in the level of comorbidities on demand for rehabilitation services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to fund HIV treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question 16630 on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, when she plans to publish the final myalgic encephalomyelitis delivery plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the devolved administrations on ensuring (a) a consistent approach and (b) the applicability of the NHS National Review to ADHD services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that areas with a high prevalence of HIV receive support for delivering pre-existing HIV services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of health care provision for those diagnosed with HIV in (a) Slough and (b) the South East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to increase inpatient provision for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she made of the adequacy of the HIV Action Plan deadline of 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Inpatient Detox units there are by location.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that rehabilitation is given an equal status in healthcare as to medicine and surgery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to develop waiting time targets for receiving treatment in the eight new children and young people's gender services regional centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people the Work and Health Programme has supported into work (a) in total and (b) by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of people working in community rehabilitation services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Work and Health Programme on supporting disabled people into the workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will amend the NHS Constitution to ensure that rehabilitation is seen as the third pillar of healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure constituencies with a high prevalence of HIV are provided with adequate (a) healthcare provision, (b) prevention services and (c) support services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Work and Health Programme statistics: background information and methodology, updated on 29 February 2024, what estimate he has made of the six metrics figures by (a) nation and (b) region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to section 1.17 of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines entitled Myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy) chronic fatigue syndrome: diagnosis and management, published on 29 October 2021, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that hospital staff are aware of NICE guidelines for caring patients with very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of whether the NHS workforce plan should be updated by NHS England to reflect the staffing needs of the eight new children and young people's gender services regional centres.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that patients who are suffering from bleeding will be able to receive the same prescription incontinence pads as patients with urinary and faecal incontinence.[HL2405]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential impact of the level of statutory sick pay on public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to increase health literacy for services to support people at the end of life.
Cerebral Palsy: Health Services and Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase specialist knowledge of cerebral palsy across the (a) health and (b) social care workforce.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards the new regulatory system for health and care professionals; and which protected professional titles they are considering in scope of these regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from (a) patients suffering from osteoporosis and (b) groups representing them about the recent National Institute for Clinical Excellence assessment of Raloxifene; and how many patients have been prescribed the drug in each of the past three years. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of childhood poverty on longitudinal health outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department has taken to improve care for people with Parkinson's disease.
Mental Health Services and Paediatrics: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the findings of the Cass Review, published on 10 April 2024, on the adequacy of levels of funding for child mental health and specialist paediatric services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the status is of (a) raloxifene and (b) teriparatide in the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's review of pharmacological treatments for osteoporosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her policies on health outcomes for children who live in poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how she is targeting health prevention services to support children who live in poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department held discussions with organisations representing disabled people on the disbanding of the Work and Health Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to tackle health inequality due to childhood poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help improve patient access to primary care services.
What steps she is taking to improve access to mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for publication of the latest Relationships, Sex, Health and Education statutory guidance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for publishing the revised NHS Accessible Information Standard.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to fund the national roll-out of mental health support teams across all schools and colleges in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her timetable is for the rollout of Endo Barriers on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure parity between (a) clinical and (b) recently insourced nonclinical staff in the one-off covid bonus payment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to enable second opinions in mental health settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the effect on health of exposure to industrial waste; and what steps the Government is taking to minimise exposure to potential ingestion of contaminated industrial waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve care for black women in the NHS.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the eligibility criteria, and (2) the available methods of applying, for people aged under 18 with children who are seeking to apply for the NHS Healthy Start scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the care of patients with major (a) continence and (b) prolapse issues is expedited as covid-19 restrictions are eased in recognition of the increase in waiting times for provision of that care that has accrued to those patients as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
Disease Control and Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to continue funding infection prevention and control support to public health teams.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department has taken to help prepare for potential increases in levels of synthetic opioid-related harms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of (a) the effectiveness of the Kooth mental health app for tackling children's mental health problems, (b) the value for money of that app and (c) whether that app meets her Department's safeguarding expectations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve healthcare services for those living with dementia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) inpatients and (b) outpatient operations were cancelled in (i) Pilgrim hospital, Boston, Lincolnshire, (ii) Trent Regional Health Authority and (iii) England and Wales in 2002, expressed in a percentage of total operations and in numbers. - Includes ref to www.doh.gov.uk/hospitalactivity/data_requests.htm and table for Pilgrim Hospital and Trent Strategic Health Authority. (Holding answer 11 February 2003).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that clinicians are not subject to (a) legal and (b) regulatory action for work outside their usual area of expertise during the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the projections on the cancer workforce submitted by NHS England and Health Education England as part of their Spending Review 2020 submissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the CRITCON level for each hospital for which data is available on each day in the last three months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Mental Health Nurses there were in Yorkshire and the Humber region in (a) 2010 and (b) 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the health risks of health declaration forms being completed in physical form during the covid-19 outbreak.
What assessment the Department has made of the effectiveness of sodium hypochlorite as a sterilising agent for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies; how widespread is its use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to reduce waiting times for an appointment to see a consultant neurologist at the Pilgrim Hospital, Boston; if he will assess the length of waiting times for an appointment to see a consultant neurologist at the Pilgrim Hospital, Boston; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Accountability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is held accountable for its decisions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is she taking to review the decisions of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to undertake an impact assessment of the closure of the Work and Health Programme this autumn and the impact of this on enabling disabled people to enter the job market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change in the number of beds available for NHS treatment in Pilgrim Hospital, Boston there has been in each year since 1995. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a timetable for the full implementation of the Women’s Health Strategy across all integrated care boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the health issues faced by homeless people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with Integrated Care Boards on recruitment and retention of health workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NHS England on progress on improving outcomes for patients suffering from pancreatic cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the content of alcohol education material used in (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) universities that has been provided by organisations in receipt of funding by the alcohol industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of clinicians who started advanced practice pathways in 2023-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2024 to Question 23061 on Cancer: Health Services, what steps she is taking to ensure that NHS trusts have sufficient cancer treatment capacity to adequately support the number of people that are being diagnosed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's press release entitled One-off payments of up to £3,000 for over 27,000 health workers, published on 25 March 2024, what steps her Department is taking to ensure parity between clinical and recently insourced nonclinical staff for those payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the guidance published by the Government on 11 May 2020 which stated that workers who cannot work from home should travel to work if their workplace is open, whether employees who are clinically vulnerable have the right to request (a) reasonable adjustments to and (b) social distancing measures in their workplace during the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of levels of age-appropriate support offered by Integrated Care Boards for people with young onset dementia.
Health Services and Social Services: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve recruitment and retention to deliver her Department's integrated one workforce approach.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to develop a pathway of care for people with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis who require hospitalisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have taken the accredited NHS Strategic Workforce Planning course through the Chartered Institute of Professional Development.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost of treating patients who are obese and overweight; and what are the associated costs of treating (1) type 2 diabetes, (2) cardiovascular disease, (3) cerebrovascular disease, (4) musculoskeletal diseases including joint replacers, (5) cancer, and (6) dementia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to provide (a) guidance and (b) resources to support Integrated Care Systems in developing a designated care pathway for people with young onset dementia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have used NHS services to treat (a) addiction to and (b) the adverse effects of (i) heroin, (ii) crack cocaine, (iii) cocaine, (iv) ecstasy, (v) cannabis, (vi) alcohol, (vii) solvents and (viii) prescription drugs in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Q9 of the oral evidence by Gareth Parry to the Work and Pensions Committee on 17 April 2024, HC 697, whether the Work and Health Programme will end in November 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish a response to her Department's consultation on Mandating quit information messages inside tobacco packs, which closed on 10 October 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her Department has had with Elysium Healthcare on continuing its contract following the inquest into the death of Liam McGenity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual cost to her Department is of contracts with Elysium Healthcare (a) nationally and (b) in Cheshire.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to hold discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence about its appraisal system to ensure it is sufficiently flexible to respond to treatments and medicines for rare diseases.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of new scientific discoveries in the field of longevity and radical life extension in order to better public health; and whether they have a strategy to promote longevity science.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to identify mothers who use (a) crack cocaine and (b) cocaine during pregnancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department issues on the language in which vets in EU nations must complete health certificates for goods imported into the UK under the Border Target Operating Model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the prescribing responsibilities of (a) dietitians and (b) other allied health professionals are regularly (i) reviewed and (ii) updated to reflect potential (A) advances in healthcare and (B) patient needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths related to misuse of (a) alcohol, (b) tobacco, (c) cannabis, (d) ecstacy, (e) amphetamines, (f) LSD, (g) heroin, (h) cocaine and (i) crack cocaine in the past 12 months. - Inc figures and table. (Holding answer 5 July 2002).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specific health treatment is recommended under a drug treatment and testing order for (a) heroin addiction, (b) crack cocaine addiction, (c) polydrug use and (d) dual diagnosis. - Inc ref to Models of Care and Drug Misuse and Dependence - Guidelines on Clinical Management.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the assessment of lead ammunition restrictions by the Health and Safety Executive between March 2021 and 2024.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of psychedelics in the treatment of mental health; and what steps they are taking to support advanced research in this sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department takes to involve people with learning disabilities in the development and implementation of measures to reduce their health inequalities.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the public consultation on updating the NHS constitution is brought to the attention of individuals whose first language is not English.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) improve response times to prisoner medical emergencies.
Veterans: Mental Health Services and Rehabilitation
To ask His Majesty's Government what initiatives are currently in place to ensure military veterans receive timely access to (1) physical rehabilitation, and (2) mental health, services, particularly those suffering post-traumatic stress disorder after combat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support patients with inflammatory skin conditions to manage the impact of their condition on their mental health.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the Health Prevention Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of cannabis usage on mental health.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the public consultation on updating the NHS constitution, published on 30 April, is available in languages other than English, and if so, in which languages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients who smoke have received very brief advice on smoking cessation in NHS hospitals.
To ask His Majesty's Government what clinical regulation measures are in place to ensure that care and treatments provided by private medical insurers are the most appropriate for a specific patient.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing leadership training for advanced practitioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech on welfare of 19 April 2024, what the evidential basis is for the statement that people with less severe mental health conditions should be expected to engage with the world of work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that degrees awarded by the Open University are recognised as professional qualifications by the (a) Health and Care Professions Council and (b) British Psychological Society.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the average extra costs that people with less severe mental health conditions face as a result of their conditions compared to the general population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the average time from first contact with the NHS specialist mental health services to the commencement of regular talking therapy treatment for someone with a mental health condition receiving treatment through talking therapy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to (a) The Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health and (b) Every Mind Matters in each year since their inception.
To ask His Majesty's Government which profession has primary responsibility for providing initial point of contact care for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, and whether physician associates are the appropriate profession for this work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the nine statutory joint committees formed between integrated care boards and NHS England regions on specialised commissioning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff were employed in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in public mental health national roles in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve waiting times for treatment for osteoporosis patients.
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide an update on the status of the recruitment process for the Chief Executive of the MHRA.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to announce the new Chair of the MHRA.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role the incoming Chair of the MHRA will have in the recruitment process for the new Chief Executive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve specialist services for patients diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the cost to (a) integrated care boards and (b) NHS England of commissioning specialised services in the (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24 financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the proportion of specialised services that met national standards in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide an update on the status of the recruitment process for the Chair of the MHRA.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure public (a) safety and (b) clarity in the healthcare roles of (i) physician associates and doctors and (ii) other NHS staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the NHS of (a) cigar smoking and (b) snuff taking.
Alcoholic Drinks and Smoking: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of treating (a) smoking related illnesses and (b) alcohol related illnesses in the last 12 months.
Mental Health Services and Special Educational Needs: Morley and Outwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken for children to receive (a) SEN assessments and (b) mental health treatment in Morley and Outwood constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Action Plan: HMP Parc following the July 2022 HM Inspectorate of Prisons report, published on 11 October 2022, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the recruitment to address shortfalls in health care staff at HMP Parc.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of household air pollution on (a) health outcomes and (b) NHS capacity and resources.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether waiting times to see (a) asthma specialists and (b) respiratory consultants have increased in the last 12 months; and whether there has been an increase in the number of asthma (i) deaths and (ii) acute presentations in the last 12 months.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to meet their target of 96 per cent of cancer patients receiving treatment within 31 days of a decision to treat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of access to (a) specialist care provision and (b) review for asthma patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to identify people that have been diagnosed with HIV but are not accessing treatment.
Department of Health and Social Care: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its (i) canteens and (ii) restaurants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of joint commissioning on the 59 specialised services approved by the NHS England Board in February 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on reducing waiting lists for planned care in the North West.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement commissioning hub teams looking at specialised commissioning have with commissioning support units.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Annex A of the NHS publication entitled Specialised Commissioning – update on specialised services for delegation, published on 28 March 2024, whether she plans for the 32 specialised services retained by NHS England from April 2025 to be (a) delegated or (b) retained in perpetuity.
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department is taking with its international partners to help ensure that people living with tuberculosis have access to healthcare.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children under the age of 11 are currently being provided with help with their mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of progress in the development of a clinical analytical service for specialised commissioning.
Cancer and Joint Replacements: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the holistic care approach for cancer (a) care and (b) delivery to (i) prosthetic infection and (ii) other clinical conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase (a) awareness and (b) optimum management of prosthetic infection in primary care.
Animal and Plant Health Agency: Finance and Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how (a) much funding was provided to and (b) many people were employed at the National Bee Unit of the Animal and Plant Health Agency between 2019 and 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that integrated care boards take into account a) clinical, b) patient and c) provider experience when commissioning specialised services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the labelling of alcohol products with consumer health information.
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) capacity of (i) hospitals and (ii) primary health care centres and (b) availability of (A) medicine and (B) basic medical supplies in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research her Department has commissioned into the effect on human health of ingesting (a) micro- and (b) nano-plastics that have found their way into the food chain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the NHS of pipe smoking.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it his policy to promote healthy role models in masculinity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of recent research that found micro- and nano-plastics in human organs; and if he will make a statement.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people diagnosed with cancer underwent a needs assessment and were given a personalised care and support plan in (1) 2021, (2) 2022, and (3) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of numbers of Parkinson's specialist staff in (a) West Yorkshire integrated care board area and (b) England.
Department of Health and Social Care: Motor Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) cars and (b) other vehicles used by her Department were made in Britain.
How many patients in NHS hospitals have been diagnosed as suffering from post-operative infections in each of the last 10 years; and what information his Dept maintains on post-operative infection rates in NHS hospitals. - Info is not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many providers have contracts with her Department to provide education on alcohol in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) colleges and (d) universities; what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of those providers that receive funding (i) directly and (ii) indirectly from the alcohol industry; and whether this information is required to be disclosed on tender applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on mental health services delivered by Defence Primary Health Care within the Defence Medical Service to armed forces personnel in the 2023-24 financial year.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the Hologic Global Women’s Health Index which indicated that British women are sadder and more stressed than their European counterparts, what steps they are taking to improve women's health and wellbeing.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people who completed cancer treatment were offered an 'end of treatment summary' in (1) 2021, (2) 2022, and (3) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2024 to Question 9340, when she plans to respond the correspondence of an East Londonderry constituent of 16 June 2023 on water fluoridation policy; and for what reason a response has not yet been provided.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of providers of alcohol education in (a) schools and (b) higher education institutions in the last five years that received funding (i) directly and (ii) indirectly from the alcohol industry; and what the value was of contracts issued to providers that received such funding from the alcohol industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research her Department has commissioned into the effect on human health of ingesting micro- and nano-plastics which have found their way into the food chain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to educate young people on the potential health impacts of (a) vaping and (b) nicotine pouches.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable evaluation of health programmes and investments to account for productivity benefits, in line with guidance issued in the Green Book.
When he expects to make an announcement on the use of amphetamines for slimming purposes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on the Interim Delivery Plan for ME/CFS.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure equity and quality in care and support across the entire cancer pathway, including (1) fairness and equity in diagnostics, (2) on time treatment, and (3) patients being offered conversations about the additional care and support they may need.
Broadcasting Programmes and Film: Health and Safety
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of health and safety accountability and responsibility for employers on film and television productions given the widespread use of non-disclosure agreements in the industry.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the collection and reporting of ethnicity data for breast cancer patients to support understanding of variations in outcomes and patient experience of NHS care.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of mandating health and safety training on film and television productions, similar to those mandated during the COVID-19 period.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the findings of the first quarterly report of the National Audit of Metastatic Breast Cancer, published on 10 April, what steps they are taking to address gaps in data collection for secondary breast cancer patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mental health support is available to police officers; and how that support is promoted to officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mental health support is available to police officers in England; and what steps her Department takes to make police officers aware of that support.
Health Services: Disclosure of Information
To ask His Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of the performance and impact of the statutory duty of candour on NHS staff and health service providers, and (2) how many fines have been imposed on healthcare organisations for failing to comply with the duty of candour, broken down by year since the duty was introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department has taken to improve awareness of sickle cell disease among healthcare professionals.
Sick Leave and Unemployment: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with the National Statistics Authority on the use of the term bad nerves as a reason for (a) economic inactivity and (b) long term sickness absence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his planned timetable is for the commencement of a 24/7 mental health crisis support line for police forces staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help provide mental health support in schools for young people suffering from eating disorders.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to update the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 to reflect technological changes, with particular reference to film and television productions.
Animal and Plant Health Agency: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the projected spend by (a) central and (b) local government is on Animal and Plant Health Agency inspectors in 2024-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help ensure the adequacy of mental health support for staff in police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that NHS medical staff are made aware of a patient's personalised care plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have died while in the care of community mental health teams in the last 12 months; and if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of this data.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help ensure the adequacy of wellbeing support for (a) officers and (b) other staff in police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the annual spend on the Work and Health Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many physically injured veterans are on a waiting list for rehabilitative care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs have been filled as a result of the Work and Health Programme since its inception.
To ask His Majesty's Government what cancer waiting times data are being collected regarding leukaemia and its sub-types; and how these data are being published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) prevalence of the use of, (b) adequacy of the standards of service provided by and (c) potential impact on patient outcomes of the use of the private sector in the provision of mental health services in the NHS; and what steps she has taken to help ensure compliance by the private sector with the Code of Practice: Mental Health Act 1983.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which health and safety is regulated to British standards on UK film and television productions when they are operating abroad.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of staff diversity networks in her Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of NHS England's ability to meet its Public Sector Equality Duty in the event that it is unable to inform patients of whether they are disabled or not.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans are on a waiting list for mental health treatment.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for developing a best practice timed pathway for leukaemia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2024 to Question 21508 on Armed Forces: Health, for what reasons members of the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force were deemed medically non-deployable on 1 April (a) 2023, (b) 2016 and (c) 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the end date is for referrals to the Work and Health Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are classified as (a) wounded, (b) injured and (c) sick by (i) reason and (ii) service branch.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps their Department is taking to support the Disability Confident scheme; how many officials in their Department work directly on supporting that scheme; what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of that work in supporting the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of disabled people in their Department; and what further steps they are taking to support their Department’s recruitment and retention of disabled people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of NHS provision of specialist ME or chronic fatigue syndrome services; and if she will take steps to increase the number of clinicians who specialise in ME or chronic fatigue syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were referred to the Fracture Liaison Service with fragility fractures in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those patients were women over the age of 50.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2023 to Question 142657 on Mental Health Services: Children and Young People, what progress has been made on work to (a) establish the feasibility and associated risks of introducing new mental health waiting time standards for (i) adult's and (ii) children and young people’s community-based mental health services and (b) support the development of a baseline position for waiting times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Statutory Guidance on Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education will include (a) variations in sex characteristics and (b) intersex.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many responses were received to her Department's consultation entitled The disclosure of industry payments to the healthcare sector, which closed on 16 October 2023; and what her planned timetable is to respond to that consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with blood cancer that will be referred into the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies integrated pathway as a result of the NHS Digital pilot data, published on 10 May 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people who have been diagnosed with blood cancer were offered a holistic needs assessment in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Gender
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her comments on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme in relation to on her Department’s consultation on the new Relationships, Sex and Heath Education guidance on 16th May 2024, if she will publish the names of the schools at which the alleged inappropriate content she has seen on gender identity has been taught.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference her comments on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme in relation to her Department’s consultation on the new Relationships, Sex and Heath Education guidance on 16th May 2024, what information her Department holds on the number of schools at which alleged inappropriate content on gender identity is being taught.
What research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated as to the effectiveness of alpha-interferon in the treatment of Hepatitis C.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the drug pegolated interferon is recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence for statutory funding by primary care trusts; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what plans he has to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies pathway for people with long-term health conditions for people affected by blood cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) emotional and (b) psychological support is provided to people who have blood cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that every blood cancer patient has a guaranteed care plan made in conjunction with the patient.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure blood cancer patients receive adequate emotional and psychological support during their treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the General Practice Forward View, what estimate he has made of the number of people with blood cancer that will have access to the 3,000 mental health therapists co-located in GP surgeries; and whether those therapists will be provided with specific training on blood cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Government funding has been provided for the Medical Research Council trial on the use of alpha-interferon in the treatment of melanomas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve the coordination of oncology and haematology care for blood cancer patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to promote parental mental health (a) during pregnancy and (b) in the first two years of infancy.
Health Services and Social Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of children that have lost their place on waiting lists for health and care services as a result of relocating out of area due to housing pressures, in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any ministerial redundancy payments have been repaid to her Department since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve mental health services in Southport constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Epi Pens were (a) prescribed and (b) used in the last 12 months; and what was the total cost to the National Health Service; what advice he has issued to (a) medical practitioners, (b) NHS trusts and (c) primary care groups on the (i) prescription and (ii) use of Epi Pens. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Mental Health Support Teams there were in (a) Wellingborough constituency, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) London in each year since 2010.
Veterans: Employment and Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help increase access to (a) mental health services and (b) employment opportunities for Veterans in Southport constituency.
Department of Health and Social Care: Accountability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to encourage a culture of accountability in (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) other relevant service providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 18 of the report by the National Audit Office entitled Progress in improving mental health services in England, published on 9 February 2023, HC 1082, how much funding her Department has provided for each category of mental health service set out in figure three of that report in each financial year since 2013-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of treatment for Endometriosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2024 to Question 19244 on Mental Health Services: Veterans, whether any of the social prescribing pilot sites are in garrison towns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that adequate support is in place for jobseekers with (a) health conditions and (b) disabilities in the period between the end of referrals to the Work and Health Programme in Autumn 2024 and the start of Universal Support in 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2024 to Question 19244 on Mental Health Services: Veterans, how many veterans are involved in the social prescribing pilot sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2024 to Question 24233 on Export Health Certificates: Languages, what guidance his Department has issued on the language in which importers must provide completed health certificates to the UK authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government has taken to (a) understand the potential risk of and (b) prevent future health system failures similar to those that led to the infected blood scandal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of people that have been (a) diagnosed with and (b) treated for bladder cancer in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of veterans that were treated by the NHS for addiction in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing targeted support for (a) infant and (b) parental mental health while a family is experiencing homelessness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of mental health support provided to veterans who have addictions.
To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the World Health Organization's $6.83 billion budget for 2024–25 is, and will be, funded by (1) the UK, and (2) non-state actors.
If he will list the number of suspected adverse reactions to liquid paraffin reported to the Medicines Control Agency for each of the last five years for which figures are available separately identifying the number of suspected adverse reactions relating to cancer. - Includes table.
To what extent liquid paraffin oil is now used as a laxative; what information her Department has concerning any adverse effects on human health arising from the regular use of this medicine; whether any advice has been given to pharmacists concerning dosage and duration of use. - Includes ref to Committee on Safety of Medicines bulletin Current Problems No 28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is giving to the NHS to provide care for the increased number of patients in need of urgent treatment for an eating disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to include data collection on cancer diagnosis in the NHS Mental Health Dashboard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mandatory training is provided for (a) the NHS workforce and (b) healthcare professionals working in oncology on the delivery of mental health assessments for people with cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with cancer have been offered a holistic needs assessment (HNA); and what steps he has taken to ensure that patients' needs are met as a result of an HNA.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to include data collection on cancer diagnosis within the NHS Mental Health Dashboard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to include data collection on psychological and emotional wellbeing in future National Cancer Patient Experience Surveys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with cancer have been offered a holistic needs assessment (HNA); and what steps he has taken to ensure that patients’ needs are met following an HNA.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to include data collection on psychological and emotional wellbeing in future National Cancer Patient Experience surveys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2007, Official Report, column 944W, on mental health services, which mental health trusts were found not to have contributed disproportionately to savings made by the local health economy in 2006-07 following investigation by her Department’s recovery and support unit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2006, Official Report, column 625W, on mental health, how many (a) psychologists, (b) psychiatrists, (c) mental health nurses and (d) occupational therapists each service employed; and what assessment he has made of how many are required in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many clinical psychologists for adult mental health services there are in East Lancashire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase young people's access to early support hubs focused on mental healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many retailers have been deregistered from the Healthy Start scheme since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what date schools will start teaching Relationships Education, Health Education and Relationships and Sex Education; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 13 February 2007, Official Report, column 41W, on the Healthy Start scheme, what arrangements she has made to monitor retail participation in Healthy Start.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2006, Official Report, columns 625-66W, on Mental Health, how many occupational psychologists his Department employs; where they are based; how many of them are uniformed; and what assessment he has made of the number required.
Which of the public appointments for which she is responsible require advance notice to and consultation with the Chief Whip's Office; and which appointments made since 1979 have been so notified and consulted upon.
Which appointments since 1979 to public bodies or posts for which she is responsible have included candidates nominated by the Chief Whip's Office; if any nominees by this source have been appointed; and if she will give details. - Ref to 236 c852W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) psychologists, (b) psychiatrists, (c) mental health nurses and (d) occupational therapists each service employs; where they are based; and how many of them are uniformed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to people with eating disorders.
Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Mental Health Services
What steps the Government is taking to ensure that comprehensive mental health services are available for women who experience domestic and sexual violence.
Department of Health and Social Care: Topham Guerin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish (a) the minutes of the phone call between the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Innovation and Topham Guerin on test and trace marketing materials on 26 May 2020, (b) who attended on behalf of Topham Geurin and (c) a list of which officials in his Department participated in that call.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on patients of moving further NHS mental health services to the telephone and online.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have investigated (1) the method by which the products of Herbal Life are sold in the United Kingdom, and (2) the manufacturing standards and safety of Herbal Life products; and whether they have had any communication with overseas regulators or authorities on those matters.[HL2174]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of digital exclusion on the delivery of remote NHS mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of asylum applicants seek treatment for mental health whilst waiting for their applications to be processed.
What steps he is taking to improve the mental health of pupils in primary and secondary schools.
What steps her Department is taking with the World Health Organisation to achieve the sustainable development goals to (a) end preventable child deaths and (b) establish universal health coverage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of diabetes among (a) young people and (b) the general public.
What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of negotiations on the future relationship with the EU on the health and social care sector.
What steps he is taking to ensure adequate pay levels for health and social care staff.
Care Workers and Health Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who stop working in (a) the NHS and (b) social care following the implementation of mandatory covid-19 vaccinations for those staff.
If he will re-examine the decision by his predecessor announced on 5th April to confirm and accept the Regional Health Authority's endorsement of Barnet District Health Authority's recommendation to close the Accident and Emergency Department of Edgware General Hospital by April 1997; and to comment on Governments response to the local public petition against the closure. - No. Consultation was thorough and the changes will improve services for patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many parliamentary petitions were referred to his Department in the last 12 months; and on how many were no Government observations issued. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 13 May 2003).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department has given to pharmacies to have epipens available to treat anaphylactic attacks; what requirements there are for pharmacies to have epipens available to treat anaphylactic attacks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will visit North Staffordshire to discuss with constituents in Packmoor progress on their petition for a GP surgery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability in (a) schools, (b) chemists, (c) restaurants and (d) doctor's surgeries of epipens to treat anaphylactic shocks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will reply to the petition presented on 13th November from the vendors of the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard regarding Cirencester Hospital. - (Holding answer 11 December 2001).
What is his policy on the provision of smoking rooms for the use of patients, staff and visitors within NHS hospitals; and various questions on smoking at Rotherham district general hospital. - Including ref to The Department of Health guidance (HSG(92)14), (in Lib).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the average length of service was for practising NHS (a) GPs, (b) dentists and (c) hospital consultants in each of the last 15 years;
(2) what the average retirement age was for NHS (a) general practitioners, (b) dentists and (c) hospital consultants in each of the last 15 years.
Health Professions: Termination of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) other NHS staff have left employment in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2016; and how many people in each such category were non-UK EU or EEA nationals.
What is the number and total years' experience there of employees who left the Blood Transfusion Service over the last year for which figures are available. - Includes table.
Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department when drafting the Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill made an assessment of the effect of implementing that legislation on the (a) EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and (b) Trade in Services Agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 148888, tabled on 3 February 2021 by the hon. Member for Slough.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 148889, tabled on 3 February 2021 by the hon. Member for Slough.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what covid-19 related public awareness campaigns the Government has funded and promoted over the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health visitors (a) were recruited, (b) retired from work and (c) finished work for a reason other than retirement in the last year for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average length of service of (a) nurses, (b) NHS trust chief executives, (c) midwives, (d) nursing support staff, (e) manual staff, (f) GPs, (g) dentists, (h) consultants and (i) staff and associate doctors in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is a cross-governmental group with a focus on health inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of her Department's compliance with the requirement in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code that time off with pay for safety representatives will not be set against facility time allowed under existing arrangements.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to (1) reopen investigations into the death of Zane Gbangbola through a public inquiry or other measures, and (2) examine the health risks presented by historic landfill sites.
Primary Health Care: Whitehill and Bordon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will will take steps to improve the provision of primary healthcare in Whitehill and Bordon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on reaching an agreement with EU countries on a replacement for the S1 scheme.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made with the Suicide Prevention Strategy for England; and what plans they have to address the higher suicide rate among men, particularly those aged 20 to 34.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the take-up of commercial health tests on NHS costs; what oversight is given to the efficacy and reliability of such tests; and whether they plan to introduce further regulation of such tests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to make additional support available for mental health provision for school pupils in response to anxiety caused by covid-19-related disruption.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what NHS services he plans to commission through private providers in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to ensure that his Department is a psychologically safe place in which to work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve (a) the support, (b) provision of services and (c) health care plans for people with dementia in the next five years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what national initiatives have been introduced to improve the health of the nation by tackling obesity, improving mental health and promoting physical activity, since the establishment of the Office of Health Promotion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department will continue the work of the Department’s Children in Hospital Stakeholder Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve support for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether digital public health schemes have been launched over the last five years to drive improvement in the nation’s health; and, if so, what is their assessment of the success of those schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce health inequalities in Dudley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to cover healthcare costs for UK nationals living in EU countries indefinitely until separate arrangements have been reached with each EU Member State.
Armed Forces: Housing and Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Haythornthwaite Review of UK Armed Forces Incentivisation, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of developing "people value propositions" for housing and welfare service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to roll out Fracture Liaison Services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to develop a men's health strategy for England; and to encourage higher primary care attendance among men.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve the (a) availability and (b) quality of physical rehabilitation services in Dudley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward proposals to reintroduce school dental screening.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve mental health provision for farmers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of the provision of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder reviews by the NHS and (b) potential merits of commissioning a review of how these assessments are (i) performed and (ii) resourced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve healthcare (a) access and (b) outcomes in rural communities.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the capacity and geographical distribution of inpatient secure mental health beds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to support children’s mental health when schools reopen as covid-19 restrictions are eased.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve child and adolescent mental health services in (a) Surrey Heath constituency and (b) Surrey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public, consultation response: analysis, published on 17 February 2023, if he will make it his policy to remove the five-year rule in relation to regulators being able to consider fitness to practise concerns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been waiting over six months to access CAMHS support in Birmingham.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with NHS England about whether biological sex determines which chaperone to be offered to patients who request a chaperone of a particular sex.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Birmingham in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to commence preparations for winter planning; and if he will make it his policy to prioritise funding for increased levels of care in the community in those plans.
Mental Health Services: Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle waiting lists for mental health services in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Trafford in each of the last five years.
What are the latest available response times for ambulances dealing with 999 calls in Borden, Hampshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward proposals to update and improve mental healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to support the previous Government’s Op Restore, the Veterans Physical Health and Wellbeing Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of capacity in secure and forensic mental health facilities; and whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential merits of increasing the number of prisoners moved into such facilities.
To ask His Majesty's Government how they will elicit views on the NHS Constitution consultation from people whose first language is not English, especially those who are high users of NHS services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to continue the previous Government's work on Op Courage, the veterans' mental health service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England spent on (a) fees and (b) any other costs with Niche Health and Social Care Consulting in the financial year (i) 2022-23, (ii) 2023-24 and (iii) 2024-25 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission a strategy on the (a) research, (b) diagnosis and (c) management of cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK citizens living in the EU receive healthcare in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his department has issued to British citizens living in the EU on how to access heathcare after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve outcomes for patients who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the EHIC system will be continued or replaced after the UK leaves the EU.
Children and Young People: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the mental health of (a) children under 12 and (b) young people under 18 of terrorist attacks near their school or home.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to introduce a cap investment strategy for NHS mental health trusts.
Special Educational Needs: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that children with (a) SEND, (b) anxiety and (c) trauma can access (i) support and (ii) therapeutic services during the school holidays.
Health Services: Cramlington and Killingworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce health inequalities in Cramlington and Killingworth constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what way the Department's research priorities have been modified in response to Technology Foresight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people waited over six months to access Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services support in Cornwall in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
What are the objectives of the Animal Health Foresight Project; and what role the Government have in the proceedings and outcome of the project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England has spent on (a) fees and (b) any other costs with Niche Health and Social Care Consulting for urology services at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in the financial year (i) 2022-23, (ii) 2023-24 and (iii) 2024-25 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families of children (a) have applied, (b) are waiting and (c) have been issued with a neurodevelopmental services assessment in each local authority area in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what Technology Foresight priorities are being taken into account in the forward planning of the Department's scientific research programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that students who are particularly vulnerable to mental health issues are (a) identified and (b) receive support after a terrorist incident near their school or home.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Cornwall in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help improve mental health practice in universities.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department uses Office for National Statistics estimates of personal well-being when formulating policy; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve national well-being in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the barriers faced by patients who wish to access information in an alternative format.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of fee setting and de-recognition procedures on the (a) cost and (b) availability of private medical insurance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether her Department uses Office for National Statistics estimates of personal well-being in formulating policy; and what policies her Department has introduced to improve personal well-being in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he holds on the number of people accessing NHS services who did not receive information in an accessible format.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects NHS England to publish the updated Accessible Information Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all NHS providers are producing information in format that is in line with the Accessible Information Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish an action plan to help tackle heart disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to maintain free health care provision for British citizens living in the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is of implementing the Accessible Information Standard.
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Prime Minister has to appoint a permanent Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of secondary care for residents in Hemel Hempstead constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS England is complying with the Accessible Information Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to question 52 on Dental Health: Pupils, for what reason the National Screening Committee have not reviewed school dental screening recommendations in the period 2022-23.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals aged 10–19 received treatment for alcohol abuse in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, and (5) 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the immigration health surcharge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) survival rate for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and (b) availability of defibrillators in public and community settings.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the upcoming replenishments of major global health multilaterals, including Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to question 52 on Dental Health: Pupils, when the UK National Screening Committee will next review recommendations on school dental screening.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) access to radiotherapy cancer treatment and (b) overall cancer treatment waiting times are within the scope of the independent investigation of NHS performance led by Professor Lord Darzi.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients (a) 75 years old or over and (b) 65 years old or over were readmitted to hospital as an emergency case within 28 days of being discharged in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 in each English hospital trust area; and if he will make a statement. [157273]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of staff diversity networks in his Department in each of the last five years.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they remain committed to ensuring universal coverage of the eligible population for Fracture Liaison Services by 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce tooth brushing education for parents of infants from teething age until three years old.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will maintain existing transformation fund commitments to support the rollout of Fracture Liaison Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to NHS mental health services.
Mental Health Services: Speech and Language Disorders
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the accessibility of mental health services to (1) children and young people, and (2) older adults, who have speech, language and communication needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average weekly payment to beneficiaries on the Healthy Start scheme was in June 2024.
Artificial Intelligence: Primary Health Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on access to primary care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was to access children and adolescent mental health services in Somerset in each of the last ten years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve access to community-based mental health support for low-income families with children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to tackle the (a) risks and (b) challenges arising from their service that military personnel can face to their mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of health inequalities in Southampton Itchen constituency; and what steps he plans to take to tackle those inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure better provision of mental health support for veterans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle health inequalities in the North East of England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to improve women’s health, and whether they are committed to implementing the Women’s Health Strategy for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Right Care, Right Person on ambulance services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he (a) has reviewed and (b) plans to review the (i) provision and (ii) location of (A) inpatient and (B) outpatient health services in South Hertfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the early (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of pancreatic cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people’s access to (a) community paediatric services, (b) occupational therapy and (c) speech and language therapy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people waiting for (a) four, (b) eight and (c) 12 or more weeks for a non-urgent appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of beds for (a) adults and (b) children with (i) a dual diagnosis with autism and (ii) other complex mental health needs.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of whistleblowing there have been in the past five years across all the health and care services that are within the remit of the Department of Health and Social Care; and how many of these cases were within the NHS and how many were within the private sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Bedfordshire Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board on funding options for a health hub in Leighton Buzzard and Linslade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to educate the drug using community on the risks of (a) nitazine and (b) fentanyl.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that there is a comprehensive strategy for meeting the (a) clinical and (b) care needs of people with eating disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a Major Conditions Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve the Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust Estate; and whether he plans to build a new Specialist and Emergency Care hospital in Sutton.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many NHS whistleblowers were heeded and were satisfied with the response of their employers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of leukaemia patients were offered a holistic needs assessment in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on young people's mental and physical health of lack of spaces in specialist services for young people with eating disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussion with his Northern Ireland counterpart on trends in waiting times for access to CAMHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consistent publication of data on waiting times for (a) leukaemia and (b) other cancer treatments.
To ask His Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to deliver Labour’s Child Health Action Plan, and in particular what actions they will take to improve access to childhood immunisation.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 12 May 2022 (HCWS23), whether the cross-Government delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome will include provision for hospital treatment and full consideration of how to safely prevent malnutrition in very severe ME.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to develop a best practice pathway for (a) leukaemia and (b) other blood cancers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) effectiveness of NHS eating disorder services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the evaluation of non-specific pathways will include granular blood cancer data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) raise awareness of and (b) tackle eating disorders.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 12 May 2022 (HCWS23), what plans are in plans to publish the cross-Government delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is taking to tackle eating disorders among (a) girls and young women, (b) boys and young men and (c) young adults and older adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the inquest into the deaths of Averil Hart, Emma Brown, Maria Jakes, Amanda Bowles, and Madeline Wallace, if he will take steps to improve the quality of NHS care for those with eating disorders.
Mental Health Services: Derbyshire and Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health support teams there were in (a) High Peak constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) London in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory direct ministerial appointments excluding special advisers he has made; and (i) who the appointee was and (ii) what the (A) remuneration, (B) title and (C) terms of reference was for each appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to help ensure mental health services are accessible to patients in rural communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve (a) the physical and mental health and (b) other aspects of the lives of unpaid and kinship carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to tackle the health issues faced by people experiencing homelessness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support (a) children and (b) other people with long covid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2024 to Question 17970 on Wandsworth Prison: Health Services, when she expects the new healthcare unit to open.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July to Question 383 on Wheelchairs: Procurement, if he will take steps to solicit feedback from ICBs on the performance of AJM Healthcare in their areas.
What steps his Department is taking to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people as they return to school as covid-19 restrictions are eased.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1339 on Accessible Information Standard, for what reason NHS England cannot provide a specific date for publication.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to mental health services in High Peak constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) capacity of (i) hospitals and (ii) primary health care centres and (b) availability of (A) medicine and (B) basic medical supplies in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make provision available for the (a) emotional and (b) mental health needs of children transferring from the independent to the state school sector before they transfer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in High Peak constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps to increase workforce capacity for (a) cancer care and (b) radiotherapy treatment services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a cancer plan that (a) increases (a) radiotherapy and (b) other services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with representatives from the farming sector to support people with mental health issues in rural communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve pancreatic cancer outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of attacks against health (a) workers and (b) facilities in Myanmar.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of doctors and nurses who have (a) been subject to the Loan Charge and (b) settled to avoid that charge.
What steps he is taking to tackle the cancer care and treatment backlog.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Health Survey for England 2019's finding that 16 per cent of adults aged 16 and over screened positive for a possible eating disorder, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that anyone affected by an eating disorder is able to access specialist treatment at the earliest opportunity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the finding of the Health Survey for England 2019 that 16 per cent of adults aged 16 and over screened positive for a possible eating disorder; and what steps he is taking to increase funding for adult eating disorder services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventures disposal of (a) St Margaret's Hospital, Epping, (b) Barnsley Vale land in Bromsgrove, (c) the City Chest Clinic, Derby, (d) Towers Hospital land, Leicestershire, (e) Stretton Hall farmland, Leicester, (f) Sewer Field, Herrison, (g) Herrison Lower Farm Buildings, (h) Herrison Cottages, (i) Brunel House, Gloucester and (j) Newfoundland Court, Bristol; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of the site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether the site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of its suitability for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on the site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventories disposed of in land at (a) Key House, Skegness, (b) Limes, Himley, (c) adjoining Reckett House, Clacton, (d) Harwich Hospital, (e) Wilson Hospital, Croydon, (f) Doncaster Moor, (g) Hartlepool General Hospital, (h) Hull Maternity Hospital, (i) Seacroft Hospital, Leeds, (j) Prudhoe Hospital, Prudhoe, (k) Stannington Children's Hospital, Morpeth, (l) Clayton Hospital, Wakefield, (m) Newton Hill, Wakefield and (n) Ashington General Hospital; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of each site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether the site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of its suitability for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on the site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventures disposal of land at (a) the Bucknall main site in Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Beeches Hospital, Telford, (c) Worcester Royal Infirmary, Castle Street branch, (d) Coldfast Hospital, Fareham, (e) Knowle Hospital and Cottages at Fareham, (f) St Francis Hospital, Hayward's Heath and (g) Leybourne Grange Hospital, Middlesex; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of each site on behalf of his Department; and other related questions. - The list of properties in the portfolio is still in the process of being finalised. Overage agreements will cover uplifts in value.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) budget, (b) staffing levels and (c) aims have been set for the Health Protection Agency; and what percentage of the Health Protection Agency's budget will be dedicated to bio-defence. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2021 to Question 65537 on Export Health Certificates, what steps his Department is taking with the British Veterinary Association to increase veterinary capacity for Animal Health Certificate requirements; and what information his Department holds on the number of veterinary practises with capacity to issue AHCs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) simplify the application process for Animal Health Certificates for pet owners wishing to bring pets into the EU and (b) incentivise vets to take the requisite courses to issue Animal Health Certificates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Official Veterinarians required to meet the demand for Export Health Certificates in the UK; and how many Official Veterinarians the Government employs.
What assessment he has made of the effect of the obesity strategy on the cost of living.
What steps he is taking to improve (a) aftercare and (b) rehabilitation for victims of stroke.
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the provision of public health grants for 2021-22.
If she will waive or reduce the cost of the Immigration Health Surcharge for people and families on low incomes coming to the UK under the British National (Overseas) visa scheme.
What steps the Government is taking to ensure adequate provision of mental health services in schools when they reopen as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
What steps his Department is taking to ensure that workplaces are safe during the covid-19 outbreak.
What steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for urgent mental health service provision.
What steps she is taking to ensure that universal healthcare is available as a right in countries that are in receipt of support through her Department's aid programmes.
What assessment he has made of the potential long-term effect of social isolation as a result of covid-19 lockdown measures on levels of demand for mental health services.
What support his Department is providing to the health service in Northern Ireland during the covid-19 outbreak.
What assessment he has made of the effect on veteran welfare of closing the Veterans UK Helpline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to (a) increase certification resource and (b) simplify the export process to help ensure an adequate number of vets to certify exports of meat and dairy to the EU after the transition period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of additional veterinary professionals required to process animal health export certificates prior to consignment after the end of the transition period in the event that a deal is not reached with the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of vets that will be required to manage the potential increase in export health certificates after the transition period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the (a) number of Certification Support Officers (CSO) and (b) volume of work undertaken by CSOs in order to support Official Veterinarians with a potential increase in export health certificates after the transition period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many veterinary surgeons hold the required qualifications to carry out export health certification by (a) type of qualification and (b) geographic area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of vets that will be required at ports and airports to issue export health certificates in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many vets are currently available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK vets are qualified to approve export health certificates; and what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the number of vets to meet demand after the transition period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that there will be sufficient numbers of qualified vets to inspect and sign off consignments of meat to be dispatched from the UK so that they can be issued an export health certificate after the end of the transition period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of a shortage of vets for signing export health certificates on UK meat and dairy exports to the EU after the transition period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the capacity of the veterinary industry to deal with increased demand for Export Health Certificates in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of additional veterinary surgeons that will be required for Export Health Certificate checks after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of qualified veterinary surgeons that would be required to sign off export health certificates for the export of animals and animal products in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how NHS services of national and regional speciality located within Greater Manchester will sit in the planning, funding and scrutiny arrangements under the Government's proposed devolution deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how hospital deficits will be managed under the Greater Manchester devolution deal.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what specifications are in place for the specialised commissioning of implanted cardioverter defibrillator and cardiac resynchronisation therapy until October 2013, following the recent publication of the interim specifications for those treatments.[HL1284]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 24 June (WA 93), what arrangements will be in place for patients to access cancer drugs previously considered but not recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and which are also not subject to a value-based pricing assessment. [HL1392]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the statement by the head of the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology in The Daily Telegraph on 1 July that, in children whom that organisation has assessed, neuromotor immaturity has increased over the past twenty years from 1 per cent to 10 per cent in children conceived by in vitro fertilisation.[HL1307]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 24 June (WA 93), what involvement they envisage for clinicians in value-based pricing assessments of cancer drugs previously considered but not recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.[HL1393]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 24 June (WA 93), whether (1) cancer patients, and (2) groups representing cancer patients, will be involved in value-based pricing assessments of cancer drugs previously considered but not recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. [HL1394]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Monitor is challenging Torbay Health Trust for anti-competitive behaviour in seeking to integrate its services with those in the community; and, if so, why.[HL1475]
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s open consultation entitled proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, published on 2 August 2024, what steps she plans to take to help local authorities promote healthy living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve dementia care in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on (a) implementing and (b) training additional mental health staff to help relieve waiting lists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with Leukaemia UK on publication of a cancer strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the Winter Fuel Payment on the demand for health care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the performance of (a) Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust, (b) Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board and (c) NHS Shropshire Telford and Wrekin with respect to (i) waiting times, (ii) value for money and (iii) CQC reports
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged 65 and over have been hospitalised for illnesses caused by cold weather in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to use indicators of health other than Body Mass Index to inform public health (a) priorities, (b) decisions and (c) strategies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1576 on Mental Health Services: Finance, what the total planned expenditure for mental health services was in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each year since 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants who are not special advisers he has appointed without open competition since the general election.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the exercise by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence of its discretionary power to show flexibility in relation to its (a) Standard Technology Appraisal and (b) Highly Specialised Technologies programme routing decisions in circumstances where there is (i) uncertainty on the incidence and prevalence of the disease and (ii) high unmet clinical need to ensure fair and equitable access to innovative new treatments for patients living with rare diseases.
Department of Health and Social Care: Communications
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Niche Health and Social Care Consulting: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England spent on (a) fees and (b) other costs for work by Niche Health and Social Care Consulting in relation to urology services at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in (a) 2019/20, (b) 2020/21 and (c) 2021/22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Gateshead in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has appointed civil servants who (a) previously (i) worked for and (ii) were seconded to the Labour Party, (b) previously donated to the Labour Party and (c) have been Labour parliamentarians since the general election.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to mental health services in Aldershot constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what amount of charges were issued by NHS trusts for treatment to non-UK residents not entitled to free secondary healthcare in each of the last three financial years; how much of that amount was successfully recovered in each of the last three financial years; and what is the outstanding amount.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS sites have closed in Knowsley since May 2010; and what the (a) name and (b) postcode was of each site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment in that period; and how much each Minister received.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) non-executive directors, (b) other direct ministerial appointees and (c) other public appointees in his Department have left their posts since the general election; what (a) direct ministerial and (b) other public appointments his Department has made since the general election; and if he will publish any political activity declared by each appointee.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been waiting to access Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services support in Gateshead for more than six months.
Children in Care: Education and Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the report by Kinship entitled Forgotten: Support for kinship children’s education and mental health, published August 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been waiting over six months to access CAMHS support in (a) Redditch and (b) Worcestershire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, If she will collect information on potential links between the fitness for work test and (a) suicides, (b) other deaths and (c) harm.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to use occupational health to help reduce levels of economic inactivity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a requirement for large businesses to offer their employees access to occupational health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to develop intervention strategies which tackle poor psychological wellbeing as a contributory factor to the development of dementia.
Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Plant and Animal Health (Amendment etc) Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which business organisations his Department had discussions with in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland on the Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Plant and Animal Health (Amendment etc) Regulations 2024 (i) before the development of those regulations and (ii) before those regulations were laid before Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health support teams there were in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in each year since 2014.
Relationships, Sex and Health Education: Endometriosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including awareness of endometriosis in Relationships, Sex and Health Education in schools.
To ask His Majesty's Government which scientific criteria they apply in deciding whether an educational institution can describe itself as a Health Sciences University; whether these criteria could apply to an institution teaching homeopathy and other alternative therapies; and which peer-reviewed research or externally-assessed teaching the Office for Students relied upon in deciding to allow the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic and University College of Osteopathy to rebrand themselves as the Health Sciences University.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve mental health services in prison and (b) ensure continuity with previous mental health interventions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) early intervention and (b) treatment outcomes for ovarian cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Health and Care Professions Council in accrediting people with international qualifications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will roll out Community Mental Health Hubs across the country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Aldershot constituency.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the present NHS commissioning system and to develop more robust arrangements to alleviate any potential of creating a two-tier system which could lead to differing priorities between Councils, the NHS, and the care sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the time taken by the Health and Care Professions Council to process accreditations for people with international qualifications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent the work and advice of the NRPB is independent of government.
Statement on when he intends to publish details of the public appointments made by his Department; and if he will comment on the involvement of members of the local community on NHS boards. - Inc ref to Department of Health Public Appointments Annual Report 1998, copies in Lib.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made delivering the Women's Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the reports submitted to his Department, by bodies that were created after May 1997 and that include significant and plural membership from outside the Civil Service, stating in each case the body writing the report, the date the report was submitted, how many recommendations were made, the number of those recommendations that have been implemented to date and the number of recommendations that have been rejected; and if he will make a statement. - Includes refs to an updated central list and first central list of information in Library and fact that disproportionate cost.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 1 August (HL313), what recent conversations they have had with other states regarding the timelines of replenishment for major global health multilaterals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the remit relating to sustainable development (a) required and (b) undertaken by his Department's (i) executive agencies, (ii) advisory non-departmental bodies, (iii) executive non-departmental bodies; (iv) tribunals, (v) public corporations and (vi) other bodies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what remit relating to sustainable development is required by his Department's (a) executive agencies, (b) advisory non-departmental bodies, (c) executive non-departmental bodies, (d) tribunals, (e) public corporations and (f) other bodies.
Which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) hold public meetings, (b) conduct public consultation exercises, (c) conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests, (d) publish a register of members' interests, (e) publish agendas for meetings and (f) publish the minutes of meetings (i) under a statutory requirement and (ii) voluntarily. - List given (holding answer 12 March 1996).
If she will list her Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which are required to produce annual reports. - The British Pharmacopoeia Commission, the Committee on the Safety of Medicines, the Joint Planning Advisory Committee, the National Health Service Advisory Service and the Medicines Commission.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to establish a fund for new and improved fracture liaison services.
Which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base, and which (a) publish their advice to Government, (b) publish an annual report and (c) lay an annual report before Parliament (i) under a statutory requirement and (ii) voluntarily. - Inc list (holding answer 12 March 1996).
To ask His Majesty's Government what constitutes an 'out of area' placement for an adult acute mental health inpatient, specifically whether it is defined by geography or by the institution the patient is referred to.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to all members of the House of Lords on 8 August, who will be conducting the observational research study; who will be included within this study; how long will the study run for; and when they expect results from the study to be published.
If she will list the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department which have a statutory basis. - List given.
If she will list her Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which are required to publish their advice to Government. - The Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy and the Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials.
If he will list those of his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which (a) the Government is required to consult prior to legislative proposals and (b) the Government is required to publish its response to advice supplied by them. - Including list. - (Holding answer 21 March 1996).
If he will list those of his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which the Government is required to consult prior to legislation proposals; and in respect of which bodies the Government must publish its response to advice supplied by them.
Which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department are under a statutory requirement to (a) publish their advice to the Government, (b) publish an annual report and (c) lay an annual report before Parliament; and if she will list those bodies with a statutory base. - (Holding answer 27 April 1995).
If she will list the advisory bodies she has set up in her Department since the publication of Public Bodies 1993. - The Advisory Committee on the Registration of Homeopathic Products and the Effectiveness Review of Policy on Services for Drug Misusers.
Which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have a statutory base, (b) publish their advice to government, (c) publish an annual report and (d) lay an annual report before Parliament; and if he will indicate in each instance whether this is under a statutory requirement. - List given.
If he will list those of his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which the Government is required to (a) consult prior to legislative proposals and (b) publish its response to advice from. - List given.
If she will list all information sources, including databases, detailing clinical effectiveness indicators which are (a) maintained and (b) used by the Department of Health, its public bodies and other advisory bodies; and if she will also list the forms in which these databases are maintained; which clinical effectiveness indicator datasets refer to individual episodes and to individual patients; what clinical effectiveness indicators are collated at the level of district health authorities and individual units.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for delivering 40,000 more NHS appointments per week.
Which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) hold public meetings, (b) conduct public consultation exercises, (c) conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests, (d) publish a register of members' interests, (e) publish agendas for meetings and (f) publish the minutes of meetings; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement. - List given.
If she will list the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department which are required to lay their annual reports before Parliament. - The British Pharmacopoeia Commission, the Medicines Commission and the Committee on Safety of Medicines.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to appoint a national specialty adviser to lead cross-departmental work to improve fracture liaison services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment has been made of the impact of extended waiting times to access NHS-commissioned mental health and paediatric services on the ability for young people to access support at the specialist gender services.
Which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department were listed incorrectly in the Answer given by the honourable Member for Bolton West to the honourable Member for Cannock and Burntwood on 4th May 1995, Official Report, column 276W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Colombian counterpart on sustainable access to medical services for people in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safety of talc in cosmetic products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that hospitals work with (a) homelessness support teams and (b) drug and alcohol services to establish a clear understanding of (i) addiction, (ii) managing pain relief and (iii) managing withdrawal symptoms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to reinstate the National Cancer Equality Initiative to examine inequalities in cancer care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve mental health services in the Colne Valley constituency.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to invest in health prevention in the coming years to help lesson demands on services through earlier intervention and education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve men's mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure HIV health promotion campaigns are (a) culturally appropriate and (b) effective in reaching (i) under-served and (ii) at-risk communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to work with the devolved governments to help ensure that NHS services in rural areas can attract and retain adequate numbers of staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will require Integrated Care Boards to have a dedicated focus on tackling health inequalities for inclusion health populations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to deliver a national health inequalities strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many positions in his Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such job was in each of those years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure hospital staff are trained to provide services which aim to address health inequalities, are inclusive and pay attention to the diverse experiences of people using these services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to drive innovation in meeting the health needs of people rough sleeping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the waiting lists for NHS mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to obtain contact data for those who are eligible for but not accessing the Healthy Start scheme .
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the UK responds adequately to the humanitarian crisis of the collapsed healthcare system in Gaza.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1257 on Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Public Appointments, who the decision maker is on which appointee to recommend for appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive issues on the safe usage of water-fed poles for window cleaning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help promote Urology Awareness Month in September 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve access to hospital services in rural constituencies and (b) encourage cross-county border working in rural health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people experiencing homelessness to register with a (a) GP and (b) dentist.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of prohibiting the use of the term probiotic in promotional material on public awareness of how to maintain good gut health.
Prostate Cancer: Health Education and Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of (a) prostate cancer risk factors and (b) eligibility for PSA testing of patients aged 50 and above in (i) Cornwall and (ii) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will launch a national public communications campaign ahead of winter 2024-25 on how to stay well including advice on (a) vaccinations for (i) flu and (ii) coronavirus, (b) keeping warm and (c) contacting relevant services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to increase the number of neighbourhood health services staffed by people with lived experience of homelessness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the accessibility of information (a) provided by the NHS and (b) on adult social care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he his taking to ensure the adequacy of primary care provision for pensioners in (a) City of Durham constituency and (b) County Durham in winter 2024-25.
Urinary Tract Infections: Health Education and Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of urinary tract infections (UTIs); and if he will (a) take steps to support research on the (i) diagnosis and (ii) treatment of UTIs and (b) have discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on raising awareness of UTIs in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive hold information on the number of electrocutions caused by the use of water-fed poles in window cleaning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the take up of the Healthy Start Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has shared official documents classified as official sensitive or higher with any individuals, not including Alan Milburn, who do not have an official role within his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure there is adequate healthcare provision for (a) existing and (b) new populations in (i) towns and (ii) rural areas.
Cancer: Health Services and Mortality Rates
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings in the review by Lord Darzi of Denham Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in England, published on 12 September, that (1) "cancer care lags behind other countries", and (2) "the UK has appreciably higher cancer mortality rates than other countries"
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 3109 on Health, whether she plans to use the planning system to regulate the (a) sale of hot food and (b) type of food offered by food outlets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make official documents shared with Alan Milburn available to (a) Privy Councillors on all sides of the House on Privy Council terms or (b) hon. Members.
To ask His Majesty's Government how they are promoting collaboration between the Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care on the rising number of mental health cases among children in primary school; and what meetings Health and Education ministers have had on this topic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) accessibility of online NHS health information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has shared (a) official sensitive documents and (b) documents of a higher sensitivity classification with Alan Milburn.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether equality, diversity and inclusion spending in the NHS provides value for money in relation to patients' health needs; and whether they plan to initiate a review into that spending.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle waiting lists for mental health services in Aylesbury constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to roll out open access young futures hubs for (a) children and (b) young people in (i) Aylesbury constituency and (ii) Buckinghamshire.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there are any adverse effects on humans eating animals which have routinely used antibiotics.