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1670240

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date	15/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cannabidiol: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish all the scientific data supporting the findings in the Joint position paper from the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) and Committee on Toxicity (COT) on establishing a provisional acceptable daily intake (ADI) for pure form (≥98%) cannabidiol (CBD) in foods, based on new evidence, which was published on 12 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	2052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The scientific data was summarised in the joint position paper from the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes and Committee on Toxicity, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://acnfp.food.gov.uk/JointpositionpaperfromACNFP%26COTonestablishingprovisionalADIforpureformCBDinfoods" target="_blank">https://acnfp.food.gov.uk/JointpositionpaperfromACNFP%26COTonestablishingprovisionalADIforpureformCBDinfoods</a></p><p>Further detailed information will be published on the Food Standards Agency’s website in safety assessments relating to the novel foods applications for cannabidiol, as required by Article 23 4 (e) of Novel Foods Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, which are in preparation.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2023 17:06:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1670261

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Stockport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to help increase access to NHS dental appointments in Stockport constituency.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	2223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>In July 2022 we announced a package of reforms to improve access to NHS dentistry, which outlined the steps we are taking to meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Stockport. The changes that have been implemented include improvements to ensure dentists are remunerated more fairly for more complex work and the introduction of a minimum Units of Dental Activity value.</p><p>From 1 April 2023 responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to all integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. ICBs are responsible for having local processes in place to identify areas of need and determine the priorities for investment.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out the steps the National Health Service and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. These include a 40% increase to dentistry undergraduate training places by 2031/32.</p><p>But we know we need to do more, and that there are some areas where access is particularly problematic. We are working on our Dentistry Recovery Plan which will address how we continue to improve access, particularly for new patients; and how we make NHS work more attractive to ensure NHS dentists are incentivised to deliver more NHS care.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2023 16:49:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1670288

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Mid Bedfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) support and (b) resources her Department provides to help GP surgeries in Mid Bedfordshire constituency to clear patient backlogs.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
uin	2237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>We published our ‘Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care’, with the goal of increasing capacity and making it easier to receive an appointment in primary care.</p><p>This will be accomplished by modernising telephone systems to help practices better match their capacity to patient demand as well as building additional capacity by diversifying the workforce to include a wider range of practitioners for patients. This will help free up GP time for more complex cases. We are also expanding community pharmacy, with the introduction of ‘Pharmacy First’. This will enable community pharmacists to manage seven common conditions including the supply of prescription-only medicines without a prescription from a GP. These proposals have the potential to release 10 million GP appointments. Pharmacy First is due to launch on 31 January 2024.</p><p>We are also investing at least £1.5 billion to create an additional 50 million general practice appointments by 2024.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2023 16:07:13 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern

1670291

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Mid Bedfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
uin	2239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>We are investing at least £1.5 billion to create an additional 50 million general practice appointments by 2024, by growing and diversifying the workforce. In the twelve months to September 2023, there were 356.6 million appointments booked across England, up by 14.8% (46.2 million) compared to the twelve months up to September 2019.</p><p>The National Health Service is clear that general practices must provide face-to-face appointments, alongside remote consultations. Patients’ input into consultation type should also be sought and their preferences for face-to-face care respected unless there are good clinical reasons to the contrary. The constituency of Mid Bedfordshire sits within the ICB of Bedfordshire Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership.</p><p>In September 2023, there were 499,000 appointments carried out. 79.7% of these appointments were face-to-face, compared to 78.2% in September 2022; this has increased by 1.5% within the year.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2023 16:50:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern

1669822

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	1960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>HIV testing and prevention is provided to local authorities in England through the public health grant, funded at £3.5 billion in 2023-2024. Through this grant, they are mandated to commission comprehensive open access to most sexual health services, including free and confidential HIV testing, and the provision of the HIV prevention drug PrEP. It is for individual local authorities to decide their spending priorities based on an assessment of local need and to commission the service lines that best suit their population.</p><p>This is further supported by national initiatives under the Government’s HIV Action Plan. As part of the Plan, NHS England is investing £20 million over three years to implement opt-out HIV testing in EDs (emergency departments) in local areas with extremely high HIV prevalence. Provisional data from NHS England indicates that the opt-out testing programme has helped to find more than 550 cases of undiagnosed or untreated HIV and more than 1,900 cases of undiagnosed or untreated hepatitis during its first year. We will be assessing all of this evidence, alongside the data on progress towards our ambitions to end new HIV transmissions and AIDS- and HIV-related deaths within England by 2030, to decide whether we further expand the programme.</p><p>The Department is also investing over £3.5million from 2021-2024 to deliver the National HIV Prevention Programme. This is a nationally co-ordinated programme of HIV prevention work, including public campaigns such as National HIV Testing Week, that is designed to complement locally commissioned prevention activities in areas of high HIV prevalence.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2023 16:56:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1669823

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase accessibility to pre-exposure prophylaxis.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	1961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The HIV Action Plan Implementation Steering Group (ISG) is developing a roadmap to help guide our efforts to improve equitable access, uptake and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to meet the needs of key populations at significant risk of HIV. This forms part of the group’s work to monitor and drive forward the implementation of the HIV Action Plan.</p><p>HIV PrEP is currently only prescribed at specialist sexual health services, but as we work towards our 2030 ambitions, we will explore opportunities for making it available in a variety of settings. The roadmap is expected to be made available by the ISG by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2023 17:01:37 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1669882

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cost of (a) public and (b) private dentistry on people's ability to access those services.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	1860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Our latest Dental Statistics Annual Report for England shows signs of improvements in people’s access to National Health Service dentistry. NHS dental activity, as measured by Courses of Treatments delivered, has increased by 23% between 2021/22 and 2022/23. Dental Statistics is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics</a></p><p>The Department has produced an Impact Assessment in respect of the uplift of National Health Service dental charges for patients in England from 24 April, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/367/impacts/2023/41" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/367/impacts/2023/41(opens in a new tab)</a></p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, and in line with our Public Sector Equality duty, the Department has also considered the impact of the change on equality and on those from disadvantaged groups.</p><p>Dental patient charges remain an important contribution to the overall NHS budget. 47.3% of courses of treatment were delivered to non-paying adults and children in 2021/22</p><p>We continue to provide financial support to those who need it most by offering exemptions to NHS dental patient charges, and support through the low-income scheme for patients who meet the eligibility criteria. Further information is available at the following NHS website:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/dentists/dental-costs/get-help-with-dental-costs/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/dentists/dental-costs/get-help-with-dental-costs/</a></p><p>No assessment has been undertaken on the impact on families who opt to access care from a private dentist.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2023 16:10:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1669921

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Lincolnshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting lists for enrolment with NHS dentists in Lincolnshire.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	1786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Patients do not routinely join National Health Service dental waiting lists and are only registered with a dental practice for a course of treatment. In July 2022 we announced a package of reforms to improve access to NHS dentistry. This included changes to banding of courses of treatments and the introduction of a minimum Units of Dental Activity value.</p><p>From 1 April 2023 responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to all integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. ICBs are responsible for identifying areas of need and determine the priorities for investment. We are working on our Dentistry Recovery Plan which will include how we continue to improve access, particularly for new patients.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2023 17:12:44 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1669977

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Easington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices in Easington constituency were accepting new NHS patients aged 18 and over in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>National Health Service dental practice profiles at NHS.UK show whether practices across England are currently accepting new patients. This information is available at the following link: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2023 15:57:43 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1669982

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress her Department has made on an NHS Dental Plan; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of such a plan on the provision of NHS dental services in (a) Pocklington, (b) Driffield, and (c) Bridlington in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	1818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>We will be publishing our Dentistry Recovery Plan shortly which will address how we continue to improve access for patients and how we make National Health Service work more attractive to ensure NHS dentists are incentivised to deliver more NHS care across England.</p><p>Since 1 April 2023 responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to all integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. ICBs are responsible for having local processes in place to identify areas of need and determine the priorities for investment.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2023 16:48:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight