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1177395

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Menopause
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 his Department is taking to ensure (a) all health care practitioners are trained in menopause and (b) that menopause guidance is introduced into workplaces in England.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	14605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>To help ensure women receive the best possible care, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of menopause in November 2015. This set out the support, information and treatments needed to address the often debilitating symptoms that women suffer.</p><p>The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of General Practitioners also have important roles to play in relation to awareness of, and clinical practice relating to, menopause. Recently in December 2019, the RCOG published ‘Better for Women’ which calls for a life course approach and includes a focus on general health during and after the menopause.</p><p>We encourage employers to rise to the challenge by creating supportive and flexible ways to help those living with these conditions.</p><p>Whilst curricula for training healthcare professionals do not necessarily highlight specific conditions for them to be aware of, they do emphasise the skills and approaches that professionals must develop in order to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/02/2020 10:24:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Baroness Harman

1177430

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Home Care Services: Storms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of Storm Ciara on the provision of home care in (a) Nottingham North constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	14792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/02/2020 14:32:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1177486

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Dementia: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	14721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>We have no plans to publish an implementation plan for the review of the Challenge on Dementia 2020.</p><p>We will be setting out our plans on dementia for England for the period 2020-2025 later this year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/02/2020 14:29:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1177064

registered interest
date	07/02/2020
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Offshore Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	14006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Ministers and Civil Servants must uphold the standards of conduct as set out in the Ministerial and Civil Service Code respectively, as well as the seven principles of public life.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/02/2020 10:25:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1176779

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Air Pollution: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	13503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department invests over £1 billion a year in health research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR supports a broad spectrum of research on the health effects of air pollution through the Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in the Health Impact of Environmental Hazards at King’s College London and the HPRU in Environmental Change and Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The NIHR also funds relevant research through its Public Health Research Programme, including an investigation on the impact of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone on children’s respiratory health.</p><p>The Department identifies priorities for research into air pollution using recommendations from the Committee on Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) and Public Health England (PHE). It also commissions PHE and COMEAP to review and conduct such research.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/02/2020 16:06:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1176846

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Autism: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2020 to Question 6150 on autism: diagnosis, how his Department monitors the autism diagnosis process in the absence of data relating to waiting times for diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	13602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department recognises the importance of timely and effective diagnosis processes and that is why we have introduced the first ever collection and reporting of autism waiting times data.</p><p>On 14 November 2019, NHS Digital published statistics that present the number of new referrals to mental health services for which the referral reason was suspected autism, as well as their waiting times to first appointment. These are experimental statistics and have been published by NHS Digital to involve users and stakeholders in the future development of the data, including work to improve the quality of the data. The data is intended to give average time to diagnosis, but it will take some time before that information is ready for publication. The data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/autism-statistics/autism-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/autism-statistics/autism-statistics</a></p><p>In addition, the NHS Long Term Plan has set out that over the next three years, autism diagnosis will be included alongside work with children and young people’s mental health services to test and implement the most effective ways to reduce waiting times for specialist services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/02/2020 16:10:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1176333

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Carers
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 his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Carers' Action Plan 2018-20; and what plans he has to extend that plan.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	12875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on 4 February 2020 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-01-27/8279/" target="_blank">8279</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/02/2020 14:08:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1176334

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Carers: Young People
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 his Department has made of the effectiveness of the care for young carers package delivered by GP practices.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	12876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on 4 February 2020 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-01-27/8280/" target="_blank">8280</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/02/2020 14:13:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1176401

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Carer's Assessment
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 he is taking to (a) reduce waiting times for carer's assessments and (b) improve the tailoring of support for carers after an assessment.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	12991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/02/2020 16:07:21 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1176402

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Carers: Health
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 he is taking to improve support for the health and wellbeing of (a) young and (b) other carers.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	12992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting carers to provide care as they would wish, and to do so in a way that supports their own health and wellbeing and other life chances.</p><p>In June 2018 we published the cross-Government Carers Action Plan (CAP) 2018-2020 which includes commitments from across Government to support the health and wellbeing of all carers. The CAP includes a chapter containing actions specifically relating to young carers.</p><p>In July 2019 we published the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020-1-year-progress-review" target="_blank">Carers action plan 2018 to 2020: 1-year progress review’</a> to demonstrate the progress the CAP had made so far and plan to publish a final report this summer following the conclusion of the CAP.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/02/2020 16:11:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron