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1137795

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	NHS: WiFi
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 ensure that NHS wifi is rolled out to every (a) general practitioner practice and (b) community, mental health and acute NHS trust in Nottinghamshire.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	275243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital has advised that both Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust offer a free WiFi service. 97% (143 out of 147) general practitioner (GP) practices in Nottinghamshire offer a free WiFi service. NHS Digital is supporting Bassetlaw Clinical Commissioning Group in enabling the remaining 4 GP practices to implement free WiFi services by September 2019. All community, mental health and acute trusts in Nottinghamshire are live with NHS WiFi services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/07/2019 14:14:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1136892

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
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	Pregnancy: Smoking
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 steps he has taken to help reduce the number of women smoking during pregnancy.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	273483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government committed to reducing the prevalence of women smoking during pregnancy to 6% or less by 2022. The NHS Long Term Plan makes provision for smoking cessation support to all pregnant women and their families in secondary care, and this includes a new smoke-free pregnancy pathway with focused sessions and treatments. In addition, Public Health England continues to work collaboratively with NHS England on the Maternity Transformation Programme to reduce the number of pregnant women who smoke.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 12/07/2019 12:06:03 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1131292

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Mental Health Services: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money each Clinical Commissioning Group in the East Midlands allocated to mental health services in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	263241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Information on how much money each clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocates to specific service area, for example, mental health services, is not collected centrally. It is for individual CCGs to determine budgets for mental health services based on their populations’ needs.</p><p>The Mental Health Investment Standard (MHIS) requires CCGs to increase investment in mental health services in line with overall increase in funding.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/06/2019 16:38:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1130116

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Arthritis: Diagnosis
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 steps his Department has taken to improve early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	260723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guidance ‘Rheumatoid Arthritis in Adults: management’, updated in 2018, sets out best practice on the diagnosis, treatment, care support of people living with the condition. The guidance emphasises the need for early diagnosis, with urgent referral to a specialist rheumatologist on suspicion of rheumatoid arthritis. This is because treatment at an early stage can halt progression of disease.</p><p>The full guidance can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng100/resources/rheumatoid-arthritis-in-adults-management-pdf-66141531233989" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng100/resources/rheumatoid-arthritis-in-adults-management-pdf-66141531233989</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 12:47:28 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1129345

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to provide capital investment to projects in the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	259443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>East Midlands is not a boundary formally defined by the National Health Service. The majority of NHS capital investment is self-funded by individual NHS providers. In addition, providers can also apply for sustainability and transformation partnership (STP) capital funding.</p><p>£608 million of STP capital has been awarded to 29 schemes across the NHS in the Midlands. The full amount of available STP capital funding (£2.9 billion), covering the six-year period from 2017-18 to 2022-23, has now been committed to those successful schemes announced.</p><p>In the Spending Review later this year, the Government will consider proposals from the NHS for a multi-year capital plan to support the transformation plans outlined in the Long Term Plan.</p><p>The decisions of the Spending Review will in part depend on the overall priorities for future capital across a range of policy areas and identifying where the funds will have the greatest impact for patients.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 11/06/2019 16:01:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1127955

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Diabetes: Mental 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, what steps his Department is taking to support the mental health of people who have diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	257141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to improving access to mental health services to all sections of the population in England, including those with diabetes.</p><p>On 21 March 2018 NHS England and NHS Improvement along with the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health published 'The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Pathway for People with Long Term Health Conditions and Medically Unexplained Symptoms'. This provides advice to clinical commissioning groups on how to ensure that Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services provide people with such conditions with the same access to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-recommended psychological therapies as other people.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 29/05/2019 14:10:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1125432

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
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	Huntington's Disease
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 help raise awareness of Huntington's disease.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	252093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>Huntington’s disease is a rare inherited progressive disorder that causes motor, cognitive, and psychiatric signs and symptoms.</p><p>The United Kingdom Rare Disease Strategy, published in 2013, is a high-level framework committed to raising awareness about all rare diseases, such as Huntington’s disease, and sets out a strategic vision for improving the lives of all those affected.</p><p>Steps to increase awareness of rare conditions are being taken through the implementation of the Strategy. The Department published an update to its implementation plan to achieve the commitments in the Strategy in England on 27 February 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 17/05/2019 12:38:11 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1123356

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
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	Lung Cancer: 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 he is taking to raise awareness of lung cancer among people that have never smoked cigarettes.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	248070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) continues to run awareness campaigns focused on the symptoms of lung cancer where the messaging is relevant to both smokers and non-smokers.</p><p>For example, the PHE Be Clear on Cancer ‘Respiratory Symptoms’ campaign encourages those with a persistent cough or inappropriate breathlessness to visit their doctor, with the aim of improving earlier diagnosis of heart and lung disease, including lung cancer. The campaign has run twice nationally, in 2016 and 2017. This campaign can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/be-clear-on-cancer" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/be-clear-on-cancer</a></p><p>The precursor to this campaign centred on one main symptom, that of a persistent cough, as a possible symptom of lung cancer. This lung cancer campaign ran nationally three times, in 2012, 2013 and 2014.</p><p>The Be Clear on Cancer campaign materials, explain that although lung cancer is more common in smokers, those who have never smoked can also get the disease, including details of the number of people diagnosed with lung cancer each year. The leaflet is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/46/resources/1744" target="_blank">https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/46/resources/1744</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 247983 question first answered 07/05/2019 16:45:40 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1110370

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Silicosis: Diagnosis
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 he has made of advances in the abilities of medical practitioners to diagnose silicosis.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	242254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to working in partnership with its arm’s length bodies, agencies and wider government to improve the lives of those with lung disease, including silicosis.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2019 the Department published the NHS Long Term Plan, announcing its ambition to improve outcomes for those with respiratory disease to match, or exceed, our international counterparts.</p><p> </p><p>The Long Term Plan includes commitments to expand access to programmes that support earlier diagnosis of silicosis: from 2019, the National Health Service will build on the existing NHS RightCare programme to reduce variation in the quality of spirometry testing. This will also include the expansion of the pioneering lung health checks trialled in Manchester and Liverpool and help detect a variety of conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease which can be caused by exposure to silica dust.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 February 2019, NHS England announced that Targeted Lung Health Checks will be one of the first projects to roll out following the launch of the Long Term Plan.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 12/04/2019 14:10:51 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1092091

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Smoking: 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 15 March 2019 to Question 229719, what the most effective smoking cessation aids are; and what steps the Government is taking to promote those aids.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	234775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>There is a range of effective stop smoking treatments available in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Licensed nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), particularly different products used in combination, increases the rate of quitting by 50% to 60%. The research findings are available in a report at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000146.pub5/full" target="_blank">https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000146.pub5/full</a></p><p> </p><p>The prescription medicine Bupropion has similar efficacy to NRT, and Varenicline increases the chances of long-term quitting success between two and three times compared to a quit attempt without the use of a stop smoking aid. The research findings are available in a report at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000031.pub4/abstract" target="_blank">https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000031.pub4/abstract</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006103.pub7/full" target="_blank">https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006103.pub7/full</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:17:33 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley