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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

1083523

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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, with reference to the NHS rollout of lung cancer scanning programmes, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of smoking cessation methods.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	229719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The evidence is clear that expert face-to-face support from a local stop smoking service, combined with stop smoking aids, is the most effective quitting method. People who get this support are up to four times as likely to stop smoking successfully as those who try to quit unaided. This evidence can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ncsct.co.uk/publication_Stop_smoking_services_impact_on_quitting.php" target="_blank">http://www.ncsct.co.uk/publication_Stop_smoking_services_impact_on_quitting.php</a></p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England are responsible for commissioning stop smoking services that meet the identified need in their areas and are targeted at the people who need it most.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England published the Standard Protocol for the Targeted Lung Health Check programme which says participants will be asked about their smoking habits when they attend a lung health check, and offered smoking cessation advice and treatment. This programme can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/targeted-screening-for-lung-cancer/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/targeted-screening-for-lung-cancer/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/03/2019 12:27:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1078546

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
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	Fibromyalgia
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 people with fibromyalgia.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	226750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to making sure people with long term conditions receive the personalised care and support they need.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, NHS England is taking action in range of areas to improve the care treatment and support provided to people with neurological conditions including rolling out the NHS Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care across the country, reaching 2.5 million people by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/03/2019 16:40:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1078552

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
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	Eating Disorders: 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 plans the Government has to ensure that people with eating disorders are able to access treatment and support.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	226752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring everyone with an eating disorder has access to timely treatment based on clinical need. Early intervention is crucial when helping people with an eating disorder, this is why we set up the first waiting times to improve access to eating disorders services for children and young people - so that by 2020/21 95% of children with an eating disorder will receive treatment within one week for urgent cases and within four weeks for routine cases and latest figures indicate that the National Health Service is on track to meet that standard.</p><p> </p><p>For children and young people aged between eight and 18 years, the Government is investing £150 million to expand eating disorder services and staff for 70 extended or newly established community eating disorder services. This has led to swift access to effective eating disorder treatment in the community, with the number of children and young people accessing treatment increasing from 5,243 in 2016/17 to 6,867 in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to “test four-week waiting times for adult and older adult community mental health teams, with selected local areas”. The exact scope and timelines of these pilots are yet to be finalised but we envisage that this will include testing waiting times for adult eating disorder services in those areas in receipt of new funding to expand these services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/03/2019 12:16:58 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1050560

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Room to Manoeuvre, published by Arthritis Research, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations made in that report.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	214115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>We know that aids and adaptations can greatly enhance the quality of life of people with arthritis, in addition to supporting them to be as independent as possible in their own homes. The ‘Room to Manoeuvre’ report highlights their importance and identifies areas for improvement.</p><p> </p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) supports older and disabled people, including those with arthritis, on low-incomes to adapt their homes to make them safe and suitable for their needs. Funding for the DFG had already more than doubled from £220 million in 2015-16 to £468 million in 2018-19. Autumn Budget 2018 announced an additional £55 million for 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>An independent review of the DFG - which assesses how the Grant is currently working and makes evidence-based recommendations on how it could change in the future – was published in December 2018. Together with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government we are carefully considering the review’s findings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also be publishing a Green Paper at the earliest opportunity to bring forward proposals to improve the social care system, and the role of housing will be a crucial part of considerations.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/02/2019 16:28:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1050083

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Disability: Children
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 improve the quality of health and social care services for disabled children.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	213463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan set out a range of actions to improve health outcomes for disabled children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>Over the next three years, autism diagnosis will be included alongside work with children’s mental health services to test and implement the most effective ways to reduce waiting times for specialist services.</p><p> </p><p>By 2023/24 children and young people with a learning disability or autism, with the most complex needs will have a designated keyworker.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will work with partners to allow hearing, sight and dental checks for children and young people with a learning disability, autism or both in special residential schools.</p><p> </p><p>Over the next five years, we will see the national learning disability improvement standards implemented across all services funded by the National Health Service, and by 2023/24, a digital flag in electronic patient records will ensure staff know the reasonable adjustments needed by a person with a learning disability or autism.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019/20, we will continue to fund sports and activity prostheses for children who have suffered limb loss or who have a limb deficiency.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continue to work with the Department for Education to ensure health services and social care services work together locally to deliver the best outcomes for children with a disability.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/02/2019 17:13:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1046038

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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: Children and 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 mental health support is available for children and young people diagnosed with life-limiting conditions.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	211346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that mental health support is available to all children and young people, including those diagnosed with life-limiting conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence provides national guidance on end of life care for infants, children and young people, including ensuring that infants, children and young people with a life-limiting condition and their parents or carers are given information about emotional and psychological support, including how to access it. This guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/end-of-life-care-for-people-with-life-limiting-conditions" target="_blank">https://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/end-of-life-care-for-people-with-life-limiting-conditions</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, announced that that by 2023/24 an extra 345,000 children and young people aged 0-25 will receive mental health support via National Health Service-funded mental health services. Under the Long Term Plan, mental health services will continue to receive a growing share of the NHS budget, with funding to grow by at least £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24. For the first time, funding for children and young people’s mental health services will grow faster than both overall NHS funding and total mental health spending.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the commitments set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, on 20 December we announced the first wave of 25 trailblazer sites that will test the plans set out in ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’, published in December 2017. These new plans will significantly increase the availability of mental health support to children and young people, including those with life limiting conditions.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/01/2019 17:49:23 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley