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1124923

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date	07/05/2019
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	Hospitals: Infectious Diseases
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 20 March 2019 to Question 231466 on Hospitals: Infectious Diseases, whether work of Public Health England will also include as assessment of the effect of changes to ophthalmic surgical practice on trends in the level of risk of infection rates in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	251326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England does not currently include ophthalmic surgery as part of mandatory or voluntary surveillance of surgical site infections.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/05/2019 16:24:36 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1124938

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Health Education: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department is making on producing a public information campaign to educate the general public on the health impacts of air pollution, particularly in instances of moderate or high pollution episodes.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	251250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are exploring whether social marketing can assist in awareness-raising about air pollution.</p><p>The Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) is planning a national-level campaign to support Clean Air Zones (CAZ) from summer 2019. This will raise awareness of the risks presented by high concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and the implementation of charging CAZ. It will also promote long-term behaviour change by encouraging the public to change travel habits and reduce NO2 emissions.</p><p>The JAQU has also provided a CAZ communications toolkit to support local authorities in their local communications work. It contains key messages, frequently asked questions, useful statistics, infographics and other content to ensure a consistent approach is taken to raising awareness and to encourage drivers to consider alternative options in terms of travel and vehicle choice.</p><p>Defra is developing a communication strategy on domestic combustion for launch before the next winter burning season.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/05/2019 16:30:01 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1125002

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Maternity Services: Vacancies
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 address staff shortages in maternity units; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	251226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Health Education England released its strategy to increase the numbers of staff working in maternity services within the Maternity Workforce Strategy. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/maternity/maternity-workforce-transformation-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/maternity/maternity-workforce-transformation-strategy</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2019 16:21:14 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1125046

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Mental Health Services: Children
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 children have waited for over six months for mental health treatment following a referral in West Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	251237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>This data is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2019 16:21:25 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1125047

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Mental Health Services: 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 steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children receiving initial mental health treatment in West Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	251238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Protecting our children’s mental health is a priority for this Government and a core part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The National Health Service has set a goal of an extra 345,000 children and young people, aged 0-25, receiving support via NHS-funded mental health services by 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>Close to 325,000 children and young people have been treated through NHS commissioned community services in 2017/18. We are on track to deliver the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health’s commitment to improve care and extend access to 70,000 more children and young people by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The recent ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a Green Paper’ aims to improve provision of support for all children and young people through its three key proposals:</p><p>- Incentivising every school/college to identify and train Designated Senior Lead for Mental Health;</p><p>- Creating new Mental Health Support Teams in/around schools; and</p><p>- Piloting a four-week waiting time for specialist NHS services.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups in West Yorkshire are responsible for ensuring adequate access to mental health treatment locally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2019 16:26:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1125069

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Sugar: Consumption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the publication of the sugar reduction progress report by Public Health England.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	251273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is responsible for overseeing the Sugar Reduction and Wider Reformulation Programme on behalf of the Government. PHE is planning to publish the second-year progress report for the sugar reduction programme at the end of summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/05/2019 16:27:48 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1125080

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of clearing a medical students student debt in return for that student committing to long-term work in GP offices.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	251404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to assess the potential merits of clearing a medical student's debt in return for that student committing to long-term work in general practitioner offices in England.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/05/2019 16:23:20 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon