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1731472

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date	04/10/2024
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	Prostate Cancer: Colne Valley
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 improve prostate cancer (a) screening and (b) awareness in Colne Valley constituency.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	7282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>Screening for prostate cancer is currently not recommended by the UK National Screening Committees. This is because of the inaccuracy of the current best test, the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-based screening programme could harm men, as some of them would be diagnosed with a cancer that would not have caused them problems during their life. This would lead to additional tests and treatments which can also have harmful side effects.</p><p>NHS England runs Help Us Help You campaigns to increase knowledge of cancer symptoms, address barriers to acting on them to encourage people to come forward as soon as possible to see their general practitioner. The campaigns focus on a range of symptoms as well as encouraging ‘body awareness’ to help people spot symptoms across a wide range of cancers at an earlier point.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 14/10/2024 11:38:26 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5317

1731517

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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: Men
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 (a) raise awareness of and (b) tackle stigma associated with (i) loneliness and (ii) mental health challenges among men.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	7298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>Raising awareness of loneliness across society and reducing the associated stigma for all groups at risk of loneliness, including men, is a core part of the Government’s current approach to tackling loneliness. This includes providing loneliness advice as part of the Better Health: Every Mind Matters campaign.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Support is also supporting organisations which can play a role in reducing loneliness stigma amongst men through the tackling loneliness hub, an online platform that connects professionals from across sectors working to reduce loneliness.</p><p>Men with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they need, which is why we will ensure we give mental health the same attention and focus as physical health so that men can be confident of accessing high quality mental health support when they need it. We will modernise the Mental Health Act and we will recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers to reduce delays, provide faster treatment and help ease pressure on busy mental health services.</p><p>We have committed to tackling suicide as one of the biggest killers of men and, as part of this, the new mental health workers will be specially trained to support people at risk of suicide.</p><p>We will also continue to work with the wide range of voluntary community and social enterprise organisations such as Men’s Sheds, ANDYSMANCLUB and the Campaign Against Living Miserably which play such an important role in supporting men at risk of mental ill health and suicide.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 17/10/2024 15:35:02 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5317

1731540

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation
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 take steps to ensure that vision rehabilitation services are subject to the same (a) regulation and (b) monitoring as other adult social care services.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	7299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities in England have a legal duty to support people with sight loss to develop practical skills and strategies to maintain independence.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is now assessing how local authorities are meeting the full range of their duties under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014. These assessments identify local authorities’ strengths and areas for development, facilitating the sharing of good practice and helping us to target support where it is most needed. This will also facilitate the development of national standards as part of our steps towards creating a National Care Service.</p><p>Therefore, although CQC is not currently required to assess vision rehabilitation services as regulated activities under Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, sensory services, including vision rehabilitation, do form part of CQC’s overall assessment of local authorities’ delivery of adult social care. In that context, CQC will report on sensory services when there is something important to highlight, for example, something being done well, innovative practice or an area for improvement.</p><p>Our new Client Level Data collection requires local authorities to collect person-level information covering most of their activity under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014. Information on visual impairments is voluntary at this stage, but this will be kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 14/10/2024 08:54:30 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5317

1731541

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation
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 making vision rehabilitation specialists a regulated profession.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	7300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>We do not currently have plans to regulate vision rehabilitation specialists.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 14/10/2024 13:05:54 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5317

1731542

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation
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 plans to take to improve the integration of services between secondary and social care settings to ensure a seamless route into vision rehabilitation.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	7301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department understands the importance of having effective rehabilitation services available when people need them to help them recover and return to their day-to-day activities and regain their quality of life.</p><p>People who have sight loss to the degree they are certified as blind or partially sighted will receive a certificate of visual impairment (CVI). With the patient’s permission the CVI form is shared with a person’s local authority to help facilitate access to social care support. In accordance with the Care and support statutory guidance, local authorities should offer to carry out a needs assessment with a view to providing a care and support plan aimed at meeting any identified needs. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-act-statutory-guidance/care-and-support-statutory-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-act-statutory-guidance/care-and-support-statutory-guidance</a></p><p>Statutory integrated care systems are partnerships of organisations which come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services. An integrated approach to person-centred care can enable a seamless route for patients coming out of hospital into social care. This helps to make sure people get the right support from health and social care services to return home as soon as possible, including patients requiring vision rehabilitation.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 14/10/2024 08:50:44 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5317

1731543

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for implementing the proposed changes to (a) vision rehabilitation services and (b) professional recognition.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	7302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>We do not currently have plans to regulate Vision Rehabilitation Specialists. The Care Act guidance advises that local authorities should consider securing specialist qualified rehabilitation and assessment provision, whether in-house, or contracted through a third party, to ensure that the needs of people with sight loss are correctly identified and their independence maximised.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 14/10/2024 09:27:49 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5317

1731565

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Shortages
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 help ensure that local solutions to manage shortages of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy are shared nationally.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	7304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department has been working with suppliers to address current supply issues with Creon, which is used by patients with conditions such as cystic fibrosis and certain cancers including pancreatic cancer. The supply issues with Creon are impacting countries throughout Europe and have been caused by limited availability of raw ingredients and manufacturing capacity constraints to produce volumes needed to meet demand. These issues have resulted in knock-on supply disruptions of alternative pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy medications. The Department is continuing to work with all suppliers of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy to help resolve the supply issues in the short and longer term. This includes asking that they expedite deliveries, source stock from other markets, and increase production.</p><p>The supplier of Creon has advised that they expect to have regular supplies released each month going forward and are working to increase the quantities released. Serious Shortage Protocols are in place for Creon 10,000 and 25,000 capsules which pharmacists can use to restrict supply to one month at a time to ensure more patients have access to it whilst stock is limited.</p><p>We have worked closely with colleagues in NHS England to issue comprehensive guidance to healthcare professionals about these supply issues and encourage sharing of local solutions. The guidance provides advice on how to manage patients whilst there is disruption to supply and is being kept under review, with updates made as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 5884 7107 7179 question first answered 11/10/2024 08:43:04 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5317

1731566

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Pancreatic Cancer
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 has taken to improve awareness of the hereditary risk of pancreatic cancer.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	7305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>NHS England is taking steps to deliver a range of interventions to improve awareness of the hereditary risk of pancreatic cancer. This includes providing a route into pancreatic cancer surveillance for those at inherited high-risk, to identify lesions before they develop into cancer. Through local Cancer Alliances, NHS England is working to spread knowledge across NHS providers about hereditary pancreatic cancer risks.</p><p>NHS England is working with Pancreatic Cancer UK to develop a public-facing Family History Checker, which enables people, and their families affected by pancreatic cancer, to self-assess if they have inherited risk. People identified at risk are referred directly to European Registry of Hereditary Pancreatic Diseases research trail, which aims to understand inherited conditions of the pancreas. Referrals to the trail can be made by any healthcare professional across all health sectors, or by individuals via self-referral.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 14/10/2024 11:37:09 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5317

1731568

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Cancer
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 potential merits of developing a specific Action Plan for (a) cancers of the (i) brain, (ii) liver, (iii) lung, (iv) stomach, (v) oesophagus and (vi) pancreas and (b) other less survivable cancers.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	7306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>Lord Darzi’s report has set out the scale of the challenges we face in fixing the National Health Service, and the need to improve cancer waiting time performance and cancer survival. The report will inform the Government’s 10-Year Health Plan to reform the NHS, including further detail on how we will improve outcomes for cancer, including less survivable cancers.</p><p>The Government’s Health Mission aims to reduce lives lost to the biggest killers, including cancer, and we recognise the importance of tackling less survivable cancers as part of that Mission.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 14/10/2024 16:33:41 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5317

1729037

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
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	Cancer: 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, whether he is taking steps to reinstate the National Cancer Equality Initiative to examine inequalities in cancer care.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	5523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2024 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to reinstate the National Cancer Equality Initiative. Making improvements across different cancer types is critical to reducing inequalities in cancer survival. Early cancer diagnosis is also a specific priority within the National Health Service’s wider Core20Plus5 approach to reducing healthcare inequalities.</p><p>We recognise there are particular challenges for a number of different populations, particularly for people living in the most deprived areas of the country. As part of our wider strategy on early diagnosis, we are directly targeting our activity at areas we know will make a difference. This includes awareness raising campaigns such as the NHS Help Us, Help You campaign, to increase awareness of cancer symptoms and encourage people to get checked.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 08/10/2024 13:53:08 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5317