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1461435

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	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	Obesity: 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 suspension of funding for weight management services, announced on 4 March 2022, whether that suspension is in respect of the £35 million additional funding provided to local authorities as part of the £100 million announced in 2021 or the entire £100 million that was announced.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>While some healthy weight programmes will continue, the reduction will include £35 million which was to be provided to local authorities for weight management services. Future funding will be subject to the normal business planning processes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 97 question first answered 16/05/2022 09:49:59 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1169147

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2020
	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	Influenza: Vaccination
	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 taking to increase the rate of take up of the flu vaccination in winter 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	1000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England launched the annual flu campaign in October 2019 to encourage uptake of flu vaccination amongst key groups. The campaign targeted pregnant women, people with underlying health conditions, and parents of two and three-year olds. The campaign, which ran until 15 December 2019, featured advertising on television, video on demand, pharmacy screens, digital display, social media, radio, and paid search, in addition to public relations and extensive partnership activity. In the run up to Christmas, NHS England and NHS Improvement extended the campaign with national press advertising.</p><p> </p><p>Local areas have also delivered a range of activities to encourage those in at risk groups to have the vaccine. To increase patient choice, adults who are eligible can also get the vaccine through their local community pharmacy. As part of its assurance process, NHS England and NHS Improvement have been working through its regional teams and clinical commissioning groups to ensure that general practices with the lowest uptake rates are contacted and action is taken to increase uptake.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/01/2020 11:51:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1461927

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	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	Hormone Replacement Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing testosterone routinely within hormone replacement therapy.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	1000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guideline on the diagnosis and management of menopause published in 2015 recommended that testosterone supplementation should be considered for menopausal women with low sexual desire if hormone replacement therapy alone is not effective. Healthcare professionals should take NICE’s guidelines fully into account in the care and treatment of individual patients. NICE is currently updating its guideline on menopause in light of new evidence and recently consulted on the draft scope of the revised guideline.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/05/2022 10:12:41 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

759372

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eyes: Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with eyesight problems or diseases in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide data on the number of people diagnosed with eyesight problems or disease diagnosis in each of the last five years given that there are many conditions and diseases of the eye, not all of which will be captured by national statistics.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/09/2017 13:28:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1547013

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Long Covid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help (a) develop treatments for and (b) reduce the level of incidence of Long Covid; and what recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of disability benefit (i) provision and (ii) eligibility for people with Long Covid.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	100009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government has invested more than £50 million in 22 research projects for Post COVID-19 Syndrome to improve understanding and treatment of the condition. We are also monitoring research being undertaken internationally. The National Institute for Health and Care Research welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including Post COVID-19 Syndrome.</p><p> </p><p>The reduction of transmission will reduce the prevalence of Post COVID-19 Syndrome, through pharmaceutical interventions such as vaccines and identifying and isolating positive cases and providing advice to the public on how to protect themselves and others. No specific assessment has been made of the adequacy of disability benefit provision and eligibility for those experiencing the long term effects of COVID-19 infection.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/12/2022 17:10:45 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 39737 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1466416

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	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	Blood 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, what estimate his Department has made of the level of funding available to the NHS to tackle waiting lists for blood cancer treatment.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	10001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>In 2021, we announced an additional £5.9 billion to support elective recovery, diagnostics and technology in the next three years. This includes £2.3 billion to increase the volume of diagnostic activity and launch community diagnostic centres to increase capacity for clinical tests, such as phlebotomy for the diagnosis of suspected blood cancers.</p><p>We have also committed an additional £15.7 billion from April 2022 to March 2025 for managing the ongoing impact of COVID-19, while reducing waiting times for elective care, including cancer treatments.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 06/06/2022 11:44:14 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1466419

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will (a) collect and (b) publish data on access by people (i) facing digital exclusion and (b) with dementia to Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	10002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p>We have no current plans to do so. However, NHS England and NHS Improvement have committed to publishing and disseminating resources on inclusive digital transformation for local services and regional teams and understand the needs of specific cohorts at increased risk of digital exclusion.</p><p>The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) dataset collects and publishes data on access by people with dementia. However, as the volume of this data is low, it is suppressed to protect patient confidentiality. NHS England and NHS Improvement aim to increase the level of data collected for IAPT Long Term Conditions services, including dementia.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 07/06/2022 13:55:25 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

759368

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prostate Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that men are able to access early prostate tests.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The National Health Service Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme (PCRMP) provides general practitioners and primary care professionals with information to counsel men who ask about prostate cancer and/or prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. Men over 50 who decide to have a PSA test based on this information can do so for free on the NHS.</p><p>The PCRMP information pack was revised and updated in March 2016 and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/prostate-cancer-risk-management-programme-overview" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/prostate-cancer-risk-management-programme-overview</a></p><p>The PCRMP has also produced information leaflets that healthcare professionals can use when discussing the test with eligible men, which are available at the following link.</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prostate-cancer-risk-management-programme-supporting-documents" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/prostate-cancer-risk-management-programme-supporting-documents</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/09/2017 13:33:03 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1466421

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	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: 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 assurances his Department has received from NHS England that the increase in provision of care in the community and remote consultations as a result of the covid-19 outbreak will not result in missed cancer diagnoses.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	10003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The National Health Service in England continued to prioritise cancer diagnosis and treatment throughout the pandemic. In March 2022, over 250,000 urgent cancer referrals were made by general practitioners in England – an increase of 70,000 compared to March 2020. With NHS England, we are increasing diagnostic capacity and connectivity by investing in more than 160 community diagnostic centres, to improve access to tests for cancer. Online consultations and telemedicine are also providing flexibility for patients.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 06/06/2022 11:47:21 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1466422

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	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: Older 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 assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of referrals of people aged over 65 to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	10004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of referrals of people aged over 65 years old to Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services. The data shows a decline in referrals from 2020/21 due to the impact of the pandemic as many people aged over 65 years old were more likely to be isolating. While complete data for 2021/22 is not yet available, the number of referrals is now increasing.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of referrals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>104,347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>105,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>74,565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22 to Quarter 3</p></td><td><p>72,717</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Psychological Therapies, Annual Reports on the use of IAPT services, NHS Digital</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 07/06/2022 14:24:27 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore