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1713924

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	GP Practice Lists: Lancaster and Wyre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the GP to patient ratio in Wyre.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	23755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>In March 2024, the median general practice patient ratio in Wyre was 5.1 full time equivalent doctors in general practice per 10,000 registered patients.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2024 08:22:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1713940

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Drugs: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how she is monitoring deaths from synthetic drugs.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	23763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department has a longstanding surveillance system in place to collect information on the nature and location of novel drug use and drug markets, and receives reports alerting us to harms experienced. Work is ongoing to improve drug surveillance on synthetic opioids, through development of an early warning system which will include new data feeds, such as ambulance call-out data.</p><p>For surveillance purposes, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities reconciles local and regional reports received via our drug alerts system, with police force reports received by the National Crime Agency, to arrive at an agreed figure for recent nitazene deaths. Statistics on the number of deaths related to other synthetic drugs are reported by the Office for National Statistics, and will be published in its annual report on the number of deaths related to drug poisoning.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2024 08:25:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1713946

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Drugs: Music Festivals
	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 she is taking to prevent deaths from (a) synthetic drugs and (b) any other drugs at festivals in summer 2024.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	23769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department is planning to write, jointly with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, to local authorities, Directors of Public Health, and police forces and their partners, to provide planning advice for festivals over the summer. The guidance included in this letter will help minimise the risk of harm to individuals around such events, and will include specific reference to synthetic drugs.</p><p>The Government recognises the potential harm reduction benefits of back-of-house drug checking facilities (DCFs) within this type of event. Back-of-house DCFs are those which test surrendered or confiscated drugs, but do not return the drugs to the individual or give individualised information on the content of the drugs, to avoid sending a message that taking any illegal drug can be safe. Instead, they enable localised public alerts if toxic or extremely dangerous drugs are detected. Organisations wishing to deliver back-of-house DCFs will need to apply for a Home Office licence and operate responsibly, in line with Government policy, to ensure that they discourage drug use and signpost potential users to treatment and support.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2024 08:28:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1713950

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Drugs: Misuse
	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 she is taking to help ensure that synthetic drug users receive the correct care.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	23770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that anyone with a drug dependency can access the help and support they need. For those using opiates, treatment is the safest place to be. The Government is investing an additional £780 million over the three years to 2024/25, the largest ever single increase in treatment and recovery funding in England, to create a world-class treatment and recovery system. We are investing £532 million to improve drug and alcohol treatment, and recovery services specifically. This funding is in addition to the Public Health Grant, and will grow the capacity and quality of the drug treatment system.</p><p>We are working with an expert clinical group to review the treatment for opioid dependence, including synthetic opioids. However, the current view is that whether or not drugs are synthetic is unlikely to affect the treatment and care that is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2024 08:40:19 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1714564

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	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	Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with the Leader of the House on the provision of parliamentary time for a vote on the proposed World Health Organisation treaty on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	23979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>Parliamentary scheduling is a matter for the Business Managers. The Leader of the House will continue to announce business in the usual way, and discussions with the Leader may take place in due course if needed.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/05/2024 08:08:27 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1714674

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2024 to Question 23061 on Cancer: Health Services, what steps she is taking to ensure that NHS trusts have sufficient cancer treatment capacity to adequately support the number of people that are being diagnosed.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	24160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has allocated an additional £8 billion across this Spending Review period, to increase capacity and support elective recovery. Cancer treatment levels are at a record high, with approximately 345,000 people having received their first cancer treatment in the twelve months to February 2024.</p><p>As outlined in the 2024/25 NHS England Planning Guidance, NHS England is providing over £266 million in cancer service development funding to Cancer Alliances, to support the delivery of the operational priorities for cancer.</p><p>We are expanding capacity through our community diagnostic centres (CDCs), supported by £2.3 billion of capital funding, with 160 CDCs currently operational and having delivered almost 8 million additional tests, checks, and scans, including vital cancer checks.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/05/2024 08:02:12 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1713136

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 18 March 2024 from the hon. Members for Tooting, Putney, Wimbledon, Mitcham and Morden, Richmond Park and Twickenham on children's cancer services in the South East.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	23260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>We have received the hon. Members’ correspondence of 18 March, and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 02/05/2024 10:10:05 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 31240 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1713409

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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	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, what steps she is taking to help ensure equitable provision of Hormone Replacement Therapy for women.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	23482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The menopause is a priority area within the Women’s Health Strategy, and the Government and National Health Service are implementing an ambitious programme of work to improve menopause care, so all women can access the support they need, including hormone replacement therapy (HRT).</p><p>We have reduced the cost of HRT prescriptions through the HRT prescription prepayment certificate (PPC), which enables women who pay for their prescriptions to pay less than £20 for all their HRT prescriptions for a year. In the first year, 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, 566,042 HRT PPCs have been purchased.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 02/05/2024 14:35:27 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1713512

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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	Autism: Lancashire
	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 her Department has to (a) expand and (b) improve autism services in (i) Lancashire and (ii) Preston for (A) adults and (B) children.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	23391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including services to support autistic people, in line with relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.</p><p>Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB advises that it is currently reviewing its all-age autism pathway, and is in the initial stages of completing consultations with system partners and stakeholders. The ICB is aiming to complete the review, and proposals for a future pathway for 2025/26, by the end of this calendar year. In addition to this work, the ICB is reviewing the service specifications in place for the keyworker team, specialist autism team, and forensic autism team with the local provider, to ensure that the commissioned offer reflects the current needs of their population.</p><p>Nationally, we are taking steps to improve autism services. NHS England published a national framework and operational guidance for autism assessment services on 5 April 2023. These documents are intended to help the National Health Service improve autism assessment services, and improve the experience for adults and children who are going through an autism assessment. They also set out what support should be available before an assessment, and what support should follow a recent diagnosis of autism.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently updating the Autism Act Statutory Guidance to support the NHS and local authorities to deliver improved outcomes for autistic people. This will include setting out what NHS organisations and local authorities must and should be doing to support autistic people.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 02/05/2024 14:39:30 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1713879

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	CJD: 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 she has made of the reliability of diagnostic testing of blood samples for vCJD.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	23782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Clinical diagnostic testing for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) is provided by the National Health Service, but there is currently no licensed blood screening test for vCJD, although there is ongoing research in this field. The National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit is involved in developing specialist investigations for vCJD, in collaboration with colleagues in Europe and internationally, with further information available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 02/05/2024 14:30:18 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake