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1674020

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	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	General Practitioners: Standards
	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 she has made of the average waiting times for GP appointments in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	4445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Information on the approximate length of time between appointments being booked and taking place is not held at constituency or city level. The following table shows the percentage of appointments taking place on the same day as booking and within two weeks of booking for England and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Midlands region in each of the last three years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Appointments - 12 months from November to October</p></td><td><p>National - Percentage of appointments occuring on the same day of booking</p></td><td><p>ONS Midlands Region - Percentage of appointments occuring on the same day of booking</p></td><td><p>National - Appointments occuring within two weeks of booking</p></td><td><p>ONS Midlands Region - Appointments occuring within two weeks of booking</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2020 - October 2021</p></td><td><p>45.2%</p></td><td><p>47.2%</p></td><td><p>88.6%</p></td><td><p>88.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2021 - October 2022</p></td><td><p>43.8%</p></td><td><p>45.8%</p></td><td><p>85.1%</p></td><td><p>85.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2022 - October 2023</p></td><td><p>43.1%</p></td><td><p>44.7%</p></td><td><p>82.5%</p></td><td><p>82.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/12/2023 16:10:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1665334

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	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	NHS: 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 recent estimate he has made of the number of NHS workforce vacancies in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and what steps he is taking to fill such vacancies in those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	202993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>NHS England publishes vacancy statistics for England on a quarterly basis. These present the difference between funded establishment posts and those filled by substantive staff. They do not indicate where vacancies are currently filled with temporary staffing and therefore do not equate to unfilled shifts.</p><p>The statistics are published at a national and a regional level. The data does not allow a differentiation between West and East Midlands. Data is also not available by city; however, NHS England has published trust level vacancy rates for March 2023.</p><p>The latest statistics show that as of June 2023, there are 125,572 full time equivalent (FTE) vacancies across National Health Service trusts in England, representing a rate of 8.9%. For NHS trusts in the Midlands, there are 23,639 FTE vacancies, also representing a rate of 8.9%. As of March 2023, the vacancy rate for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, was 6.3%.</p><p>The NHS published the Long Term Workforce Plan in June this year, backed by over £2.4 billion over the next five years to fund additional education and training places. The Long Term Workforce Plan will double medical school training places to 15,000 by 2031, increase the number of general practitioner training places by 50% to 6,000 by 2031 and almost double the number of adult nurse training places by 2031, with around 58,000 nurse and midwife training places a year by 2031/32.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/10/2023 11:29:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1665339

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	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	Endometriosis: Medical Treatments
	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 the adequacy of treatment provision for people with endometriosis.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	202995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. Menstrual health and gynaecological conditions, including endometriosis, is a priority in the Women’s Health Strategy. We are investing £25 million in women’s health hubs, so that women can get better access to care for menstrual problems, including women with suspected or diagnosed endometriosis.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is in the process of updating its recommendations on diagnosing endometriosis and surgical management of endometriosis if fertility is a priority. NICE will provide information on the expected publication date of its final guidance in due course.</p><p>Additionally, NHS England is updating the service specification for severe endometriosis, which defines the expected standards of care. This update will ensure that specialist endometriosis services have access to the most up-to-date evidence and advice and will improve standards of care for women with severe endometriosis.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 24/10/2023 10:06:55 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1661953

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	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	Dental 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 (a) financial and (b) other steps his Department is taking to increase access to NHS dentistry in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	200466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>In July 2022, we announced a package of reforms to improve access to National Health Service dentistry, which outlined the steps we are taking to meet oral health need and increase access to dental care. The changes that have been implemented include improvements to ensure dentists are remunerated more fairly for more complex work.</p><p>From 1 April 2023, responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to all integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. ICBs are responsible for having local processes in place to involve patient groups, and for undertaking oral health needs assessments, to identify areas of need and determine the priorities for investment. Coventry and Warwickshire ICB has proposals that include remobilisation of some dental activity and procurement of new services. The West Midlands ICB has increased investment through various initiatives to support recovery of NHS dental services.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out the steps the National Health Service and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. These include a 40% increase to dentistry undergraduate training places by 2031/32.</p><p>But we know we need to do more, and that there are some areas where access is particularly problematic. We are working on our Dentistry Recovery Plan which will address how we continue to improve access, particularly for new patients; and how we make NHS work more attractive to ensure NHS dentists are incentivised to deliver more NHS care.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 17/10/2023 09:31:52 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1661249

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	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	NHS: Abuse and Crimes of Violence
	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 trends in the level of (a) verbal abuse and (b) physical attacks experienced by NHS staff in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England in each of the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to protect NHS staff in those areas from such abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	199989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>We do not currently have a national mechanism to capture and report incidents of violence and aggression in the National Health Service, as data is held at a local level.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Staff Survey does ask questions relating to incidences of violence, harassment, and abuse. The 2022 NHS Staff Survey indicated that 14.7% of NHS staff have self-reported that they had experienced at least one incident of physical violence from patients, service users, relatives, or other members of the public in the last 12 months. In addition, 27.8% of NHS staff who completed the survey experience at least one incident of harassment, bullying or abuse in the last 12 months from patients/service users, their relatives, or members of the public. This figure is broadly consistent across previous years. Data extracted from the Staff Survey is provided below for England, Coventry and the West Midlands.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the extracted data from the Staff Survey for England, Coventry and the West Midlands relating to Question 13a (‘In the last 12 months how many times have you personally experienced physical violence at work from: Patients / service users, their relatives or other members of the public?):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>14.8%</p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td><td><p>14.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>13.9%</p></td><td><p>15.3%</p></td><td><p>15.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>21.6%</p></td><td><p>18.6%</p></td><td><p>20.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td><td><p>9.7%</p></td><td><p>11.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>8.4%</p></td><td><p>6.4%</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>16.2%</p></td><td><p>14.1%</p></td><td><p>14.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>15.0%</p></td><td><p>14.3%</p></td><td><p>14.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>14.8%</p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td><td><p>12.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>15.2%</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td><td><p>15.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>13.4%</p></td><td><p>11.9%</p></td><td><p>11.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>10.5%</p></td><td><p>9.9%</p></td><td><p>9.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>17.3%</p></td><td><p>19.0%</p></td><td><p>20.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>5.8%</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td><td><p>6.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>11.6%</p></td><td><p>12.4%</p></td><td><p>10.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>12.0%</p></td><td><p>12.9%</p></td><td><p>13.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>13.0%</p></td><td><p>14.1%</p></td><td><p>14.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td><td><p>8.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>10.1%</p></td><td><p>11.3%</p></td><td><p>12.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>14.3%</p></td><td><p>13.8%</p></td><td><p>12.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>13.9%</p></td><td><p>15.3%</p></td><td><p>15.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td><td><p>14.3%</p></td><td><p>16.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>12.2%</p></td><td><p>14.3%</p></td><td><p>14.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>36.3%</p></td><td><p>37.4%</p></td><td><p>35.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>12.6%</p></td><td><p>13.4%</p></td><td><p>12.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wye Valley NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>13.4%</p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td><td><p>11.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the extracted data from the Staff Survey for England, Coventry and the West Midlands relating to Question 14a (‘In the last 12 months how many times have you personally experienced harassment, bullying or abuse at work from patients/service users, their relatives or other members of the public?’):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>27.0%</p></td><td><p>27.7%</p></td><td><p>27.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>27.4%</p></td><td><p>29.8%</p></td><td><p>29.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>20.0%</p></td><td><p>15.5%</p></td><td><p>17.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>22.7%</p></td><td><p>23.9%</p></td><td><p>25.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>24.0%</p></td><td><p>24.7%</p></td><td><p>23.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>27.0%</p></td><td><p>26.1%</p></td><td><p>26.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>22.9%</p></td><td><p>26.0%</p></td><td><p>23.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>26.1%</p></td><td><p>25.6%</p></td><td><p>24.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20.0%</p></td><td><p>23.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>26.6%</p></td><td><p>26.7%</p></td><td><p>28.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>26.6%</p></td><td><p>26.2%</p></td><td><p>27.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>23.5%</p></td><td><p>21.9%</p></td><td><p>21.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>26.5%</p></td><td><p>28.6%</p></td><td><p>25.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>14.9%</p></td><td><p>18.0%</p></td><td><p>16.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>15.0%</p></td><td><p>18.8%</p></td><td><p>19.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>26.7%</p></td><td><p>25.9%</p></td><td><p>25.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>28.7%</p></td><td><p>29.6%</p></td><td><p>29.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>26.2%</p></td><td><p>29.5%</p></td><td><p>27.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>19.1%</p></td><td><p>19.8%</p></td><td><p>21.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>25.1%</p></td><td><p>28.1%</p></td><td><p>25.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>25.2%</p></td><td><p>25.0%</p></td><td><p>26.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>27.4%</p></td><td><p>29.8%</p></td><td><p>29.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>24.6%</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>29.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>30.0%</p></td><td><p>29.7%</p></td><td><p>27.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>48.2%</p></td><td><p>50.6%</p></td><td><p>49.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>25.6%</p></td><td><p>28.0%</p></td><td><p>25.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wye Valley NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>29.1%</p></td><td><p>28.3%</p></td><td><p>31.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>NHS England has commissioned several data insight workstreams to better understand the current landscape of statistics, data reporting and associated challenges. This includes a national review of all available data and intelligence sources and an analysis of the costs of violence to the health care system in England and a review of the impact on the safety and wellbeing of NHS staff.</p><p>Tackling violence against NHS staff is largely an employer led issue, with NHS organisations responsible for putting in place their own policies and procedures to support staff, giving them access to appropriate training and making appropriate arrangements for security.</p><p>NHS England established a NHS Violence Reduction Programme in 2019, which aims to prevent and reduce violence and aggression from patients, their families and the public, and mitigate the effects of violence and abuse on NHS staff.</p><p>In 2022, the Government legislated through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act to double the sentence for assaults on emergency workers to a maximum of two years.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/10/2023 10:13:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1661251

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	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 Services: Women
	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 tackle disparities in health outcomes for women in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	199990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Women’s Health Strategy sets out how the Government is tackling disparities in health outcomes for women across England. Achievements since the launch of the strategy include appointing the first Women’s Health Ambassador for England; investing £25 million funding in the expansion of women’s health hubs to improve women’s access to services and to create efficiencies for the National Health Service; reducing the cost of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) through the launch of the HRT prescription pre-payment certificate; and creating a women’s health area on NHS.uk to bring together women’s health content and create a first port of call for women seeking information.</p><p>Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning services that meet the health needs of their local population.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 16/10/2023 10:18:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1652820

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2023
	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: Disadvantaged
	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 tackle health inequalities in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	193934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>In the white paper ‘Levelling Up the United Kingdom’, published in February 2022, the Government set out a levelling up health mission to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy (HLE) between local areas where it is highest and lowest by 2030, and increase HLE by five years by 2035. A range of action is being taken forward which will support progress on the health mission, including the development of a Major Conditions Strategy on which an interim report will be published in the summer.</p><p>The Office of Health Improvement and Disparities’ (OHID) regional teams work closely with Local Directors of Public Health to ensure the ring-fenced public health grant funds evidence-based activity to improve health and tackle health inequalities. The public health grant funding allocated to Coventry for 2023/24 was £23,962,345. In addition to the grant, an additional £709,229 was allocated to invest in the local authority’s drug misuse services as part of the National Drug Strategy.</p><p>Coventry is one of 75 English local authority areas receiving funding through the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme. This programme aims to improve outcomes for babies, children and families by improving access to local services, with a particular focus on the first 1001 days from conception to age two. This will contribute to a reduction in inequalities in health and education outcomes in Coventry, the West Midlands, and across England. Coventry is also one of the existing Targeted Lung Health Check pilots which have been rolled out to deprived areas with the highest level of lung cancer mortality.</p><p> </p><p>TARGET DATE 18/07/2023</p><p>OHID’s regional team works alongside NHS England Midlands and integrated care systems to tackle healthcare inequalities embedding the Core20PLUS5 for children and adults. The approach defines a target population, the ‘Core20PLUS’, and identifies ‘5’ focus clinical areas requiring accelerated improvement. Work continues with West Midlands Combined Authority to take forward a health in all policies approach across the wider determinants of health.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 18/07/2023 11:58:31 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1652827

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2023
	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: 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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of childhood obesity levels in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle childhood obesity in each of those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	193937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) collects data on children aged four to five years old (Reception) and 10 to 11 years old (Year 6). Data on obesity prevalence from the NCMP in the academic year 2021-22 is provided in the table below. Data is not available at Parliamentary constituency level but is available at local authority, regional and England levels.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Percentage of children living with obesity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>Reception (%)</p></td><td><p>Year 6 (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>26.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>26.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>23.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Local authorities and the National Health Service provide weight management services to support children and families to achieve and maintain a healthier weight. Local authorities can fund behavioural weight management services from their Public Health Grant.</p><p> </p><p>In England, new regulations on out-of-home calorie labelling for food sold in large businesses, including restaurants, cafes and takeaways, came into force in April 2022. Restrictions on the placement of less healthy products in key selling locations in store and online came into force on 1 October 2022. The location restrictions are the single most impactful obesity policy in reducing children’s calorie consumption, and are expected to accrue health benefits of over £57 billion and provide NHS savings of over £4 billion over the next 25 years.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with the food industry to make further progress on reformulation and ensure it is easier for the public to make healthier choices. We have seen important successes including the average sugar content of drinks subject to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy decreasing by 46% between 2015 and 2020. There has also been success in some categories of the sugar reduction programme, including a 14.9% reduction of sugar in retailer- and manufacturer-branded breakfast cereals and a 13.5% reduction in yogurts and fromage frais.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 18/07/2023 09:52:44 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1652299

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2023
	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: Waiting Lists
	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 trends in the length of waiting lists for mental health services in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	193603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made as national access and waiting times standards for these services in England has not yet been defined or set.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with NHS England on the introduction of new waiting time standards for both children and young people’s community-based mental health services and urgent referrals across all ages to community-based mental health crisis services as part of its clinically led review of National Health Service access standards. A date for their introduction has not yet been set.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/07/2023 15:07:23 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1652300

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2023
	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 estimate he has made of the average waiting time for children and adolescent mental health services in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting lists for those services in those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	193604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>No such estimates have been made as a national access and waiting times standard for children and young people’s mental health services in England has not yet been defined or set. However, we are aware that the rise in demand for children and young people’s mental health services has meant an increase in waiting times for some people.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to increasing investment into mental health services by at least an additional £2.3 billion a year by March 2024. This will allow 345,000 more children and young people, including children and young people to access National Health Service-funded mental health support and improve waiting times.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also consulted on the potential to introduce a waiting time standard for children, young people and their families/carers presenting to community-based mental health services, to start to receive care within four weeks from referral. We are now working with NHS England on the next steps.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/07/2023 15:59:49 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher