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1360981

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to control the covid-19 outbreak during winter 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	uin	903662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2021 answer text <p>On 14 September, we set out our plan to sustain the progress made in combatting the virus and prepare the country for future challenges.</p><p>The high level of vaccine protection has allowed us to live with COVID-19 without stringent restrictions. However, If the data suggests the National Health Service is likely to come under unsustainable pressure, the Government has prepared a Plan B.</p><p>The NHS is working to ensure appropriate operational plans are in place, including to meet potential increases in demand for emergency care.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 19/10/2021 16:12:56 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1381165

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to provide booster doses of the covid-19 vaccine to all eligible people.
	tabling member constituency	Stourbridge
	tabling member printed	Suzanne Webb
	uin	904316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>As of 21 November, over 15.3 million third doses have been administered across the United Kingdom.</p><p>In England, there are now more sites than ever delivering COVID-19 vaccines, including hundreds of walk-in sites. The National Booking Service has been updated, allowing people to pre-book their appointment and receive their booster dose as soon as they become eligible.</p><p>We have also launched the Boost Your Immunity This Winter media campaign, which emphasises the importance of booster vaccinations.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 23/11/2021 16:54:02 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
	tabling member	4802 label Biography information for Suzanne Webb

1463048

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2022
	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	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 he will publish his Department's negotiating position on a new convention, agreement, or other international instrument under the auspices of the World Health Organisation on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response; and if he will make an (a) oral and (b) written statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	2464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom supports a new international instrument to strengthen pandemic prevention and preparedness. The purpose of the instrument is to strengthen global cooperation in order to better protect the UK from the health, social and economic impacts of pandemics. We want to agree UK priority areas such as improving transparency, timely data sharing and supporting equitable access to vaccines and treatments.<br><br>We are clear that the UK would not sign up to any instrument that compromises the UK’s sovereignty. That includes any instrument which compromises the UK’s ability to take domestic decisions on national restrictions or other measures. On the contrary, our support for a new pandemic instrument is intended to strengthen our ability to prevent, detect and respond to future health threats without the restrictions seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK has led from the front on learning to live with COVID-19 and will continue to do so at the forthcoming G7 and World Health Assembly.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 19/05/2022 17:32:52 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1140961

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Nutrition
	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 adequacy of the implementation of the guidance on Commissioning Excellent Nutrition and Hydration 2015 to 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	280420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>The importance of good quality food for patients, visitor and staff is recognised both in terms of improving health and for their overall experience of services. Patients have the right to receive tasty, nutritious and free food as part of their National Health Service treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not collected centrally on the number of local senior or executive champions to drive local work on nutrition, the number of commissioners that reviewed existing service provision or agreed improvement trajectories as set out in the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2018 the Healthcare Food Standards and Strategy Group started a review of the national standards for Healthcare Food for patients, staff and visitors. This work is building on the Hospital Food Panel report of 2014 and is focusing on marking out the way in which organisations need to comply with the five core standards and bringing in a wealth of tools, resources and examples of good practice to help them achieve the standards.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 280421 280422 280423 question first answered 06/08/2019 14:26:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

1140962

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Nutrition
	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 document entitled Guidance – Commissioning Excellent Nutrition and Hydration 2015 – 2018, published by NHS England in October 2015, how many commissioners have identified a local senior or executive champion to drive local work on nutrition and hydration and to make improvements.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	280421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>The importance of good quality food for patients, visitor and staff is recognised both in terms of improving health and for their overall experience of services. Patients have the right to receive tasty, nutritious and free food as part of their National Health Service treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not collected centrally on the number of local senior or executive champions to drive local work on nutrition, the number of commissioners that reviewed existing service provision or agreed improvement trajectories as set out in the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2018 the Healthcare Food Standards and Strategy Group started a review of the national standards for Healthcare Food for patients, staff and visitors. This work is building on the Hospital Food Panel report of 2014 and is focusing on marking out the way in which organisations need to comply with the five core standards and bringing in a wealth of tools, resources and examples of good practice to help them achieve the standards.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 280420 280422 280423 question first answered 06/08/2019 14:26:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

1140963

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Nutrition
	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 number of commissioners that (a) reviewed existing service provision and (b) agreed improvement trajectories as set out in the NHS England Commissioning Excellent Nutrition and Hydration 2015 to 2018 guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	280422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>The importance of good quality food for patients, visitor and staff is recognised both in terms of improving health and for their overall experience of services. Patients have the right to receive tasty, nutritious and free food as part of their National Health Service treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not collected centrally on the number of local senior or executive champions to drive local work on nutrition, the number of commissioners that reviewed existing service provision or agreed improvement trajectories as set out in the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2018 the Healthcare Food Standards and Strategy Group started a review of the national standards for Healthcare Food for patients, staff and visitors. This work is building on the Hospital Food Panel report of 2014 and is focusing on marking out the way in which organisations need to comply with the five core standards and bringing in a wealth of tools, resources and examples of good practice to help them achieve the standards.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 280420 280421 280423 question first answered 06/08/2019 14:26:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

1140965

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Nutrition
	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 has plans to update the Commissioning Excellent Nutrition and Hydration 2015-2018 NHS England guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	280423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>The importance of good quality food for patients, visitor and staff is recognised both in terms of improving health and for their overall experience of services. Patients have the right to receive tasty, nutritious and free food as part of their National Health Service treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not collected centrally on the number of local senior or executive champions to drive local work on nutrition, the number of commissioners that reviewed existing service provision or agreed improvement trajectories as set out in the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2018 the Healthcare Food Standards and Strategy Group started a review of the national standards for Healthcare Food for patients, staff and visitors. This work is building on the Hospital Food Panel report of 2014 and is focusing on marking out the way in which organisations need to comply with the five core standards and bringing in a wealth of tools, resources and examples of good practice to help them achieve the standards.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 280420 280421 280422 question first answered 06/08/2019 14:26:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

1140979

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Malnutrition
	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 and what proportion of hospital admissions there were for adults with malnutrition as a (a) primary and (b) secondary condition in (i) England (ii) each Clinical Commissioning Group and (iii) each parliamentary constituency in each of the last ten years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	280427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital has provided a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) in each of the last 10 years with a primary or secondary diagnosis of malnutrition for adult and child patients resident in England. This information is provided in the attached tables.</p><p>Information by clinical commissioning group and parliamentary constituency is too small to be meaningful and has not been provided in order to protect patient confidentiality.</p><p>Activity for adults in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total Admissions</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Primary Diagnosis</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Secondary Diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admissions</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td><td><p>Admissions</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>11,953,809</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>0.0029%</p></td><td><p>2,545</p></td><td><p>0.0213%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>12,319,781</p></td><td><p>417</p></td><td><p>0.0034%</p></td><td><p>3,113</p></td><td><p>0.0253%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>12,629,229</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>0.0038%</p></td><td><p>3,843</p></td><td><p>0.0304%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>12,744,605</p></td><td><p>608</p></td><td><p>0.0048%</p></td><td><p>4,475</p></td><td><p>0.0351%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>12,837,889</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>0.0049%</p></td><td><p>4,564</p></td><td><p>0.0356%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>13,159,078</p></td><td><p>589</p></td><td><p>0.0045%</p></td><td><p>5,707</p></td><td><p>0.0434%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>13,554,017</p></td><td><p>683</p></td><td><p>0.0050%</p></td><td><p>6,268</p></td><td><p>0.0462%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>13,869,134</p></td><td><p>703</p></td><td><p>0.0051%</p></td><td><p>6,664</p></td><td><p>0.0480%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>14,078,269</p></td><td><p>732</p></td><td><p>0.0052%</p></td><td><p>7,132</p></td><td><p>0.0507%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>14,154,577</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td><p>0.0052%</p></td><td><p>7,802</p></td><td><p>0.0551%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Activity for children in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total Admissions</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Primary Diagnosis</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Secondary Diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admissions</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td><td><p>Admissions</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>1,850,531</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0.0014%</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>0.0095%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1,894,664</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>0.0021%</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>0.0071%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,928,249</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0.0022%</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>0.0093%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,449,122</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>0.0026%</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>0.0108%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,484,907</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>0.0025%</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>0.0113%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,964,359</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0.0013%</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>0.0094%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,984,768</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>0.0019%</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>0.0097%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2,038,411</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>0.0014%</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>0.0131%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,043,080</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>0.0023%</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>0.0119%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,020,591</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>0.0028%</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>0.0130%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HES, NHS Digital</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p><p>2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</p><p>3. ICD-10 codes used to define malnutrition are:</p><p><br> E40 Kwashiorkor;</p><p>E41 Nutritional marasmus E42 Marasmic kwashiorkor;</p><p>E43 Unspecified severe protein–energy malnutrition;</p><p>E44 Protein–energy malnutrition of moderate and mild degree;</p><p>E45 Retarded development following protein–energy malnutrition;</p><p>E46 Unspecified protein–energy malnutrition; and O25 Malnutrition in pregnancy.</p><p>5. Adult: the patient was 18 years old or greater at the start of the episode of care.</p><p>6. Child: the patient was under 18 years old at the start of the episode of care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 280428 question first answered 05/08/2019 11:45:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

1140982

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Malnutrition: 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 were admitted to hospital with malnutrition as a (a) primary and (b) secondary condition in (i) England, (ii) each clinical commissioning group and (iii) each parliamentary constituency in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	280428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital has provided a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) in each of the last 10 years with a primary or secondary diagnosis of malnutrition for adult and child patients resident in England. This information is provided in the attached tables.</p><p>Information by clinical commissioning group and parliamentary constituency is too small to be meaningful and has not been provided in order to protect patient confidentiality.</p><p>Activity for adults in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total Admissions</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Primary Diagnosis</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Secondary Diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admissions</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td><td><p>Admissions</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>11,953,809</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>0.0029%</p></td><td><p>2,545</p></td><td><p>0.0213%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>12,319,781</p></td><td><p>417</p></td><td><p>0.0034%</p></td><td><p>3,113</p></td><td><p>0.0253%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>12,629,229</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>0.0038%</p></td><td><p>3,843</p></td><td><p>0.0304%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>12,744,605</p></td><td><p>608</p></td><td><p>0.0048%</p></td><td><p>4,475</p></td><td><p>0.0351%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>12,837,889</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>0.0049%</p></td><td><p>4,564</p></td><td><p>0.0356%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>13,159,078</p></td><td><p>589</p></td><td><p>0.0045%</p></td><td><p>5,707</p></td><td><p>0.0434%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>13,554,017</p></td><td><p>683</p></td><td><p>0.0050%</p></td><td><p>6,268</p></td><td><p>0.0462%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>13,869,134</p></td><td><p>703</p></td><td><p>0.0051%</p></td><td><p>6,664</p></td><td><p>0.0480%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>14,078,269</p></td><td><p>732</p></td><td><p>0.0052%</p></td><td><p>7,132</p></td><td><p>0.0507%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>14,154,577</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td><p>0.0052%</p></td><td><p>7,802</p></td><td><p>0.0551%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Activity for children in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total Admissions</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Primary Diagnosis</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Secondary Diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admissions</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td><td><p>Admissions</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>1,850,531</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0.0014%</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>0.0095%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1,894,664</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>0.0021%</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>0.0071%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,928,249</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0.0022%</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>0.0093%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,449,122</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>0.0026%</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>0.0108%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,484,907</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>0.0025%</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>0.0113%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,964,359</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0.0013%</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>0.0094%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,984,768</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>0.0019%</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>0.0097%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2,038,411</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>0.0014%</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>0.0131%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,043,080</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>0.0023%</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>0.0119%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,020,591</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>0.0028%</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>0.0130%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HES, NHS Digital</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p><p>2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</p><p>3. ICD-10 codes used to define malnutrition are:</p><p><br> E40 Kwashiorkor;</p><p>E41 Nutritional marasmus E42 Marasmic kwashiorkor;</p><p>E43 Unspecified severe protein–energy malnutrition;</p><p>E44 Protein–energy malnutrition of moderate and mild degree;</p><p>E45 Retarded development following protein–energy malnutrition;</p><p>E46 Unspecified protein–energy malnutrition; and O25 Malnutrition in pregnancy.</p><p>5. Adult: the patient was 18 years old or greater at the start of the episode of care.</p><p>6. Child: the patient was under 18 years old at the start of the episode of care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 280427 question first answered 05/08/2019 11:45:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

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	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	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	Loneliness: Social Prescribing
	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 has made on the commitment made in the loneliness strategy to launch an online social prescribing platform for commissioners and practitioners.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	280961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has launched the online social prescribing platform for commissioners and practitioners which includes templates, resources and facilitates regional communities of practice. Further information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 16:27:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley