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1662116

	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	Coeliac Disease: Primary Health Care
	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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of assisting primary healthcare professionals to carry out clinical audits for coeliac disease.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	200234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>We have made no assessment of the potential merits of assisting primary healthcare professionals to carry out clinical audits for coeliac disease, or the effectiveness of dietetic-led services across the country for people with coeliac disease. 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 the diagnosis and ongoing management of coeliac disease.</p><p>In making commissioning decisions, we would expect ICBs to consider relevant guidance, including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline on the recognition, assessment, and management of coeliac disease [NG20]. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng20" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng20</a></p><p>Whilst there are no current plans to instigate a public awareness campaign around coeliac disease, to help raise awareness, NICE promotes its guidance on coeliac disease, which includes information for the public via its website, newsletters, and other media.</p><p>Information for the public on coeliac disease is also published by the National Health Service and is available on the NHS.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 200235 200236 question first answered 16/10/2023 13:24:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1662117

	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	Coeliac Disease: Dietetics
	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 the effectiveness of dietetic-led services across the country for people with coeliac disease.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	200235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>We have made no assessment of the potential merits of assisting primary healthcare professionals to carry out clinical audits for coeliac disease, or the effectiveness of dietetic-led services across the country for people with coeliac disease. 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 the diagnosis and ongoing management of coeliac disease.</p><p>In making commissioning decisions, we would expect ICBs to consider relevant guidance, including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline on the recognition, assessment, and management of coeliac disease [NG20]. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng20" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng20</a></p><p>Whilst there are no current plans to instigate a public awareness campaign around coeliac disease, to help raise awareness, NICE promotes its guidance on coeliac disease, which includes information for the public via its website, newsletters, and other media.</p><p>Information for the public on coeliac disease is also published by the National Health Service and is available on the NHS.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 200234 200236 question first answered 16/10/2023 13:24:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1662118

	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	Coeliac Disease: Health Education
	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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a public health campaign to raise awareness of coeliac disease and its symptoms.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	200236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>We have made no assessment of the potential merits of assisting primary healthcare professionals to carry out clinical audits for coeliac disease, or the effectiveness of dietetic-led services across the country for people with coeliac disease. 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 the diagnosis and ongoing management of coeliac disease.</p><p>In making commissioning decisions, we would expect ICBs to consider relevant guidance, including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline on the recognition, assessment, and management of coeliac disease [NG20]. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng20" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng20</a></p><p>Whilst there are no current plans to instigate a public awareness campaign around coeliac disease, to help raise awareness, NICE promotes its guidance on coeliac disease, which includes information for the public via its website, newsletters, and other media.</p><p>Information for the public on coeliac disease is also published by the National Health Service and is available on the NHS.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 200234 200235 question first answered 16/10/2023 13:24:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1662123

	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	Coeliac Disease: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has sought meetings with (a) professional societies and (b) charities on education and training on coeliac disease in the past year.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	200237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not sought any meetings with professional societies and charities on education and training on coeliac disease in the past year.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/10/2023 14:45:10 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1660456

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	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: Managers
	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 NHS managers are registered by (a) the General Medical Council, (b) the Nursing and Midwifery Council and (c) another specified professional regulatory body.
	tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
	tabling member printed	Dr Caroline Johnson
	uin	199423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the proportion of National Health Service managers that are registered by the General Medical Council (GMC), the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or another specified professional regulatory body.</p><p>Healthcare professional regulators, including the GMC and NMC, do not have a separate register for NHS managers or a registration category of ‘NHS manager’. The role of healthcare professional regulators is to set and maintain the standards for healthcare professionals seeking to practise in their respective professions in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/09/2023 11:05:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 95386 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson

1653347

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	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	Psilocybin: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the level of research into the use of psilocybin for the treatment of (a) depression, (b) addiction and (c) other chronic conditions on health inequalities; and if he will take steps to fund research into the use of psilocybin.
	tabling member constituency	Reigate
	tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
	uin	194303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), who have invested £1.1 million in a randomised controlled trial to examine if it is feasible, safe and effective to use psilocybin to treat people with treatment-resistant depression. NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including the use of psilocybin in the treatment of depression, addiction and other chronic conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p>NIHR infrastructure is supporting psilocybin research via the NIHR King’s Clinical Research Facility and the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre where researchers are developing and evaluating the efficacy and safety of psilocybin therapy for use in the National Health Service and other healthcare settings.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/07/2023 11:04:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1650036

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2023
	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	Physiotherapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the proposed number of physiotherapists provided for by the NHS Workforce Plan in (a) 2026-27, (b) 2031-32 and (c) 2036-37.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	192374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan models the workforce supply and demand for staff in different professions over a 15-year timeframe, and the resulting shortfall. The model suggests a shortfall between 0% and 5% for physiotherapists in 2036/37. Shortfall is not estimated for any other periods.</p><p>The Plan modelling aims to provide strategic insights to inform policy choices relating to education, training, recruitment and retention, rather than operational insights, targets or precise values. The National Audit Office (NAO) will carry out an independent assessment of the modelling behind the Plan. The NAO anticipates publishing their independent assessment in the first half of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/07/2023 09:19:10 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1627597

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2023
	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	Emtricitabine and Tenofovir
	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 provide Descovy to people with HIV through the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Winchester
	tabling member printed	Steve Brine
	uin	184960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who meet the relevant criteria can access emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide (Descovy®) through the NHS England clinical commissioning policy: <em>Tenofovir Alafenamide for treatment of HIV 1 in adults and adolescents,</em> which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.england.nhs.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F03%2Ff03-taf-policy.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CHashim.Walayat%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Cbfa22fccfa844a16770908db56bd94b7%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638199144455194008%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VGN0nzfOw534VAXopkYWgizv7lifHJ0tdHbje7PUGqM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/f03-taf-policy.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/05/2023 16:23:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine

1626654

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2023
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Holiday Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling in the 2017 case of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts & Ors for the calculation of holiday pay entitlement for staff in her Department; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	184424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not currently have a mechanism in place relating to the implications of the 2017 Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling, however our intention is to have this in place in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/05/2023 13:55:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1588606

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Disability
	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 they have taken in their Department to operate the Disability Confident employer scheme for those seeking a lateral transfer; and how many and what proportion of candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied under that scheme where (a) interviewed and (b) laterally transferred in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	151321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care is proud to have achieved Disability Confident Leader status under the Government’s Disability Confident scheme.</p><p>The Disability Confident scheme was formally launched by the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2016. It is designed to give employers the skills, techniques and confidence they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff.</p><p>To receive an interview, applicants must meet the minimum criteria for the role. Exceptions may apply if, due to the volume of applications, we are not able to interview all eligible candidates who qualify under the scheme.</p><p>In the table below we have outlined the overall number of existing Civil Servant candidates who applied for a job advertised either across the Department of Health and Social Care or across the Civil Service; and whose application was both under the Disability Confident scheme and not on promotion within each calendar year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of existing Civil Servants who applied under the Disability Confident scheme and were not seeking a promotion</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which were interviewed</p></td><td><p>21 (17%)</p></td><td><p>29 (26%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which were offered a role</p></td><td><p>5 (24%)</p></td><td><p>8 (28%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that disabled candidates may apply for roles outside of the Disability Confident scheme and there is no obligation to disclose a disability when applying for a role. The question of &quot;Applying for Promotion&quot; is only asked for vacancies which are advertised internally or across Government and therefore no externally advertised vacancies are included in the data set. Candidates may withdraw from the process between application, interview or being offered the role.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/03/2023 15:46:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 58592 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens