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1698128

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	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	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 steps her Department is taking to tackle childhood obesity; and if she will take steps to work with (a) other Departments and (b) community organisations to provide access to safe recreational spaces for children.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	20058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>Addressing obesity remains a priority for the Government and we are taking strong action to support people, including children and their families, in achieving and maintaining a healthier weight. This action includes: the introduction of restrictions on the promotion by location of less healthy products in key selling locations in store and online; working with the food industry to make further progress on reformulation and making healthier choices easier; the introduction of out of home calorie labelling regulations for food sold in large businesses, including restaurants, cafes, and takeaways; and supporting three million children through the Healthy Food Schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken steps towards providing access to open spaces for communities including children, this includes putting policies in place to require local authorities to provide access to open spaces for sport and physical activity, which is important for the health and well-being of communities. This includes a duty for all local councils to produce a design code for their local area. Design codes will be prepared locally, reflect the local context, and be based on effective community involvement. Officials in the Department are engaging with stakeholders, including those across Government, on a wide range of issues, to promote healthier places.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 28/03/2024 15:11:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1299682

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2021
	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	Obesity: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement of 4 March 2021, New specialised support to help those living with obesity to lose weight, what proportion of the allocated funding will be spent on support for (a) Tier 3 weight management services and (b) Tier 4 weight management services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	163226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>As part of delivering the commitments set out in ‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’, the Government announced £100 million extra funding for healthy weight programmes. Of this funding, around £35 million will be allocated to councils and £35 million to the National Health Service to be invested into weight management services. This will enable up to 700,000 adults to have access to support that can help them to achieve a healthy weight, from access to digital apps, weight management groups or individual coaches, to specialist clinical support.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining £30 million will fund initiatives to help people maintain a healthy weight, including access to the free NHS 12 week weight loss plan app, continuing the Better Health marketing campaign to motivate people to make healthier choices, and upskilling healthcare professionals. Decisions about the provision of tier 3 and 4 weight management services, are made at a local level, reflecting varying pressures on local health systems and availability of capacity, including use of the independent sector, and taking into account of the rate of recovery of elective services following the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 163227 question first answered 15/03/2021 10:11:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1299683

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2021
	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	Obesity: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement of 4 March 2021, New specialised support to help those living with obesity to lose weight, what proportion of the allocated funding will be allocated to (a) NHS England and (b) local authorities in England; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	163227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>As part of delivering the commitments set out in ‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’, the Government announced £100 million extra funding for healthy weight programmes. Of this funding, around £35 million will be allocated to councils and £35 million to the National Health Service to be invested into weight management services. This will enable up to 700,000 adults to have access to support that can help them to achieve a healthy weight, from access to digital apps, weight management groups or individual coaches, to specialist clinical support.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining £30 million will fund initiatives to help people maintain a healthy weight, including access to the free NHS 12 week weight loss plan app, continuing the Better Health marketing campaign to motivate people to make healthier choices, and upskilling healthcare professionals. Decisions about the provision of tier 3 and 4 weight management services, are made at a local level, reflecting varying pressures on local health systems and availability of capacity, including use of the independent sector, and taking into account of the rate of recovery of elective services following the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 163226 question first answered 15/03/2021 10:11:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1203900

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that medications for Parkinson's disease are (a) available during the covid-19 outbreak and (b) at the end of the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	59457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>As part of our concerted national efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will continue doing everything we can to ensure patients continue to have access to safe and effective medicines, including those used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.</p><p>The Department has well-established procedures to deal with medicine shortages and is working closely with industry, the National Health Service and others in the supply chain to reduce the likelihood of future shortages resulting from COVID-19 or any other cause.</p><p>The Government, pharmaceutical industry and NHS will always work closely together to help ensure patients have access to the medicines and treatments they need under all scenarios including those medicines used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/07/2020 10:01:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1203762

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has in place to support (a) carers and (b) family members of people with Parkinson's experiencing distressing hallucinations during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	59453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline ‘Parkinson’s disease in adults’<em>,</em> published in July 2017, symptoms such as hallucinations are an increased risk for people taking some Parkinson’s disease medications. The guidance sets out that people with Parkinson’s disease should have a comprehensive care plan agreed between themselves, their family members and carers and specialist and secondary healthcare providers. Family members and carers (as appropriate) should be provided with information about the condition, their entitlement to a Carer’s Assessment and the support services available. Patients should be regularly reviewed and offered an accessible point of contact with specialist services. The guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng71/resources/parkinsons-disease-in-adults-pdf-1837629189061" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng71/resources/parkinsons-disease-in-adults-pdf-1837629189061</a></p><p>As a result of COVID-19, digital and remote general practitioner consultations and outpatient appointments as means to support patients, where clinically appropriate, have become the norm across England. Providers have been rolling out remote consultations using video, telephone, email and text message services as a priority, including for those with neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease.</p><p>Where digital and remote consultations are not possible, clinicians should carry out face to face consultations where necessary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/06/2020 11:40:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1138879

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	Audiology and Hearing Aids
	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 on 12 June 2019 to Question 260081, whether his Department will require Clinical Commissioning Groups to collect and publish data in a comparable form on (a) the amount spent on audiology services, (b) the number of hearing aids fitted and (c) outcomes of hearing aid fittings.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	277193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for the collection and collation of audiology data to enable them to manage regional needs. NHS England has no plans to mandate CCGs to collect or publish their data in a comparable form.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/07/2019 16:03:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1223847

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
	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 people paid for a prescription in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	72912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>Data on prescriptions dispensed in the community is collected by the number of items, or the cost. Data is not held about the number of people who obtain a prescription.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/08/2020 11:45:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1675140

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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	Electronic Cigarettes
	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 consultation on Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, updated by her Department on 20 October 2023, whether her Department plans to mitigate the potential impact of the proposals in that consultation on adults using vapes as a smoking cessation tool.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	5077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Due to nicotine content and the unknown long-term harms, vaping carries risks to health and lifelong addiction for children. The health advice is clear that young people and people who have never smoked should not vape.</p><p>This is why the Government is consulting on measures to reduce the appeal and availability of vapes to children. These measures will need to balance having the biggest impact on youth vaping with ensuring vapes continue to support adult smokers to quit</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/12/2023 16:18:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1225774

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Continuing Care: Clinical Commissioning Groups
	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 place in the Library the recovery plan guidance for NHS Continuing Healthcare which is being provided to clinical commissioning groups.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	75303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2020 answer text <p>During the COVID-19 emergency period, National Health Service Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessments have not been required due to changes made under section 14 of the Coronavirus Act 2020. The Secretary of State is keeping measures under review.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working closely with NHS England and NHS Improvement to agree a date for the resumption of CHC assessments. On agreement, restart guidance will be published and shared with clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/08/2020 15:06:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 40383 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1223854

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Continuing Care: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that virtual NHS continuing healthcare (a) assessments and (b) services undertaken during the covid-19 outbreak were (i) effective and (ii) complied with National Framework guidance.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	72917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>During the COVID-19 emergency period, National Health Service Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessments have not been required due to changes made under section 14 of the Coronavirus Act 2020. Where CHC assessments have continued during the emergency period, these must be compliant with the NHS Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) Regulations 2012 and the CHC National Framework.</p><p>CCGs may use a number of approaches to arrange Multidisciplinary Team assessments, including video conference. Preferences for how these are carried out should be indicated by the individual being assessed or their representatives.</p><p>To ensure the delivery of high-quality assessments, there is a detailed review process for eligibility decisions if an individual is dissatisfied with the outcome.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 72918 72919 question first answered 23/07/2020 10:18:39 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon