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1147963

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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	Cervical Incompetence
	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 his Department has made of the number of women with incompetent cervix condition.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	293674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Information is not collected in a way that would enable an assessment of the number of women that underwent loop electrosurgical excision procedures. Information is not collected centrally on the number of premature births linked to incompetent cervix conditions. A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with primary diagnosis of incompetent cervix, for female patients from 2016-17 to 2018-19 can be found in the following table. <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Incompetent cervix</p></td><td><p>Incompetent cervix in pregnancy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>3,207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>3,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>3,484</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 08/10/2019 16:15:31 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1147965

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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	Cervical Incompetence: Childbirth
	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 premature births linked to incompetent cervix condition were recorded in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	293675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Information is not collected in a way that would enable an assessment of the number of women that underwent loop electrosurgical excision procedures. Information is not collected centrally on the number of premature births linked to incompetent cervix conditions. A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with primary diagnosis of incompetent cervix, for female patients from 2016-17 to 2018-19 can be found in the following table. <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Incompetent cervix</p></td><td><p>Incompetent cervix in pregnancy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>3,207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>3,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>3,484</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 08/10/2019 16:16:37 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1147962

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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	Large Loop Excision of the Transformation Zone
	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 women underwent a loop electrosurgical excision procedure in the NHS in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	293673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Information is not collected in a way that would enable an assessment of the number of women that underwent loop electrosurgical excision procedures. Information is not collected centrally on the number of premature births linked to incompetent cervix conditions. A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with primary diagnosis of incompetent cervix, for female patients from 2016-17 to 2018-19 can be found in the following table. <table><tbody><tr><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>Incompetent cervix</p></td><td><p>Incompetent cervix in pregnancy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>3,207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>3,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>3,484</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 08/10/2019 15:01:23 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1463974

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2022
	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	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, with reference to correspondence from the Minister of State for Care and Mental Health to the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee dated 20 April 2022, what the policy justification is for pursuing a non-statutory approach to early intervention and school and community-based measures for the mental health support of children and young people.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	4642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ and the NHS Long Term Plan set out the policy concerning early intervention and school and community-based measures for the mental health support of children and young people. These do not require a statutory basis to implement. No assessment of the merits of a non-statutory or statutory approach for these services has been made since the publication of the green paper and the Long Term Plan.</p><p>We continue to consider the Committee’s recommendations in the context of the development of a new long term, cross-Government plan for mental health. We will update our response to the Committee’s recommendations once the final plan is published. A call for evidence to inform the development of the plan is open until 7 July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 3475 question first answered 08/06/2022 16:42:31 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1256803

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2020
	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	Maternal Mortality: Ethnic 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 make it his policy to introduce a target for the NHS to end the disparity in maternal morality between Black women and white women.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	122820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>Work to reduce health inequalities around maternal mortality rates is being led by Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE, the Chief Midwifery Officer. This includes understanding why mortality rates are higher, considering evidence about what will reduce mortality rates and taking action.</p><p>We have established the inequalities oversight forum, with a group of clinical experts, to understand the reasons why the death rate for black women in childbirth is five times higher than for white women and to find out what we can put in place to ensure that, by addressing those issues, we reduce the number of deaths.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/12/2020 17:11:01 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1367556

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	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	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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of funding early mental health support hubs in communities across England with the aim of providing easy-to-access drop-in support for young people aged 11 to 25.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	72550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>While no formal assessment has been made, we are exploring the model of early access of support for children and young people’s mental health with stakeholders. There are currently approximately 60 ‘early support hubs’ in England providing early intervention and prevention services. They are locally designed and funded and often provide a range of services such as sexual health clinics or careers advice. Clinical commissioning groups and local authorities work with local partners to understand local needs and commission these services.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the additional investment for children and young people aged 0 to 25 years old outlined in the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20–2023/24, we are providing an additional £79 million in 2021/22 to expand children’s and young people’s mental health services. This includes accelerating the coverage of mental health support teams providing early support in schools and colleges. In addition, £15 million will be invested in local authority areas in the most deprived parts of the country to increase prevention and early intervention services. We are also raising awareness of the resources and guidance available to children and young people, their parents and carers through the ‘Every Mind Matters’ online platform.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 72552 question first answered 18/11/2021 12:28:53 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1367561

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	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	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, if he will support the introduction of early support hubs in each community across England to provide mental health support for young people who do not meet the threshold for Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	72552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>While no formal assessment has been made, we are exploring the model of early access of support for children and young people’s mental health with stakeholders. There are currently approximately 60 ‘early support hubs’ in England providing early intervention and prevention services. They are locally designed and funded and often provide a range of services such as sexual health clinics or careers advice. Clinical commissioning groups and local authorities work with local partners to understand local needs and commission these services.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the additional investment for children and young people aged 0 to 25 years old outlined in the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20–2023/24, we are providing an additional £79 million in 2021/22 to expand children’s and young people’s mental health services. This includes accelerating the coverage of mental health support teams providing early support in schools and colleges. In addition, £15 million will be invested in local authority areas in the most deprived parts of the country to increase prevention and early intervention services. We are also raising awareness of the resources and guidance available to children and young people, their parents and carers through the ‘Every Mind Matters’ online platform.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 72550 question first answered 18/11/2021 12:28:53 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1628034

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2023
	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	Dental Services and Prescriptions: Pregnancy
	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 increase awareness of maternity exemption certificates amongst (a) NHS staff and (b) pregnant women.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	185322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>We promote maternity exemption certificates to professionals and patients to ensure both groups are aware of the entitlement. Healthcare professionals, such as midwives and general practitioners (GPs), apply for maternity exemption certificates on behalf of the patient and ensure that individuals are aware of the entitlement. We are working with NHS Business Services Authority on communications to ensure that midwives, GPs and other Health Care Partitioners are aware of their obligation and information is provided to expectant mothers. The certificates are also promoted through social media, online resources, media releases and through healthcare bulletins.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/05/2023 11:43:57 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1470063

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	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	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 his timescale is for publishing the White Paper on Health Disparities in England.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	900483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>We intend to publish our Health Disparities White Paper later this year.</p><p>The White Paper will be clear that too many people die early and live for too long in ill-health and that these issues are concentrated in particular communities and places. The White Paper will set out a series of impactful measures to address health disparities at each stage at which they arise, building on the Levelling Up health mission.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 14/06/2022 15:53:47 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1361705

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	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: Vaccination
	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 effect of the Government's decision not to recognise Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna or Janssen jabs administered in Africa on the UK Government's relationship with (a) Uganda and (b) other countries in Africa that have received AstraZeneca vaccines from the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	59901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>We have not made a specific assessment.</p><p>We now recognise the following vaccines: Pfizer BioNTech; Oxford AstraZeneca; Moderna and Janssen (J&amp;J); and also formulations of the above four vaccines such as AstraZeneca Covishield, AstraZeneca Vaxzevria and Moderna Takeda from countries and territories with approved COVID-19 proof of vaccination. This includes a number of countries in Africa.</p><p>From 1 November, Uganda was added to the list of approved countries and qualifies under the fully vaccinated rules for travel to the United Kingdom.</p><p>We are working with an array of international partners and look forward to continuing the expansion of the policy to countries and territories across the globe in a phased approach, where this meets our certification requirements. Extension of vaccine certification will be reviewed regularly.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 15/11/2021 13:52:23 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor