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1216594

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report of the all-party group on air pollution entitled, Air Quality Strategy to Reduce Coronavirus Infection and its reference to Queen Mary University's research on the biological link between air pollution and coronavirus.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	903702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>Long-term air pollution exposure is the leading environmental risk to human health. We are working with relevant experts to understand the relationship between air quality and increased risks from COVID-19 based on emerging science. This will be supported by the National Institute for Health Research and UK Research and Innovation joint open call for projects on mitigating the health, social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of COVID-19.</p><p>We note that there is emerging evidence suggesting an association between COVID-19 mortality and exposure to air pollution, but many of the emerging papers are, as yet, generally not peer-reviewed and are of variable quality. Currently, there is no clear evidence to suggest that air pollution has a direct link to the spread or severity of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom.  In April, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs initiated work to conduct detailed statistical analysis of the United Kingdom data, delivered in collaboration with the Department for Health and Social Care, Public Health England and the Office for National Statistics, and with input from the relevant Air Quality Expert Group and Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution experts. The work will be published in due course. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs continues to have extensive discussions with the Department for Health and Social Care and other departments on the relationship between air quality and health.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/06/2020 09:26:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 31468 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1346002

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2021
	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	Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	When he plans to publish an updated Tobacco Control Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	902649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s new Tobacco Control Plan will be published later this year.</p><p>It will set out a comprehensive package of ambitious policy proposals and supporting regulatory changes, to meet our ambition to be smoke free by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/07/2021 16:59:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1346000

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2021
	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	Strokes: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to support stroke teams to deliver the objectives set out in the National Stroke Service Model.
	tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
	tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
	uin	902644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The National Stroke Service Model, published by NHS England and NHS Improvement in May 2021 articulates optimal stroke delivery based upon best evidence. There are, as of 1 April, 20 integrated stroke delivery networks, which are delivering joined-up stroke pathways. The model will ensure access to specialist rehabilitation on hospital discharge that is patient-directed, giving a needs-based approach rather than time. We are supporting stroke teams to ensure they have skilled and sustainable workforce.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/07/2021 16:55:52 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1216598

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2020
	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	Obesity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle obesity.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	903718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>This is our decade of change to drive forward this important work.</p><p>To achieve our bold ambition of halving childhood obesity by 2030, we are delivering a wide range of measures through the three chapters of ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action’.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/06/2020 16:20:26 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1345996

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2021
	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	General Practitioners: Isle of Wight
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to help improve​ the service provided by GP practices on the Isle of Wight.
	tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
	tabling member printed	Bob Seely
	uin	902656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group is responsible for commissioning healthcare services from general practitioners and other providers and supporting them to continually improve services.</p><p>To support local commissioners to provide high quality primary care services, we committed a record level of additional investment in primary and community care of an extra £4.5 billion per year by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/07/2021 17:01:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1308271

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2021
	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	Cancer: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to tackle the cancer care and treatment backlog.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	914218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>Cancer is a priority. As well as a £325 million investment in diagnostic machines, we have provided an additional £1 billion to the National Health Service to tackle the elective backlog,and ensure there is sufficient capacity in place to diagnose and treat the additional people coming into the system. To encourage patients to come forward to their general practitioner if they have symptoms, we launched the successful ‘Help us Help you’ campaign. NHS England also recently published Priorities and Operational Planning Guidance, highlighting that cancer recovery remains a priority for the NHS as a whole. Systems should meet the increased level of referrals and treatment required to address the shortfall in number of first treatments by March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/04/2021 15:40:52 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1330544

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2021
	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	Cancer: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to tackle backlogs in cancer diagnosis, treatment, and care.
	tabling member constituency	Jarrow
	tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
	uin	900844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2021 answer text <p>Cancer is a priority. As well as a £325 million investment in National Health Service diagnostic machines, with plans to increase endoscopy and computerised tomography capacity, we have provided an additional £1 billion to the NHS to tackle the elective backlog.</p><p> </p><p>This will ensure there is sufficient capacity in place to diagnose and treat the additional people coming into the system and reduce the number of people waiting over 62 days on cancer pathways with a focus for those who have had their care delayed.</p><p> </p><p>To encourage patients to come forward to their general practitioner (GP) if they have worrying symptoms we launched the successful ‘Help us Help you’ campaign, with latest March 2021 data showing urgent GP cancer referrals to be 190% higher than in April 2020<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/06/2021 16:38:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1173749

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	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	Dentistry: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to increase the recruitment of dentists in rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
	uin	900442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>We do recognise the recruitment and retention of dentists, particularly in rural areas, is challenging.</p><p>I have met with the Chief Dental Officer this week and we are actively looking at how we can increase the number of dentists and improve services access and reach.</p><p>This includes our ambitions for the dental workforce in the interim NHS People Plan, which proposes more flexible innovative dental training pathways, and new skill-mix models to increase access to dentistry, particularly in rural areas.</p><p>If you want to meet with me please let my office know.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/01/2020 16:08:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory

1166960

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Pharmacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to improve community pharmacies.
	tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
	tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
	uin	900215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>In July, we set out plans in our landmark five-year Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework deal. This outlined our ambition for community pharmacies to be fully integrated in to the National Health Service, support patients get the best from their medicines and provide advice to the public to help them stay healthy for longer.</p><p>As part of this, today we have launched a new national service referring patients suffering from minor illness to our highly-skilled community pharmacists through NHS 111.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/10/2019 16:59:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

1166962

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to improve GP services.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	900217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>General Practitioner (GP) services are critically important to support our ambition for people to live independent, healthier lives for longer. Our NHS Long Term Plan commits at least £4.5billion a year more for primary and community care by 2023, and we remain committed to delivering an additional 5,000 GPs.</p><p>Our landmark five-year GP contract will better integrate care through Primary Care Networks and see an extra 20,000 primary care staff, so every patient has faster access to the most appropriate primary care professional.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/10/2019 16:44:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean