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1653662

	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	Probiotics: Labelling
	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 the term probiotic being used as an ingredient descriptor on (a) food and (b) food supplement labels.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	194538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>‘Probiotic’ is a term used to describe live bacteria used in food and food supplements. The current Regulation governs the use of nutrition and health claims on foods to protect consumers from being misled, by ensuring that any health claims made are backed by substantiated scientific evidence. Under the Regulation, the term ‘probiotic’ can be considered a non-specific health claim, as it suggests a relationship between the substance and health. It can already be used, providing it is accompanied by an approved health claim for the specific strain of live bacteria. No further assessment of merit has been undertaken although the Department continues to engage with industry on any potential future application for new assessment. To date the Department has not received any application for approving claims on specific strains of live bacteria. Companies would be required to include the specific strain in the ingredient listing.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 21/07/2023 10:08:15 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657373

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	General Practitioners: Allergies
	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 a recent assessment of the (a) adequacy and (b) availability of allergy training for GPs.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	196979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>We have made no assessment. General practitioners (GPs) are responsible for ensuring their own clinical knowledge remains up-to-date and for identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional development. This activity should include taking account of new research and developments in guidance, such as that produced by the National Institute for Care Excellence, to ensure that they can continue to provide high-quality care to all patients.</p><p>All UK registered doctors are expected to meet the professional standards set out in the General Medical Council’s (GMC’s) Good Medical Practice. In 2012, the GMC introduced revalidation which supports doctors in regularly reflecting on how they can develop or improve their practice. This gives patients confidence doctors are up to date with their practice and promotes improved quality of care by driving improvements in clinical governance.</p><p>The training curricula for postgraduate trainee doctors is set by the relevant medical Royal College and has to meet the standards set by the GMC. The Royal College of General Practitioners has developed an allergy e-learning online resource to support their continuing professional development which aims to educate GPs about the various presentations of allergic disease.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 07/09/2023 16:15:53 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657481

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	Obesity
	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 role hydration may play in tackling obesity.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	197037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2023 answer text <p>There has been no specific assessment. Government advice on a healthy, balanced diet is encapsulated in the United Kingdom’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide. This recommends that people should aim to drink six to eight cups or glasses of fluid a day.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 197038 question first answered 05/09/2023 11:38:03 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657482

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	Obesity
	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 plans to take steps to promote the potential role hydration may play in tackling obesity.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	197038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2023 answer text <p>There has been no specific assessment. Government advice on a healthy, balanced diet is encapsulated in the United Kingdom’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide. This recommends that people should aim to drink six to eight cups or glasses of fluid a day.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 197037 question first answered 05/09/2023 11:38:04 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568669

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	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	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 is taking steps to move towards patient self-referral as the default pathway for (a) community audiology and (b) other routine community NHS services.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	127834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>There are currently differing approaches to patient self-referral to audiology services across the country. The NHS England ‘2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance’ was published in December 2022. This set out a key action for systems to expand direct access and self-referral for a range of services where general practitioner involvement is not clinically necessary. By September 2023, systems are asked to put in place self-referral routes to audiology-including hearing aid provision as well as falls response services, musculo-skeletal physiotherapy services, weight management services, community podiatry, and wheelchair and community equipment services. Systems are also expected to put in place direct referral pathways from community optometrists to ophthalmology services for all urgent and elective eye consultations by September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 25/01/2023 15:05:52 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1543411

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2022
	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	Human Papillomavirus: 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 steps his Department will take to increase the level uptake of the HPV vaccination in boys.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	89867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is offered to all school-aged children predominantly by school-based providers, with alternative sites available for those not in mainstream education. NHS England provides catch-up opportunities for anyone who may have missed their vaccination offer and NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency deliver annual communication campaigns to promote the HPV vaccine via general practitioners and universities. A HPV awareness campaign is planned for 2023 and will include a focus on the protective benefits of the HPV vaccine for boys.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 28/11/2022 16:15:08 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1535856

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2022
	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	Monkeypox: 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, what steps her Department and the UK Health Security Agency are taking to help ensure that people at risk of exposure to monkeypox but not currently eligible for vaccination will be protected against the virus once the current vaccine rollout has concluded.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	71150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) current vaccination strategy is to target monkeypox vaccination for three groups: a) healthcare workers who are caring for and who are due to start caring for a patient with confirmed monkeypox, b) gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) at higher risk of exposure and c) people who have already had close contact with a patient with confirmed monkeypox.</p><p>UKHSA expert advice, endorsed by Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), is to offer two vaccine doses to the eligible cohort across the United Kingdom. UKHSA will continue to review the ongoing outbreak and issue updated advice on how to protect those at risk from monkeypox as required.</p><p>UKHSA has worked closely with stakeholder groups, including the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV and other charities to raise awareness through targeted communication channels amongst the GBMSM population of the epidemiology, risks and actions to protect themselves and others, alongside encouraging those within the eligible cohort to get vaccinated.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 02/11/2022 13:56:23 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1640598

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2023
	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	Liver Cancer: Transplant Surgery
	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 implementing the recommendations made by the Liver Advisory Group in 2020 on liver transplantation for the treatment of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma and intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	186911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Liver Advisory Group, on behalf of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), are exploring pilot programmes for selected patients with both small intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma and perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (pHCCa) with underlying primary sclerosing cholangitis.</p><p>The pathway for intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma is now live and there is an offering process in place which should ensure they receive a timely named patient offer. The protocol for pHCCa remains in development and will soon be live in the third quarter of this year. Additionally, in collaboration with NHS England, NHSBT are developing the pHCCa as a commissioning evaluation for the neoadjuvant pathway of proton beam therapy which is a ground-breaking intervention that is being evaluated in this clinical transplant pathway.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 13/06/2023 14:45:08 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568667

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	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	Integrated Care Boards
	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 including (a) primary care optometrists and (b) other primary care clinicians on integrated care boards alongside primary medical clinicians such as GPs.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	127832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Care Act 2022 sets a minimum membership requirement for integrated care boards that includes representatives from National Health Service trusts, Primary Care and Local Authorities. However, the local areas can, by local agreement, go beyond the legislative minimum requirements in order to address their local needs.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 25/01/2023 14:59:25 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1535855

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2022
	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	Monkeypox: 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, what steps her Department and the UK Health Security Agency are taking to help ensure that the UK is prepared for any potential future outbreak of monkeypox.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	71149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to controlling both the current and any potential future outbreaks of monkeypox. Led by UKHSA, we have been working with the four public health agencies of the UK to monitor the epidemiology, and, if the situation deteriorates, we will not hesitate to do what is needed to respond effectively.</p><p>UKHSA are continuously scanning for new potential outbreaks of monkeypox by conducting extensive diagnostic testing of suspected cases through UKHSA laboratories and some NHS laboratories, comprehensive contact tracing of close contacts of confirmed cases and genomic sequencing of confirmed cases to map and respond to new clades of the virus. Full details can be found of our response can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monkeypox-outbreak-technical-briefings/investigation-into-monkeypox-outbreak-in-england-technical-briefing-8#part-6genomic-surveillance" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/monkeypox-outbreak-technical-briefings/investigation-into-monkeypox-outbreak-in-england-technical-briefing-8#part-6genomic-surveillance</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 02/11/2022 11:11:26 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day