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1049988

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Diabetes
	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 reduce the number of people experiencing insulin resistance.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Lifestyle interventions that promote weight loss and physical activity, such as the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, will address insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity.</p><p> </p><p>A number of stated intentions in the NHS Long Term Plan also serve to address insulin resistance in individuals.</p><p> </p><p>These include:</p><p>- Targeted support and access to weight management services in primary care for people with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes or hypertension with a Body Mass Index of 30 or over (adjusted appropriately for ethnicity);</p><p> </p><p>- The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme which supports those at high risk of type 2 diabetes. A joint commitment by NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes UK, the programme is the largest undertaking of its kind in the world and over 100,000 people have already benefited since its introduction in 2016. In many areas demand has outstripped supply, and it has proven highly effective. NHS England is now committing to fund a doubling of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme over the next five years, including a new digital option to widen patient choice and target inequality;</p><p> </p><p>- Medical research has shown that some people with type 2 diabetes can achieve remission through adoption of a very low calorie diet. NHS England will test an NHS programme supporting very low calorie diets for obese people with type 2 diabetes; and</p><p> </p><p>- Together with professional bodies and universities, NHS England will ensure nutrition has a greater place in professional education training.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/02/2019 14:55:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1050001

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Diabetes
	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 have been living with a diagnosis of diabetes in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital has provided the following data that details the number of people who were registered with diabetes or under the care of a specialist diabetes service in England in each of the five National Diabetes Audit (NDA) periods 2013/14 to 2017/18:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Level</p></td><td><p>Diabetes Type</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Type 1</p></td><td><p>143,910</p></td><td><p>149,825</p></td><td><p>203,035</p></td><td><p>227,410</p></td><td><p>248,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Type 2 and other</p></td><td><p>1,458,275</p></td><td><p>1,567,295</p></td><td><p>2,327,525</p></td><td><p>2,772,445</p></td><td><p>2,952,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,602,185</p></td><td><p>1,717,120</p></td><td><p>2,530,560</p></td><td><p>2,999,855</p></td><td><p>3,200,930</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Audit Participation</p></td><td><p>57.1%</p></td><td><p>57.3%</p></td><td><p>82.4%</p></td><td><p>95.3%</p></td><td><p>98.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NDA</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Disclosure control has been applied to all figures, as per the NDA publication - all numbers are rounded to the nearest 5, unless the number is 1 to 7, in which case it is rounded to ‘5’.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that participation was particularly low for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 audit periods. Audit participation is the percentage of eligible general practitioner practices in England and Wales that submitted data to the NDA during the audit period. To be eligible, a practice must have been open for the full audit period.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/02/2019 11:39:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1050233

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Diabetes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the suppliers of (a) diabetes technology, (b) blood glucose testing strips, and (c) insulin on (i) contingency planning and (ii) stockpiling for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	213248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Diabetes technology, blood glucose testing strips and insulin are vitally important to many people in this country. The Department’s European Union exit contingency plans, aim to ensure that the supply of insulin, other essential diabetes medicines and related medical products is not disrupted in any EU exit scenario.</p><p> </p><p>Patients can be confident in the Department’s no deal contingency plans which include sensible mitigations for all medicines and medical products that come to the UK from or via the EU / European Economic Area, such as precautionary stockpiling of many of those products by suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has received very good engagement from industry, including suppliers of insulin and related products, who share our aims of ensuring that continuity of medicines, medical devices and clinical consumable supplies for patients is maintained, and that suppliers are able to cope with any potential delays at the border that may arise in the short term in the event of a ‘no deal’ EU exit. The Department is unable to provide further detail of that engagement because, to reassure participating companies, we are committed to treating all information received confidentially, securely and to using it only for the purposes of the Department’s contingency programmes.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 05/02/2019 16:11:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1049997

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Diabetes
	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 a requirement that all care home providers routinely check the blood sugar levels of their diabetic occupants.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to make it a requirement that all care home providers routinely check the blood sugar levels of their diabetic occupants.</p><p> </p><p>Where there is a need to address the care of older people with diabetes who are resident in care homes we would expect all local health economies to ensure that there is appropriate monitoring and managing of blood sugar levels and for health and care partners to work together to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan has set out plans to upgrade National Health Service support to all care home residents who would benefit by 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) monitors, inspects and regulates the quality of adult social services. Everyone has the right to receive safe, high-quality care, and if the CQC find instances where care has fallen short of this, they will use their powers to make sure people get the services they are entitled to.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/02/2019 17:12:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon