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1652820

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2023
	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	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 steps his Department is taking to tackle health inequalities in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	193934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>In the white paper ‘Levelling Up the United Kingdom’, published in February 2022, the Government set out a levelling up health mission to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy (HLE) between local areas where it is highest and lowest by 2030, and increase HLE by five years by 2035. A range of action is being taken forward which will support progress on the health mission, including the development of a Major Conditions Strategy on which an interim report will be published in the summer.</p><p>The Office of Health Improvement and Disparities’ (OHID) regional teams work closely with Local Directors of Public Health to ensure the ring-fenced public health grant funds evidence-based activity to improve health and tackle health inequalities. The public health grant funding allocated to Coventry for 2023/24 was £23,962,345. In addition to the grant, an additional £709,229 was allocated to invest in the local authority’s drug misuse services as part of the National Drug Strategy.</p><p>Coventry is one of 75 English local authority areas receiving funding through the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme. This programme aims to improve outcomes for babies, children and families by improving access to local services, with a particular focus on the first 1001 days from conception to age two. This will contribute to a reduction in inequalities in health and education outcomes in Coventry, the West Midlands, and across England. Coventry is also one of the existing Targeted Lung Health Check pilots which have been rolled out to deprived areas with the highest level of lung cancer mortality.</p><p> </p><p>TARGET DATE 18/07/2023</p><p>OHID’s regional team works alongside NHS England Midlands and integrated care systems to tackle healthcare inequalities embedding the Core20PLUS5 for children and adults. The approach defines a target population, the ‘Core20PLUS’, and identifies ‘5’ focus clinical areas requiring accelerated improvement. Work continues with West Midlands Combined Authority to take forward a health in all policies approach across the wider determinants of health.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 18/07/2023 11:58:31 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1652827

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2023
	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	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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of childhood obesity levels in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle childhood obesity in each of those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	193937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) collects data on children aged four to five years old (Reception) and 10 to 11 years old (Year 6). Data on obesity prevalence from the NCMP in the academic year 2021-22 is provided in the table below. Data is not available at Parliamentary constituency level but is available at local authority, regional and England levels.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Percentage of children living with obesity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>Reception (%)</p></td><td><p>Year 6 (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>26.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>26.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>23.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Local authorities and the National Health Service provide weight management services to support children and families to achieve and maintain a healthier weight. Local authorities can fund behavioural weight management services from their Public Health Grant.</p><p> </p><p>In England, new regulations on out-of-home calorie labelling for food sold in large businesses, including restaurants, cafes and takeaways, came into force in April 2022. Restrictions on the placement of less healthy products in key selling locations in store and online came into force on 1 October 2022. The location restrictions are the single most impactful obesity policy in reducing children’s calorie consumption, and are expected to accrue health benefits of over £57 billion and provide NHS savings of over £4 billion over the next 25 years.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with the food industry to make further progress on reformulation and ensure it is easier for the public to make healthier choices. We have seen important successes including the average sugar content of drinks subject to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy decreasing by 46% between 2015 and 2020. There has also been success in some categories of the sugar reduction programme, including a 14.9% reduction of sugar in retailer- and manufacturer-branded breakfast cereals and a 13.5% reduction in yogurts and fromage frais.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 18/07/2023 09:52:44 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1652299

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2023
	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	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
	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 trends in the length of waiting lists for mental health services in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	193603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made as national access and waiting times standards for these services in England has not yet been defined or set.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with NHS England on the introduction of new waiting time standards for both children and young people’s community-based mental health services and urgent referrals across all ages to community-based mental health crisis services as part of its clinically led review of National Health Service access standards. A date for their introduction has not yet been set.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/07/2023 15:07:23 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1652300

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2023
	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	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 estimate he has made of the average waiting time for children and adolescent mental health services in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting lists for those services in those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	193604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>No such estimates have been made as a national access and waiting times standard for children and young people’s mental health services in England has not yet been defined or set. However, we are aware that the rise in demand for children and young people’s mental health services has meant an increase in waiting times for some people.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to increasing investment into mental health services by at least an additional £2.3 billion a year by March 2024. This will allow 345,000 more children and young people, including children and young people to access National Health Service-funded mental health support and improve waiting times.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also consulted on the potential to introduce a waiting time standard for children, young people and their families/carers presenting to community-based mental health services, to start to receive care within four weeks from referral. We are now working with NHS England on the next steps.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/07/2023 15:59:49 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1644247

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2023
	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	Stem Cells: 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 proportion of stem cell transplant patients and their families have accessed the NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme in England in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	189361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 19/06/2023 16:01:07 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1644248

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2023
	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	Stem Cells: 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential cost of establishing a patient travel fund for (a) stem cell transplant and (b) chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy recipients.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	189362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to assess the potential cost of establishing a patient travel fund for stem cell transplant and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy recipients. The Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) provide funded transport where it is considered essential to ensuring an individual’s safety, safe mobilisation, condition management or recovery.</p><p>Depending on a patient’s financial circumstances, they may be eligible for financial support with costs via the NHS Low Income Scheme and Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme. This is aimed specifically at those with a low income and allows patients to claim for all or part their travel costs should they meet the eligibility criteria.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 19/06/2023 15:48:25 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1612829

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2023
	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	Musculoskeletal Disorders: 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, how many and what proportion of people waiting for community musculoskeletal services were provided with an appointment within (a) four and (b) 12 weeks of referral in the past year.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	181988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>NHS England does not hold data on how many people waiting for community musculoskeletal services were provided with an appointment within a certain time of referral in the past year.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 26/04/2023 09:16:01 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 71261 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1612884

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2023
	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	Musculoskeletal Disorders: 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 discussions his Department has with (a) NHS trusts, (b) integrated care boards and (c) other stakeholders on the services that will be offered through integrated community musculoskeletal services.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	181992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>No discussions have been had with National Health Service trusts, integrated care boards and other stakeholders on the services that will be offered through integrated community musculoskeletal services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 26/04/2023 16:02:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1609270

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	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	Surgery: Travel
	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 he has made of the average distance travelled by patients for operations for elective (a) trauma and (b) orthopaedic surgery, broken down by region.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	177824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/04/2023 09:14:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1609284

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	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	Surgical Hubs
	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 publish a list of the locations of (a) active and (b) planned surgical hubs.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	177834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>In August 2022, the Department published a list of 91 hubs operational across England, as well as several new hub investments. This list is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-50-new-surgical-hubs-set-to-open-across-england-to-help-bust-the-covid-backlogs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-50-new-surgical-hubs-set-to-open-across-england-to-help-bust-the-covid-backlogs</a>.</p><p>Currently only 87 of these are in operation in England and 57 new surgical hubs have been proposed, of which 37 have received an NHS England approved business case, announced in February 2023.</p><p>The number of operational surgical hubs is in the process of being audited and a revised figure is expected to be updated in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/04/2023 08:25:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher