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1695837

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date	13/03/2024
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	Consent to Medical Treatment: Pupils
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 she has made of the adequacy of the use of Gillick competence for vaccinations in schools.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	18534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Gillick competence is a guideline used to determine whether children can provide informed consent based on their level of intelligence, knowledge, and competence. In schools, where requests for parental consent haven’t been responded to, vaccinators may ask for the child’s parents’ contact details to seek oral consent over the phone. For young people, and children in secondary school settings who may be offered the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine alongside other school aged vaccinations, after every attempt to gain parental consent has been exhausted, the School Aged Immunisation Service team may make a clinical decision to give the vaccination using the Gillick competence framework. This allows a child to consent to their own treatment where appropriate, and when they are competent to do so.</p><p>The Green Book Chapter two, Information for public health professionals on immunisation, provides guidance on seeking consent for vaccination, including the use of the Gillick competence. Obtaining consent to treatment and assessing the adequacy of the use of the Gillick competence in schools is the responsibility of each service provider.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/03/2024 17:43:06 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1695838

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
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 Services: 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 her Department has made of the adequacy of levels of parental (a) choice and (b) responsibility to decide the medical care their child receives.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	18535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the adequacy of levels of parental choice and responsibility to decide the medical care their child receives. Those with parental responsibilities are entitled to give consent for medical treatment on behalf of their children. However, they are not entitled to inappropriate treatment for their children, or to refuse treatment which is in the child’s best interests.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/03/2024 17:52:24 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1669928

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Lead: Health Hazards
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 she made of the impact of lead pollution on (a) children's and (b) other people's health.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	1940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Exposure to lead can result in a range of adverse health effects, including effects on the cardiovascular, immune, reproductive and neurological systems. Unborn and young children are particularly at risk as lead exposure can adversely affect development of the nervous system.</p><p>Several measures have been implemented in the United Kingdom to reduce exposure to lead, including the phasing out of lead in paint, petrol, food cans and water pipes. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) runs the Lead Exposure in Children Surveillance System (LEICSS), for reporting cases of elevated lead exposure in England. The aim of LEICSS is to facilitate public health action in individual cases, to reduce the effects of lead exposure.</p><p>Information on the health effects of lead is available at the following link: <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lead-properties-incident-management-and-toxicology" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lead-properties-incident-management-and-toxicology</a>.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/11/2023 11:22:04 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1600856

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
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	Health Services: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to NHS trusts on the provision of the same-sex staffing for patients receiving intimate care.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	156984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department is considering whether clearer guidance is needed on the provision of same-sex staffing for patients receiving intimate care. Guidance by the Care Quality Commission states that “When providing intimate or personal care, provider must make every reasonable effort to make sure that they respect people's preferences about who delivers their care and treatment, such as requesting staff of a specified gender/sex.” The guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/regulations-enforcement/regulation-10-dignity-respect" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/regulations-enforcement/regulation-10-dignity-respect</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/03/2023 14:19:59 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1582776

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Hospital Wards: Transgender People
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 issues guidance to NHS trusts on the accommodation of transgender patients in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	137851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>NHS England publishes guidance to all National Health Service trusts on how they should deliver same sex accommodation in order to eliminate mixed sex accommodation breaches in NHS hospitals. This includes information regarding how trusts should accommodate transgender patients. NHS England’s guidance is currently being updated and a revised version will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 01/06/2023 14:41:05 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena