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1092091

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Smoking: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2019 to Question 229719, what the most effective smoking cessation aids are; and what steps the Government is taking to promote those aids.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	234775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>There is a range of effective stop smoking treatments available in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Licensed nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), particularly different products used in combination, increases the rate of quitting by 50% to 60%. The research findings are available in a report at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000146.pub5/full" target="_blank">https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000146.pub5/full</a></p><p> </p><p>The prescription medicine Bupropion has similar efficacy to NRT, and Varenicline increases the chances of long-term quitting success between two and three times compared to a quit attempt without the use of a stop smoking aid. The research findings are available in a report at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000031.pub4/abstract" target="_blank">https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000031.pub4/abstract</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006103.pub7/full" target="_blank">https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006103.pub7/full</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:17:33 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1092131

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	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, with reference to the recommendations in the report, No room at the inn: how easy is it for nomadic Gypsies and Travellers to access primary care, published by Friends, Families and Travellers in March 2019, what steps he is taking to improve access to primary care for (a) Gypsies and Travellers, (b) homeless people, (c) vulnerable migrants and (d) people in contact with the criminal justice system; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	234719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Registering with and access to primary medical care services is the same for all patients, whether they are gypsies, travellers, homeless or vulnerable migrants. People do not need to provide proof of address to register with a general practice (GP). NHS England is working with a range of community groups to redesign the patient registration leaflet so that people are aware of this when registering. The free NHS 111 service can assist anyone who has faced difficulty finding a GP or accessing other services in their local area.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is aware the challenges some individuals have faced when trying to register with a GP and is taking steps to address shortcomings with individual practices, working in partnership with the voluntary sector.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of people in touch with the criminal justice system are in the community and therefore their engagement with primary care services will sit within the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups. For the prison population (approx 86,000) there are primary care services commissioned by NHS England which works to the principle of equivalence and are mandated to deliver a comprehensive health assessment and a treatment pathway for the time an individual remains in custody to ensure that their health needs are identified and met quickly and effectively.</p><p> </p><p>There is a very real recognition by health commissioners that the point of release from custody results in the potential for a person to lose any health gains made whilst in custody due to a change in their health care provider and a failure for a natural pathway for a continuity of healthcare post release.</p><p> </p><p>To this end and included in the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England Health and Justice commissioners are developing a RECONNECT provision which would support a care pathway being identified for people leaving prison so that the engagement with community health providers are brokered prior to them leaving prison and to support them to access these in the community. This provision is planned to be rolled out across reception and resettlement establishments from 2020.</p><p> </p><p>During the last 12 months NHS England has been undertaking a programme of work into identifying and addressing the health and social care needs of Gypsy, Romany and Travellers (GRT) in the criminal justice system, incorporating lived experience. The primary focus of the work is improving the healthcare of GRT communities who are within the criminal justice system, including access to primary care, addressing long-term health inequalities and exploring issues of exclusion, discrimination and harassment. NHS England is currently developing a range of learning and practice improvement tools for health and other partners and will be followed by learning and improvement events.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:19:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1092134

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Pupils: Contraceptives
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 he has issued to schools on the potential adverse effects of emergency contraception being provided to girls under the age of 16 (a) by school staff and (b) on school premises.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	234643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Advice to healthcare professionals, local commissioners and providers of healthcare on the provision of emergency contraception to girls under the age of 16 is contained in recommendation 5 of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) public health guideline on sexually transmitted infections and under-18 conceptions prevention and recommendation 9 of the NICE public health guideline on contraceptive services for under 25s. The guidelines can be viewed on the NICE website at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph3/chapter/1-Recommendations" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph3/chapter/1-Recommendations</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph51/chapter/1-Recommendations" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph51/chapter/1-Recommendations</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) has published clinical guidance for health professional on the use of emergency contraception. This guideline covers potential adverse side effects and is available on the FSRH website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.fsrh.org/documents/ceu-clinical-guidance-emergency-contraception-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.fsrh.org/documents/ceu-clinical-guidance-emergency-contraception-march-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department has not issued separate guidance to schools on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:15:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1092229

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Life Expectancy: 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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statement in Public Health England’s report entitled A review of recent trends in mortality in England, that whatever is causing the reduction in the rate of improvement in life expectancy, it is affecting the most deprived areas more than the least deprived areas, and that widening health inequalities have exacerbated the slowdown in improvement.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	234739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Preventing ill health is the best way to improve life expectancy and our ambition is to give everyone five more healthy, independent years of life by 2035 whilst narrowing the gap between the experience of the richest and poorest. We are already taking action to reduce inequalities in smoking, child obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease and to improve uptake of cancer screening. Later this year we will publish a Prevention Green Paper which will set out cross-Government plans for prevention in greater detail.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out new, funded, action the NHS will take to strengthen its contribution to prevention and health inequalities.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will base its five-year funding allocations to local areas on more accurate assessment of health inequalities and unmet need. As a condition of receiving Long Term Plan funding, all major national programmes and every local area across England will be required to set out specific measurable goals and mechanisms by which they will contribute to narrowing health inequalities over the next five and 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:14:53 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092230

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Life Expectancy: 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 assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's policies of the conclusion in Public Health England’s report entitled A review of recent trends in mortality in England, that those who have been most affected by the change in trend in mortality are those with the least resources, those living in deprived decile areas, which could indicate a role for government spending.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	234740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Preventing ill health is the best way to improve life expectancy and our ambition is to give everyone five more healthy, independent years of life by 2035 whilst narrowing the gap between the experience of the richest and poorest. We are already taking action to reduce inequalities in smoking, child obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease and to improve uptake of cancer screening. Later this year we will publish a Prevention Green Paper which will set out cross-Government plans for prevention in greater detail.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out new, funded, action the NHS will take to strengthen its contribution to prevention and health inequalities.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will base its five-year funding allocations to local areas on more accurate assessment of health inequalities and unmet need. As a condition of receiving Long Term Plan funding, all major national programmes and every local area across England will be required to set out specific measurable goals and mechanisms by which they will contribute to narrowing health inequalities over the next five and 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:22:54 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092231

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Telemedicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if will make a comparative assessment of the demographic profiles of (a) patients (i) being given and (ii) attending appointments at virtual clinics and (b) patients attending face-to-face appointments, including (A) age, and (B) ethnicity characteristics.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	234741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We are unable to make an assessment of the demographic profiles of patients as this information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:18:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092232

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Telemedicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the effect of virtual clinic appointments relative to face-to-face appointments on (a) patient-clinician communication, (b) time to diagnosis, (c) time to treatment, (d) quality of patient care and (e) safety of patient care.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	234742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We have made no comparative assessment of the effect of virtual clinic appointments.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:16:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092233

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Telemedicine
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 estimate of the extent of substitution of appointments at virtual clinics for face-to-face appointments in England.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	234743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not undertaken this type of analysis but we will monitor their impact as these services develop.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:17:13 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092234

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Telemedicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received on the effect of language comprehension difficulties on the effectiveness of virtual clinics.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	234744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not received any such representations.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:16:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown