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date	27/02/2019
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	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
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 he has had with local authorities on ensuring the adequacy of the provision of guidance for the most vulnerable people on their entitlement to free dental health care in certain circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	226579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>No discussions have taken place with local authorities about the adequacy of guidance for vulnerable people on their entitlement for free dental health care. However, the Department, NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England recognise concerns that some patients may not be clear on whether they are exempt from charges and have been working to further improve the information available to patients around eligibility. This includes promoting an easy read patient information booklet, creating an online eligibility checker and developing a national awareness campaign.</p><p> </p><p>Information on which groups of patients are exempt is widely available. All dental practices providing National Health Service care are contractually required to display a standard poster setting out current NHS charges and highlighting that patients may be exempt from or entitled to help with charges. This poster along with a patient leaflet setting out NHS dental entitlements in more detail, is provided free of charge to every practice in England delivering NHS dental treatment.</p><p> </p><p>As well as in all NHS dental practices information on charges and exemptions is also available through other channels such as the NHS Website dental section (formerly NHS Choices) and in the NHS ‘help with health costs’ booklet. NHS England also runs periodic local initiatives, where it assesses whether there is a need to further raise awareness locally among those patients who may be exempt or are through low income entitled to partial help with costs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/03/2019 16:39:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1064053

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	EU Rapid Alert Systems for Food and Feed
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 has taken to promote continued cooperation with the EU in the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed and similar mechanisms after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	223251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to negotiate full access to the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed network as it will be mutually beneficial for the European Union and United Kingdom to continue this vital data-sharing on food safety.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is an active contributor to EU incidents systems such as the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, regularly providing essential updates to Member States and the EU Commission. The UK is also a close neighbour and significant exporter to the EU food market. It is important for the EU, as well as for the UK, that this relationship continues without compromising confidence in food safety.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/02/2019 16:21:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1059040

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Public Health: Disinformation
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 has taken to tackle public health misinformation on social media platforms.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	219328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department ensures that all official information is badged appropriately with the Government crest; National Health Service branding or associated public health campaign branding, to reinforce its credibility. Any misinformation detected is dealt with on a case by case basis depending on the level of impact it could have on public health.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on their white paper on Online Harms. <ins class="ministerial">Information on the upcoming white paper and Government Communication Service’s existing advice </ins><del class="ministerial">The Government Communications Service has also recently published a toolkit ‘RESIST’ to assist government communicators in tackling disinformation which my Department will utilise. These documents</del> can be viewed at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-laws-to-make-social-media-safer" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-laws-to-make-social-media-safer</a></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/news/5-trends-in-leading-edge-communications/" target="_blank">https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/news/5-trends-in-leading-edge-communications/</a></ins></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/evaluation/tools-and-resources/" target="_blank">https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/evaluation/tools-and-resources/</a></del></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/02/2019 17:11:47 question first ministerially corrected 27/03/2019 11:27:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 103142 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn