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782784

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date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nutrition: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of dentures on the ability of elderly people to maintain a healthy diet.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	111158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Loss of teeth can affect an individual’s ability to eat, speak and socialise. Public Health England has advised the Department that the available literature supports the fact that well-fitting replacement dentures can enable a more varied diet and improve an individual’s quality of life. Dentures are available on the National Health Service and are free for those qualifying for exemption from patient charges. Individuals who are not exempt but are on a low income may qualify for help with dental costs through the NHS Low Income Scheme. Repairs to dentures are also free for everyone.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/11/2017 15:29:03 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

782785

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure better availability of dental healthcare for poorer citizens.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	111157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Access to National Health Service dentistry is improving. For the 24 months ending 30 June 2017 22.2 million adults were seen, an increase of almost 19,000 over the same period in the previous year and for the 12 months ending 30 June 2017, 6.8 million children were seen by an NHS dentist an increase of almost 8,000 over the same period the previous year. NHS England has a legal duty to commission primary care NHS dental services to meet local needs and to help patients who cannot find a local dentist taking on new patients for NHS care. Patients in this situation can contact NHS England’s Customer Contact Centre for assistance.</p><p> </p><p>NHS patient charges are capped to try to avoid cost being a deterrent for those who have to pay a charge.</p><p> </p><p>All those under the age of 18 (or under 19 and in full time education), who are pregnant or gave birth in the last 12 months, as well as those on specified benefits are exempt from charges and receive free NHS dental treatment. For those not qualifying for exemption but on a low income there may still be full or partial help through the NHS Low Income Scheme. All dental practices holding an NHS contract are required to display a poster, provided free of charge, setting out current NHS Charges and highlighting that patients may be exempt from or entitled to help with charges. The Department also provides all such practices with a patient leaflet setting out patient entitlements in more detail. This information is also available on NHS Choices.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/11/2017 12:04:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

782790

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Motor Neurone Disease: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the effects of motor neurone disease.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	111159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>On 24 February 2016, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published a new best practice guideline on the assessment and management of Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The guideline sets out the signs and symptoms of the disease and recommends that robust protocols and pathways are in place to inform healthcare professionals about MND, how it may present and to inform healthcare professionals in all settings about local referral arrangements. The guideline can be found by following the link below:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng42/resources/motor-neurone-disease-assessment-and-management-1837449470149" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng42/resources/motor-neurone-disease-assessment-and-management-1837449470149</a></p><p>Further to this, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the MND Association have worked together to produce a ‘Red Flag Tool’ which sets out key signs of MND to help general practitioners to identify suspected cases and refer them promptly to a neurologist for appropriate investigation. The RCGP and the British Medical Journal have both produced MND e-learning courses.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/11/2017 11:59:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

782800

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make cosmetic dental treatment more available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	111156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>All clinically necessary dental treatment is available on the National Health Service. Where cosmetic treatment is deemed clinically necessary, it will be available. Cosmetic dental treatment that is not clinically necessary is not available and there are no plans to make it so.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/11/2017 12:01:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

782146

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the effect of decreases to (a) bus routes and (b) the frequency of bus services on the ability of older people to access NHS appointments.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	110811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health’s conversations with the Secretary of State for Transport cover a wide range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/11/2017 15:16:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

782151

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Smoking: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations have been contracted by the World Health Organization in support of its international smoking programme funded by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	110840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/11/2017 15:07:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

782153

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Smoking: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials from the UK are currently (a) employed, (b) contracted or (c) seconded by the World Health Organization on its international smoking programme funded by his Department; what the (i) job titles and (ii) roles are being undertaken including in respect to which country; and whether the costs or salaries of those officials are being reimbursed.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	110841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>One United Kingdom official has been seconded from the Department to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat to lead work on the FCTC 2030 project funded by the Department. That official’s job title is Team Leader - Development Assistance and the staffing costs are funded by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/11/2017 15:05:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

782158

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action On Smoking and Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2017 to Question 6854, whether his Department has provided funding from non-section 64 sources to the organisation Action on Smoking and Health in the 2017-18 financial year or any of the last 10 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	110843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>In the past 10 years, the Department has paid Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) a total of £16,016.40 in non-grant funding for help in implementing additional strategies targeted at tackling health inequalities.</p><p> </p><p>Grant funding has also been given to ASH as <ins class="ministerial">in the attached table </ins><del class="ministerial">follows</del>. <ins class="ministerial">Any payment to ASH in respect of activity for 2017-18 will depend upon the outcome of a competitive process to secure support for delivery of the Tobacco Control Plan. </ins>The Department’s financial records do not provide the level of detail to confirm whether funding was made under the legal power Section 64 of the Health and Public Services Act 1968 for all of this period. However, local records can confirm <ins class="ministerial">only</ins> Section 64 has been used since the financial year 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/11/2017 17:30:52 question first ministerially corrected 08/11/2017 10:47:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name Grant Funding to Action on Smoking and Health.docx title Grant Funding to ASH previous answer version 20537 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

781308

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accountable Care Organisations: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the effect on plans for accountable care organisations in Manchester of NHS VAT arrangements agreed with HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	110509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service organisations are responsible for deciding locally the most appropriate structures and arrangements they need to put in place to deliver services to their patients within available resources, meeting any tax liabilities that may arise and always ensuring they are working within the existing tax framework as applicable in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>This principle applies to the commissioning and delivery of the Accountable Care Models Contract (ACO contract). The Department expects local health economies, particularly providers, to consider carefully the VAT implications of any organisational form they choose to develop for the purpose of holding an ACO contract.</p><p> </p><p>An initial high level meeting between all affected parties was hosted by the Department on 13 July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and NHS England officials continue to work with Manchester and HM Revenue and Customs to assess the issues arising from the development of a Manchester ACO, including the VAT implications.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/11/2017 17:10:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

781309

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which categories of claimants of universal credit are entitled to claim help with healthcare travel costs; and whether he plans to change that entitlement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	110496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>Claimants of Universal Credit will be entitled to claim help with their National Health Service healthcare travel costs if their earnings for the most recent assessment period are below prescribed thresholds. A claimant would be entitled to claim help with their NHS healthcare travel costs if their earnings during that period were:</p><p>- £435 or less;</p><p>- £935 or less if their Universal Credit includes an element for either:</p><p>- a child; or</p><p>- limited capability for work.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘most recent assessment period’ means the assessment period that ended immediately before the date on which a claimant claimed help with their NHS healthcare travel costs. The period runs for a calendar month.</p><p> </p><p>Where claimants claim Universal Credit as a couple, the earnings threshold that applies is either the earnings of the single claimant or the joint claimants’ combined income.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, where claimants who are in receipt of an element for either a child or limited capacity for work, are responsible for a child, or a young person who is aged over 16 and under 19 who is receiving education or are in a traineeship, those children and young persons will be entitled to claim help with their NHS healthcare travel costs. Individuals aged 18 who are not receiving education and are universal credit claimants in their own right will be entitled to this benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to change these arrangements, but will keep the earnings thresholds under review on an annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/11/2017 14:38:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms