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228810

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage confectionery retailers to reduce the sugar content of their products.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	228518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>We are working in voluntary partnership with the food and drink industry to cut calories, including sugar, across a range of products including confectionery and fizzy drinks. Businesses have taken billions of calories out of their products, including by cutting sugar in juice and fizzy drinks, and by reducing the size of single serving confectionery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/03/2015 16:29:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

228812

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to provide support and assistance for patients with bowel cancer.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	228520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The National Cancer Survivorship Initiative (NCSI) has set out to understand the numbers, needs, and experiences of people living with and beyond cancer, including bowel cancer, and the most effective service solutions to meet the growing numbers of survivors. The NCSI has recommended four priority areas: recovery packages; consequences of treatment and Patient Report Outcome Measures; stratified pathways of care; and physical activity. To support this work NHS England, in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, has established the Living with and Beyond Cancer Programme, a two-year programme of work to embed the four priority areas from NCSI into mainstream commissioning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Living with and beyond cancer has also been identified as a key theme by the independent Cancer Taskforce, which is developing a new cancer strategy to be published in summer 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/03/2015 16:42:35 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

228813

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nutrition: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Education on increasing the level of healthy-eating advertising within primary schools.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	228540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Officials from the Department of Health and Department for Education meet regularly to discuss public health issues including food in schools. Formal discussions have not included increasing the level of healthy-eating advertising in primary schools, however they have included the Change4Life programme.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Change4Life is Public Health England’s social marketing programme which aims to support families to eat well, move more and live longer. The programme works with schools by providing teachers with resources, which include recipes and ideas for including healthy eating messages across the curriculum.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/03/2015 16:15:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

226028

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Knee Replacements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides to knee replacement patients who have been waiting longer than 12 months for treatment.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	226745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>Patients in England have a right to start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks from referral for non-urgent conditions, or for the National Health Service to take all reasonable steps to offer range of suitable alternative providers if this is not possible and this is what the patient wants. Patients must contact the provider they have been referred to or their local clinical commissioning group before alternatives can be investigated. Anyone who is concerned about the length of time they have been waiting for an operation should discuss this with their general practitioner, particularly if their condition worsens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/03/2015 16:03:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

226035

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Laryngeal Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides to patients suffering from laryngeal cancer; and how many people in England and Wales were diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	226741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>In January 2015 NHS England announced a new independent Cancer Taskforce to develop a five-year action plan for cancer .</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Taskforce has been set up to produce a new cross-system national cancer strategy for the next five years to 2020, building on NHS England’s vision for improving cancer outcomes set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View. It has been set up in partnership with the cancer community and other health system leaders, and is chaired by the Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK, Dr Harpal Kumar.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The plan is for the new strategy to set a clear direction covering the whole cancer pathway from prevention to end of life care. The taskforce will produce a statement of intent shortly, with the new strategy expected to be published in the summer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data for the number of people diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in 2014 is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of newly diagnosed cases of 'malignant neoplasm of larynx' for 2012, by sex, in England, is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>ICD-10 code</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Site description</p><p> </p></td><td><p>All ages</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C32</p></td><td><p>Malignant neoplasm of the larynx</p></td><td><p>Male 1,521</p><p>Female 355</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Office for National Statistics, cancer registrations England</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Note:</em> 2012 is the latest year currently available for England</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The treatment of laryngeal cancer in Wales is a matter for the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/03/2015 16:56:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

223637

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce the level of childhood obesity.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	225400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>We have a well-developed and wide-ranging programme of actions to tackle child obesity. These include working with a wide range of partners including Public Health England and NHS England, and through a voluntary approach with industry. Key initiatives include Change4Life, the National Child Measurement Programme, Change4Life Sports Clubs, School Sports Funding and the School Food Plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through our voluntary approach with the food and drink industry, we have cut billions of calories from soft drinks and we have made it easier to see how much sugar is in soft drinks with our colour coded front of pack nutrition labelling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The actions we are taking are delivering results with obesity rates in children levelling off.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/03/2015 12:13:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

179323

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bone Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	224263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The latest data currently available is for cancer diagnoses in 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2012 there were 85 cases of Ewing’s sarcoma diagnosed in England, of which 59 were Ewing’s sarcoma of the bone, and 26 were extra-skeletal Ewing’s sarcoma (i.e. soft tissue).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/02/2015 15:29:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

174744

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Liver Diseases
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 support patients with cirrhosis liver conditions.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	221356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>NHS England, Public Health England (PHE) and the Department are working jointly with stakeholders to make sure that patients with liver disease, including cirrhosis, are supported. This work includes taking forward the recommendations of the recent Lancet Commission report on liver disease in the United Kingdom. In addition, PHE is working with stakeholders to develop a liver disease framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also taking action to prevent people developing liver disease in the first place by tackling two of the main causes of liver disease – obesity and alcohol misuse. This includes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- our Call to Action on Obesity, which sets out two national ambitions for a downward trend in level of excess weight in children and adults by 2020;</p><p> </p><p>- our Alcohol Strategy, which aims to cut the number of people drinking above the lower-risk guidelines; and</p><p> </p><p>- PHE’s five outcome focussed priorities which includes helping people to live longer and more healthy lives by reducing preventable deaths and the burden of ill health associated with, amongst others, alcohol.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In addition, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is developing clinical guidance on the assessment and management of cirrhosis. The guidance is due to be published in May 2016.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/01/2015 12:32:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

174758

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer
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 provide support to the NHS in assisting patients with breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	221399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>In <em>Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer</em>, published in 2011, the Government set an ambition to save an additional 5,000 lives per year from cancer by 2015. Our strategy invested £750 million in improving cancer services, including £450 million of additional funding to achieve earlier diagnosis of cancer. Latest projections show that we are on track to save an extra 12,000 lives each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 11 January NHS England announced a new independent cancer taskforce to develop a five-year action plan for cancer services to improve survival rates and save thousands of lives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The taskforce has been set up to produce a new national cancer strategy for the next five years to 2020, building on NHS England’s vision for improving cancer outcomes set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View. The taskforce will be set up in partnership with the cancer community and other health system leaders, and will be chaired by Dr Harpal Kumar, Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK. The new strategy will cover prevention, early and faster diagnosis, better treatment and care for all, recovery, reablement and living with and beyond cancer. The strategy will also cover research and innovation, end-of-life care, data and metrics, and workforce. The taskforce will produce a statement of intent by March, and will aim to publish the new strategy in the summer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England also launched a major early-diagnosis programme, working jointly with Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support to test new approaches to identifying cancer more quickly. These include offering patients the option to self-refer for diagnostic tests, lowering the threshold for general practitioner (GP) referrals, and setting up multi-disciplinary diagnostic centres, so that patients can have several tests done at the same place on the same day. NHS England’s aim is to evaluate these innovative initiatives across more than 60 centres around England, in order to collect evidence on approaches that could be implemented from 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2010-11, the Department has run a series of Be Clear on Cancer (BCOC) campaigns to improve public awareness of the symptoms of cancer, including breast cancer, and to urge people with relevant symptoms to visit their GP promptly. In April 2013, responsibility for the BCOC campaigns was transferred to Public Health England, which continues to work on them in partnership with the Department, NHS England, including NHS Improving Quality, and other stakeholders, including charities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/01/2015 15:39:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

173737

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Children: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on preventing unhealthy eating among children of primary school age.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	220756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>No recent formal discussions with Department for Education (DfE) Ministers have taken place on preventing unhealthy eating among children of primary school age.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Department of Health and DfE Ministers have discussed the issue informally and officials meet regularly to discuss progress on delivering of the School Food Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/01/2015 17:23:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson