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1130374

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Babies: Screening
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 on the (a) use and (b) retention of information produced from Guthrie tests.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	261195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The Guthrie test was used for detecting phenylketonuria. However, as the newborn bloodspot screening programme screens for nine rare conditions, the heel prick test is performed using the newer technique of tandem mass spectrometry to detect conditions.</p><p>Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England have published the ‘NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme Code of Practice for the retention and storage of residual newborn blood spots’. This code of practice was published in January 2018 and applies to all newborn blood spot samples. It sets out arrangements for the retention, storage, use and release of residual newborn blood spots and related information and communication requirements.</p><p>The retention guidance is currently under review and will be updated shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 13:01:35 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1130390

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Dietetics
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 the Government is taking to reduce waiting times for dietetic services in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	261167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for assuring timely access to dietetic services, both in hospitals and community settings.</p><p>In addition, the NHS Long Term Plan makes several direct commitments to support timely intervention for specific conditions such as weight management services in primary care for people with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes or hypertension with a Body Mass Index of 30+ (adjusted appropriately for ethnicity), where it is known that significant impact can be made on improving health, reducing health inequalities and reducing costs.</p><p>The Long Term Plan commits to test a National Health Service programme supporting very low-calorie diets for obese people with type 2 diabetes. Additionally, the Long Term Plan commits to fund a doubling of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme over the next five years, including a new digital option to widen patient choice and target inequality.</p><p>Nutrition training, and an understanding of what is involved in achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, varies between medical schools. The Long Term Plan commits to working with academic institutes to increase focus across the professional bodies and universities to ensure nutrition has a greater place in professional education and training.</p><p>Additionally, NHS England’s nutrition quality improvement collaborative programme, 41 NHS provider organisations have focussed on gaining improvements in the accuracy of nutritional screening and subsequent appropriateness of nutritional care. These organisations have introduced a range of interventions to directly improve care locally.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 13:43:32 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1130412

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in response to the recent Public Health England statistics that showed an increase in new sexually transmitted infections, if he will commit to a national sexual health strategy.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	261089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>It is concerning to see the increase in sexually transmitted infections, and we would encourage people to practice safe sex by using condoms and to access their free, local sexual health services if they consider themselves to be at risk of infection. Local authorities have been mandated to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services and are best placed to understand and meet the public health needs of their local communities.</p><p>The development of a national sexual health strategy is a key recommendation in the Health and Social Care Committee’s report on sexual health, which was published on 2 June 2019. The Government is currently considering the report’s recommendations and will publish a formal response shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 13:35:51 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1130413

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Sexually Transmitted Infections: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department does not allocate funding for testing for (a) mycoplasma genitalium and (b) trichomoniasis vaginitis sexually transmitted infections.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	261090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has mandated local authorities to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services, including sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment. It is for local authorities to decide the services they commission within this mandate. Clinical guidance from the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV does not recommend routine testing for mycoplasma genitalium and trichomoniasis vaginitis in asymptomatic individuals.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 13:37:25 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1130414

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Gonorrhoea: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of sexual health clinics are not able to fully test for (a) gonorrhoea and (b) drug-resistant strains of gonorrhoea.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	261091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England does not hold this information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 13:40:16 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1130415

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
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's policy is to ensure that HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis is available to all people who could benefit from it.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	261092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is currently available through the three year, NHS England funded, PrEP impact trial, which is providing HIV prevention drugs to people at high risk of HIV infection. Expansion of the trial is underway across the country following the my Rt. hon. Friend Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s announcement in January that the trial would be expanded to 26,000 people. Participation in the trial is on a voluntary basis and it is for local authorities to decide whether they wish to take part. Work is now starting to consider future commissioning for PrEP after the trial has ended.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 13:44:16 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1130416

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Preventive Medicine
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 consider including sexual health and HIV in his Department's forthcoming prevention green paper.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	261093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>We are considering a number of policy options for the Prevention Green Paper and will be mindful of opportunities relating to sexual health and HIV.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 13:12:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1130417

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Sexually Transmitted Infections: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of compulsory relationships and sex education on rates of sexually transmitted infections in young people.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	261094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>There is clear evidence that good quality relationships and sex education has a protective function in a number of important areas. Studies show that gaining information mainly from school was associated with lower reporting of a range of negative sexual health outcomes, including unsafe sex and previous experience of sexually transmitted infections. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/3/e007837" target="_blank">https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/3/e007837</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 13:39:57 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1130458

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Diabetes: Kidney Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was between appointments for people with (a) Type 1 and (b) Type 2 diabetes who have diabetes-related renal conditions in each (i) hospital and (ii) clinic in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	261109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 261110 question first answered 14/06/2019 13:17:53 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1130459

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Diabetes: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was between appointments for people with diabetes-related psychological conditions who have (a) Type 1 and (b) Type 2 diabetes in each (i) hospital and (ii) clinic in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	261110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 261109 question first answered 14/06/2019 13:17:54 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth