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421908

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Loneliness
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 effectiveness of steps taken by local authorities to tackle loneliness; and what support the Government has provided to local authorities for such work.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	12272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out an assessment of the impact of loneliness in England or in Basildon and Billericay. The Campaign to End Loneliness report <em>Loneliness: the State We’re In (2012)</em> demonstrated that loneliness has a very negative impact on health. Research identified by the Campaign to End Loneliness has shown it has an effect on mortality that is similar in size to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and is worse for us than obesity. Loneliness and social isolation is also associated with conditions such as cardiovascular disease, dementia, poor sleep and depression.</p><br /><p>The Government has not made an assessment of the steps the National Health Service and local authorities have taken to tackle loneliness. Given the complexity of loneliness and the different ways that people are affected there is no single solution that can tackle loneliness and having a range of interventions and solutions is helpful. The Department has funded the Social Care Institute for Excellence to develop and run the Prevention Library which includes examples of emerging practice to prevent, reduce or delay peoples care and support needs from deteriorating. This includes examples of what NHS bodies and local authorities have done to tackle loneliness such as the NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group Living Well programme and LinkAge supported by Bristol City Council.</p><br /><p>Prevention is core to the Government’s approach to people managing their health and care needs. My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health set out in his speech to the Local Government Association on 1 July that we all have a responsibility at an individual, family, and community level to identify people with care needs such as loneliness and provide support and improve their wellbeing.</p><br /><p>Through the Care Act 2014 the Government has placed a duty on local authorities to have measures in place to identify people in their area who would benefit from universal services to help reduce, delay or prevent needs for care and support. This includes needs that may arise from loneliness and social isolation.</p><br /><p>The Department has supported a ‘digital toolkit’ for local commissioners, which was developed by the Campaign to End Loneliness, and is now incorporated in their guidance <em>Loneliness and Isolation: Guidance for Local Authorities and Commissioners</em>. This supports commissioners in understanding, mapping and commissioning for loneliness and social isolation in their communities, and includes promising approaches to tackling loneliness.</p><br /><p>We are building a better understanding of how prevention can maintain people’s wellbeing and the evidence base on the effectiveness of interventions is expanding. Through the Prevention Library local authorities can learn from emerging practice, and exchange ideas and experience of the impact of information, advice and befriending services.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 12202 12271 question first answered 21/10/2015 14:38:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

421932

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
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 7 September 2015 to Question 8139, what (a) correspondence and (b) meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have had with Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust on patients being admitted to private facilities outside Lancashire in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	12232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>There has been no such correspondence or meetings. These are operational matters for the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 21/10/2015 14:35:07 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

421935

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2015 to Question 9845, what steps have been taken with Breast Cancer Now since the roundtable event.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	12247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>Since the Roundtable Event, the Department has engaged with a number of key stakeholders to progress various outputs. I met Breast Cancer Now and the hon. Member for Torfaen (Nick Thomas-Symonds) who is sponsoring the Off Patent Drugs Bill recently where we discussed their views. The Government’s position on the Bill will be shared in full at its second reading on 6 November 2015.</p><br /> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/10/2015 15:29:43 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

421936

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Loneliness
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 effectiveness of steps taken by NHS bodies to tackle loneliness.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	12271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out an assessment of the impact of loneliness in England or in Basildon and Billericay. The Campaign to End Loneliness report <em>Loneliness: the State We’re In (2012)</em> demonstrated that loneliness has a very negative impact on health. Research identified by the Campaign to End Loneliness has shown it has an effect on mortality that is similar in size to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and is worse for us than obesity. Loneliness and social isolation is also associated with conditions such as cardiovascular disease, dementia, poor sleep and depression.</p><br /><p>The Government has not made an assessment of the steps the National Health Service and local authorities have taken to tackle loneliness. Given the complexity of loneliness and the different ways that people are affected there is no single solution that can tackle loneliness and having a range of interventions and solutions is helpful. The Department has funded the Social Care Institute for Excellence to develop and run the Prevention Library which includes examples of emerging practice to prevent, reduce or delay peoples care and support needs from deteriorating. This includes examples of what NHS bodies and local authorities have done to tackle loneliness such as the NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group Living Well programme and LinkAge supported by Bristol City Council.</p><br /><p>Prevention is core to the Government’s approach to people managing their health and care needs. My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health set out in his speech to the Local Government Association on 1 July that we all have a responsibility at an individual, family, and community level to identify people with care needs such as loneliness and provide support and improve their wellbeing.</p><br /><p>Through the Care Act 2014 the Government has placed a duty on local authorities to have measures in place to identify people in their area who would benefit from universal services to help reduce, delay or prevent needs for care and support. This includes needs that may arise from loneliness and social isolation.</p><br /><p>The Department has supported a ‘digital toolkit’ for local commissioners, which was developed by the Campaign to End Loneliness, and is now incorporated in their guidance <em>Loneliness and Isolation: Guidance for Local Authorities and Commissioners</em>. This supports commissioners in understanding, mapping and commissioning for loneliness and social isolation in their communities, and includes promising approaches to tackling loneliness.</p><br /><p>We are building a better understanding of how prevention can maintain people’s wellbeing and the evidence base on the effectiveness of interventions is expanding. Through the Prevention Library local authorities can learn from emerging practice, and exchange ideas and experience of the impact of information, advice and befriending services.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 12202 12272 question first answered 21/10/2015 14:38:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

421938

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address the reported shortfall of £107 million in the Department's 2015 budget and the consequent imbalance in funding for mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	12261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>With the financial controls package and help from system leads, we are working towards delivering a balanced position against the overall spending controls in this financial year, despite an unprecedented level of deficit in the National Health Service provider sector.</p><br /><p>The NHS must now put in place cost-control measures we have introduced, like clamping down on agency spend, limiting the use of management consultants and making sure trusts have to justify the pay package of any manager who is paid more than the Prime Minister, while we continue to work with hospitals on ways to improve productivity and reduce waste.</p><br /><p>This year, we are investing £173 million of additional money in mental health, including £30 million for services for young people with eating disorders. We are taking a targeted and phased approach to the additional investment, to enable local areas to develop additional capacity and a collaborative approach across health, education and children’s services. This is what is needed to make a real difference.</p><br /><p>We remain committed to providing the additional £1.25 billion investment in mental health services over the next five years, as announced in the Budget 2015.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/10/2015 14:32:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

421939

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lyme Disease: Screening
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 improve tests for Lyme disease to ensure early diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	12262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England regularly review new tests for Lyme disease and participate in a Europe wide Quality Assurance programme to ensure that the most suitable tests available are used.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2015 15:02:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

421941

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Loneliness: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of chronic loneliness among older people on demand for GP appointments in (a) England and (b) Basildon and Billericay constituency.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	12202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out an assessment of the impact of loneliness in England or in Basildon and Billericay. The Campaign to End Loneliness report <em>Loneliness: the State We’re In (2012)</em> demonstrated that loneliness has a very negative impact on health. Research identified by the Campaign to End Loneliness has shown it has an effect on mortality that is similar in size to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and is worse for us than obesity. Loneliness and social isolation is also associated with conditions such as cardiovascular disease, dementia, poor sleep and depression.</p><br /><p>The Government has not made an assessment of the steps the National Health Service and local authorities have taken to tackle loneliness. Given the complexity of loneliness and the different ways that people are affected there is no single solution that can tackle loneliness and having a range of interventions and solutions is helpful. The Department has funded the Social Care Institute for Excellence to develop and run the Prevention Library which includes examples of emerging practice to prevent, reduce or delay peoples care and support needs from deteriorating. This includes examples of what NHS bodies and local authorities have done to tackle loneliness such as the NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group Living Well programme and LinkAge supported by Bristol City Council.</p><br /><p>Prevention is core to the Government’s approach to people managing their health and care needs. My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health set out in his speech to the Local Government Association on 1 July that we all have a responsibility at an individual, family, and community level to identify people with care needs such as loneliness and provide support and improve their wellbeing.</p><br /><p>Through the Care Act 2014 the Government has placed a duty on local authorities to have measures in place to identify people in their area who would benefit from universal services to help reduce, delay or prevent needs for care and support. This includes needs that may arise from loneliness and social isolation.</p><br /><p>The Department has supported a ‘digital toolkit’ for local commissioners, which was developed by the Campaign to End Loneliness, and is now incorporated in their guidance <em>Loneliness and Isolation: Guidance for Local Authorities and Commissioners</em>. This supports commissioners in understanding, mapping and commissioning for loneliness and social isolation in their communities, and includes promising approaches to tackling loneliness.</p><br /><p>We are building a better understanding of how prevention can maintain people’s wellbeing and the evidence base on the effectiveness of interventions is expanding. Through the Prevention Library local authorities can learn from emerging practice, and exchange ideas and experience of the impact of information, advice and befriending services.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 12271 12272 question first answered 21/10/2015 14:38:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

421942

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Equipment
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 on the provision of medical supplies to NHS facilities in (a) Northamptonshire, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England of the introduction of the new IT system at NHS Supply Chain's Regional Distribution Centre in Rugby.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	12199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>NHS Supply Chain services are delivered by a logistics partner DHL, under the management of NHS Business Services Authority. DHL has been upgrading the main logistics IT system across its warehousing network and on 5 October 2015 commenced the upgrade at its warehouse in Rugby. Various technical issues have been encountered and, as a result, DHL has had to implement contingency measures.</p><br /><p>Whilst there has been an administrative impact on some National Health Service trusts, we are not aware of any impact on ‘front line services’ in Northamptonshire and the East Midlands – the area served by the Rugby warehouse. DHL has been able to meet requirements from its remaining network and it expects all current issues to be resolved by 23 October 2015. When the issues have been resolved the NHS Business Services Authority will then address any ‘due compensation’ to NHS trusts affected.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/10/2015 15:01:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

421964

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prisoners: Diabetes
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 manage the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in the prison population; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	12249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of Type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent) prevalence within prisons in England was published by Public Health England (PHE) in July 2014. This information is shown in the following table:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent) prevalence within prisons in England, July 2014: percentage of male and female prisoners, age 16 years and over with confirmed type 2 diabetes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age range (years)</p></td><td><p>16-24</p></td><td><p>25-34</p></td><td><p>35-44</p></td><td><p>45-64</p></td><td><p>65+</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.7 (45-54) 2.1 (55-64)</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:</em> Public Health England - Health and Justice Health Needs Assessment</p><p>Template: Adult Prisons, July 2014; prevalence of physical health problems</p><br /><p>The Department estimates that up to 80% of Type 2 diabetes cases are largely preventable through behaviour interventions, including healthy dieting and increased physical activity. With NHS England and PHE, the Department is committed to ensuring that prisoners with Type 2 diabetes or at risk of developing this condition receive an equivalent level of health care to people in the community with this condition.</p><br /><p>Patients over 12 years old with existing diabetes, including prisoners, should receive all National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended diabetes monitoring. These include blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index and foot care surveillance. There is good evidence that achieving NICE recommended diabetes treatment targets reduces complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, amputation and premature death.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 12251 question first answered 21/10/2015 14:20:09 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

421976

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prisoners: Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes within the prison population; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	12251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of Type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent) prevalence within prisons in England was published by Public Health England (PHE) in July 2014. This information is shown in the following table:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent) prevalence within prisons in England, July 2014: percentage of male and female prisoners, age 16 years and over with confirmed type 2 diabetes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age range (years)</p></td><td><p>16-24</p></td><td><p>25-34</p></td><td><p>35-44</p></td><td><p>45-64</p></td><td><p>65+</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.7 (45-54) 2.1 (55-64)</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:</em> Public Health England - Health and Justice Health Needs Assessment</p><p>Template: Adult Prisons, July 2014; prevalence of physical health problems</p><br /><p>The Department estimates that up to 80% of Type 2 diabetes cases are largely preventable through behaviour interventions, including healthy dieting and increased physical activity. With NHS England and PHE, the Department is committed to ensuring that prisoners with Type 2 diabetes or at risk of developing this condition receive an equivalent level of health care to people in the community with this condition.</p><br /><p>Patients over 12 years old with existing diabetes, including prisoners, should receive all National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended diabetes monitoring. These include blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index and foot care surveillance. There is good evidence that achieving NICE recommended diabetes treatment targets reduces complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, amputation and premature death.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 12249 question first answered 21/10/2015 14:20:09 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham