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1648460

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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: Costs
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 is taking to reduce the cost of dentistry for people on low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	191576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>There are a range of exemptions to NHS dental patient charges and support through the low-income scheme for patients who meet the eligibility criteria. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/dentists/dental-costs/get-help-with-dental-costs/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/dentists/dental-costs/get-help-with-dental-costs/</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 06/07/2023 09:05:08 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1648473

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Dementia: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Primary Care Dementia Data, May 2023, Official Statistics; for what reasons new dementia diagnoses are not included in those statistics alongside total dementia diagnoses; if he will publish data showing new dementia diagnoses for each of the past five years; and if he will make it his policy to include data on new dementia diagnoses in future Official Statistics releases on dementia.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>Data regarding patients who are newly diagnosed with dementia was introduced to the Core GP Contract GP Extraction Service (GPES) data collection for the 2023/24 financial year. This collection is the data source for the Primary Care Dementia Data Official Statistics publication. Data is being collected for each month, starting from April 2023. NHS England are currently assessing the data quality of this information to ensure it meets basic data quality standards and is caveated where appropriate. Once data quality has been assured to be appropriate for publication, NHS England will release this data in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/07/2023 09:58:19 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1648479

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Cardiovascular Diseases
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 make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of the British Heart Foundation in its analysis entitled, Excess deaths involving CVD in England since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis and explainer, published in June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	191537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Between March 2020 and May 2023 cardiovascular disease was a significant contributor to excess deaths. That is why we are going further to empower and support people to manage their heart health risks through the development of a digital NHS Health Check, and have appointed Professor Deanfield to lead work to develop an ambitious approach to personalised prevention. We will consider the implications of the British Heart Foundation’s findings for policy through the development of the Government’s forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/07/2023 16:34:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1648480

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Cardiovascular Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the British Heart Foundation in its analysis entitled, Excess deaths involving CVD in England since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis and explainer, published in June 2023, if he will make an assessment of the factors contributing to excess deaths involving cardiovascular disease since the start of the pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	191538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Evidence on excess mortality attributable to non-COVID-19 related causes implies that it is likely due to a combination of factors. This may include disruption to routine care during the first two years of the pandemic, lifestyle factors and disruption to emergency care and urgent elective procedures.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/07/2023 16:35:42 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1648481

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services
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 is taking to reduce pressures on NHS cardiovascular care services.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	191539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government is taking action to reduce pressure on NHS cardiovascular care services by: supporting local authorities to recover NHS Health Checks, England’s national cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programme; investing nearly £17 million for the development and roll-out of an innovative new digital NHS Health Check that will enable more people to have a check and free up NHS staff time; rolling out free blood pressure checks to people over the age of 40 in community pharmacies to detect thousands more people living with hypertension earlier. CVD will form a part of the Government’s Major Conditions Strategy which will focus on conditions that contribute most to morbidity and mortality across the population in England. The Strategy will set out a strong and coherent policy agenda that underpin a shift to integrated, whole-person care, building on measures that we have already taken forward through the NHS Long Term Plan. Interventions set out in the Strategy will aim to alleviate pressure on the health system, as well as support the government’s objective to increase healthy life expectancy and reduce ill-health related labour market inactivity.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/07/2023 16:34:12 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1648512

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Medical Equipment: Allergies
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of removing charges for the renewal of a faulty EpiPen.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	191607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to make revisions to the prescription charge arrangements.</p><p>The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015 do not provide an exemption from prescription charges for recalled or faulty items. Any prescription only medicine that is faulty as in this case, a new prescription will need to be issued.</p><p>If a manufacturer detects a potential fault with a medical product or device, they must notify the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) as per the considerations for recall action which are part of standard licensing conditions. The MHRA will issue a recall notification and also work with manufacturer to proactively issue communications on the recall to ensure patient safety.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/07/2023 08:26:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1648513

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	NHS: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many tenders for the NHS Federated Data Platform and Associated Services contract were received by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>NHS England is procuring the Federated Data Platform via an open competition, in line with Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015. The programme is currently part way through an ongoing procurement process that has yet to conclude and is therefore not in a position to disclose any information relating to the procurement exercise including the number of responses received. The programme is aiming to award the contract to the successful supplier in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/07/2023 08:44:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1648521

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Smoking
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 adequacy of his Department's progress towards achieving his Smokefree 2030 targets.
tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
uin	191601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>In April, we announced a range of measures to help more people in England quit smoking. These include a new national swap to stop scheme to provide vapes to one million smokers, and a financial incentives scheme to help all pregnant smokers to quit. We are confident that these new measures, in addition to the actions we are already taking, will set us on course to achieve our Smokefree 2030 ambition, and we will monitor progress.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 04/07/2023 10:35:37 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1648529

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Smoking
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 (a) Cancer Research UK and (b) other relevant stakeholders on the Smokefree 2030 campaign.
tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
uin	191602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government consults widely with stakeholders on the Smokefree 2030 ambition. My officials regularly meet with organisations such as Cancer Research UK, as well as other relevant individuals and organisations.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 04/07/2023 10:36:56 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1648554

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Mental Health Services: Children and 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 steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the speed of and (b) support children awaiting referral to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	191564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>We are increasing investment into mental health services by at least £2.3 billion a year by March 2024 and have set out our aim in the NHS Long Term Plan for an additional 345,000 children and young people to be able to get the mental health support they need by March 2024. We also provided an additional £79 million in 2021/22 to help speed up the expansion of children’s mental health services. This allowed around 22,500 more children and young people to access community health services, 2,000 more to access eating disorder services and a faster increase in the coverage of mental health support teams in schools and colleges.</p><p>NHS England has consulted on the potential to introduce five new waiting time standards as part of its clinically-led review of NHS access standards, including that children, young people and their families, presenting to community-based mental health services should start to receive care within four weeks from referral. As a first step, NHS England has shared and promoted guidance with its local system partners to consistently report waiting times to support the development of a baseline position. We are working with NHS England on on the next steps.</p><p>We are also making good progress in rolling out mental health support teams to schools and colleges across England. As of spring 2022 there were 287 in place in over 4,700 schools and colleges across the country, offering support to children experiencing anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issues, some of whom may be awaiting referral to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. We expect this is now at around 400 teams covering 35% of pupils. Over 500 are planned to be up and running by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/07/2023 09:40:08 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern