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1680737

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date	09/01/2024
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	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of NHS staffing levels for the delivery of palliative care services in (a) hospitals, (b) hospices and (c) homes in the community.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises that access to high-quality, palliative and end of life care can make all the difference to individuals and their loved ones. As set out on the Health and Care Act 2022, integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning palliative and end of life services that meet the needs of their population. In July 2022, NHS England published statutory guidance for commissioners on palliative and end of life care, which sets out the considerations for ICBs to meet their legal duties.</p><p>In 2023, NHS England published the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP). The LTWP sets out the steps the NHS and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. It will put the workforce on a sustainable footing for the long term. The LTWP aims to grow the number and proportion of NHS staff working in mental health, primary and community care to enable the service ambition to deliver more preventative and proactive care across the NHS. The LTWP sets out an ambition to grow these roles 73% by 2036/37, including plans to increase the community workforce specifically by 3.9% each year.</p><p>Most hospices are independent, charitable organisations, and are, therefore, responsible for determining their own staffing levels. While the LTWP did not explicitly model demand for health professionals from non-NHS settings, it does assume that the expansion of domestic education and training and improved retention would have a positive impact on healthcare numbers working elsewhere in the health and care system.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/01/2024 17:56:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1680738

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is on track to meet its funding targets for the dementia moonshot.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is strongly committed to supporting research into dementia and has committed to double funding for dementia research. We will double funding for dementia research to £160 million per year by the end of 2024/25. We estimate that the Government spent over £454 million on dementia research from 2018/19 to 2022/23.</p><p>On 14 August 2022, the former Prime Minister launched the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission, along with £95 million of funding. The Mission is part of the commitment to double dementia research funding and aims to develop innovative research tools and boost the number and speed of clinical trials in dementia and neurodegeneration. In the Autumn Statement 2023, the Government stated it is launching the first Clinical Trials Delivery Accelerator focused on dementia, with up to £20 million of funding to help innovation reach National Health Service patients even faster.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/01/2024 14:26:20 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1680739

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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: 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, if she will take steps to increase funding for third sector organisations for the delivery of services through Integrated Care Boards for patients with dementia in the community in the context of trends in the level of dementia diagnoses.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>NHS England continues to monitor the monthly dementia diagnosis rate and analyse trends at national, regional and integrated care board (ICB) level.   The latest dementia diagnosis rate reported by NHS Digital for the end of November 2023 was 64.7%, the highest it has been for three years due to sustained recovery efforts.</p><p>Local authorities are required to provide or arrange services that meet the social care needs of the local population, including carers, under the Care Act 2014.</p><p>ICBs are responsible for the provision of dementia care services. NHS England expects ICBs to commission services based on local population needs.</p><p>Many local authorities already utilise third sector partnerships to deliver dementia-related services in their area. It is for individual ICBs to distribute funding at a local level and therefore their decision on whether to increase funding for third sector organisations.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/01/2024 13:13:01 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1680747

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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	Social Prescribing: Loneliness
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 she has made of the effectiveness of social prescribing at reducing levels of loneliness and social isolation.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department recognises the value of social prescribing in tackling loneliness. Since 2018, the Government and its partners have invested over £80 million in tackling loneliness.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport published a report on 4 September 2023, Exploring interventions to tackle loneliness, summarising what interventions work to tackle loneliness and a report exploring the knowledge of professionals working to evaluate loneliness interventions. In this report, it was concluded that more evaluations are needed to determine the effect social prescribing has on loneliness.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/01/2024 14:42:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1680754

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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	Integrated Care Boards: Pharmacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of promoting further engagement between pharmacists and integrated care boards.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a statutory duty to have at least one primary care representative on their board who in turn has a duty to represent all contractors in developing plans for meeting the health needs of the population, managing the National Health Service budget and arranging for the provision of health services in a geographical area.</p><p>All ICBs have taken on delegated responsibility from NHS England for the commissioning of pharmaceutical services enabling ICBs to better integrate community pharmacy into the NHS in their area.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/01/2024 14:50:37 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1680756

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to reduce the alcohol content in drinks on sale in retail settings.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the 2019 publication, Advancing our Heath: Prevention in the 2020s, the Department is working with industry to deliver a significant increase in the availability of no- and low-alcohol products. Current guidance for the use of low-alcohol descriptors, published by the Department in 2018, sets out that “alcohol-free” products should have an alcohol by volume (ABV) content of no more than 0.05% and “low-alcohol” products should have an ABV of no more than 1.2%.</p><p>In support of the commitment to increase the availability of these products across retail and hospitality settings, the Government published a consultation on updating this guidance in September 2023. A response will be published in due course.</p><p>The Government has also delivered on its commitment to review the outdated and complex alcohol duty system and introduced the biggest reform of alcohol duties in 140 years. As of 1 August 2023, all alcohol is now taxed by strength. This is helping to target problem drinking by taxing products associated with higher alcohol-related harm at a higher rate of duty.</p><p>The new system incentivises the production and consumption of lower strength products by introducing a reduced rate of duty for products of a lower ABV. Additionally, all draught products below 8.5 per cent ABV sold in containers of 20 litres or more now receive a reduced rate of duty, incentivising consumption of lower strength products in pubs.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/01/2024 14:54:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1680760

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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: 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 changes have been made to the provision of services for people with dementia in the period since the publication of the guidance by the NHS and the Alzheimer’s Society entitled The dementia guide: Living well after your diagnosis in November 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	8685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Since the publication of the guidance by the National Health Service and the Alzheimer’s Society in November 2020, NHS England is funding an evidence-based improvement project for two trusts in each region, encompassing 14 sites in total, to pilot the Diagnosing Advanced Dementia Mandate tool to improve diagnosis of dementia in care homes and to create an alternative pathway for diagnosing dementia. NHS England is also stepping up and accelerating preparation for the rollout of any potential new treatments, including the establishment of a dedicated programme team for early Alzheimer’s treatments.</p><p>NHS England's RightCare team is refreshing the RightCare Dementia Scenario which works through the dementia well pathway journey from diagnosing well through to dying well, detailing optimal and sub optimal approaches, with associated costings for each. The RightCare team is also developing a ‘dementia model pathway’.</p><p>Following publication of the Strategic Framework on 14 August 2023, we are continuing to develop the Major Conditions Strategy, informed by the Call for Evidence and ongoing engagement. This includes dementia as one of the six major conditions. Our intention is to publish the strategy in early 2024.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/01/2024 16:33:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1680772

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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	Eyesight: Health Education
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 her Department is taking to improve public awareness of eye health.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	8721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The NHS.uk website sets out the importance of regular sight tests whilst also providing information about entitlement to free sight tests in the National Health Service. The Department also seeks opportunities to promote the importance of eye health, such as during National Eye Health Week.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/01/2024 15:39:13 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1680784

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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	Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 16/01/2024 12:59:24 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name Tables PQ8738.xlsx title Tables PQ8738
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1680836

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 government procurement cards were held by people to make purchases against her Department’s budget as of (a) 31 December 2022, (b) 31 March 2023 and (c) 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The number of cardholders in the Department for the dates in question was 86 as of 31 December 2022, 89 as of 31 March 2023, and 92 as of 31 December 2023.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/01/2024 14:22:14 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry