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1697523

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	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	Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
	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 she is taking to support people with postural tachycardia syndrome.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	19656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>Services for postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) are locally commissioned and, as such, it is the responsibility of the local commissioning teams within integrated care boards to ensure that their locally commissioned services meet the needs of their local population.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced a clinical knowledge summary, last revised in November 2023, which outlines the method healthcare professionals should follow for diagnosing PoTS. This summary is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/blackouts-syncope/diagnosis/assessment/" target="_blank">https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/blackouts-syncope/diagnosis/assessment/</a></p><p>Clinical knowledge summaries are evidence-based summaries designed to support healthcare professionals in primary care, by providing them with a readily accessible summary of the current evidence base and practical advice on best practice.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/03/2024 10:11:12 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1697052

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	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	Mental Health Services: Parents
	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 she is taking to ensure bereaved parents have access to NHS community-based psychological support.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	19417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Through the NHS Long Term Plan, the Government is providing investment and increasing the mental health workforce to expand and transform mental health services in the National Health Service in England. Almost £16 billion was invested in mental health in 2022/23, enabling 3.6 million people to be in contact with mental health services, a 10% increase on the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that grieving parents who have lost a child have access to the mental health support they need, when they need it. Anyone struggling with a bereavement is strongly encouraged to contact their general practitioner who can help provide support, signpost to specialist bereavement support charities or make a referral to a counsellor.  Bereaved parents can also refer themselves directly to an NHS talking therapies service without a referral from a general practitioner.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, we updated GOV.UK’s Tell us Once service to better signpost people to sources of bereavement support.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 26/03/2024 13:43:37 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1697129

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	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	Infant Mortality: Certification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when baby loss certificates will become available for people who lost their child before September 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	19419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>On 22 February 2024, we launched the Baby Loss Certificate service, fulfilling our commitment in the Women’s Health Strategy. The certificate is an important acknowledgement of a life lost, and we hope it will provide some comfort and support by validating the loss.</p><p>We recognise that some people will wish to obtain a certificate for a baby loss that has happened in the past. It is currently open to pregnancy losses since 1 September 2018, and we will extend this to earlier losses as soon as we can.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 26/03/2024 13:18:44 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1693447

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Health Services: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the availability of step down support in London for homeless people being discharged from hospital care.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	16863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Local systems are expected to undertake capacity and demand planning exercises for all intermediate care services, including step-down support.</p><p>We are working to ensure that people at risk of, or experiencing homelessness have a place to stay, and the right care and support to recover their health and wellbeing after leaving hospital. In January 2024 the Department published guidance on discharging people at risk of, or experiencing homelessness, to support staff involved in planning safe and supportive discharge of these patients from hospital. Furthermore, between 2020 and 2022, the Department delivered £16 million to 17 local sites, including in London, to pilot Out of Hospital Care Models to people experiencing homelessness following a hospital stay. The Department’s guidance on discharging people at risk of, or experiencing homelessness, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/03/2024 16:38:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1693429

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Infant Mortality and Miscarriage: Bereavement Counselling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has plans to increase support for bereaved parents who experience a (a) miscarriage or (b) baby loss.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	16845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government funded the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death charity in order to produce and support the roll-out of a National Bereavement Care Pathway, to reduce the variation in the quality of bereavement care provided by the National Health Service. As of 30 January 2024, 126 NHS England trusts, or 98%, have signed up to the pathway.</p><p>The Government is also continuing to implement recommendations from the Pregnancy Loss Review published in July 2023. These focus on improving the care and support that women and families receive when experiencing a pre-24-week gestation baby loss.</p><p>On 22 February 2024, we launched Baby Loss Certificates so that parents can obtain a certificate to recognise the loss of a baby before 24 weeks. As of 4 March 2024, over 37,000 certificates have been issued. This delivers on priorities set out in the Women’s Health Strategy for England, and on recommendations from the Pregnancy Loss Review.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 12/03/2024 12:52:03 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1693428

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Infant Mortality: Bereavement Counselling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of bereavement support provided to fathers following a baby loss.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	16844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises that partners can also be impacted when their loved ones are suffering from the consequences of the loss of a baby. We previously funded the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death charity to produce and support the roll-out of a National Bereavement Care Pathway, to reduce the variation in the quality of bereavement care provided by the National Health Service, for parents and their families. On 22 February 2024, we launched Baby Loss Certificates, so either parent can obtain a certificate to recognise the loss of a baby before 24 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 12/03/2024 12:34:25 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1692068

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2024
	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	Physiotherapy
	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 the availability of NHS physiotherapy appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	15968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>There are no current plans to make an assessment.</p><p>NHS England published its intermediate care framework for rehabilitation, reablement and recovery following hospital discharge in September 2023, to help ensure high quality care after hospital discharge. This framework is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/intermediate-care-framework-for-rehabilitation-reablement-and-recovery-following-hospital-discharge/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/intermediate-care-framework-for-rehabilitation-reablement-and-recovery-following-hospital-discharge/</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/03/2024 11:11:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1689362

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Genomics: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has plans to (a) review and (b) update guidance on partnerships between private healthcare providers and Chinese genomic companies.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	14261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>As part of the new UK Biological Security Strategy, the Government is assessing how we can minimise the risks from biological data to protect our burgeoning bioeconomy, without stifling innovation, and build confidence in sharing personal data to improve health outcomes in the United Kingdom and across the world. The Office for Life Sciences is conducting this work at pace.</p><p>The Research Collaboration Advice Team, which has been operating since March 2022 as part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, provides advice to UK stakeholders about research collaborations. In 2020, Universities UK, with support from the Government, the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure and the National Cyber Security Centre, published guidelines to help universities tackle security risks related to international collaboration. Universities UK continues to evaluate the effectiveness of their guidelines, updating it when necessary.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 26/02/2024 10:04:02 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1688240

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	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	Physiotherapy: Hornsey and Wood Green
	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 the availability of rehabilitation physiotherapy appointments for patients in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	13662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department has no current plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of rehabilitation physiotherapy appointments for patients in the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 19/02/2024 09:36:35 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1684485

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2024
	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	Prisoners: Epilepsy
	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 people in prison have epilepsy.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	11157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>NHS England collects internal management data on this however the statistics are not considered robust enough to be published.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/02/2024 14:07:42 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West