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223637

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Obesity: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce the level of childhood obesity.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	225400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>We have a well-developed and wide-ranging programme of actions to tackle child obesity. These include working with a wide range of partners including Public Health England and NHS England, and through a voluntary approach with industry. Key initiatives include Change4Life, the National Child Measurement Programme, Change4Life Sports Clubs, School Sports Funding and the School Food Plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through our voluntary approach with the food and drink industry, we have cut billions of calories from soft drinks and we have made it easier to see how much sugar is in soft drinks with our colour coded front of pack nutrition labelling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The actions we are taking are delivering results with obesity rates in children levelling off.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/03/2015 12:13:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

228810

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sugar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage confectionery retailers to reduce the sugar content of their products.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	228518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>We are working in voluntary partnership with the food and drink industry to cut calories, including sugar, across a range of products including confectionery and fizzy drinks. Businesses have taken billions of calories out of their products, including by cutting sugar in juice and fizzy drinks, and by reducing the size of single serving confectionery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/03/2015 16:29:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

385857

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Organs: Donors
	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 increase awareness of organ donation.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	4329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>We are supporting a number of initiatives to raise awareness and to encourage more people to consent to organ donation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) launched a new United Kingdom–wide organ donation and transplantation strategy in July 2013. <em>Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020</em> was developed by NHSBT and the four UK Health Departments. The strategy sets the agenda for increasing organ donation and transplantation rates to world class standards over the next few years. An aim to change behaviour and attitudes towards organ donation is a feature of this strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014 NHSBT ran a successful campaign during National Transplant week entitled ‘Spell it out’. This encouraged people to tell their friends and family once they have signed up to the NHS Organ Donation Register (ODR). Last year’s campaign achieved higher levels of social media engagement than ever before, and media coverage reached 82% of adults. This year National Transplant Week takes place on 7 – 13 September.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department also supports a number of initiatives to raise awareness in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities to become donors. Less than 5% of deceased organ donors are BAME, yet patients from BAME communities represent around a quarter of people waiting for a transplant.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSBT also works collaboratively with a number of partners in the private, public and third sectors to promote organ donation, such as Boots Advantage Card. People can also add their name to the ODR via Government owned channels such as applying for a driving licence and paying car tax online.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/07/2015 11:51:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

385856

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alzheimer's Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to maintain current levels of financial support for the assistance of Alzheimers patients.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	4328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>This year the Better Care Fund will provide £5.3 billion of investment in better integrated care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 21 February 2015, The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 was published, building on the achievements of the Prime Minister’s challenge on dementia 2012-2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that dementia remains a priority and will implement the 2020 Challenge in full to make sure that dementia care, support, awareness and research are transformed by 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Spending commitments will be set out in the budget and the spending review and the 2020 Challenge sets out our ambitions for further improving care and support for dementia over the next five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/07/2015 13:39:03 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

451015

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of the campaign to encourage (a) young people and (b) first-year university students to take up the Men ACWY vaccine.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	26042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>The total marketing budget for the campaign to encourage the uptake of the Men ACWY vaccine was £99,000.</p><p> </p><p>The paid-for activities formed part of an integrated communications and marketing approach which involved Public Health England working closely with NHS England, meningitis charities and Universities UK. National, regional, online and specialist print and broadcast media coverage of the vaccination campaign was secured at no cost. The vaccination programme was also promoted through university networks at national and regional/local level.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/02/2016 16:11:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

179323

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bone Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	224263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The latest data currently available is for cancer diagnoses in 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2012 there were 85 cases of Ewing’s sarcoma diagnosed in England, of which 59 were Ewing’s sarcoma of the bone, and 26 were extra-skeletal Ewing’s sarcoma (i.e. soft tissue).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/02/2015 15:29:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

76797

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cancer
	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 monitor the standard of care received by cancer patients and to reduce regional variations in the standard of such care.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	204712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The latest Cancer Patient Experience Survey results, from 2013, shows that whilst variations between trusts still exist, the overall range of variation for many indicators has narrowed.</p><p> </p><p>For example, in 2010 the proportion of patients saying that they had been given the name of a Clinical Nurse Specialist ranged from 92% in the highest performing trust to 59% in the poorest performing trust (33 points); by 2013 this had reduced to 97% to 76% (21 points).</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working with NHS Improving Quality to develop better ways of using the Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES) data within the National Health Service in order to maximise the impact of the survey, to be able to work with successful and struggling organisations to spread best practice for example. NHS Improving Quality will be doing a suite of work across all surveys to understand what the barriers are to implementing change and to showcase best practice where real improvements can be demonstrated.</p><p> </p><p>The CPES survey results are delivered to every organisation so each can see how they compare to other organisations. Currently, the action plans are taken into account as part of Peer Reviews. NHS England would expect that every trust board should know its own survey results and take account of them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are currently in the process of finalising measurable levels of ambition to improve patient experience and will be holding providers to account. These are based on NHS England's new measure for poor inpatient experience which includes dignity and respect and communication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/07/2014 15:03:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

348605

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Food Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Feeding Britain, published in December 2014 by the All Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger in the UK, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to those suffering from food poverty in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	1121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The issues raised in the Feeding Britain report affect a number of Government Departments. Food poverty, however, it not a matter for the Department of Health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has a range of programmes to support good nutrition, such as, the Nursery Milk Scheme and the Healthy Start Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2015 14:10:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

105977

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Strokes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support services for stroke survivors.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	212948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, run by the Royal College of Physicians and funded through the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, aims to improve the quality of stroke care by auditing stroke services against evidence based standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We know that when stroke survivors leave hospital, it is important that the right services are in place to ensure they have the support they need to make the best possible recovery. The audit shows that about 40% of stroke survivors are discharged with plans for on-going rehabilitation from a specialist team and that progress continues to be made in terms of the intensity of therapy provided by all of the disciplines (occupational, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, there is still progress to be made and the cardiovascular disease Strategic Clinical Networks continue to work with commissioners and providers to improve stroke rehabilitation services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/11/2014 16:50:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

228812

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bowel Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to provide support and assistance for patients with bowel cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	228520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The National Cancer Survivorship Initiative (NCSI) has set out to understand the numbers, needs, and experiences of people living with and beyond cancer, including bowel cancer, and the most effective service solutions to meet the growing numbers of survivors. The NCSI has recommended four priority areas: recovery packages; consequences of treatment and Patient Report Outcome Measures; stratified pathways of care; and physical activity. To support this work NHS England, in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, has established the Living with and Beyond Cancer Programme, a two-year programme of work to embed the four priority areas from NCSI into mainstream commissioning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Living with and beyond cancer has also been identified as a key theme by the independent Cancer Taskforce, which is developing a new cancer strategy to be published in summer 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/03/2015 16:42:35 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson