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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

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

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

65710

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Contraceptives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effects of the use of emergency hormonal contraception on the rate of abortion in women aged under 25; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	204001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency keeps the safety of all medicines, including emergency hormonal contraception, under continuous review.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 204000 question first answered 09/07/2014 13:48:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

65715

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Contraceptives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department last conducted a review of evidence concerning the long-term health effects of emergency hormonal contraception; what evidence that review took into account; and if he will commission another such review.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	204000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency keeps the safety of all medicines, including emergency hormonal contraception, under continuous review.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 204001 question first answered 09/07/2014 13:48:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

156305

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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 recent progress has been made on vaccination for meningitis B.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	214836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended a national meningococcal B (MenB) immunisation programme for infants, subject to the vaccine, Bexsero<sup>®</sup> being obtained at a cost-effective price.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have accepted the JCVI’s recommendation and the Department is continuing negotiations for the supply of Bexsero<sup>®</sup> with the manufacturer, which will be completed as quickly as practicable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/11/2014 17:32:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

168974

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	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, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to people at risk of hunger.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	217839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Healthy Start scheme provides a nutritional safety net for pregnant women, new mothers and children under four years old in families throughout the United Kingdom who are claiming income-based benefits and tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our successful Change4Life programme encourages everyone in England to 'eat well, move more, live longer' with a specific focus on lower income families with 5-11 year old children. Since its launch more than 1.9 million families have joined Change4Life. Its tools and resources incentivise and encourage behaviour change. The Meal Mixer app, for example, has been downloaded more than a million times and contains hundreds of quick, healthy and affordable family recipes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/12/2014 16:59:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson