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1108996

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date	02/04/2019
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: Travellers and 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 steps (a) his Department plans to take with the NHS to respond to the findings of the Friends Families and Travellers’ report entitled No room at the inn: How easy is it for nomadic Gypsies and Travellers to access primary care and (b) the NHS plans to take to ensure homeless people can access healthcare at any GP practice they choose.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	240011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Registering with and access to primary medical care services is the same for all patients, whether they are gypsies, travellers, or homeless people. People do not need to provide proof of address to register with a general practice (GP). NHS England is working with a range of community groups to redesign the patient registration leaflet so that people are aware of this when registering. The free NHS 111 service can assist anyone who has faced difficulty finding a GP or accessing other services in their local area.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is aware of difficulties some individuals have faced when trying to register with a GP and is taking steps to address shortcomings with individual practices, working in partnership with the voluntary sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Health and Wellbeing Alliance is a partnership arrangement with the aim to facilitate integrated working between the voluntary and statutory sectors, to promote equality and reduce health inequalities. It receives £1.2 million for core work from the Department, with each member receiving funding of up to £60,000. Families and Travellers is a member of the Alliance and have supported the Department on a range of work to date including the Inclusion Health Audit Tool, on maternal health, mental health, end of life care and dementia.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/04/2019 14:33:43 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1109014

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Obesity
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 increase access to Tier 3 obesity services.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	240051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England has been working with NHS England to support approaches to obesity as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The NHS Long Term Plan has a number of different actions to support the drive to reduce obesity, including investment in tier 3 services for both children and adults and plans are in development for this expansion. This will result in, for example, a further 1,000 children a year being treated by 2022/23 for severe complications related to obesity.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/04/2019 14:35:00 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1109016

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Obesity
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 has taken to establish the cost of obesity to the (a) NHS, (b) social services and (c) the wider economy.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	240052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>‘The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006-07 NHS costs’ estimated that overweight and obesity cost the National Health Service in the United Kingdom £5.1 billion per year. This figure was uplifted to £6.1 billion in 2014/15 to take account of inflation.</p><p> </p><p>The Foresight team published ‘Tackling Obesities: Future Choices in 2007’. This estimated the annual costs of overweight and obesity to society and the economy as £27 billion in 2015, based on obesity prevalence at the time. In 2014 the McKinsey Global Institute estimated the cost of obesity to the UK economy as £46 billion per year.</p><p> </p><p>No further estimates of the costs of obesity are planned or have been made centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Copies of ‘The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006-07 NHS costs’; ‘Tackling Obesities: Future Choices’; and the McKinsey Global Institute’s report ‘Overcoming obesity: An initial economic analysis’ are available at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/33/4/527/1568587" target="_blank">https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/33/4/527/1568587</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-obesity-future-choices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-obesity-future-choices</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare-systems-and-services/our-insights/how-the-world-could-better-fight-obesity" target="_blank">www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare-systems-and-services/our-insights/how-the-world-could-better-fight-obesity</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 240053 question first answered 10/04/2019 13:47:01 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1109017

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Obesity
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 cost of obesity to the (a) NHS, (b) social services and (c) wider economy.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	240053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>‘The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006-07 NHS costs’ estimated that overweight and obesity cost the National Health Service in the United Kingdom £5.1 billion per year. This figure was uplifted to £6.1 billion in 2014/15 to take account of inflation.</p><p> </p><p>The Foresight team published ‘Tackling Obesities: Future Choices in 2007’. This estimated the annual costs of overweight and obesity to society and the economy as £27 billion in 2015, based on obesity prevalence at the time. In 2014 the McKinsey Global Institute estimated the cost of obesity to the UK economy as £46 billion per year.</p><p> </p><p>No further estimates of the costs of obesity are planned or have been made centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Copies of ‘The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006-07 NHS costs’; ‘Tackling Obesities: Future Choices’; and the McKinsey Global Institute’s report ‘Overcoming obesity: An initial economic analysis’ are available at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/33/4/527/1568587" target="_blank">https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/33/4/527/1568587</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-obesity-future-choices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-obesity-future-choices</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare-systems-and-services/our-insights/how-the-world-could-better-fight-obesity" target="_blank">www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare-systems-and-services/our-insights/how-the-world-could-better-fight-obesity</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 240052 question first answered 10/04/2019 13:47:01 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1109018

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2018 to Question 133501 on obesity, for what reason his Department does not hold information on the number of tier three obesity services commissioned by clinical commissioning groups or local authorities; and whether he plans to collate that information.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	240054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>It would not be cost-effective for the Department to collect data on every clinical intervention, including information on tier three obesity services commissioned by clinical commissioning groups or local authorities.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/04/2019 14:36:07 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1108662

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Suicide: Relatives
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 takes to support the close relatives of suicide victims.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	239188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Providing better information and support to people bereaved by suicide is a key area for action in the Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Strategy for England, and the NHS Long Term Plan has committed to put in place suicide bereavement support for families and staff working in mental health crisis services in every area of the country.</p><p> </p><p>Relatives may access support for bereavement through Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services. People can either self-refer, or be referred for a clinical assessment of their needs.</p><p> </p><p>Bereavement counselling is available to people at any time, even if the person that someone lost died a long time ago, through their local general practitioner or by self-referring to national Cruse Bereavement Care.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/04/2019 11:24:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 112743 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1108693

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
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 his Department has had with NICE on the prescription of medicinal cannabis oil for patients with (a) cerebral palsy and (b) arthritis.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	David Duguid
uin	239283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not discussed with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) the prescription of medicinal cannabis oil for patients with cerebral palsy and arthritis.</p><p> </p><p>NICE is the independent expert body that develops authoritative, evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on whether drugs and other treatments represent a clinically and cost effective use of NHS resources. NICE is developing guidance on the prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products by October 2019. It will be based on the best available international evidence and will have been produced using NICE’s world-renowned process for delivering such guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Following a public consultation on the draft scope, the guidance will focus on the use of cannabis-based products in the treatment of chronic pain, intractable nausea and vomiting, spasticity and severe treatment-resistant epilepsy, conditions where the evidence is currently most advanced. A consultation on the draft guidance is expected in the summer.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/04/2019 14:41:04 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1108790

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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: 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 assessment he has made of the availability of suitable accommodation providers for teenagers aged over 16 suffering with mental health issues and at high risk of self-harm.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	239273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out an assessment. Accommodation for teenagers aged over 16 suffering with mental health issues may be commissioned through a number of bodies including NHS England, clinical commissioning groups and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/04/2019 11:22:00 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1108821

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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-mortems
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports from the Human Tissue Authority (1) that a memory stick containing images of post-mortems was left on public transport, (2) of multiple organs being lost or misattributed, (3) of organs being kept against the wishes of families, (4) of post mortems being carried out on the wrong bodies, and (5) the findings of the Chester Coroner that human tissue has been removed "without consent"; what action has been taken against those responsible for each such instance; and what steps they have taken to ensure no future such incidents occur.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL14928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government assesses data from the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) on reported incidents at quarterly accountability meetings.</p><p>When these incidents occur they are upsetting for the families of those involved; although they are rare, when they do happen we are assured that the HTA work with establishments to ensure that a thorough investigation takes place, and that improvements are made to reduce the risk of similar incidents happening again.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 10/04/2019 14:43:09 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1108852

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Transplant Surgery: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 19 March (HL14255), how they have concluded that "very few patients in the UK choose" to travel abroad for organ transplants.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL14959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>United Kingdom citizens are advised against travelling to less well-regulated countries to seek an organ transplant.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not collected on people entering the UK who may have had a transplant in another country. Such transplant recipients may or may not become apparent to the National Health Service but the Government does not have any evidence of large-scale travel of British citizens to other regions seeking a transplant. There are no current plans to review the Human Tissue Act 2004.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14960 question first answered 10/04/2019 14:43:57 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath