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1674583

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date	01/12/2023
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	Naloxone
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 progress her Department has made on implementing recommendation (a) five, (b) six and (c) seven in the report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs entitled Review of the UK Naloxone Implementation: Availability and Use of Naloxone to Prevent Opioid-Related Deaths, published on 17 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	4848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government has responded to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) and agrees with recommendations five, six and seven in the report entitled Review of the UK Naloxone Implementation. As part of the Government’s ambition to reduce drug-related deaths, we recognise the benefits of more services and professionals being able to supply naloxone without a prescription. The Department in partnership with the devolved administrations consulted on this issue in 2021. Following this, the Department is working closely with the devolved administrations on options to increase availability of naloxone without a prescription. This includes possible amendments to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to enable more services and professionals to be able to supply take-home naloxone, under powers in the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021. The department will provide a full response to the consultation in due course.</p><p>The Department cannot make an estimate of the number and proportion of overdoses that were successfully and unsuccessfully reversed with Naloxone in each year since 2010 as this data is not held centrally. There are currently no plans to make an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of supplying Naloxone to the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 4849 4850 question first answered 07/12/2023 14:28:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 5843 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1674584

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Naloxone
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 estimate of the number and proportion of overdoses that were (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully reversed with Naloxone in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	4849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government has responded to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) and agrees with recommendations five, six and seven in the report entitled Review of the UK Naloxone Implementation. As part of the Government’s ambition to reduce drug-related deaths, we recognise the benefits of more services and professionals being able to supply naloxone without a prescription. The Department in partnership with the devolved administrations consulted on this issue in 2021. Following this, the Department is working closely with the devolved administrations on options to increase availability of naloxone without a prescription. This includes possible amendments to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to enable more services and professionals to be able to supply take-home naloxone, under powers in the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021. The department will provide a full response to the consultation in due course.</p><p>The Department cannot make an estimate of the number and proportion of overdoses that were successfully and unsuccessfully reversed with Naloxone in each year since 2010 as this data is not held centrally. There are currently no plans to make an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of supplying Naloxone to the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 4848 4850 question first answered 07/12/2023 14:28:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 5845 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1674585

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Naloxone
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 cost-effectiveness of supplying Naloxone to the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	4850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government has responded to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) and agrees with recommendations five, six and seven in the report entitled Review of the UK Naloxone Implementation. As part of the Government’s ambition to reduce drug-related deaths, we recognise the benefits of more services and professionals being able to supply naloxone without a prescription. The Department in partnership with the devolved administrations consulted on this issue in 2021. Following this, the Department is working closely with the devolved administrations on options to increase availability of naloxone without a prescription. This includes possible amendments to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to enable more services and professionals to be able to supply take-home naloxone, under powers in the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021. The department will provide a full response to the consultation in due course.</p><p>The Department cannot make an estimate of the number and proportion of overdoses that were successfully and unsuccessfully reversed with Naloxone in each year since 2010 as this data is not held centrally. There are currently no plans to make an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of supplying Naloxone to the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 4848 4849 question first answered 07/12/2023 14:28:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 5847 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1674593

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Bipolar Disorder
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 take steps to prioritise bipolar disorder within the implementation of his Department's suicide prevention strategy; and if he will set out the measures his Department will put in place to safeguard the lives of people affected by bipolar disorder.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	4854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>The new suicide prevention strategy for England is a five-year strategy which sets out the Government’s ambition for suicide prevention. It is a multi-sector and cross-Government suicide strategy, with actions from a wide range of organisations that will be delivered over the next few years.</p><p>The Department has established a £10 million Suicide Prevention Grant Fund to run from 2023 to March 2025 to support voluntary, community or social enterprise organisations, including those who support people with bipolar, to deliver suicide prevention activity.</p><p>The Department, alongside NHS England, intends to explore opportunities to improve the quality of care for patients with mental health diagnoses and ensure compliance with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines. This includes patients diagnosed with affective disorders, including depression and bipolar, who accounted for 42% of all patient suicides in England between 2010 and 2020.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/12/2023 14:26:49 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1674627

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Air Pollution: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 11 May 2023 to Question 183644 on Air Pollution: Greater London, whether the fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution measured as PM2.5 should be multiplied by the (a) number of deaths from all causes aged 30 years and older and (b) total number of deaths to calculate the number of deaths attributable to PM2.5.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	4776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution, measured as PM2.5, for Greater London in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 was provided in the answer of 11 May 2023 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-05-03/183644" target="_blank">183644</a>. The provided values represented the percentage of annual deaths from all causes in those aged 30 and older attributed to PM2.5.</p><p>In estimating the burden of long-term exposure to air pollution mixture in 2019 in the United Kingdom, namely 29,000 to 43,000 deaths for adults aged 30 years old and over, the total number of deaths for that age group was used. A report detailing a methodology that local authorities can use to estimate local mortality burdens associated with particulate air pollution within their area was published by the former Public Health England, now the UK Health Security Agency, in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 06/12/2023 10:47:14 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1674628

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Air Pollution: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish the annual estimate of the fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	4777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department plans to publish the annual estimate of the fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution for 2022 for England in the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) in early 2024 which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/12/2023 17:45:35 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1674629

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Air Pollution: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 26 May 2023 to Question 183644 on Air Pollution: Greater London, whether the estimate for the number of deaths attributable to PM2.5 includes deaths attributed to covid-19 in the period between 2018 and 2022.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	4778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution indicator, measured as PM2.5, represents the percentage of annual deaths from all causes in those aged 30 years old and over attributed to PM2.5. As the 2020 data for this indicator includes the period from March 2020 onwards, the mortality data used in its calculation will reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, attributable fractions in this period should be interpreted with caution.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/12/2023 12:46:07 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1674639

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Joint Replacements: Waiting Lists
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 tackle backlogs in joint replacement surgery.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	4866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>Cutting waiting lists is one of the Government’s top priorities. The National Health Service is prioritising urgent and cancer care and will continue to do its best to maintain appointments and elective services wherever possible, including joint replacement surgery and musculoskeletal services. 18-month waits for trauma and orthopaedic services have been reduced by more than 92% since September 2021.</p><p>Additionally, we are transforming the way the NHS provides elective care by increasing activity through dedicated and protected surgical hubs. This is focused on providing high volume low complexity surgery in six high volume specialties, which includes trauma and orthopaedics including joint replacement surgery, as well as other elective treatment areas such as ophthalmology, general surgery, gynaecology, Ear Nose and Throat, and urology.</p><p>94 of these such hubs are open currently, and through capital investment announced at 2021 Spending Review, the NHS plans to have 132 such centres open by March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 5103 5104 question first answered 07/12/2023 12:23:32 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1674642

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Orthopaedics: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support her Department provides to people who are waiting for (a) trauma, (b) joint replacement and (c) other orthopaedic treatment who are unable to live independently until they receive that treatment.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	4869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is taking steps with NHS England to support people waiting for appointments and surgery for long-term conditions, including in trauma and orthopaedics, by offering online support, increasing elective capacity, and encouraging personalised support.</p><p>As set out in its elective recovery delivery plan, the National Health Service is increasing elective capacity and improving patient pathways to reduce avoidable delays in care. This includes funding new surgical hubs and expanding those already in operation to increase elective capacity and improve treatment waiting times for patients with long-term conditions. Through improvements to patient pathways, there will be greater end-to-end support, including help to prevent patients sustaining secondary injuries.</p><p>In addition, NHS England is developing further guidance to support local health systems to provide personalised and targeted support for patients and their carers, to help them manage their symptoms, prevent deterioration, and recover effectively from treatment.</p><p>NHS England launched the My Planned Care platform in February 2022, giving patients advice and support to manage their health and avoid significant deterioration of symptoms whilst they wait for appointments. This online platform includes advice on movement, medication, and mental health.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 4867 5105 question first answered 07/12/2023 11:05:24 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1674646

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Midwives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the age profile of the NHS midwifery workforce for (a) November 2023 and (b) each November since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	4873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 4874 question first answered 07/12/2023 12:21:28 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLES FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE PQ4873 and PQ4874.docx title Age profile of workforce
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran