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418051

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received from mental health charities on the potential effects of recent changes in welfare spending on mental health; and what assessment his Department has made of the content of those representations.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Roger Mullin
uin	9685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department has received no representations from mental health charities on the potential effects of recent changes in welfare spending on mental health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/09/2015 16:10:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4468 label Biography information for Roger Mullin

418068

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ask NICE to revise the treatment criteria in NICE guidelines on eating disorders; and what recent discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with NICE on eating disorder guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	9782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently updating its clinical guideline on <em>Eating disorders: recognition and treatment of eating disorders, </em>and the anticipated publication date is April 2017. Further information is available on NICE’S website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-cgwave0703" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-cgwave0703</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers have had no discussions with NICE on this guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/09/2015 16:08:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

418069

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding under which categories of expenditure his Department has allocated to eating disorder support services in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	9783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not allocate funding to particular categories of expenditure but provides funding to NHS England for distribution to each clinical commissioning group, so that decisions can be made locally to provide a comprehensive health service for the population served.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For this year, NHS England has distributed £30 million of funding (as part of £150 million over five years commitment) to improve eating disorder services, alongside a detailed commissioning guide to inform preparations for an access and waiting time standard. This sets out the aim to see 95% of patients within four weeks and one week for urgent cases by 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funding is the first stage of a new programme to improve children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing and will be used to improve community-based eating disorder services, so that patients are helped earlier and fewer need in-patient care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/09/2015 11:04:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

418071

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings and recommendations of the Feel Happy (Eating) Fix on eating disorders, which took place in London on 16 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	9777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department notes the findings and recommendations of the <em>Feel Happy (Eating) Fix </em>report by the organisation Fixers. Many of its findings and recommendations are in line with those set out in <em>Future in mind</em>, the previous Government’s report of the work of the <em>Taskforce on</em> <em>Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing</em>, published in March 2015. This report established a clear and powerful consensus about bringing about change across the whole system, in order to improve children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We recognise that treatment of eating disorders needs to be improved. That is why we are investing £150 million over the next five years in services for young people with eating disorders. The funding will be used to improve community based services so patients are helped earlier and fewer need in-patient care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/09/2015 13:10:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

417278

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Salt
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 reduce the amount of salt in food consumed in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The United Kingdom’s salt reduction programme is world leading, with population average intakes of salt being reduced by 15% (from 9.5g to 8.1g) between 2001 and 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We still have further to go to meet recommended intake levels of 6 grams per day. New voluntary salt reduction targets have been developed for 76 specific food groups that contribute most to people’s salt intakes and major retailers, manufacturers and caterers are working to meet these targets by December 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Maximum per serving salt targets for the out of home sector (restaurants and caterers) have also been set, covering the 10 most popular dishes on menus and children’s meals, and these are being supported by further actions in this sector, including training chefs, reformulating dishes and procuring lower salt ingredients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/09/2015 15:44:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

417280

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Northern Ireland have Parkinson's disease; and what the age profile of those patients is.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Health is a devolved matter and the Department collects no information about how many people in Northern Ireland have Parkinson’s disease. However, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence reports that the condition affects between 100-180 people per 100,000 of the United Kingdom population and has an annual incidence of 4-20 per 100,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Although health is a devolved matter, research and evidence of best practice is made widely available throughout the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 9296 question first answered 15/09/2015 16:05:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

417281

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to improve the treatment of breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>To promote early diagnosis of cancer, we have run numerous national ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ public awareness campaigns, including a national reminder campaign on breast cancer in women over 70 which ran from 13 July to 6 September 2015. The campaign aimed to encourage women over 70 with symptoms to see their general practitioner without delay. Finding breast cancer early makes it more treatable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In terms of treatment, there has been a significant increase in the use of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) with over 37% of radiotherapy treatments now being delivered with IMRT, well ahead of the 24% target and the 2010 5% level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Improving Outcomes in Breast Cancer</em>, published by the Department in 1996 and updated by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in 2002, sets out best practice evidence based guidance on the diagnosis, treatment and care of women with breast cancer. The guidance is complimented by clinical guidelines on Breast cancer (early and locally advanced) and Breast cancer (advanced), published by NICE in 2009, and Familial breast cancer published in June 2013. In addition, NICE has recommended a number of treatments for breast cancer through its technology appraisal programme and more are currently in the process of being appraised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE has also published a quality standard for breast cancer which is designed to drive and measure priority quality improvements in a breast cancer care. This is currently being updated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has a Breast Cancer Clinical Reference Group, which is administratively supported by the charitable sector. It has produced an evidence based service specification to guide and support commissioners of breast cancer services, which is in the process of review internally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/09/2015 16:11:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

417282

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Attendance
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 ensure day patients attend their (a) GP and (b) hospital appointments.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Estimates suggest that missed general practitioner appointments cost the National Health Service £162 million each year, and missed hospital appointments as much as £750 million a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local NHS organisations make their own arrangements for preventing and dealing with missed appointments. Innovative solutions to reduce rates of missed appointments are being introduced, for example using text message or email reminders, online cancellation forms, or having appointments via Skype for those who do not need a physical examination.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/09/2015 16:19:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

417283

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Co-careldopa
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 introduce the drug Duodopa for the treatment of NHS patients with Parkinson's disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>On 2 July 2015, NHS England announced that Duodopa will now be routinely commissioned by NHS England for patients meeting the inclusion criteria agreed by the Neurosciences Clinical Reference Group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The specific commissioning policy on Duodopa is available here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d04/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d04/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This decision followed a three-month public consultation on the principles and processes NHS England will follow when making investment decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/09/2015 10:46:45 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

417284

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on a regional strategy for Parkinson's disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Health is a devolved matter and the Department collects no information about how many people in Northern Ireland have Parkinson’s disease. However, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence reports that the condition affects between 100-180 people per 100,000 of the United Kingdom population and has an annual incidence of 4-20 per 100,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Although health is a devolved matter, research and evidence of best practice is made widely available throughout the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 9294 question first answered 15/09/2015 16:05:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon