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1676276

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	GP Practice Lists: Gender
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 4 December 2023 to question 4006 on GP Practice Lists: Gender, whether the NHS has made an assessment of the potential medical impact of allowing people to register with their GP as a person of the opposite sex.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	5856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2024 answer text <p>The National Health Service has not made a formal assessment of the medical impact allowing people to register or change their gender to that with which they identify at their general practice.</p><p>When a transgender person changes their name and gender on their NHS record, they are issued with a new NHS number. As part of this process, the patients' previous medical records are copied across to their new NHS number, ensuring continuity of care. NHS England has advised that there should, therefore, be no medical impact of the changes made.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 05/01/2024 10:08:30 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1676278

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the National Homecare Medicines Committee has provided to the (a) Care Quality Commission, (b) General Pharmaceutical Council and (c) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the adequacy of the (i) performance and (ii) safety of homecare medicines services in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	5857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) has provided no information to the Care Quality Commission or to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency about the adequacy of the performance and safety of homecare medicines providers in the last three years. The General Pharmaceutical Council has had occasional meetings with the NHMC in the past, more than three years ago. It has now been invited to attend NHMC quarterly meetings and has been taking part in those meetings since November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 13/12/2023 17:15:04 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 7038 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1676286

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Bowel Cancer: Screening
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 reduce the minimum age for bowel screening to 50.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	5763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>NHS England started the lowering of age for bowel cancer screening in April 2021. The following table shows the rollout plan for the bowel screening, keeping in mind that the timeline may differ slightly from region to region:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cohort age at first invitation</p></td><td><p>Year invitations start</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>56 years old</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>58 years old</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>54 years old</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50 and 52 years old</p></td><td><p>2024/25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 12/12/2023 16:32:03 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1676304

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Retrograde Cricopharyngeus Dysfunction: 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, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering Retrograde Cricopharyngeus Dysfunction treatment on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	5801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>There are currently no licensed medicines for use in the treatment of Retrograde Cricopharyngeus Dysfunction. Healthcare professionals are responsible for making decisions on the treatment of individual patients.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 12/12/2023 17:41:55 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1676305

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence
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 respond to the letter from Andrew Cox, Senior Coroner for the coroner area of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, of 23 November 2023 on matters revealed by inquests giving rise to concern.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	5802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department will respond to the Regulation 28 report issued by Coroner Cox within the statutory timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 12/12/2023 14:35:01 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1676333

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
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 respond to the correspondence of 1 June 2023 from the hon. Member for South Shields.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	5804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord Markham) has received the hon. Member’s letter and will reply shortly.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 13/12/2023 17:41:58 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1676334

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
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 respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for South Shields of 2 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	5805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>We replied to this correspondence on 21 December 2023. With apologies, this case was delayed as part of our continued backlog of cases following the pandemic and we are currently working through an urgent recovery plan to resolve this.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/01/2024 12:49:19 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 7323 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1676335

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Tobacco: Sales
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 discussions her Department has had with relevant stakeholders on the proposed generational ban on tobacco products.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	5749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Smoking is responsible for around 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom and causes around one in four cancer deaths in the UK. It also costs our country £17 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>This is why the Government is planning to create a smokefree generation by bringing forward legislation so that children turning 14 years old this year or younger will never be legally sold tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p>In development of this policy, we have, and will continue to, speak to a broad range of local and regional stakeholders. In line with the UK’s obligations under the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, we will not engage with stakeholders who have links to the tobacco industry when developing this policy.</p><p> </p><p>A public consultation on the Smokefree Generation policies closed on 6 December and received contributions from a broad range of stakeholders. The Department of Health and Social Care will respond to the consultation in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 19/12/2023 16:57:44 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1676342

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Care Workers and Health Services: Migrant Workers
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 Oral Statement from the Secretary of State for the Home Department of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration, Official Report, column 41, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the changes to visas announced in that Statement on the (a) mental health and (b) general well-being of workers in health and care roles.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	5734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the potential impact of the changes to visas announced in the Statement of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration on the mental health and general well-being of workers in health and care roles.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 12/12/2023 16:17:01 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1676343

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Care Workers and Health Services: Migrant Workers
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 Oral Statement from the Secretary of State for the Home Department of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration, Official Report, column 41, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to visas announced in that Statement on the number of vacancies in health and care roles.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	5735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>My rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, has committed to put estimates of the impact of these announcements in the House of Commons Library. This will be done in due course.</p><p>It is important to note vacancies are not necessarily a good measure of workforce capacity or of levels of need in social care. Vacancies include posts that are vacant in the short term due to recent or anticipated staff turnover and posts created by employers who want to expand and grow their businesses rather than only roles needed to meet statutory entitlements.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/12/2023 13:12:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies