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1132780

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Food: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that the Food Standards Agency is able to uphold food safety standards after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	266136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) maintains the high standards of food safety and consumer protection that we currently enjoy in this country. Leaving the European Union does not change the FSA’s top priority which is to ensure that food in the United Kingdom remains safe and is what it says it is.</p><p> </p><p>One of FSA’s main priorities is to have a robust and effective regulatory regime which will mean business can continue as normal. All FSA’s exit plans are either complete or on schedule to deliver in time for day one of exit. As part of this, the Department has laid 18 EU Exit Statutory Instruments on behalf of the FSA to ensure that our high standards of food hygiene and safety will be maintained in a no deal scenario.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/06/2019 16:19:02 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1132825

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Heart Diseases: Diagnosis
	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 the early detection of heart valve disease in primary care settings; and what assessment he has made of trends in the level of stethoscope usage in every NHS Health Check for people over 65 years old.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	266156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out the National Health Service’s commitment to provide greater access to echocardiography in primary care to improve the early detection of heart valve disease, and advises that people with heart failure and heart valve disease will be better supported by multi-disciplinary teams as part of primary care networks.</p><p>In relation to stethoscope usage, Public Health England has advised that the NHS Health Check does not currently include formal assessment of heart sounds. Therefore, stethoscopes are not used for this purpose in the programme.</p><p>The NHS Health Check is made up of three key components: risk assessment, risk awareness and risk management. During the risk assessment, standardised tests are used to measure key risk factors and establish the individual’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The outcome of the assessment is then used to raise awareness of cardiovascular risk factors, as well as inform a discussion on, and agreement of, the behavioural and medical approaches best suited to managing the individual’s health risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/06/2019 16:20:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1132852

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Preventive Medicine: Babies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include proposals for improved provision of support for parent-infant relationships in the forthcoming Prevention Green Paper.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	266058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We are considering a range of policy options for the Prevention Green Paper and will be mindful of support for parent-infant relationships.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 24/06/2019 16:51:14 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1132908

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Heart Diseases: Surgery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have had open-heart surgery in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	266208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The information is not available in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/06/2019 16:14:59 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1132909

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Heart Diseases: Surgery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many heart operations the NHS conducted using minimally invasive cardiac surgery in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	266209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The information is not available in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/06/2019 16:14:42 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1132913

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the NHS has to introduce a once-in-a-lifetime test for prostate cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	266213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has commenced work to look at the evidence to screen for prostate cancer during 2019/20 as part of its three-yearly review.</p><p>An external review will be commissioned, and a public consultation will follow welcoming comments from individuals and organisations. Information about the consultation will be made available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://legacyscreening.phe.org.uk/screening-recommendations.php" target="_blank">https://legacyscreening.phe.org.uk/screening-recommendations.php</a></p><p>The UK NSC can be alerted to the publication of any new peer-reviewed evidence which suggests a change in the current recommendation, such as a new test via the UK NSC’s early update process. Submissions are accepted throughout the year.</p><p>More information on how an early update can be submitted to the UK NSC for consideration is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-evidence-review-process/uk-nsc-evidence-review-process" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-evidence-review-process/uk-nsc-evidence-review-process</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/06/2019 16:34:33 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1132915

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Cystic Fibrosis: Health Services
	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 steps he has taken to ensure the availability of treatment for cystic fibrosis.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	266215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>Specialised services for the support and treatment of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are commissioned by NHS England. CF services are delivered in about 20 Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Centres and about 20 Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centres. There are separate service specifications for adults and children. These specifications are important in clearly defining what NHS England expects to be in place for providers to offer evidence-based, safe and effective care and they support equity of access to a nationally consistent, high quality service.</p><p>The specifications can be found via the following links:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Cystic-fibrosis-adult.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Cystic-fibrosis-adult.pdf</a></p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/a01Sb-spec-cystic-fibrosis-child.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/a01Sb-spec-cystic-fibrosis-child.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/06/2019 16:16:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1132917

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Dental Health
	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 is taking to improve preventative dental healthcare.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	266217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving oral health and preventing future dental disease.</p><p>The Department and NHS England are continuing to test a new way of providing National Health Service dental services which aims to further improve oral health and increase dental access. There are now 102 practices trialling the new approach to providing dentistry which focusses on prevention and helping patients to reduce their risk of future dental disease.</p><p>NHS England’s ‘Starting Well’ programme is working in 13 high needs areas to reach children most at risk of tooth decay, who are not currently under the routine care of a dentist.</p><p>Nationally, NHS England has developed a complementary Starting Well Core offer, a commissioning approach designed to facilitate increased access and early preventive care for young children. This programme is supported by the Chief Dental Officer, which commissioners can use, and fund locally based on their own assessment of need.</p><p>Health Education England’s Advancing Dental Care programme is also aiming to ensure that all dental care professionals deliver high quality care and prevent future disease.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/06/2019 16:29:55 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1132918

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Antibiotics: Children
	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 reduce antibiotic use among babies and children.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	266218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England’s (PHE’s) English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) has worked with the National Health Service and across sectors, to improve surveillance and feedback of antimicrobial use to raise awareness among healthcare professionals and the public of antibiotic prescribing in adults and children. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-surveillance-programme-antimicrobial-utilisation-and-resistance-espaur-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-surveillance-programme-antimicrobial-utilisation-and-resistance-espaur-report</a></p><p>PHE collaborates with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to develop evidence based antimicrobial guidelines that can be used when managing common infections and thereby promoting prudent use of antibiotics in key patient groups, including infants and children. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/our-programmes/nice-guidance/antimicrobial-prescribing-guidelines" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/our-programmes/nice-guidance/antimicrobial-prescribing-guidelines</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/06/2019 16:17:54 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1132919

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Gallstones: 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, how many people have had NHS treatment for gallstones in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	266219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>A count of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of cholelithiasis and gallstone ileus for the financial years 2013-14 to 2017-18 is shown in the following table. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Finished Admission Episodes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>120,449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>124,098</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>126,471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>129,811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>125,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/06/2019 16:15:50 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon