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date	20/11/2018
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	Stem Cells: Medical Treatments Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to patients planning to travel overseas for stem cell treatment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	193565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>If a patient wishes to travel overseas for treatment they can find guidance for going abroad for treatment on the NHS Choices website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/going-abroad-for-treatment/going-abroad-for-medical-treatment/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/going-abroad-for-treatment/going-abroad-for-medical-treatment/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/11/2018 17:43:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1010685

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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: 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 his Department is taking to encourage children to brush their teeth daily.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	193566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for providing or commissioning oral health promotion programmes locally. When asked in a recent survey 51% of responding local authorities’ programmes include supervised tooth brushing in early years and school settings; and 46% reported targeted provision of toothbrushes and toothpaste, further results can be found via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707180/Oral_health_improvement_programmes_commissioned_by_local_authorities.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707180/Oral_health_improvement_programmes_commissioned_by_local_authorities.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>These activities are explicitly supported by Commissioning Better Oral Health a toolkit produced by Public Health England (PHE) and a toolkit supporting supervised tooth brushing programmes in early years settings. The report can be accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321503/CBOHMaindocumentJUNE2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321503/CBOHMaindocumentJUNE2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘Delivering Better Oral health – an evidence-based toolkit for dental teams’ recommends that all children brush twice daily with fluoride toothpaste, this can be accessed via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/605266/Delivering_better_oral_health.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/605266/Delivering_better_oral_health.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE’s health campaigns such as Change4Life, give advice on oral health which includes support for twice daily tooth brushing.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/11/2018 17:41:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1010690

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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 information his Department holds on the number of people experiencing gum disease in the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	193571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>No information is available on the numbers of people with gum disease in the last 12 months. This information is usually collected every 10 years in the Adult Dental Health Survey. The last survey was carried out in 2009 when, in England, 54% of adults with any natural teeth had signs of gum disease.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/11/2018 17:40:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1010695

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Diabetes: 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 his Department is taking to tackle diabetes experienced by children to help ensure they live long lives.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	193575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Preventing diabetes and promoting the best possible care for people with diabetes is a priority for this Government. NHS England is developing a diabetes management and care programme aimed at reducing variation and improving outcomes for people with diabetes. An additional £44 million Transformation Funding is being made available to support the delivery of the programme which will focus on four areas: reducing variation in the achievement of the three National Institute for Health and Care Excellence treatment targets, improving take up of structured education, improving access to multi-disciplinary foot care teams for people with diabetic foot disease and improving access to specialist inpatient support.</p><p> </p><p>95% of children with diabetes have type 1 diabetes and there have been year-on-year improvements in care process delivery and in HbA1c reduction for this group. Further information is available in the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2018-07/npda_annual_report_2016_-_2017_april_2018_final_updated_2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2018-07/npda_annual_report_2016_-_2017_april_2018_final_updated_2.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>For children with type 2 diabetes, the Government is committed to halving childhood obesity by 2030, which was recently reiterated in the document ‘Prevention is better than cure’ published on 5 November. The upcoming National Health Service long-term plan will have prevention at its core and build on existing work to keep people healthy and well. Chapter 2 of the Government’s Childhood Obesity Plan also aims to tackle childhood obesity and outlines the actions the Government will take towards its goal of halving childhood obesity and reducing the gap in obesity between children from the most and least deprived areas by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/11/2018 17:33:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon