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1580256

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	CITB: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with industry representatives about the assistance available to ensure people with learning disabilities are adequately supported to sit the Construction Industry Training Board’s Health, safety, and environment test.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	131312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>Under the Equalities Act 2010, employers are required to make reasonable adjustments for individuals with disabilities, as defined by the Act. The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) must have due regard to this.</p><p>As the management of the health, safety and environment test, including access arrangements for candidates, is an operational matter for the CITB, I have asked the CITB’s Chief Executive, Tim Balcon, to write to the hon. Member with details of the assistance available to ensure people with learning disabilities are adequately supported to sit the test. A copy of his reply will be placed in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 01/02/2023 11:06:53 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568956

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 114799 on Bus Services: Disability, when the response to the accessible information consultation will be published; and what progress he has made on laying the Accessible Information Regulations before Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	128687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>We are currently finalising our response to the Accessible Information consultation, and plan to publish this and lay the Regulations later in 2023.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 25/01/2023 16:24:31 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568667

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Integrated Care Boards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including (a) primary care optometrists and (b) other primary care clinicians on integrated care boards alongside primary medical clinicians such as GPs.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	127832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Care Act 2022 sets a minimum membership requirement for integrated care boards that includes representatives from National Health Service trusts, Primary Care and Local Authorities. However, the local areas can, by local agreement, go beyond the legislative minimum requirements in order to address their local needs.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 25/01/2023 14:59:25 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568668

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Primary Health Care
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 ensure the wider use of other NHS Primary Care providers to ease the pressures on General Practice.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	127833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) 2019-24 five-year deal sets out the vision for how community pharmacy will support the NHS Long Term Plan by being better integrated into the National Health Service, delivering more clinical services, and becoming the first port of call for minor illness. All community pharmacies provide health advice including support for self-care and healthy living advice. NHS 111 phone and online as well as general practitioner practices can refer patients with a minor illness to a community pharmacy and this will be expanded to urgent and emergency care setting in March. Most pharmacies now also carry out blood pressure checks. From Autumn, pharmacies will also be able to supply oral contraception without a visit to general practice.</p><p>In addition, NHS England’s 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance published in December 2022 asks systems to expand direct access and self-referrals to community health services to empower patients to take control of their healthcare.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 25/01/2023 15:13:18 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568669

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Primary Health Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to move towards patient self-referral as the default pathway for (a) community audiology and (b) other routine community NHS services.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	127834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>There are currently differing approaches to patient self-referral to audiology services across the country. The NHS England ‘2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance’ was published in December 2022. This set out a key action for systems to expand direct access and self-referral for a range of services where general practitioner involvement is not clinically necessary. By September 2023, systems are asked to put in place self-referral routes to audiology-including hearing aid provision as well as falls response services, musculo-skeletal physiotherapy services, weight management services, community podiatry, and wheelchair and community equipment services. Systems are also expected to put in place direct referral pathways from community optometrists to ophthalmology services for all urgent and elective eye consultations by September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 25/01/2023 15:05:52 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568673

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Primary Health Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of patient self-referral into routine NHS community services to reduce GP backlogs in England.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	127835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Direct access and self-referrals allow patients to take control of their healthcare, streamlines access to services and reduces unnecessary burden on general practitioner (GP) appointments. The NHS England ‘2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance’ was published in December 2022. This set out a key action for systems to expand direct access and self-referral for a range of services where GP involvement is not clinically necessary. By September 2023, systems are asked to put in place self-referral routes to audiology-including hearing aid provision as well as falls response services, musculo-skeletal physiotherapy services, weight management services, community podiatry, and wheelchair and community equipment services. Systems are also expected to put in place direct referral pathways from community optometrists to ophthalmology services for all urgent and elective eye consultations by September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 25/01/2023 15:03:16 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568677

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Ophthalmic 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure all NHS commissioners offer primary care optometrists the opportunity to provide Minor Eye Conditions Services to all communities across England.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	127836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>In England, integrated care boards are responsible for the planning and commissioning of services to meet local needs. This includes decisions on whether to commission locally enhanced services, such as minor eye conditions services, from primary eye care providers. NHS England’s transformation programme is also considering what eye care services can be safely moved out of hospital and into the community to ease ophthalmology pressures.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 127837 question first answered 25/01/2023 11:26:52 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568678

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Ophthalmic 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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of adding Minor Eye Care Services to the General Ophthalmic Services contract to ease the pressures on (a) GPs and (b) A&E waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	127837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>In England, integrated care boards are responsible for the planning and commissioning of services to meet local needs. This includes decisions on whether to commission locally enhanced services, such as minor eye conditions services, from primary eye care providers. NHS England’s transformation programme is also considering what eye care services can be safely moved out of hospital and into the community to ease ophthalmology pressures.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 127836 question first answered 25/01/2023 11:26:53 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1565383

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
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	Health Services: Mental Illness
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 ensure that patients with severe mental illness have adequate access to physical health checks.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	119992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to 390,000 people with a severe mental illness receiving a full annual physical health check each year by 2023/24. As of quarter 2 of 2022/23, 239,372 people with severe mental illness received the complete list of physical health checks in the preceding 12 months, with more receiving at least one element of the physical health check.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2021/22, NHS England’s Quality and Outcomes Framework has incentivised general practices for delivering all six elements of these physical health checks. As part of the £500 million funding from the Mental Health Recovery Action plan 2021/22, we have also provided £14 million to support the physical health of people living with severe mental illness, such as with physical health checks, or getting their COVID-19 vaccine.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 16/01/2023 17:25:53 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1564583

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
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	Mental Illness: Coronavirus
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 make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of the research article, Heightened COVID-19 Mortality in People With Severe Mental Illness Persists After Vaccination: A Cohort Study of Greater Manchester Residents, published in the Schizophrenia Bulletin in August 2022; and whether his Department is taking steps to protect patients with severe mental illness from covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	117706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department takes key research and evidence into consideration when developing its policies. This includes evidence that relates to the cohorts at high risk of developing COVID-19 including severe mental illness.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to at least an additional £2.3 billion a year to expand and transform National Health Service mental health services in England by 2023/24 so that an additional two million people get the support they need. This is on top of the additional £500 million provided for 2021/22, to accelerate our NHS mental health expansion plans and to target those groups whose mental health has been most affected by the pandemic including those with severe mental illness, young people, and frontline staff.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 27/01/2023 14:35:13 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day