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1180001

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	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	Shipping: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Security, if he will take steps to ensure that UK ports publish regularly updated health information on covid-19 from each docking ship's Maritime Declaration of Health.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	19985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>At the point at which a ship's declaration would be received, any report could only be treated as a suspected case, as laboratory testing takes place later in the care pathway. For this reason, the United Kingdom ports do not routinely publish this information on COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/03/2020 16:46:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1599342

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2023
	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	Dementia: Research
	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 £375 million of funding for researching neurodegenerative diseases over the following five years announced in November 2021, whether his Department will provide additional funding for such research as part of the 10-year plan for dementia.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	153923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is strongly committed to supporting research into dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. Through partnerships with patients, researchers, funders and charities we continue to play a significant role in global efforts against the disease. In our 2019 manifesto we committed to double funding for dementia research. We will double funding for dementia research to £160 million a year by 2024/25.</p><p>On 24 January, the Government announced that it will publish a Major Conditions Strategy covering six conditions including dementia. An interim report on the Major Conditions Strategy will be published in the Summer. Many stakeholders have already engaged with the Government on dementia. The Department will set out opportunities to contribute further in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/03/2023 14:51:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 59836 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1566009

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2023
	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	Dentistry: Qualifications
	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 contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 24 January 2022 in the Adjournment debate on NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-west, Official Report column 827, what recent progress he has made on UK recognition of the qualifications of dental practitioners from the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	121046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 provide for the automatic recognition of relevant dental qualifications obtained in the European Economic Area and Switzerland for a period of at least 24 months from the end of the transition period, 48 months for Swiss qualifications.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is required under Regulation 14 of this legislation to carry out a statutory review of these arrangements after the end of the 24 month period. This review began at the start of 2023. Automatic recognition of qualifications will continue unless and until further legislation is introduced to amend or end these arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 18/01/2023 11:08:37 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1566007

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2023
	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	Dental Services: Contracts
	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 contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 24 January 2022 in the Adjournment debate on NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-west, Official Report column 826, what recent progress has been made on engaging with key stakeholders, including the British Dental Association, on reform of the dental contract.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	121044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>NHS England and the Department worked closely with the British Dental Association (BDA) on the first phase of dental system reform. A set of improvements were negotiated on with the BDA and consulted on with a wider group of dental and patient stakeholder bodies, who approved of the improvements. These were set out in ‘Our plan for patients’, announced in September 2022, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to National Health Service dental care. This included improving the 2006 contract to ensure fairer remuneration for practices providing complex treatment and enabling dentists to make better use of dental teams to deliver NHS treatment. This package of changes was implemented through regulations that came into effect on 25 November 2022, in addition to directions and guidance published by NHS England. They will improve access to general dentistry and make the NHS contract more attractive and sustainable to dentists and their teams.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is holding discussions and consulting with BDA and the wider dental sector for additional reforms of the NHS Dental System, planned for 2023.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 18/01/2023 11:07:38 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1285339

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	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 finding by Mencap that 80 per cent of deaths of people with a learning disability in the week ending 22 January 2021 were related to covid-19, if he will include people with mild to moderate learning disabilities in the first phase of covid-19 vaccinations; and whether he (a) has directed or (b) plans to direct the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to make an assessment of the potential effects of (i) including and (ii) excluding people with mild to moderate learning disabilities from the first vaccination phase.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	151797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) reviewed data on mortality from COVID-19 in coming to its recommendation, which included the available data on those with learning disabilities. As a result, individuals with severe and profound learning disabilities and younger adults with learning disabilities living in residential and care homes are prioritised for a vaccination in group six. Adults with Down’s syndrome were included in the clinically extremely vulnerable cohort and have therefore been included within priority group four.</p><p> </p><p>Everyone on their general practitioner’s Learning Disability Register will be vaccinated as part of priority group six in phase one.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 12/03/2021 14:44:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1586474

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	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	Frenchay Hospital
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Nightingale Hospital in Frenchay has been decommissioned; how much that facility cost to run; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the alternative uses for that building.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	147271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made on the alternative uses for that building.</p><p> </p><p>The commissioning of appropriate estates is a matter for the National Health Service locally. The Nightingale Hospital at the University of the West of England was closed and decommissioned from 1 April 2021. The overall cost of providing the hospital was £26.2 million. Any reusable equipment has been redistributed to local hospitals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/02/2023 10:37:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1404800

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2022
	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	Hormone Replacement Therapy
	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 plans to take steps to bring forward the reduction in price of Hormone Replacement Therapy prescriptions for women experiencing menopause symptoms.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	108598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>We are currently exploring methods to implement these changes at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 26/01/2022 11:15:54 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 45721 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1250054

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2020
	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	Obesity: Surgery
	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 plans to increase funding for bariatric surgery in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	91916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning complex obesity services for adults, which include all bariatric surgical procedures and the associated care. We are already providing all National Health Service organisations with significant funding commitments including the Chancellor’s funding for the healthcare response to COVID-19, with £31.9 billion of support for health services announced at the summer Economic Statement and a further £16.4 billion as part of the Winter Economy Plan. This is in addition to the funding increase by £33.9 billion by 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>Through ‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’ we are delivering a range of measures on weight management. Further details about these measures will be available later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/11/2020 16:20:18 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1284708

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	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 plans to include staff working in (a) nursery schools and (b) other early year providers in the same priority category as primary and secondary school teachers for the covid-19 vaccine.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	150909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2021 answer text <p>Staff working in nursery schools or in other early years roles, like teachers in primary and secondary schools, will be offered their vaccinations alongside other adults of the same age, or earlier if they have underlying health conditions that make them particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. They are not currently being prioritised because of their occupation alone.</p><p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are the independent body made up of scientific and clinical experts who advise Government on which vaccines the United Kingdom should use and provide advice on prioritisation at a population level.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/04/2021 09:28:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1623691

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2023
	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	Coeliac Disease: Prescriptions
	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 taken recent steps to encourage doctors to prescribe gluten-free (a) foodstuffs and (b) other products for people diagnosed with coeliac disease.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	182677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>Decisions about prescribing rest with the general practitioner or other prescriber who has clinical responsibility for a patient’s care, taking into account relevant clinical guidance. It is not appropriate for Ministers to influence individual prescribing decisions.</p><p>The information on how many integrated care boards support prescriptions for gluten free and other products for people diagnosed with coeliac disease is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 182678 question first answered 02/05/2023 08:11:33 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones