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1691759

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	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: Diagnosis
	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 make an assessment of the effectiveness of the national ambition for dementia diagnosis rates at ensuring that people under 65 receive (a) a timely dementia diagnosis and (b) appropriate post-diagnostic support.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	15763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The dementia diagnosis rate is not calculated for patients aged under 65 years old. This is because the numbers of patients known to have dementia in the sample population age groups comprising the zero to 64-year-old age range, are not large enough for reliable estimates to be made. Nonetheless, NHS England is committed to delivering high quality care and support for every person with dementia at every age, and central to this is the provision of personalised care.</p><p>As part of the spending review settlement in 2021/22, £17 million was allocated to the National Health Service to address dementia waiting lists and to increase the number of diagnoses, which had been adversely impacted by the pandemic. NHS England will share reporting on the impact of this funding and examples of good practice with dementia clinical networks in March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/03/2024 17:58:42 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1691369

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the dementia diagnosis rate was for people aged under 65 who had developed symptoms on 23 February 2024; and if she will publish a monthly estimate of this rate within national primary care dementia data.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	15482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The dementia diagnosis rate is not calculated for patients aged under 65 years old. This is because the numbers of patients known to have dementia in the sample population age groups comprising those aged between zero and 64 years old are not large enough for reliable estimates to be made.</p><p>The dementia diagnosis rate for patients aged 65 years old and over is calculated and published monthly via the Primary Care Dementia Data publication, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/primary-care-dementia-data" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/primary-care-dementia-data</a></p><p>This publication does include a monthly count of the number of patients aged 65 years old and under who do have a dementia diagnosis on their patient record; this is expressed as a raw count and as a percentage of registered patients aged between zero and 64 years old.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/03/2024 17:58:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1691370

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	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: 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, if her Department will take steps to require every Integrated Care Board to develop a young onset dementia pathway to (a) standardise and (b) improve dementia (i) care and (ii) support for people of working age.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	15483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs). NHS England would expect ICBs to commission services based on local population needs, taking account of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>The Dementia Well Pathway includes diagnosing well, living/ supporting well and dying well, and highlights that services need to be integrated, commissioned, monitored, and aligned with NICE standards for each component of the pathway. It makes it clear that the needs, wishes and preferences of each individual, including those of working age, should be taken into account in planning and providing their care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/03/2024 17:56:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1691371

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	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: General Practitioners
	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 she is taking to help improve the knowledge of GPs on the symptoms of young onset dementia.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	15484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>We want all general practitioners to have received appropriate training, in order to provide high quality care to people with dementia, regardless of the person’s age or individual needs.</p><p>The standard of training for health care professionals is the responsibility of the health care independent statutory regulatory bodies who set the outcome standards expected at undergraduate level and approve courses and Higher Education Institutions to write and teach the curricula content that enables their students to meet the regulators outcome standards.</p><p>Whilst not all curricula may necessarily highlight a specific condition, they all nevertheless emphasize the skills and approaches a Health Care Practitioner must develop in order to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients, including for dementia.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out NHS England’s commitment to improving training for workers caring for people with dementia.</p><p>The Long Term plan also sets out the plan for there to be more healthcare staff working in and with GP practices, which will mean people will be able to get an appointment with the right professional depending on their needs. This means that those with dementia will be able to access the most appropriate support more quickly.</p><p>The plan will include more GPs, nurses and 20,000 additional pharmacists, physiotherapists, paramedics, physician associates and social prescribing link. These bigger teams of staff will work with other local services to make sure people, including those with dementia, get better access to a wider range of support for their needs.</p><p>We are seeing more people from younger cohorts with multimorbidity. Multimorbidity challenges the specialised approach to medicine, which has improved our ability to successfully treat single diseases. The Long Term Plan also addresses the increased need for medical and other clinical professionals with generalist and core skills to manage and support patients with seemingly unrelated diseases.</p><p>There are also a variety of resources available on the NHS England E-learning for Health platform, including a programme on dementia care, designed to enhance the training and education of the health and social care workforce.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/04/2024 12:49:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1624151

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	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	Bowel 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 steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis of bowel cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	182951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The National Health Service is improving pathways to get people diagnosed faster once they are referred and is looking into alternative routes into the system, including non-specific symptom (NSS) pathways for patients who do not fit clearly into a single ‘urgent cancer’ referral pathway but who are at risk of being diagnosed with cancer. 103 NSS pathways are currently operational, with more in development.</p><p>The NHS bowel cancer screening programme is currently available to everyone aged 60 to 74 years old every two years. Since April 2021, the NHS in England has been gradually reducing the age for bowel screening. The age extension programme began in 2021/22, inviting people aged 56 years old and plans to complete rollout to age 50 years old by 2024/25. This extension was recommended to improve the number of cancers detected and helping to prevent it in some cases.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/05/2023 10:15:09 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1536541

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	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	Cancer: 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 progress his Department has made on the development of the 10-year cancer plan; and when he plans to publish that plan.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	72465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>I’d like to thank the over 5,000 individuals and organisations who responded to the call for evidence. As a new Government, we are considering how best to take forward the 10 year cancer plan.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/11/2022 12:23:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1315685

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	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	Dementia: 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 recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of prescription of anti-psychotic medication in the care of people with dementia.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	3173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement continue to monitor the monthly data published by NHS Digital on the prescribing of anti-psychotic medication for people diagnosed with dementia. They have regular conversations with regional clinical network leads and local services to understand the patterns in prescribing and potential reasons for these trends.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/05/2021 17:06:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1302580

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2021
	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	Disability: Children
	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 findings published by the Disabled Children’s Partnership in February 2021 that 70 per cent of disabled children have been unable to get therapies for their development during the covid-19 lockdown, what plans his Department has to ensure that disabled children receive the therapies they need for their development.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	169050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement published guidance entitled ‘COVID-19 restoration of community health services for children and young people: second phase of NHS response in the community health restoration’ on 3 June 2020 and updated this on 31 July 2020. This makes clear that community services, including therapies such as speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy, must be prioritised for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities aged up to 25 years old and who have an Education Health and Care Plan in place or who are going through an assessment for one. These services fall under the category of ‘continue essential services’.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/03/2021 10:58:23 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1229342

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Randox Laboratories: Coronavirus
	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 safety issues identified with Randox testing kits will have an effect on the publication date of his care home visitation guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	82448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The recall of Randox test kits during the summer has not had any impact on the publication of Care Home visiting guidance.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/11/2020 16:42:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1229443

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Pets: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to local authorities to enable them to meet their obligation under the Care Act 2014 to ensure that pets, which are considered property of an individual, are looked after if an individual is hospitalised as a result of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	82455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities have a duty to protect the moveable property (which includes pets) of adults with care and support needs, who are in hospital or are away from home in accommodation such as care homes.</p><p>We have provided £3.7 billion to local authorities through un-ringfenced grants so they can address the expenditure pressures they are facing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/09/2020 18:35:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn