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1139224

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Loneliness: Social Prescribing
	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 has been made against his Department’s commitment, as set out in the 2018 Loneliness Strategy, to test methods that will improve how a range of organisations, such as community pharmacies, social workers and community nurses, refer into existing social prescribing services and provision in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	277685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Loneliness Strategy ‘A connected society: A Strategy for tackling loneliness – laying the foundations for change’, acknowledged that tackling loneliness is complex and a long-term challenge, requiring action across many fronts and working with local government, public services, the voluntary and community sector and businesses to identify opportunities to tackle loneliness and build more integrated communities.</p><p>Discussions are underway with a range of public sector organisations such as job centres, local authorities, Public Health England and National Health Service agencies to identify what more can be done to improve how they better refer into social prescribing services and provision.</p><p>In addition, social workers play a key role in referring people into community services and the co-chair of the Principal Social Worker network sits on the National Social Prescribing network to promote their work and share learning.</p><p>The Department expects to report on the outcome of this commitment in late autumn.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/07/2019 16:28:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1139225

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Loneliness: Social 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 has been made against his Department’s commitment, as set out in the 2018 Loneliness Strategy, to improve knowledge sharing among social workers through the Chief Social Worker for Adults to develop social workers’ (a) ability to recognise people who may be experiencing loneliness and (b) their knowledge and services or support to refer people on to.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	277686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Loneliness Strategy ‘A connected society: A Strategy for tackling loneliness – laying the foundations for change,’ acknowledged that tackling loneliness is complex and a long-term challenge, requiring action across many fronts and working with local government, public services, the voluntary and community sector and businesses to identify opportunities to tackle loneliness and build more integrated communities.</p><p>The Government has commissioned an evidence review to support the Chief Social Worker for Adults’ commitment in the Loneliness Strategy, to improve knowledge sharing among social workers and recognition and support for people who may be experiencing loneliness.</p><p>The review summarises the evidence into key messages and recommendations for social workers, other social care practitioners and employers. The Department will publish the review in the summer – this will inform specific guidance for social workers to ensure that they include loneliness in their assessment and care planning and that they also contribute to community development and other projects that can help tackle loneliness.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/07/2019 16:16:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1139226

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Loneliness: Health Education
	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 has been made against his Department’s commitment, as set out in the 2018 Loneliness Strategy, for Public Health England to reach one million members of the public with information on loneliness as a key risk factor for mental health problems.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	277687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Loneliness Strategy ‘A connected society: A Strategy for tackling loneliness – laying the foundations for change’, acknowledged that tackling loneliness is complex and a long-term challenge, requiring action across many fronts and working with local government, public services, the voluntary and community sector and businesses to identify opportunities to tackle loneliness and build more integrated communities.</p><p>The Every Mind Matters campaign was piloted in the Midlands in October 2018 and will be launched across England in October 2019. The campaign launch can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-launches-new-mission-to-put-prevention-at-the-top-of-the-mental-health-agenda" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-launches-new-mission-to-put-prevention-at-the-top-of-the-mental-health-agenda</a></p><p>The Midlands campaign can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-mental-health-campaign-launched-across-the-midlands" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-mental-health-campaign-launched-across-the-midlands</a></p><p>The campaign aims to help people become better informed and equipped to look after their own mental health and contains advice on the impact of loneliness on mental health, promotes the benefits of social connection and facilitates self-care to improve mental health by offering personalised action plans.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/07/2019 16:28:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1139227

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Loneliness
	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 2018 Loneliness Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to work with the Loneliness Action Group to share learning on loneliness and ensure effective implementation of the strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	277688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has engaged closely with the Loneliness Action Group in the development of and now implementation of its loneliness strategy. Government officials have regularly attended the quarterly Loneliness Action Group meetings, to share updates and hear the group's views. The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society (Mims Davies MP), who leads the Government's work on loneliness, spoke at the Loneliness Action Group conference in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/07/2019 16:14:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1133011

	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	Social Services: Disability
	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 adequacy of long-term adult social care funding settlements for the care and support needs of working age disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	266125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Social care funding for future years will be settled in the Spending Review, where the overall approach to funding local government will be considered in the round.</p><p>The Government is also undertaking a review of the relative needs and resources of local authorities in England, with a view to setting fresh baseline funding levels. The recent consultation on this proposed a specific formula for adult social care that includes cost drivers for both older people and working age adults.</p><p>We need a sustainable social care system to ensure services continue to deliver for our ageing population and the increasing number of people of working age who require care services.</p><p>This Government is committed to ensuring that the social care system is sustainable in the longer term, which is why we will be publishing a Green Paper at the earliest opportunity, setting out our proposals for reform. We want to make sure that we get it right, which is why we are taking the time to consult with key stakeholders and take their feedback into consideration.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/06/2019 15:28:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1128533

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	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	Pancreatitis: 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 NHS Long Term Plan, what plans the Government has to allocate funding for research into chronic pancreatitis.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	257709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan is a 10-year strategy for the National Health Service. It sets out how the NHS will spend the £33.9 billion cash terms annual increase going into the NHS budget by 2023/24. Research on health and social care continues to be funded by the Government through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The future of budgets outside of the NHS England resource settlement will be confirmed later this year at Spending Review 2019.</p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including chronic pancreatitis. As with other major research funders, the NIHR does not ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications for funding are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p><br> The NIHR’s funding and support for research into chronic pancreatitis which is currently ongoing or recently concluded (in financial year 2018/19) includes one directly funded study, with a total award of £262,500, investigating the use of antioxidants and magnesium for the treatment of pain in hereditary and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis. In addition, there has been NIHR support for two studies through its early translational research infrastructure and five through the NIHR’s Clinical Research Network, which provides support for delivering research funded by the NIHR itself and other public, charity and industry research funders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/06/2019 16:26:33 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1128424

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	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 steps his Department is taking to engage with people affected by dementia on the development of the liberty protection safeguards code of practice.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	257502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is currently collaborating closely with stakeholders, including those with lived experience, to produce the Liberty Protection Safeguards Code of Practice. It is engaging with the third sector, health and social care organisations, user-led groups and individuals. This includes organisations which represent individuals with dementia and those affected by it, for example the Alzheimer’s Society and Carers UK.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/06/2019 13:45:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1128426

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Pancreatitis: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he is providing to support research into chronic pancreatitis.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	257504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Research on health and social care continues to be funded by the Government through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).</p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including chronic pancreatitis. As with other major research funders, the NIHR does not ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications for funding are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p>The NIHR’s support for research into chronic pancreatitis which is currently ongoing or recently concluded (in financial year 2018/19) includes one directly funded study, with a total award of £262,500, investigating the use of antioxidants and magnesium for the treatment of pain in hereditary and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis. In addition, the NIHR funded two studies through its early translational research infrastructure and five through the NIHR Clinical Research Network, which provides support for delivering research funded by the NIHR itself and other public, charity and industry research funders.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/06/2019 15:16:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1055283

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2019
	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	Social Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on preparations for the Adult Social Care Green Paper since 7 March 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	216976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the information requested as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/02/2019 14:50:47 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1055285

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2019
	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	Social Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of his Department’s budget has been spent on preparations for the Adult Social Care Green Paper since 7 March 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	217101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the information requested as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/02/2019 14:49:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson