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1700433

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Spectacles: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 16241 on Spectacles: Irlen Syndrome, what financial support is available to low-income families to help fund prescription glasses for children where the cost of the prescription exceeds the £50 NHS voucher cost.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS optical vouchers are available for children to help with the cost of glasses that correct a defect in sight. There are ten optical voucher values ranging from £42.40 to £233.56, depending on the strength of the optical lenses. The cost of glasses will be set by individual optical practices and because prices can vary, we would always advise individuals to shop around.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2024 15:27:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1692496

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	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	Spectacles: Irlen Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether colorimetry spectacles can be purchased with NHS optical vouchers.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	16241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>National Health Service optical vouchers are available to help with the cost of glasses considered necessary to help correct a defect of sight. Coloured lenses that do not contain a prescription power and are not prescribed to correct a defect in sight, would not be eligible for funding via an NHS optical voucher.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/03/2024 13:49:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1673950

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	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	General Practitioners: Medical Records
	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 her Department has made on the roll out of the IT update allowing GPs to place a marker on the medical notes of people with firearms certificates.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	4544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>A digital version of the firearms marker has been rolled out to all general practices in England as of May 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/12/2023 16:25:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1669702

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2023
	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	Air Ambulance Services: Safety
	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 Air Accidents Investigations Branch's report on the accident to Sikorsky S-92A, G-MCGYat Derriford Hospital, published on 2 November 2023, what steps her Department plan to take to improve the safety of hospital helipad operations.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	1710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>NHS England is working with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to update the existing guidance for Hospital Helicopter Landing Sites. The current guidance is available at the following link:<br> <br> <a href="http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?appid=11&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=7240" target="_blank">http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?appid=11&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=7240</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/11/2023 17:03:08 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1659147

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	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 Professions: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2023 to Question 193665 on Health Professions: English Language, what the (a) pass and (b) fail rate was for the Occupational English Test in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	198446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the pass and fail rate for the Occupational English Test (OET).</p><p>The OET is an international English language test that assesses the language communication skills of healthcare professionals who seek to register and practise in an English-speaking environment. The OET publishes test statistics on its website, which are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://oet.com/discover/about-oet/test-statistics" target="_blank">https://oet.com/discover/about-oet/test-statistics</a></p><p>Demographic data from 2021 shows the distribution of grades per sub-test for the 12 OET healthcare professions.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/09/2023 13:43:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard