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1667595

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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	Dental Services: County Durham
	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 her Department is taking to increase the availability of NHS dental appointments in County Durham.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2023 answer text <p>In July 2022 we announced a package of reforms to improve access to National Health Service dentistry, which outlined the steps we are taking to meet oral health need and increase access to dental care, including in County Durham. The changes that have been implemented include improvements to ensure dentists are remunerated more fairly for more complex work and the introduction of a minimum Units of Dental Activity value.</p><p>From 1 April 2023, responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to all integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. ICBs are responsible for having local processes in place to identify areas of need and determine the priorities for investment.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out the steps the National Health Service and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. These include a 40% increase to dentistry undergraduate training places by 2031/32.</p><p>But we know we need to do more, and that there are some areas where access is particularly problematic. We are working on our Dentistry Recovery Plan which will address how we continue to improve access, particularly for new patients; and how we make NHS work more attractive to ensure NHS dentists are incentivised to deliver more NHS care.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 10/11/2023 14:30:17 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1667816

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve patient access to GP appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
	tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2023 answer text <p>We recognise that despite the hard work of general practice (GP) teams, some patients are still struggling to access care in a timely way. That is why we have published our Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care. The plan has two central ambitions: to tackle the 8am rush and reduce the number of people struggling to contact their practice, and for patients to know on the day they contact their practice how their request will be managed.</p><p>We will achieve this by rolling out new digital tools and telephone systems which can help practices to better match their capacity to patient demand, backed by £240 million in retargeted funding. The plan also includes further measures to empower patients to do more themselves, cut bureaucracy for GPs and build capacity to deliver more appointments; and we are investing at least £1.5 billion to create an additional 50 million general practice appointments by 2024 by increasing and diversifying the workforce.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 10/11/2023 13:42:34 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

1668043

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his Department's policy that a patient's GP practice be informed if that patient visits different hospitals in the same NHS trust with similar illnesses or injuries.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2023 answer text <p>A patient’s general practice (GP) would usually be informed when they attended hospital, either via a discharge letter, or via a notification on an electronic patient record system. This is dependent on the National Health Service trust knowing the patient’s registered GP. A patient may object to the sharing of their information with their GP when visiting a trust, for example when attending accident and emergency, and the trust will need to follow data protection legislation and guidance to determine whether it is in its best interests to still share this with the patient’s GP.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 10/11/2023 14:32:08 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1665344

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	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: Durham
	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 is the Minister taking to increase access to NHS dental services in County Durham.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/10/2023 11:09:19 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 99513 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1666176

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2023
	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: Havering
	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 help increase the provision of dental spaces for NHS patients in the London Borough of Havering.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We are currently working on a Dentistry Recovery Plan, to improve access to dental care across England. It will build upon the first package of reforms agreed in July 2022, which included changes to banding and the introduction of a minimum Units of Dental Activity (UDA) value. Our plan will include addressing how we continue to improve access, particularly for new patients; and how we make National Health Service work more attractive to ensure NHS dentists are incentivised to deliver NHS care.</p><p>North East London Integrated Care Board authorised the investment of £3.1 million in respect of additional dental access for its population in August 2023. All practices were offered the opportunity to apply, from which eight practices in Havering took up the offer. As a result an additional 11,800 UDAs have been commissioned.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/10/2023 10:55:36 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1666512

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	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	Fluoride: Drinking Water
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with regard to the variation agreement of 28 September 2023 on the supply of fluoridated water from the Williamsgate works, what estimate he has made of how many households (a) will be supplied when fluoridation is operational and (b) would have been supplied under the 1968 agreement on 30 June 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Mark Jenkinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The number of properties that will be supplied by fluoridated water when Williamsgate is operational, under the varied 1968 agreement, is estimated to be 33,884. The number of properties supplied under the 1968 agreement on 30 June 2022 is estimated to be 33,884.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/10/2023 08:58:19 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4752 label Biography information for Mark Jenkinson

1666514

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	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	Fluoride: Drinking Water
	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 para. 2.1(d) of the Williamsgate treatment works fluoridation variation agreement, how many households were supplied with water from (a) Williamsgate and (b) Quarry Hill works on 31 October 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Mark Jenkinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>By 31 October 2022, United Utilities had begun to transition the area supplied by Quarry Hill water treatment works onto the new supply from Williamsgate water treatment works.</p><p>The area served by the outlet main leaving Williamsgate water treatment works is the same as the area that was supplied by Quarry Hill water treatment works. The estimated number of properties covered by this area is 8,354. The number of properties that were supplied by Quarry Hill water treatment works before the transition was an estimated 8,354 properties.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/10/2023 08:43:40 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4752 label Biography information for Mark Jenkinson

1666515

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	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	Fluoride: Drinking Water
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) capital and (b) revenue costs to his Department of the Williamsgate fluoridation scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Mark Jenkinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The estimated capital cost of the Williamsgate fluoridation plant is £962,252 and the estimated revenue cost is £171,414, both of which include VAT.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/10/2023 08:41:49 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4752 label Biography information for Mark Jenkinson

1666609

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	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	Tobacco: Sales
	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 he has made of the potential impact of Government policies on ending cigarette sales to those born on or after 1 January 2009 on the sale of tobacco products in the black market.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. History shows whenever we introduce new tobacco control legislation and regulations, illicit tobacco has decreased, due to strong enforcement. Consumption of illegal tobacco has gone from 17 billion cigarettes in 2000/1 to three billion cigarettes in 2022/23.</p><p>As part of the smokefree generation announcement on 4 October 2023, the Government is also providing £30 million additional funding per year to support enforcement agencies such as trading standards, Border Force, and HM Revenue &amp; Customs.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/10/2023 08:52:16 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1666619

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	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	Malnutrition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions there were for (a) scurvy, (b) rickets, (c) vitamin D deficiency and (d) malnutrition in age groups (i) up to four, (ii) five to nine, (iii) 10-16 and (iv) over 17 years in (A) 2020/21 and (B) 2021/22.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The following tables show activity in National Health Service hospitals and NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector in England, with a count of Finished Admission Episodes with a “primary” or “primary or secondary diagnosis” of scurvy, rickets, vitamin D deficiency and malnutrition by age group for 2020/21 and 2021/22:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Primary Diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patient Age (years)</p></td><td><p>Scurvy</p></td><td><p>Rickets</p></td><td><p>Vitamin D Deficiency</p></td><td><p>Malnutrition</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-16</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 or over</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>586</p></td><td><p>765</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Primary or Secondary Diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patient Age (years)</p></td><td><p>Scurvy</p></td><td><p>Rickets</p></td><td><p>Vitamin D Deficiency</p></td><td><p>Malnutrition</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>1,715</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1,698</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4,713</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 or over</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>126,785</p></td><td><p>9,681</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Primary Diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patient Age (years)</p></td><td><p>Scurvy</p></td><td><p>Rickets</p></td><td><p>Vitamin D Deficiency</p></td><td><p>Malnutrition</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-16</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 or over</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>863</p></td><td><p>843</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Primary or Secondary Diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patient Age (years)</p></td><td><p>Scurvy</p></td><td><p>Rickets</p></td><td><p>Vitamin D Deficiency</p></td><td><p>Malnutrition</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>2,054</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1,810</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-16</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6,022</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 or over</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>167,169</p></td><td><p>10,242</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS England</p><p>The root causes of malnutrition may be clinical, for example disease-related, social and/or economic. These problems often interact in a complex cycle. Some health conditions can lead to malnutrition including eating disorders, although malnutrition itself is not an eating disorder.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/10/2023 08:54:07 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck