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1503395

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	General Practitioners: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what short and long term steps the Government is taking to increase the availability of GP appointments.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>Excluding COVID-19 vaccinations, there were an average of 1.24 million appointments per working day in July 2022, compared to 1.17 million in July 2019. We have also made £520 million available to improve access and expand general practice capacity during the pandemic. To reduce unnecessary bureaucracy for general practitioners (GPs) and increase capacity for appointments, we have expanded the range of healthcare professionals who can sign fit notes and published seven principles to reduce unnecessary burdens on GPs.</p><p>We are investing at least £1.5 billion to create an additional 50 million general practice appointments by 2024 through increasing and diversifying the workforce. General practice teams include a range of other health professionals in addition to GPs, to respond to the needs of patients and we are on schedule to recruit an additional 26,000 primary care staff.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/09/2022 11:42:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503421

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Strokes: Southport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of Southport’s stroke services to others in its region; and what steps his Department is taking to help improve stroke services in Southport.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	45095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has assessed stroke services in the North Mersey area, including Southport. It has assessed that stroke services within the region do not currently meet best practice guidelines for providing the highest quality care or maximise the effectiveness of the specialist stroke workforce.</p><p>On 4 August 2022, a proposal for a comprehensive stroke centre on the Aintree Hospital site was approved, to be located with specialist services provided by the Walton Centre and post 72 hours care provided at either Aintree, Broadgreen or Southport. This clinically-led service has been developed over the last five years and is based on national evidence for improved outcomes for patients when hyper acute stroke services are centralised.</p><p>Additional investment is also planned for Southport and Ormskirk hospital to care for stroke patients who do not need to travel to Aintree Hospital or who return to their local hospital after receiving hyper-acute stroke treatment at Aintree.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/09/2022 12:54:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1503588

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Dental Services: Care Homes
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 have been taken to ensure accessibility of home visits by dentists for care home residents.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	45301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Dentists and other professionals face no restrictions when visiting to provide a service for care home residents. Where there is an active outbreak of COVID-19 in a care home, a risk assessment should be made. From 1 July 2022, all National Health Service dentists have been asked to deliver the full NHS commitment, including delivering services in care homes where commissioned to do so.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/09/2022 14:07:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1503618

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Children's Play: Staff
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 current provision of play specialists is (a) across the NHS and (b) specifically for children with cancer.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	45207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. However, NHS England has established a taskforce with stakeholders, including the Starlight Foundation, National Association for Hospital Play Specialists. This group aims to develop guidance on play services for National Health Service providers and recognised practice standards. It will also explore options for the regulation of health play specialists.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/09/2022 12:42:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

1503657

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
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 made an impact assessment of the regulations prohibiting regulated manufacture of medical cannabis and CBD products on patient safety.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	45233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The manufacture of cannabis-based medicines is allowed under the appropriate Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and Home Office licences. Cannabis-based medicines must comply with all applicable requirements and high standards of manufacture that apply to all other medicines to ensure patient safety.</p><p>In 2018, the Government amended the law to allow specialist doctors to prescribe unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use, where clinically appropriate, with an accompanying impact assessment published by the Home Office. The Government must consider advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) before making any further amendments to the law in this area. At the request of the Home Office, the ACMD have recently reviewed this legislation and concluded that no amendments are currently required.</p><p>Cannabidiol (CBD) in its pure form is not a controlled drug. However, many consumer CBD products also contain varying amounts of controlled cannabinoids due to difficulties in isolating pure CBD. The Home Office has sought the ACMD’s advice on a legal framework exempting CBD products with a defined trace percentage of controlled cannabinoids from control under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD responded on December 17 2021 and the Government is currently considering this advice.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 45491 question first answered 21/09/2022 13:46:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503661

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Epidermolysis Bullosa: Health Services and 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 steps he is taking to support patients of Epidermolysis Bullosa on the NHS in England; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing funding into research on that condition.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	45330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>NHS England commissions a national epidermolysis bullosa (EB) service to provide diagnosis and assessment of infants, children, adolescents and adults with suspected or known EB, with treatment and long-term support. NHS England is aware that a number of innovative treatments for EB are either in trials or being considered by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). If any of these treatments are given a positive recommendation by NICE, NHS England will ensure that service provision is in place to deliver these treatments.</p><p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). While the usual practice of the NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics, the NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of health or care research, including therapies for rare conditions such as EB. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In the past five years, the NIHR has funded two studies into EB with a total award value of £3,022,759 and supported the delivery of over 25 studies via the NIHR’s infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/09/2022 15:42:28 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1503723

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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: Children
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 funding is available for children’s cancer in the current financial year; and how much funding has been available for children's cancer in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	45391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. National Health Service commissioners receive allocations for a range of services and specific funding for children’s cancer services is not recorded separately.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/09/2022 11:56:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

1503781

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Yoga: 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, whether his Department has plans to promote the social prescribing of yoga to help patients with high blood pressure, heart disease, aches and pains, depression and stress.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	45499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers have issued guidelines on the recommended levels of physical activity for good health and wellbeing. This can deliver wider social benefits for individuals and communities as well as savings for the health and care system.</p><p>As of March 2022, there were over 2,500 social prescribing link workers in the National Health Service in England and over 900,000 referrals have been made. Social prescribing is a universal offer and a component of personalised care. Link workers connect people to agencies for practical, emotional and social support and to community groups and activities, which can include yoga. Services are commissioned locally so this offer may vary.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/09/2022 11:32:00 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1503788

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
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 take steps to reform regulations relating to the production of cannabis-based medicinal products to support UK patients and businesses.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	45491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The manufacture of cannabis-based medicines is allowed under the appropriate Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and Home Office licences. Cannabis-based medicines must comply with all applicable requirements and high standards of manufacture that apply to all other medicines to ensure patient safety.</p><p>In 2018, the Government amended the law to allow specialist doctors to prescribe unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use, where clinically appropriate, with an accompanying impact assessment published by the Home Office. The Government must consider advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) before making any further amendments to the law in this area. At the request of the Home Office, the ACMD have recently reviewed this legislation and concluded that no amendments are currently required.</p><p>Cannabidiol (CBD) in its pure form is not a controlled drug. However, many consumer CBD products also contain varying amounts of controlled cannabinoids due to difficulties in isolating pure CBD. The Home Office has sought the ACMD’s advice on a legal framework exempting CBD products with a defined trace percentage of controlled cannabinoids from control under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD responded on December 17 2021 and the Government is currently considering this advice.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 45233 question first answered 21/09/2022 13:46:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503959

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to exempt those people who were prescribed tetracycline from future dental costs.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	45639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>There are no current plans to do so. However, we continue to provide financial support through a range of exemptions to dental patient charges. Free National Health Service dental care is available for those aged under 18 years old or under 19 years old and in full-time education; those who are pregnant or have had a baby in the previous 12 months; patients being treated in an NHS hospital and where the treatment is carried out by the hospital dentist; and those receiving low-income benefits or are under 20 years old and a dependant of someone receiving low-income benefits. Support is also available through the NHS Low Income Scheme for those patients who are not eligible for exemption or full remission.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/09/2022 12:48:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols