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806074

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical negligence claims relating to a stroke have been made against NHS trusts due to (a) a misdiagnosis and (b) mistreatment of atrial fibrillation in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	119277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>NHS Resolution has supplied the following information:</p><p> </p><p>NHS Resolution holds information relating to claims notified to it against pre-defined injury, cause and specialty codes. NHS Resolution has used the following search terms:</p><p> </p><p>The total number of clinical claims where one of the injuries was ‘stroke’ and one of the causes was ‘Failure/Delay Diagnosis’ or ‘Wrong Diagnosis’, received 1 December 2016 to 30 November 2017 was 35.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Resolution does not have a code for mistreatment of atrial fibrillation so it has undertaken a search of the number of clinical claims where one of the injuries was ‘stroke’ and ‘atrial fibrillation’ was mentioned in the incident details reported, received 1 December 2016 to 30 November 2017.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Resolution has advised that it cannot provide the number of claims because to do so might lead to the identification of an individual.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 21/12/2017 15:41:10 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

790113

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Anorexia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with anorexia have access to timely treatment and early intervention.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	113381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government made £150 million of additional investment available in the 2014 Autumn Statement for children and young people’s eating disorder services (including services for anorexia), over the five years to 2019/20. From April 2017, we established a new eating disorder service waiting time for children and young people – with the ambition that by 2020/21 95% of children will receive treatment within one week for urgent cases and within four weeks for routine cases.</p><p> </p><p>The latest data from NHS England showed that in Q1 2017-18 73.3% of patients started urgent treatment within one week and 78.7% of patients started routine treatment within four weeks.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has now commissioned 70 new or enhanced community services for eating disorders so everyone can get the help they need to manage these conditions. The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health in partnership with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is developing a pathway for adults with eating disorders, together with detailed implementation guidance for providers, during 2017/18. The pathway will be fully informed by the available evidence and the views of experts.</p><p> </p><p>NICE also published its updated Clinical Guideline: Eating Disorders – recognition and treatment, on managing and treating eating disorders for the over 8s - including adults, children and young people in May 2017.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/11/2017 12:32:44 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

788547

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on autism.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	112643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Autism Act was made and given Royal Assent on 12 November 2009.</p><p> </p><p>The Act places three key duties on the Secretary of State for Health:</p><p> </p><p>- To produce a strategy for meeting the needs of adults in England with autistic spectrum conditions (the Strategy), and to keep the Strategy under review;</p><p>- To produce Statutory Guidance for local councils and local health bodies on implementing the Strategy which they have a duty to act in accordance with; and</p><p>- To keep the Statutory Guidance under review, considering, in particular, the extent to which the guidance has been effective in securing the implementation of the strategy.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/11/2017 13:41:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

786397

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chlorine Dioxide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to prohibit the promotion, sale and use of MMS chlorine dioxide bleach as a cure for autism.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	112048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>There are no circumstances in which sodium chlorite or bleach, or these other substances, should be used as a treatment for autism.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that these compounds have no proven or conceivable health benefit and may cause serious damage to health.</p><p> </p><p>The Food Standards Agency has issued advice on sodium chlorite to local authorities to take appropriate action and placed consumer advice for oral products on its website.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have responsibility for preventing the sale of these products through retail outlets under trading standards legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Where there is any threat to the safety and wellbeing of a child, this may lead to offences of child cruelty being considered, requiring a wider safeguarding response involving the police, children's services and relevant partners. Such a threat could include any harm caused by the administration of a potentially noxious substance.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 112049 question first answered 16/11/2017 13:34:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

786398

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to prohibit the promotion, sale and use of Turpentine, GcMAF and Rerum as treatments for autism.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	112049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>There are no circumstances in which sodium chlorite or bleach, or these other substances, should be used as a treatment for autism.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that these compounds have no proven or conceivable health benefit and may cause serious damage to health.</p><p> </p><p>The Food Standards Agency has issued advice on sodium chlorite to local authorities to take appropriate action and placed consumer advice for oral products on its website.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have responsibility for preventing the sale of these products through retail outlets under trading standards legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Where there is any threat to the safety and wellbeing of a child, this may lead to offences of child cruelty being considered, requiring a wider safeguarding response involving the police, children's services and relevant partners. Such a threat could include any harm caused by the administration of a potentially noxious substance.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 112048 question first answered 16/11/2017 13:34:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

777660

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Kidney Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the prognosis for (a) adults and (b) children diagnosed with kidney disease.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	109519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England commissions specialist renal services for adults, children and young people and has recently published renal service specifications (that cover dialysis, acute kidney injury, renal assessment and transplantation) that should lead to uniform high levels of kidney care across England. Further information can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-a/a06/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-a/a06/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/11/2017 11:38:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

765280

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Oral Tobacco: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to introduce product standards for chewed tobacco in order to reduce the health effect.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	105475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce specific product standards for chewed tobacco.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/10/2017 12:59:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

733037

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Fracking: Public Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the findings of the Medact report, A public health assessment of shale gas in England, published in July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	1515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) reviews the evidence base on the health impacts of chemical and radiological emissions associated with shale gas extraction as it emerges, considering the available evidence as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>The 2016 MEDACT report is one of a large number of publications PHE is currently considering.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/07/2017 10:54:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

720536

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure that referral and treatment rates for those with obsessive compulsive disorder reflect need.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	70701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England provides the MindEd e-Learning for free to healthcare professionals that includes a session on obsessive compulsive disorder.</p><p>Patients who are diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder may be referred to physiological therapy services.</p><p>We have introduced the first ever access and waiting standards for mental health services. In December 2016, 89.4% of people who needed access to talking therapies were seen within six weeks (target 75%). And 98.5% were seen within 18 weeks (target 95%).</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 70425 question first answered 24/04/2017 17:04:30 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

720563

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure clear treatment pathways for people with obsessive compulsive disorder and (b) promote informed choices by patients about such treatment.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	70425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England provides the MindEd e-Learning for free to healthcare professionals that includes a session on obsessive compulsive disorder.</p><p>Patients who are diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder may be referred to physiological therapy services.</p><p>We have introduced the first ever access and waiting standards for mental health services. In December 2016, 89.4% of people who needed access to talking therapies were seen within six weeks (target 75%). And 98.5% were seen within 18 weeks (target 95%).</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 70701 question first answered 24/04/2017 17:04:30 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman