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date	16/10/2023
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	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards introducing the recording of antimicrobial resistance as a cause of death on death certificates.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL10490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Medical practitioners are expected to state the cause of death on death certificates to the best of their knowledge and belief, including where a resistant infection was a contributory factor. Consistently citing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a cause of death on the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) could provide better data on the scale and impact of AMR and improve public awareness of the issue.</p><p>In November 2022, as part of the National Medical Examiner’s “Good Practice Series”, the Royal College of Pathologists published a paper to help medical examiner offices align with the UK AMR National Action Plan, and support surveillance of antimicrobial resistance. The paper asks medical examiners to encourage and educate those writing MCCDs to accurately record the organism responsible for the infection, whether it was resistant to microbial therapy, and whether the infection was hospital- or community-associated, where this is known. A copy of the paper is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 25/10/2023 11:17:39 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Good-Practice-Series-Recording-antimicrobial-resistance-on-the-Medical-Certificate-of-Cause-of-DeathFinal (1).pdf title Good Practice Series
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1664772

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date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sustainable Farming Incentive
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications have been received for the Sustainable Farming Incentive since its rollout in August 2023, and how many payments have been made under that scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL10492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 26/10/2023 11:08:03 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1664773

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Antibiotics: Prescriptions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the safety of NHS England’s plan to allow community pharmacists to prescribe certain antibiotics.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL10493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>Pharmacists with an additional prescribing qualification are already allowed to prescribe medicines within their competence, including antibiotics. These skills are already being used in general practice and hospitals where many pharmacists have a prescribing qualification. Changes have been made to the initial training and education of pharmacists so that from 2026 all pharmacists will qualify with a prescribing qualification.</p><p>As part of the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, an additional investment up to £645 million will support a new Pharmacy First service which will allow community pharmacists to assess patients and provide treatments, including the supply of certain antibiotics. These will be supplied against Patient Group Directions (PGDs) which have been designed following extensive input from expert clinicians across the National Health Service to mitigate against the risk of increased antimicrobial resistance. The PGDs will be informed by the latest National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance to embed best practice and the new service will be closely monitored to ensure treatments, including antibiotics, are being supplied appropriately. In addition, a separate evaluation of the service will be commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Research.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 24/10/2023 12:19:07 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1664774

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Processed Food: Consumption
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how the cost of living crisis has affected ultra-processed food consumption in lower socioeconomic groups.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL10494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Defra has not made an assessment how the cost of living crisis has affected ultra-processed food consumption in lower socioeconomic groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s food strategy sets out the significant investments that are already being made across the food system, which is from farm to fork and catch to plate. This includes over £130 million joint funding with UK Research and Innovation in food systems research and innovation; £100 million in the Seafood fund; £270 million across the Farming Innovation Programme; a new programme of food system trials to encourage and enable healthier and more sustainable diets, and an £11 million investment supporting new research to drive improvements in understanding the relationship between food and health.</p><p> </p><p>Government advice on a healthy, balanced diet is encapsulated in the UK’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 25/10/2023 10:45:33 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle