Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) survival rates and (b) research into liver metastasis.
Answered by Steve Brine
Cancer is a priority for this Government and survival rates are at a record high. Since 2010 rates of survival from cancer have increased year-on-year. Around 7,000 people are alive today who would not have been had mortality rates stayed the same as in 2010.
The Department invests £1 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). NIHR cancer research expenditure has risen from £101 million in 2010/11 to £137 million in 2016/17. This constitutes the largest investment in a disease area. The NIHR is funding and supporting a range of research relevant to liver metastases. This includes, for example, a £1.76 million trial of liver resection surgery versus thermal ablation for colorectal liver metastases, and early research on specialised magnetic resonance imaging scanning to detect liver metastases in colorectal cancer.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of cases of (a) diagnosed and (b) undiagnosed ADHD.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
Information on the number of people with a diagnosis of ADHD, or whose ADHD has not been diagnosed, is not collected centrally and no estimate has been made.
NHS services should be following guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on ‘Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: diagnosis and management (NICE guideline 87)’, which was revised in April 2018. This covers recognising, diagnosing and managing ADHD in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve recognition and diagnosis, as well as the quality of care and support for people with ADHD.
The Department has commissioned NHS Digital to survey the prevalence of mental health disorders in children and young people. The survey report is expected in autumn 2018 and will include a chapter on hyperactivity disorders. Having more up-to-date information on prevalence will ensure the local National Health Service can plan appropriate service provision.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of treatment of and support for patients with ADHD.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
Information on the number of people with a diagnosis of ADHD, or whose ADHD has not been diagnosed, is not collected centrally and no estimate has been made.
NHS services should be following guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on ‘Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: diagnosis and management (NICE guideline 87)’, which was revised in April 2018. This covers recognising, diagnosing and managing ADHD in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve recognition and diagnosis, as well as the quality of care and support for people with ADHD.
The Department has commissioned NHS Digital to survey the prevalence of mental health disorders in children and young people. The survey report is expected in autumn 2018 and will include a chapter on hyperactivity disorders. Having more up-to-date information on prevalence will ensure the local National Health Service can plan appropriate service provision.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to track (a) the number of ADHD diagnoses, (b) the waiting times for an ADHD diagnosis and (c) the number by region of ADHD diagnoses.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
Information on the number of people with a diagnosis of ADHD, or whose ADHD has not been diagnosed, is not collected centrally and no estimate has been made.
NHS services should be following guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on ‘Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: diagnosis and management (NICE guideline 87)’, which was revised in April 2018. This covers recognising, diagnosing and managing ADHD in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve recognition and diagnosis, as well as the quality of care and support for people with ADHD.
The Department has commissioned NHS Digital to survey the prevalence of mental health disorders in children and young people. The survey report is expected in autumn 2018 and will include a chapter on hyperactivity disorders. Having more up-to-date information on prevalence will ensure the local National Health Service can plan appropriate service provision.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are registered with the GP at Hand service.
Answered by Steve Brine
The Lille Road Health Centre, which is the practice all patients registered with the GP at Hand service are associated with, has a registered list of 24,652 as of March 2018.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to give local authorities the power to (a) remove junk food advertisements from billboards outside schools and (b) place limits on the opening of fast food takeaways near schools.
Answered by Steve Brine
Local authorities already have a range of planning powers to create healthier environments in their local area, both through their local plan and by taking individual planning decisions.
In July 2017 the Government updated the ‘Planning Practice Guidance on health and wellbeing’ to provide clearer guidance on how to use planning and the planning system to create healthier food environments, including in respect of hot food takeaways.
The National Planning Policy Framework already makes it clear that health objectives should be taken into account by local planning authorities when developing planning policy. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is currently consulting on revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework. This draft includes strengthened public health policy reflecting discussion with Public Health England.
The ‘Planning Practice Guidance on health and wellbeing’ is available at the following link:
www.gov.uk/guidance/health-and-wellbeing
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to give local authorities the power to (a) remove junk food advertisements from billboards outside schools and (b) place limits on the opening of fast food takeaways near schools.
Answered by Steve Brine
Local authorities already have a range of planning powers to create healthier environments in their local area, both through their local plan and by taking individual planning decisions.
In July 2017 the Government updated the ‘Planning Practice Guidance on health and wellbeing’ to provide clearer guidance on how to use planning and the planning system to create healthier food environments, including in respect of hot food takeaways.
The National Planning Policy Framework already makes it clear that health objectives should be taken into account by local planning authorities when developing planning policy. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is currently consulting on revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework. This draft includes strengthened public health policy reflecting discussion with Public Health England.
The ‘Planning Practice Guidance on health and wellbeing’ is available at the following link:
www.gov.uk/guidance/health-and-wellbeing
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the total sleep-in back pay liability for care providers in Leigh constituency.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley) on 26 February 2018 to Question 128962.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2017 to Question 114583, if he will provide an update on the number of patients who have registered with the GP at Hand service to date.
Answered by Steve Brine
According to NHS England, there have been approximately 14,000 additional patients signed up with the GP at Hand Service since July 2017.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2017 to Question 117917, when his Department plans to publish the first evaluation of the effect of the GP at Hand service.
Answered by Steve Brine
An independent evaluation of GP at Hand is being commissioned by Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group and the scope and specification for this are currently in development.