Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of parents who have a child with a terminal, life-shortening condition that did not receive a key worker in 2022 due to staff shortages.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
This information is not held centrally and there are no current plans to make an estimate.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that there is adequate research into sudden unexplained death in childhood.
Answered by Will Quince
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC). It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of a UK-India free trade agreement on the availability of medicines for the NHS.
Answered by Will Quince
The sustainability of the National Health Service is a priority for the Government. That is why we are clear that in any negotiations on future trade agreements, we could not agree to any proposals on medicines pricing or access that would put NHS finances at risk or reduce clinician and patient choice.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of children who regularly eat five portions of fruit and vegetables every day in Huddersfield constituency.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
No specific estimate has been made as the information requested is not collected centrally. The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) provides information on dietary intakes and nutritional status for children and adults in the United Kingdom by age group. The latest NDNS data, from 2016 to 2019, shows that 12% of children aged 11-18 years old consume five or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
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 2nd November 2022 to Question 72439 on Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse, for what reason his Department has not made a specific assessment on the independent review of alcohol harms; and whether he intends to meet with Alcohol Change UK when his Department conducts an independent review of alcohol harms.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
The Government is addressing alcohol-related harms through commitments in the ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’ green paper, the NHS Long Term Plan, improvements to the substance misuse treatment system through the drugs strategy ‘From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives’ and action to reduce alcohol-related crime.
We regularly engage with stakeholders from the third sector, including Alcohol Change UK, which is a member of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Alcohol Advisory Group. The Group meets quarterly and informs the approach to the Department’s work on reducing alcohol-related harms.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of full-time bereavement care centres in the last 12 months.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
No specific assessment has been made. Bereavement support is commissioned locally to meet the needs of the local population. NHS England has developed guidance for integrated care boards which requires commissioners to ensure there is sufficient access to bereavement support services.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
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 June 2022 to Question 13826 on Dementia: Diagnosis, when he plans to publish further details of the financial support that will be provided by his Department to help tackle the backlog of dementia diagnoses.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Last financial year, £17 million was made available to Clinical Commissioning Groups to specifically address dementia waiting lists and increase the number of diagnoses. Work to improve dementia diagnosis rates will continue in 2022/23.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
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 June 2022 to Question 13826 on Dementia: Diagnosis, when he plans to publish his Department's funding plans for dementia support for 2022-23.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
We are reviewing plans for dementia in England and further information will be available in due course.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department holds any data on the number of defibrillators in (a) Huddersfield and (b) the Kirklees area.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The British Heart Foundation estimate that there are 103 defibrillators in Huddersfield and 190 in Kirklees registered on The Circuit, the national defibrillator network.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has consulted with the National Pharmacy Association on the declining number of high street pharmacies in the last 12 months.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
The Department regularly engages with a variety of stakeholders and representatives from the pharmacy sector, including the National Pharmacy Association.