Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
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 support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in St Helens North constituency.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The National Health Service has published a Long Term Workforce Plan which outlines the steps the Government is taking to support the recruitment and retention of mental health specialists, including in St Helens North constituency. A copy of the plan is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/nhs-long-term-workforce-plan-v1.1.pdf
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of maternity hospitals in England which (a) have, (b) do not have and (c) are planning to create Bereavement Suites.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This information is not held by NHS England. We previously funded SANDs, the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death charity to work with other baby loss charities and Royal Colleges to produce and support the roll-out of a National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBCP) to reduce the variation in the quality of bereavement care provided by the National Health Service.
The pathway covers a range of circumstances of a baby loss including miscarriage, stillbirth, termination of pregnancy for medical reasons, neonatal death, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). As of 1 January 2023, 84% or 108 NHS England trusts have committed to adopting the nine NBCP standards. One of the nine standards is that bereavement rooms are available in every healthcare setting where a pregnancy or baby loss may occur.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what percentage of people in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK have been on antidepressants for more than 12 months.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The data requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many social care beds the Government funds in (a) St Helens and (b) Merseyside.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The information requested is not held by the Department.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in St Helens have been diagnosed with cervical cancer in the last 12 months.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS), part of NHS Digital, collects data on all cancers diagnosed in England.
There were 9 diagnoses of cervical cancer in St Helens in 2020, the most recent complete diagnosis year available for analysis, and 71 diagnoses in the Merseyside region.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) St Helens and (b) Merseyside have been diagnosed with cervical cancer in the last 12 months.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS), part of NHS Digital, collects data on all cancers diagnosed in England.
There were 9 diagnoses of cervical cancer in St Helens in 2020, the most recent complete diagnosis year available for analysis, and 71 diagnoses in the Merseyside region.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of children under the age of 18 in St Helens who have been diagnosed with Tourette’s in the last 12 months.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
This information is not held centrally in the format requested.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) GPs and (b) dentists were registered as working in St Helens in each year since 2010.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
This information is not collected in the format requested.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) St Helens and (b) Merseyside have received (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three doses of covid-19 vaccination.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The following table shows the number of people aged 12 years old and over in St Helens local authority and Merseyside who have received a first, second and booster or third dose of the COVID-19 vaccination as of 3 November 2022. The data for Merseyside includes the local authorities of St Helens, Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton and Wirral.
| First dose | Second dose | Booster or third dose |
St Helens | 141,243 | 135,109 | 108,607 |
Merseyside | 1,065,236 | 1,013,032 | 795,213 |
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help promote the health benefits of milk and other dairy products.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
Dairy is an important source of a range of nutrients, including calcium. The consumption of milk and dairy products or fortified alternatives is promoted as part of a healthy balanced diet.
The Eatwell Guide encourages the population to consume some milk and dairy products, choosing lower fat and lower sugar varieties where available. The Eatwell Guide healthy eating principles, including those promoting milk and dairy products, are communicated through GOV.UK, NHS.UK and social marketing campaigns such as Healthier Families and Better Health.