Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed closure of the accident and emergency wing at Darlington Memorial Hospital on waiting times for ambulances in that area.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Better Health Programme is part of the Durham, Darlington, Tees, Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby Sustainability and Transformation Plan.
At this stage no decisions have been made about changes to individual hospitals, and once firm proposals have been agreed, these will need to be subject to public consultation, planned for later this year.
NHS England is working with the local ambulance service to work through issues such as travel time, capacity and demand.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed closure of the accident and emergency (A&E) wing at Darlington Memorial Hospital on average length of journey times to A&E for those patients whose nearest A&E is currently based at that hospital.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Better Health Programme is part of the Durham, Darlington, Tees, Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby Sustainability and Transformation Plan.
At this stage no decisions have been made about changes to individual hospitals, and once firm proposals have been agreed, these will need to be subject to public consultation, planned for later this year.
NHS England is working with the local ambulance service to work through issues such as travel time, capacity and demand.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for a decision to be taken on the proposed closure of the accident and emergency wing at Darlington Hospital.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Better Health Programme is part of the Durham, Darlington, Tees, Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby Sustainability and Transformation Plan.
At this stage no decisions have been made about changes to individual hospitals, and once firm proposals have been agreed, these will need to be subject to public consultation, planned for later this year.
NHS England is working with the local ambulance service to work through issues such as travel time, capacity and demand.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of women qualifying for free prescriptions who have requested prescriptions for sanitary products from their GP.
Answered by David Mowat
The Department has made no such estimate. Products allowable on a National Health Service prescription should be for the treatment of a medical condition, which can include diagnosis and prevention. This does not include items that could be considered more appropriate for the social care of an individual e.g. incontinence pads or sanitary products.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the average weekly nutritional intake of households in (a) AB, (b) C1, (c) C2, (d) D and (e) E NRS social gradings.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Public Health England has not made a recent assessment of nutrient intake by socio-economic classification. The National Data and Nutrition Survey provides detailed, quantitative information on food consumption, nutrient intakes and nutritional status, which is available at: