Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse has been of the teenage pregnancy unit in each year since its creation; and how many civil servants were employed within it in each of those years.
Answered by Seema Kennedy
The Teenage Pregnancy Unit was established to drive delivery of national work to reduce under 18 conceptions by 2010. Details of staff numbers and the costs involved are no longer held. Since 2010 this work has been devolved to local authorities. Between 2010 and 2016, the latest year for which data is available, under 18 conceptions fell by 45%.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what duties are placed on clinical commissioning groups to ensure that public transport routes are available to GPs.
Answered by Steve Brine
There are no duties placed on clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to ensure that public transport routes are available to general practitioners. However, the Health and Social Care Act (2012) places specific duties on CCGs and NHS England to address health inequalities in relation to access and outcomes.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will establish a Young Cancer Patient Travel Fund to cover the costs of travel to and from hospital for cancer treatment appointments for children, young people and their families.
Answered by Steve Brine
There is work underway to review the service specifications for children and young people with cancer. This will provide an opportunity to consider how some aspects of the patient pathway may be provided more locally to reduce the travel burden for patients and their families.
Currently the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme which is part of the NHS Low Income Scheme allows for patients (and in certain circumstances their carers) to receive reimbursement of travel if they are in receipt of a qualifying benefit or on a low income. The NHS Low Income Scheme has helped 337,000 applicants to receive financial help with their National Health Service treatment.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of supply and (b) demand for bleeding control packs in designated public places.
Answered by Steve Barclay - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
NHS England has made no formal assessment on adequacy of supply and demand for bleeding control packs in designated public places.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
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 23 May 2018 to Question 146303, on Nutrition: Health Education, when (a) Public Health England and (b) Government bodies plan to respond to the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s final advice on saturated fat.
Answered by Steve Brine
The final Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) report on saturated fats and health is expected to be published in 2019. Following receipt of SACN’s final report, Public Health England and Government bodies will consider whether Government advice on saturated fats requires updating and will advise health ministers accordingly.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of clinical appointments provided at the NHS clinics co-located on the sites of the National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine in Sheffield in each of the last five years.
Answered by Steve Barclay - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
No estimation of appointments at the National Health Service clinics co-located on the sites of the National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine in Sheffield for the last five years has been made.
Activity data surrounding appointments is routinely captured within Hospital Episode Statistics at a trust level rather by individual site.