Asked by: Marion Fellows (Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations his Department consulted on the effect of 5G towers on public health.
Answered by Jo Churchill
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Marion Fellows (Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of 5G towers on public health.
Answered by Jo Churchill
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Marion Fellows (Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the effect of 5G towers on public health.
Answered by Jo Churchill
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Marion Fellows (Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that veterans with mental health problems receive the treatment they need.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
As part of the Government’s continued commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, veterans are able to access National Health Service-provided mainstream and bespoke evidence-based mental health services.
The NHS in England has developed two bespoke veterans’ services; the Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service, which supports serving personnel who need additional mental health support as they are leaving the Armed Forces and veterans who have mental health issues; and the Complex Treatment Service, that has been designed to support veterans with complex mental health issues, not limited to post-traumatic stress disorder, that have not improved with previous treatment.
In December last year, NHS England announced an extra £10 million to expand these services and seek ways to close the gaps in current mental health provision to meet the needs of those individuals that are nearing crisis. This expansion will increase capacity and help to ensure that specialist health support for veterans is available across a wider geographical area, helping many more vulnerable ex-Service Personnel, families and those in the criminal justice system.
Asked by: Marion Fellows (Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
What steps he has taken to prepare the NHS for the UK leaving the EU in October 2019.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
As a responsible government, we must continue to plan for every scenario. We continue to carefully review the implications of the latest extension to Article 50 on our no deal planning. We are working closely with partners across the health and care system, and stakeholders, to make detailed plans to ensure the continued supply of medicines and medical products and secure the future of our European Union health and care workforce.