Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
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 assessment of the potential merits of developing NICE guidance for (a) Tourette’s Syndrome and (b) other tic disorders.
Answered by Will Quince
Decisions on which topics the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) will develop guidelines on are made by its cross-agency topic prioritisation (CATP) group. The CATP is a formal group that includes senior executives from the Department, NICE, NHS England and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.
When deciding which topics to develop guidelines on, and in what order, the group takes into account factors such as the health and care burden, the evidence base and variation in practice. The group met on 2 November 2022 to discuss the topic of Tourette syndrome and did not consider this topic to be a priority for guidance development at this time.
NICE’s guideline on suspected neurological conditions covers the initial assessment of symptoms and signs that may indicate a neurological condition and makes recommendations on tics and involuntary movement in children. Best practice guidance on the management of Tourette syndrome is available from the British Medical Journal which is available at the following link:
https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1042
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
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 assessment of the impact of rises in (a) energy costs and (b) inflation on Halton Haven hospice.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
We have no current plans to make a specific assessment.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults were admitted to hospital for tooth decay extractions in (a) Halton, (b) the North West, (c) England and (d) the UK in the last (i) three, (ii) six, (iii) 12 and (iv) 24 months.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
This table attached provides data collected by NHS England for hospital episodes of extractions in different age groups, broken down to compare data from two years ago with data from 12 months, six months and three months. Hospital episodes are not necessarily the same as the number of patients.
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities publishes data on dental extractions in children and young people each year providing more detail on variations and disparities.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were admitted to hospital for tooth decay extractions in (a) Halton, (b) the North West, (c) England and (d) the UK in the last (i) three, (ii) six, (iii) 12 and (iv) 24 months.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
This table attached provides data collected by NHS England for hospital episodes of extractions in different age groups, broken down to compare data from two years ago with data from 12 months, six months and three months. Hospital episodes are not necessarily the same as the number of patients.
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities publishes data on dental extractions in children and young people each year providing more detail on variations and disparities.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
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 assessment of the adequacy of the provision of dentistry in Halton in the last (a) three, (b) six, (c) 12 and (d) 24 months.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
State funded healthcare outside of England is a devolved matter and the responsibility respectively of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish Governments and for which we do not hold data.
NHS Digital publishes Dental Statistics, which is available at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics
The following tables provide the published information on the number of National Health Service dentists, and adults and children seen by an NHS dentist in each of the requested areas of England for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 financial years. Data for 2022/2023 is not yet published and therefore no assessment has been made on the adequacy of NHS dentistry provisions in Halton during the last calendar year.
Table one: Dentists per 100,000 population in Halton and England
Financial Year | Halton | National |
2020/21 | 41.73 | 50.94 |
2021/22 | 47.01 | 53.86 |
Table two: Number of adults seen in the last 24 months
June 2022 (Previous 24 months) | Local Authority: Halton | North-West | England |
Number of Adult patients seen | 37,877 | 2,249,692 | 16,409,636 |
Table three: Number of children seen in the last 12 months at June 2022 and June 2021
Local Authority: Halton | North-West | England | |
June 2022 (Previous 12 months) | 12,187 | 756,936 | 5,589,201 |
June 2021 (Previous 12 months) | 7,514 | 507,059 | 3,946,048 |
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists there were in (a) Halton, (b) the North West, (c) England and (d) the UK in the last (i) three, (ii) six, (iii) 12 and (iv) 24 months.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
State funded healthcare outside of England is a devolved matter and the responsibility respectively of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish Governments and for which we do not hold data.
NHS Digital publishes Dental Statistics, which is available at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics
The following tables provide the published information on the number of National Health Service dentists, and adults and children seen by an NHS dentist in each of the requested areas of England for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 financial years. Data for 2022/2023 is not yet published and therefore no assessment has been made on the adequacy of NHS dentistry provisions in Halton during the last calendar year.
Table one: Dentists per 100,000 population in Halton and England
Financial Year | Halton | National |
2020/21 | 41.73 | 50.94 |
2021/22 | 47.01 | 53.86 |
Table two: Number of adults seen in the last 24 months
June 2022 (Previous 24 months) | Local Authority: Halton | North-West | England |
Number of Adult patients seen | 37,877 | 2,249,692 | 16,409,636 |
Table three: Number of children seen in the last 12 months at June 2022 and June 2021
Local Authority: Halton | North-West | England | |
June 2022 (Previous 12 months) | 12,187 | 756,936 | 5,589,201 |
June 2021 (Previous 12 months) | 7,514 | 507,059 | 3,946,048 |
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
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 children that visited a dentist in (a) Halton, (b) the North West, (c) England and (d) the UK in the last (i) three, (ii) six, (iii) 12 and (iv) 24 months.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
State funded healthcare outside of England is a devolved matter and the responsibility respectively of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish Governments and for which we do not hold data.
NHS Digital publishes Dental Statistics, which is available at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics
The following tables provide the published information on the number of National Health Service dentists, and adults and children seen by an NHS dentist in each of the requested areas of England for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 financial years. Data for 2022/2023 is not yet published and therefore no assessment has been made on the adequacy of NHS dentistry provisions in Halton during the last calendar year.
Table one: Dentists per 100,000 population in Halton and England
Financial Year | Halton | National |
2020/21 | 41.73 | 50.94 |
2021/22 | 47.01 | 53.86 |
Table two: Number of adults seen in the last 24 months
June 2022 (Previous 24 months) | Local Authority: Halton | North-West | England |
Number of Adult patients seen | 37,877 | 2,249,692 | 16,409,636 |
Table three: Number of children seen in the last 12 months at June 2022 and June 2021
Local Authority: Halton | North-West | England | |
June 2022 (Previous 12 months) | 12,187 | 756,936 | 5,589,201 |
June 2021 (Previous 12 months) | 7,514 | 507,059 | 3,946,048 |
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
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 adults that visited a dentist in (a) Halton, (b) the North West, (c) England and (d) the UK in the last (i) three, (ii) six, (iii) 12 and (iv) 24 months.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
State funded healthcare outside of England is a devolved matter and the responsibility respectively of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish Governments and for which we do not hold data.
NHS Digital publishes Dental Statistics, which is available at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics
The following tables provide the published information on the number of National Health Service dentists, and adults and children seen by an NHS dentist in each of the requested areas of England for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 financial years. Data for 2022/2023 is not yet published and therefore no assessment has been made on the adequacy of NHS dentistry provisions in Halton during the last calendar year.
Table one: Dentists per 100,000 population in Halton and England
Financial Year | Halton | National |
2020/21 | 41.73 | 50.94 |
2021/22 | 47.01 | 53.86 |
Table two: Number of adults seen in the last 24 months
June 2022 (Previous 24 months) | Local Authority: Halton | North-West | England |
Number of Adult patients seen | 37,877 | 2,249,692 | 16,409,636 |
Table three: Number of children seen in the last 12 months at June 2022 and June 2021
Local Authority: Halton | North-West | England | |
June 2022 (Previous 12 months) | 12,187 | 756,936 | 5,589,201 |
June 2021 (Previous 12 months) | 7,514 | 507,059 | 3,946,048 |
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
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 adequacy of the level of funding of the public health grant to local authorities.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
At the Spending Review 2021, we considered the need for local authority public health funding and confirmed that the public health grant to local authorities would increase over the settlement period. In 2022/23, the Grant increased by 2.81% to £3.417 billion. This is in addition to targeted investment through local Government in start for life support and drug and alcohol treatment services.
We will announce 2023/24 Public Health Grant allocations to local authorities shortly, and in doing so will consider the impact of changes to pay and inflation trends and forecasts since the Spending Review.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase the public health grant for (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 in line with inflation.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
We will announce 2023/24 Public Health Grant allocations to local authorities in England shortly.