Written Question
Tuesday 20th December 2022
Asked by:
Paul Bristow (Conservative - Peterborough)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specialist services are available for people with Bipolar disorder.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
The NHS Long Term Plan commits to investing approximately £1 billion by 2023/24 to increase access to high quality care in the community for people with severe mental illness, including bipolar disorder. Through the new models of care provided by integrated care systems, services will be based on the needs of individuals, rather than solely on diagnoses. This follows feedback received from those with severe mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, during the development of the community mental health framework.
Information on National Health Service expenditure on services and treatments specifically for people with bipolar disorder is not held in the format requested.
Written Question
Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Asked by:
Paul Bristow (Conservative - Peterborough)
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 including (a) Nalmefene and (b) Naltrexone as part of an alcohol harm reduction strategy.
Answered by Maggie Throup
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends nalmefene as an option for reducing alcohol consumption for people with alcohol dependence who have a high drinking risk level, without physical withdrawal symptoms and who do not require immediate detoxification. NICE also recommends oral naltrexone for harmful drinkers and people with mild dependence who have not responded to psychological interventions alone, and for people with moderate and severe dependence, following successful withdrawal. NICE recommends that these medications should only be prescribed along with psychosocial intervention.
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities is developing United Kingdom guidelines for the clinical management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence, which will include guidance on prescribing nalmefene and naltrexone. Publication of these guidelines is expected later this year.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Access to GP Services and NHS Dentistry
"Does my right hon. Friend agree that a lot of the issues with primary care services are about leadership? In my constituency, we have the brilliant Thistlemoor surgery with Dr Neil Modha and Dr Azhar Chaudhry, who serve 29,500 patients, 80% of whom do not have English as a first …..."Paul Bristow - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Elective Treatment
"I welcome the statement and the national mission. I must say that for the Labour party to try to play party politics with it is a serious misjudgment. Surgical hubs have been successfully piloted in London by the Getting It Right First Time programme. As they are rolled out across …..."Paul Bristow - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Dec 2021
Adult Social Care
"I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
A few months ago, I spoke with a social care service user who told me that living in supported housing made him feel like a king, because he had access to his own private shower. …..."Paul Bristow - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill
"I rise to speak to amendment 10 in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Jeremy Hunt). I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
I have spoken in the House before about being involved in health policy for …..."Paul Bristow - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill
"I would ask the hon. Member to listen a bit more carefully, because nowhere have I said admin should be carried out by the private sector. I said that it should not be carried out by medical professionals. They did not go to medical school to work in admin; they …..."Paul Bristow - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill
"I agree with the hon. Lady that surgeons work incredibly hard. What I am talking about is operating at the top of the licence and for our consultants to be able to do the things that we want them to do. She is absolutely right; they are doing vital work …..."Paul Bristow - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill
"My hon. Friend speaks with much experience and makes a powerful point. I think he would agree that that core admin function is not what he went into medicine to do. He went into medicine to treat patients. I am grateful that the Minister laid out some of the plans …..."Paul Bristow - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Nov 2021
Health and Care Bill
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