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Speech in Ministerial Corrections - Tue 05 Nov 2019
Health and Social Care

"Last week it was reported that a 16-year-old boy in Milton Keynes tragically died by suicide. His referral to mental health services was rejected because he did not meet the threshold as his mental health problems were not deemed severe enough. This is deeply shocking, and it is clear that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Last week it was reported that a 16-year-old boy in Milton Keynes tragically died by suicide. His referral to mental health services was rejected because he did not meet the threshold as his mental health problems were not deemed severe enough. This is deeply shocking, and it is clear that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Oct 2019
Baby Loss Awareness Week

"Today’s debate has been incredibly moving and I am humbled to respond on behalf of the Opposition. It of course coincides with Baby Loss Awareness Week, which is an important opportunity for us all to unite with bereaved parents, and their families and friends, to commemorate the lives of babies …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Oct 2019
Women’s Mental Health

"I congratulate the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on securing this important debate and thank all Members who have spoken in it. I also welcome the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Ms Dorries), to her new role. I look forward …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Body Image and Mental Health

"Let me start by welcoming the Minister to the Front Bench. I am glad that she is still in her post, and I sincerely hope that this is not her last appearance at the Dispatch Box in her current role. She has been collegial, engaging and very co-operative, and I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Referrals to child mental health units from primary schools for pupils aged 11 and under have risen by nearly 50% in three years. BBC research last week also found that primary school children are self-harming at school, and in four cases children under 11 had attempted suicide while at school. …..."
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Written Question

Heart Diseases and Strokes: Females

Tuesday 23rd July 2019

Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) outcomes, (b) early identification and (c) treatment of heart attack and stroke for women.

Answered by Seema Kennedy

Improving the prevention and treatment of heart attacks and stroke are key aims in the NHS Long Term Plan, with an important milestone being for the National Health Service to help prevent up to 150,000 heart attacks, strokes and dementia cases over the next 10 years. The NHS Long Term Plan highlights that outcomes from heart attack and stroke can be improved, and that there should be a focus on inequalities.

In addition, addressing variations in outcomes from cardiovascular disease (CVD), such as heart attacks and stroke, is one of Public Health England’s (PHE) top priorities, and in February 2019, PHE announced new 10-year CVD ambitions for England, which are intended to complement the NHS Long Term Plan and are the first ever national ambitions to improve the detection and treatment of the major causes of CVD.

Written Question

Heart Diseases and Strokes: Females

Tuesday 23rd July 2019

Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will respond to the recommendations in the report entitled Call for Action: Inquiry into heart attack and stroke, published by the all-party Parliamentary group on women’s health in July 2019; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Seema Kennedy

NHS England has acknowledged the recently published report and will be considering the content.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Jul 2019
Non-invasive Precision Cancer Therapies

"I thank the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) and my hon. Friend the Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) for securing this debate and the Backbench Business Committee for allowing the time for it.

As my hon. Friend the Member for Blackburn (Kate Hollern) said so poignantly this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"This week, the Children’s Society published research to show that more than 110,000 children and young people were turned away from mental health services because their problems were not deemed serious enough—that is despite suicide rates for teenagers almost doubling in eight years and research from YoungMinds that shows that …..."
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