Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2019 to Question 757 on Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Children; if he will make it his Department's policy to mandate the collection of data on (a) the total number of operations and (b) the number of complaints or mistakes in relation to people under 18 years old having (i) cosmetic fillers and (ii) Botox injections.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
NHS X and NHS England are responsible for data collection for NHS services and the Department has no mandate to require data relating to cosmetic interventions is recorded.
The Department is exploring the regulation of the cosmetic interventions industry. We are working with stakeholders to explore the options for collecting data around the incidence and impact of consumers seeking treatment through NHS services.
Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2019 to Question 757 on cosmetic fillers and Botox injections for children, what progress he is making on (a) the review of industry standards of practice; (b) ensuring that effective registration and regulation of companies performing cosmetic interventions and (c) assessing the health risks and psychological impact of access arrangements to injectable cosmetic procedures by children.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
The Government remains committed to improving the safety of cosmetic procedures through better training for practitioners, and clear information so that people can make informed decisions about their care.
The Department continues to consult with stakeholders on industry standards of practise and the health risks posed by current access arrangements to non-surgical cosmetic procedures. On the basis of the evidence gathered to date, the Government supports the principle of increased protections for children and young people for some injectable cosmetic procedures. The Department is exploring the legal implications and potential impacts of an age restriction that would bring these procedures in line with other body modifications such as tattoos and sunbed use.
Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pharmacists in North East Hampshire are registered with the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service; how many patients in North East Hampshire have been referred to a local pharmacist since that scheme began; and what steps he is taking to widen participation in that scheme in North East Hampshire.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
In North East Hampshire, 31 out of 34 community pharmacies have committed to provide the service. As at 20 January 2020, 159 referrals for minor illness and 199 for urgent supply of medicines have been made.
We have incentivised sign-up by community pharmacies by providing an upfront payment to help them prepare for delivering this new service. Over 10,600 pharmacies are now providing this service and in the first 10 weeks over 100,000 referrals were made to community pharmacy for same-day advice. We are also currently running a mass media campaign to encourage the public to use their ‘Pharmacy First’ for advice and support on minor illness.
Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the prescription of hormone blocking medication to minors.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The matter is subject to an ongoing legal process and therefore the Department is unable to comment pending judicial ruling.
Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) update the national guidance issued to Clinical Commissioning Groups on fertility treatments to restrict that treatment to people who are in a stable relationship and (b) bring forward legislative proposals to ensure CCGs adhere to that guidance.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
There are no plans to restrict treatment to people who are in a stable relationship. The Government expects all clinical commissioning groups to commission fertility treatment services in line with their Public Sector Equality Duty.
Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on 6 January 2020, what recent assessment he has made of the increased risk of stroke associated with vaping.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on 6 January 2020 found that people who had used e-cigarettes only were at significantly lower risk of stroke than those who smoke. There was no significant difference in risk between non-smokers who use e-cigarettes and non-smokers who do not. The study can be found at the following link:
https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(19)30468-4/fulltext
Public Health England’s advice remains that smokers should stop smoking completely and that e-cigarettes can be helpful, particularly for the most heavily addicted smokers. This can be viewed at the following links:
https://www.nhs.uk/smokefree/help-and-advice/e-cigarettes
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/for-your-body/quit-smoking/using-e-cigarettes-vapes-to-quit-smoking/
PHE keeps the peer reviewed research on e-cigarettes under continuous review.
Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients treated by hospital A&E departments as a result of vaping fluids laced with either cannabis or Spice in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost to the public purse was of that treatment.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
We do not collect data at the level of detail needed to identify patients treated by hospital accident and emergency departments, as a result of vaping liquids laced with either cannabis or spice.
Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
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 trends in the prevalence of lipoid pneumonia since the introduction of vaping.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
It is not possible to assess the trends in the prevalence of lipoid pneumonia since the introduction of vaping. This is because there is insufficient data to identify this trend.
Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number of trans people who (a) detransition to their biological sex and (b) are unhappy with their new gender and may seek detransition in the future.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
There are currently no plans to routinely collect data on the number of trans people who have detransitioned or who plan to detransition in the future.
Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 3 October 2019 to Question 294220 on Children: Mental Health, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number of children provided with (a) therapy and (b) psychiatric medication for eco-anxiety.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
We have no plans to do so.