Asked by: Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) Blackpool South constituency and (b) NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated care board and its predecessor were(i) assessed as being at high risk of kidney disease through the NHS Health Check and (ii) diagnosed with kidney disease following referral from the NHS Health Check in each year since 2019.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in (a) Blackpool South constituency and (b) NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated care board and its predecessor in each year since 2019.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Data is not held at the individual constituency level. Data is available from the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board and its predecessor, the Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group, which is comprised of Blackpool South, Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituencies. The following table shows the number of people diagnosed with chronic kidney disease within the geographical footprints of the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board and the Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group in each year since 2019.
Year | Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board | Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group |
2019/20 | 69,282 | 9,574 |
2020/21 | 66,411 | 8,779 |
2021/22 | 66,355 | 8,534 |
Asked by: Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people with diabetes in (a) Blackpool South constituency and (b) NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated care board and its predecessor had a urine-to-albumin ratio test in the last year.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The following table shows the number of people with diabetes in Blackpool South Parliamentary Constituency that had a urine-to-albumin ratio (UACR) test during the audit year, January 2021 to March 2022, broken down by diabetes type.
| Blackpool South | England | ||||
Diabetes type | Total | UACR | Percentage | Total | UACR | Percentage |
Type 1 | 380 | 150 | 39.5 | 250,125 | 124,440 | 49.8 |
Type 2 and other | 5,725 | 3185 | 55.6 | 3,289,925 | 1,997,825 | 60.7 |
Source: National Diabetes Audit
The following table shows the number of people with diabetes in NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board that had a urine-to-albumin ratio (UACR) test during the audit year, January 2021 to March 2022, broken down by diabetes type.
| NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board | England | ||||
Diabetes type | Total | UACR | Percentage | Total | UACR | Percentage |
Type 1 | 7,645 | 3,230 | 42.2 | 250,125 | 124,440 | 49.8 |
Type 2 and other | 102,135 | 60,635 | 59.4 | 3,289,925 | 1,997,825 | 60.7 |
Source: National Diabetes Audit
Asked by: Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
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 cost of providing healthcare to people who have crossed the English Channel in small boats in each of the last three years.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
We do not have estimates of the costs of providing healthcare to people who have crossed the English Channel by small boats. A breakdown of healthcare costs for people who have entered the country this way is not available.
Healthcare for those seeking asylum is delivered by a number of bodies, reflecting different parts of an individual’s journey through the immigration system.
Information about healthcare for migrants is in the Department’s Migrant Health Guide and available at the following link:
www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-entitlements-migrant-health-guide
Asked by: Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
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 (a) ensure children and young people are not suffering from (i) coercion, (ii) sexual abuse and (iii) other adverse treatment, (b) provide counselling services and (c) provide other adequate care prior to an early medical abortion by a child or young person.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
Providers are required to have effective arrangements in place to safeguard children and young people accessing abortion services throughout their pathway, including complying with all legal requirements and ensuring staff are trained to recognise signs of abuse, including sexual violence or evidence of coercion.
The Department commissioned the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health to develop safeguarding guidance for those aged under 18 years old accessing early medical abortion services. The guidance, published in August, aims to ensure that children and young people’s holistic and safeguarding needs are identified and implemented in early medical abortion settings. This includes managing physical, psychological and wider care needs as appropriate.
The guidance emphasises the importance of abortion providers having strong working relationships and networks with wider health services including primary care, community and acute paediatrics and counselling services for children and young people.
Asked by: Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
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 (a) ensure children and young people are not suffering from adverse (i) physical and (ii) psychological effects, (b) provide counselling services and (c) provide other adequate care following an early medical abortion undergone by a child or young person.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
Providers are required to have effective arrangements in place to safeguard children and young people accessing abortion services throughout their pathway, including complying with all legal requirements and ensuring staff are trained to recognise signs of abuse, including sexual violence or evidence of coercion.
The Department commissioned the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health to develop safeguarding guidance for those aged under 18 years old accessing early medical abortion services. The guidance, published in August, aims to ensure that children and young people’s holistic and safeguarding needs are identified and implemented in early medical abortion settings. This includes managing physical, psychological and wider care needs as appropriate.
The guidance emphasises the importance of abortion providers having strong working relationships and networks with wider health services including primary care, community and acute paediatrics and counselling services for children and young people.
Asked by: Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided to Blackpool to help (a) reduce and (b) detect HIV infections, including on a new opt-out testing programme at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
NHS England will invest £20 million over the next three years to expand opt-out testing in emergency departments in the highest prevalence local authority areas, including Blackpool.
Since 2013 the Government has mandated local authorities in England to commission comprehensive open access to most sexual and reproductive health services, including free and confidential HIV testing through the Public Health Grant. In 2021/22, the Public Health Grant was adjusted to include the cost of financing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which reduces the risk of acquiring HIV infection. Blackpool received £18,705,648, of which £69,525 was allocated to PrEP provision. Funding for PrEP is now included within the Public Health Grant and embedded within its baseline for 2022/23. In 2022/23 Blackpool has been allocated £19,231,130.
Asked by: Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of allowing prescriptions to be amended when there is a shortage of a hormone replacement therapy medication.
Answered by Caroline Johnson - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
The Department has issued Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) which allow pharmacists to substitute a specified alternative hormone replacement therapy (HRT) product if the prescribed product is not available. There are currently 14 SSPs in place for five HRT medicines, to manage and mitigate medicine supply issues. Enabling the supply of an alternative product in accordance with an SSP is a safe, effective way to ensure HRT continues to be available.
Asked by: Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional capital funding her Department has made available for the development of facilities at Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust receives an annual capital allocation for its operational needs. In addition, the Trust has received £22.7 million for local infrastructure schemes over the last three years. The Trust received £5.1 million for investment in its estate and digital initiatives from the Elective Recovery Targeted Investment Fund announced in September 2021. In 2020/21, the Trust received £2.8 million for the expansion of the emergency department and £1.9 million to address backlog maintenance across its estate. In 2021/22, we also provided the Trust with £12.9 million for improvements to Fylde Coast Emergency Department to expand and develop an ambulatory village and centralise clinical care.
Asked by: Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the care of babies born alive after their mother's have accessed at-home early abortion pills during late pregnancy.
Answered by Caroline Johnson - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
In line with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ clinical guidelines, feticide should be performed before medical abortion after 21 weeks and six days of gestation to ensure that there is no risk of a live birth. We are aware of a small number of incidents where late gestation abortions have occurred after taking early medical abortion pills and these are being investigated appropriately.