Asked by: James Naish (Labour - Rushcliffe)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to include a focus on respiratory conditions in the NHS Long Term Plan.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Ten Year Health Plan will consider the change needed to meet the three health mission goals: a fairer system where everyone lives well for longer; a National Health service that is there when people need it and fewer lives lost to the biggest killers. We will carefully be considering policies with input from patients, public, health staff and our stakeholders as we develop the plan, including on respiratory conditions.
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Asked by: Adam Jogee (Labour - Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that improving respiratory health of people in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England is central to the NHS Long-term Plan.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Ten Year Health Plan will consider the change needed to meet the three health mission goals: a fairer system where everyone lives well for longer; a National Health Service that is there when people need it; and fewer lives lost to the biggest killers, including respiratory diseases. We will carefully consider policies with input from the public, patients, health staff, and our stakeholders as we develop the plan.
Aug. 15 2024
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Sep. 24 2024
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Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
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 instances of (a) stroke, (b) myocardial infarction, (c) hyperthermia, (d) pneumonia and (e) other respiratory disease admissions to NHS hospitals that have been the result of patients living in damp homes in the last 12 months.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Poor quality homes, including those that are cold or damp, can directly affect physical wellbeing, creating or exacerbating health issues such as respiratory and cardiovascular illness.
The Government is committed to a preventative approach to the public’s health. Addressing poor housing conditions such as cold, damp, and mould will play an essential part in enabling people to live longer, healthier lives, and reducing pressures on the National Health Service.
Asked by: White, Tess (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - North East Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the reported increase in COVID-19 cases between May and June 2024, and what its position is on whether the uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations during the winter vaccination programme was sufficient.
Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
As part of the 2023- 24 COVID-19 and flu winter vaccination programme NHS Scotland delivered over 3.57 million winter vaccines, including 1,387,766 COVID-19 vaccines. Uptake of the COVID-19 vaccines dropped across all groups, but remained strong in the highest risk groups, with 85.6% of care home residents and 84.1% of those aged over 75 vaccinated which we know from recent statistics are the groups mostly likely to be admitted to hospital.
Public Health Scotland (PHS) is responsible for delivering Scotland’s Infectious Respiratory Diseases Plan 2023–2024 (publichealthscotland.scot) with the support of the Scottish Government. The Scottish Vaccination and Immunisation Programme (SVIP) has already undertaken various pieces of work to understand why uptake has decreased, and this is part of an ongoing drive to ensure that people can take up offers of vaccine easily and equitably. Should the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommend a 2024 winter COVID-19 programme, we shall incorporate that learning into planning for any future campaign.
Public Health Scotland (PHS) is responsible for COVID-19 surveillance. Given the recent increase in circulation of COVID-19 observed in Scotland, PHS has returned to weekly updates to their viral respiratory dashboard from 27 June 2024 ( COVID-19 & Respiratory Surveillance (shinyapps.io) .Periodic peaks in COVID-19 are expected, not just in the winter.
COVID-19 is not a seasonal virus and circulates all year around and with the vaccine optimum protection period lasting up to 3 months, it remains essential that those who are eligible, come forward for vaccination when offered.
Jun. 24 2024
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Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for not extending the respiratory syncytial virus immunisation programme to all children under the age of one year.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
There are currently no approved respiratory syncytial virus vaccines for children under the age of one year. This is a dynamic area and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, supported by The UK Health Security Agency, is continuing to keep the evidence and its advice under review.
However, it is important to be aware that the maternal vaccine is now available to pregnant women via the National Health Service, precisely to provide protection to children in the first year of life. We would strongly encourage everyone that is eligible to take up this offer as the most effective way to protect your child.