Asked by: Stephanie Peacock (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to NICE's draft for consultation entitled Harmful gambling: identification, assessment and management, published in October 2023, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on that consultation's draft guidance on GPs asking patients presenting with a mental health issue about their potential gambling habits.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is the government lead for treatment of gambling-related harms and commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to develop a new clinical guideline on gambling which is currently out for consultation and will close on 15 November. Following the gambling white paper published in April, DCMS has launched a public consultation on the statutory levy charged to gambling operators which proposes clear, ringfenced investment for the NHS to lead the commissioning of treatment services for gambling-related harm.
The Secretary of State has not recently had any such discussions, but DCMS officials will continue to work closely with DHSC to ensure that the latest evidence on the health harms associated with gambling and effective treatment resulting from that consultation is closely considered.
Correspondence Dec. 12 2023
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: Letter from Michael Dugher, Chief Executive, Betting and Gaming Council, relating to Gambling and the
Correspondence Oct. 18 2023
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: Letter from Charles Ritchie MBE, Co-founder and Co-Chair, Gambling with Lives, relating to Gambling oral
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May. 16 2024
Source Page: Age limits introduced to protect children in RSHEFound: online and the impact on their wellbeing, and the serious risks of viewing content that promotes self-harm
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1: Baroness Lampard (Con - Life peer) … Women are less disposed to get together to extort higher wages … Women will not require increases related - Speech Link
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1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) likelihood of gambling participation in the future, which in turn comes with an increased risk of harm - Speech Link
Correspondence Nov. 21 2023
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: Letter from Dan Waugh, Partner, Regulus Partners, relating to statistics on gambling and suicide, dated
Written Evidence Sep. 05 2023
Inquiry: Gambling regulationFound: GAM0142 - Gambling regulation Staffordshire University, Staffordshire University, Staffordshire University