Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) say how they would fund NHS appointments, breakfast clubs, NHS equipment, dentistry appointments, home - Speech Link
2: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) Department of Health and Social Care, the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice to tackle that deeply - Speech Link
3: Mike Amesbury (Lab - Weaver Vale) to deal with education and health partners in this field of special educational needs? - Speech Link
4: Anthony Mangnall (Con - Totnes) Last year, the Leader of the House was kind enough to ensure that we had the full hour for oral questions - Speech Link
5: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) It is important that we value all our health and social care staff, no matter how they are employed and - Speech Link
Mar. 13 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 22 February 2024 to 10 March 2024Found: the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009; or (ii) a Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Derek Thomas (Con - St Ives) and retrofitting, engineering and manufacturing, health and social care, tourism and hospitality, education - Speech Link
2: Valerie Vaz (Lab - Walsall South) That is a public health issue and affects people’s lives. - Speech Link
3: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) the public sector workers we require in the NHS, dentistry and so many other areas of our national life.To - Speech Link
4: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) people with health problems. - Speech Link
5: Navendu Mishra (Lab - Stockport) businesses such as pubs.I have tabled a number of written and oral questions on this issue since my - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the health of children's teeth nationally in England.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
In England, local authorities have the statutory function of assessing the oral health needs of their local populations. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, within the Department, co-ordinates the English National Dental Epidemiology Programme. This programme consists of annual surveys that assess the local oral health needs of specific population groups.
Year six schoolchildren were surveyed in 2023, and 16% of them had experienced tooth decay. Among the 16% of children with experience of decay, each child had on average two affected teeth. Five-year-old schoolchildren were surveyed in 2022 and 24% had experienced tooth decay. Among the 24% of children with experience of decay, each child had on average four affected teeth. Three-year-old children were surveyed in 2020 and 11% had experienced tooth decay. Among the 11% of children with experience of decay, each had on average three affected teeth.
Our plan to recover and reform NHS Dentistry sets out a new emphasis on prevention and good oral health in children. This includes supporting nurseries and early years settings to incorporate good oral hygiene into daily routines and providing advice to expectant parents on how to protect their baby’s teeth.
Mentions:
1: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) We have taken significant action to improve children’s health in the early years. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Con - Life peer) children—the health consequences of which are not yet understood? - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Leicester (Bshp - Bishops) , on the health and well-being of the 1.5 million children affected? - Speech Link
Asked by: Baroness Redfern (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform NHS dental contracts to ensure that they prioritise prevention.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
From 1 April 2023, the responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to all integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. This included the transfer of all funding, Units of Dental Activity, and the management responsibility for National Health Service dentistry.
The current NHS dental contract already requires dental services to provide preventative care and treatment. To support dentists with this, NHS England and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities have produced a comprehensive toolkit for dentists, providing evidence-based interventions and advice on how dental health professionals can improve and maintain their patient’s oral health. This guidance is available on the GOV.UK website, in an online-only format.
As set out in Our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, we are working on further reforms to the 2006 contract, in discussion with the dental profession, to properly reflect the care needed by different patients, and more fairly remunerate practices. We expect to develop options for consultation with the dental profession in advance of a further announcement later this year. Any changes would be phased in from 2025 onwards. The plan also includes a range of measures which will prevent poor oral health, particularly in the youngest children, including dental teams providing preventative advice and treatment to reception-age children in the most under-served areas, and a new Smile for Life programme which will provide education and advice for nurseries and other early years settings.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting lists of young people waiting for braces.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
More National Health Service orthodontic care is being delivered, with the Units of Orthodontic Activity having increased by 5.7% when compared to pre-pandemic figures, from 4.1 million in 2018/19 to 4.4 million in 2022/23. This suggests more NHS orthodontic care is being commissioned and delivered.
From 1 April 2023, the responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to the integrated care boards across England. ICBs are responsible for having local processes in place to involve patient groups, to undertake oral health need assessments to identify areas of need, and to determine the priorities for investment.
NHS England has published guidance to support commissioners in taking advantage of the opportunities offered through additional services, which includes orthodontic services, and further services, by using flexible commissioning to tailor services to meet local population oral health needs. Further information is available at the following link:
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the demographics of North Shropshire constituency; and what plans she has to take account of those demographics in the ICB budget for dentistry.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
From 1 April 2023 the responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to the integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. ICBs are responsible for having local processes in place to involve patient groups, to undertake oral health needs assessments to identify areas of need, and to determine the priorities for investment.
Our plan to recover and reform National Health Service dentistry will make dental services faster, simpler, and fairer for patients, and will fund approximately 2.5 million additional appointments, or more than 1.5 million additional courses of dental treatment.
Our plan sets out a number of actions to incentivise dentists to carry out NHS work. A new patient premium will support dentists to take on new patients, our Golden Hello incentives will encourage dentists into under-served areas, and we will raise the minimum Units of Dental Activity rate to £28 this year, making NHS work more attractive and sustainable.
Mar. 01 2024
Source Page: Morton Hall Prison: Action PlanFound: subcontracted others, such as dentistry.
Mar. 01 2024
Source Page: Morton Hall Prison: Action PlanFound: subcontracted others, such as dentistry.