Asked by: Lord Mott (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the report by Oxford Economics, Tourism Levy Impacts in England, published on 22 May; and what plans they have to carry out a further impact assessment in light of those findings.
Answered by Baroness Blake of Leeds - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Decisions on whether to introduce a levy will be for strategic authorities, subject to consultation. Strategic authorities will also have the option to exempt certain types of accommodation in their areas, such as tent pitches, touring caravan pitches and dormitory-style accommodation like hostels, as well as a national exemption for shelters. This approach gives local leaders the tools to respond to local challenges and opportunities, including affordability concerns.
The impacts of the levy will be determined by local decisions. Strategic authorities will be required to consult before introducing a levy, and we expect local leaders to engage constructively with businesses and communities and to publish an assessment of the impact of their proposals. Evidence from international and domestic schemes suggests that modest rates have limited or minimal impact on visitor numbers.
Asked by: Lord Mott (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of visitor levies on accommodation providers such as (1) the Scouts and Girl Guides, (2) youth hostels, and (3) shelters.
Answered by Baroness Blake of Leeds - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Decisions on whether to introduce a levy will be for strategic authorities, subject to consultation. Strategic authorities will also have the option to exempt certain types of accommodation in their areas, such as tent pitches, touring caravan pitches and dormitory-style accommodation like hostels, as well as a national exemption for shelters. This approach gives local leaders the tools to respond to local challenges and opportunities, including affordability concerns.
The impacts of the levy will be determined by local decisions. Strategic authorities will be required to consult before introducing a levy, and we expect local leaders to engage constructively with businesses and communities and to publish an assessment of the impact of their proposals. Evidence from international and domestic schemes suggests that modest rates have limited or minimal impact on visitor numbers.
Asked by: Lord Mott (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of visitor levies on the estimated price of holidays in England for families.
Answered by Baroness Blake of Leeds - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Decisions on whether to introduce a levy will be for strategic authorities, subject to consultation. Strategic authorities will also have the option to exempt certain types of accommodation in their areas, such as tent pitches, touring caravan pitches and dormitory-style accommodation like hostels, as well as a national exemption for shelters. This approach gives local leaders the tools to respond to local challenges and opportunities, including affordability concerns.
The impacts of the levy will be determined by local decisions. Strategic authorities will be required to consult before introducing a levy, and we expect local leaders to engage constructively with businesses and communities and to publish an assessment of the impact of their proposals. Evidence from international and domestic schemes suggests that modest rates have limited or minimal impact on visitor numbers.
Asked by: Lord Mott (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the ongoing development of the NICE clinical knowledge summary on prostate cancer includes advice for general practitioners on discussing prostate cancer risk with men in high-risk groups, including black men and men with a family history of prostate cancer.
Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical knowledge summaries (CKS) are developed independently of the Government on the basis of the latest available evidence, but officials will continue to work with the developers of the prostate cancer CKS to ensure that they remain as helpful as possible for general practitioners.
Asked by: Lord Mott (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what mechanisms are in place to monitor whether the NHS Health Check programme is delivering the long-term health, NHS, social care and economic benefits projected in their health economic modelling; and if no such monitoring is undertaken, why not.
Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The NHS Health Check programme was introduced in England in April 2009. It has been subject to a number of subsequent evaluations and reviews, the latest of which was published in 2021.
The programme currently engages over 1.3 million people each year and, through behavioural and clinical interventions, prevents approximately 500 heart attacks and strokes a year. The NHS Health Check also identifies over 333,000 cases of obesity, 340,000 cases of high blood pressure, and 900,000 cases of raised cholesterol each year.
We are refreshing the NHS Health Check’s Best Practice Guidance with practical examples and tips to help commissioners and providers to improve delivery and support uptake of the programme. We are also developing the NHS Health Check Online which will allow people to undertake their NHS Health Check at home, at a time and place convenient to them.
As announced in the recently published Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework, we have commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Research to conduct an evidence review on the scope of the programme, which includes an update to the modelling assumptions used to estimate its impact.
The evidence review is expected to be completed by the second half of 2027, and we will consider the findings as appropriate to inform future policy development.
Asked by: Lord Mott (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they still consider the estimate set out in their report Preventing illness and improving health for all: a review of the NHS Health Check programme and recommendations, published on 9 December 2021, that every £1 spent on the NHS Health Check programme generates a £2.93 societal return to be valid; and what evidence they have that the assumptions underpinning this estimate remain valid.
Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The NHS Health Check programme was introduced in England in April 2009. It has been subject to a number of subsequent evaluations and reviews, the latest of which was published in 2021.
The programme currently engages over 1.3 million people each year and, through behavioural and clinical interventions, prevents approximately 500 heart attacks and strokes a year. The NHS Health Check also identifies over 333,000 cases of obesity, 340,000 cases of high blood pressure, and 900,000 cases of raised cholesterol each year.
We are refreshing the NHS Health Check’s Best Practice Guidance with practical examples and tips to help commissioners and providers to improve delivery and support uptake of the programme. We are also developing the NHS Health Check Online which will allow people to undertake their NHS Health Check at home, at a time and place convenient to them.
As announced in the recently published Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework, we have commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Research to conduct an evidence review on the scope of the programme, which includes an update to the modelling assumptions used to estimate its impact.
The evidence review is expected to be completed by the second half of 2027, and we will consider the findings as appropriate to inform future policy development.
Asked by: Lord Mott (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their report Preventing illness and improving health for all: a review of the NHS Health Check programme and recommendations, published on 9 December 2021, what proportion of the estimated £2.93 return for every £1 spent on the NHS Health Check programme is attributable to savings to the NHS and other health and social care services.
Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The NHS Health Check programme was introduced in England in April 2009. It has been subject to a number of subsequent evaluations and reviews, the latest of which was published in 2021.
The programme currently engages over 1.3 million people each year and, through behavioural and clinical interventions, prevents approximately 500 heart attacks and strokes a year. The NHS Health Check also identifies over 333,000 cases of obesity, 340,000 cases of high blood pressure, and 900,000 cases of raised cholesterol each year.
We are refreshing the NHS Health Check’s Best Practice Guidance with practical examples and tips to help commissioners and providers to improve delivery and support uptake of the programme. We are also developing the NHS Health Check Online which will allow people to undertake their NHS Health Check at home, at a time and place convenient to them.
As announced in the recently published Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework, we have commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Research to conduct an evidence review on the scope of the programme, which includes an update to the modelling assumptions used to estimate its impact.
The evidence review is expected to be completed by the second half of 2027, and we will consider the findings as appropriate to inform future policy development.
Asked by: Lord Mott (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they monitor the long-term NHS and social care savings arising from the NHS Health Check programme; and if not, why not.
Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The NHS Health Check programme was introduced in England in April 2009. It has been subject to a number of subsequent evaluations and reviews, the latest of which was published in 2021.
The programme currently engages over 1.3 million people each year and, through behavioural and clinical interventions, prevents approximately 500 heart attacks and strokes a year. The NHS Health Check also identifies over 333,000 cases of obesity, 340,000 cases of high blood pressure, and 900,000 cases of raised cholesterol each year.
We are refreshing the NHS Health Check’s Best Practice Guidance with practical examples and tips to help commissioners and providers to improve delivery and support uptake of the programme. We are also developing the NHS Health Check Online which will allow people to undertake their NHS Health Check at home, at a time and place convenient to them.
As announced in the recently published Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework, we have commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Research to conduct an evidence review on the scope of the programme, which includes an update to the modelling assumptions used to estimate its impact.
The evidence review is expected to be completed by the second half of 2027, and we will consider the findings as appropriate to inform future policy development.
Asked by: Lord Mott (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the annual uptake rate of those invited to take part in the NHS Health Check programme.
Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The NHS Health Check programme was introduced in England in April 2009. It has been subject to a number of subsequent evaluations and reviews, the latest of which was published in 2021.
The programme currently engages over 1.3 million people each year and, through behavioural and clinical interventions, prevents approximately 500 heart attacks and strokes a year. The NHS Health Check also identifies over 333,000 cases of obesity, 340,000 cases of high blood pressure, and 900,000 cases of raised cholesterol each year.
We are refreshing the NHS Health Check’s Best Practice Guidance with practical examples and tips to help commissioners and providers to improve delivery and support uptake of the programme. We are also developing the NHS Health Check Online which will allow people to undertake their NHS Health Check at home, at a time and place convenient to them.
As announced in the recently published Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework, we have commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Research to conduct an evidence review on the scope of the programme, which includes an update to the modelling assumptions used to estimate its impact.
The evidence review is expected to be completed by the second half of 2027, and we will consider the findings as appropriate to inform future policy development.
Asked by: Lord Mott (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what impact the NHS Health Check has had on improving patient outcomes.
Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The NHS Health Check programme was introduced in England in April 2009. It has been subject to a number of subsequent evaluations and reviews, the latest of which was published in 2021.
The programme currently engages over 1.3 million people each year and, through behavioural and clinical interventions, prevents approximately 500 heart attacks and strokes a year. The NHS Health Check also identifies over 333,000 cases of obesity, 340,000 cases of high blood pressure, and 900,000 cases of raised cholesterol each year.
We are refreshing the NHS Health Check’s Best Practice Guidance with practical examples and tips to help commissioners and providers to improve delivery and support uptake of the programme. We are also developing the NHS Health Check Online which will allow people to undertake their NHS Health Check at home, at a time and place convenient to them.
As announced in the recently published Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework, we have commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Research to conduct an evidence review on the scope of the programme, which includes an update to the modelling assumptions used to estimate its impact.
The evidence review is expected to be completed by the second half of 2027, and we will consider the findings as appropriate to inform future policy development.