Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2023 to Question 904619 on Prescription Drugs, how much money the Government raises net from the approximately 10 per cent of prescriptions which are charged at the point of use after the actual cost of processing prescription charges has been deducted.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The revenue generated from prescription charges in 2021/22 was £652 million. Processing costs are not separately identified as a matter of routine as these costs are incorporated into broader transaction processing costs between the NHS Business Services Authority and community pharmacy, therefore the net income after processing costs is not held centrally.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
What steps he is taking to help ensure the affordability of prescription medicines.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
About nine out of ten prescription items are free on the NHS in England due to a range of prescription charge exemptions. These cover children, pregnant women, those over 60, people on certain income related benefits or whose partner is in receipt of those benefits – as well as those with specific medical conditions.
On top of that, people on a low income can apply for support through the NHS Low Income Scheme, and all patients can also buy a pre-payment certificate which covers all the items they need for just over £2 per week.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the UK's population has been diagnosed with a terminal illness in each of the last ten years
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
There are no centrally recorded statistics on the proportion of the population diagnosed with a terminal illness in the United Kingdom in the last 10 years.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she will respond to the correspondence of 17 January 2022 from the hon. Member for Angus on Guillain-Barré Syndrome, case reference DD5474.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
We have not received the hon. Member’s correspondence.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Angus of 23 February 2021, followed up on 25 March 2021 and 9 April 2021 on the covid-19 vaccine concerns, case reference DD3069 and DD3079.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We replied to the hon. Member on 23 April.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) support and (b) treatment is available to veterans for service-related PTSD in (i) prisons and (ii) the criminal justice system.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
All patients in custody in England, including veterans, receive a range of services, including healthcare screening within 24 hours of reception and a follow up seven days later, as well as primary care, mental health, substance use, public health and secondary care services and support during the sentence or remand period.
In conjunction with Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service and armed forces charities, NHS England and NHS Improvement also commissions services for veterans in prisons, which includes the Veterans Regroup pathfinder service for veterans in the criminal justice system in the Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire areas.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to children of armed forces personnel that have experienced PTSD.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
In England, children of armed forces personnel are supported by mainstream National Health Service mental health services.
They also have access to support via the veterans mental health Transition Intervention and Liaison Service and Complex Treatment Services, who offer health assessments and signposting to local services.
To improve this offer, NHS England and NHS Improvement are currently preparing an England wide engagement to seek the views of armed forces families to help inform care and support for this group.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what processes his Department uses to monitory the adequacy of the provision of (a) support and (b) treatment for veterans.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
In England the National Health Service continuously reviews the services it provides. Veterans are able to access all mainstream NHS services as well as the dedicated veteran specific services NHS England and NHS Improvement have set up. The assurance and quality of all NHS services is undertaken by the Care Quality Commission.
As a result of this ongoing review and feedback from veterans, their families and Service Charities, NHS England and NHS Improvement established two dedicated veteran’s mental health services, Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service and the Complex Treatment Service. NHS England and NHS Improvement are also in the process of developing a High Intense Service to help those individuals nearing crisis.