Asked by: Lisa Forbes (Labour - Peterborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equity of access to IVF treatment across (a) clinical commissioning group areas and (b) post codes.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.
Asked by: Lisa Forbes (Labour - Peterborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure Parkinson's disease patients receive medication on time while in hospital.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.
Asked by: Lisa Forbes (Labour - Peterborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support areas at high risk of tuberculosis.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.
Asked by: Lisa Forbes (Labour - Peterborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with eating disorders receive treatment based on their mental state.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
All patients should receive necessary treatment appropriate to their individual circumstances.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines suggest that eating disorder specialists and other healthcare teams should collaborate to support effective treatment of physical or mental health comorbidities in people with an eating disorder.
When collaborating, teams should use outcome measures for both the eating disorder and the physical and mental health comorbidities, to monitor the effectiveness of treatments for each condition and the potential impact they have on each other.
Asked by: Lisa Forbes (Labour - Peterborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure funding for Clinical Commissioning Groups is equitable and protects patient outcomes.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The allocation of funding to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to support them in commissioning services for their local population is one of the key duties of NHS England. The approach NHS England must take in setting allocations is outlined in the mandate from the Department which says:
“The Government expects the principle of ensuring equal access for equal need to be at the heart of NHS England’s approach to allocating budgets.”
The approach is also informed by NHS England’s duty to reduce inequalities to accessing services and the outcomes of care.
These two aims are reflected in the target formula, which produces a target allocation or ‘fair share’ for each area, based on a complex assessment of factors such as demography, morbidity, deprivation, and the unavoidable cost of providing services in different areas. The NHS England Board has agreed a pace of change policy that seeks to bring all CCGs to target funding over time.
The formula is based on independent academic research and is overseen by an independent external group, the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation, which provides advice to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Chief Executive of NHS England.
Asked by: Lisa Forbes (Labour - Peterborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people have access to dental care in the area they live.
Answered by Seema Kennedy
The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone in England has access to primary care dental services.
NHS England is responsible and has a duty to commission primary care dental services to meet local need and, ensuring where there are shortages these are addressed.
Asked by: Lisa Forbes (Labour - Peterborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department is having with the Kings Chambers clinic in Cambridgeshire on that clinic accepting the remaining 40 per cent of allocated places on the PrEP impact trial.
Answered by Seema Kennedy
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is provided by the National Health Service through the three year PrEP Impact Trial. Participation in the trial is on a voluntary basis and it is for clinics and local authorities to decide whether they wish to take part.