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Written Question
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
Wednesday 20th March 2024

Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to provide a substantive answer to Question 16155 on Blood: Contamination, tabled on 28 February 2024 by the Hon. Member for Glenrothes.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 16155 on 18 March 2024.


Written Question
Blood: Contamination
Monday 18th March 2024

Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what psychological support is available for people (a) infected and (b) affected by contaminated blood and blood products in Glenrothes constituency.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

Health services in Scotland are the responsibility of the Scottish Government.

Anyone living in Scotland who has been infected or affected by infected blood or blood products has access to specialist psychological support services. There are two such services established by the Scottish Government and managed by NHS Lothian: the Inherited Bleeding Disorders Psychological Support Service, which is available for any patients with a bleeding disorder or their family, and the Scottish Infected Blood Psychological Service. Both services can see patients from across Scotland by means of outreach services, virtually using the NHS Near Me service, or by telephone.


Written Question
Blood: Contamination
Monday 4th March 2024

Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who have died since being (a) treated with contaminated blood products and (b) given contaminated blood transfusions in Glenrothes constituency.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

The Department has not made an estimate of the number of people who have died since being treated with contaminated blood products, or given contaminated blood transfusions, in the Glenrothes constituency.


Written Question
Blood: Contamination
Monday 4th March 2024

Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who were (a) treated with contaminated blood products and (b) given contaminated blood transfusions by the NHS in Glenrothes constituency.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

The Department has not made an estimate of the number of people who were treated with contaminated blood products, or given contaminated blood transfusions, by the National Health Service in the Glenrothes constituency.


Written Question
Oxcarbazepine
Wednesday 21st February 2024

Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)

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 ensure that there is an adequate supply of oxcarbazepine for patients with epilepsy.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department was informed of supply issues with oxcarbazepine 150 milligram and 300 milligram tablets by one supplier, which are out of stock until the end of March and the end of February 2024, respectively. Alternative oxcarbazepine tablets remain available. The Department has worked extensively with alternative suppliers and clinical colleagues and has since issued communications to the National Health Service which includes detailed management advice.

While we cannot always prevent supply issues from occurring, the Department has a range of well-established processes and tools to manage them when they arise and help mitigate risks to patients. There is a team within the Department that deals specifically with medicine supply problems, and it works closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the pharmaceutical industry, NHS England, the devolved administrations, and others operating in the supply chain to help prevent shortages and to ensure that the risks to patients are minimised when shortages do arise.


Written Question
Coronavirus: Screening
Friday 24th December 2021

Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) provision of (i) uniforms and (ii) winter uniforms by the employer and (b) other working conditions at covid testing centres under contract to his Department.

Answered by Maggie Throup

Uniforms, personal protective equipment and special apparel, such as winter uniforms, are provided by the service management providers operating testing sites, according to local needs. COVID-19 testing centres are regularly audited and inspected by the Department, the UK Health Security Agency and by external organisations to maintain working conditions which are safe for test site operatives.


Written Question
Carbohydrates
Thursday 10th June 2021

Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring inclusion of carbohydrate content on food menus to help people with diabetes to accurately calculate their insulin requirements.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Some respondents to our consultation on mandating calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector suggested the inclusion of other macronutrients, most notably carbohydrate content, particularly in connection with helping people with diabetes to manage their blood sugar. However, we believe there is a balance to be struck between providing accessible and useful information for consumers while not disproportionately impacting businesses and their ability to shape their menus or the appearance of menu boards.


Written Question
NHS: Social Services
Tuesday 6th October 2020

Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

What recent discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that the NHS and social care sectors are adequately resourced during winter 2020-21.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government is committed to supporting the National Health Service and wider social care sector this winter, as it has throughout this year. In July, the Government announced £3 billion in additional funding, alongside £450 million for accident and emergency department upgrades and expansions. Similarly, we are supporting adult social care with a further £546 million of infection control funding over this winter. Where health policy is devolved, the devolved nations have benefitted from the appropriate Barnett consequentials.


Written Question
Department of Health: Freedom of Information
Thursday 9th July 2015

Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The Department has applied exemption s.38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 three times in the past five years as set out below.

2011 – both s.38(1)(a) and s.38(1)(b) were applied to one case.

2012 – s.38(1)(b) was applied to one case.

2013 – s.38(1)(a) was applied to one case.


Written Question
Department of Health: Freedom of Information
Thursday 9th July 2015

Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The Department has applied exemption s.38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 three times in the past five years as set out below.

2011 – both s.38(1)(a) and s.38(1)(b) were applied to one case.

2012 – s.38(1)(b) was applied to one case.

2013 – s.38(1)(a) was applied to one case.