Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Major Conditions and Diseases Strategy, whether public health charities and organisations were consulted on the contents of that strategy prior to its publication.

On 24 January 2023 the Government announced its intention to publish a Major Conditions Strategy. An interim report will be published in the summer. The Strategy will take forward the insights from previous engagement and consultation exercises on mental health, cancer, dementia and health disparities, and bring these into a single, powerful strategy. In addition to this prior engagement, there will be further opportunities for stakeholders, including charities and public health organisations, citizens, and industry to contribute to the development and content of the Strategy in due course.