May. 03 2024
Source Page: Sector-based Work Academy Programme: qualitative case study researchFound: The impact of health conditions, particularly mental health , was also linked to worklessness , and
Mentions:
1: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) The consequences for their health, and for the health of their children and unborn child, are very significant - Speech Link
2: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) We talk about the health impacts of all this. - Speech Link
3: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) breathe them in in reasonable concentrations are highly damaging not just to lungs but to brains, the liver - Speech Link
4: Angela Richardson (Con - Guildford) Please safeguard your health. - Speech Link
5: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) My concern with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities being disbanded is on public health - Speech Link
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of expected liver cancer mortality rates by the end of 2025.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
No estimate has been made of expected liver cancer mortality rates by the end of 2025. The care of and treatment for patients with cancer, including liver cancer, is a priority for the Government. Early diagnosis of liver cancer is critical to improving rates of survival. NHS England’s Early Diagnosis of Liver Cancer Programme is contributing to the NHS Long Term Plan’s commitment to diagnose 75% of all cancers at stage one or two by 2028. This programme includes three workstreams: improving liver surveillance programmes; community liver health checks pilots; and primary care pilots. Identifying those at risk and ensuring patients are tested and referred to a surveillance programme, where necessary, will lead to improved patient outcomes.
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paperFound: Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Finasteride: review of safety data and expert advice on management of risksFound: discontinuation of treatment • male infertility and/or poor quality of semen • changes in the way your liver
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase public awareness of links between heart disease in women and alcohol consumption.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The NHS Health Check is England’s cardiovascular disease prevention programme. It aims to prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and kidney disease, and some cases of dementia among adults aged 40 to 74 years old. Each year the programme engages over one million people, including women, and prevents approximately 400 heart attacks or strokes. The provision of an alcohol risk assessment, and brief advice about alcohol harm, is a requirement in the NHS Health Check. The guidance to practitioners sets out that people identified as drinking at higher-risk levels should be referred for a liver check, as recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. In addition, the United Kingdom’s Chief Medical Officer’s Low risk drinking guidelines and National Health Service guidance highlight that alcohol use is a risk factor for heart disease.
Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024
Inquiry: Disability employmentFound: successful employment support teams, providing support for 6,500 people who have disabilities and health
Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024
Inquiry: Disability employmentFound: For example, ONS (2022) produced estimates of the employment rate by disability/health condition.
Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024
Inquiry: Disability employmentFound: How can people with disabilities and health conditions be better supported to start and stay in work