Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: NHS Constitution plans to strengthen privacy, dignity and safetyFound: NHS Constitution plans to strengthen privacy, dignity and safety
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 her timetable is for the rollout of Endo Barriers on the NHS.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The implantation of a duodenal–jejunal bypass liner, also known as an endo barrier, for managing type 2 diabetes, is not recommended by the NICE, and therefore not available on the National Health Service. Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of the device for managing type 2 diabetes is limited in quality and quantity. For this reason, the NICE recommends that the procedure should only be done as part of a research study. Further information on the NICE guidelines is available at the following link:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg518/chapter/1-Recommendations
The NICE may update the guidance, upon publication of further evidence. The NICE recommends that people with type 2 diabetes receive eight care processes at least annually, to support them to achieve three treatment targets to prevent diabetes related complications. The care processes include checks on blood glucose and body mass index, to support weight management. Delivery of all eight care processes is associated with reduced emergency admissions, amputations, and retinopathy. NHS England commissions two national lifestyle services to support adults with type 2 diabetes to manage their weight and improve their health and wellbeing. These are the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme and the NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme. The NICE guidance for the care and management for adults with type 2 diabetes is available at the following link:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng28
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paperFound: We are determined to have a welfare system that provides a vital safety net for those who need it most
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paperFound: We are determined to have a welfare system that provides a vital safety net for those who need it most
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Outcome of MHRA review of neuropsychiatric reactions with montelukastFound: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued this guidance today through its Drug Safety
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Men on finasteride asked to stay vigilant for possible psychiatric and sexual side effectsFound: After a comprehensive review of the safety of finasteride, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory
Found: communications (see Fraud education and awareness ) Other policy developments include the Online Safety
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Protective security and preparedness for education settingsFound: These are all distractions from your safety, and they may create noises .
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Scottish Government call for evidence: tackling consumption of single-use food containers and other commonly littered or problematic single-use items - summary of responsesFound: Hygiene and Healt h Safety : 61.
Mentions:
1: Steve Brine (Con - Winchester) roundtables with people who have lived experience; we talked to health and care workers from across the NHS - Speech Link
2: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) If we improve our NHS care, our social care and civil society, many of those reasons will be dismissed - Speech Link
3: Paul Blomfield (Lab - Sheffield Central) We talk rightly in this debate about safety, but it is the current law that is unsafe. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) thing for them to do would be to go quietly, to save people money and to save putting pressure on the NHS - Speech Link