May. 01 2024
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Equality Impact Assessment RecordFound: English as a Second or Other Language resources Similarly, access to ESOL resource s may be an obstacle
May. 01 2024
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Fairer Scotland Duty SummaryFound: over half (57%) experienced difficulties in applying, with the most common problems being: English language
May. 01 2024
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact AssessmentFound: Dominique Taylor, 27th March 2024 CRWIA author, if different from policy lead, Signature & Date of Sign
Mentions:
1: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I want to make a few remarks about this, because we should see it as a sign of progress that people can - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) However, I also agree with what the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock, said at the beginning: the tone and language - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) Is it a sign that it is not needed as much, or does it indicate that people are not using it because - Speech Link
2: None We ran a local language matters campaign to raise awareness of stigma and, as I have described, stigma - Speech Link
Found: Landlords will be required to sign up and register all properties they let out, and the Bill provides
Asked by: Andy Carter (Conservative - Warrington South)
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 help increase uptake of the shingles vaccine by people aged over 65 in Warrington.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has recommended that those who are eligible for the shingles vaccine should change, to allow individuals to be protected at an earlier age, particularly those that have a weakened immune system. Based on the evidence, they recognised that there may be more clinical benefit from starting shingles vaccinations at a lower age, with modelling indicating that a greater number of cases of shingles would be prevented with vaccination at 60 years old for immunocompetent individuals, and 50 years old for immunosuppressed individuals. The committee advised that the programme should be implemented in stages, starting with those that are over 50 years old with a weakened immune system and those turning 65 and 70 years old, then eventually moving down to those turning 60 years old. This is a similar pattern to the roll out of the shingles vaccine from 2013. This is why the vaccine offer has been expanded to all those turning 65 and 70 years old and all those over 50 years old with a weakened immune system, from 1 September 2023. The programme began on 1 September 2023 and will run until 31 August 2028, offering the vaccine to people as they turn 65 and 70 years old, until the offer has been made to all those aged 65 to 70 years old. It will then expand to offering the vaccine to all those that are turning 60 and 65 years old, from 1 September 2028.
The shingles vaccine is available through general practice (GP) surgeries in primary care, and GPs are required to identify and put in place a call or recall arrangement to offer the shingles vaccination to eligible patients. All eligible patients are contacted by their GP surgery to invite them for vaccination. The GP will then follow up with letters or with calls and text messages, to encourage eligible people that have not come forward to take up the offer.
There is a wide range of public facing information to help increase uptake of the shingles vaccine, and to publicise the programme in GP surgeries and online, including display bunting, leaflets, and posters. GPs are also adding messages regarding shingles to their practice websites, prescription counterfoils, and social media banners. Public facing information regarding the shingles vaccination programme includes translations into over 20 different languages including braille, audio, large print, and British Sign Language. Information for healthcare professionals, including GP toolkits for improving uptake of shingles vaccination, has also been produced and published by local immunisation commissioning teams.
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Defence Land Safety and Environmental RegulationsFound: decision of Tier categorization; d. the plan should be clear, concise, written in the appropriate language
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Defence Land Safety and Environmental RegulationsFound: decision of Tier categorization; d. the plan should be clear, concise, written in the appropriate language
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Defence Land Safety and Environmental RegulationsFound: the decision of Tier categorization; the plan should be clear, concise, written in the appropriate language