Every parliamentary written question tabled by Jim Shannon this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What data his Department holds on the number of people being prescribed propranolol to treat anxiety.
The information requested is not held. National Health Service prescriptions do not list the indication for which the medicine is prescribed. It is therefore not possible to determine from prescribing data held by the NHS Business Services Authority the n...
Whether he has had recent discussions with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland on the potential impact of the Mental Health Bill on Northern Ireland.
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has made clear his commitment to ongoing engagement and collaboration with the devolved governments. Officials are currently working to find a date for the next Health and Social Care In...
What data his Department holds on the number of nurses employed in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) England.
The Office for National Statistics has recently produced an article on the data available to compare healthcare workforces across the United Kingdom. Further information is available at the following link:https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunit...
Whether he is taking steps to raise awareness of the symptoms of migraines.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guideline, Headaches: Diagnosis and management of headaches in young people and adults, updated in December 2021, sets out best practice for healthcare professionals in the care, treatment, and suppo...
What assessment his Department has made of effectiveness of the Government’s procurement strategy for (a) health and (b) social care.
The role of the Department’s Commercial Directorate is to provide the Department and wider health system with the appropriate commercial strategy, leadership, insight, and advice to enable delivery of the Government’s Health Mission, consistently maximisi...
What steps he is taking to improve the quality of (a) hospital, (b) specialist centre and (c) other NHS buildings.
The Government is committed to delivering a National Health Service that is fit for the future, providing high-quality health and social care for those in need. This means providing strategic, value for money investments into capital schemes that improve ...
What steps he plans to take with NHS England's (a) clinical chairs and (b) device working groups to refine the process for the inclusion of new devices and range extensions within the existing nati
Under the Specialised Service Devices programme, clinical chairs and advisors in the device working group are continuing work to refine the inclusion process for new devices, while also developing range extensions within the existing national catalogue. T...
How many children have been given a meningococcal vaccine in the last 12 months.
The UK Health Security Agency measures the coverage of vaccines against meningococcal disease. The latest figures for Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly (COVER) are for the period from April 2023 to March 2024, and meningitis ACWY (MenACWY) vaccinatio...
What steps his Department is taking to increase the child vaccination rate for (a) MMR and (b) other dangerous diseases.
In England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) works closely with NHS England and the Department and wider health system partners at the national regional and local levels to improve uptake of the routine childhood immunisations and catch-up children w...
What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help (a) reduce and (b) prevent the use of ketamine by (i) people under the age of 25 and (ii) other people.
The Department takes seriously the threat of ketamine and other drugs to our young people, and is working with partners across the Government to respond to existing and new drug threats and to reduce and prevent the health harms. We know that drug treatme...
What data his Department holds on the number of cases of (a) peripheral arterial disease and (b) lower-limb amputations carried out due to the progression of that disease each year.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is largely preventable, through lifestyle changes and a combination of public health and National Health Service action on smoking and tobacco addiction, obesity, tackling alcohol misuse, and food reformulation. Prevention is ...
What steps his Department is taking to (a) raise awareness of peripheral arterial disease and (b) ensure that patients have access to safe and effective treatment options for the disease.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is largely preventable, through lifestyle changes and a combination of public health and National Health Service action on smoking and tobacco addiction, obesity, tackling alcohol misuse, and food reformulation. Prevention is ...
If he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of providing financial support to cancer patients under the age of 26 that must undertake cross-border travel within the
The Department has not made a formal assessment of the adequacy of the amount of financial support available for families of children and young people with cancer. There are currently no plans for the Department to make a formal assessment on the potentia...
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the amount of financial support available (a) for families of children and young people with cancer and (b) to cover the additional costs that familie
The Department has not made a formal assessment of the adequacy of the amount of financial support available for families of children and young people with cancer. There are currently no plans for the Department to make a formal assessment on the potentia...
Whether he has had recent discussions with (a) medical researchers and (b) other professionals on trends in the level of severe allergies in children in the last 10 years; and steps his Department
The Government is strongly committed to supporting research into all aspects of human health, including research into allergies. The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Th...
How many people in the UK have been diagnosed with severe visual impairments.
Health is a devolved matter. In England, data is not collected centrally showing the total number of people diagnosed with severe visual impairments. Data is collected annually, showing the number of people certified as sight impaired, also known as parti...
What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of levels of vaping by young people.
The Government is concerned about the worrying rise in vaping among children, as rates of youth vaping have tripled in the past four years, and 18% of children have tried a vape. All too often, vaping products are promoted in a way that appeals to childre...
What steps he is taking to help improve men's mental health.
Men with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they deserve, which is why we will fix the broken system to ensure we give mental health the same attention and focus as physical health.As part of our mission to build a National Health Se...
What assessment his Department and NHS England have made of (a) the potential impact on the availability of appropriate medical devices on the NHS of the requirement for suppliers to report the car
In 2021, NHS England published the NHS Net Zero Supplier Roadmap, which sets out a series of milestones to support National Health Service suppliers in aligning with NHS Net Zero ambitions. The 2027 requirement for suppliers to publicly report targets and...
With reference to the report by NHS England entitled Improving the blood culture pathway, published on 29 June 2022, what recent discussions NHS England has had with (a) regional, (b) integrated ca
The Improving the blood culture pathway report was published in June 2022, and updated in March 2023. NHS England has been engaging with partner organisations, including integrated care boards, National Health Service regions, patients, industry, academia...