Blair McDougall MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Energy Drinks: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the regulations on the sale of energy drinks to children under the age of 16.
Answer: As set out in the King’s Speech, we plan to bring forward the necessary secondary legislation to deliver on our commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under the age of 16 years old.We are developing plans which consider the ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Drinks: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of energy drinks on children under 16.
Answer: As set out in the King’s Speech, we plan to bring forward the necessary secondary legislation to deliver on our commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under the age of 16 years old.We are developing plans which consider the ...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIncontinence: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) information and (b) support available to men living with incontinence.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. NHS England published Excellence in Continence Care on 23 July 2018, bringing together evidence-based resources and research for guidance for commissioners, providers, and health and social care staff. This guidance cover...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIncontinence: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release of 28 November 2024 entitled, Secretary of State commits to first ever men’s health strategy, if that strategy will consider male incontinence.
Answer: On 28 November 2024, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, announced plans for England’s first Men’s Health Strategy, to be delivered this year. The strategy will consider how to prevent and tackle the biggest health proble...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIncontinence: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of urinary incontinence on men’s (a) physical and (b) mental health.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. NHS England published Excellence in Continence Care on 23 July 2018, bringing together evidence-based resources and research for guidance for commissioners, providers, and health and social care staff. This guidance cover...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce waiting times for gynaecological procedures and (b) help support women's health.
Answer: Nearly 600,000 women are on gynaecology waiting lists. It is unacceptable that patients are waiting too long to get the care they need. Cutting waiting lists, including for gynaecology procedures, is a key part of our Health Mission and a top priority for...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNon-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: LicensingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to prevent the online (i) purchase and (ii) use of harmful dermal fillers and botox injections by unqualified beauticians.
Answer: The Government is currently considering what steps may need to be taken in relation to the safety of the non-surgical cosmetics sector. The Government will set out its position at the earliest opportunity.
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Information SharingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficiency of the sharing of medical records when a patient requires NHS treatment in different nations of the UK.
Answer: While the delivery of healthcare is a devolved matter, health services in England and the devolved administrations cooperate to share medical records for patients’ treatment, with systems such as Primary Care Support England and the National Health Servic...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDrugs: ScotlandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Scottish Government to (a) improve drug addiction treatments and (b) reduce drug-related deaths.
Answer: As health is a devolved matter, each administration of the United Kingdom takes its own decisions on the provision of treatment and other action to address drug related deaths. Nonetheless, it is important that the four nations work together and share lea...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
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