Sarah Champion MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Mental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 38992 on Mental Health Services: Children, what metrics his Department uses to provide a comparative assessment of the impact on long-term outcom
Answer: All interventions delivered by mental health practitioners, including those in mental health support teams, are evidence-based and use a range of clinical evidence.An early evaluation of the children and young people’s mental health trailblazer programme ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that policy decisions on children’s mental health provision reflect the full range of evidence-based interventions, including counselling, rather
Answer: All interventions delivered by National Health Service mental health services are evidence-based and use a range of clinical evidence. This includes counselling services.National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines make evidence-based reco...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) formally recognise accredited school-based counsellors as part of the children’s mental health workforce and (b) integrate those counsellors into (i) NHS and (ii
Answer: As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future, we will introduce access to a specialist mental health professional in every school, through expanding NHS-funded mental health support teams, so that every young person...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the term child practitioner is used exclusively to refer to Children and Young People's Wellbeing Practitioners.
Answer: Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioners assess and support children and young people with mental health problems, improving their access to therapies. They play a key role in signposting children and young people to appropriate mental health a...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Papillomavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to return HPV vaccination rates to pre-2020 levels.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) works closely with several organisations to develop resources to raise awareness of the human papilloma virus (HPV). The UKHSA also publishes annual statistics, which are available at the following link:https://www.go...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to (a) return cervical cancer screening rates to pre-2020 levels and (b) meet cervical cancer screening targets.
Answer: To support improving the access and uptake of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme, the National Health Service has a series of initiatives underway, including:- developing a digital-first approach to cervical screening invitations and reminders, includin...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMicroplastics: Health HazardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of microplastic pollution to human health; and what practices he has in place to continuously evaluate the growing body of research on this topic.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency is carrying out research to understand if there are potential health risks from exposure to micro and nano plastics through inhalational and oral routes, as part of the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) fu...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) functions and (b) responsibilities are assigned to child practitioners.
Answer: Children and young people’s wellbeing practitioners assess and support children and young people with mental health problems, improving their access to therapies. Further information on children and young people’s wellbeing practitioners is available at t...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what distinguishes child practitioners from other professionals working in children's mental health services.
Answer: Children and young people’s wellbeing practitioners assess and support children and young people with mental health problems, improving their access to therapies. Further information on children and young people’s wellbeing practitioners is available at t...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what definition of child practitioner his Department uses for children's (a) health and (b) mental health services.
Answer: Children and young people’s wellbeing practitioners assess and support children and young people with mental health problems, improving their access to therapies. Further information on children and young people’s wellbeing practitioners is available at t...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFertility: LGBT+ PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure local integrated care boards implement NHS guidance on equitable access to fertility treatment for same-sex female couples.
Answer: Funding decisions for health services in England are made by integrated care boards (ICBs) and are based on the clinical needs of their local population. ICBs are expected to commission fertility services in line with National Institute for Health and Car...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFertility: LGBT+ PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of access to fertility treatment for female couples.
Answer: Funding decisions for health services in England are made by integrated care boards (ICBs) and are based on the clinical needs of their local population. ICBs are expected to commission fertility services in line with National Institute for Health and Car...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10 Year Health Plan will help tackle specific health challenges faced by women; and whether gender-specific health interventions such as menstruation will be included in its long-term g
Answer: The Government is committed to prioritising women’s health as we reform the National Health Service, and women’s equality will be at the heart of our missions. We are considering how to take forward the Women’s Health Strategy, by aligning it to the Gover...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the implementation of electronic prescribing across all NHS settings.
Answer: The Frontline Digitisation programme in NHS England is supporting National Health Service trusts to reach a core level of digitisation, as set out in our minimum digital foundations.83% of all NHS trusts have stated that they have electronic prescribing c...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of the recommendations of his Department's report entitled Good for you, good for us, good for everybody: A plan to reduce overprescribin
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 September 2024 to Question 2902.
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSkin CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce melanoma incidence rates.
Answer: The Department continues to advise patients to follow National Health Service guidance on reducing the risk of melanoma. The advice is available at the following link:https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/sunscreen-and-sun-safety/
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: EnergyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support GP surgeries (a) improve energy efficiency and (b) reduce their carbon footprint.
Answer: Primary care will play an important role in helping the National Health Service achieve the net zero targets outlined in the report, Delivering a Net Zero NHS, published in July 2022, by decarbonising its estate, travel, and supply chain. Targeted efforts...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce overprescribing.
Answer: Overprescribing can be addressed by taking a shared decision making approach and optimising a person's medicines; ensuring that patients are prescribed the right medicines, at the right time, in the right doses. The National Health Service is responding t...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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