Results 1-20 of 341 for speaker:Doug Naysmith

Written Answers — International Development: India: Tuberculosis (26 Oct 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's support for the national tuberculosis programme in India in reducing the incidence of tuberculosis in that country.

Written Answers — Health: Tuberculosis: Screening (22 Oct 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether his Department has conducted recent research on the effectiveness of the port of entry screening programme for tuberculosis; (2) what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of operating the port of entry screening programme for tuberculosis in the last five years; (3) how many cases of (a) active and (b) latent...

Written Answers — Home Department: Domestic Violence (7 Jul 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what contribution his Department has made to the cross-Government consultation, Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate funding for specialist voluntary sector organisations dealing with violence against women.

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Domestic Violence (23 Jun 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what contribution the Government Equalities Office has made to the cross-Government consultation, 'Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls; and what steps her Office is taking to ensure adequate funding for specialist voluntary sector organisations dealing with violence against women.

Written Answers — Health: Benzodiazepines and Antidepressants (19 May 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions of (a) individual benzodiazepine drugs and (b) individual anti-depressants were dispensed in the community in 2008.

Written Answers — Health: Dementia: Sight Impaired (31 Mar 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people with dementia who have an undetected visual problem; (2) what estimate he has made of the number of people with dementia and serious sight loss.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Mental Health Services (24 Mar 2009) has video

Doug Naysmith: In his reply to my hon. Friend the Member for West Ham (Lyn Brown), my hon. Friend the Minister said that there had been a 70 per cent. increase in clinical psychology—I think the figure was 70 per cent.—but he will know, as I do, that that was from a pretty low base. Can he assure me that he will redouble his efforts to ensure increased numbers of clinical psychologists? Too...

Legislative Reform (19 Mar 2009) has video

Doug Naysmith: I am the longest-serving member of the Regulatory Reform Committee and its predecessors in the House. I was one of those who thought this was a trivial measure. I suspect that had the Minister and his civil servants spelt out, in the documentation that came before the Committee when we considered the measure, the much larger sum that can be saved with other measures that are coming along, we...

Written Answers — Health: Benzodiazepines (11 Feb 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy not to amend guidelines to doctors on the prescribing of benzodiazepines.

Written Answers — Health: Contraception (5 Feb 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what training on the provision of advice on (a) contraception and (b) long-acting methods of contraception is available for nurses whose main duties do not relate to the provision of sexual health services.

Written Answers — Health: Contraception (5 Feb 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will review the role of termination of pregnancy clinics in providing advice on contraception; (2) if he will review his policy on the provision of advice on contraception immediately following (a) the termination of a pregnancy and (b) repeat terminations of pregnancies.

Written Answers — Health: Contraception: Young People (5 Feb 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent steps he has taken to increase the level of awareness and knowledge amongst young people of the range of available contraceptive methods.

Written Answers — Health: Contraception (4 Feb 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on meeting the new targets for the provision of information on contraception in the Quality and Outcomes framework.

Written Answers — Health: Quality and Outcomes Framework (14 Jan 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent consideration his Department has given to the variability of rates of exception reporting on quality and outcomes framework (QOF) indicator CHD 08; what his assessment is of the reasons for the range in rates of exception reporting for QOF indicator CHD 08 in each year since the introduction of the framework; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Health: Quality and Outcomes Framework (13 Jan 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the difference between the lowest and highest rate of exception reporting for quality outcomes framework indicator CHD 08 was in each year since the introduction of the framework.

Written Answers — Health: Tuberculosis (12 Jan 2009)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of tuberculosis cases notified in England were of (a) homeless persons, (b) problem drug-users and (c) prisoners in the last 12 months; and what proportion of such people in each category received directly-observed therapy from the start of their treatment in that period.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: NHS Dentistry (16 Dec 2008) has video

Doug Naysmith: My good friend the Minister has read the recent Health Committee report on dentistry, so she will be aware that there are parts of the country where very few people have any problems accessing an NHS dentist. That is true in my area, where I serve constituents from south Gloucestershire and Bristol. We found that where commissioning is taken seriously by PCTs and they collaborate with the...

Written Answers — Health: Cardiovascular System: Screening (11 Dec 2008)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what progress has been made on the implementation of the vascular checks programme; and if he will make a statement; (2) what the mechanism is for allocating funding for the vascular checks programme to primary care trusts.

Written Answers — Health: Abortion (12 Nov 2008)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on the number of terminations of pregnancy in England in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Health: Contraceptives (12 Nov 2008)

Doug Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made of the merits of greater uptake of long-acting contraception; (2) what estimate his Department has made of the potential savings to the NHS through increased use of long-acting methods of contraception; and if he will make a statement; (3) what proportion of the £26.5 million funding announced in...