Results 1-5 of 5 for smoking speaker:Phyllis Starkey

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Topical Questions (18 Dec 2007)

Phyllis Starkey: ...ascribe that to the measures that are being taken to speed the patient pathway from initially being seen to treatment or to the successful preventive health programme that has reduced the level of smoking?

NHS Dentistry (12 Jan 2005)

Dr Phyllis Starkey: ...and children should be encouraged to drink water or milk rather than drinks with high sugar levels that will lead inevitably to poor dental health. Finally, it is important to encourage people to give up smoking, not only for the more obvious reason that it reduces heart disease and cancer, but because of the effect of smoking on oral health. Smoking discolours teeth and increases the risk...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Maternity Services (16 Oct 2001)

Dr Phyllis Starkey: ..., I very much welcome the £421,000 that has been allocated to Milton Keynes general hospital. However, I remind my hon. Friend the Minister that pregnancy outcome depends greatly on matters such as smoking, poverty and poor housing. What is she doing to ensure that primary care trusts maintain an emphasis on public health as well on the very welcome investments being made in acute...

Oral Answers to Questions — Nicotine Replacement Therapy (2 Mar 1999)

Dr Phyllis Starkey: ...south-east has not a single health action zone, because the region is relatively affluent? However, there are pockets of deprivation, some of which are in my constituency—one of them has a smoking cessation programme. Will she consider extending the week's free nicotine replacement therapy to people on benefit in projects such as the one at Netherfield in my constituency?

Smoking (10 Dec 1998)

Dr Phyllis Starkey: I welcome the statement as a great step forward in trying to reduce the number of young people taking up smoking. However, will my right hon. Friend tell the House what he will do to monitor the diversionary activities in which the tobacco companies are involved? I am concerned about their promotional activities at night clubs and other venues frequented by young people. I had direct...