Results 1-15 of 15 for smoking speaker:Norman Lamb
- [Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — Health Inequalities (12 Nov 2009)
Norman Lamb: ...QOF had made a difference and had begun to change behaviour, but in areas such as obesity, which involves the measurement of the patient's weight, payment is not on the basis of reducing weight. Smoking is another example; telling a patient to set a date for giving up smoking, and going through certain processes, brings the payment. It is not given for getting the patient to give up...
- Written Answers — Health: Exercise: Health Education (12 Nov 2009)
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff within his Department have responsibility in their jobs for the promotion of (a) physical activity and (b) smoking cessation.
- Written Answers — Health: Action on Smoking and Health (23 Feb 2009)
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has paid to Action on Smoking and Health in each of the last five years.
- Debate on the Address: Health and Education (11 Dec 2008) has video
Norman Lamb: ...idea of having second opinions in child care cases has been mentioned, but the constitution says nothing about the right to a second opinion either. That, too, should be addressed. Let me turn to smoking. We all agree that action should be taken to enable people to give up smoking and to warn people, particularly youngsters, of the risks of taking it up. There is clear evidence that a...
- Debate on the Address: Health and Education (11 Dec 2008) has video
Norman Lamb: ...of smuggled tobacco being sold under the counter. How on earth can that be policed? This is one of those cases in which the law of unintended consequences might well apply. I also want to mention smoking cessation, because there appears to be little evidence that the steps that the Government are taking having any real effect. At the moment, under the quality and outcomes framework—...
- Debate on the Address: Health and Education (11 Dec 2008) has video
Norman Lamb: Is the hon. Gentleman aware of the recommendations from the World Health Organisation? It set out six priorities for action to tackle smoking, but none of them refers to the removal of tobacco displays in shops.
- Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: NHS (60th Anniversary) (24 Jun 2008) has video
Norman Lamb: ..., in many cases, can provide good clinical benefits but may not meet the NICE criteria for public funding. We face all the challenges posed by lifestyle conditions such as obesity, alcohol consumption and smoking; and, critically, we have a massively ageing population. I recently met a specialist in mental illness among the elderly in Liverpool. He showed me a graph showing the number of...
- Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Access to NHS Services (3 Jul 2007)
Norman Lamb: ...health services, which have been cut back in many parts of the country, including my own county of Norfolk. It is the same with public health programmes. Cutting back on alcohol prevention work, smoking cessation work and other programmes often hits the most disadvantaged people and again has the effect of accentuating inequalities in health outcomes. If the Secretary of State is serious...
- Written Answers — Health: Smoking (18 Jun 2007)
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many council officers have been trained to enforce the forthcoming smoking ban, broken down by local authorities; and what the cost has been to both central and local government of implementing this training.
- Written Answers — Health: Smoking (18 Jun 2007)
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures have been taken by (a) central Government, (b) local authorities and (c) NHS trusts to inform the public of the forthcoming smoking ban; and what the (i) planned and (ii) eventual cost was of these measures.
- Infertility Treatment (31 Jan 2007)
Norman Lamb: ...? I wish to mention the value and importance of information for couples. It is critical for couples to be given good-quality information on the optimal age range and matters such as the impact of smoking, alcohol, caffeine consumption and body weight. People ought to be informed about such things so that they can make better judgments and improve their prospects of giving birth. I turn...