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670266

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to stop pharmacists from facing criminal prosecution for making prescription errors.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	59020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>We remain fully committed to making this change. We have consulted on our proposals to put in place a defence to the criminal sanction for inadvertent dispensing errors and received good support from patients, carers, healthcare professionals, pharmacy organisations and other bodies. We are working through the necessary processes to change the law. We are in the final stages of clearance and hope to lay the Order shortly.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 12/01/2017 11:25:43 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

657125

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Anaemia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the causes of regional variation in rates of iron deficiency and anaemia.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	57135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has assessed the prevalence of iron deficiency in the United Kingdom as a whole and in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as part of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey. The results indicate little difference between the UK countries. Numbers are too small to permit a more detailed regional analysis and no further assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>PHE provides public–facing advice on how to achieve the dietary recommendations for iron as part of its general advice on a healthy balanced diet, as set out in the Eatwell Guide.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 57136 question first answered 16/12/2016 12:14:35 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

657126

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Anaemia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to address regional variation in iron deficiency.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	57136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has assessed the prevalence of iron deficiency in the United Kingdom as a whole and in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as part of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey. The results indicate little difference between the UK countries. Numbers are too small to permit a more detailed regional analysis and no further assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>PHE provides public–facing advice on how to achieve the dietary recommendations for iron as part of its general advice on a healthy balanced diet, as set out in the Eatwell Guide.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 57135 question first answered 16/12/2016 12:14:36 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

657152

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Anaemia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the accessibility and availability of intravenous iron services to treat patients with iron deficiency before that condition develops into anaemia.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	57142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>It is for local National Health Service organisations to develop their own policy to treat patients with iron deficiency or iron deficiency anaemia, based on their clinical needs.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 16/12/2016 12:16:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

647733

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the implications for his Department's policies are of the Crisp Commission Report on mental health; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	55512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>As a result of the recommendations from the Crisp Commission and the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, the Government set a national ambition in April 2016 to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements (OAPs) for adult acute inpatient care by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure progress towards this ambition in 2016/17, the Department asked that areas put in place local action plans to achieve reductions in OAPs during 2016/17. NHS England will seek assurance that plans are in place, as well as demonstrable reductions, through the Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework. In addition, NHS Improvement will ensure best practice is shared more widely.</p><p> </p><p>On the wider Crisp Commission recommendations, NHS England is working with the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health at the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) to develop an evidence-based treatment pathway for adult acute mental health care (including older adults), covering both inpatient and community settings from referral through to discharge, so that adult acute inpatient care can be used effectively for patients who need it. A national quality assessment and improvement scheme developed by the RCPsych will be launched during 2017/18, with the aim of improving acute care to meet the pathway standards during 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has committed to publish a formal response to the Commission’s report shortly.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 06/12/2016 16:30:47 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

638104

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to decriminalise dispensing errors by pharmacists.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	53474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>We have consulted on our proposals to put in place a defence to the criminal sanction for inadvertent dispensing errors and received good support from patients, carers, healthcare professionals, pharmacy organisations and other bodies. We are working through the necessary processes to change the law. We are in the final stages of clearance and hope to lay the Order shortly.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 23/11/2016 14:42:27 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

636181

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities have published an autism strategy; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all local authorities are producing such strategies.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	52749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The autism strategy Think Autism published in 2014 and statutory guidance published in 2015 for local authorities and National Health Service organisations encourages the effective development of local autism strategies for meeting the needs of adults with autism in their local population, as identified in their local needs assessments. Local authorities and clinical commissioning groups should work together to commission services for children with special educational needs, including autism. This should include publishing a ‘Local Offer’ of services.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 22/11/2016 09:49:42 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

604851

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Waste Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce medicine waste.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	49077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the annual cost or amount of dispensed but unused prescription drugs in the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>The Department commissioned the York Health Economics Consortium and the School of Pharmacy at the University of London to carry out research to determine the scale, causes and costs of waste medicines in England. The report, <em>Evaluation of the Scale, Causes and Costs of Waste Medicines</em>, was published on 23 November 2010. This found that the gross cost of unused prescription medicines in primary and community care in the NHS in England in 2009 was £300 million a year and that up to £150 million of this was avoidable. The report is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/111804.pdf?repositoryId=90" target="_blank">https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/111804.pdf?repositoryId=90</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working with the Department and the NHS Business Services Authority to consider how value can best be obtained from the use of medicines, both in terms of patient outcomes and financial implications. This work, along with the medicines optimisation programme, will help ensure best value for both taxpayers and patients.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 24/10/2016 14:58:43 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

573473

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-medical prescribing nurses there are at level (a) PL1, (b) PL2, (c) PL3 and (d) PL4.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	44120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>This information is not collected by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/09/2016 11:16:53 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

573474

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of non-medical prescribing nurses.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	44121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England have successfully extended prescribing responsibilities to a wider group of health professions, including nurses. This is helping the National Health Service to deliver more timely and effective patient care. These professionals are termed ‘non-medical prescribers’, in order to distinguish them from doctors and dentists.</p><p><br> There are two types of non-medical prescriber:</p><p> </p><p>― Independent Prescribers are able to complete whole episodes of care for a patient, taking responsibility from consultation through to diagnosis and finally, if appropriate, prescription.</p><p> </p><p>― Supplementary Prescribers work in conjunction with a doctor to provide patient care. Supplementary Prescribing is a voluntary partnership between an independent prescriber (in this case a doctor) and a supplementary prescriber, to implement a patient-specific clinical management plan, with the patient’s agreement.</p><p> </p><p>To become a non-medical prescriber, nurses must undertake a recognised Nursing and Midwifery Council accredited prescribing course through a United Kingdom university, sponsored by their employer on the basis of service need.</p><p> </p><p>Local NHS organisations with their knowledge of the healthcare needs of their local population are therefore responsible for investing in training for nurses’ prescribing roles to deliver the best patient care and meet the changing needs of patients and services.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/09/2016 16:16:26 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile