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678621

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Atrial Fibrillation: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the UK National Screening Committee plans to begin its review of systematic population screening for atrial fibrillation.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	61543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee plans to review the evidence for atrial fibrillation in the financial year 2017/18 as part of its three yearly cycle. More information on the review and how to participate in the public consultation is available at:</p><p><a href="https://legacyscreening.phe.org.uk/atrialfibrillation" target="_blank">https://legacyscreening.phe.org.uk/atrialfibrillation</a></p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 30/01/2017 15:42:09 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

678622

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Atrial Fibrillation: Strokes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual financial cost is of atrial fibrillation-related stroke to the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	61544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>According to our latest estimates, there are about 16,000 strokes as a consequence of atrial fibrillation (AF) per year in England. The average cost of stroke in the first year after onset is £13,459 in health costs and £8,716 in social care costs totalling £22,175. After five years the accumulated costs are £45,233. An AF related stroke is on average more severe than other strokes and the average five year costs are nearer £60,000.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 30/01/2017 15:58:20 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

678623

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department took to support Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	61545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>Ministers welcome Cervical Cancer Prevention Week. We are fully supportive of the work Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust does to raise awareness of cervical cancer and the importance of cervical screening for eligible women. We have provided a supportive quote to Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust and will be active on social media throughout this week.</p><p> </p><p>Human papillomavirus vaccine has been given to more than three million teenage girls across the United Kingdom since our vaccination programme started in 2008 and coverage is amongst the highest in the world. The number of young women with pre-cancerous lesions is falling and protection is expected to be long term helping to protect women against cervical cancer, eventually saving hundreds of lives each year.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 30/01/2017 16:00:51 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

678625

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Skin Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished admission episodes there were in each parliamentary constituency where a patient was diagnosed as having (a) hidradenitis suppurativa and (b) a dermatological condition in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	61547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The attached table gives a count of finished admissions episodes with a primary diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa and dermatological conditions for the years 2011-12 to 2015-16 by parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 30/01/2017 16:55:40 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat attachment 1 file name PQ61547 attached document.xlsx title PQ61547 attached document
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

678626

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress his Department has made on recovering money from overseas visitors and other chargeable NHS patients.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	61532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The National Health Service is a national, not an international, service. This Government was the first to introduce tough measures to clamp down on migrants accessing free NHS care, including introducing the immigration health surcharge.</p><p> </p><p>The initiatives we have implemented have meant the income identified from visitors and migrants has trebled from £89 million in 2012/13 to £289 million in 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/02/2017 13:35:40 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

678627

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether cervical screening is available to all women at contraception and sexual health clinics.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	61533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The NHS Cervical Screening Programme is directly commissioned by NHS England as part of the Section 7A agreement of the National Health Service Act 2006, as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The availability of screening within contraception and sexual health clinics, which are commissioned by local authorities, is a matter for local agreement.</p><p> </p><p>There is also the human papillomavirus (HPV) adolescent vaccination programme for girls which is well established in the United Kingdom and expected to have a significant impact on reducing cervical cancer. Since the start of the programme in 2008, more than 8.5 million doses of the HPV vaccine have been given in the UK, with close to 90% of eligible teenagers vaccinated.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 02/02/2017 16:52:52 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

678629

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions section 35 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 has been applied to cases where Valporate has been prescribed to pregnant women.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	61599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Section 35 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 has never been used to withhold information in response to requests concerning valproate.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 02/02/2017 17:45:32 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

678630

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Northern General Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was reclaimed in health costs from foreign governments in each of the last three years by Northern General Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	61606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department, on behalf of the United Kingdom Government, reimburses other European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland for the cost of providing treatment to people we are responsible for under European Union law, irrespective of nationality. In the same way, other EEA countries and Switzerland reimburse the UK for the cost of the National Health Service providing treatment to people they are responsible for under EU law, including UK nationals insured in another EEA country or Switzerland.</p><p> </p><p>The requested data regarding individual trusts is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>NHS trusts and foundation trusts publish data on amounts claimed for directly chargeable overseas patients in their annual accounts. This data does not include patients from the EEA and Switzerland whose treatment would be reimbursed under Regulations (EC) Nos 883/2004 and 987/2009. Data in trusts’ annual accounts includes:</p><p> </p><p>- Income recognised this year (invoiced amounts and accruals);</p><p>- Cash payments received in-year (invoices issued this year);</p><p>- Amounts added to provision for impairment of receivables (receivables at previous year end); and</p><p>- Amounts written off in-year (irrespective of year of recognition).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 61601 61607 61639 61640 61641 61645 61646 61782 question first answered 30/01/2017 17:53:06 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

678631

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was reclaimed in health costs from foreign governments in each of the last three years by Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	61607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department, on behalf of the United Kingdom Government, reimburses other European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland for the cost of providing treatment to people we are responsible for under European Union law, irrespective of nationality. In the same way, other EEA countries and Switzerland reimburse the UK for the cost of the National Health Service providing treatment to people they are responsible for under EU law, including UK nationals insured in another EEA country or Switzerland.</p><p> </p><p>The requested data regarding individual trusts is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>NHS trusts and foundation trusts publish data on amounts claimed for directly chargeable overseas patients in their annual accounts. This data does not include patients from the EEA and Switzerland whose treatment would be reimbursed under Regulations (EC) Nos 883/2004 and 987/2009. Data in trusts’ annual accounts includes:</p><p> </p><p>- Income recognised this year (invoiced amounts and accruals);</p><p>- Cash payments received in-year (invoices issued this year);</p><p>- Amounts added to provision for impairment of receivables (receivables at previous year end); and</p><p>- Amounts written off in-year (irrespective of year of recognition).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 61601 61606 61639 61640 61641 61645 61646 61782 question first answered 30/01/2017 17:53:06 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

678632

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Life Sciences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how NHS processes for the purchase of medicines are taken into account in decisions of allocating funding for research and development in life sciences; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	61608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>Researchers applying for funding from the Department are expected to seek best value when obtaining any medicines required for their research. This may be through existing National Health Service medicines procurement processes, or they may seek donations, or additional discounts direct from pharmaceutical suppliers if this delivers better value.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 30/01/2017 15:38:05 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms