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818607

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mefloquine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 22 December 2017 (HL4314), whether they consider suicide, as listed in the current mefloquine product information as a psychiatric adverse reaction, to be a permanent adverse reaction.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL4484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Feeling suicidal, or the risk of suicide, would not be considered to be permanent adverse reactions.</p><p>Mefloquine is effective in the prevention and treatment of malaria and is approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which regulates medication in the United Kingdom. As with all medicines, the MHRA keeps the safety of mefloquine under continual review. Mefloquine continues to be recommended as a safe and effective form of malaria prevention by the Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention, the World Health Organization and other respected organisations who take account of the body of global evidence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/01/2018 12:23:37 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

818610

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Levonorgestrel: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to investigate the pricing of levonorgestrel by pharmacies.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL4487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not control prices of medicines sold at pharmacies without a prescription. Emergency hormonal contraception is however available free of charge on the National Health Service.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/01/2018 12:22:42 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

816667

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the oral contribution of the Foreign Secretary of 27 November 2017, Official Report, column 55, how much additional funding will be provided to the NHS each week after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department and the Government as a whole are determined to make a success of leaving the European Union and we are always keen to seek opportunities to continue to sustain and improve the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is assessing the implications of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU on the health sector and is undertaking detailed implementation planning for all scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already committed to backing the NHS with an additional £10 billion, in real terms, by 2020/21. We recognised that demand on the NHS has been higher than projected, which is why we have now committed to backing the NHS in England further so that by 2019/20 it will have received an additional £2.8 billion of revenue funding for frontline services than previously planned over the period. This includes £337 million this winter to help trusts to increase capacity. We have also committed £3.5 billion of new capital investment by 2022/23 to transform its estate and drive further efficiency savings.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 15/01/2018 17:06:23 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816672

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the last year; and what proportion of total sick leave in his Department that leave was.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The cost of average working days lost in the rolling year period as at 30 September was £856,882.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental information systems do not record sickness absence relating to stress as a distinct category. Within the broader category that includes all mental health issues, 1,822 working days were lost in the rolling year period as at 30 September 2017, and 89 staff had periods of sickness absence which is 4% of the headcount in the rolling year period. The proportion of days taken due to all mental health issues (from all sickness absence) was 34%.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 121104 121111 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:05:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816677

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days' sick leave officials in his Department took for reasons relating to stress in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The cost of average working days lost in the rolling year period as at 30 September was £856,882.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental information systems do not record sickness absence relating to stress as a distinct category. Within the broader category that includes all mental health issues, 1,822 working days were lost in the rolling year period as at 30 September 2017, and 89 staff had periods of sickness absence which is 4% of the headcount in the rolling year period. The proportion of days taken due to all mental health issues (from all sickness absence) was 34%.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 121099 121111 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:05:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816684

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was to his Department as a result of officials taking sick leave in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The cost of average working days lost in the rolling year period as at 30 September was £856,882.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental information systems do not record sickness absence relating to stress as a distinct category. Within the broader category that includes all mental health issues, 1,822 working days were lost in the rolling year period as at 30 September 2017, and 89 staff had periods of sickness absence which is 4% of the headcount in the rolling year period. The proportion of days taken due to all mental health issues (from all sickness absence) was 34%.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 121099 121104 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:05:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816696

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Patients' Rights
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 ensure that (a) children and young people and (b) their families or carers understand their rights when entering institutional mental health settings.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	121123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Mental Health Act (1983) Code of Practice sets out the information that should be shared with patients and their nearest relative, and guidance on communication with patients, their families and carers in respect of the steps hospitals are required to take to ensure that patients who are detained understand important information about how the Act applies to them.</p><p> </p><p>Paragraph 19.76 of the Code states that, “Hospital managers should ensure that staff providing children and young people with information about their rights in accordance with section 132 of the Act have sufficient knowledge and experience to be able to provide information to children and young people and determine whether the information has been understood. Written information must always be made available. Such information should be age appropriate and include an explanation about when they have the right to see an independent mental health advocate under the Act and an explanation of how one can be made available.”</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-mental-health-act-1983" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-mental-health-act-1983</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/01/2018 15:37:46 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

816713

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (a) nationally and (b) in South Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	121140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally held, as the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database contains records of hospital episodes and attendances rather than people.</p><p> </p><p>A count of finished admission episodes with a primary or secondary diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in England and one of the four clinical commissioning groups located in South Yorkshire, for the years 2012-13 to 2016-17 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>3,496</p></td><td><p>3,570</p></td><td><p>4,047</p></td><td><p>4,391</p></td><td><p>4,397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>35,624</p></td><td><p>38,334</p></td><td><p>42,160</p></td><td><p>46,293</p></td><td><p>49,558</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: HES, NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 11:50:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

816714

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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 incidences of pulmonary hypertension.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	121141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is caused by changes to the pulmonary arteries, but as these changes can be caused by a number of internal structural changes and medical conditions, it is difficult to target a reduction in incidence of PH.</p><p> </p><p>However, where PH is caused by an underlying lung condition such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), the Department’s action to reduce incidence of the condition also contributes to a reduction in incidence of PH. The Department is taking action to prevent cases of COPD in the first place, through initiatives including the recently published tobacco control plan and its commitment to tackling obesity.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 11:37:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

816729

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
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 cost of extending the HPV vaccine to teenage boys.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	121156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is updating its advice on the potential extension of the human papillomavirus vaccination programme to include adolescent boys.</p><p> </p><p>An assessment of the overall costs of expanding the programme will be completed once JCVI’s final advice is received.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 11:58:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan