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882148

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hepatitis: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2018 to Questions 134201, 134202 and 134203, on Prisoners: Hepatitis, if he will publish the Health and Justice Indicators of Performance data for the number of prisoners by prison that have (a) been tested for hepatitis C, (b) been diagnosed with hepatitis C and (c) received treatment for hepatitis C.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	135207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>Data collected via the Health and Justice Indicators of Performance is used by NHS England commissioners to performance manage healthcare providers in prisons. NHS England currently does not have plans to publish this data.</p><p> </p><p>Prison healthcare providers commissioned by NHS England are responsible for referring patients diagnosed with hepatitis C virus infection to specialist services for assessment and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England is supporting a research study into barriers to accessing hepatitis C virus treatment for people in prison, due to be completed in September 2018. Identified issues to date include: length of stay in a specific prison; patient choice; development of referral pathways from prisons, and ‘run rates’ imposed on Operational Delivery Networks which limited the number of people treated per year</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 135208 question first answered 20/04/2018 11:00:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

882149

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hepatitis: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2018 to Questions 134202 and 134203, on Prisoners: Hepatitis, for what reason 48 per cent of prisoners diagnosed with hepatitis C in the first quarter of 2017-18 have yet to be referred to specialist care to have their infection treated.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	135208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>Data collected via the Health and Justice Indicators of Performance is used by NHS England commissioners to performance manage healthcare providers in prisons. NHS England currently does not have plans to publish this data.</p><p> </p><p>Prison healthcare providers commissioned by NHS England are responsible for referring patients diagnosed with hepatitis C virus infection to specialist services for assessment and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England is supporting a research study into barriers to accessing hepatitis C virus treatment for people in prison, due to be completed in September 2018. Identified issues to date include: length of stay in a specific prison; patient choice; development of referral pathways from prisons, and ‘run rates’ imposed on Operational Delivery Networks which limited the number of people treated per year</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 135207 question first answered 20/04/2018 11:00:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

882153

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health: Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the use of personal fitness trackers on the prevention of cardio-vascular conditions.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	135212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is working with the National Institute for Health Research, Public Health England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence amongst others to develop suitable evidence generation plans for digital health tools, which will include wearables. Evaluation and evidence gathering is included as part of relevant programmes to help build the currently immature evidence pool in this space.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and partner organisations have also established assessment criteria for digital tool developers looking at the quality, safety and effectiveness of digital health and care apps or tools. The service is due to go live towards the end of 2018 on the developer apps section of the National Health Service website.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, NHS England has pilots in hand to test the effectiveness of digital apps in supporting diabetes prevention, which are due to report by the end of 2019. They include consideration of the use of wearable technologies and fitness apps in supporting reduction of diabetes risk. It should be noted that many of the potential benefits of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme lie in reducing future cardiovascular events.</p><p> </p><p>Cardiovascular disease prevention is also a key theme in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View and their NHS RightCare programme, and both NHS England and Public Health England already have a number of initiatives in place in line with this aim, including the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Optimal Value Pathway, cross-cutting interventions such as the NHS Health Check, and a new drive announced in September 2017 to prevent heart attacks and strokes by taking a more integrated approach to cardiovascular care.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/04/2018 15:49:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

882154

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that clinical commissioning groups provide access to medical nutrition for all patients in their area for whom it is recommended by clinical guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	135213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>NHS England published guidance on ‘Commissioning excellent nutrition and hydration’ in October 2015. This can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/nut-hyd/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/nut-hyd/</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England has no plans to issue any further guidance at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The implementation of this guidance is a matter for the local National Health Service. NHS England has advised that no broader assessment has been made of the merits of integrating nutrition and hydration into clinical pathways for patients or the potential savings to the public purse from the integration of nutrition and hydration into clinical pathways.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 135218 135219 question first answered 23/04/2018 15:48:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

882155

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable for negotiations on the new pharmaceutical price regulation scheme is; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	135214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Informal discussions have already begun with industry regarding future medicines pricing arrangements. Formal negotiations will begin shortly.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/04/2018 11:28:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

882159

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of integrating nutrition and hydration into clinical pathways for patients.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	135218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>NHS England published guidance on ‘Commissioning excellent nutrition and hydration’ in October 2015. This can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/nut-hyd/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/nut-hyd/</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England has no plans to issue any further guidance at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The implementation of this guidance is a matter for the local National Health Service. NHS England has advised that no broader assessment has been made of the merits of integrating nutrition and hydration into clinical pathways for patients or the potential savings to the public purse from the integration of nutrition and hydration into clinical pathways.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 135213 135219 question first answered 23/04/2018 15:48:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

882160

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential savings to the public purse from the integration of nutrition and hydration into clinical pathways.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	135219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>NHS England published guidance on ‘Commissioning excellent nutrition and hydration’ in October 2015. This can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/nut-hyd/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/nut-hyd/</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England has no plans to issue any further guidance at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The implementation of this guidance is a matter for the local National Health Service. NHS England has advised that no broader assessment has been made of the merits of integrating nutrition and hydration into clinical pathways for patients or the potential savings to the public purse from the integration of nutrition and hydration into clinical pathways.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 135213 135218 question first answered 23/04/2018 15:48:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

882162

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health: Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of wearable health monitoring devices to preventative health care.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	135221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is working with the National Institute for Health Research, Public Health England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence amongst others to develop plans to generate evidence about the benefits of digital health apps, which will include wearables.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and partner organisations have established assessment criteria to look at the quality, safety and effectiveness of digital health and care apps.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/04/2018 13:38:28 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

882163

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help local councils improve support for carers in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) rural communities.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	135222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to continuing to support carers to provide care as they would wish, and to do so in a way that supports their own health and wellbeing, employment and other life chances.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting carers, and doing so in a way that supports them to maintain their own health and wellbeing and other life chances. The Care Act 2014 introduced important new rights for carers putting them on the same footing as the people they care for. This includes legal rights to an assessment of, and support for, their needs where eligible.</p><p> </p><p>Carers are vital partners in our health and care system and that is why carers will be a fundamental part of our upcoming Green Paper on care and support for older people. Ahead of the Green Paper’s publication, the Department will also shortly be publishing an Action Plan on carers, setting out a cross-Government programme of targeted work to support carers over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to supporting local areas to better plan and prioritise public services for the benefit of their local populations, including those living in rural communities.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/04/2018 12:16:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

882171

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings he has had with representatives of blood cancer patients to discuss the availability of treatment options on the NHS for patients diagnosed with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	135285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>No such meetings have taken place.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/04/2018 15:47:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami