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1126002

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Cancer
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 effect of medical nutrition on clinical outcomes for cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	253575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on ‘Oesophago-gastric cancer: assessment and management in adults’ (2018) cautions that while nutrition support can improve surgical outcomes, practice in this field varies nationally so its effectiveness has not been determined.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/05/2019 10:53:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1126022

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will expedite the process by which the NICE publishes its decisions.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	253483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants patients to be able to benefit from access to effective new treatments as quickly as possible.</p><p>Through its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies guidance, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes authoritative, evidence-based recommendations on whether medicines and other treatments represent a clinically and cost effective use of National Health Service resources. NHS organisations are legally required to make funding available for NICE recommended treatments, usually within three months of final guidance.</p><p>Wherever possible, NICE currently aims to publish recommendations on new drugs as soon as possible after licensing, with draft guidance on cancer drugs published in advance of licensing. The 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access includes a commitment to faster NICE assessments of new medicines, with timelines for non-cancer drugs to match those for cancer drugs, subject to the evidence base for the product being sufficiently developed.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/05/2019 10:58:38 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1126030

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Vaccination: Children
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 parents are given adequate advice and information on vaccination programmes.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	253521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) ensures health professionals have current, accurate information on the benefits of immunisation, so they can communicate this information to parents. PHE provides the Department with expert evidence and advice (and nationally procures many vaccines). PHE also supports NHS England with information, expert advice, capacity and support at national and local level.</p><p>PHE recommends people visit the National Health Service website as the NHS is a highly trusted source of information. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/</a></p><p>There are also a range of information leaflets, available online and from health professionals, about the different vaccination programmes at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation#immunisation-leaflets-and-guidance-for-parents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation#immunisation-leaflets-and-guidance-for-parents</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:46:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1126059

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vacancies there are in (a) mammography and (b) breast radiology in each Clinical Commissioning Group.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	253555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:51:34 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

1126064

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Brain: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to establish a cross-departmental taskforce to address the issues and recommendations outlined in the report of the all-party parliamentary group on acquired brain injury entitled Acquired brain injury and neurorehabilitation - time for change.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	253567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Officials at the Department worked with colleagues across Government to respond to recommendations of the report by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on acquired brain injury. This response, which outlined the broad range of activity underway to address the issues raised by the APPG, was issued on 19 February 2019. A copy of the response is attached.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:42:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name DHSC APPG ABI Response.pdf title APPG Response
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1126074

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Cataracts: Surgery
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 whether local Clinical Commissioning Groups are implementing NICE guidelines on cataract removal.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	253495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment. Local clinical commissioning groups are responsible for the commissioning of cataract surgery, and are required to carefully consider the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines in making commissioning decisions.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/05/2019 10:47:32 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1126150

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Back Pain: 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 assessment his Department has made of the (a) prevalence of and (b) effectiveness of NHS treatment for back pain.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	253576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on the prevalence of National Health Service treatment for back pain. In the instance that back pain continues, or is caused by a pre-existing medical condition, treatment will be provided in line with the existing guidance. The vast majority of people are successfully managed by their general practitioner (GP) or via community services.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance ‘Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management’, published in 2016 set out evidence based best practice in the management of the condition. The guidance includes advice on pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to care. The guidance can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng59" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng59</a></p><p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, musculoskeletal conditions are responsible for a substantial amount of poor health, and NHS England has committed to expand on work already undertaken to ensure patients will have direct access to musculoskeletal first contact practitioners (FCPs). 98% of sustainability and transformation partnerships have confirmed pilot sites for FCPs and 55% of pilots are already underway. This will expand the number of physiotherapists working in primary care networks, enabling people to see the right professional first time, without needing a GP referral.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/05/2019 10:42:28 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1126282

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Patients: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of funding provided for in the NHS Long Term Plan he plans to allocate to non-emergency patient transport home after hospital attendance.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	253566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The funding of non-emergency patient transport services is a matter for local National Health Service commissioners.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/05/2019 10:55:42 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1126283

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Primary Care Networks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he had with (a) the British Medical Association, (b) the Royal College of General Practitioners and (c) other representative groups before announcing the timetable for the creation of primary care networks.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	253710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has met with both Richard Vautrey and Helen Stokes-Lampard as representatives of the profession to discuss a range of issues, including, but not limited to, the creation of Primary Care Networks.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Departmental officials have been in regular communication with both the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the British Medical Association (BMA) throughout the development of the Primary Care Networks policy and will continue these close working relationships as the networks are implemented.</p><p> </p><p>The Primary Care Network Directed Enhanced Service specification, which sets out the timetable for networks, was agreed with the General Practitioners Committee and the BMA as part of negotiations on the contract for 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:44:50 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1126284

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	General Practitioners: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to allocate additional funding to GP practices to enable the recruitment and appointment of Primary Care Network medical directors.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	253711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Each Primary Care Network (PCN) is required to appoint a Clinical Director. Under the terms of the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES) contract specification published by NHS England in March 2019, PCNs can claim funding for this role. It is a population-based payment calculated using a baseline equivalent of 0.25 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) per 50,000 registered population size, as at 1 January 2019 (one WTE being paid £137,516 in 2019/20). This is a payment of £0.51430 per registered patient for the period 1 July 2019 to 31 March 2020 (which equates to £0.057 per patient per month), reflecting the fact that the Network Contract DES begins in July 2019 - this will be the point at which the Clinical Directors take up their posts.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:49:49 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds