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1107832

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	Diabetes: Medical 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 the criteria are for people with diabetes to be eligible for insulin pump therapy on prescription through the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	238602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has published information on the criteria for patients eligible for insulin pump therapy, which includes supporting guidance for clinical commissioning groups. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/flash-glucose-monitoring-national-arrangements-funding.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/flash-glucose-monitoring-national-arrangements-funding.pdf</a></p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence also published guidance that should be used by prescribers to inform decisions on achieving the most relevant treatment for their patient. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/advice/mib110" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/advice/mib110</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:18:25 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1107834

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
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 people with diabetes were not eligible for insulin pump therapy through the NHS in (a) 2016-7, (b) 2017-8 and (c) 2018-9 to date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	238604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the number of people assessed and deemed not eligible for insulin pump therapy.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:56:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1107835

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
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 insulin pump therapy devices were prescribed by CCGs in (a) 2016-7, (b) 2017-8 and (c) 2018-9 to date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	238605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital conducts the National Diabetes Insulin Pump Audit as a part of the National Diabetes Audit Programme. This element of the programme is conducted on the basis of specialist diabetes services that operate out of hospital trusts, so the data is not published at clinical commissioning group level.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:19:15 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1038464

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	NHS: ICT
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 ensure access to new digital services provided by the NHS by people that do not speak English as a first language.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	206725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that all those using the National Health Service have fair and equitable access to high quality, effective healthcare services that are responsive to all patients’ needs.</p><p> </p><p>For people who use NHS.UK links are made available to a translation tool, for those who require help with translation as the vast majority of its content is in English. Health information in other languages is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/accessibility/health-information-in-other-languages/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/accessibility/health-information-in-other-languages/</a></p><p> </p><p>When an appointment is booked through the NHS App, individuals can specify whether a translator is required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of its on-going user research, NHS Digital frequently tests its English-language content and services with a wide range of users, including those who have English as a second language.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 17/01/2019 17:21:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1023183

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
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	Suicide
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 people have died as a result of suicide while waiting for an appointment after referral by their GP to a relevant medical professional in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	201102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally held.</p><p> </p><p>Suicide prevention is a priority for this Government. We are implementing the first access and waiting times for mental health. The National Health Service is meeting these first standards, and introducing more – with waiting times for children and young people’s eating disorder services being introduced from this year.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 17/12/2018 14:52:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

931492

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how long the average wait is for someone to see a mental health specialist after being referred.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	157636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/07/2018 11:34:39 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

931495

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Knives: Crime
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 average cost is of treating knife crime victims in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	157639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the costs of treating victims of knife crime.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/07/2018 11:35:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

864429

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
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	NHS: Cybersecurity
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 has taken to improve the security of the IT systems in the NHS since the cyber attack of May 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	132912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Since the WannaCry cyber attack, the Department has taken a number of further actions, building on a programme of work led by the Department working with its arm’s-length bodies since 2010. These actions are described below:</p><p> </p><p>- The Department’s Data Security Incident Response Plan reviewed. System-wide Data and Cyber Security Operations Playbook developed - June 2017;</p><p>- Customer Support Agreement with Microsoft - June 2017;</p><p>- The Department’s response to National Data Guardian Review was published including cyber security plans - July 2017;</p><p>- NHS Digital published unsupported systems guidance - July 2017;</p><p>- E-learning package launched for National Health Service staff - July 2017;</p><p>- Data security now part of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) assessments of well led NHS trusts. General practitioners and adult social care providers followed in November - September 2017;</p><p>- 2017/18 Data Security and Protection Requirements published - October 2017;</p><p>- Text messaging relay service launched - November 2017;</p><p>- First health cyber-attack simulated table top exercise - December 2017;</p><p>- 34 of our major trauma centres and ambulance trusts completed on-site assessments - December 2017;</p><p>- 190 organisations completed on-site assessments - January 2018;</p><p>- Additional £25 million funding secured to support major trauma centres and ambulance trusts with their critical infrastructure - January 2018;</p><p>- Initial £150 million identified via reprioritisation across NHS IT portfolio to continue investment in local infrastructure and national systems and services to improve monitoring, resilience and response - January 2018;</p><p>- 100% of NHS trusts and Commissioning Support Units signed up to CareCERT Collect - January 2018;</p><p>- New Cloud guidance published - January 2018;</p><p>- New CQC unannounced cyber security inspections pilot started - February 2018; and</p><p>- All major trauma centres and ambulance trusts completed on-site assessments - February 2018.</p><p> </p><p>These actions are further described in ‘Securing cyber resilience in health and care: A progress update’ published by the Department on 1 February 2018 which can be accessed at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/678484/Securing_cyber_resillience_in_health_and_care.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/678484/Securing_cyber_resillience_in_health_and_care.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/03/2018 16:07:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz