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1124675

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
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	HIV Infection
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 people with HIV are (a) diagnosed and (b) receiving treatment.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	250669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>A range of approaches are in place to help diagnose people living with HIV as early as possible. The Government has mandated local authorities in England to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services, including free sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment. All parts of the country provide access to different HIV testing options such as HIV self- sampling services, or community HIV testing activities.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service continues to provide world class treatment and care for people living with HIV. In 2017, 92% people living with HIV infection in the United Kingdom were diagnosed, 98% of people diagnosed were receiving treatment and 97% of people receiving treatment were virally suppressed.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/05/2019 15:58:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1124720

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
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	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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 improve (a) early diagnosis and (b) treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	250788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Rare Disease Strategy, published in 2013, sets out our commitment to raising awareness about all rare diseases including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and our strategic vision for improving the lives of all those affected. The Strategy promotes improvements to ensure that people living with a rare disease receive high-quality care.</p><p>The Government recognizes the need for awareness raising and training of health care professionals for rare diseases. This is being taken forward through the work of the UK Rare Diseases Policy Board and NHS England’s Rare Diseases Implementation plan, which commits NHS England to engaging with the Royal College of General Practitioners (GPs) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council on opportunities for GPs and health visitors to recognise and facilitate earlier diagnosis of rare diseases.</p><p>There are limited drug treatment options for IPF and two drugs, Pirfenidone and Nintedanib, are commissioned following National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Technology Appraisals. Alongside this, the Department funds research into rare diseases such as IPF through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/05/2019 16:35:47 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1124733

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
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	Ambulance Services: Hoaxes and False Alarms
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 is the Government taking to reduce the number of hoax calls made to (a) the West Midlands Ambulance Service and (b) ambulance services throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	250758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The management of hoax calls is the responsibility of individual National Health Service ambulance trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The West Midlands Ambulance Service advises hoax callers of the seriousness of their actions and the risks posed to others. If repeated, callers will be referred to the relevant Police Force. The Trust has also undertaken media campaigns to highlight the risks that hoax calls pose.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/05/2019 16:03:45 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1124744

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
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	Opioids: Prescriptions
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 2 May 2019 to Question 248592 on Opiates: Prescriptions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of her Department centrally recording information on the prevalence of opioid prescriptions,
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	250761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment. Prescription information is taken from the Prescription Cost Analysis system, as supplied by NHS Digital, and is based on a full analysis of all prescriptions dispensed in the community. The data is not collected on a local authority basis.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/05/2019 16:02:57 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1124570

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
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
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 effect of access to health services on vaccination coverage in England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	250434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The service delivery factors affecting vaccination coverage in the UK have been reviewed and most recently updated for National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in 2017. This is available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/PH21" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/PH21</a></p><p>NICE therefore recommends the use of call/recall as one of their quality standards to improve uptake in children. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs145" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs145</a></p><p>NICE is currently consulting on the scope for a further review. Further information on this consultation is available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10139" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10139</a>.</p><p>The National Institute of Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in immunisation have also conducted a process evaluation of how the routine vaccination programme is implemented at general practitioner practices in England. This study concluded that greater capacity, as measured by appointments per patient, may be associated with higher coverage in children. The full paper is available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6198492/" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6198492/</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/05/2019 15:55:00 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1124588

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
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 30 April 2019 to Question 245660 on Prescriptions: Fees and Charges, what the annual cost is to the NHS Business Services Authority's Loss Recovery Service of (a) checking prescription form exemption declarations, (b) issuing Penalty Charge Notices and (c) managing associated customer contact.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	250443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2018-19 the cost to the NHS Business Services Authority for the running of the Prescription Exemption Checking Service which includes, checking prescription form exemption declarations, issuing Penalty Charge Notices and managing associated customer contact was £8.41 million.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/05/2019 15:26:42 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1124146

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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: Drugs
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 25 April 2019 to Question 245610, how many forms of cancer have no maintenance drug available at any stage in the treatment plan.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	249828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 08/05/2019 13:54:02 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1124211

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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 support the FCTC 2030 group of countries implement the provisions of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control relating to the tobacco track and trace system.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	249956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is delivering the FCTC 2030 project, including supporting fifteen low and middle-income countries to accelerate the implementation of the WHO FCTC. Implementation of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, including tobacco track and trace systems, is not a specific area of focus for the FCTC 2030 project. However, several FCTC 2030 countries have joined the Protocol. The Secretariat of the WHO FCTC is encouraging all countries that are Parties to the WHO FCTC to also join the Protocol.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 08/05/2019 13:56:24 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1124221

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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	Ophthalmic Services: 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 plans his Department has to allocate funding to IT connectivity for primary care optical practices to ensure safe and efficient referrals to hospital eye departments.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
uin	249879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to allocate funding to enable IT connectivity between primary care optical practices and hospital eye departments. NHS England is continuing to work with the eye care sector and other key stakeholders on this area of work and will be considering priorities for IT investment later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 13/05/2019 16:07:07 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

1124237

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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	Obesity: 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 he plans to take to promote the child-obesity strategy developed by Leeds City Council to improve levels of nutrition among children from disadvantaged households in other areas of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	249880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Through ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action, Chapter 2’, we are delivering a Trailblazer Programme in partnership with the Local Government Association and Public Health England, working with local authorities to address childhood obesity at local level.</p><p>The programme has a strong focus on inequalities and ethnic disparities in childhood obesity and in the next phase that begins this spring, the Trailblazer Programme will support five local authorities with £100,000 a year in funding to take innovative action to address these issues in their community.</p><p>Brilliant, innovative projects are already taking place across the country, and we will look closely at what has worked in Leeds, and with our Trailblazer councils to consider what more the Government can do to enable ambitious local action.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 08/05/2019 13:55:26 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead