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1651487

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date	10/07/2023
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	Pharmacy: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of support available under the Pharmacy Access Scheme; and whether the criteria includes the (1) quality, (2) opening hours, and (3) range of provision, of existing pharmacies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL9200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The early access to medicines scheme (EAMS) aims to give patients with life threatening or seriously debilitating conditions access to medicines that do not yet have a marketing authorisation when there is a clear unmet medical need.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Under the scheme, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will give a scientific opinion on the benefit/risk balance of the medicine, based on the data available when the EAMS submission was made and the EAMS criteria. The MHRA will make an evaluation of products, including drugs such as for brain tumour treatments, once an application is received.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">If we do receive an application, it is only made public where an EAMS Scientific Opinion (SO) is awarded. All EAMS SOs are published on the EAMS webpage. All drugs that have previously held an EAMS SO are also published on the EAMS webpage.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Pharmacy Access Scheme provides additional funding to pharmacies where the next nearest pharmacy is more than a 20-minute walk away. This is calculated as a 0.8-mile walking distance in areas of high deprivation and 1 mile in other areas. In 2021, we agreed updated eligibility criteria and an updated payment model with Community Pharmacy England. To be eligible for the payment, pharmacies must deliver the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service. Quality and opening hours are not included in the eligibility criteria.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/07/2023 15:05:50 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2023 15:18:01 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham previous answer version 88780 answering member printed Lord Markham answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1651488

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
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: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which minister is in charge of the prescription, supply and distribution of medicines supplied and delivered by homecare medicines services.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL9201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care (Will Quince MP) has ministerial responsibility for the Homecare Medicine Delivery Service.</p><p>The National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) regional lead members and NHS England’s Commercial Medicines Unit use and reference the Royal Pharmaceutical Society standards for homecare medicines service which are embedded into all framework agreement service specifications for the providers of this service.</p><p>In 2014 the Royal Pharmaceutical Society published the Handbook for Homecare Services in England to aid implementation of these standards. This identified examples of good practice and included Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for standards contained in Appendix 10 of the Handbook. A copy of the Handbook and Appendix 10 is attached.</p><p>The NHMC holds regular meetings with all homecare providers focused on KPIs. When the KPIs from individual contracts or reports from National Health Service hospitals indicate that service levels are not to the high standard expected, the NHMC can enact an Escalation Process under which the affected provider must engage with each NHS organisation and provide a summary of the issues, mitigations and expected timescales for recovery.</p><p>Information is not held by the Department or NHS England on the time taken by medical staff on resolving problems or delays concerning home care medicines services.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Homecare Medicines Handbook - Appendix 10 KPIs - 20-12-22.xlsx title Handbook excel 2 file name RPS Handbook for Homecare Services in England - 20-12-22.pdf title Handbook pdf grouped question UIN HL9202 HL9203 question first answered 17/07/2023 12:37:05 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1651489

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
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: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many medical staff, including nurses, doctors, physios and pharmacists, spend part of their week resolving problems or delays with homecare medicines services.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL9202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care (Will Quince MP) has ministerial responsibility for the Homecare Medicine Delivery Service.</p><p>The National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) regional lead members and NHS England’s Commercial Medicines Unit use and reference the Royal Pharmaceutical Society standards for homecare medicines service which are embedded into all framework agreement service specifications for the providers of this service.</p><p>In 2014 the Royal Pharmaceutical Society published the Handbook for Homecare Services in England to aid implementation of these standards. This identified examples of good practice and included Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for standards contained in Appendix 10 of the Handbook. A copy of the Handbook and Appendix 10 is attached.</p><p>The NHMC holds regular meetings with all homecare providers focused on KPIs. When the KPIs from individual contracts or reports from National Health Service hospitals indicate that service levels are not to the high standard expected, the NHMC can enact an Escalation Process under which the affected provider must engage with each NHS organisation and provide a summary of the issues, mitigations and expected timescales for recovery.</p><p>Information is not held by the Department or NHS England on the time taken by medical staff on resolving problems or delays concerning home care medicines services.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Homecare Medicines Handbook - Appendix 10 KPIs - 20-12-22.xlsx title Handbook excel 2 file name RPS Handbook for Homecare Services in England - 20-12-22.pdf title Handbook pdf grouped question UIN HL9201 HL9203 question first answered 17/07/2023 12:37:05 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1651490

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
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: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the standard terms and conditions of homecare medicines service contracts, including the sanctions available for a failure to perform to the contract terms.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL9203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care (Will Quince MP) has ministerial responsibility for the Homecare Medicine Delivery Service.</p><p>The National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) regional lead members and NHS England’s Commercial Medicines Unit use and reference the Royal Pharmaceutical Society standards for homecare medicines service which are embedded into all framework agreement service specifications for the providers of this service.</p><p>In 2014 the Royal Pharmaceutical Society published the Handbook for Homecare Services in England to aid implementation of these standards. This identified examples of good practice and included Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for standards contained in Appendix 10 of the Handbook. A copy of the Handbook and Appendix 10 is attached.</p><p>The NHMC holds regular meetings with all homecare providers focused on KPIs. When the KPIs from individual contracts or reports from National Health Service hospitals indicate that service levels are not to the high standard expected, the NHMC can enact an Escalation Process under which the affected provider must engage with each NHS organisation and provide a summary of the issues, mitigations and expected timescales for recovery.</p><p>Information is not held by the Department or NHS England on the time taken by medical staff on resolving problems or delays concerning home care medicines services.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Homecare Medicines Handbook - Appendix 10 KPIs - 20-12-22.xlsx title Handbook excel 2 file name RPS Handbook for Homecare Services in England - 20-12-22.pdf title Handbook pdf grouped question UIN HL9201 HL9202 question first answered 17/07/2023 12:37:05 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1651497

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
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	Food Standards Agency: Surveys
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how much it would cost to expand the sample size for the Food Standards Agency's Food and You 2 survey to a minimum of 10,000 households.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
uin	HL9210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) estimates that it would cost approximately an additional £400,000 per year to increase the sample size of the Food and You 2 survey from 4,000 households to 10,000.</p><p>A sample size of 4,000 households for each biannual wave of fieldwork provides sufficient accuracy to detect any important changes in the survey’s key estimates at the 95% confidence level. The random probability sampling approach (where households are randomly selected from the postcode address file) and use of weighting helps to ensure the results are representative of the population.</p><p>Combining responses from multiple survey waves is a more cost-effective approach where greater accuracy is required. The FSA plans on publishing a combined dataset for Waves 1-6 in autumn 2023. The FSA currently has no plans to increase the sample size for Food and You 2.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/07/2023 16:58:31 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1651539

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
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	Dementia: Drugs
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 has had with representatives from the pharmaceutical industry on new drugs for dementia care.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	193107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government regularly engages with industry leaders and companies bringing new medicines and technologies to market in high priority clinical areas, including dementia. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and NHS England will liaise with individual companies as potential new medicines for the treatment of dementia are considered through the established licensing and appraisal processes. The Government encourages companies to engage constructively in the established processes to support patient access to safe and effective new medicines in a way that represents value to the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/07/2023 15:52:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1651543

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
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	Dementia: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) funding and (b) initiatives are planned for Northern Ireland under the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	193052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>We want all parts of the United Kingdom to play a role in the delivery of the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission, and for patients and communities across the UK to benefit from its work. However, expenditure and delivery plans are still in development and we cannot at this stage confirm what funding or initiatives are planned for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/07/2023 10:07:45 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 87607 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1651545

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
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	Self-harm: Children
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 pupils were involved in self-harm incidents in each of the two years (a) before and (b) after the introduction of relationships, sex and health education in schools.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	193053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The requested data is not available as health service datasets in England do not record whether a person is a school pupil.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/07/2023 16:48:03 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1651557

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
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	Pharmacy: Greater London
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 make an estimate of the number of pharmacies in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	193174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The consolidated pharmaceutical list is published once per quarter and can be accessed via the NHS Business Services Authority Open Data portal, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/consolidated-pharmaceutical-list" target="_blank">https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/consolidated-pharmaceutical-list</a></p><p>This shows that as of March 2023 there were 12 pharmacies in Enfield North, 59 in the London Borough of Enfield and 1,808 pharmacies in London.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 18/07/2023 15:07:52 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1651562

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
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	Dementia: Enfield North
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 improve the dementia diagnosis rate in Enfield North constituency.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	193179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>In December 2022, the recovery of the dementia diagnosis rate to the national ambition of 66.7% was included in the National Health Service priorities and operational planning guidance as part of the refined mental health objectives for 2023/24. This reinforces the importance of dementia as a key priority for NHS England and provides a clear direction for integrated care boards to support delivery of timely diagnoses within systems.</p><p> </p><p>North Central London (NCL) continue to perform well and met national targets in May 2023 with a dementia diagnosis rate for people aged 65 years and over of 67.2%, ranking ninth of 42 integrated care boards in England. Memory services in NCL are developing plans to ensure delivery against the Dementia Diagnosis Rate national ambition of 67%, is maintained throughout 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/07/2023 16:21:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark