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1064118

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Care Workers: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national registration and accreditation system for care workers.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	223529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce a national registration and accreditation system for care workers in England at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to a proportionate system of safeguards for the professionals who work in the health and care system. Statutory professional regulation should only be used in cases where the risks to the public cannot be mitigated in other ways.</p><p> </p><p>Care workers in England are subject to employer checks and controls including a Disclosure and Barring Service check. And, since 2015, healthcare assistants and care support workers have been expected to achieve the care certificate before working unsupervised. This contains 15 standards setting out a common set of skills, knowledge and behaviours that are needed in order to provide safe, high quality and compassionate care.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 16:57:41 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1059982

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how patient organisations will be involved in the scoping for a review of NICE technology appraisal methods included in the 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	220318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is in the process of planning how to conduct its scoping of the review of the methods for technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies evaluations. Scoping will involve patient organisations and other relevant stakeholders, including industry. The project of scoping and review of the technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies methods and processes is timetabled in the 2019/20 business year. Additional detail and more information will be made available on the NICE website in due course.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/02/2019 17:20:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1023351

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	Ambulance Services: Standards
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 category 1 mean response time has been in each quarter since the classification of ambulance response times changed.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	201278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested. Data on ambulance response times, including category 1 response times, is published monthly by NHS England and can be found at the following address:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/ambulance-quality-indicators-data-2018-19/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/ambulance-quality-indicators-data-2018-19/</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/12/2018 17:41:27 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1012492

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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 and Social Services: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to launch the consultation on options for delivering mandatory learning disability training for all relevant NHS and social care staff.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	194793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We will launch a public consultation on mandatory learning disability and autism training for National Health Service and social care staff in the new year. Officials have been working with people with lived experience of learning disabilities and autism in developing the consultation proposals.</p><p>We want to hear a range of views, including those from people with a learning disability or autism and their families, and in line with Cabinet Office principles on consultation, we will tailor the consultation to meet the needs and preferences of different groups, including the provision of consultation documents in alternative formats.</p><p>The consultation will consider the role of people with a learning disability or autism in the development and deployment of training as they can bring a unique and valuable perspective as users of health and care services.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 194794 194796 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:26:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1012493

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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 and Social Services: Training
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 the Government is taking to ensure that the consultation on options for delivering mandatory learning disability training for all relevant NHS and social care staff will be accessible to those with learning disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	194794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We will launch a public consultation on mandatory learning disability and autism training for National Health Service and social care staff in the new year. Officials have been working with people with lived experience of learning disabilities and autism in developing the consultation proposals.</p><p>We want to hear a range of views, including those from people with a learning disability or autism and their families, and in line with Cabinet Office principles on consultation, we will tailor the consultation to meet the needs and preferences of different groups, including the provision of consultation documents in alternative formats.</p><p>The consultation will consider the role of people with a learning disability or autism in the development and deployment of training as they can bring a unique and valuable perspective as users of health and care services.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 194793 194796 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:26:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1012494

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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 and Social Services: Training
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 the Government is taking to ensure that mandatory learning disability training for all relevant staff is delivered or partially delivered by those with learning disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	194796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We will launch a public consultation on mandatory learning disability and autism training for National Health Service and social care staff in the new year. Officials have been working with people with lived experience of learning disabilities and autism in developing the consultation proposals.</p><p>We want to hear a range of views, including those from people with a learning disability or autism and their families, and in line with Cabinet Office principles on consultation, we will tailor the consultation to meet the needs and preferences of different groups, including the provision of consultation documents in alternative formats.</p><p>The consultation will consider the role of people with a learning disability or autism in the development and deployment of training as they can bring a unique and valuable perspective as users of health and care services.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 194793 194794 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:26:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

988744

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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	Co-proxamol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are plans to review guidance on the licensing and availability of co-proxamol.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	180284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to review the licensing or availability of co-proxamol.</p><p>Co-proxamol is a combination of paracetamol and dextropropoxyphene which was licensed for the treatment of pain.</p><p>In 2004, the safety of co-proxamol was reviewed and it was concluded that the benefits of co-proxamol did not outweigh the risks of accidental overdose and death and that co-proxamol should be withdrawn from the market. All licences in the United Kingdom were cancelled by the end of 2007.</p><p>This was communicated to healthcare professionals in January 2005 with reminders in 2007 and 2011. Where possible existing patients were to be switched to alternative pain medication and no new patients should have been prescribed co-proxamol. It remains the case that co-proxamol is an item that should not be routinely dispensed in primary care following NHS England guidance.</p><p>As an unlicensed medicine, co-proxamol can be prescribed on a named patient basis if it is judged to be the most appropriate treatment by the prescribing doctor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 22/10/2018 16:50:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

984927

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions
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 take steps to ensure that gluten-free bread and flour is available to Coeliacs on NHS prescription.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	177784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government proposed changes to the availability of gluten free (GF) foods on National Health Service prescription in its March 2017 public consultation. The majority of consultation respondents agreed with the option to restrict GF prescribing to certain foods. The Government has proposed to restrict to bread and mixes following feedback from the consultation. Evidence submitted to the consultation showed that patients generally found GF mixes easier to use and gave better results for baking GF items such as bread. Prescribing data also showed that mixes were more widely prescribed to patients than flour alone.</p><p> </p><p>This option ensures the best use of NHS resources while maintaining availability of staple GF foods for patients on prescription. Work to implement these changes is underway.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/10/2018 14:36:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

984930

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Medical Records
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 ensure that primary care providers are compensated by third party representatives for providing copies of patients' medical records where that information is gathered for purposes other than insurance underwriting.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	177785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The implications of the General Data Protection Regulation on general practitioner practices have been raised with NHS England as part of the wider General Medical Services contract review discussions. It would not be appropriate to comment while those discussions are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/10/2018 14:47:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

984933

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Pancreatic Cancer: Cannabis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) safety and (b) effectiveness of the use medical cannabis oil in the palliative care of pancreatic cancer patients who have a history of strokes.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	177786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Earlier this year the Chief Medical Adviser to the United Kingdom Government, Professor Dame Sally Davies, conducted a review in which she examined evidence of the medicinal benefit of cannabis based products. She found conclusive evidence of the therapeutic benefit of cannabis based medicinal products for certain medical conditions and reasonable evidence of therapeutic benefit in several other medical conditions. That review did not specifically address the safety and efficacy of cannabis oil in the palliative care of pancreatic cancer patients who have a history of strokes.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the Chief Medical Adviser’s advice, and that of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the Home Office has laid legislation that means that, subject to Parliament, from 1 November certain cannabis-based products, that meet conditions related to the quality of their manufacture and supply routes, can be prescribed by doctors on the specialist register of the General Medical Council.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations do not limit the types of conditions that can be considered for treatment and specialist doctors will no longer need to seek approval from an expert panel in order for patients to access the medicines. Prescription of unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use will fall within existing legal requirements and National Health Service governance arrangements for ‘special’ medicines.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of pieces of work in train to support clinicians in making prescribing decisions. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will produce clinical guidance by October 2019. In the meantime, NHS England has commissioned the British Paediatric Neurology Association and the Royal College of Physicians to provide interim clinical advice to specialist doctors ahead of the regulations coming into force.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 177787 question first answered 15/10/2018 14:40:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones