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1140520

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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	Fish: Hygiene and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the safety and food hygiene rules for the transport of smoked fish (a) within and (b) to the UK is governed by (i) UK or (ii) EU regulations.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	279407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The longstanding rules governing the transport of food of animal origin, including smoked fish are provided by European Union food safety and hygiene regulations which apply directly to the United Kingdom. This legislation lays down effective and proportionate food safety and hygiene controls throughout the food chain, from primary production to sale or supply to the food consumer. In England, The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 provides for the enforcement of certain provisions of EU food safety hygiene legislation. It also provides national law for certain elements including temperature control in retail establishments. Parallel legislation applies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:42:59 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 131082 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1140559

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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	Kawasaki Disease: 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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a patient registry on Kawasaki disease.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	279383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:41:26 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 131091 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1140190

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent by the NHS on settling compensation claims in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	278968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS Resolution operates both clinical and non-clinical schemes for dealing with claims made against NHS organisations and independent sector providers of National Health Service care in England. Its latest Annual Report, published on 11 July 2019, shows the payments (damages, claimant and defence costs) relating to claims for the financial year 2018-19 was £2,422 million.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 12:02:34 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1140332

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2019 to Question 260035, how many tumour profiling tests to guide adjuvant chemotherapy decisions for early breast cancer were delivered in each (a) NHS Trust and (b) Genomic Laboratory Hub for the most recent 12 months for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	279073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 12:00:38 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1140366

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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, what discussions he has had with Sir Mike Richards on workforce requirements to support the implementation of breast screening recommendations in the Independent Review of National Screening Programmes in England.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	279127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>Professor Sir Mike Richards published his interim findings of his Independent Review of Adult Health Screening in May. The Government is considering Professor Sir Mike’s interim recommendations carefully, alongside the recent report on screening published by the Public Accounts Committee, the recommendations made in the Independent Breast Screening Review and the commitments made in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p>Workforce requirements to support delivery of our national screening programmes are included in scope of Professor Sir Mike’s review, with specific reference to diagnostic capacity and the need to improve uptake and address inequalities. Whilst we await publication of Professor Sir Mike’s final report, Ministers and officials in the Department are continuing to engage with Professor Sir Mike on how to improve effective delivery of our national screening programmes, which includes addressing the workforce requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:55:16 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1139670

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Preventive Medicine: 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 the forthcoming green paper on prevention will include (a) a full analysis of the budget needed to implement the content of that paper and (b) an indication of the sources of funding to deliver the content of that paper.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	278540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The Green Paper ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’ was published on 22 July 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 278541 278542 278544 question first answered 26/07/2019 12:04:28 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1139673

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Influenza: 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 steps his Department is taking to increase the take-up of the flu vaccination among people most at risk of flu.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	278543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>Those most at risk from flu including people over 65, pregnant women, and those in clinical risk groups are offered annual vaccination. At-risk patients are targeted by the Public Health England and NHS England marketing campaign, Help Us Help You, which includes television, radio and advertising supported by public relations, digital search and partnership activity. Communications this year will include messages about a wider range of flu vaccines now available which offer better protection. Help Us Help You can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/81-help-us-help-you/overview" target="_blank">https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/81-help-us-help-you/overview</a></p><p>The annual flu letter is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/annual-national-flu-programme-2019-to-2020-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/annual-national-flu-programme-2019-to-2020-1.pdf</a></p><p>Those eligible for flu vaccination can get the vaccine from their general practitioner, or in a scheme introduced in 2015/16, through local pharmacies, thus widening patient access. 80% of maternity service providers also offer vaccination to pregnant women.</p><p>As part of its assurance process NHS England works through its regional teams and clinical commissioning groups to ensure that practices with lowest uptake are contacted and action is taken to increase vaccination rates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:41:43 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1139754

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much time off in lieu has been taken by staff in his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	278375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost via an extensive clerical exercise.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/07/2019 11:45:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1139785

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Dental Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in which areas of England has the Starting Well Core scheme been made available to NHS dental practices.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	278532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The Starting Well Core initiative has been developed by NHS England to promote early preventative care for children aged 0-2 as well as increasing dental access and attendance. The initiative has been made available to all local National Health Service commissioning teams in England for local use. Decisions about whether or not to adopt the Starting Well Core initiatives is a local decision and based on local need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:59:12 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1139860

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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: Bristol West
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 GPs per 1000 of population there were in Bristol West in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	278546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of general practitioners (GPs), excluding locums, per 1,000 patients in the NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG since 2015 is show in the attached table. GP locums are excluded as improvements have been made to GP locum recording methodology and figures are not comparable prior to December 2017. Data is not included prior to 2015 as improvements were made to the methodology for recording all staff working in general practice in September 2015 and data prior to this is not comparable.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:51:26 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name 278546 table formatted.docx title GPs per thousand patients in Bristol
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire