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899431

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase the provision of mental health services for children and young people.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	905177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>We are making an additional £1.4 billion available in order to transform services and ensure access to specialist mental health services for 70,000 additional children and young people by 2020/21 each year. Our recent joint health and education Green Paper will revolutionise provision of services in schools, bolster links between schools and the National Health Service and pilot a four week waiting time.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/05/2018 16:00:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

899432

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to improve child health outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	905179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government wants children and young people to get the best start in life, and recognises the lasting impact this has on their health outcomes. We take a `life course’ approach which includes early years support so that children are ready to learn. <br> <br> We have ambitious plans to reduce infant mortality and childhood obesity, improve children and young people’s mental health, and deliver a world-leading immunisation programme.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/05/2018 16:02:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

897903

registered interest
date	04/05/2018
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	General Practitioners
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 number of GPs.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	905168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The National Health Service needs at least 5,000 more general practitioners and is working hard to recruit them. New medical schools have been set up in Sunderland, Lancashire,Chelmsford, Lincoln and Canterbury. We have also increased the numbers entering general practice training to 3,250 places each year and Health Education England reported the highest ever number of doctors entering general practice training in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/05/2018 16:25:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

897184

registered interest
date	03/05/2018
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	Allergies: Medical Treatemnts
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 adequacy of NHS stocks of EpiPens; and what steps he is taking to ensure pharmacies can meet demand for EpiPens.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	140985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Departmental officials have been in regular contact with the supplier of Epipens, Mylan, and are working closely with them to resolve the supply situation as quickly as possible. Supplies are currently available, although limited, and are being closely managed to ensure that pharmacies can obtain stock to fulfil prescriptions for patients.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/05/2018 15:35:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

897225

registered interest
date	03/05/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Official Cars
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 job titles are of civil servants in his Department who have been provided with (a) an official car and (b) a driver.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	141013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Within the Department, no civil servants have a designated official car or driver. The Chief Medical Officer has access to an official Government car and driver from a shared cross government service. This has been used on occasions where there has been a need to make confidential or sensitive telephone calls whilst travelling and where it would be inappropriate to do so whilst travelling on public transport.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/05/2018 11:16:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896293

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Spinal Injuries: Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the timetable for the beds being used by non-spinal cord injured patients in the (a) National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville and (b) Yorkshire Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, Pinderfields to be returned to use by spinal cord injured patients.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	140655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>NHS England commissions specialised spinal care from eight centres in England for patients who have suffered a spinal cord injury, totalling 374 beds. The service is managed locally and delivered by spinal cord injury specialists, both within the spinal cord injury centres and as outreach to acute hospitals and following discharge for transition and reintegration into the community.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s national team has advised that it is not aware of any intelligence to suggest that a spinal cord injury patient has been denied a specialist bed during the winter period due to its use by a non-spinal cord injury patient.</p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the number and proportion of spinal cord injured patients who are treated in a specialist spinal cord injury centre for their initial rehabilitation relative to those who receive that rehabilitation in a different clinical or other setting is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 140656 question first answered 14/05/2018 15:43:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

896294

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Spinal Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of spinal cord injured patients who are treated in a specialist spinal cord injury centre for their initial rehabilitation relative to those who receive that rehabilitation in a different clinical or other setting (a) nationally, (b) by country and (c) by region.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	140656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>NHS England commissions specialised spinal care from eight centres in England for patients who have suffered a spinal cord injury, totalling 374 beds. The service is managed locally and delivered by spinal cord injury specialists, both within the spinal cord injury centres and as outreach to acute hospitals and following discharge for transition and reintegration into the community.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s national team has advised that it is not aware of any intelligence to suggest that a spinal cord injury patient has been denied a specialist bed during the winter period due to its use by a non-spinal cord injury patient.</p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the number and proportion of spinal cord injured patients who are treated in a specialist spinal cord injury centre for their initial rehabilitation relative to those who receive that rehabilitation in a different clinical or other setting is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 140655 question first answered 14/05/2018 15:43:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

896308

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Social Services: Learning Disability
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 the Government has to include proposals on improving social care and support for people with learning difficulties in its forthcoming Green Paper on care and support for older people.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Green Paper on care and support for older people is expected to cover a range of issues that are common to all adults with care and support needs, including those with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are taking forward a complementary piece of work to identify any issues relating to social care that are only relevant to working age adults with care and support needs and ensure that these are given the right attention.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently engaging with stakeholders to identify the issues this work should focus on and will set out plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/05/2018 10:52:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

896327

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Allergies
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 detection and treatment of (a) food and (b) other allergies.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	140721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>No recent representations have been received.</p><p> </p><p>Allergic diseases are amongst the most common diseases of Western society, affecting up to 30% of the United Kingdom population at some time in their lives.</p><p> </p><p>Most allergy care takes place in primary care. People with a clear diagnosis, and mild but persistent symptoms, are usually managed in general practice. Some people with allergies, and the parents or carers of children and young people with allergies, also buy over-the-counter medicines from community or high-street pharmacies. However, if there is diagnostic doubt or symptoms of a more severe disease, general practitioners often consider referral for a specialist opinion</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) develops evidence based guidance to support clinicians in managing allergy and related disorders. NICE has published clinical guidelines guidance in this area covering food allergy in children and young people (2011); drug allergy (2014), anaphylaxis (2011); eczema (2007) and asthma (2017). In addition, NICE has produced a range of technology appraisals for drugs and interventions to relieve symptoms of the conditions as well as diagnostic assessment tools. All dedicated NICE allergy guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/blood-and-immune-system-conditions/allergies#pathways" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/blood-and-immune-system-conditions/allergies#pathways</a></p><p> </p><p>Clinical guidelines for asthma and eczema can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng80" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng80</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg57" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg57</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 140722 question first answered 14/05/2018 15:41:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

896328

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Allergies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent representations he has received from (a) charities, (b) medical professionals and (c) patient groups on the (i) detection and (ii) treatment of allergic diseases.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	140722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>No recent representations have been received.</p><p> </p><p>Allergic diseases are amongst the most common diseases of Western society, affecting up to 30% of the United Kingdom population at some time in their lives.</p><p> </p><p>Most allergy care takes place in primary care. People with a clear diagnosis, and mild but persistent symptoms, are usually managed in general practice. Some people with allergies, and the parents or carers of children and young people with allergies, also buy over-the-counter medicines from community or high-street pharmacies. However, if there is diagnostic doubt or symptoms of a more severe disease, general practitioners often consider referral for a specialist opinion</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) develops evidence based guidance to support clinicians in managing allergy and related disorders. NICE has published clinical guidelines guidance in this area covering food allergy in children and young people (2011); drug allergy (2014), anaphylaxis (2011); eczema (2007) and asthma (2017). In addition, NICE has produced a range of technology appraisals for drugs and interventions to relieve symptoms of the conditions as well as diagnostic assessment tools. All dedicated NICE allergy guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/blood-and-immune-system-conditions/allergies#pathways" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/blood-and-immune-system-conditions/allergies#pathways</a></p><p> </p><p>Clinical guidelines for asthma and eczema can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng80" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng80</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg57" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg57</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 140721 question first answered 14/05/2018 15:41:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth