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993446

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the correlation between the time taken to assess patients in A&E departments and trends in the patient handover times of East Midlands ambulance service; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	907227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>We are clear that accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments must deliver timely assessments and treatment to avoid delays in treating incoming patients, including those arriving by ambulance. Intensive support is in place to improve A&amp;E performance and lessen the impact of handover delays on East Midlands Ambulance Service. Performance improvement plans are in place at 11 hospital sites, with progress being closely monitored by NHS Improvement. There is still work to do, but significant progress is being made.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 23/10/2018 12:58:58 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

993447

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Flour: Folic Acid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on implementing proposals for the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	907229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to review advice from our expert advisory groups on safe levels of folate intake. Alongside this, we will be issuing a public consultation on the issue of adding folic acid to flour. This will explore this complex issue in detail and allow us to take an informed decision on whether to introduce mandatory fortification of flour. We will announce the date for the consultation soon.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/10/2018 16:43:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

993448

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the proportion of children born in the UK with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	907231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Foetal alcohol syndrome disorders can have a significant impact on the early years development of children, their behaviours and their life chances.</p><p>Public Health England collects some data on fetal alcohol sydrome, but we recognise that this data does not reflect the range of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), as these are very difficult to diagnose. That is why we are engaging experts and those affected by FASD to explore what more could be done to improve our understanding.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/10/2018 16:44:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

993528

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Health Professions
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 secure additional funding for (i) health visitors and (ii) school nurses.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	182776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is investing £16 billion into local authority public health functions over the current five-year spending review period until 2020/21. It is the responsibility of local authorities to commission the health visitor and school nurse services that meet the needs of their local population.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/10/2018 11:54:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

993529

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	GP At Hand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the news article entitled Skype calls for all in revolution on GP services, published by the Telegraph on 12 September 2018, whether his Department’s policy is to make GP at Hand available to all.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	182777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the necessity of having a diversity of technological innovators within our healthcare system. Any provider that shows that they can deliver the highest quality of our care for our patients is welcome.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 31/10/2018 12:16:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

993552

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Health Services and Social Services: Vetting
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 and what proportion of applications for Care Quality Commission DBS checks used the ID verification service at Oldham Post Office.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	182806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>According to the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) data, a total of 16,974 applications for a CQC DBS check were submitted between 1 July 2017 and 1 July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Post Office transactional data shows that 220 CQC DBS applications were processed at the Oldham Post Office between the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion is close to 1.3%.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/10/2018 11:44:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

993580

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Asthma
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 reduce the number of preventable deaths from (a) asthma and (b) complications arising from asthma attacks.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	182772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has a mandate to NHS England for 2018-19 which holds the National Health Service to account for the measures in the NHS Outcomes Framework. One of the aims of this framework is to reduce the number of preventable deaths from respiratory diseases, including asthma. Respiratory care is also one of the areas being considered as part of the NHS long-term plan currently in development.</p><p> </p><p>Other steps being taken include:</p><p>- the commissioning of specialised respiratory services for severe asthma by NHS England;</p><p>- the NHS offering the flu vaccine free of charge to those with severe asthma;</p><p>- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines for asthma to improve care quality and reduce the risk of asthma attacks; and</p><p>- guidance for the public which advises people to follow a personal asthma action plan, created with their clinician, to help monitor their condition and receive advice on what to do in the case of an asthma attack. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/asthma" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/conditions/asthma</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/10/2018 12:23:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

993581

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Learning Disability: 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 his Department is taking to ensure that NHS nurses receive adequate training on learning disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	182773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>National Health Service trusts have a statutory responsibility to provide sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent staff to meet the needs of the people using health services, including those with a learning disability. The professional regulators for nurses, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), set the standards and assess curricula for nurse education.</p><p> </p><p>The NMC’s Standards of pre-registration nursing programmes state:</p><p> </p><p>Approved education institutions, together with practice learning partners, must design and deliver a programme that supports students and provides exposure across all four fields of nursing practice: adult, mental health, learning disabilities and children’s nursing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government response to the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme Second Annual Report published in September 2018 agrees that health and care staff should have access to learning disability awareness training and will consult by the end of March 2019 on options for delivering this to staff. Mandatory learning disability awareness training should be provided to all staff, delivered in conjunction with people with learning disabilities and their families.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/10/2018 11:43:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

993588

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Malnutrition
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 his Department has made of the effect of the NICE Clinical Guidance 32 on Nutrition Support in Adults for patients with disease related malnutrition.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	182821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the effectiveness of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline on nutritional support for adults. NICE clinical guidelines provide authoritative, evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on best practice and should be taken fully into account by healthcare professionals in the care and treatment of individual patients.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 31/10/2018 14:20:25 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

993592

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	NHS: Innovation
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 he has to ensure that NHS staff are appropriately trained to use new innovations in diagnostic technology.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	182684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cancer Workforce Plan for England, published in December 2017 by Health Education England (HEE), set out the actions needed to target additional training support for several priority professions, including diagnostic and therapeutic radiography.</p><p> </p><p>There are several initiatives to prepare the healthcare workforce, through education and training, to deliver the digital future. For example, the Topol Review, led by cardiologist, geneticist, and digital medicine researcher Dr Eric Topol and facilitated by HEE, is exploring how best to enable National Health Service staff to make the most of technologies such as genetic diagnostics.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 26/10/2018 11:48:22 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron