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969036

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date	06/09/2018
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	Cervical 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 the take-up rate for cervical screening was in (a) the North West and (b) Wallasey constituency in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	171297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The most recent quarterly data (quarter three) on coverage for women aged 25-49 years and 50- 64 years is from December 2017 and is calculated by clinical commissioning group (CCG) and general practice. This data is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-coverage-and-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-coverage-and-data</a></p><p> </p><p>It is reported that Wirral CCG, which covers Wallasey, obtained a coverage rate of 70.43% for women aged 25- 49 years (at a 3.5 year coverage) and 73.19% for women aged 50-64 years (at a 5.5 year coverage).</p><p> </p><p>Coverage data for the North West region is available in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Data prior to 2015/16 are not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Age appropriate coverage for women aged 25-64 years</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>England regions, 31 March 2016 and 2017 percentages age appropriate coverage</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(Less than 3.5 / 5.5 years since last adequate test)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>75.2</p></td><td><p>74.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>75.4</p></td><td><p>74.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>72.3</p></td><td><p>72.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>75.9</p></td><td><p>75.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>71.8</p></td><td><p>71.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>73.9</p></td><td><p>73.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>66.7</p></td><td><p>65.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>74.3</p></td><td><p>73.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>74.8</p></td><td><p>74.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital: <a href="https://files.digital.nhs.uk/pdf/t/b/cervical_bulletin_report_2016-17_-_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://files.digital.nhs.uk/pdf/t/b/cervical_bulletin_report_2016-17_-_final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 15:10:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

969055

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who will be representing the UK at the eighth Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on tobacco control in October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	171320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government will be represented at the eighth Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on tobacco control (FCTC) by three officials from the Department and the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union. The delegation will be led by Tim Baxter, Deputy Director of Healthy Behaviours at the Department.</p><p>A figure for the costs associated with attendance at the CoP is not yet available. Every effort has been made to keep costs to a minimum to ensure value for money.</p><p>As a world leader in tobacco control the UK has been, and will continue to be, a highly active participant in the FCTC. The UK will participate in the CoP as a member state of the European Union. The UK will continue to support measures to reduce global harms from tobacco, building on its strong domestic record in reducing smoking, and will work to ensure that the work of the FCTC secretariat is both effective and provides value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 171321 171322 question first answered 11/09/2018 14:43:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

969056

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the UK's representation at the eighth conference of the parties to the World Health Organisation framework convention on tobacco control in October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	171321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government will be represented at the eighth Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on tobacco control (FCTC) by three officials from the Department and the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union. The delegation will be led by Tim Baxter, Deputy Director of Healthy Behaviours at the Department.</p><p>A figure for the costs associated with attendance at the CoP is not yet available. Every effort has been made to keep costs to a minimum to ensure value for money.</p><p>As a world leader in tobacco control the UK has been, and will continue to be, a highly active participant in the FCTC. The UK will participate in the CoP as a member state of the European Union. The UK will continue to support measures to reduce global harms from tobacco, building on its strong domestic record in reducing smoking, and will work to ensure that the work of the FCTC secretariat is both effective and provides value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 171320 171322 question first answered 11/09/2018 14:43:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

969058

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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 strategic objectives of his departmental delegation will be at the eighth conference of the parties to the World Health Organisation framework convention on tobacco control in October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	171322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government will be represented at the eighth Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on tobacco control (FCTC) by three officials from the Department and the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union. The delegation will be led by Tim Baxter, Deputy Director of Healthy Behaviours at the Department.</p><p>A figure for the costs associated with attendance at the CoP is not yet available. Every effort has been made to keep costs to a minimum to ensure value for money.</p><p>As a world leader in tobacco control the UK has been, and will continue to be, a highly active participant in the FCTC. The UK will participate in the CoP as a member state of the European Union. The UK will continue to support measures to reduce global harms from tobacco, building on its strong domestic record in reducing smoking, and will work to ensure that the work of the FCTC secretariat is both effective and provides value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 171320 171321 question first answered 11/09/2018 14:43:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

969062

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made in tendering for the grant scheme relating to external stakeholder support for the tobacco control plan.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	171323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The grant scheme to secure additional support to assist in the delivery of commitments made in the tobacco control plan was advertised in May and June 2018. Ten eligible organisations applied for this funding.</p><p>The Department reviewed these applications as per Cabinet Office guidelines in July and finalised this in August. Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) in a partnership application with FRESH North East scored the highest. All applicants have been informed of the results and paperwork is currently being finalised in order to award the grant to ASH and FRESH North East.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 14:29:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

969067

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: Hearing Aids
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 exempt people with Alzheimers and dementia from charges for the replacement of lost hearing aids.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	171338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>National Health Service trusts can recover all or part of the cost of the replacement of a hearing aid where there is evidence of misuse or carelessness. Decisions on whether to charge patients, and whether exemptions are applied to such charging policies, are a matter for individual trusts.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/09/2018 13:48:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

969083

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Radiotherapy
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 effect of levels of funding on the ability of the NHS to increase access to radiotherapy.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	171339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Since 2016, the Radiotherapy Modernisation programme has seen £130 million of new funding invested in improving radiotherapy equipment. As a result, the National Health Service has so far received 73 new or upgraded linear accelerators, enabling the delivery of advanced treatment techniques and faster treatment times. From April 2019, NHS England will be establishing 11 Radiotherapy Networks to build on this investment and lead the development of services at a local level. This will include ensuring that every patient benefits from best clinical practice and has access to innovative and advanced treatments and techniques.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 15:02:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

969086

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how NHS England monitors clinical commissionng groups' cancer treatment performance in respect of access to advanced radiotherapy; and what steps NHS England takes to address instances of poor performance.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	171340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups are not responsible for ensuring access to advanced radiotherapy techniques, such as Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT). The commissioning of all radiotherapy in England is the responsibility of NHS England’s Specialised Commissioning team. Access to IMRT is monitored against a national average access standard of 25%, performance against this standard is consistently around 45%. From April 2019, Radiotherapy Networks, working in close partnership with Specialised Commissioners and Cancer Alliances, will play a key role in increasing access to both advanced and innovative radiotherapy, as well as ensuring adherence to best practice treatment protocols.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 170800 question first answered 11/09/2018 14:23:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

969163

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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: Mental Illness
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 trends in the level of GPs experiencing mental health illness in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	171313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>No formal annual assessment of the trends in the numbers of general practitioners (GPs) experiencing mental health illness in each of the last six years has been made.</p><p>In January 2017, NHS England launched the GP Health Service in recognition of GPs reporting they were experiencing stress and mental illness.</p><p>The NHS GP Health Service is a nationwide, free confidential NHS service for GPs and GP trainees in England. The service can help doctors with issues relating to a mental health concern, including stress or depression, or an addiction problem, particularly where these might affect work.</p><p>Since its launch, over 1,500 GPs have accessed the service, with users consisting of a mixture of some existing patients from the London practitioner health programme and new users.</p><p>A 2018 survey of users of the service found that (of those that responded):</p><p>- 78% of GPs stated the service had a positive impact on their ability to work or train; and</p><p>- 93% of GPs are likely to recommend the service.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 15:05:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

969180

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are any plans to increase the level of available training for NHS staff on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	171443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC) and the training curricula for postgraduate trainee doctors is set by the relevant medical Royal College, and has to meet the standards set by the GMC. Whilst curricula do not necessarily highlight specific conditions for doctors to be aware of, they instead emphasise the skills and approaches that a doctor must develop in order to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 14:38:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell