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1010304

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Postnatal Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has put forward the inclusion of a maternal six-week postnatal check in negotiations on the General Medical Services contract; and what recent progress has been made in those negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	192896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The inclusion of a requirement to carry out a six-week postnatal check for all mothers in the general medical services contract would need to be negotiated and agreed, as part of the annual contract negotiations. We have asked for this issue to be considered in the contract negotiations for 2019/20. The details of those negotiations are not generally discussed until an agreement on the way forward has been reached.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 192897 question first answered 22/11/2018 11:40:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1010305

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Postnatal Care
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 is taking to ensure that a maternal six-week postnatal check is included in the General Medical Services contract; and what funding he plans to allocate for the provision of those checks.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	192897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The inclusion of a requirement to carry out a six-week postnatal check for all mothers in the general medical services contract would need to be negotiated and agreed, as part of the annual contract negotiations. We have asked for this issue to be considered in the contract negotiations for 2019/20. The details of those negotiations are not generally discussed until an agreement on the way forward has been reached.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 192896 question first answered 22/11/2018 11:40:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1010306

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Allergies: Medical Equipment
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 shortage of EpiPen 0.3mg Auto-Injectors in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) England; and what steps he is taking to address that shortage.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	192898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is working very closely with all the manufacturers of adrenaline auto-injectors, the Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency, and NHS England and the supply situation is improving. Supplies of EpiPen 0.3mg and the alternative adrenaline auto-injectors are currently available across the country in volumes that are sufficient to meet normal United Kingdom requirements and further deliveries of all three brands of adrenaline auto-injectors are expected in the coming weeks. Comprehensive information and guidance, with input from National Health Service allergy experts has been cascaded to all healthcare professionals, schools, patient groups and frontline NHS services, which provides information about the supply issue, clinical management options and advice to share with patients. We have put this process in place to ensure that those patients with the greatest clinical need have been prioritised to receive new supplies of adrenaline auto-injectors.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 192899 question first answered 22/11/2018 15:07:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1010307

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Allergies: Medical Equipment
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 on the health of children under 16 of the national shortage of EpiPen 0.3mg Auto-Injectors; and what plans he has in place to reduce that shortage.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	192899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is working very closely with all the manufacturers of adrenaline auto-injectors, the Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency, and NHS England and the supply situation is improving. Supplies of EpiPen 0.3mg and the alternative adrenaline auto-injectors are currently available across the country in volumes that are sufficient to meet normal United Kingdom requirements and further deliveries of all three brands of adrenaline auto-injectors are expected in the coming weeks. Comprehensive information and guidance, with input from National Health Service allergy experts has been cascaded to all healthcare professionals, schools, patient groups and frontline NHS services, which provides information about the supply issue, clinical management options and advice to share with patients. We have put this process in place to ensure that those patients with the greatest clinical need have been prioritised to receive new supplies of adrenaline auto-injectors.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 192898 question first answered 22/11/2018 15:07:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1003707

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Ovarian Cancer: Health Education
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 his Department has to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer to improve early detection.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	189804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has run a number of ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ (BCOC) campaigns to help improve early detection of cancer. In 2014 PHE ran a regional ovarian cancer campaign in the North West of England, and in 2017 a pilot which focussed on a range of abdominal symptoms, such as diarrhoea, bloating and discomfort that can be indicative of a number of cancers, including ovarian cancer was carried out in the East and West Midlands. PHE is currently undertaking new data analysis and research to determine the future direction of BCOC activity in 2019/20 and will take into consideration the outcomes of these previous campaigns. PHE will also consult with NHS England on the timings and location of any future campaigns.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/11/2018 16:18:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

999379

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Rheumatology
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 effect on (a) rheumatology healthcare professionals in the NHS and (b) the provision of treatment for people with rheumatology of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	186432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p> </p><p>The information in the following table shows the number of Professionally qualified clinical staff in National Health Service trusts and CCGs in England in the rheumatology specialty group and the wider rheumatology area of work by nationality group, as at 30 June each year from 2016 and the latest available data, headcount:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Nationality Group</p></td><td><p>Staff in the Rheumatology speciality group and the wider Rheumatology area of work, headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="7"><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>All nationalities</p></td><td><p>1,972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>1,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Union</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Economic Area</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of the World</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="7"><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>All nationalities</p></td><td><p>2,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>1,601</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Union</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Economic Area</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of the World</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="7"><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>All nationalities</p></td><td><p>2,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>1,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Union</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Economic Area</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of the World</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="7"><p>31 July 2018</p></td><td><p>All nationalities</p></td><td><p>2,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>1,639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Union</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Economic Area</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of the World</p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital Quarterly HCHS workforce statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to monitor and analyse overall staffing levels across the NHS and we are working across Government to ensure there will continue to be sufficient staff to deliver the high-quality services on which patients rely following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. This includes the provision of treatment for people with rheumatology.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 07/11/2018 12:26:12 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

988842

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	Palliative Care
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 end of life patients are able to die at home.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	180295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Our Commitment to you for end of life care’, published in 2016, set out what everyone should expect from their care at the end of life and the actions we are taking to make high quality, personalised care a reality for everyone. This includes measures to enable personalisation; improve care quality; enhance education and training in end of life care; and encourage the spread of innovative models of care. The Commitment also sets out that by 2020 we want to significantly improve patient choice, including ensuring an increase in the number of people able to die in the place of their choice, including at home.</p><p>Through the Mandate to NHS England, we have asked NHS England to deliver the Choice Commitment, and for 2018-19, we have set NHS England the objective of increasing the percentage of people identified as likely to be in their last year of life. Earlier identification should mean that a person’s end of life care can be improved by personalising it according to their needs and preferences at an earlier stage and to enable the right care planning can take place which is key to supporting someone to die in a place of choice. NHS England will use the Quality and Outcomes Framework to demonstrate such an increase by looking at the percentage of people who are on the general practitioner register for supportive and palliative care, and consider expected levels based on local populations. Currently the national English average is 0.37%, it is anticipated this figure will increase in the 2018/19 period.</p><p>NHS England has launched an ‘Identification Project’ with four integrated care systems/sustainability and transformation partnership areas to demonstrate how the number of people identified in the last year of life can be increased in practice, to train staff and share learning.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/10/2018 16:27:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

983075

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Stem Cells: Donors
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 encourage (a) men aged 16-30 and (b) people from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds to register as stem cell donors.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	176656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Young people play a pivotal role in the stem cell landscape. Research has identified that younger donors offer the potential for better patient outcomes and a greater chance of survival. In 2017, 82% of people who donated their stem cells were male, and 58% were men aged 30 and under. In acknowledgement of this fact, the Department provides funding to Anthony Nolan and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) to support recruitment of young male donors.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 69% of new potential donors recruited to the United Kingdom registry were under the age of 30, and 40% of new potential donors were male.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also funds Anthony Nolan and NHSBT to improve equity of access to unrelated donor stem cell transplantation for Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic (BAME) patients through targeted recruitment to the Anthony Nolan and the NHS Stem Cell Registry.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has provided more than £26 million to NHSBT and Anthony Nolan for stem cell donation since 2011 and have set very specific targets about the proportion of donors that must be from BAME backgrounds; for example, in this financial year, Anthony Nolan will continue to target more than 35% of the umbilical cords stored in the UK Cord Blood Bank to be donated by mothers from BAME backgrounds.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 15/10/2018 11:13:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

972376

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
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 patients under the age of (a) 25 and (b) 16 have been referred out of the area for mental health treatment in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	174148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/10/2018 17:09:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

972377

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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	Mental Health Services: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 average waiting time is for a mental health bed in Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2008-09.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	174149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/10/2018 17:11:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel