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registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	Housing: Health
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 promote public awareness of the the effect on people's health of poor quality indoor environments.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	184965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) raises public awareness of the impacts of indoor air pollution by supporting activities that aim to change behaviour, such as the annual Clean Air Day, and is working with health partners, such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, World Health Organization and Allergy UK, to improve the evidence on the health impacts of poor indoor air quality which will enhance advice to the public. PHE also promotes awareness about carbon monoxide through the use of blog posts, press releases and social media updates.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/11/2018 16:28:25 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1002533

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Charles Bonnet Syndrome
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 15 December 2017 to Question 119869 on Charles Bonnet Syndrome, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people diagnosed with that syndrome in the last year; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people living with that syndrome receive adequate levels of treatment and support.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	188893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>No estimate has been made by the Department of the number of people diagnosed with Charles Bonnet Syndrome in the last year, it is not part of the Department’s role to directly raise awareness of any individual diseases with National Health Service clinicians.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS website provides information on a number of diseases including Charles Bonnet Syndrome. This can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/charles-bonnet-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/charles-bonnet-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/11/2018 11:19:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1002536

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	NHS: Drugs
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 medication errors made each year in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	188824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 October 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-09-12/174058/" target="_blank">174058</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/11/2018 11:44:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1002537

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department has examined the (a) rate and (b) local effect on health of medication errors in each region of England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	188825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital currently collects data on select indicators for safer prescribing, with the first phase focused on admissions related to gastrointestinal bleeding and acute kidney injury. These indicators link hospital admission to prescription data, and identify the population at risk of harm at a national, regional, or clinical commissioning group level for each given indicator. Data may be used by local teams to alter prescribing practice to lower the risk associated with prescriptions where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Data are available publicly through the Medicine Safety Dashboard at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://apps.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/MOD/MedicationSafety/atlas.html" target="_blank">https://apps.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/MOD/MedicationSafety/atlas.html</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/11/2018 11:46:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1002546

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	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 estimate his Department has made of the average number of colonoscopy procedures conducted by an endoscopist each year; and whether the commitment to increase the number of endoscopists in Health Education England's cancer workforce plan will be sufficient to deliver the new faecal immunochemical screening test.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	Stephen Pound
uin	188698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS England and the screening centres have completed an assessment of screening endoscopy capacity, taking into account a number of factors including workforce. This will inform the implementation plan for rolling out the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) into the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Health Education England is working with Public Health England and NHS England to continue detailed workforce planning to deliver national screening programmes such as FIT and ensure alignment with the national Workforce Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/11/2018 11:26:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	161 label Biography information for Stephen Pound

1002547

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Pathology
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 has been made of the provision of histopathologists to meet future demand.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	Stephen Pound
uin	188699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) published its first ever Cancer Workforce Plan in December 2017, which commits to the expansion of capacity and skills including an ambition to increase improved working practices, attracting qualified people back to the National Health Service through domestic and international recruitment. This included 94 full time equivalent additional histopathologists to support an increase in the capacity for earlier diagnosis. Following the commitment to lower the bowel screening age to 50 and roll out the Faecal Immunology Test, HEE has been engaging with stakeholders to ensure that the cancer workforce, including histopathologists, is sufficient for future cancer services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/11/2018 11:31:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	161 label Biography information for Stephen Pound

1002548

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Endoscopy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been made available to enable hospitals to increase their numbers of endoscopists to meet current and future demand.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	Stephen Pound
uin	188700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>To address the increasing demand for endoscopy services, Health Education England (HEE) has worked with the Joint Advisory Committee on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy to develop a clinical endoscopist training programme.</p><p> </p><p>HEE is providing an employer support package of £15,000 per National Health Service trainee to trusts for the programme. This has been provided to cohorts starting in September and December 2018 and for April and October 2019.</p><p> </p><p>An initial evaluation shows trainees are helping to meet clinical demand, reduce waiting lists and contributing to a good patient experience.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/11/2018 11:51:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	161 label Biography information for Stephen Pound

1002553

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Ambulance Services: Standards
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 NHS England new story, New ambulance service standards announced, published on 13 July 2017, how many heart attack and stroke patients have been seen within ambulance performance target times.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	188785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>Ambulance quality indicators, including response time performance and specific measures for stroke and heart attack patients, are published by NHS England at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/11/2018 11:53:09 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1002556

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Electronic Cigarettes
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 promote Public Health England’s advice to allow vaping indoors.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	188828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England produced advice for organisations to create vaping policies that are right for them. The advice included the following five principles; to make clear the distinction between vaping and smoking; to ensure policies are informed by the evidence on health risks to bystanders; to identify and manage risks of uptake by children and young people; to support smokers to stop smoking and stay smoke free; and, to support compliance with smokefree law and policy. The guidance was shared with stakeholders when published, and the documents are available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-e-cigarettes-in-public-places-and-workplaces" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-e-cigarettes-in-public-places-and-workplaces</a></p><p> </p><p>Using this advice, organisations can decide whether they will allow vaping indoors.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2018 12:41:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1002558

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Cancer: Medical Treatments
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 ability of the NHS long-term plan to (a) tackle the evolving challenges of cancer and (b) ensure that people are able to access personalised and tailored support after they have finished cancer treatment itself.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	188796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan provides an excellent opportunity to look at how cancer and other services can be further improved over the next decade. The plan is currently in development and will be published later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/11/2018 11:29:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith