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1166959

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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: Stevenage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether he plans to increase access to radiotherapy in Hertfordshire by introducing a satellite radiotherapy service in Stevenage.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	900211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>A review conducted by NHS England and published in July 2019, concluded that expanded access to radiotherapy services for patients in the Hertfordshire area was desirable through the provision of a satellite service in the north part of the Mount Vernon catchment area, but recommended that the core service issues should be addressed prior to this. The review of Mount Vernon Cancer Centre is ongoing to ensure the service is able to respond to the significant advances in cancer treatment over recent decades which includes identifying a specialist cancer provider to run the centre.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/10/2019 17:48:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1166956

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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: Diagnosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to increase the rate of early cancer diagnosis.
	tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
	tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
	uin	900207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>We have committed within the NHS Long Term Plan to have 75% of cancers diagnosed within the first two stages. In September 2019 we announced funding of £200 million for new equipment to drive earlier diagnosis of cancer and improve survival.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 29/10/2019 16:53:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

1166960

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Pharmacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to improve community pharmacies.
	tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
	tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
	uin	900215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>In July, we set out plans in our landmark five-year Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework deal. This outlined our ambition for community pharmacies to be fully integrated in to the National Health Service, support patients get the best from their medicines and provide advice to the public to help them stay healthy for longer.</p><p>As part of this, today we have launched a new national service referring patients suffering from minor illness to our highly-skilled community pharmacists through NHS 111.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/10/2019 16:59:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

1166955

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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: Facilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to improve NHS facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	900206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Government is committed to improving the quality of National Health Service premises including hospitals, primary and community estate and facilities. That is why we have announced the Health Infrastructure Plan – a new, long-term programme of investment in NHS buildings, estates and equipment.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 29/10/2019 16:28:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1166962

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	What steps he is taking to improve GP services.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	900217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>General Practitioner (GP) services are critically important to support our ambition for people to live independent, healthier lives for longer. Our NHS Long Term Plan commits at least £4.5billion a year more for primary and community care by 2023, and we remain committed to delivering an additional 5,000 GPs.</p><p>Our landmark five-year GP contract will better integrate care through Primary Care Networks and see an extra 20,000 primary care staff, so every patient has faster access to the most appropriate primary care professional.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/10/2019 16:44:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1166958

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent progress he has made on recruiting additional GPs; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	900209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>We know we need more General Practitioners (GPs) and we remain committed to delivering 5,000 more doctors in general practice as soon as possible.</p><p>It is encouraging to see, as of June, there are over 250 more doctors working in general practice than there were last year.</p><p>As the Secretary of State announced to the House last Wednesday, we have built on the record numbers entering training last year with a record 3,538 trainees accepting a GP specialty training place this year.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/10/2019 16:35:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1166957

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on vaccine research to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	900208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>My Right Honourable friend and I recognise the importance of vaccination in tackling antimicrobial resistance (or AMR). Our AMR national action plan, developed across Government, includes commitments to optimise use of vaccines in humans and animals, and stimulate vaccine research and development.</p><p>A cross-departmental Delivery Board, co-chaired by my Department and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, will drive and oversee delivery of this work and met for the first time this month.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 29/10/2019 16:46:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1150964

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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	Catheters: Research
	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 Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 291565, whether all catheters used in the proposed Multicath clinical trial comparing single use and reuse of catheters will be CE marked as appropriate specifically for that single or multiple use.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	2804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Applications to the National Institute for Health Research Programme Grants for Applied Research programme are not published. Further information about the trial can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/multicath/index.page" target="_blank">https://www.southampton.ac.uk/multicath/index.page</a></p><p>The Heath Research Authority (HRA) does not routinely publish applications for ethical approval or the minutes from Research Ethics Committee meetings, as they are commercially sensitive. A summary of the study is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/application-summaries/research-summaries/multicath/" target="_blank">https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/application-summaries/research-summaries/multicath/</a></p><p>The Cliny intermittent catheter was identified as suitable for use in the trial. This catheter is CE-marked for re-use over 28 days provided a cleaning process is followed between uses.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 2805 question first answered 29/10/2019 17:28:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1150965

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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	Catheters: Research
	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 Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 291565, if he will publish (a) the application for funding submitted in relation to the Multicath study into catheter use; (b) the application for ethical approval submitted to the South Central, Hampshire A Research Ethics Committee and to the Health Research Authority and (c) the responses to those applications.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	2805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Applications to the National Institute for Health Research Programme Grants for Applied Research programme are not published. Further information about the trial can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/multicath/index.page" target="_blank">https://www.southampton.ac.uk/multicath/index.page</a></p><p>The Heath Research Authority (HRA) does not routinely publish applications for ethical approval or the minutes from Research Ethics Committee meetings, as they are commercially sensitive. A summary of the study is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/application-summaries/research-summaries/multicath/" target="_blank">https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/application-summaries/research-summaries/multicath/</a></p><p>The Cliny intermittent catheter was identified as suitable for use in the trial. This catheter is CE-marked for re-use over 28 days provided a cleaning process is followed between uses.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 2804 question first answered 29/10/2019 17:28:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1150894

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming NHS people plan will include a fully costed plan for increasing the cancer workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	2759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The interim NHS People Plan was published on 3 June 2019 and sets out the type of workforce, and future staff and leadership culture the National Health Service will need to develop, to ensure the successful delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The final NHS People Plan will be informed by the Cancer Workforce Plan for England, published in December 2017 by Health Education England. This set out plans to expand capacity and skills in the cancer workforce, including targeting additional training support for seven priority professions such as clinical radiology, histopathology, oncology and diagnostic and therapeutic radiography. Since 2017 there has been a net increase of 833 full time equivalent staff across the seven priority professions.</p><p> </p><p>The full NHS People Plan will be published in the next few months and will set out a clear framework for collective action on workforce priorities over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/10/2019 12:38:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith