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1139685

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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: County Durham
	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 NHS England's Commissioner-based Cancer Waiting Times for May 2019 (Provisional), published on 11 July 2019, for what reason the NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group is not meeting the target for patients to receive their first cancer treatment within 62 days of an urgent GP referral.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	278475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Cancer is a priority for this Government and impetus has been given to ensuring that more patients are seen and treated for cancer. The drive to improve survival rates through earlier diagnosis, therefore, has meant that demand and activity have been rising for a number of years. This has resulted in more people being referred and diagnosed than ever before.</p><p>Improving diagnosis and ensuring better outcomes for patients diagnosed with cancer is a priority for Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), and County Durham is consistently better in terms of coverage than the national average for all three cancer screening programmes. The CCG is working collaboratively with colleagues from public health, primary care and secondary care on a strategic piece of work, with a view that a multi-disciplinary approach is necessary in order to address inequalities in cancer.</p><p> </p><p>The CCG has developed the Action Plan ‘County Durham Reducing Health Inequalities in Cancer Action Plan for 2018-19’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/07/2019 14:29:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1139213

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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: County Durham
	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 is he taking to reduce the number of emergency cancer diagnoses in County Durham.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	277701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Improving diagnosis and ensuring better outcomes for patients diagnosed with cancer is a priority for the Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). To achieve this, the CCG is working collaboratively with colleagues from public health, primary care and secondary care on a strategic piece of work. The CCG believes that a multi-disciplinary approach is necessary in order to address inequalities.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/07/2019 14:26:20 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1139365

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Patients: Transport
	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 on the joint scoping exercise carried out by NHS England and NHS Improvement on the review of non-emergency patient transport services.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	277750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>In ensuring that non-emergency Patient Transport Service (PTS) are delivered efficiently and consistently across England, NHS England and NHS Improvement carried out an initial review of PTS delivery. The Department is working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to review their initial analysis, and will decide on the next steps to take to improve the fairness and consistency of services in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/07/2019 14:27:21 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1139441

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Health Services: Technology
	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 item 9 of NICE’s public board meeting agenda, 17 July 2019, how will membership of the (a) task and finish groups and (b) patient working group be decided; and what opportunities will exist for patient groups not invited to participate with the patient working group.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	277756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised that membership of the task and finish groups will be decided by the working group. There are three patient/lay representatives on the methods working group with a wide range of experience, covering a range of topic areas, reflecting the programmes under review. Two of the patient/lay representatives also belong to the Patients Involved in NICE coalition.</p><p>NICE has established a dedicated patient working group. There are six patient organisation representatives on the group, including those who belong to the Patients Involved in NICE coalition. The group will work directly with patient/carer groups to coordinate the patient perspective on both methods and process.</p><p>A stakeholder workshop with patient groups was held in January 2019 that included representatives from 22 patient organisations.</p><p>Patient groups will be involved in the review of each of the specific methodological areas as detailed in the paper presented to the NICE board on 17 July 2019. Experts in the area will be invited to participate in topic specific methods task and finish groups.</p><p>Patient organisations will have the opportunity to comment directly on proposals during the public consultation in summer 2020.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/07/2019 14:24:22 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1138808

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	Addictions: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 270772 on Addiction Services, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of medically-staffed inpatient detoxification beds in England; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	277157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>No national assessment has been made of the adequacy of the number of medically-staffed inpatient detoxification beds in England. Local authorities are responsible for assessing local substance misuse need, and commissioning services to meet that need, including inpatient medically-staffed detoxification beds in England.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 19/07/2019 09:46:52 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 129854 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1138870

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	Public Health: Finance
	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 amount of funding which will be allocated to local authorities for public health in 2020-21 in the event that the spending review is postponed.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	277233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>2020/21 allocations to local authorities for public health functions will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 18/07/2019 09:26:21 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1138871

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	Sexually Transmitted Infections
	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 increase the funding allocated to sexual health services to tackle the incidence of syphilis and gonorrhoea in England.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	277234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government provides funding to local authorities for their public health responsibilities, including sexual health services, through a public health grant. It is for individual local authorities to decide their spending priorities based on an assessment of local need, including the need for sexual health services taking account of their statutory duties. They are required by regulations to provide services for sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment and contraception.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 19/07/2019 09:48:56 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 129849 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1138874

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	Diabetes: Telemedicine
	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 the digital delivery of (a) structured education and (b) diabetes management services for people with (i) type 1 and (ii) type 2 diabetes.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	277230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>Since April 2017 NHS England has made £26.4 million funding available to enable clinical commissioning Groups (CCGs) to offer an expanded number of structured education places to support people with diabetes to manage their condition.</p><p>In April 2019 NHS England and NHS Improvement wrote to all CCGs to make them aware that these funds could be used to commission digital approaches. They also provided information about digital programmes which have been assessed by NHS Digital and published on the NHS Apps Library and which have undergone independent quality assurance. A significant number of the programmes on the NHS Apps Library involve coaching for people living with type 2 diabetes.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are currently working to widen access to digital self-management support for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes through the following:</p><p>- Redeveloping and supporting implementation of ‘Healthy Living for People with type 2 Diabetes’ which is an online, self-management support tool comprising of a digitally delivered education course, that has been shown in a randomised controlled trial to significantly reduce average blood glucose levels and to reduce diabetes-related distress in those more recently diagnosed;</p><p>- Investing £2 million through the NHS Test Bed Programme to implement and evaluate combinatorial digital delivery models for self-management education for people living with type 2 diabetes. A number of digital interventions being rolled out in the Test Beds include a coaching element and where successful NHS England plan to support wider adoption of these approaches; and</p><p>- Commissioning NHS Digital to develop a new resource aimed specifically at people with a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes to support them to self-manage. The site includes advice tailored to lifestyle and educational content which can be accessed online. It was launched in July 2018 on nhs.uk at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/type-1-diabetes/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/type-1-diabetes/</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 277232 question first answered 19/07/2019 09:36:27 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 129851 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1138875

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	Diabetes: Telemedicine
	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 CCGs commission services to enable patients with (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes to access remote online consultations with healthcare professionals.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	277231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS England does not collect this information.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 19/07/2019 09:38:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 129847 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1138876

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	Diabetes: Advisory Services
	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 the use of coaching solutions to support patients with (a) type 1 diabetes and (b) type 2 diabetes manage their condition.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	277232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>Since April 2017 NHS England has made £26.4 million funding available to enable clinical commissioning Groups (CCGs) to offer an expanded number of structured education places to support people with diabetes to manage their condition.</p><p>In April 2019 NHS England and NHS Improvement wrote to all CCGs to make them aware that these funds could be used to commission digital approaches. They also provided information about digital programmes which have been assessed by NHS Digital and published on the NHS Apps Library and which have undergone independent quality assurance. A significant number of the programmes on the NHS Apps Library involve coaching for people living with type 2 diabetes.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are currently working to widen access to digital self-management support for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes through the following:</p><p>- Redeveloping and supporting implementation of ‘Healthy Living for People with type 2 Diabetes’ which is an online, self-management support tool comprising of a digitally delivered education course, that has been shown in a randomised controlled trial to significantly reduce average blood glucose levels and to reduce diabetes-related distress in those more recently diagnosed;</p><p>- Investing £2 million through the NHS Test Bed Programme to implement and evaluate combinatorial digital delivery models for self-management education for people living with type 2 diabetes. A number of digital interventions being rolled out in the Test Beds include a coaching element and where successful NHS England plan to support wider adoption of these approaches; and</p><p>- Commissioning NHS Digital to develop a new resource aimed specifically at people with a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes to support them to self-manage. The site includes advice tailored to lifestyle and educational content which can be accessed online. It was launched in July 2018 on nhs.uk at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/type-1-diabetes/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/type-1-diabetes/</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 277230 question first answered 19/07/2019 09:36:27 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 129850 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle