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1125336

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
	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 review which long-term health conditions should be exempt from NHS prescription charges.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	252045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no current plans to review or amend the list of medical conditions that provide exemption from prescription charges. Extensive arrangements are already in place to help people afford National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of NHS prescription charge exemptions.</p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption, prescription prepayment certificates are available. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 17/05/2019 13:13:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1127168

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	Urinary Tract Infections
	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 unplanned hospital admissions resulting from urinary tract infections.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	255355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>In England, it is the responsibility of National Health Service commissioners to make decisions on individual treatments for urinary tract infections on the basis of the available evidence, taking into account guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) where available. NICE guidance is always evidence based, adhering to the latest clinical thinking and research to determine the best treatment for patients.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/05/2019 14:26:35 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1127169

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	Incontinence
	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 improve urinary continence care in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	255356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>In England, it is the responsibility of National Health Service commissioners to make decisions on individual urinary continence care on the basis of the available evidence, taking into account guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England where available. In July 2018 NHS England published revised guidance for commissioners to support the development of high-quality continence services. NICE guidance is always evidence based, adhering to the latest clinical thinking and research to determine the best treatment for patients.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 24/05/2019 13:53:02 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1127170

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	Urinary Tract Infections
	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 improve the (a) reporting and (b) tracking of urinary tract infections in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	255357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital’s Hospital Episodes Statistics publishes data on finished consultant episodes with a primary or secondary diagnosis of urinary tract infection broken down by financial year, rather than by calendar year.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/05/2019 14:28:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1131362

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	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	Mental Health Services: 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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure cultural sensitivity in the provision of local mental health services for young people.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	263206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all people who have a mental health need can access appropriate support when they need it and are treated sensitively and fairly. Commissioners are responsible for commissioning appropriate cultural provisions when planning services for their population, including children and young people.</p><p>Local transformation plans cover all local areas and are expected to make explicit how health inequalities are being addressed based on their Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan also sets out that more will be done to develop and imbed cultures of compassion, inclusion, and collaboration across the National Health Service. This will include developing programmes and interventions towards more diverse leadership to improve the experience of all staff and the population they serve.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 17/06/2019 15:45:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1138859

	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	Genetics: Screening
	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 Clinical Advisory Group for Genomics, if he will set out (a) its terms of reference, (b) when it will first meet, (c) how patient voice will be incorporated into its work, (d) who it will report to and (e) when the (i) Commissioning Policy for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis review and (ii) other work of its predecessor, the Clinical Reference Group for Medical Genetics, will be completed; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	277243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has paused the recruitment for the clinical genetics clinical reference group to ensure the right advisory groups are in place to provide clinical advice across the breadth and depth of the future NHS Genomic Medicine Service.</p><p>These new arrangements will need consider clinical genetics and genetic counselling, but also wider implications of genomics for the National Health Service. Any future arrangements will have appropriate representation, including patient and public voices.</p><p>NHS England is progressing the clinical commissioning policy for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD). This work will include assessment of the treatment pathways for existing PGD services and consideration of the ethical issues. NHS England will continue to seek input from clinicians and patients throughout this work.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/07/2019 16:06:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1139705

	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	NHS: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the British Medical Association and other representative bodies on proposals to mitigate the effect of pension taxation on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	278568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is listening to concerns raised by doctors that pension tax charges are driving decisions to retire early or limit their National Health Service commitments, and has incorporated the views of the British Medical Association (BMA) and other key stakeholders into the consultation ‘NHS Pension Scheme: proposed flexibility’.</p><p>The consultation sets out a potential 50:50 option, offering 50% pension accrual and halved contributions. As part of the five-year general practitioner contract announced earlier this year, the BMA and NHS England asked the Government to consider introducing a 50:50 option as an appropriate flexibility, and the BMA have welcomed this as a step in the right direction.</p><p>The consultation period is an opportunity to listen to a range of views before reaching a final position that works for both staff and taxpayers. The Department encourages NHS staff and employers to contribute their views.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/07/2019 14:43:09 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1140319

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Suicide: Children
	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 number of school students attempting suicide after receiving a mental health referral but before starting treatment in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	279119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>We have made no such estimate.</p><p>Suicide prevention is a priority for this Government. We published the first ever cross-Government suicide prevention workplan, in January 2019 and we are supporting young people with mental health problems at an earlier stage through bringing education and mental health closer together in schools-based mental health support teams.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/07/2019 10:15:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1140972

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Blood: Contamination
	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 adequacy of palliative care arrangements and support in place for the victims of the contaminated blood scandal.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	280426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) does not currently have direct support provisions for palliative care arrangements. EIBSS does however support beneficiaries to manage their health conditions via discretionary one-off payments.</p><p>Discretionary one-off payments are a form of financial support that beneficiaries and bereaved spouses/partners may apply for to cover the cost of certain essential, health-related items or services.</p><p>Some examples of the one-off payments we support are for home adaptations and repairs to support an individual’s medical conditions, assisting with respite breaks to aid recovery from periods of ill health and supporting the attendance of appointments by providing payments for car repairs and travel costs.</p><p>A full list of the items or services currently supported through EIBSS is available on the NHS Business Services Authority website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/support-scheme-members/discretionary-support-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/support-scheme-members/discretionary-support-scheme</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/07/2019 16:01:54 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1141723

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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	Maternal Mortality: Ethnic Groups
	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 commission an urgent review of maternal care in response to the findings of the MBRRACE-UK maternal deaths and morbidity statistics 2014-16 relating to increased maternal mortality rates for women from BAME communities.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	281788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department is funding the Maternal and Neonatal Policy Research Unit at the University of Oxford to investigate the factors associated with the excess perinatal mortality experienced by black, Asian and minority ethnic babies; and identify the factors associated with the excess risk of maternal death for black and South Asian women.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan outlines plans to reduce health inequalities and address unwarranted variation in maternity care. This work is led by NHS England through the Maternity Transformation Programme.</p><p>Targeted and enhanced continuity of care from the same midwife, or group of midwives can significantly improve outcomes for women. The NHS Long Term plan sets out that 75% of black women will receive continuity of carer from midwives by 2024.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 05/09/2019 11:45:30 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West