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447405

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure (a) pregnant women and (b) other people intending to visit South America and the Caribbean are aware of the risks posed by Zika virus.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	23943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) and the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) have been carefully monitoring the Zika virus outbreak in the Americas since it was first reported in Brazil during May 2015. When the Brazilian Ministry of Health announced a potential link between maternal Zika virus infection and microcephaly in December 2015, PHE and NaTHNaC published updated advice for travellers to South and Central America and the Caribbean, including specific advice for pregnant women. This advice continues to be updated regularly as more information becomes available.</p><br /><p>PHE has been and continues to liaise with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Association of British Neurologists and the Association of British Travel Agents who have published updates on their respective websites. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has also updated its country travel advice pages with information about Zika virus.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/01/2016 16:01:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

446363

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Media: Self-harm
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential link between social media and self-harm among young people.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	23494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>We recognise the potential influence of online platforms, including social media, on both promoting self-harm and supporting people who have or may be at risk of self-harm.</p><br /><p>There is a link between bullying including cyberbullying and self-harm and the Department for Education produced guidance in October 2014, advising schools about preventing bullying. This guidance refers to new powers under the Education Act 2011 for teachers to search pupils, to confiscate IT equipment including mobile phones and to destroy offensive or inappropriate images.</p><br /><p>The Government continues to provide financial support for the <em>Multi-Centre Study of Self-Harm in England</em>, which monitors trends in self-harm and recognises the potential influence of online platforms on self-harming in young people.</p><br /><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport expects social media companies to have robust processes in place to address inappropriate and abusive content on their sites. This includes having clear reporting channels, acting promptly to assess reports, and removing content which does not comply with their acceptable use policies or terms and conditions. Social media can also help signpost vulnerable users to helpful sources of information and support.</p><br /><p>Recently, Ofcom led a social media working group on behalf of UK Council for Child Internet Safety to develop best practice guidance to encourage responsible practice from industry, and ensure children using their services are able to do so in a safe and protected way. This guidance was delivered on 22 December 2015 and can be found at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-council-for-child-internet-safety-ukccis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-council-for-child-internet-safety-ukccis</a></p><br /><p>The Department of Health’s National Institute for Health Research has also funded ongoing research by the Samaritans and Bristol University into the influence on online platforms on suicidal behaviour.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/01/2016 17:44:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

447393

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Self-Harm: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2016 to Question 22945, what steps he plans to take to tackle the increase in the number of people under 18 who have been admitted to hospital as a result of self-harm since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	24077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering the transformation of children and young people’s mental health as outlined in <em>Future in Mind. </em>Local Transformation Plans, which NHS England has now assured, and the £30 million that was released in December 2015 for clinical commissioning groups to deliver their improved local offer, which must cover the whole spectrum of services for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, including prevention, early intervention and access as well as support for those who self-harm.</p><br /><p>In the Autumn Statement 2014 increased funding of £150 million over the course of this Parliament was announced to improve eating disorder services for children and young people with mental health problems in England, and any capacity freed up through this investment is to be redeployed to improve services for both crisis and people who self-harm.</p><br /><p>In relation to the increase of young people who have been admitted to hospital as a result of self-harm it is important to note that revised guidance was issued by the Health and Social Care Information Centre to National Health Service trusts to clarify the use of reporting codes from 1 April 2013, which may account for some of the increase in figures from that point onwards.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/01/2016 11:39:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

447402

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Respiratory System: Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the National Institute for Health Research has invested in research into (a) lung cancer, (b) adult asthma, (c) pneumonia, (d) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (e) idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, (f) mesothelioma and (g) childhood wheezing and childhood respiratory infection in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	23925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Spend on research funded directly by the Department’s National Institute for Health Research is categorised by Health Research Classification System (HRCS) health categories including ‘cancer’ and ‘respiratory’. There are no HRCS health sub-categories, such as for specific cancer sites or respiratory diseases.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 28/01/2016 15:41:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

446815

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Patients: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on safeguards in hospitals for patients who are heavily medicated while they eat.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	23650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>It is for health and social care providers to develop local nutrition and hydration policies and there are a number of best practice resources and guidelines available to help providers do this.</p><br /><p>Nursing staff understand the importance of proper nutrition and will follow guidelines in assessing patients for their ability to swallow safely. From this they can make judgements about a patient’s capability to eat and drink safely and adequately, which will include taking into account whether they are heavily medicated or not.</p><br /><p>The National Patient Safety Agency and the Royal College of Nursing published a series of factsheets in 2009, setting out the key characteristics of good nutritional care in healthcare environments.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/?entryid45=59865" target="_blank">http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/?entryid45=59865</a></p><br /><p>It includes the Council of Europe 10 key characteristics of good nutritional care in hospitals, which recommends that all patients are screened on admission to identify the patients who are malnourished or at risk of becoming malnourished; all patients are re-screened weekly; and all patients have a care plan which identifies their nutritional care needs and how they are to be met.</p><br /><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE<em>) Quality standard for nutrition support in adults</em></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/QS24" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/QS24</a></p><br /><p>defines clinical best practice for adults in hospital and the community who are at risk of malnutrition. And NICE <em>Nutrition support in adults: Oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition</em></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg32" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg32</a></p><br /><p>offers best practice advice to help healthcare professionals correctly identify people in hospital and the community who need nutrition support, and enable them to choose and deliver the most appropriate nutrition support at the most appropriate time.</p><p><br> <br></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 28/01/2016 16:34:29 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

446362

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Passive Smoking: Menopause
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on whether there may be a connection between passive smoking and the menopause.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	23503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s Tobacco Control team has not held any discussions with the Royal College of Nursing on the connection between passive smoking and the menopause.</p><br /><p>The Department does, however, regularly review the impacts of smoking as part of its tobacco control strategy.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/01/2016 11:07:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

446360

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Obesity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to reduce levels of obesity.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	23490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Tackling obesity, particularly in children, is one of our major priorities. Progress has been made in recent years, but we know we have much further to go. We will be launching our childhood obesity strategy shortly. It will look at everything that contributes to a child becoming overweight and obese. It will also set out what more can be done by all sides.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/01/2016 11:18:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

447403

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	National Clinical Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the objectives for NHS England's National Clinical Directors post April 2016 will be agreed.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	23929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>From 1 April 2016, objectives for the National Clinical Directors will be set according to the priority areas and major programmes, as set out in the Mandate and planning guidance. They will relate, where appropriate, to established programmes of service improvement.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 28/01/2016 15:43:48 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

447406

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to hold NHS bodies accountable to the recommendations of the Accelerated Access Review.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	23928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The Accelerated Access Review, which was set up to look at speeding up access to innovative drugs including those for rare diseases, devices and diagnostics for National Health Service patients, has been making strong progress since it was first announced in November 2014.</p><p><br> The review is independently chaired by Sir Hugh Taylor and has been engaging stakeholders extensively since the summer to gather evidence on the big questions the review is considering, and has developed a number of emerging solutions.</p><p><br> Sir Hugh published his interim report of the review on 27 October 2015. The report is high-level, direction-setting and grounded in evidence gathered through the review’s stakeholder engagement to date. Included in the report were proposals for a National Innovation Partnership of key bodies in the innovation pathway who would be party to a Concordat committing them to the ambitions set out in the review. The review has used a second phase of engagement to work closely with industry stakeholders, Government, the NHS and arm’s length bodies on these and other proposals set out in the interim report.</p><p><br> In April 2016 the review will conclude with Sir Hugh making his final recommendations to Government. The Department will review these recommendations and consider how best to respond.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 28/01/2016 15:39:38 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

447396

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill on reducing the length of time it takes to bring a new drug to market.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	23994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The purpose of the Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill is to promote access to innovative medical treatments. It is not specifically designed to reduce the length of time it takes to bring a new drug to market. To which end work is being done in parallel, notably through the Accelerated Access Review, which explores options to speed up access to innovative drugs, devices and diagnostics for National Health Service patients. Sir Hugh Taylor, the independent chair of the review will make his recommendations in the spring.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 28/01/2016 16:12:14 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders