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101647

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of charging for NHS services required because of injuries caused by alcohol or drug misuse.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	212524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>We recognise that drinking alcohol and drug use does place significant strain on the National Health Service, but there are both ethical and practical reasons not to seek payment from patients. The founding principle of the NHS is that services are free of charge, available to all on the basis of need, not ability to pay. It is funded accordingly, from general taxation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:40:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

101567

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans the Government is making for quarantine procedures for people entering the UK from countries where the Ebola virus is present in the event of a further spread of that virus.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	212378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>In addition to departure screening in affected countries, entry screening has been introduced for people travelling to the United Kingdom from Ebola infected areas. This also provides them with clear advice about immediate actions should they develop any relevant symptoms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are already public health powers in place to enable the quarantining of an individual suffering from the symptoms of Ebola should they be needed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps the threat posed to the UK by the spread of Ebola virus disease, and the measures required to tackle it, under regular review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:23:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

101582

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Diabetes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved administrations about the availability of free diabetes tests.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	uin	212469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>There have been no recent discussions between the Secretary of State and devolved administrations on the availability of free diabetes tests.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:37:39 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

101574

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Surgery: Obesity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) obese patients and (b) smokers have been denied routine operations in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	uin	212466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of obese patients and smokers considered unsuitable for operations is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:54:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

101569

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in the Northern Ireland Executive on the 24 Hour Domestic and Sexual Violence Helpline in Northern Ireland; and what assessment he has made of the success of that service.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	uin	212463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>No such discussion has taken place and we are unable to make an assessment of services that are a devolved matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:12:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

101907

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola
	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 introduce further measures at airports to prevent the spread of Ebola to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	212791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has put in place enhanced screening and monitoring at the United Kingdom’s main ports of entry for people travelling from the affected Ebola regions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The risk of transmission occurring within the community in the UK is, and remains very low due to the range of robust measures that have been put in place including screening. However, we keep the screening programme under regular review and will take into account any significant changes in the factors underpinning this assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 16:17:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

102045

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the time taken to conclude negotiations for a price for including the vaccine for meningitis B in the national immunisation programme; and when those negotiations will be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	212858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department is continuing negotiations for the supply of the meningococcal B vaccine Bexsero<sup>®</sup> with the manufacturer Novartis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment on these commercial negotiations, which will be completed as quickly as practicable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:50:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham