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818698

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	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	Medical Records: Databases
	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 merits of using Blockchain technology to store, update and access patient records in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	121462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently assessing the potential benefits of Blockchain along with a number of other innovative, emerging technologies. Blockchain has the potential to enable patients to have greater control over who can access their records through the use of encrypted data and a permanent ledger in which all transactions are recorded.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/01/2018 12:17:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

819341

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Social Services: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to consult disabled people regarding the separate strands of work on social care for disabled working-age adults that parallel those in the Social Care Green Paper for Older People.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Campbell of Surbiton
	uin	HL4545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward a programme of work in parallel to the Social Care Green Paper which will focus on working age adults with care needs. We are currently developing plans for engaging stakeholders in this work.</p><p>We will ensure that the views of people who use social care services, including disabled working-age adults, closely inform this work as it progresses.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 22/01/2018 16:43:46 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	3831 label Biography information for Baroness Campbell of Surbiton

819357

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Care Homes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many residential care beds there were in England in (1) 2005, (2) 2010, and (3) 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL4559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The total number of beds in care homes remains broadly static but high quality care is not just about care home beds. Of those aged 65 and over who need local authority support, 62% are cared for in their own home. The number of home care agencies in England has increased by 55% since 2010 (3,184 more agencies).</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of residential and nursing care home beds in England.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Residential care home beds</p></td><td><p>Nursing care home beds</p></td><td><p>Total beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End March 2005</p></td><td><p>271,788</p></td><td><p>179,246</p></td><td><p>451,034</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End March 2010</p></td><td><p>256,616</p></td><td><p>202,654</p></td><td><p>459,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2015</p></td><td><p>239,307</p></td><td><p>224,754</p></td><td><p>464,061</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Sources: </em></p><p>2005: Commission for Social Care Inspection (excludes 178 non-medical care home beds).</p><p>2010 onwards: Care Quality Commission (CQC). The 2015 data was calculated from the published CQC Care Directory With Filters which is only available online. Beds in care homes offering both residential and nursing services are treated as nursing beds, as the CQC data does not provide a residential/nursing split within each care home.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 22/01/2018 14:43:54 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

819363

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Naloxone
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following research by Release in regard to variation in the provision of, and access to, the potentially lifesaving drug naloxone, what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the response from local authorities; and whether they will take action to implement a nationally coordinated and monitored take-home naloxone programme in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patel of Bradford
	uin	HL4565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Naloxone has a vital role in saving lives and the Government is committed to widening its use in England. Public Health England has reviewed available research including surveys conducted by the Local Government Association and Release, and will use those findings in supporting local authorities to extend their provision of naloxone. The Government has updated advice and guidance on naloxone as part of its commitment to develop a more consistent and joined up approach to commissioning and delivery in England and will continue to monitor provision in all local areas.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 22/01/2018 14:49:15 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	3798 label Biography information for Lord Patel of Bradford

818982

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
	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 his Department has made of the likely effects of introducing warnings on alcoholic products at the point of sale on a link between alcohol and cancer and other health matters.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	121659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England’s evidence review on the public health burden of alcohol found that alcohol health warning labels on alcoholic products can raise awareness of the messages they contain. However, the evidence review did not identify any studies which considered the specific impact of warnings at the point of sale on the link between alcohol and cancer and other health harms. The review is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-health-burden-of-alcohol-evidence-review" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-health-burden-of-alcohol-evidence-review</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/01/2018 14:28:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818990

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Clinical Trials
	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 consider the merits of introducing a national audit system for clinical trials; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	121667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p><strong></strong>All clinical trials of investigational medicinal products in the European Union are registered and information on the trial and a summary of results is made public in the EU clinical trials register, except for adult phase 1 trials which are considered commercially confidential.</p><p> </p><p>Good clinical practice (GCP) is a set of internationally-recognised ethical and scientific quality requirements that must be followed when designing, conducting, recording and reporting clinical trials that involve people. To ensure compliance with GCP, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency carries out inspections in the United Kingdom of organisations that are involved in clinical trials.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) which is the country’s largest public funder of health research and trials, has implemented a number of initiatives on publication of research results. The NIHR is the world’s first health research funder to publish comprehensive accounts of its commissioned research within its own publicly and permanently available journal series. The NIHR Journals Library comprises a suite of five open access peer-reviewed journals reporting results from a range of health research areas. The reports provide a full account of the research project, including methods and a full description of the results, and complement shorter articles submitted for publication in other peer-review journals, which the NIHR actively encourages researchers to do as part of their dissemination strategy. In addition – contracts for NIHR funding include requirements on publication of the results from NIHR funded and supported research.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 17/01/2018 14:41:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818999

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Reorganisation
	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 cost of changing the name of his Department to the Department of Health and Social Care.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	121676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The costs of changing the name ‘Department of Health’ to ‘Department of Health and Social Care’ will be kept to an absolute minimum. The current estimate for costs associated to the name change will be no more than £1,000.</p><p> </p><p>Stationery, such as business cards and headed paper, will only be changed when stock is used up.</p><p> </p><p>Signage in the Department’s London headquarters is digital only. Physical signage in the Leeds headquarters will only be changed later in 2018, as part of a planned refurbishment of the building.</p><p> </p><p>Amends to the website and intranet have not incurred additional costs.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 121678 121742 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:12:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

819001

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Reorganisation
	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 cost to the public purse of renaming his Department including signage, stationery, website, business cards and any other associated costs.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	121678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The costs of changing the name ‘Department of Health’ to ‘Department of Health and Social Care’ will be kept to an absolute minimum. The current estimate for costs associated to the name change will be no more than £1,000.</p><p> </p><p>Stationery, such as business cards and headed paper, will only be changed when stock is used up.</p><p> </p><p>Signage in the Department’s London headquarters is digital only. Physical signage in the Leeds headquarters will only be changed later in 2018, as part of a planned refurbishment of the building.</p><p> </p><p>Amends to the website and intranet have not incurred additional costs.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 121676 121742 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:12:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

819008

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Headaches
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have been diagnosed with or received treatment for cluster headaches in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	121685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/01/2018 14:45:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

819013

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Tamoxifen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice the NHS provides on the use of Tamoxifen for menopausal women.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	121690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for providing guidance on the prevention and treatment of ill health and the promotion of good health and social care for the National Health Service. NICE has provided recommendations on the use of tamoxifen in its clinical guideline on ‘Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and treatment’ which is currently being updated. The guideline can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg80/chapter/1-Guidance#endocrine-therapy" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg80/chapter/1-Guidance#endocrine-therapy</a></p><p>The Breast Cancer Clinical Expert Group also issued guidance to Cancer Alliances for Provision of Breast Cancer Services, in August 2017. This guidance includes best practice for the provision of tamoxifen, and can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.yhscn.nhs.uk/media/PDFs/cancer/National%20Optimal%20Pways%202017/Clinical%20Advice%20for%20the%20Provision%20of%20Breast%20Cancer%20Services%20Aug%202017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.yhscn.nhs.uk/media/PDFs/cancer/National%20Optimal%20Pways%202017/Clinical%20Advice%20for%20the%20Provision%20of%20Breast%20Cancer%20Services%20Aug%202017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/01/2018 14:59:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon