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754717

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pharmacy
	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 concentration of high street community pharmacies in different areas of the country; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	6408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>40% of community pharmacies are in a cluster where there are three or more pharmacies within ten minutes’ walk. As part of community pharmacy reforms, we have introduced a Pharmacy Access Scheme to protect pharmacies in areas where there are fewer pharmacies and higher health needs, and to ensure no residents in areas will be left without good access to a community pharmacy.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2017 13:13:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

754722

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pharmacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage choice of pharmacy at the point of an electronic prescription being issued.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	6412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>At the moment, only patients who have nominated a dispenser (community pharmacy or dispensing appliance contractor) of their choice are able to use the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS). Patients are informed about EPS, its benefits and are encouraged to use the service by both their general practitioner practices and dispensers. Patients are free to change their mind and nominate a different pharmacy or remove their nomination at any point. The next phase (Phase 4) of EPS will provide patients with a barcode that they can present to any pharmacy of their choice without needing to nominate in advance – thereby giving the patient complete choice of pharmacy. NHS Digital plans to pilot Phase 4 in April next year subject to the agreement of changes to prescribing and dispensing legislation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/09/2017 14:54:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

754714

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding he has allowed for the delivery of the Tobacco Control Plan for England.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	6483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Councils will receive £16 billion of public health funding over the Spending Review period to deliver local health priorities tailored to the needs of their populations. Tobacco control is within this remit.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2017 12:25:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

754719

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pharmacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS pharmacies have delivered (a) essential and (b) advanced services in each year since 2007-08 in (i) England and (ii) each local authority area; and if he will provide details of the advanced services delivered by community pharmacies.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	6407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Essential services are available from all community pharmacies, which provide National Health Service pharmaceutical services in England. Community pharmacies can provide the following advanced services, if they meet the necessary requirements:</p><p> </p><p>- Medicine Use Review from 2005/06;</p><p>- Appliance Use Review from 2010/11;</p><p>- Stoma Appliance Customisation from 2010/11;</p><p>- New Medicine Service (NMS) from October 2011;</p><p>- Seasonal Influenza Vaccination from 2015/16; and</p><p>- NHS urgent medicine supply pilot scheme from December 2016.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital releases an annual General Pharmaceutical Services publication which provides the data requested. As essential and advanced services are commissioned by the NHS, rather than local authorities, local data is based on primary care trusts until 2012/13 and NHS England Regions from April 2013. The latest data available to 2015/16 can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.content.digital.nhs.uk/pubs/genphasernov16" target="_blank">http://www.content.digital.nhs.uk/pubs/genphasernov16</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2017 13:59:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

754712

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Running
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how many British running clubs have organised Couch to 5K programme since the inception of that programme.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	6486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, Public Health England (PHE) launched a mobile app in partnership with British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Get Inspired, based on NHS Choices’ Couch to 5K web site. The method of evaluating the effect and value for money of the Couch to 5K app in England involves tracking the number of downloads and conducting qualitative research.</p><p> </p><p>The app has received more than 500,000 downloads since launch<sup>1</sup>. The feedback from users is positive with many referencing the voice-over from popular coaches being especially motivating.</p><p> </p><p>The app does not record mobile sensor data and there is no historical app data available to compare pre and post usage.</p><p> </p><p>The app has been especially designed for people who have done little or no running. We hold no information on the activities of running clubs in relation to the Couch to 5K programme.</p><p><sup>1</sup> Source: Google Analytics</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 6692 6831 question first answered 06/09/2017 13:06:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

754753

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Exercise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methods his Department uses to evaluate the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money to the public purse of the NHS Choices Couch to 5K programme.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	6831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, Public Health England (PHE) launched a mobile app in partnership with British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Get Inspired, based on NHS Choices’ Couch to 5K web site. The method of evaluating the effect and value for money of the Couch to 5K app in England involves tracking the number of downloads and conducting qualitative research.</p><p> </p><p>The app has received more than 500,000 downloads since launch<sup>1</sup>. The feedback from users is positive with many referencing the voice-over from popular coaches being especially motivating.</p><p> </p><p>The app does not record mobile sensor data and there is no historical app data available to compare pre and post usage.</p><p> </p><p>The app has been especially designed for people who have done little or no running. We hold no information on the activities of running clubs in relation to the Couch to 5K programme.</p><p><sup>1</sup> Source: Google Analytics</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 6486 6692 question first answered 06/09/2017 13:06:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

754772

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Running
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how many running clubs have organised Couch to 5K programmes since the inception of that programme.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	6692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, Public Health England (PHE) launched a mobile app in partnership with British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Get Inspired, based on NHS Choices’ Couch to 5K web site. The method of evaluating the effect and value for money of the Couch to 5K app in England involves tracking the number of downloads and conducting qualitative research.</p><p> </p><p>The app has received more than 500,000 downloads since launch<sup>1</sup>. The feedback from users is positive with many referencing the voice-over from popular coaches being especially motivating.</p><p> </p><p>The app does not record mobile sensor data and there is no historical app data available to compare pre and post usage.</p><p> </p><p>The app has been especially designed for people who have done little or no running. We hold no information on the activities of running clubs in relation to the Couch to 5K programme.</p><p><sup>1</sup> Source: Google Analytics</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 6486 6831 question first answered 06/09/2017 13:06:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

754880

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	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, (a) how many times and (b) when the prescription charge exemption criteria have been reviewed in the last 30 years.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	6421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to confirm how many times the full list of exemptions have been subject to review in the last 30 years. To identify and confirm details of each review would be of disproportionate cost as the information may not be fully held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/09/2017 13:00:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

754747

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Euratom: Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he had with his Cabinet colleagues on the potential effect on cancer patients of the Government's decision to leave Euratom, before that decision was announced.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	6845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Medical radio-isotopes, used in the treatment of some cancers, are not subject to Euratom Supply Agency contracts or to Euratom safeguards. Therefore the United Kingdom’s ability to import medical isotopes from Europe and the rest of the world, and cancer patients’ treatment, will not be affected by withdrawing from Euratom.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/09/2017 14:19:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

754725

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pharmacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total number of (a) internet and (b) high street community pharmacies in England has been in each year since 2007-08 in (i) total and (ii) each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	6405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital releases an annual General Pharmaceutical Services publication which has data on the total number of community pharmacies, providing National Health Service pharmaceutical services in England, including high street pharmacies, as well as the number of wholly distance selling pharmacies, including internet pharmacies. Data for the latter was only collected from 2008/09. As NHS pharmaceutical services are commissioned by the NHS, rather than local authorities, local data is based on primary care trusts until 2012/13 and NHS England Regions from April 2013. The latest release, covering the period 2006/07 to 2015/16, is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.content.digital.nhs.uk/pubs/genphasernov16" target="_blank">http://www.content.digital.nhs.uk/pubs/genphasernov16</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2017 14:03:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth