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988726

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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	General Practitioners: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	‘To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many subject access requests have been made to GP surgeries since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	180307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/10/2018 12:35:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

988865

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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	Lung Diseases: Rehabilitation
	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 World COPD Day on 21 November 2018, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the NHS long-term plan includes an expansion of pulmonary rehabilitation services.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
	uin	180100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Pulmonary rehabilitation is one of the most effective treatments for chronic lung disease. Respiratory care is one of the areas being considered as part of the National Health Service long-term plan currently in development and new guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence are due to be published in December.</p><p> </p><p>The Department supports the NHS to increase access to pulmonary rehabilitation and improve the quality of care for people with long-term respiratory conditions through the following actions:</p><p> </p><p>- a national roll out of the RightCare programme by NHS England which directs clinical commissioning groups to offer pulmonary rehabilitation as part of an optimal pathway for COPD patients;</p><p>- the COPD best practice tariff encourages NHS providers to refer patients for pulmonary rehabilitation as a financial incentive;</p><p>- a pulmonary rehabilitation service accreditation programme run by the Royal College of Physicians.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 180099 question first answered 22/10/2018 16:24:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

988738

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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	Smoking: Health Education
	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 Public Health England's document, Stop smoking options: guidance for conversations with patients, published on 20 August 2018, what evidence Public Health England assessed to inform its recommendation that E-cigarettes can help people quit smoking, with similar or better results than NRT.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	180204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) referenced two papers in the guidance that helped inform its recommendation. They were:</p><p> </p><p>- ‘Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation: a randomised controlled trial’ by Bullen and others.</p><p> </p><p>- ‘Real‐world effectiveness of e‐cigarettes when used to aid smoking cessation: a cross‐sectional population study’ by Brown and others.</p><p> </p><p>PHE’s recommendation is also supported by evidence from local stop smoking services in England, where people using e-cigarettes and stop smoking medicines consecutively have the highest rates of success, with 75% quitting successfully compared to 50% for those using medicines alone.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/10/2018 16:57:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

988889

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all patients with health conditions previously determined by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to benefit from the use of cannabis will automatically qualify for prescriptions for medicinal cannabis.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	180265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>Subject to Parliamentary approval, from 1 November doctors on the General Medical Council’s specialist register can make the decision to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use where deemed clinically appropriate and in the best interests of patients. Prescribers will need to follow local governance procedures for prescribing unlicensed medicines.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations do not limit the types of conditions that can be considered for treatment and will only be able to be supplied under the prescription or direction of a specialist doctor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/10/2018 16:57:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

988732

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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	Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the smoking quit rate was in (a) England, (b) each local authority, (c) each parliamentary constituency and (d) each clinical commissioning group area in England in each financial year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	180198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>Data on the number of self-reported successful quitters at four weeks per 100,000 smokers aged over 16 in England 2010/11 to 2016/17 are available in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Number of successful quitters at four weeks per 100,000 smokers aged 16+ in England 2010/11 to 2016/17</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of successful quitters at four weeks per 100,000 smokers aged 16+</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>911</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>3,743</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2,248</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>From April 2013, responsibility for commissioning the NHS Stop Smoking Services moved from primary care trusts (PCTs) to local authorities. Therefore from April 2013 these data are collected and reported at region and local authority level rather than by strategic health authority and PCT.</li><li>Due to this change in methodology, data prior to 2013/14 are not comparable to those after.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on successful quitters at local authority level is not held in the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The data are not broken down by clinical commissioning group or parliamentary constituency and therefore are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/10/2018 11:33:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

988733

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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	Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the smoking quit rate was for (a) BAME communities, (b) people living with mental health conditions and (c) people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in each financial year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	180199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows the smoking prevalence in adults who are now ex-smokers, by ethnic group in England for the years 2011 to 2017. Data is not available prior to 2011 for this request.</p><p>Smoking prevalence in adults- England – Ex-smokers</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="7"><p>Ethnic group (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>White</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>19.4</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>28.8</p></td><td><p>28.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>13.8</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td><td><p>28.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>30.1</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>15.9</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td><td><p>26.7</p></td><td><p>37.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td><td><p>16.4</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td><td><p>37.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>26.8</p></td><td><p>11.7</p></td><td><p>17.1</p></td><td><p>15.9</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td><td><p>37.4</p></td><td><p>36.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>31.2</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>20.1</p></td><td><p>28.7</p></td><td><p>36.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td><td><p>16.1</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td><td><p>18.6</p></td><td><p>42.8</p></td><td><p>36.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Local Tobacco Control Profiles – Adult Population Survey</p><p>The information requested on people living with mental health conditions and people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/10/2018 16:58:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

988900

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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	General Practitioners: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the ratio of GPs to patients was in each Liverpool parliamentary constituency in each of the past 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	180171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The ratio of patients per general practitioner is provided in the table attached. Figures are not available at a parliamentary constituency level; therefore figures have been included at the lowest available level corresponding to these areas, specifically primary care trusts prior to 2013, and clinical commissioning groups from 2013 onwards.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/10/2018 16:19:20 question first ministerially corrected 23/10/2018 09:15:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name table PQ180171.docx title GP to patient ratio previous answer version 79964 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

988771

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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	Primary Health Care: 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, what steps the NHS plans to take to tackle barriers to access to primary care for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the long term plan for the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	180186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is working on tools for access to primary care for patients and carers, which is aimed at the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities as well as other identified groups. NHS England will be involving members of these communities in this work to create information that helps patients, carers and front line social care and voluntary and community sector staff understand access to primary medical services. Once published, there will be targeted engagement to ensure the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are aware of the tool, and how to use it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/10/2018 11:31:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

988628

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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	Cancer
	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 geographical variation in (a) funding and (b) performance between and within Cancer Alliances.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	180311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>In 2018/19, the National Cancer Programme established the National Support Fund for Cancer Alliances. The purpose of the National Support Fund is to address geographical variation in the transformation funding bids submitted by Cancer Alliances in 2017/18. The Fund is being used by Cancer Alliances to:</p><p>- improve, and sustain, performance against the 62-day cancer waiting-time standard; and</p><p>- underpin delivery of the relevant 2018/19 Planning Guidance priorities in a consistent way across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, NHS England is providing an additional £10 million this financial year to improve and reduce variation in operational performance. This work will focus on:</p><p>- a nationwide initiative (particularly focused on urology) to grow capacity and support improvement activity across the county; and</p><p>- engaging with especially challenged areas to diagnose the root causes of their poor performance and to implement actions enabling the better management of additional patient demand.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/10/2018 12:34:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

988864

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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	Lung Diseases: Rehabilitation
	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 increase access to pulmonary rehabilitation.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
	uin	180099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Pulmonary rehabilitation is one of the most effective treatments for chronic lung disease. Respiratory care is one of the areas being considered as part of the National Health Service long-term plan currently in development and new guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence are due to be published in December.</p><p> </p><p>The Department supports the NHS to increase access to pulmonary rehabilitation and improve the quality of care for people with long-term respiratory conditions through the following actions:</p><p> </p><p>- a national roll out of the RightCare programme by NHS England which directs clinical commissioning groups to offer pulmonary rehabilitation as part of an optimal pathway for COPD patients;</p><p>- the COPD best practice tariff encourages NHS providers to refer patients for pulmonary rehabilitation as a financial incentive;</p><p>- a pulmonary rehabilitation service accreditation programme run by the Royal College of Physicians.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 180100 question first answered 22/10/2018 16:24:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron