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1055806

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	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	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
	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 press release entitled, Dentists welcome official investigation into fines hitting vulnerable NHS patients, published on 30 January 2019 by the British Dental Association; whether he has plans to simplify the process for claiming free dental care to reduce the number of fines issued for ticking the wrong box on dental forms.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	217586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>All National Health Service dental practices are required to display a poster showing patient charges and to offer patients a free leaflet which sets out in detail who is entitled to free NHS dental services. Information on exemptions and support for people who are on a low income can also be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/healthcosts" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/healthcosts</a></p><p> </p><p>Eligibility checks are carried out on claims received for exemption from NHS Dental Patient Charges. Where eligibility cannot be verified, patients are asked to confirm their eligibility or to pay the relevant dental charge plus a penalty charge. Patients are, however, able to challenge penalty charges they believe are unjustified.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England have recognised the concern that some patients may not be clear on whether they are exempt from charges and have been working to further improve the information available to patients around eligibility. This includes promoting an easy read patient information booklet, creating an online eligibility checker and developing a national awareness campaign.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 217585 question first answered 12/02/2019 11:41:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 101142 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1055805

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	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	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
	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 ensure that people are not issued with a penalty charge for ticking the wrong box on the claim form when claiming for free dental care.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	217585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>All National Health Service dental practices are required to display a poster showing patient charges and to offer patients a free leaflet which sets out in detail who is entitled to free NHS dental services. Information on exemptions and support for people who are on a low income can also be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/healthcosts" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/healthcosts</a></p><p> </p><p>Eligibility checks are carried out on claims received for exemption from NHS Dental Patient Charges. Where eligibility cannot be verified, patients are asked to confirm their eligibility or to pay the relevant dental charge plus a penalty charge. Patients are, however, able to challenge penalty charges they believe are unjustified.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England have recognised the concern that some patients may not be clear on whether they are exempt from charges and have been working to further improve the information available to patients around eligibility. This includes promoting an easy read patient information booklet, creating an online eligibility checker and developing a national awareness campaign.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 217586 question first answered 12/02/2019 11:41:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 101141 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

757686

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Measles: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the immunisation rate is for measles; and what steps the Government is taking to improve measles immunisation coverage.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	8870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Protection against measles is provided in the combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR).</p><p>The latest <del class="ministerial">England</del> vaccine coverage figures <ins class="ministerial">for the United Kingdom</ins> (January to March 2017) show that uptake of one dose of MMR vaccine at two years was 91.7% and at five years was 95.4%, exceeding the World Health Organisation’s elimination target. Uptake of two MMR doses at five years was 88.1%.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2016, a measles and rubella elimination strategy group was established to oversee the development of a United Kingdom-wide Measles and Rubella elimination strategy. This strategy will focus on sustaining very high coverage of MMR in children below five years of age and on providing opportunities for MMR catch-up to older population groups at risk for measles and/or rubella. Public Health England (PHE) continues to work with others to supply information for health professionals and the public on the benefits and risks associated with MMR.</p><p> </p><p>PHE and NHS England work closely with providers at a local level to target specific communities where uptake of the MMR vaccine is known to be poor.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/09/2017 15:11:29 question first ministerially corrected 15/09/2017 14:52:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 11365 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

754729

	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 repeat prescriptions issued by (a) high street and (b) internet pharmacies has been in each year since 2007 in (i) England and (ii) each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	6406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The total number of repeat dispensing prescription items issued by wholly distance selling pharmacies, including internet pharmacies, and other community pharmacies, including those on the high street, for each year since April 2013 in England is detailed in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time Period</p></td><td><p>Repeat Dispensing Prescription Items for Distant Selling Pharmacies</p></td><td><p>Repeat Dispensing Prescription Items for Other Community Pharmacies</p></td><td><p>Yearly Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 (Apr-Dec 2013)</p></td><td><p>625,157</p></td><td><p>49,222,450</p></td><td><p>49,847,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (Jan-Dec 2014)</p></td><td><p>1,076,060</p></td><td><p>73,769,909</p></td><td><p>74,845,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 (Jan-Dec 2015)</p></td><td><p>1,482,942</p></td><td><p>84,411,853</p></td><td><p>85,894,795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 (Jan-Dec 2016)</p></td><td><p>2,001,326</p></td><td><p>95,730,820</p></td><td><p>97,732,146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (Jan-May 2017)</p></td><td><p>930,753</p></td><td><p>42,216,958</p></td><td><p>43,147,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>6,116,238</p></td><td><p>345,351,990</p></td><td><p>351,468,228</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The requested data is not provided before 2013 as the NHS Business Services Authority only holds prescription payment data for a period of 60 months, at which point it is destroyed in line with their records management policy. Also this coincides with NHS England becoming responsible for commissioning community pharmacy services from April 2013. As such, data is attached on repeat dispensing prescription items by NHS England local areas, rather than local authority areas.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2017 14:29:46 question first ministerially corrected 12/09/2017 09:25:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name PQ6406 Repeats appendix FINAL.xlsx title Repeat prescriptions by NHS England area previous answer version 9595 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1088724

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	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: Females
	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 NHS England’s document, Investment and evolution: A five-year framework for GP contract reform to implement the NHS Long Term Plan, published 31 January 2019, whether his Department has plans to introduce a national service specification for women’s health including a focus on (a) sexual and reproductive health and (b) contraception.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	232540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The recently published 2019/20 general practitioner (GP) Contract announced seven national service specifications that will be developed for the new Primary Care Networks:</p><p>- Structured Medications Review and Optimisation;</p><p>- Enhanced Health in Care Homes, to implement the vanguard model;</p><p>- Anticipatory Care requirements for high need patients typically experiencing several long term conditions, joint with community services;</p><p>- Personalised Care, to implement the NHS Comprehensive Model;</p><p>- Supporting Early Cancer Diagnosis;</p><p>- Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Diagnosis; and</p><p>- Tackling Neighbourhood Inequalities.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans for an additional service specification on women’s health, as we would expect the health needs of all patients, including women, to be a key consideration in each of the seven service specifications. In addition, under the General Medical Services contract, GP practices must provide essential services that include the provision of appropriate ongoing treatment and care to all of their patients and onward referral where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>From <del class="ministerial">April</del> <ins class="ministerial">October </ins>2019, contraception services will no longer be an Additional Service under the Regulations governing the General Medical Services contract but will become part of Essential Services for GP contractors.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/03/2019 16:36:54 question first ministerially corrected 08/04/2019 09:34:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 108777 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1088723

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	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 Care Networks
	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 NHS England’s document, Investment and evolution: A five-year framework for GP contract reform to implement the NHS Long Term Plan, published on 31 January 2019, whether the new Network Contract DES will require Primary Care Networks to collaborate with local authorities in delivering integrated care to local populations.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	232539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are collaborations between general practitioner (GP) practices and a range of other local providers, typically serving a population of between 30,000 and 50,000. The Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service payment for PCNs is in final development and will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>It is expected that PCNs should engage with local authorities as a key local partner in the delivery of integrated health and care services in order to support the objectives in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p> </p><p>From <del class="ministerial">April</del> <ins class="ministerial">October</ins> 2019, contraception services will no longer be an Additional Service under the Regulations governing the General Medical Services contract but will become part of Essential Services for GP contractors.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/03/2019 16:38:30 question first ministerially corrected 08/04/2019 09:35:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 108781 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1088722

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	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 Care Networks
	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 NHS England’s document, Investment and evolution: A five-year framework for GP contract reform to implement the NHS Long Term Plan, published on 31 January 2019, what plans his Department has to ensure the integration of (a) sexual and reproductive health services and (b) contraception provision within the new Primary Care Networks.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	232538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are collaborations between general practitioner (GP) practices and a range of other local providers, typically serving a population of between 30,000 and 50,000. The Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service payment for PCNs is in final development and will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>It is expected that PCNs should engage with local authorities as a key local partner in the delivery of integrated health and care services in order to support the objectives in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p> </p><p>From <del class="ministerial">April</del> <ins class="ministerial">October </ins>2019, contraception services will no longer be an Additional Service under the Regulations governing the General Medical Services contract but will become part of Essential Services for GP contractors.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/03/2019 16:38:30 question first ministerially corrected 08/04/2019 09:35:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 108780 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1088721

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	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 Care Networks
	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 NHS England’s document, Investment and evolution: A five-year framework for GP contract reform to implement the NHS Long Term Plan, published on 31 January 2019, what plans his Department has to ensure the integration of local authority-commissioned public health services within the new Primary Care Networks.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	232537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are collaborations between general practitioner (GP) practices and a range of other local providers, typically serving a population of between 30,000 and 50,000. The Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service payment for PCNs is in final development and will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>It is expected that PCNs should engage with local authorities as a key local partner in the delivery of integrated health and care services in order to support the objectives in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p> </p><p>From <del class="ministerial">April</del> <ins class="ministerial">October</ins> 2019, contraception services will no longer be an Additional Service under the Regulations governing the General Medical Services contract but will become part of Essential Services for GP contractors.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/03/2019 16:38:30 question first ministerially corrected 08/04/2019 09:35:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 108779 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1086653

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	Tomography
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of providing PET-CT scanning services through a (a) private contractor and (b) a NHS trust.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	230888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The estimated total cost to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing PET-CT scans <ins class="ministerial">is </ins><ins class="ministerial">approximately £90 million</ins><del class="ministerial">is £29.4 million</del>, with an average unit cost of <ins class="ministerial">approximately £900 </ins><del class="ministerial">£570</del> per examination<ins class="ministerial"> (this includes the cost of both the scan and a standard tracer)</ins>. Costs are not collected nationally by private contractors.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/03/2019 16:52:46 question first ministerially corrected 14/05/2019 10:51:18 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 107807 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1082564

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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	Food: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the results of the consultation on mandating calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	229218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous MP) on 23 January 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-21/210542/" target="_blank">210542</a>.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/03/2019 18:24:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 106926 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle