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1078461

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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	Diabetes: Drugs
	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 publish the cost to the NHS of diabetes drugs prescriptions by CCG from 2018 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	226528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital oversees the publication of ‘Prescribing for Diabetes’ which reports on and examines prescribing trends on medicines prescribed in primary care in England for the treatment and monitoring of diabetes. Data for the year 2018/19 will be published in November 2019 and the report for 2017/18 can be accessed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/prescribing-for-diabetes" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/prescribing-for-diabetes</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/03/2019 16:21:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1078460

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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	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, how many applications for products not yet on the market were made to NICE in each year from 2016 to 2018; and how many of those applications were granted.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	226527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations on whether specific drugs and other treatments represent a clinically and cost-effective use of National Health Service resources through its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies programmes. Topics are identified through an established topic selection process and formally referred to NICE by Ministers. Companies do not apply to NICE for an assessment and NICE does not grant applications. NICE aims to issue recommendations on new drugs referred to it within a few months of licensing and therefore normally begins its appraisal process before the drug receives a marketing authorisation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/03/2019 16:34:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1077199

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	Health Professions: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposal for a state-backed indemnity scheme for health care professionals.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
	uin	225395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service (Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice) Regulations 2019 were laid in parliament on 25 February 2019 and come into force on 1 April 2019. The Regulations establish a scheme which provides indemnity cover for future clinical negligence liabilities of general practitioners, and others working in general practice in respect of services provided as part of the National Health Service in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also intends to establish the arrangements for an existing liabilities scheme in April 2019, subject to satisfactory discussions with the Medical Defence Organisations.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/02/2019 16:22:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

1059754

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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	Irritable Bowel Syndrome
	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 find a cure for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	220221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including irritable bowel syndrome. It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p>The NIHR has four live projects on Irritable Bowel Syndrome totalling approximately £3.84 million:</p><p>- A randomised, placebo controlled trial to determine the efficacy and mode of action of ondansetron in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea;</p><p>- ACTIB (Assessing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Irritable Bowel): A randomized controlled trial of clinical and cost effectiveness of therapist delivered cognitive behavioural therapy and web-based self-management in irritable bowel syndrome;</p><p>- Evaluation of faecal volatile organic compounds in the diagnosis of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease; and</p><p>- Eluxadoline for treating irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on all NIHR projects can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/" target="_blank">www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/02/2019 17:17:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1060965

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Cancer: Counselling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to ensure that people with cancer are able to access psychological and emotional support.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	909320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>By 2021, every person diagnosed with cancer will have access, where appropriate, to personalised care, including a needs assessment, a care plan and health and wellbeing information and support. The needs assessment guides a conversation about the person’s holistic needs (physical, psychosocial, financial and social) in order to identify any concerns, including psychological and emotional.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/02/2019 17:25:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1092079

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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	Pharmacy: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made towards meeting the target of having over 1,300 clinical pharmacists working in GP surgeries by March 2019; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	234702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The General Practitioner (GP) Forward View, published in 2016, set out plans to recruit an additional 1,500 clinical pharmacists into general practice by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>Following a recent consultation, several changes have been made to the data processing and methodology for general practice workforce data back to September 2015. Figures produced under the old and new methodologies are not comparable and revised figures have so far been published for December 2017, September 2018 and December 2018 only. The remainder of the September 2015 to December 2018 data is planned for publication on 25 April 2019 and cannot be disseminated before this date. The number of pharmacists working in general practice in March 2019 will be published in May 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The recently published five-year general practitioner (General Medical Services) contract included funding for the new Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, in Primary Care Networks (PCNs). PCNs will be guaranteed funding for up to an estimated 20,000 additional staff by 2023/24. This funds new roles for which there is both credible supply and demand. The scheme will meet a recurrent 70% of the costs of additional clinical pharmacists, physician associates, first contact physiotherapists, and first contact community paramedics; and 100% of the costs of additional social prescribing link workers. The scope of the scheme will extend gradually, reflecting available supply and funding. Funding will be available from July 2019 for clinical pharmacists through the scheme</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/03/2019 17:39:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1092078

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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	Mental Health Services: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made towards meeting the target of having over 1,500 mental health therapists in primary care by March 2019; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	234701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Data for the workforce providing mental health therapy services in the community via the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme are available from the 2015 IAPT Workforce Census, which recorded 8,588 IAPT staff (by headcount, equivalent to 7,205 full time equivalents) as at 30 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>More recent data are not available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/03/2019 17:39:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1091363

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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: Oxfordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2019 to Question 227413 on Tomography: Inhealthcare, what meetings he held with representatives from (a) Oxford University Hospitals Trust, (b) InHealth and (c) Oxfordshire CCG prior to awarding the PET-CT scanning contract to InHealth.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	234264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not met with any representatives of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, InHealth Group or Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/03/2019 14:11:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1091310

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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	Cervical Cancer: Screening
	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 effect on (a) staffing levels and (b) waiting times of the centralisation of cervical screening laboratories.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	234243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>Prior to the agreement on the optimum number of centralised laboratories to deliver the new human papilloma virus (HPV) primary screening to replace cytology, consideration was given to how this would impact on the existing workforce. A survey of the existing workforce was undertaken by the British Association of Cytopathologists in 2017 and the outcomes of this arising was included amongst further consideration when confirming the maximum number of laboratories required to deliver the service across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The planned introduction of HPV primary screening and reconfiguration of laboratories has impacted on cytology workforce retention and recruitment rates, which led to an increase in the waiting time for cervical screening results in 2016-17 and 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>Unpublished management data has also shown an improvement in turnaround times in the last quarter of 2018/19. As HPV testing takes over from cytology testing during 2019, it is expected that waiting times will reduce significantly.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, the 14-day turnaround time for test results to be provided remains a vital target for the NHS Cervical Screening Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The roll-out of HPV primary screening into the NHS Cervical Cancer Screening Programme in England is due to be rolled out in December 2019. This could prevent around 600 cancers a year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/03/2019 14:09:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1091309

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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	Cervical Cancer: Screening
	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 current average time is for cervical screening results in each laboratory linked to each NHS Trust and Foundation Trust in London; and what the average waiting time for those results is in England.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	234242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The latest published data for 2017/18 indicated that 58.6% of women received the results of their test within 14 days; 23% of women were waiting over three weeks.</p><p> </p><p>The 2017/18 data indicates that 69.6% of women across London received their cervical screening results within 14 days. The following table shows the average waiting time for cervical screening results in laboratories linked to each National Health Service trust and foundation trust in London:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cytology Lab</p></td><td><p>Average waiting time (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northwick Park (London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust)</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viapath (Guy’s and St Thomas’)</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barts</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imperial</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen’s (Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust)</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Princess Royal University Hospital</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St George’s</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Services Laboratory (North Central London)</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helier</p></td><td><p>No Response</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/03/2019 14:09:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes