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1729608

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	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	Children: Mental Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they are promoting collaboration between the Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care on the rising number of mental health cases among children in primary school; and what meetings Health and Education ministers have had on this topic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
	uin	HL1074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department of Health and Social Care will continue to work closely with colleagues at the Department for Education, as part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future, and that supports the mental health needs of children of primary school age.</p><p>We are working with our colleagues at NHS England and the Department for Education to consider options to deliver our commitments to recruit 8,500 additional mental health workers across children and adult mental health services, and to introduce a specialist mental health professional in every school, so that mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression, can be identified early on and prevented from developing into more serious conditions in later life. Ministers have not yet met to discuss this particular topic, but there are plans to do so in the future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 18/09/2024 09:01:10 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
	tabling member	1164 label Biography information for Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne

1729658

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	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	Alan Milburn
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what meetings Alan Milburn has had with the Department of Health and Social Care or NHS England since the general election (1) with, and (2) without, Ministers being present; and whether his commercial and financial interests were declared ahead of such meetings.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	uin	HL1069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care stated in Parliament on 9 September 2024, the Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn is a former Member of the House of Commons, a member of the Privy Council and a former Secretary of State for Health. At every Departmental meeting he has attended, he has been present at the request of ministers.</p><p>Ministerial meetings attended by third parties are declared in the quarterly transparency publication on GOV.UK. The Secretary of State also assured the House of Commons that nothing commercially sensitive has been shared with Alan Milburn.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron grouped question UIN HL1071 question first answered 17/09/2024 15:56:55 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
	tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

1729660

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	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	Alan Milburn
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 9 September (HC Deb col 578), whether Alan Milburn joined any ministerial discussions, or viewed any ministerial papers, relating to private sector involvement in the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	uin	HL1071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care stated in Parliament on 9 September 2024, the Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn is a former Member of the House of Commons, a member of the Privy Council and a former Secretary of State for Health. At every Departmental meeting he has attended, he has been present at the request of ministers.</p><p>Ministerial meetings attended by third parties are declared in the quarterly transparency publication on GOV.UK. The Secretary of State also assured the House of Commons that nothing commercially sensitive has been shared with Alan Milburn.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron grouped question UIN HL1069 question first answered 17/09/2024 15:56:55 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
	tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

1729053

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	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: Digital Technology
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 1 August (HL348), what percentage of GP surgeries and primary care centres currently offer an online booking option for GP appointments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kamall
	uin	HL969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information on what percentage of general practice (GP) surgeries and primary care centres currently offer an online booking option for GP appointments.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 17/09/2024 15:57:13 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
	tabling member	4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall

1728423

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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 Services: Rural Areas
	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 he is taking to work with the devolved governments to help ensure that NHS services in rural areas can attract and retain adequate numbers of staff.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
	tabling member printed	Angus MacDonald
	uin	5159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department makes it a priority to work collaboratively with the devolved nations to drive forward our objective of improving health and care outcomes across the whole of the United Kingdom.</p><p>The Government will make sure the National Health Service has the staff it needs to be there for all of us when we need it, and will put staff in places where patients and the NHS need them most.</p><p>We will work with all those who share our commitment to ensuring that we train the workforce that we need in all parts of the country, not least in rural areas that struggle to attract and retain staff.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 18/09/2024 14:52:52 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	5362

1728425

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	Allergies: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) medical researchers and (b) other professionals on trends in the level of severe allergies in children in the last 10 years; and steps his Department is taking to screen more children for severe allergies.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	5054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is strongly committed to supporting research into all aspects of human health, including research into allergies. The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health. These are 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, and the NIHR will work with researchers to facilitate the development of good-quality proposals that will move the evidence base forward.</p><p>An Expert Advisory Group for Allergy (EAGA) was established in 2023, and brings together key stakeholders, including clinical organisations, with the aim improving the quality-of-life of people with allergies. Chaired jointly by the Department and the National Allergy Strategy Group, the EAGA identifies priority areas for the Department, NHS England, and other Government departments and agencies relating to allergies that require policy change or development, and advises on how to best achieve improved outcomes.</p><p>The Department has also held a number of meetings with the National Allergy Research Foundation (NARF) to discuss both the research and policy aspects of allergies. The NARF is a charity with a mission to make allergy history through pioneering scientific and medical research, to change the lives of those living with allergies, starting with food allergies.</p><p>Blood and skin allergy tests can detect a patient's sensitivity to common allergens, including food allergens, and advice on the circumstances under which such tests should be offered are contained in the guidance, Food allergy in under 19s: assessment and diagnosis [CG116], published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The NICE maintains surveillance of new evidence that may affect its published guidance, and would consult on proposed changes if significant new evidence were to emerge.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 16/09/2024 15:50:24 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728432

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
	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 respond to the recommendations of the Hughes Report, Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Castle Point
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Harris
	uin	4979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Hughes Report, and will respond as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 13/09/2024 11:23:32 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	3948 label Biography information for Rebecca Harris

1728433

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	NHS: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) drug prices, (b) appliance prices and (c) fees paid to pharmacy contractors in the NHS Drug Tariff.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion Preseli
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	5097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department undertakes a quarterly assessment of the adequacy of drug prices paid to community pharmacies through the medicine margin survey. The survey samples independent pharmacy contractors’ sales invoices for the medicines they dispense, and compares the amount paid with the amount reimbursed by the National Health Service. This has found that more than the amount agreed as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework has been delivered in total across the previous four financial years. Suppliers of appliances can optionally apply for an annual price increase on the NHS Drug Tariff. Fees in the tariff are routinely reviewed and updated when appropriate.</p><p>Medicine costs are considered as part of ongoing broader assessments of the financial health of the sector. However, if the selling price of a product goes above the reimbursement price in a given month, pharmacy contractors can request an increase to the reimbursement price from the Department via Community Pharmacy England. Where an increase is granted, this new price is known as a concessionary price. This ensures that that the reimbursement prices set are reflective of real time market selling prices, and means that pharmacy contractors are paid fairly for the medicines they dispense.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 5098 5099 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:48:02 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1728434

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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: Finance
	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 he has made of the potential impact of medication costs on community pharmacies.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion Preseli
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	5098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department undertakes a quarterly assessment of the adequacy of drug prices paid to community pharmacies through the medicine margin survey. The survey samples independent pharmacy contractors’ sales invoices for the medicines they dispense, and compares the amount paid with the amount reimbursed by the National Health Service. This has found that more than the amount agreed as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework has been delivered in total across the previous four financial years. Suppliers of appliances can optionally apply for an annual price increase on the NHS Drug Tariff. Fees in the tariff are routinely reviewed and updated when appropriate.</p><p>Medicine costs are considered as part of ongoing broader assessments of the financial health of the sector. However, if the selling price of a product goes above the reimbursement price in a given month, pharmacy contractors can request an increase to the reimbursement price from the Department via Community Pharmacy England. Where an increase is granted, this new price is known as a concessionary price. This ensures that that the reimbursement prices set are reflective of real time market selling prices, and means that pharmacy contractors are paid fairly for the medicines they dispense.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 5097 5099 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:48:02 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1728435

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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: Drugs
	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 help community pharmacies with increases in the cost of medications.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion Preseli
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	5099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department undertakes a quarterly assessment of the adequacy of drug prices paid to community pharmacies through the medicine margin survey. The survey samples independent pharmacy contractors’ sales invoices for the medicines they dispense, and compares the amount paid with the amount reimbursed by the National Health Service. This has found that more than the amount agreed as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework has been delivered in total across the previous four financial years. Suppliers of appliances can optionally apply for an annual price increase on the NHS Drug Tariff. Fees in the tariff are routinely reviewed and updated when appropriate.</p><p>Medicine costs are considered as part of ongoing broader assessments of the financial health of the sector. However, if the selling price of a product goes above the reimbursement price in a given month, pharmacy contractors can request an increase to the reimbursement price from the Department via Community Pharmacy England. Where an increase is granted, this new price is known as a concessionary price. This ensures that that the reimbursement prices set are reflective of real time market selling prices, and means that pharmacy contractors are paid fairly for the medicines they dispense.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 5097 5098 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:48:02 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake