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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

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

1091298

	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 15 March 2019 to Question 231557 on Tomography: Procurement, what additional engagement was undertaken by the NHS on the effect of the proposed privatisation of the PET-CT scan service in Oxford on the location of those services outside Oxford.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	234237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>No additional engagement has been undertaken by NHS England to that outlined in the previous response.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/03/2019 14:15:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1091308

	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	Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers: Resignations
	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 biomedical scientists left hospital screening laboratories in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure laboratories retain highly skilled staff.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	234241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>No figures are available specifically for biomedical scientists within screening laboratories, however, the available figures state that there were 1,505 leavers from the selected Healthcare Scientist Care Setting group in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups over the period 30 September 2017 to 30 September 2018. This staff group includes healthcare scientists within a care setting of blood sciences, cellular sciences, genetics and infection sciences.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out specific workforce actions developed by NHS Improvement and others to have positive impact for workforces, including the screening and diagnostic workforce. NHS Improvement and the Department will discuss these actions when the education and training budget for Health Education England is set in 2019. This includes a proposal to recruit an additional 1,500 clinical and diagnostic staff across seven priority specialisms between 2018 and 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Professor Sir Mike Richards is leading a major review of national cancer screening programme pathways as part of the NHS Long Term Plan’s renewed drive to improve care and save lives. Professor Richards’ review is due later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, in relation to cervical cancer screening, to maintain the service and accommodate current staffing levels, a majority of existing pilot sites carrying out the new human papilloma virus (HPV) testing and some non-pilot sites have already converted more of their cervical screening activity to HPV primary screening, freeing up cytology capacity.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/03/2019 14:10:57 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

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

1091311

	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	Prescriptions: Universal Credit
	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 penalty notices were issued by the NHSBSA in Dudley prior to the rollout of universal credit in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	234107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of prescription and dental penalty charge notices issued prior to universal credit (UC) rollout in Dudley by calendar year is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Prior to the rollout of UC in Dudley by calendar year</p></td><td><p>Prescription penalty charge notice issued</p></td><td><p>Dental penalty charge notice issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,018</p></td><td><p>2,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,340</p></td><td><p>2,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7,914</p></td><td><p>4,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - until June</p></td><td><p>1,939 until June</p></td><td><p>2,234 until June</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of prescription and dental penalty charge notices issued since the rollout of UC in Dudley by calendar year is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>After the rollout of UC in Dudley by calendar year</p></td><td><p>Prescription penalty charge notice issued</p></td><td><p>Dental penalty charge notice issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 – from July</p></td><td><p>6,653 * from July</p></td><td><p>2,517 * from July</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4,467</p></td><td><p>4,667</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>- The following postcodes were used to collate data for the Dudley area: B62, B63, B64, B65, DY1, DY2, DY3, DY4, DY5, DY6, DY7, DY8, DY9, WV1, WV4</p><p> </p><p>- UC commenced roll out in the Dudley area from July 2017 so this date has been used in the data collation. The data represents Penalty Charge Notices sent out against all exemption types ticked by the patient where an exemption could not be verified.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 234108 question first answered 22/03/2019 14:14:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1091313

	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	Prescriptions: Universal Credit
	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 penalty notices have been issued by the NHSBSA in Dudley since the rollout of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	234108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of prescription and dental penalty charge notices issued prior to universal credit (UC) rollout in Dudley by calendar year is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Prior to the rollout of UC in Dudley by calendar year</p></td><td><p>Prescription penalty charge notice issued</p></td><td><p>Dental penalty charge notice issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,018</p></td><td><p>2,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,340</p></td><td><p>2,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7,914</p></td><td><p>4,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - until June</p></td><td><p>1,939 until June</p></td><td><p>2,234 until June</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of prescription and dental penalty charge notices issued since the rollout of UC in Dudley by calendar year is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>After the rollout of UC in Dudley by calendar year</p></td><td><p>Prescription penalty charge notice issued</p></td><td><p>Dental penalty charge notice issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 – from July</p></td><td><p>6,653 * from July</p></td><td><p>2,517 * from July</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4,467</p></td><td><p>4,667</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>- The following postcodes were used to collate data for the Dudley area: B62, B63, B64, B65, DY1, DY2, DY3, DY4, DY5, DY6, DY7, DY8, DY9, WV1, WV4</p><p> </p><p>- UC commenced roll out in the Dudley area from July 2017 so this date has been used in the data collation. The data represents Penalty Charge Notices sent out against all exemption types ticked by the patient where an exemption could not be verified.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 234107 question first answered 22/03/2019 14:14:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

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

1090952

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2019
	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 recent steps his Department has taken to reduce waiting times for smear test results.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	233451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS England is taking steps to make sure the delivery, performance and oversight of screening services meet the high standard National Health Service patients rightly expect. This includes moving samples around the country to reduce the burden on those laboratories most under pressure.</p><p> </p><p>Unpublished management data has also shown a significant improvement in turnaround times in the last quarter of 2018/19, therefore it is expected that as the proportion of women benefitting from HPV primary screening continues to increase, waiting times for smear test results will reduce.</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> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/03/2019 16:25:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham