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746106

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many mental health patients in England were sent away from their local area for treatment in each of the past three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Out of Area Placement (OAP) definition was agreed in October 2016. The latest data published on OAPs covers the period from 17 October 2016 to 30 April 2017. During that time 4,153 OAPs have been recorded as starting in England.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 11/07/2017 15:00:59 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

748019

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how they ensure that, in responding to acid attacks, first responders are adequately equipped to deal with (1) the immediate effects, and (2) the need to prevent prolonged physical damage.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
	uin	HL473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Emergency medical technicians and paramedics operate to the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee Clinical Practise Guidelines 2016. This does not refer to the use of Diphoterine. Ambulance personnel would follow the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear advice in the guidelines to disrobe the patient and decontaminate with water.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL475 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:01:51 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

748864

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure that the UK's withdrawal from the EU does not jeopardise or undermine cross–border healthcare provision in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
	uin	HL527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister said in her Article 50 letter we want to avoid a return to a hard border between the United Kingdom and Ireland and maintain the Common Travel Area (CTA) between us. We recognise that for the people of Northern Ireland and Ireland, the ability to move freely across the border is an essential part of daily life. There is a strong appetite on both sides of the border and in all parts of the UK to maintain the current status quo. The Government has been clear that there will be no immediate changes to our practices surrounding the CTA.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 11/07/2017 15:02:39 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

748848

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to reduce the level of smoking in both indoor and outdoor public places.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Legislation introduced in 2007 made it illegal to smoke in all public enclosed or substantially enclosed areas and workplaces. There are no current plans to introduce further smoke free legislation to outdoor places.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities can however, consider adopting more extensive no smoking policies locally. Local authorities are best placed to do this working with its local population to develop flexible plans that suit the local area.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 11/07/2017 15:03:02 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

747419

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a "transformative designation", as proposed in the Accelerated Access Review, for the most strategically important products for the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
	uin	HL383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016 the Accelerated Access Review set out a vision of faster patient access to 21st century medicines and medical technologies, making the United Kingdom a world leading place to design, develop and deploy medical innovations.</p><p> </p><p>The review made several recommendations to ensure that patients get new drugs and treatments faster while the National Health Service gets best value for money and remains at the forefront of innovation. The Government and its key delivery partners are reviewing the review’s recommendations and will respond in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL380 HL381 question first answered 11/07/2017 13:59:51 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley

746107

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to address the shortage of psychiatrists.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>A five year workforce plan to deliver the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health is currently being finalised by Health Education England (HEE) and will be published in due course. Analysis and development of the workforce strategy have been completed and HEE is now working with arm’s length body partners to agree the associated goals, trajectories, actions, and other deliverables associated with the implementation of the strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 11/07/2017 14:26:07 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

747416

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their response to the Accelerated Access Review of innovative medicines and medical technologies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
	uin	HL380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016 the Accelerated Access Review set out a vision of faster patient access to 21st century medicines and medical technologies, making the United Kingdom a world leading place to design, develop and deploy medical innovations.</p><p> </p><p>The review made several recommendations to ensure that patients get new drugs and treatments faster while the National Health Service gets best value for money and remains at the forefront of innovation. The Government and its key delivery partners are reviewing the review’s recommendations and will respond in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL381 HL383 question first answered 11/07/2017 13:59:51 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley

748021

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether NHS protocols for the management of acid attacks include the use of Diphotrine for the purposes of emergency treatment.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
	uin	HL475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Emergency medical technicians and paramedics operate to the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee Clinical Practise Guidelines 2016. This does not refer to the use of Diphoterine. Ambulance personnel would follow the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear advice in the guidelines to disrobe the patient and decontaminate with water.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL473 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:01:51 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

747418

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether a strategic commercial unit will be established within NHS England, as recommended in the Accelerated Access Review, and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
	uin	HL382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Consistent with recommendations set out in the Accelerated Access Review, NHS England continues to develop its commercial capacity and capability in relation to medicines procurement as well as the negotiation of bespoke commercial access arrangements for high cost drugs. As part of this, the Commercial Medicines Unit transferred across from the Department to NHS England on 1 April 2017. NHS England is currently in the process of recruiting to a number of other key posts to support the commercial function more broadly.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 11/07/2017 14:30:38 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley

747417

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to establish the Accelerated Access Partnership as recommended in their Accelerated Access Review; and if so when.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
	uin	HL381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016 the Accelerated Access Review set out a vision of faster patient access to 21st century medicines and medical technologies, making the United Kingdom a world leading place to design, develop and deploy medical innovations.</p><p> </p><p>The review made several recommendations to ensure that patients get new drugs and treatments faster while the National Health Service gets best value for money and remains at the forefront of innovation. The Government and its key delivery partners are reviewing the review’s recommendations and will respond in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL380 HL383 question first answered 11/07/2017 13:59:51 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley