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890101

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Closures
	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 A&E units closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	137151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Changes to the local NHS services are a matter for the local National Health Service, and form part of the commissioning process. This includes working with local people and with clinicians to ensure that changes are in the best interests of patients. Records of this activity are not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 137152 question first answered 26/04/2018 16:39:29 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

890102

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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	Hospitals: Closures
	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 hospitals closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	137152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Changes to the local NHS services are a matter for the local National Health Service, and form part of the commissioning process. This includes working with local people and with clinicians to ensure that changes are in the best interests of patients. Records of this activity are not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 137151 question first answered 26/04/2018 16:39:29 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

890072

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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	European Medicines Agency
	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 23 April 2018 to Question 136501, how the Government plans for the UK to participate in the European Medicines Agency during the transition period after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	137122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>From 30 March 2019, the United Kingdom will no longer be a Member of the European Union. However, under the terms of the implementation period agreement regulatory standards and market access for all medicines will continue on current terms.</p><p> </p><p>Both sides agree that for the implementation period to function effectively, the UK will need to remain in step with the EU. In this context, the Withdrawal Agreement will be underpinned by a duty of good faith, with a Joint Committee in place enabling either side to raise issues or concerns. These arrangements will help ensure that the implementation period works properly for both sides.</p><p> </p><p>Common rules will remain in place and the UK may continue to participate in EU agencies and bodies where the presence of the United Kingdom is necessary and is in the interests of the EU, or where the discussion concerns acts addressed to the UK and its citizens. The exact nature of this participation will be a matter for further discussion.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the future relationship, the Prime Minister's Mansion House speech outlined that we will also explore the terms on which the UK could remain part of the European Medicines Agency. While it would not be appropriate to pre-judge the outcome of the negotiations, we will discuss with the EU and Member States how best to continue cooperation in medicines regulation.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/04/2018 16:06:14 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

890003

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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	Royal Liverpool University Hospital
	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 progress has been made on identifying a new contractor to complete the building of the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital after the collapse of Carillion; and if will he make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
	uin	137055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract between the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust and the PFI Project Company is still in place, which means that the Company is still contractually obliged to manage the project and find a construction firm or subcontractor who can continue the building work.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Liverpool Hospital scheme is very well advanced. The PFI Project Company is continuing its discussions with their lenders and with other service and construction companies to assess how best to continue delivering the contract. Officials from the Department and NHS Improvement are continuing to work very actively with all the parties to ensure there are plans in place to keep the delay as short as possible and provide the best value for money solution for the trust and for the public sector as a whole.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 26/04/2018 16:37:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

890121

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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, if he will negotiate a deal with the EU to allow mutual recognition agreements on the manufacture and distribution of investigational medicinal products and pharmacovigilance services after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	137171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>From 30 March 2019, the United Kingdom will no longer be a Member of the European Union. However, under the terms of the implementation period agreement regulatory standards and market access for all medicines will continue on current terms.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the future relationship, the Prime Minister’s Mansion House speech outlined that we will also explore the terms on which the UK could remain part of the European Medicines Agency. While it would not be appropriate to pre-judge the outcome of the negotiations, we will discuss with the EU and Member States how best to continue cooperation in medicines regulation more broadly, including manufacturing and distribution of investigational medicinal products and pharmacovigilance services.</p><p> </p><p>Our overall aim is to ensure that patients in the UK and across the EU continue to be able to access the best and most innovative medicines and be assured that their safety is protected through the strongest regulatory framework and continued sharing of data.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/04/2018 16:07:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

890075

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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: Employment
	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 his Department has to promote careers in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	137125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The people who work in our National Health Service are one of our greatest assets and we are committed to championing them. We will continue to promote the NHS as a great employer, as well as celebrating the excellent work being done by individuals across the health service.</p><p> </p><p>For example, we have recently announced that we are expanding medical training places by 1,500 from September 2018, and the process is now complete for allocating those places to medical schools across the country who will deliver the training, including five entirely new medical schools.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, in December of last year, Health Education England launched a draft workforce strategy in order to set out a comprehensive system wide understanding of our workforce needs for the future. The draft strategy formed the basis of a consultation which is now closed, and a final strategy will be released later this year.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 26/04/2018 16:40:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

890013

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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	Neuromusclular Disorders
	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 adequacy in the number of neuromuscular NHS consultants available to meet the treatment needs of patients with neuromuscular conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	137065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Neuromuscular is not a specialty or subspecialty defined by Health Education England for the purpose of specialty training or by NHS Digital for the purpose of monitoring numbers of staff working in the National Health Service.</p><p>However, Health Education England expects that more than 150 doctors will complete specialist training in neurology by the end of 2020 and be available to take up posts as consultant neurologists.</p><p>The following table shows there has been a 45% increase in the full time equivalent number of consultants working in relevant neurology consultant specialties in the NHS since May 2010:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Consultant specialty</p></td><td><p>May 2010</p></td><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>Change</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clinical neurophysiology</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diagnostic Neuropathology</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neurology</p></td><td><p>523</p></td><td><p>774</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>609</p></td><td><p>882</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong>Source: NHS Digital, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 26/04/2018 16:40:12 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

890015

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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	Surgery
	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 NHS operations were cancelled in (a) the North East and (b) England in each of the last three months.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	137067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p><p>NHS England publishes quarterly performance data on cancelled elective operations, which includes national, regional and provider level activity, and this can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancelled-elective-operations/cancelled-ops-data/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancelled-elective-operations/cancelled-ops-data/</a></p><p>Data for quarter 3 (October – December 2017) was published on 8 February 2018 with quarter 4 (January – March 2018) due for release on 10 May 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 26/04/2018 16:37:41 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell