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1019451

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	Diabetes: Lewisham
	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 people in the (a) London borough of Lewisham and (b) Lewisham Deptford constituency are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	198336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Data concerning the number of people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes at a London borough and constituency level is not centrally held.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England has developed a prevalence model for non-diabetic hyperglycaemia which estimates that in 2015 there were 25,692 individuals living in Lewisham Local Authority at risk of type 2 diabetes.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/12/2018 16:49:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1019445

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	Nabiximols
	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 people in England have been prescribed Sativex in each year since 2010
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	198333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital reports that it does not hold information on the number of people in England who were prescribed Sativex in the years specified.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital does, however, hold data about prescription items dispensed by doctors and community pharmacies in England, which is detailed in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cannabis (Sativex)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,813</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,832</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,703</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,204</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Prescription Cost Analysis, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Information is provided for Cannabis (Sativex) as listed in the British National Formulary in Section 10.2.2 – Skeletal muscle relaxants, using the classification system prior to edition 70.</li><li>NHS Digital does not hold data on drugs dispensed in hospitals, including mental health trusts, or private prescriptions.</li><li>NHS Digital does not hold data about prescriptions written but not dispensed.</li></ol> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/12/2018 16:52:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1019454

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	Primary Health Care: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government announcement of 21 November 2018 entitled New funding for primary and community healthcare by 2023-24 under the NHS Long Term Plan, how he plans to allocate the £3.5 billion of new funding up to 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	198233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>On 21 November 2018, the Prime Minister announced investment in primary and community healthcare worth an additional £3.5 billion a year in real terms by 2023/4 and a commitment to ensure a growing share of overall National Health Service spending for primary medical and community healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>Allocation of the £3.5 billion of new funding is currently under consideration. The long-term plan is due to be published later this year with allocations for individual clinical commissioning groups expected to be determined early in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 198234 198235 question first answered 11/12/2018 16:45:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1019455

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	Primary Health Care: Essex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government announcement of 21 November 2018 entitled New funding for primary and community healthcare by 2023-24 under the NHS Long Term Plan, how much of that funding will be made available to (a) Mid-Essex Clinical Commissioning Group and (b) North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	198234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>On 21 November 2018, the Prime Minister announced investment in primary and community healthcare worth an additional £3.5 billion a year in real terms by 2023/4 and a commitment to ensure a growing share of overall National Health Service spending for primary medical and community healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>Allocation of the £3.5 billion of new funding is currently under consideration. The long-term plan is due to be published later this year with allocations for individual clinical commissioning groups expected to be determined early in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 198233 198235 question first answered 11/12/2018 16:45:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1019456

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	Health Centres: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government announcement of 21 November 2018 entitled New funding for primary and community healthcare by 2023-24 under the NHS Long Term Plan, how much of that funding will be allocated to support the development of multi-disciplinary healthcare centres.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	198235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>On 21 November 2018, the Prime Minister announced investment in primary and community healthcare worth an additional £3.5 billion a year in real terms by 2023/4 and a commitment to ensure a growing share of overall National Health Service spending for primary medical and community healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>Allocation of the £3.5 billion of new funding is currently under consideration. The long-term plan is due to be published later this year with allocations for individual clinical commissioning groups expected to be determined early in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 198233 198234 question first answered 11/12/2018 16:45:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1019460

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	General Practitioners: Essex
	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 GP vacancies there are in (a) Witham constituency and (b) Essex.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	198239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The number of general practitioner (GP) vacancies in Witham constituency and Essex is not collected or held centrally. This data is only published at a national level.</p><p> </p><p>Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), has advised that it recognises that GP availability is challenging and it has therefore funded recruitment of other clinical roles in primary care, such as paramedics, to support practices in Witham and elsewhere.</p><p> </p><p>Getting the skills mix right in general practice is critical in addressing workload pressures as well as in delivering appropriate patient care. This will mean bigger teams of staff, providing a wider range of care options for patients and freeing up more time for GPs to focus on those with more complex needs. The CCG has advised that it is working with its member practices, including those in Witham, to reflect this national priority. Practices have the discretion within their contracts to decide the staff skill mix required to meet their patient populations’ needs.</p><p> </p><p>The CCG and colleagues across the Mid and South Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership have advised they are also focusing on European Union and international GP recruitment and are supporting GPs in accessing the GP retention scheme. They have also advised that they are supporting the development of the School of Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University and are working in partnership with the Essex Primary Care Inter-professional Centre around a localised clinical recruitment service called Essex Primary Care Careers.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 198240 question first answered 11/12/2018 16:46:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1019461

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	General Practitioners: Essex
	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 support the recruitment and retention of GPs in (a) Witham constituency and (b) Essex.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	198240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The number of general practitioner (GP) vacancies in Witham constituency and Essex is not collected or held centrally. This data is only published at a national level.</p><p> </p><p>Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), has advised that it recognises that GP availability is challenging and it has therefore funded recruitment of other clinical roles in primary care, such as paramedics, to support practices in Witham and elsewhere.</p><p> </p><p>Getting the skills mix right in general practice is critical in addressing workload pressures as well as in delivering appropriate patient care. This will mean bigger teams of staff, providing a wider range of care options for patients and freeing up more time for GPs to focus on those with more complex needs. The CCG has advised that it is working with its member practices, including those in Witham, to reflect this national priority. Practices have the discretion within their contracts to decide the staff skill mix required to meet their patient populations’ needs.</p><p> </p><p>The CCG and colleagues across the Mid and South Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership have advised they are also focusing on European Union and international GP recruitment and are supporting GPs in accessing the GP retention scheme. They have also advised that they are supporting the development of the School of Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University and are working in partnership with the Essex Primary Care Inter-professional Centre around a localised clinical recruitment service called Essex Primary Care Careers.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 198239 question first answered 11/12/2018 16:46:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1019438

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	Diabetes: North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with diabetes in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East.
	tabling member constituency	Jarrow
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
	uin	198226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/12/2018 16:48:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

1019563

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication entitled, NHS Digital Statistics on drug misuse (November update) published November 2018, what plans his Department has to reduce the number of older people treated in hospital for drug-related mental health disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	198282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing the needs of their local population, including older people with drug related problems, and commissioning services to meet these needs.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities and the National Health Service need to work together to assess local needs and align commissioning to support people who have co-occurring mental health and drug use conditions, to try to prevent them needing to be treated in hospital.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) works with local authorities, supporting the needs assessment and commissioning process, with data, guidance and other tools. This includes publishing guidance on meeting the needs of people with co-occurring mental health and drug use conditions, and providing data about these conditions on PHE’s Fingertips website.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/12/2018 16:53:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1020630

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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	Dental Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of dental treatments available through the NHS and private dentists.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	199869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Dental treatment that is clinically necessary to protect and maintain good oral health is available on the National Health Service. As in other areas, cosmetic treatments are not usually made available through the NHS. Dentists providing care under the NHS exercise clinical judgement in deciding what treatment is clinically required.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/12/2018 16:48:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah