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1127292

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	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	Hormone Replacement Therapy
	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 availability of (a) Evorel and (b) Femseven sequi patches.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	255686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The manufacturer of Evorel transdermal patches has confirmed that supplies of all presentations are currently available. However, they have stated that in some cases supplies are slightly lower than normal and therefore they are applying restrictions on orders as a precaution to ensure limited stock is maintained.</p><p>The Department is aware that the supplier of FemSeven Sequi patches is experiencing long term supply issues. As a result, they are expected to be out of stock until late 2019. We remain in regular contact with the company to resolve this as soon as possible.</p><p>Supplies of other hormone replacement therapy transdermal patches continue to remain available and patients affected have been advised to discuss these alternative treatment options with their clinician.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 24/05/2019 14:48:55 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1127139

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	General Practitioners: Migrant Workers
	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 GPs have been recruited through the international GP recruitment programme in each of the last five years; and which countries those GPs were recruited from.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	255395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The International GP Recruitment (IGPR) Programme was announced in August 2017 and recruitment began from April 2018. Prior to this, four pilot schemes were established between May 2016 and November 2017. Data on the number of general practitioners (GPs) who accepted a place on the IGPR programme and the pilot schemes and which countries they were recruited from for the years 2016/17 - 2019/20 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Staff involved in the IGPR Programme are undertaking wider workforce retention activities and the spend on international recruitment is therefore not separately identifiable. A number of staff roles are shared across general practice workforce initiatives to ensure maximum use of the available resource.</p><p>NHS England, Health Education England, and partner organisations continue to review the effectiveness of all measures in place to increase the GP workforce, including international GP recruitment, as part of the wider development of a sustainable general practice workforce.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 255396 255397 question first answered 24/05/2019 13:50:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1127140

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	General Practitioners: Migrant Workers
	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 cost-effectiveness of the international GP recruitment programme compared to other processes for recruiting more GPs.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	255396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The International GP Recruitment (IGPR) Programme was announced in August 2017 and recruitment began from April 2018. Prior to this, four pilot schemes were established between May 2016 and November 2017. Data on the number of general practitioners (GPs) who accepted a place on the IGPR programme and the pilot schemes and which countries they were recruited from for the years 2016/17 - 2019/20 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Staff involved in the IGPR Programme are undertaking wider workforce retention activities and the spend on international recruitment is therefore not separately identifiable. A number of staff roles are shared across general practice workforce initiatives to ensure maximum use of the available resource.</p><p>NHS England, Health Education England, and partner organisations continue to review the effectiveness of all measures in place to increase the GP workforce, including international GP recruitment, as part of the wider development of a sustainable general practice workforce.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 255395 255397 question first answered 24/05/2019 13:50:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1127141

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	General Practitioners: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spend on the international GP recruitment programme in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	255397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The International GP Recruitment (IGPR) Programme was announced in August 2017 and recruitment began from April 2018. Prior to this, four pilot schemes were established between May 2016 and November 2017. Data on the number of general practitioners (GPs) who accepted a place on the IGPR programme and the pilot schemes and which countries they were recruited from for the years 2016/17 - 2019/20 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Staff involved in the IGPR Programme are undertaking wider workforce retention activities and the spend on international recruitment is therefore not separately identifiable. A number of staff roles are shared across general practice workforce initiatives to ensure maximum use of the available resource.</p><p>NHS England, Health Education England, and partner organisations continue to review the effectiveness of all measures in place to increase the GP workforce, including international GP recruitment, as part of the wider development of a sustainable general practice workforce.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 255395 255396 question first answered 24/05/2019 13:50:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1127169

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	Incontinence
	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 improve urinary continence care in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	255356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>In England, it is the responsibility of National Health Service commissioners to make decisions on individual urinary continence care on the basis of the available evidence, taking into account guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England where available. In July 2018 NHS England published revised guidance for commissioners to support the development of high-quality continence services. NICE guidance is always evidence based, adhering to the latest clinical thinking and research to determine the best treatment for patients.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 24/05/2019 13:53:02 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1127225

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	Obesity
	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 help ensure that public health campaigns on nutrition and obesity do not create stigma which can contribute to appearance-based bullying.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	255299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) does not run any public health campaigns which focus on body shape and appearance-based bullying.</p><p>PHE runs a range of campaigns on nutrition and obesity including One You, our adult programme, and Change4Life which targets the families of primary school children. These campaigns are designed to communicate the positive benefits of healthier lifestyles.</p><p>Campaign messaging and imagery is developed in consultation with expert nutritionists and dieticians, clinicians and academics and is carefully tested with the target audience. Imagery used in our adult One You campaign is designed to reflect the diversity of the population, whilst Change4Life uses animated characters that are designed to be generic and to represent every family. More on One You and Change4Life can be viewed at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/change4life" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/change4life</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 24/05/2019 13:51:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1126924

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	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	Epilepsy
	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 effect of decreased funding for Public Health England on its ability to decrease health inequalities for people with epilepsy.
	tabling member constituency	Wantage
	tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
	uin	254782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the effect of funding for Public Health England (PHE) on its ability to reduce health inequalities for people with epilepsy.</p><p>PHE continues to provide data, intelligence and evidence-based advice to local authorities and the National Health Service on health inequalities and impacts for specific population groups.</p><p>In February 2018, PHE published data analysis for local authorities and the NHS highlighting the number and rate of deaths associated with epilepsy and other neurological conditions. The report identified inequalities in deaths associated with epilepsy and encourages local action. The report can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/deaths-associated-with-neurological-conditions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/deaths-associated-with-neurological-conditions</a></p><p>PHE also provides access to intelligence resources on neurological conditions including epilepsy via the ‘Neurology data and analysis: a guide for health professionals’ page on Gov.uk, available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/neurology-data-and-analysis-a-guide-for-health-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/neurology-data-and-analysis-a-guide-for-health-professionals</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 24/05/2019 13:51:02 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot