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1128296

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which countries his Department is engaging with in order to learn from their experiences in getting patients access to medical cannabis.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	257472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>In developing its policy on cannabis-based products for medicinal use, the Government looked at approaches taken by other countries to learn from their experience. Broadly two approaches have been taken: to regulate as a medicine (both licenced and unlicensed) as in the United Kingdom or to regulate outside of the medicinal regime as in Canada. In reviewing the available international evidence, the Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government, looked at evidence reviews from the United States, Ireland, Australia, and the World Health Organization. Departmental officials have also reviewed information from a wide range of other countries and have spoken to the authorities and organisations in Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United States (New York).</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 257473 question first answered 10/06/2019 13:28:33 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1128297

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence his Department has reviewed from other countries on the effectiveness of cannabis as a medicine.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	257473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>In developing its policy on cannabis-based products for medicinal use, the Government looked at approaches taken by other countries to learn from their experience. Broadly two approaches have been taken: to regulate as a medicine (both licenced and unlicensed) as in the United Kingdom or to regulate outside of the medicinal regime as in Canada. In reviewing the available international evidence, the Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government, looked at evidence reviews from the United States, Ireland, Australia, and the World Health Organization. Departmental officials have also reviewed information from a wide range of other countries and have spoken to the authorities and organisations in Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United States (New York).</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 257472 question first answered 10/06/2019 13:28:33 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1128299

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 20 May 2019, Official Report, column, 571, what plans he has to include observational trials in building up the existing evidence-base.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	257475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>In all areas of scientific research, a range of evidence builds our understanding. This includes individual cases and observational trials. It is the promise shown from these observational studies and experience, from all around the world, that provides the basis for public funding of further research into the use of cannabis based products as medicines through the National Institute for Health Research. This further clinical research will provide a greater level of understanding of cannabis-based medicines, how to use them to best effect, who may benefit and under what circumstances, how cannabis interacts with other medications and define further any contraindications. It is this level of research outcomes that will provide confidence to prescribers and the information necessary to make routine funding decisions within the National Health Service.</p><p>The existing experience, studies and research in this area will be used by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to develop their clinical guidelines due to be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 13:26:43 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1128357

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Diabetes: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will request the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to amend its guidance on Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes to include the identification of emotional and psychological support needs in all diabetes care.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	257487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>As an independent body, following the referral of a guideline topic by NHS England or Ministers, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) develops the scope of its guidelines in consultation with stakeholders.</p><p>NICE’s published guidelines on the management of type 1 diabetes in children and adults include recommendations on emotional and psychological support. This guidance is available on the NICE website.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 13:30:16 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1128389

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Allergies: Medical Equipment
	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 availability of epinephrine auto injectors for children in (a) Wakefield and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	257594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Supplies of all paediatric epinephrine auto-injectors are currently available in volumes that are sufficient to meet normal United Kingdom demand. The Department does not hold information about the volume available in Wakefield. All patients who require an epinephrine (adrenaline) auto-injector should now be able to obtain a device from their pharmacy. The Department continues to work very closely with all the manufacturers of epinephrine auto-injectors and can confirm that the supply situation continues to improve.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 13:32:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1128417

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GP surgeries are rated as Good by the CQC in (a) England, (b) Barnet, and (c) Hendon constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	257603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission has confirmed that as of 24 May 2019, 90.1% of general practitioner (GP) surgeries were rated as good in England, 98.1% of GP surgeries were rated as good in Barnet, and 94.4% of GP surgeries were rated as good in Hendon.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 15:02:10 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1128505

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	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	Primary Care Networks: General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether safeguards are in place to ensure that patients' rights to continuity of care with their named GP will be protected in the new Primary Care Network contract, published in March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	257814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The new Primary Care Network arrangements will not prevent patients seeing their preferred professional at their practice. The core general practice contract will still include a requirement for each contractor to ensure that for each of its registered patients, there is assigned an accountable general medical practitioner (an ‘accountable GP’).</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 15:24:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1128560

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	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	Food: Advertising
	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 his Department has made of the potential reduction in daily calories consumed by children as a result of (a) the consultation on restricting promotions of food and drink that is high in fat, sugar and salt consultation and (b) further advertising restrictions on such products.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	257781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Estimates of the potential reduction in daily calories consumed by children as a result of the measures set out in the consultations on restricting promotions of products high in fat, sugar and salt, and introducing further advertising restrictions on such products are provided in the impact assessments published alongside each consultation. These are available at the following links:</p><p> </p><p>‘Restricting volume promotions for high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) products’ impact assessment:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770705/impact-assessment-for-restricting-volume-promotions-for-HFSS-products.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770705/impact-assessment-for-restricting-volume-promotions-for-HFSS-products.pdf</a></p><p>‘Restricting checkout, end-of-aisle, and store entrance sales of food and drinks high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) impact assessment:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770706/impact-assessment-restricting-checkout-end-of-aisle-and-store-entrance-sales-of-HFSS.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770706/impact-assessment-restricting-checkout-end-of-aisle-and-store-entrance-sales-of-HFSS.pdf</a></p><p>‘Introducing a 2100-0530 watershed on TV advertising of HFSS (food and drink that are High in Fat, Salt and Sugar) products and similar protection for children viewing adverts online’ impact assessment:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786554/advertising-consultation-impact-assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786554/advertising-consultation-impact-assessment.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 15:26:39 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1129601

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	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 trends in the number of symptomatic breast appointments at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	259828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly National Health Service trust level cancer performance data. The following tables show referrals and performance for Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and nationally in March in each of the last five years against this standard.</p><p> </p><p>Number of referrals for two week wait breast symptomatic (where cancer not initially suspected) from general practitioner (GP) urgent referral to first consultant appointment 93% standard in March in each of the last 5 years at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and nationally.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>March 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>20,100</p></td><td><p>19,600</p></td><td><p>21,000</p></td><td><p>16,800</p></td><td><p>17,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 15:45:22 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1129616

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Food Standards Agency: Powers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional powers he plans to confer on the Food Standards Agency after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	259843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Decisions about what additional powers could be transferred to the Food Standards Agency after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union would be subject to consultation. We need to understand the nature of the decisions further before setting out which powers can be delegated. Decisions would sit with Ministers in the first instance while routine and technical ones would be delegated later.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 15:55:51 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew