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1133035

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	NHS: Crimes of Violence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals are on the NHS's register of violent and abusive actions; and how many such individuals have been added in the past 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL16453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>There is no centrally maintained ‘register of violence and abusive actions’ for the National Health Service. NHS trusts, working with their local police service are likely to maintain such registers as part of their responsibilities to ensure appropriate sanctions can be taken against ‘violent and abusive’ patients while ensuring they get the care they need within an environment where all patients and staff are protected.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 02/07/2019 14:11:16 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

1133051

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Radiology
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many radiographers are employed by the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Lord Luce
	uin	HL16469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>In the Cancer Workforce Plan for England which was published in December 2017, Health Education England (HEE) set out the need to target additional training support.</p><p>As part of the development of the NHS People Plan, HEE will now work with NHS England and NHS Improvement to understand the longer-term workforce implications for further development of cancer services. This will include ensuring sustainable growth beyond 2021 in key professions (including radiography) through continued investment in training places, with a greater focus on attracting and retaining students and improving the numbers of qualified professionals who go on to work in the National Health Service. The number of radiographers required will be addressed in the final NHS People Plan and is dependent on the service model used by each NHS trust.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>As at February 2019, latest available data, there were over 14,000 full time equivalent diagnostic radiographers and over 2,000 therapeutic radiographers employed by the NHS trusts and CCGs, 2,990 and 726 more, respectively, since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL16468 question first answered 02/07/2019 13:24:07 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

1133050

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Radiology
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many radiographers are required to fulfil the long-term objectives of the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Lord Luce
	uin	HL16468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>In the Cancer Workforce Plan for England which was published in December 2017, Health Education England (HEE) set out the need to target additional training support.</p><p>As part of the development of the NHS People Plan, HEE will now work with NHS England and NHS Improvement to understand the longer-term workforce implications for further development of cancer services. This will include ensuring sustainable growth beyond 2021 in key professions (including radiography) through continued investment in training places, with a greater focus on attracting and retaining students and improving the numbers of qualified professionals who go on to work in the National Health Service. The number of radiographers required will be addressed in the final NHS People Plan and is dependent on the service model used by each NHS trust.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>As at February 2019, latest available data, there were over 14,000 full time equivalent diagnostic radiographers and over 2,000 therapeutic radiographers employed by the NHS trusts and CCGs, 2,990 and 726 more, respectively, since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL16469 question first answered 02/07/2019 13:24:07 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

1133057

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	NHS: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to increase funding for the NHS post-Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL16475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service budget will increase by £33.9 billion in cash terms over the next five years, reflecting that the NHS is this Government’s top spending priority. This major investment will support the NHS to continue to deliver world class care.</p><p>This extra funding for the NHS will still apply in all European Union exit scenarios to ensure it is there for the long term.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 02/07/2019 13:21:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1133034

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Measles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address any increase in the number of people infected with measles; and whether they have any plans to introduce compulsory measles vaccinations for children before they start school.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Brady
	uin	HL16452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Vaccinations in the United Kingdom are undertaken through informed consent. Although there has been a small decline in coverage in England since 2013, measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine coverage through the routine programme (first dose given at one year and the second at three years and four months) remains high. Public Health England has said that the majority of recent measles cases are in those not eligible through this routine programme. A new MMR vaccine catch-up programme for 10- and 11-year olds that previously missed the MMR vaccine was introduced in April this year. In addition, the MMR vaccine can also be given on the National Health Service to children who missed routine vaccination and adults who may need it.</p><p>In January 2019, the UK Measles and Rubella elimination strategy was published. A multi-agency group has been established to take forward the actions in the strategy in England. Local teams are expected to work with local stakeholders to develop measles and rubella elimination action plans.</p><p>Public Health England monitors vaccine uptake and works with NHS England to increase uptake. This year, NHS England is undertaking a fundamental review of general practitioner vaccinations and immunisation standards, funding, and procurement. This will support the goal of improving immunisation coverage, using local coordinators to target variation and improve groups and areas with low vaccine uptake.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 02/07/2019 14:50:18 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4339 label Biography information for Baroness Brady

1133058

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement a long-term strategy to improve the timescale of mental health treatment in the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL16476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Under the NHS Long Term Plan, there will be a comprehensive expansion of mental health services, with additional funding of at least £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24. This will give greater mental health support to an extra 345,000 children, at least 380,000 more adults and 24,000 more new and expectant mothers.</p><p>The interim NHS People Plan, published on 3 June 2019, sets out that an additional 25,000 staff will be employed in mental health services over the next five years. This includes nearly 6,500 more working in children and young people’s mental health services and mental health support teams in schools and colleges.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service will test new waiting times to ensure rapid access to mental health services in the community for those that need it and expand crisis care. More detailed information will be set out in the National Implementation Framework and the full NHS People Plan due to be published later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 02/07/2019 14:12:42 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1133450

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	NHS: Negligence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers’ proposed alternative to the Clinical Negligence Fixed Costs Working Group; and which Ministers are responsible for considering the issue of fixed costs in clinical negligence claims.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL16485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>In 2017 the Department consulted on proposals for fixed recoverable costs (FRC) in claims of up to £25,000 damages, for which claimant legal costs are most likely to be disproportionately high relative to damages awarded. The Department published a summary of responses to the consultation in February 2018.</p><p>Following the consultation by the Department in 2017 and Sir Rupert Jackson’s recommendation in July 2017 to control the legal costs of these cases, the Department and the Ministry of Justice commissioned the independent Civil Justice Council (CJC) to draw up a new process for clinical negligence claims of up to £25,000 damages, with proposals for FRC for these cases.</p><p>The CJC has set up a working party to develop proposals, with input from claimant and defendant solicitors, including the Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers. The Department will consider the CJC’s recommendations when its report is published and will consult on any resulting proposals for FRC for these cases before implementation.</p><p>In view of the CJC’s role to lead work on proposals taking account of stakeholder views, the Department has not made its own assessment of the proposals from the Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers.</p><p>The Minister of State for Care (Caroline Dinenage MP) is responsible for clinical negligence policy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 02/07/2019 15:11:26 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1133042

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Flour: Folic Acid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their consultation on the proposal to add folic acid to flour will include evidence from health economists on the costs to society and the NHS of spina bifida.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL16460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with economists and analysts to estimate costs to society and the National Health Service of spina bifida and other neural tube defects. We are keen to gather further evidence through the consultation and we welcome responses from all interested parties.</p><p>The impact assessment will be revised in light of the consultation and published after the consultation closes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 02/07/2019 14:12:57 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1133480

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	Cystic Fibrosis: Prescriptions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why adults with cystic fibrosis in England are not exempt from paying prescription charges.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
	uin	HL16515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Extensive arrangements are already in place to help people access National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of NHS prescription charge exemptions, for which someone with cystic fibrosis may qualify. Together these exemptions currently mean around 89% of NHS prescription items are dispensed in the community free of charge.</p><p>To support those with the greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption, the cost of the prescription pre-payment certificates has been frozen for another year. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 02/07/2019 15:11:59 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock