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1126508

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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	Cystic Fibrosis: Drugs
	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 making (a) Orkambi and (b) Symkevi available on the NHS for people diagnosed with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	254113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England are leading the dialogue with Vertex Pharmaceuticals on access to their portfolio of cystic fibrosis medicines, including Orkambi and Symkevi.</p><p>NHS England has proposed an offer that would represent the largest ever commitment of its kind in the history of the National Health Service - in the region of £500 million over five years - and would provide immediate access for patients to all Vertex licensed medicines in advance of assessment by NICE. The Government fully supports the approach that NICE and NHS England are adopting. It is crucial that patients have access to the most effective and innovative medicines at a price that represents value to the NHS.</p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care held a meeting on 11 March with all the parties to discuss how best to reach a deal so that people with cystic fibrosis and their families can benefit as soon as possible. Vertex, NICE and NHS England subsequently met on Thursday 21 March and have agreed to continue discussions.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 20/05/2019 16:00:42 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1126655

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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	Opioids: Prescriptions
	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 9 May 2019 to Question 250763 on Opiates: Prescriptions, if he will make it his policy to include direct hyperlinks to reports or materials referenced in written answers to hon. Members.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	254155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Further to the answer to Question 250763, the Care Quality Commission’s controlled drugs annual reports are available at the following links:</p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual update 2017’ (published July 2018).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20180718_controlleddrugs2017_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20180718_controlleddrugs2017_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual update 2016’ (published July 2017).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20170718_controlleddrugs2016_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20170718_controlleddrugs2016_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual report 2015’ (published July 2016).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20160714_controlleddrugs2015_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20160714_controlleddrugs2015_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual report 2014’ (published July 2015).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20150716_safer_management_controlled_drugs_annual_report_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20150716_safer_management_controlled_drugs_annual_report_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual report 2013’ (published August 2014).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20140811%20CQC%20Controlled%20drugs%20annual%20report%202013%20final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20140811%20CQC%20Controlled%20drugs%20annual%20report%202013%20final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/05/2019 13:38:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1126677

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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	Pregnancy
	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 paper entitled, Continuation of Unintended Pregnancy published by the Catholic Medical Association in March 2019, what plans his Department has to develop and improve support for mothers who wish to continue with a pregnancy.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	254178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Women who access healthcare services when pregnant have consultations and conversations with their health care professionals covering their clinical and social history and will be offered tailored advice and support. Care and advice is available to all pregnant women, including those for whom the pregnancy was unintended.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/05/2019 14:19:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1126678

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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	Prescriptions: Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for NHS prescription forms to be amended to include tick boxes for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	254153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>A revised version of the FP10 prescription form, featuring a dedicated tick-box for use by Universal Credit claimants who meet the criteria for free National Health Service prescriptions, recently received Ministerial clearance.</p><p> </p><p>Any change involves major system and software updates across the NHS to allow the re-designed form to be used and processed. The revised paper form is currently being prepared for testing, to ensure it is compatible with the scanners used by the NHS Business Services Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The revised form will be introduced at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 20/05/2019 15:59:00 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1125875

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2019
	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	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the value was of reductions to the local authority public health grant in each year since 2014; and what estimate he has made of trends in the level of funding for that grant in the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	252850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Public Health Grant Allocation (£ billion)</p></td><td><p>Change in budget (£billion)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2.663</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2.795</p></td><td><p>+0.128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16*</p></td><td><p>3.031</p></td><td><p>+0.236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>3.387</p></td><td><p>+0.356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18**</p></td><td><p>3.304</p></td><td><p>-0.083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>3.219</p></td><td><p>-0.085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>3.134</p></td><td><p>-0.085</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>*Funding public health services for children aged 0-5 was transferred from the National Health Service to local authorities from October 2015.</p><p>** Figures from 2017/18 include funding retained by the Greater Manchester local authority as part of a business rate retention pilot not allocated as grant.</p><p> </p><p>Future funding for local authority public health function will be a matter for the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 20/05/2019 16:04:12 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1125908

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2019
	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	Public Health: Transport
	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 merits of NICE proposals for pedestrians, cyclists and people who use public transport to have priority over motorised transport when building roads; and what the role of public health bodies in such decisions should be.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	252859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) supports National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance and is a registered stakeholder for developing NICE guidelines and quality standards. Guidance on physical activity and the environment covers the physical infrastructure and planning needed to make non-motorised transport an easier option, including how to improve the physical environment to encourage and support physical activity, and is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng90" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng90</a></p><p> </p><p>The recommendations in this guideline should be read alongside NICE's guideline on physical activity: walking and cycling, available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph41" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph41</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE works with the planning sector to help implement NICE guidance through the co-production of resources including ‘Working Together to Promote Active Travel: A briefing for local authorities’ which draws on the evidence used in NICE guidance, available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/523460/Working_Together_to_Promote_Active_Travel_A_briefing_for_local_authorities.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/523460/Working_Together_to_Promote_Active_Travel_A_briefing_for_local_authorities.pdf</a></p><p>Local authorities also play a key role in supporting local planning decisions.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 20/05/2019 16:02:18 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1125935

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2019
	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	NHS: Cybercrime
	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 level of vulnerability of NHS Microsoft operating systems to cyber attack.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	252873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>We are supporting National Health Service organisations to upgrade their existing Microsoft Windows operating systems, allowing them to reduce potential vulnerabilities and increase cyber resilience.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/05/2019 14:15:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook