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1401325

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	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	Children: Protection
	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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for the Home Department about the impact of Health and Care Bill proposals on multi-agency safeguarding arrangements between health, the police and local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	100500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>Ministers from the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Education and the Home Office met in May 2021 to discuss the implications of the Bill for child safeguarding. Officials are considering and mitigating any impacts of the Bill for multi-agency child safeguarding arrangements through regular discussions and will continue to do so throughout the passage of the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 18/01/2022 16:27:36 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1401326

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	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	Children: Protection
	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 ensure that the accountable officer for health in multi-agency safeguarding partnerships has the (a) seniority and (b) health expertise required to commit the Integrated Care Board to decisions on policy, resourcing and practice matters following the transfer of statutory responsibility for child safeguarding from Clinical Commissioning Groups to Integrated Care Boards under the proposals in the Health and Care Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	100501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The statutory guidance ‘Working together to safeguard children’ designates accountable officers or chief nurses of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and their counterparts in local authorities and police forces as representatives of the three safeguarding partners in an area. This provides an equal and joint responsibility for local child safeguarding arrangements. All existing child safeguarding responsibilities for CCGs will transfer to the respective integrated care board. The guidance sets out clear expectations on appropriate delegation and this will continue to apply to safeguarding partners for health.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 18/01/2022 16:29:07 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1401327

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	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	Integrated Care Boards: Children
	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 will take to assess the effectiveness of Integrated Care Boards in delivering the statutory child safeguarding responsibilities transferred to them under the Health and Care Bill's proposals.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	100502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>All existing child safeguarding responsibilities on clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) will transfer to the respective integrated care board, which must continue to have regard to the duties on safeguarding partners set out in the statutory guidance ‘Working together to safeguard children’.</p><p>NHS England has a responsibility to safeguard all users of its services, including children. It assures this responsibility, including the safeguarding duties currently with CCGs, through the NHS Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework. This is supported by the Safeguarding Commissioning Assurance Toolkit, its network of Regional Safeguarding Leads, and the designated and named professionals for safeguarding in every CCG, general practitioner practice and relevant health provider. This will continue to apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 18/01/2022 16:47:12 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1401328

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	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	Children: Protection
	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 impact of Health and Care Bill proposals to amalgamate Clinical Commissioning Groups into Integrated Care Boards on the geographical boundaries of multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	100503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>Many local child safeguarding partnerships already work across the different geographical footprints of local authorities, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and police forces. ‘Working together to safeguard children’ sets out the expectations for how partnerships should work across geographical boundaries, including on appropriate delegation where a senior leader is responsible for more than one partnership. All existing child safeguarding responsibilities for CCGs will transfer to the respective integrated care board, which must continue to have regard to the duties on safeguarding partners in ‘Working together to safeguard children’.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 18/01/2022 16:43:35 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

765264

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Continuing Care: Medical Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the retention of patient records for use by people who are claiming funds back as part of the NHS Continuing Healthcare scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	105687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>There is no separate policy on the retention of patient records in respect of NHS Continuing Healthcare or for people requesting an assessment for a NHS Continuing Healthcare ‘previously unassessed period of care’.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS England Corporate Records, Retention and Disposal Schedule is in line with the Government’s published ‘Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care’ at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/records-management-code-of-practice-for-health-and-social-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/records-management-code-of-practice-for-health-and-social-care</a></p><p>which sets out the standards required for the management of records for organisations who work within, or under contract to the National Health Servcie in England.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/10/2017 13:35:30 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1245057

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	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	Rare Diseases: Diagnosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that there is a geographical spread of rare disease diagnosis centres to ensure that patients are able to attain timely and accessible access to accurate diagnosis.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	106324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare conditions and recognises the importance of patients across all areas of the United Kingdom being able to obtain a quick and accurate diagnosis.</p><p>The Government will be publishing a new UK Rare Diseases Framework by the end of 2020 which will outline the high-level direction for rare diseases in the UK. Helping patients across the UK access specialist care and get a final diagnosis faster will be priorities of this Framework, as identified by extensive stakeholder engagement with patients, their families, researchers and clinicians. The policies to deliver these priorities will be set out in future nation-specific action plans and will be supported by the recently published Genome UK Strategy, which outlines the Government’s vision to help people live longer, healthier lives using new genomic and other technologies to diagnose and treat rare disease.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/11/2020 13:54:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1245058

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	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	Rare Diseases: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
	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 undertaking to ensure that the NHS and wider health system is prepared for the adoption of advanced therapy medicinal products for the treatment of rare diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	106325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service is involved in research, development and adoption readiness of Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) through the Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre network, which is hosted by the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult and set up through funding from the UK Research and Innovation Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. ATMPs for the treatment of a range of conditions including rare diseases are appraised for clinical and cost effectiveness by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The NHS, the Accelerated Access Collaborative and direct commissioning teams work with a range of stakeholders to undertake detailed horizon scanning for ATMPs to ensure the relevant clinical and implementation preparations can be made where treatments are recommended by NICE.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/11/2020 13:45:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1245059

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	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	Rare Diseases: 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 plans his Department has to consult with rare disease patient groups throughout the UK to ensure that the proposed Innovative Medicines Fund is able to support access to innovative medicines for rare diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	106326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>Proposals for the Innovative Medicines Fund are in development and we expect NHS England and NHS Improvement and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to lead an engagement exercise early next year.</p><p>The engagement exercise will involve the pharmaceutical industry, the National Health Service and associated bodies and patient groups, including those with rare diseases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/11/2020 14:41:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

769889

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Continuing Care: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Continuing Healthcare claims for repayment of fees paid were outstanding in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	107457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>Payment for an NHS Continuing Healthcare ‘previously unassessed period of care’ is only made for cases assessed as eligible.</p><p> </p><p>As described in a public letter from the former NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson, dated 15 March 2012, deadlines were introduced for requests for an assessment for a NHS Continuing Healthcare ‘previously unassessed period of care’ between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The number of requests for a NHS Continuing Healthcare ‘previously unassessed period of care’ between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2012 that were outstanding at the end of the previous 12 months are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Requests outstanding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>901</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>1,498</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information is not held on the number of outstanding requests for an assessment for an NHS Continuing Healthcare ‘previously unassessed period of care’ from April 2012 onwards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/10/2017 10:59:06 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1246241

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2020
	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	Breast Cancer: Screening
	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 increase the size of the breast imaging and diagnostic workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	107634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>‘We are the NHS: People Plan for 2020/21 – action for us all’ sets out actions to support transformation across the National Health Service. This includes Health Education England (HEE) prioritising the training of 400 clinical endoscopists and 450 reporting radiographers. HEE is also facilitating a number of initiatives within breast imaging, including setting up and funding a National Breast Imaging Academy to tackle national workforce issues.</p><p>Alongside most other allied health profession students, diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers studying pre-registration courses at English universities are eligible for a new, non-repayable training grant of at least £5,000 per academic year – in addition to funding available through the Learning Support Fund and Student Loans Company. They can also benefit from further funding of up to £3,000 to cover, for example, childcare costs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/11/2020 13:56:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman