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1002533

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Charles Bonnet Syndrome
	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 15 December 2017 to Question 119869 on Charles Bonnet Syndrome, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people diagnosed with that syndrome in the last year; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people living with that syndrome receive adequate levels of treatment and support.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	188893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>No estimate has been made by the Department of the number of people diagnosed with Charles Bonnet Syndrome in the last year, it is not part of the Department’s role to directly raise awareness of any individual diseases with National Health Service clinicians.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS website provides information on a number of diseases including Charles Bonnet Syndrome. This can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/charles-bonnet-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/charles-bonnet-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/11/2018 11:19:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1061112

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming workforce implementation plan will include an assessment of the merits of the findings of the Health Education England consultation on the long-term needs of the cancer workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	221801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) published its first ever Cancer Workforce Plan in December 2017. HEE intended to publish a second phase, longer-term strategy that looked at the cancer workforce needs beyond 2021. This work was started and stakeholders from within the National Health Service and the charitable sector contributed to the early discussions. This work has since been superseded by publication of the NHS Long Term Plan in January 2019.</p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has subsequently commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce rapidly, including staff working on cancer, consider additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/02/2019 14:27:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1127893

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including in the mandatory part of every diabetes appointment a question on the mental wellbeing of a patient.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	257108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has informed us that is has not assessed the case for mandatory inclusion of this question in every diabetes appointment. The NHS Long Term Plan committed to increasing the provision of mental health support for all patients who require it and NHS England is currently taking forward a number of initiatives to deliver this for patients including for those living with diabetes.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/05/2019 10:57:05 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1127908

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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, whether an assessment has been made of the potential benefits of including a mental health professional with knowledge of diabetes in every diabetes care team.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	257109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>It is for individual clinical commissioning groups to commission treatment and services for people with diabetes and they are best placed to identify what is needed in their local areas.</p><p>On 21 March 2018, NHS England and NHS Improvement along with the National Collaborating Cenre for Mental Health published ‘The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Pathway for People with Long-term Physical Health Conditions and Medically Unexplained Symptoms’.</p><p>IAPT services provide evidence based treatments for people with anxiety and depression and the services are co-located in existing primary and secondary care physical health pathways. IAPT services will target the needs of people with depression and anxiety disorders who also have long-term conditions such as diabetes.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 29/05/2019 13:39:35 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1129276

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Medical Examinations: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of making it mandatory to offer forensic medical examinations to victims of sexual assault regardless of whether those victims plan to report that assault to the police.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	259358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of making an offer of forensic medical examinations to victims of sexual assault mandatory. NHS England commissions Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC) that aim to provide the best possible response for victims, ensuring their health needs and overall wellbeing are met. At the SARC, there is an offer of a forensic medical examination, if clinically appropriate to do so, available to all clients.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/06/2019 16:26:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1129836

	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	Audiology
	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 implications for his Department's policies of the recommendation of Action on Hearing Loss in its report on valuing audiology that clinical commissioning groups should be required to collect uniform data in the audiology departments they commission.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	260081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for audiology data collection rests with individual National Health Service trusts. NHS England’s commissioning framework does however include recommended key performance indicators that can support clinical commissioning groups to incorporate quality management in their contracts. For audiology services this includes recommendations that 90% of service users referred to the service should be assessed within 16 working days of receipt of a referral, and that 90% of service users requiring a hearing aid fitting should be seen within 20 working days of the assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/06/2019 10:35:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1132418

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	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: Hygiene
	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 potential merits of making it mandatory for restaurants to display their food hygiene ratings in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	265573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme is operated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in partnership with local authorities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Food businesses covered by the scheme are provided with stickers showing their rating. Those in Wales and Northern Ireland are already required by law to display the stickers at their premises, while those in England are encouraged to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA considers that mandatory display should extend to England and is currently finalising an evidence-based case for a statutory scheme. The case for extending mandatory display to England is being finalised by the FSA for ministerial consideration and ultimately cross Government approval.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/06/2019 16:13:21 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1134269

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Hospitals: Consultants
	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 medical consultants were employed by the NHS in each financial year since 2015; and what the ratio was of people becoming consultants compared to the number vacating that position in each of those financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	268625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of medical consultants who work in National Health Service trusts and CCGs in England as at March each year, full time equivalent.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Medical Consultants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>42,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>43,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>45,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>46,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>48,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital workforce statistics</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of joiners to and leavers from the consultant staff group and the ratio of joiners to leavers, in NHS trusts and CCGs in England, between 31 March 2015 to 31 March 2019, headcount.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Joiners</p></td><td><p>Leavers</p></td><td><p>Ratio of Joiners to Leavers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015 - March 2016</p></td><td><p>4,360</p></td><td><p>2,734</p></td><td><p>1.59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016 - March 2017</p></td><td><p>4,469</p></td><td><p>2,822</p></td><td><p>1.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017 - March 2018</p></td><td><p>4,678</p></td><td><p>3,014</p></td><td><p>1.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018 - March 2019</p></td><td><p>4,537</p></td><td><p>2,990</p></td><td><p>1.52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital workforce statistics</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/07/2019 11:17:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1135934

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	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	Healthy Start Scheme
	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 estimate he has made of (a) the value of eligible Healthy Start vouchers that have not been used in (i) England, (ii) London and (ii) Ealing; and (b) the cost to the public purse on promoting Healthy Start vouchers in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	271516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide information on the value of vouchers that have not been used in a geographical area. Vouchers are sent to a specific address but they can be spent in any location. We do not track where individuals choose to spend their vouchers and therefore cannot monitor unused vouchers by specific location</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocated to the Healthy Start scheme is accounted through a single cost centre together with the Nursery Milk scheme. A split by individual scheme is therefore not available. In 2017-18 funding for these schemes was £104,709,791. Audited spend data for the 2018-19 financial year is not yet available. This includes funding for the Healthy Start website which costs approximately £12,000 per year and which, together with the Start4Life website, promotes the Healthy Start scheme to the public and retailers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/07/2019 13:21:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1138846

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	Sexual Assault Referral Centres
	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 11 June 2019 to Question 259358 on Medical Examinations: Sexual Offences, how many Sexual Assault Referral Centres there are in England; and whether those centres offer a forensic medical examination to victims of sexual assault in cases where that victim does not wish to report that assault to the police.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	277235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>There are 47 sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) in England. At the SARC, there is an offer of a forensic medical examination, if clinically appropriate to do so, available to all clients. If victims have not decided whether to involve the police, any forensic medical evidence collected will be stored at the SARC to allow the victim time to decide if they do want to report the assault.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/07/2019 14:49:24 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq