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57539

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:14:15
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:11
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners
	house id	2
	identifier	HL12
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	16/06/2014 11:42:02
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there exists a standard contract for general practitioners working within the National Health Service; and if so, whether they will place a copy of that contract in the Library of the House.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL12
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>NHS England has responsibility for commissioning National Health Service primary medical services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has an NHS England Standard General Medical Services contract, which covers around half the GP practices. A copy of the contract is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/gp-contract/</p><p> </p><p>NHS England also intend to provide a standard Personal Medical Services contract.</p> question first answered 16/06/2014 11:42:02 answering member 2000
	creator	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

57540

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:14:19
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:12
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Records: Data Protection
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/06/2014 11:45:24
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the present arrangements for the protection of patients' private medical information by general practitioners.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL13
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text General practitioner (GP) practices are individually responsible for ensuring that they comply with legal and ethical requirements and central guidance in relation to data protection and patient confidentiality. A majority of GP practices in England provide assurance that they do so by completing annual assessments of their compliance against information governance requirements through the National Health Service Information Governance Toolkit, and the results of these assessments are publicly available. question first answered 11/06/2014 11:45:24 answering member 2000
	creator	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

57541

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:14:24
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:14
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Records: Data Protection
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/06/2014 11:45:03
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the rules relating to the release of patients' private medical information to insurance companies by general practitioners.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL14
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>General practitioners (GPs) must ensure that patients have provided explicit consent before disclosing information to insurance companies. Additionally, under the provisions of the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988, patients have the right to view medical reports prepared for insurance companies and, where a patient has exercised this right, a GP cannot disclose the report to the insurance company until the patient has had the opportunity to review it or if the patient withdraws their consent.</p> question first answered 11/06/2014 11:45:03 answering member 2000
	creator	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

57558

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:16:07
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:36
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alzheimer's Disease
	house id	2
	identifier	HL31
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	16/06/2014 11:35:35
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much public money is spent annually on research into Alzheimer's disease; and what is their estimate of the amount spent on such research by commercial and charitable sources.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Jenkin of Roding
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL31
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL31
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since 2009-10, dementia research funded by Government through the National Institute for Health Research, the Medical Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council has almost doubled, from £28.2 million to £52.2 million in 2012-13. Over the same period, funding by the charitable sector has increased, from £4.2 million to £6.8 million in the case of Alzheimer's Research UK and from £2 million to £5.3 million in the case of the Alzheimer's Society. Data on annual expenditure on dementia research by commercial sources are not available.</p> question first answered 16/06/2014 11:35:35 answering member 2000
	creator	1097 label Biography information for Lord Jenkin of Roding
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1097 label Biography information for Lord Jenkin of Roding

57559

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:16:13
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:38
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Patients: Homelessness
	house id	2
	identifier	HL32
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 11:59:56
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the pilot schemes on discharge from hospital of the homeless.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL32
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL32
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We have commissioned Homeless Link to undertake an evaluation of the Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund and expect to receive a full report in September.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 11:59:56 answering member 2000
	creator	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

57591

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:19:48
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:22
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Genetics
	house id	2
	identifier	HL64
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 11:59:58
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 14 May (WA 511), and in the light of the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 8 April (WA 267) stating that they do not support eugenic practices in the United Kingdom, why they have no definitions of what these practices might be.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL64
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL64
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government does not support eugenic practices. It is not considered helpful to interpret the term ‘eugenic practices' other than by reference to its ordinarily understood meaning. Any attempt at a working definition would risk the unintentional exclusion of practices whose unacceptability is no less great than that of practices captured by such a definition.</p><p> </p><p>As previously stated, in the United Kingdom, the complex nature of devolved responsibilities in this range of policy areas has delayed consideration of full ratification. In the meantime, the UK continues to take an active role in Council of Europe negotiations and development of relevant protocols.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 11:59:58 answering member 2000
	creator	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

57592

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:19:52
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:23
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
	house id	2
	identifier	HL65
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 11:59:57
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 14 May (WA 511), why they have no set date for the full ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL65
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL65
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government does not support eugenic practices. It is not considered helpful to interpret the term ‘eugenic practices' other than by reference to its ordinarily understood meaning. Any attempt at a working definition would risk the unintentional exclusion of practices whose unacceptability is no less great than that of practices captured by such a definition.</p><p> </p><p>As previously stated, in the United Kingdom, the complex nature of devolved responsibilities in this range of policy areas has delayed consideration of full ratification. In the meantime, the UK continues to take an active role in Council of Europe negotiations and development of relevant protocols.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 11:59:57 answering member 2000
	creator	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

57593

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:19:58
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:24
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL66
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 11:59:27
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 14 May (WA 499), what is their assessment of whether issuing guidance by amending the wording of form HSA1 would represent an act of secondary legislation or a change in the Abortion Act 1967.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL66
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL66
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Any changes to the wording of the HSA1 form, if needed, would require changes to secondary legislation. Such changes could not be introduced through guidance, which makes no changes to abortion legislation.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 11:59:27 answering member 2000
	creator	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

57594

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:20:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:26
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL67
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 17:24:40
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the evidence cited in the article "An Increase in the Sex Ratio of Births to India-born Mothers in England and Wales: Evidence for Sex-Selective Abortion" by Sylvie Dubuc and David Coleman published in Population and Development Review, vol 33, No. 2 (June 2007), pp383–400.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL67
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL67
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>This article is a useful addition to the evidence base around sex selective abortions.</p><p> </p><p>On 23 May 2014 the Department published updated analysis of birth ratios for England and Wales 2008-2012. The analyses by country of birth and ethnicity did not offer evidence of sex selection taking place within England and Wales. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library. It is also available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/analysis-of-male-to-female-birth-ratios-in-the-uk-2008-to-2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will repeat this analysis on an annual basis following publication of birth data and remain vigilant and receptive to reports of such practice.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 17:24:40 answering member 2000
	creator	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

57602

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:50:34
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 05:29:32
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Clinical Trials
	house id	1
	identifier	198571
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/06/2014 15:11:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are taken to verify the competence of (a) doctors and nurses and (b) staff of pharmaceutical companies involved in the conduct of clinical trials.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 198571
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198571
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) expect everyone involved in a clinical trial to be qualified and trained to perform their tasks (as per Schedule 1, part 2 (2) of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations(SI 2004/1031).</p><p> </p><p>Staff of pharmaceutical companies are not “conducting” a trial as defined in the clinical trial regulation (SI 2004/1031 Reg 2 “interpretation”). However, the same Good Clinical Practice principles apply to those involved in clinical trial activities; i.e. they should be qualified and trained to perform their tasks. At sponsor site inspection, inspectors will verify the training records, CV, and job description of selected employees to confirm adequate training has been given.</p><p> </p><p>Sponsors are expected to carry out checks in audits or monitoring to ensure that on completion of training, staff are indeed carrying out their duties according to requirements and/or procedures (these checks should be documented in monitoring/audit reports). Inspectors check the monitoring visit reports to determine non-compliances are adequately followed up and re-training is given to site personnel when necessary.</p><p> </p><p>The voluntary MHRA Phase 1 Accreditation Scheme requires that a Principal Investigator (PI) for a First in Human study has relevant experience and a post graduate qualification in pharmaceutical medicine (such as a Diploma in Pharmaceutical medicine, Diploma in Human Pharmacology, MSc in Clinical Pharmacology or equivalent). An exemption to this requirement has been issued for PI's that do not have a post graduate qualification but are able to demonstrate that they have a significant amount of experience in this field (and are often involved in teaching the post-graduate courses). An application for an exemption is assessed independently by the Faculty of Medicine.</p><p> </p> question first answered 10/06/2014 15:11:34 answering member 3932
	creator	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne