Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

1127772

	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	Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access
	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 review of the methods for the NICE Technology Appraisal Programme referred to in the 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access will include support for earlier patient access to innovative medicines.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	257056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is in the process of scoping the review of the methods for technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies evaluations. Scoping will involve patient organisations and other relevant stakeholders, including industry. The Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access sets out the Department’s expectation that that any future changes to NICE methods and processes would support faster adoption of the most clinically and cost effective medicines. Additional detail and more information will be made available on the NICE website in due course.</p><p>The 2019 Voluntary Scheme also states that NICE will adopt the principle of appraisal timelines for non-oncology treatments matching the faster timescales for oncology treatments, subject to the evidence base for the product being sufficiently developed to enable a NICE appraisal with the same level of rigour and certainty as would be expected currently.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/05/2019 10:52:06 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1127674

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Vegetables: 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 his Department is taking to encourage children to eat green vegetables.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	256416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government recommends that children over the age of five years eat at least five portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables a day as part of a healthy balanced diet. This advice is reflected in the United Kingdom’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-eatwell-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-eatwell-guide</a></p><p>Start4Life and Change4Life, Public Health England’s social marketing programmes, promote consumption of vegetables, including green vegetables, as part of 5 A Day fruit and vegetable messaging through: the Food Scanner app, Change4Life and Start4Life websites, the fruit and vegetables boost email programme, regular update emails to the Change4Life database of 340,000 families and a public information radio advert.</p><p>The school food standards for England state that one or more portions of vegetables or salad must be served every day. The Government’s School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme aims to ensure all children in Key Stage 1 in England receive a piece of fruit or vegetables every day.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 29/05/2019 11:03:20 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1126194

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Urinary Tract Infections: 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 assessment he has made of the efficacy of Professor James Malone-Lee's approach to treating urinary tract infections.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	253693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guidance on recurrent ‘Urinary Tract Infections antimicrobial prescribing’ in October last year. This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for preventing recurrent urinary tract infections in children, young people and adults who do not have a catheter. It aims to optimise antibiotic use and reduce antibiotic resistance.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/05/2019 16:21:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1127168

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	Urinary Tract Infections
	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 taking to reduce unplanned hospital admissions resulting from urinary tract infections.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	255355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>In England, it is the responsibility of National Health Service commissioners to make decisions on individual treatments for urinary tract infections on the basis of the available evidence, taking into account guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) where available. NICE guidance is always evidence based, adhering to the latest clinical thinking and research to determine the best treatment for patients.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/05/2019 14:26:35 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1127170

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	Urinary Tract Infections
	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 improve the (a) reporting and (b) tracking of urinary tract infections in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	255357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital’s Hospital Episodes Statistics publishes data on finished consultant episodes with a primary or secondary diagnosis of urinary tract infection broken down by financial year, rather than by calendar year.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/05/2019 14:28:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1129158

	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	Surgery: Robotics
	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 taking to help the NHS (a) plan and purchase new surgical robotics systems and (b) ensure equitable patient access to those systems.
	tabling member constituency	Ludlow
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
	uin	259121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Surgical robots have been used by the National Health Service since 2004 and are available for a range of treatments. It is a matter for NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts to decide, within guidelines, what systems they will use for a given procedure, and the most appropriate way to treat any individual patient. The NHS will continue to evaluate new developments in technology, but any new system must prove its efficacy, safety and value over and above what is used currently.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 16:18:55 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1128207

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Strokes
	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 emergency ambulance dispatches there were for stroke in areas of high levels of air pollution during April 2019; and what comparative assessment he has made of those figures and the average number of dispatches in April over the last (a) 20, (b) 10 and (c) five years.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	257382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>According to the Daily Air Quality Index there were ‘moderate’ to ‘very high’ levels of air pollution in some areas of the United Kingdom between 7 and 8 April and between 15 to 25 April 2019. The figures for emergency ambulance dispatches for stroke in this period are not available in the requested format and a comparative assessment has not been made.</p><p>In January 2019, the Government launched the Clean Air Strategy, which sets out plans for dealing with all sources of air pollution to save lives, protect nature and boost the economy.</p><p>Preventing stroke is one of NHS England’s priorities and, following the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan in January 2019, NHS England has been working closely with the Stroke Association to develop a national stroke programme to be delivered within the timescale of this plan.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/06/2019 14:57:45 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1129970

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Smoking: Children
	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 his policy paper, Smoke-free generation: tobacco control plan for England, published on 18 July 2017, what progress he has made on achieving the target to reduce the number of 15 year olds who regularly smoke from eight per cent to three per cent or less.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	260564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a strong track record of reducing harm caused by tobacco, based on a comprehensive approach to tobacco control aimed at preventing young people from taking up smoking and encouraging existing smokers to quit, including bans on smoking in public places, and on promotion and advertising of tobacco products.</p><p>The latest available date shows that the proportion of 15-year olds who regularly smoke was 7% in 2016, down from 8% in 2014. An update of this data will be published on 25 July 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 16:00:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1129121

	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	Smoking
	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 Government has made an assessment of the effect of second hand smoke from residential properties on people in neighbouring properties; and whether he has plans to extend the smoking ban to private homes.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	259331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made no such assessment. However, the Government remains committed to protecting the public from the harms of smoking and a comprehensive set of tobacco control policies is in place. There are no plans to extend the smoking ban to private homes.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 15:35:53 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1127888

	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	Sickle Cell Diseases: Screening
	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 16 September 2016 to Question 45638, on sickle cell disease screen positive babies, if he will publish the data for (a) England, (b) each Public Health England sub-region and (c) each antenatal screening provider for each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	257009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of sickle cell disease (SCD) babies born in England from 2010/11 are available to view here at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sickle-cell-and-thalassaemia-screening-data-trends-and-performance-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sickle-cell-and-thalassaemia-screening-data-trends-and-performance-analysis</a></p><p>Data prior to 2010/11 is available regionally in the National Health Service Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme archived reports at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150528151022/http:/sct.screening.nhs.uk/data-reports" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150528151022/http://sct.screening.nhs.uk/data-reports</a></p><p>From 2015/16 data is published by four regions and is reflected in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of SCD babies born in England is publicly available. However, data for 2017/18 is not yet available but is due to be published at the end of 2019. Data for each antenatal screening provider is not available.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 04/06/2019 16:26:26 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name PQ257009 table formatted.docx title Number of babies with sickle cell 2009-17
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson