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1130014

	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	Sexually Transmitted 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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Public Health England sexually transmitted infection data, published June 2019; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	260586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>It is concerning to see the increase in sexually transmitted infections, and we would encourage people to practice safe sex by using condoms and to access their free, local sexual health services if they consider themselves to be at risk of infection. Local authorities have been mandated to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services and are best placed to understand and meet the public health needs of their local communities.</p><p>Data published by Public Health England show that more people are accessing sexual health services, with attendances increasing by 7% between 2017 and 2018. This continues the trend of increases in attendances seen over the past five years. To help manage the overall increase in demand, online services are increasingly being commissioning to manage lower risk and asymptomatic patients. These services also have the potential to reach groups not currently engaged with clinic services.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 260587 question first answered 14/06/2019 12:59:18 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1130015

	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	Sexually Transmitted Infections: 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, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) local and (b) national services for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care of sexually transmitted infections are delivered to those groups with greatest sexual health needs.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	260587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>It is concerning to see the increase in sexually transmitted infections, and we would encourage people to practice safe sex by using condoms and to access their free, local sexual health services if they consider themselves to be at risk of infection. Local authorities have been mandated to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services and are best placed to understand and meet the public health needs of their local communities.</p><p>Data published by Public Health England show that more people are accessing sexual health services, with attendances increasing by 7% between 2017 and 2018. This continues the trend of increases in attendances seen over the past five years. To help manage the overall increase in demand, online services are increasingly being commissioning to manage lower risk and asymptomatic patients. These services also have the potential to reach groups not currently engaged with clinic services.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 260586 question first answered 14/06/2019 12:59:18 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1130016

	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	Chlamydia: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason chlamydia testing rates have reduced by 22 per cent since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	260588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities monitor the performance of local sexual health contracts. This information is not collected by Public Health England (PHE).</p><p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to ensure ease of access to chlamydia screening. PHE supports local areas through facilitated chlamydia care pathway workshops. These workshops enable local commissioners and providers to explore and review local chlamydia activities, and create data driven action plans to improve service provision and outcomes.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 260589 question first answered 14/06/2019 12:55:58 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1130017

	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	Chlamydia: 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 will take to ensure ease of access to chlamydia screening services.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	260589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities monitor the performance of local sexual health contracts. This information is not collected by Public Health England (PHE).</p><p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to ensure ease of access to chlamydia screening. PHE supports local areas through facilitated chlamydia care pathway workshops. These workshops enable local commissioners and providers to explore and review local chlamydia activities, and create data driven action plans to improve service provision and outcomes.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 260588 question first answered 14/06/2019 12:55:58 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1130018

	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	Sexually Transmitted 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 urgent steps the Government will take to tackle increases in rates of (a) gonorrhoea and (b) syphilis.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	260590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>In June 2019, Public Health England (PHE) published a Syphilis Action Plan to improve the detection, surveillance and clinical management of syphilis at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/syphilis-public-health-england-action-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/syphilis-public-health-england-action-plan</a></p><p>To reduce the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including gonorrhoea and syphilis, PHE launched the ‘Protect Against STIs’ health promotion campaign in 2017/18 to promote condom use and positive sexual relationships among 16 to 24-year olds. This campaign can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/protect-against-stis-use-a-condom/home" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/protect-against-stis-use-a-condom/home</a></p><p>Additionally, HIV Prevention England has been contracted to deliver a HIV prevention programme aimed at gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men; black Africans; and other groups in whom there is a higher or emerging burden of infection. This programme promotes, among other behaviours, condom use and awareness of STIs including gonorrhoea and syphilis. More information on this programme can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.hivpreventionengland.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.hivpreventionengland.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 13:41:07 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1130019

	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	Gonorrhoea: Drug Resistance
	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 risk to public health of drug resistant gonorrhoea.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	260591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>Drug resistance in gonorrhoea increases the likelihood of treatment failure and ongoing transmission. There have been three documented treatment failures in England reported to date and all were eventually cured successfully. Public Health England (PHE) undertakes comprehensive surveillance through the gonococcal resistance to antimicrobials surveillance programme to enable early detection and management of antibiotic resistance in gonorrhoea. It uses this intelligence to advise on national gonorrhoea treatment guidelines ensuring they remain effective. PHE also investigates outbreaks and individual cases of extensively drug resistant gonorrhoea and potential treatment failures to ensure effective management and control spread. Further information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gonococcal-resistance-to-antimicrobials-surveillance-programme-grasp-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gonococcal-resistance-to-antimicrobials-surveillance-programme-grasp-report</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 13:38:52 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1130024

	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
	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 NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on ensuring that all hospitals with major A&E departments provide Same Day Emergency Care services at least 12 hours a day, 7 days a week by the end of 2019-20; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	260629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, an Implementation Framework will be published shortly which will set out the next steps the National Health Service will take to deliver the commitments and the national activity and support available to systems. The Implementation Framework will assist local health systems, who will build on the engagement already taking place across the country, in developing their strategic Long Term Plan implementation plan over the summer. NHS England and NHS Improvement will then publish a national implementation plan in the autumn.</p><p>NHS England intends to deliver 100% coverage by the end of the year - as set out in the Long Term Plan for the NHS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/06/2019 12:33:53 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1130025

	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
	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 NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his department has made on ensuring that all hospitals with major A&E departments record 100 per cent of patient activity in A&E, Urgent Treatment Centres and Same Day Emergency Care via the Emergency Care Data Set by March 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	260630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, an Implementation Framework will be published shortly which will set out the next steps the National Health Service will take to deliver the commitments and the national activity and support available to systems. The Implementation Framework will assist local health systems, who will build on the engagement already taking place across the country, in developing their strategic Long Term Plan implementation plan over the summer. NHS England and NHS Improvement will then publish a national implementation plan in the autumn.</p><p>The majority of major accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments (Type 1 and 2) are recording A&amp;E activity via Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) nationally. NHS England is supporting providers through transition and it is expected that 100% will be submitting data to ECDS by September 2019.</p><p>NHS England is also supporting urgent treatment centres so 100% will be recording activity via ECDS by March 2020.</p><p>The programme of work to record same day emergency care data on ECDS is in pilot phase. Following a full impact assessment of the pilot, implementation plans towards the March 2020 ambition will be set.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/06/2019 12:32:02 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1130026

	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
	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 NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on ensuring that, subject to agreement with the Government, all hospitals with major A&E departments test and begin implementing the new emergency and urgent care standards arising from the Clinical Standards Review from October 2019, ahead of full implementation in April 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	260631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, an Implementation Framework will be published shortly which will set out the next steps the National Health Service will take to deliver the commitments and the national activity and support available to systems. The Implementation Framework will assist local health systems, who will build on the engagement already taking place across the country, in developing their strategic Long Term Plan implementation plan over the summer. NHS England and NHS Improvement will then publish a national implementation plan in the autumn.</p><p>The interim report published in March 2019 set out proposals for field testing. Field testing of urgent and emergency care standards is currently being undertaken at 14 NHS trusts. As set out in the Government’s Mandate to NHS England and NHS Improvement, with the agreement of the Government, NHS England and NHS Improvement will field test potential future changes to access standards following publication of the interim report of the Clinical Review of Standards and implement any new standards. In 2019-20, NHS England and NHS Improvement will continue the ongoing service improvement work so that performance is maintained and improved for cancer treatment and accident and emergency, to the point at which any new standards, proposed by the Clinical Review and accepted by the Government, are implemented.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/06/2019 12:41:57 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1130027

	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	Integrated Care Systems
	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 NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on deploying population health management solutions to support Integrated Care Systems to understand the areas of greatest health need and match NHS services to meet them; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	260632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are providing a range of support to sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) and integrated care systems (ICSs) during 2019-20 to put in place local population health management solutions. These include the National Performance and Population Health Dashboard which brings together national datasets to enable insight on system populations, the health and care they receive, identify system opportunities and support benchmarking across peer systems. This tool will be further developed to offer greater insight for STPs and ICSs.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/06/2019 12:40:09 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth