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1131994

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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	Ovarian Cancer: Contraceptives
	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 Royal College of Nursing on use of the contraceptive pill to reduce the chances of ovarian cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	264404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place. Any treatment available on the National Health Service is in line with the appropriate clinical guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/06/2019 10:32:36 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1132034

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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	Primary Care Networks: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has carried out a rural proofing review of the implementation of primary care networks.
	tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
	tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
	uin	264405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>Recognising the specific circumstances faced by some rural practices, there are additional flexibilities. NHS England has explicitly allowed rurality as an exception for meeting the definition of a Primary Care Networks. As set out in the Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service (DES) (under paragraph 3.2) commissioners may waiver the 30,000 minimum population “where a PCN serves a natural community which has a low population density across a large rural and remote area”. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/network-contract-des-specification-2019-20-v1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/network-contract-des-specification-2019-20-v1.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/06/2019 11:16:38 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1132036

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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	Primary Care Networks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department plans to use to assess Primary Care Networks’ engagement with local communities.
	tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
	tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
	uin	264407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>For Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to be successful they will need to work in partnership with local people and the communities they serve. NHS England does have a statutory duty to undertake an annual assessment of clinical commissioning groups’ (CCGs) performance, as part of the CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework (IAF). One of the indicators assessed is patient and community engagement. All NHS service providers, including general practitioner practices, have legal duties to engage with local authority health scrutiny about changes which may be considered substantial. These duties which currently apply to NHS service providers and commissioners around engagement and consultation will continue to be valid.</p><p>Further information on the IAF is available on the NHS England website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/regulation/ccg-assess/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/regulation/ccg-assess/</a></p><p>Results from the assessments are published on ‘MyNHS’ at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/performance-indicators/organisations/ccg-year-end-2015-assurance-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/performance-indicators/organisations/ccg-year-end-2015-assurance-assessment</a></p><p>The assessments made are in line with the document ‘Patient and public participation in commissioning health and care: statutory guidance for CCGs and NHS England’, which is at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/patient-and-public-participation-in-commissioning-health-and-care-statutory-guidance-for-ccgs-and-nhs-england/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/patient-and-public-participation-in-commissioning-health-and-care-statutory-guidance-for-ccgs-and-nhs-england/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 20/06/2019 15:40:56 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1132104

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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	MMR Vaccine
	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 correlation between falling rates of vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella and the increased incidence of those conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	264387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>There has been an increase in cases of measles since the end of 2017 with close to 1,000 cases reported in 2018. However, the majority of these cases (628/966, 65%) are in individuals aged less than one year old and over 15 years i.e. those not in recently vaccinated age cohorts. Data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measles-mumps-and-rubella-laboratory-confirmed-cases-in-england-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measles-mumps-and-rubella-laboratory-confirmed-cases-in-england-2018</a></p><p>An increase in mumps activity was observed in England in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019 with 795 laboratory confirmed mumps infections. Almost half (352/795, 44%) of the cases in Q1 were in unvaccinated individuals. This data can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804024/hpr1819_mmr2.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804024/hpr1819_mmr2.pdf</a></p><p>The World Health Organization confirmed that the United Kingdom had eliminated rubella in 2015. Between 2013-18 there were only 10 laboratory confirmed cases in England. This data can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rubella-confirmed-cases/rubella-notifications-and-confirmed-cases-by-oral-fluid-testing-in-england-2013-to-2014-by-quarter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rubella-confirmed-cases/rubella-notifications-and-confirmed-cases-by-oral-fluid-testing-in-england-2013-to-2014-by-quarter</a></p><p>Nearly all these cases have been in individuals born abroad and were not eligible to receive rubella containing vaccine in United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 24/06/2019 16:57:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 123818 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1131740

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which topics have been identified for inclusion in the upcoming review of the appraisal methods used by NICE.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	263870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and is responsible for the methods and processes used in the development of its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies recommendations. NICE has now initiated the review of its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies methods in line with the commitment made in the 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access.</p><p> </p><p>The Voluntary Scheme states that industry and other relevant stakeholders will be active participants in the review, including inputting on scope, participating in working discussions, and providing views on recommendations. NICE’s updated methods guide will also be subject to a public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>NICE has established a working group, consisting of members from NICE, NHS England, the Department, patient organisations and the life sciences industry. The working group reports to a steering group, chaired by NICE and with members from NHS England, the Department, and an independent academic methodologist. The steering group will present its recommendations to NICE’s Senior Management Team, which in turn will report to the NICE Board. NICE approached patient groups with experience of NICE and its processes and methods. There are three patient group representatives on the working group with a wide range of experience, covering a range of topic areas, reflecting the programmes under review. Membership of the working group will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>NICE is now in the process of scoping the review of the methods for technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies evaluations with input from the working group and steering group. The scope of the review - a list of the aspects of NICE’s current methods that will be considered in the review - will be presented to the NICE Board in July. Additional detail and more information will be made available on the NICE website in due course. NICE anticipates being in a position to confirm the revised methods guide by the end of 2020, following public consultation.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 263871 263872 263873 263874 question first answered 20/06/2019 13:18:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1131742

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timescale is for NICE's Methods review.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	263871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and is responsible for the methods and processes used in the development of its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies recommendations. NICE has now initiated the review of its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies methods in line with the commitment made in the 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access.</p><p> </p><p>The Voluntary Scheme states that industry and other relevant stakeholders will be active participants in the review, including inputting on scope, participating in working discussions, and providing views on recommendations. NICE’s updated methods guide will also be subject to a public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>NICE has established a working group, consisting of members from NICE, NHS England, the Department, patient organisations and the life sciences industry. The working group reports to a steering group, chaired by NICE and with members from NHS England, the Department, and an independent academic methodologist. The steering group will present its recommendations to NICE’s Senior Management Team, which in turn will report to the NICE Board. NICE approached patient groups with experience of NICE and its processes and methods. There are three patient group representatives on the working group with a wide range of experience, covering a range of topic areas, reflecting the programmes under review. Membership of the working group will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>NICE is now in the process of scoping the review of the methods for technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies evaluations with input from the working group and steering group. The scope of the review - a list of the aspects of NICE’s current methods that will be considered in the review - will be presented to the NICE Board in July. Additional detail and more information will be made available on the NICE website in due course. NICE anticipates being in a position to confirm the revised methods guide by the end of 2020, following public consultation.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 263870 263872 263873 263874 question first answered 20/06/2019 13:18:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1131743

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether changes to NICE’s appraisal methods identified during the NICE Methods review will be cost-neutral.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	263872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and is responsible for the methods and processes used in the development of its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies recommendations. NICE has now initiated the review of its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies methods in line with the commitment made in the 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access.</p><p> </p><p>The Voluntary Scheme states that industry and other relevant stakeholders will be active participants in the review, including inputting on scope, participating in working discussions, and providing views on recommendations. NICE’s updated methods guide will also be subject to a public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>NICE has established a working group, consisting of members from NICE, NHS England, the Department, patient organisations and the life sciences industry. The working group reports to a steering group, chaired by NICE and with members from NHS England, the Department, and an independent academic methodologist. The steering group will present its recommendations to NICE’s Senior Management Team, which in turn will report to the NICE Board. NICE approached patient groups with experience of NICE and its processes and methods. There are three patient group representatives on the working group with a wide range of experience, covering a range of topic areas, reflecting the programmes under review. Membership of the working group will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>NICE is now in the process of scoping the review of the methods for technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies evaluations with input from the working group and steering group. The scope of the review - a list of the aspects of NICE’s current methods that will be considered in the review - will be presented to the NICE Board in July. Additional detail and more information will be made available on the NICE website in due course. NICE anticipates being in a position to confirm the revised methods guide by the end of 2020, following public consultation.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 263870 263871 263873 263874 question first answered 20/06/2019 13:18:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1131744

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria was used by NICE to determine which patient organisations were offered membership of the NICE Methods Working Group.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	263873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and is responsible for the methods and processes used in the development of its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies recommendations. NICE has now initiated the review of its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies methods in line with the commitment made in the 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access.</p><p> </p><p>The Voluntary Scheme states that industry and other relevant stakeholders will be active participants in the review, including inputting on scope, participating in working discussions, and providing views on recommendations. NICE’s updated methods guide will also be subject to a public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>NICE has established a working group, consisting of members from NICE, NHS England, the Department, patient organisations and the life sciences industry. The working group reports to a steering group, chaired by NICE and with members from NHS England, the Department, and an independent academic methodologist. The steering group will present its recommendations to NICE’s Senior Management Team, which in turn will report to the NICE Board. NICE approached patient groups with experience of NICE and its processes and methods. There are three patient group representatives on the working group with a wide range of experience, covering a range of topic areas, reflecting the programmes under review. Membership of the working group will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>NICE is now in the process of scoping the review of the methods for technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies evaluations with input from the working group and steering group. The scope of the review - a list of the aspects of NICE’s current methods that will be considered in the review - will be presented to the NICE Board in July. Additional detail and more information will be made available on the NICE website in due course. NICE anticipates being in a position to confirm the revised methods guide by the end of 2020, following public consultation.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 263870 263871 263872 263874 question first answered 20/06/2019 13:18:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1131746

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what opportunities there will be for patient groups that are not part of the NICE Methods Working Group to take part in the task and finish groups.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	263874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and is responsible for the methods and processes used in the development of its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies recommendations. NICE has now initiated the review of its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies methods in line with the commitment made in the 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access.</p><p> </p><p>The Voluntary Scheme states that industry and other relevant stakeholders will be active participants in the review, including inputting on scope, participating in working discussions, and providing views on recommendations. NICE’s updated methods guide will also be subject to a public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>NICE has established a working group, consisting of members from NICE, NHS England, the Department, patient organisations and the life sciences industry. The working group reports to a steering group, chaired by NICE and with members from NHS England, the Department, and an independent academic methodologist. The steering group will present its recommendations to NICE’s Senior Management Team, which in turn will report to the NICE Board. NICE approached patient groups with experience of NICE and its processes and methods. There are three patient group representatives on the working group with a wide range of experience, covering a range of topic areas, reflecting the programmes under review. Membership of the working group will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>NICE is now in the process of scoping the review of the methods for technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies evaluations with input from the working group and steering group. The scope of the review - a list of the aspects of NICE’s current methods that will be considered in the review - will be presented to the NICE Board in July. Additional detail and more information will be made available on the NICE website in due course. NICE anticipates being in a position to confirm the revised methods guide by the end of 2020, following public consultation.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 263870 263871 263872 263873 question first answered 20/06/2019 13:18:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1131781

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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	HIV Infection: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he is making in doubling the number of places on the PrEP impact trial; and for what reasons 42 sites are currently closed to men who have sex with men.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	263883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact Trial provides access to PrEP to almost 13,000 individuals across 150 trial sites. To inform the future commissioning of PrEP, the trial has been increased to enable up to 26,000 individuals to be recruited.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, 147 clinics are open to recruitment. As at the beginning of June, 38 clinics notified the central trial team that they were not currently open to recruitment for men who have sex with men. It is understood that the range of reasons include temporary staffing or premise issues, capacity and local authority commissioner approval. This figure will therefore be subject to change.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/06/2019 10:31:28 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes