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1183282

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2020
	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	Infant Mortality: Coventry
	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 reduce infant and child mortality in Coventry.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	26185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, has committed to accelerate action to improve maternity and neonatal care services and to halve the 2010 rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth by 2025 and to reduce the pre-term birth rate from 8% to 6%.</p><p>Public Health England is undertaking a systematic review and refresh of the Healthy Child Programme in England.</p><p>In 2013, seven cities, including Coventry, were designated ‘Marmot Cities’ in England and received national expertise and support from the Institute of Health Equity and Public Health England. Of these, Coventry was the only city to renew this commitment in 2016 and continue to use the title.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 16/03/2020 16:06:33 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1183283

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2020
	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	Dementia: Social 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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on social care funding of dementia care costs.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	26186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>Future funding for social care will be set out at the next Spending Review. The upcoming Spending Review will consider a broad range of factors that influence the demand for and cost of providing adult social care services.</p><p>Putting social care on a sustainable footing, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, is one of the biggest challenges we face as a society.</p><p>In 2020/21 we are providing councils with access to an additional £1.5 billion for adults and children’s social care.</p><p>This £1.5 billion is on top of maintaining £2.5 billion of existing social care grants and will support local authorities to meet rising demand and continue to stabilise the social care system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/03/2020 11:31:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1183284

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2020
	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	Phenylketonuria: Sapropterin
	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 he has to make the drug Kuvan for people with phenylketonuria available on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	26187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has been asked to develop recommendations for the National Health Service on the use of Kuvan for the treatment of phenylketonuria through its technology appraisal programme. NHS commissioners are legally required to fund medicines recommended in NICE technology appraisal guidance.</p><p>NICE’s appraisal had been suspended as the manufacturer of Kuvan, BioMarin, had withdrawn from the process. However, BioMarin has now agreed to re-engage in the appraisal and NICE will now aim to publish guidance on Kuvan as soon as possible. Further information on the appraisal is available on NICE’s website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ta10378" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ta10378</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/03/2020 15:43:31 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1184398

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2020
	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	Health Services: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government determines the level at which the immigration health surcharge is set.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	28058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department’s most recent assessment looked at actual data on surcharge-payers’ use of the National Health Service between April 2015 and September 2019 and their length of stay in the United Kingdom. This estimated the total costs to the NHS of treating the average surcharge-payer to be around £624 per person per annum.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/03/2020 11:45:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1183714

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	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	Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to report active cases of covid–19 by deducting the number of people who have recovered from that virus.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest West
	tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
	uin	26798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>As we move into the delay phase of the COVID-19 outbreak, which is about slowing the spread, lowering the peak impact of the disease and pushing it away from the winter season, we will continue to report figures daily and maintain a consistent approach.</p><p>The reporting and messaging will adapt as required, with the number of people who have recovered not being a reliably knowable figure at present.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/03/2020 15:50:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 12227 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1184357

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2020
	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	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, what recent estimate he has made of the number of medicated patients being cared for in mental health facilities indefinitely.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	27988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>We have made no such estimate. There is no central National Health Service collection of information on medicines issued to individual patients in NHS hospitals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 16/03/2020 16:05:59 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1184358

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2020
	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	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, what support is available to patients in mental health facilities for prolonged periods of time to challenge the diagnosis or treatment they have received.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	27989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>Where a patient is subject to the Mental Health Act 1983 for over three months, they have the right to a Second Opinion Appointed Doctor who will confirm a patient’s capacity to consent to treatment, and review whether continuing medication is necessary.</p><p>Patients subject to the Act can also access Independent Mental Health Advocates who provide support to patients to exercise their rights and ensure they can participate in the decisions that are made about their care and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Patients also have the right to appeal to an independent tribunal, which has the power to discharge patients from their detention under the Act.</p><p><br> For mental health patients not detained under the Mental Health Act, there is no legal right to a second opinion. However, as standard clinical practice National Health Service trusts will have arrangements in place for second opinion requests.</p><p><br> <br></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 16/03/2020 16:07:23 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1184014

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Social 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 assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities and care companies to provide food and meals to elderly and disabled people who receive care in their homes in the event of a covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
	uin	27666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>Officials are working with the LGAs (local government associations), Public Health England and NHS England on continuity planning, to support social care providers.</p><p>We know social care will be at the frontline of our response to COVID-19, with social care providers looking after many of the most vulnerable in society.</p><p>Social care guidance is being worked on urgently and updated regularly. The latest advice which the government keeps under review is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-social-or-community-care-and-residential-settings-on-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-social-or-community-care-and-residential-settings-on-covid-19</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/03/2020 17:57:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 12382 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1184459

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2020
	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	Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System: Pay
	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 6 March 2020 to Questions 21898, 21899, 21900 and 21901 on Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership: Pay, what the standard salary band is for a Joint Accountable Office referred to in that answer.
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	uin	27960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The salary pay bands of Clinical Commissioning Group Accountable Officers (CCG AO), trust chief executives and trust chairs are likely to vary according to local circumstances. Further guidance can be found online at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/remuneration-structure-nhs-provider-chairs-and-non-executive-directors/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/remuneration-structure-nhs-provider-chairs-and-non-executive-directors/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/clinical-commissioning-group-guidance-on-senior-appointments-including-accountable-officers-march-2017/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/clinical-commissioning-group-guidance-on-senior-appointments-including-accountable-officers-march-2017/</a></p><p>The principles of this guidance should also be followed when going through the process of recruiting an Integrated Care System Leader – in some cases this may be a joint role with that of a Clinical Commissioning Groups AO or Trust Chief Executive – and Non-Executive Chair.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/03/2020 17:56:30 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1181847

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Health Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they are giving to people with suspected COVID-19 about how they should care for themselves during periods of self-quarantine.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL2109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The advice to people with suspected COVID-19 about how they should care for themselves during periods of self-quarantine focuses on keeping away from others, staying at home to stop the infection spreading, and avoiding public transport. The Government’s COVID-19 campaign posters are attached.</p><p>Public Health England advice online on the GOV.UK website about COVID-19 is regularly updated as our understanding grows and the guidelines evolve.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name Coronavirus_Poster.pdf title Coronavirus_Poster 2 file name Advice_on_COVID_19_for_places_of_education.pdf title Advice_on_COVID_19_for_places_of_education question first answered 16/03/2020 17:32:07 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott