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1017445

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2018
	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	Zoledronic Acid
	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 take steps to ensure that there is equality geographically in the availability of Zoledronic acid for breast cancer treatment.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	197655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Decisions on the routine availability of medicines, such as Zoledronic acid, are made locally by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). CCGs make funding decisions based on the needs of their population. Commissioning is about getting the best possible health outcomes for the local population and this involves assessing local needs to inform priorities and strategies.</p><p> </p><p>Under their terms of service, clinicians are allowed to prescribe any product which they consider to be a medicine necessary for the treatment of their patients under the National Health Service, subject to two provisos: firstly, that the product is not included in Schedules 1 or 2 to the NHS (General Medical Services Contracts)(Prescription of Drugs etc.) Regulations 2004 and secondly, that the clinician is prepared to justify any challenges to their prescribing by their local CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on whether to routinely fund medicines should be taken in the context of the CCGs available resources to ensure that care is fairly allocated to all patients and, where appropriate, measured against the CCGs other service development priorities.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/12/2018 16:47:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1054831

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	Yellow Fever: Vaccination
	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 an assessment of the potential merits on including yellow fever in the list of vaccines under the Vaccine Damage Payment Act 1979 for which compensation may be paid.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	216214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) is not a compensation scheme. There is no assessment of what losses were actually suffered. It provides a one off tax-free lump sum payment, currently £120,000, to successful claimants and is one part of the wide range of support and help available to severely disabled people in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The VDPS is primarily designed to cover adverse reactions for vaccination in the child immunisation programme which is a Government initiative to protect the community from infectious disease and does not include travel vaccines.</p><p> </p><p>The Scheme is being kept under review if further inclusions are thought necessary.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/02/2019 11:47:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

905506

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	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	World Health Assembly: Taiwan
	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 plans to support Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	144882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom continues to support Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organisations where statehood is not a prerequisite and where Taiwan can make a valuable contribution. The UK believes the World Health Assembly (WHA) meets these criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has supported the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. We have worked with likeminded countries to lobby the World Health Organization at official level to issue an invitation to Taiwan to observe the WHA.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 144883 question first answered 23/05/2018 15:14:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

905507

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	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	World Health Assembly: Taiwan
	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 the World Health Organisation to facilitate Taiwan's attendance as an observer in the 2018 World Health Assembly.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	144883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom continues to support Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organisations where statehood is not a prerequisite and where Taiwan can make a valuable contribution. The UK believes the World Health Assembly (WHA) meets these criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has supported the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. We have worked with likeminded countries to lobby the World Health Organization at official level to issue an invitation to Taiwan to observe the WHA.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 144882 question first answered 23/05/2018 15:14:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1019776

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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	World Conference on Tobacco or Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what initiatives the NHS has undertaken as a result of the March 2018 World Conference on Tobacco or Health.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	198743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>We are not aware of any local initiatives launched in the National Health Service as a direct result of the 2018 World Conference on Tobacco or Health. As with previous World Conferences, the United Kingdom Government attended the 2018 World Conference to share our experiences as a world leader on tobacco control, and to inform our thinking on future policy development. NHS England has a number of commitments to tackle smoking, as set out in the 2017 Tobacco Control Plan and associated Delivery Plan.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/12/2018 15:26:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

967841

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group
	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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the leadership at Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	170269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The most recent formal assessment of the effectiveness of the leadership at NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) was as part of the 2017/18 CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework, the annual national assessment process for CCGs.</p><p> </p><p>In this assessment Wirral CCG received a headline rating of ‘Requires Improvement’. There are four categories: ‘Outstanding’, ‘Good’, ‘Requires Improvement’ and ‘Inadequate’.</p><p> </p><p>Within this, an annual assessment of the quality of leadership is made, and published on the MyNHS section of the NHS Choices website along with all the other indicators.</p><p> </p><p>The quality of leadership rating is on a scale from ‘Green Star’, ‘Green’, ‘Amber’ or ‘Red’. NHS Wirral CCG was rated as ‘Amber’ within this assessment for 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The link to the published ratings is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/Performance/Search" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/Performance/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/09/2018 16:24:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1077548

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Weather: Death
	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 reasons there was a high level of excess winter deaths in 2017-18; and what plans he (a) put in place to reduce those deaths in 2018-19 and (b) is putting in place to reduce those deaths in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	226051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Additional deaths in winter months cannot with certainty be attributed to specific causes but the strains of flu circulating, in particular A/H3, together with very cold weather, as seen in some areas last winter, are likely to be important contributing factors as both affect the elderly and those with underlying health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The seasonal flu vaccination programme aims to provide protection to those who are at higher risk of flu associated morbidity and mortality. Under this programme the vaccine is available to everyone over the age of 65 years, those who are at particular risk from flu, carers, and pregnant women. In addition, in 2018/19 we extended the children’s programme by an extra school year, so all children between 2 - 9 years, were offered the nasal spray vaccine to help protect them and their families against flu. In 2019/20 this programme will be extended to include all primary school children. The vaccine is also available to all frontline healthcare and social care workers to protect them from flu, and this was extended to hospice workers for the first time this winter. This season we offered those over 65 a newly available adjuvanted flu vaccine.</p><p> </p><p>We are also providing the National Health Service with an extra £420 million this year to re-develop accident and emergency departments, improve emergency care and help get patients home quicker. In addition, NHS England and Public Health England (PHE) launched a series of winter campaigns, under the brand ‘Help Us Help You’ to advise people how to stay well this winter.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is conducting a detailed analysis of the excess winter deaths over the 2017-18 winter period. These findings will be used to target public health messages as part of our plans for winter 2018/19 and 2019/20. PHE is also supporting local authorities, the NHS and other frontline staff through the Cold Weather Plan, and is working with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to improve energy efficiency and reduce fuel bills for the most vulnerable groups.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/03/2019 16:38:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1010369

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Waste: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on public health of reducing (a) household, (b) commercial and (c) industrial waste; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	192717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has not made an assessment of the potential effect on public health of reducing waste.</p><p> </p><p>All waste operators are required to follow the waste hierarchy in managing waste. This means that they should take all such measures as are reasonable in the circumstances to prevent, reuse or recycle waste before considering recovery through incineration or sending to landfill.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/11/2018 17:10:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1010372

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Waste: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on public health of increasing the amount of waste that is recycled; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	192718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has not made an assessment of the potential effect on public health of increasing the amount of waste that is recycled.</p><p> </p><p>Recycling in England has increased from 11% in 2001/02 to 44.9% in 2016. This is thanks to action by the Government and local authorities and also the support of the public wanting to recycle more. The Government wants to accelerate consistency in what is collected for recycling and to encourage more local authorities to recycle food waste to reduce which would help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from landfill.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/11/2018 17:09:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1010232

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Waste Disposal: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the effect on public health of municipal waste incinerators and anaerobic digestion of waste.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	192713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has not undertaken any comparative assessment of the human health effects of municipal waste incinerators and anaerobic digestion of waste.</p><p> </p><p>In the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs’ forthcoming Resources and Waste Strategy the Government will be setting out more details on our ambitions for minimising the environmental impacts of waste whilst maximising its value as a resource.</p><p> </p><p>All waste operators are required to follow the waste hierarchy in managing waste. This means that they should take all such measures as are reasonable in the circumstances to prevent, reuse or recycle waste before considering recovery through incineration or sending to landfill.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/11/2018 17:10:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew