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1063965

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Abortion
	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 February 2019 to Question 217544 on Spina Bifida: Surgery, if his Department will make it its policy to provide pain relief to unborn babies of a similar age undergoing a termination.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	223137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not set clinical practice. To support clinical practice, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has considered the issue of fetal pain and awareness in its guidelines ‘The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion’ and ‘Fetal Awareness: Review of Research and Recommendations for Practice’, which are available at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/abortion-guideline_web_1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/abortion-guideline_web_1.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/rcogfetalawarenesswpr0610.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/rcogfetalawarenesswpr0610.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/02/2019 12:06:32 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1064771

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2019
	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	Asthma: Prescriptions
	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 include asthma in the list of conditions which are exempt from the payment of prescription charges.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	224470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Extensive arrangements are already in place to help people afford National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of prescription charge exemptions, for which someone with asthma may qualify. The Department has no current plans to amend these exemptions, including the list of medical conditions that provides exemption from prescription charges.</p><p> </p><p>People on a low income, who do not qualify for an exemption, may be eligible for full or partial help with prescription charges through application to the NHS Low Income Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption or the NHS Low Income Scheme, prescription prepayment certificates are available. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 224471 question first answered 26/02/2019 15:32:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1064772

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2019
	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	Asthma: Prescriptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the effect on people's health of prescription charges for asthma medicines.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	224471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Extensive arrangements are already in place to help people afford National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of prescription charge exemptions, for which someone with asthma may qualify. The Department has no current plans to amend these exemptions, including the list of medical conditions that provides exemption from prescription charges.</p><p> </p><p>People on a low income, who do not qualify for an exemption, may be eligible for full or partial help with prescription charges through application to the NHS Low Income Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption or the NHS Low Income Scheme, prescription prepayment certificates are available. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 224470 question first answered 26/02/2019 15:32:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1064079

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Breast Cancer: 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 reasons the Central and East London Breast Screening Service was transferred from Barts Health NHS Trust to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust on 1 April 2018; and what benefits were anticipated from that transfer.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	223479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013, NHS commissioners are duty bound to ensure all contracts for National Health Service healthcare services are able to demonstrate value for money and to deliver the best possible service to all patients that access the services, in line with the requirements of the commissioner.</p><p> </p><p>The contract for Central and East London Service was put out to tender in November 2016 and a procurement process, in line with the Public Contract regulations, was conducted. The procurement was open to any suitably capable provider. Following the successful conclusion of the procurement, the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust was identified as the provider that demonstrated value for money, offered the most suitable service provision, and ability to deliver the service as commissioners had designed it, against the required criteria. Hence the service delivery passed from Barts Health NHS Trust to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.</p><p> </p><p>As standards were not being met at the time of the transfer of the service, the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust was commissioned to deliver against an agreed recovery plan which runs until September 2019. The service is currently achieving monthly trajectories for improvement and meeting key performance indicators. It is subject to monitoring on a monthly basis by both NHS England and the London Breast Screening Quality Assurance Service.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/02/2019 17:43:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1064116

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the second cancer workforce plan; and whether the Government plans to allocate funding to support the implementation of that plan.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	223527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) published its first ever Cancer Workforce Plan in December 2017 and is making significant additional investment in the cancer workforce, £8.6 million in 2018/19. HEE intended to publish a second phase, longer-term strategy that looked at the cancer workforce needs beyond 2021. This work was started and stakeholders from within the National Health Service and the charitable sector contributed to the early discussions. This work has since been superseded by publication of the NHS Long Term Plan in January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has subsequently commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce rapidly, including staff working on cancer, consider additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/02/2019 17:44:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1064303

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	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	Cancer: Health Professions
	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 the Health Education England phase two cancer workforce plan co-ordinates with the workforce implementation plan in the NHS Long Term Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	223778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) published its first ever Cancer Workforce Plan in December 2017. HEE intended to publish a second phase, longer-term strategy that looked at the cancer workforce needs beyond 2021. This work was started and stakeholders from within the National Health Service and the charitable sector contributed to the early discussions. This work has since been superseded by publication of the NHS Long Term Plan in January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has subsequently commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce rapidly, including staff working on cancer, consider additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/02/2019 12:17:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1064118

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Care Workers: Registration
	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 made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national registration and accreditation system for care workers.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	223529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce a national registration and accreditation system for care workers in England at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to a proportionate system of safeguards for the professionals who work in the health and care system. Statutory professional regulation should only be used in cases where the risks to the public cannot be mitigated in other ways.</p><p> </p><p>Care workers in England are subject to employer checks and controls including a Disclosure and Barring Service check. And, since 2015, healthcare assistants and care support workers have been expected to achieve the care certificate before working unsupervised. This contains 15 standards setting out a common set of skills, knowledge and behaviours that are needed in order to provide safe, high quality and compassionate care.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 16:57:41 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1064754

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2019
	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	Cervical Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy that the NHS is the primary provider for cervical cytology screening in England.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	224307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service will remain the primary provider for cervical cytology screening in England and cervical screening remains part of the General Medical Services contract.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2015, the UK National Screening Committee recommended that human papillomavirus (HPV) screening should replace the currently used liquid based cytology test as the primary screening for cervical disease.</p><p> </p><p>Following a review of its delivery strategy, NHS England commenced a one-stage procurement process to reconfigure provider laboratories to support the roll-out of HPV primary screening into the NHS Cervical Cancer Screening Programme in England. HPV primary screening is due to be rolled out in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Once full implementation is achieved, all samples will be tested for HPV which causes more than 99% of cervical cancers. This could prevent around 600 cancers a year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/02/2019 15:39:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1063926

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Continuing Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a qualified witness independent of the relevant clinical commissioning group is required to be involved in a patient's continuing healthcare assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	223076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Framework for Continuing Healthcare requires that a multidisciplinary team (MDT) must assess whether an individual has a primary health need. This MDT must comprise at least two professionals who are from different healthcare professions, or one professional who is from a healthcare profession and one person who is responsible for assessing persons who may have needs for care and support under part 1 of the Care Act 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The MDT should usually include both health and social care professionals and, as far as is reasonably practicable, the clinical commissioning group (CCG) must consult with the relevant local authority before making any decision about an individual’s eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare. A local authority must, when requested to do so by a CCG, co-operate with the CCG in arranging for persons to participate in a MDT. In addition to this, the individual and, where appropriate, their representative should be enabled to play a central role in the assessment process.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/02/2019 12:07:47 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1064108

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	223519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department currently employees 1,585 Civil Servants and has 48 employees who are undertaking an apprenticeship qualification, which equates to 3.03% of current employees.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/02/2019 14:58:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane