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1458179

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2022
	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	Ambulance Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to help ensure that ambulance services meet their response time targets.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	906531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the ambulance service to manage the pressures it is facing.</p><p>Investments in the ambulance workforce have increased the number of NHS ambulance and support staff by 38% since July 2010, and boosted 999 call handler numbers to over 2,400 at the end of March, 500 more than in September.</p><p>Ambulance trusts receive continuous central monitoring and support through NHS England’s National Ambulance Coordination Centre and there is targeted, intensive support to the most challenged hospitals to improve patient handovers, helping ambulances get swiftly back on the road.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/04/2022 15:43:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

456173

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	100,000 Genomes Project
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the 100,000 Genomes project will be able to diagnose patients with a ring chromosome.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	28890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The 100,000 Genomes Project could potentially diagnose participants with a ring chromosome through whole genome sequencing. The close working between NHS Genomic Medicine Centres and Genomics England means that ring chromosomes will continue to be detected primarily through routine diagnostic care. The 100,000 Genomes Project will give important information on the effective use of genomic technologies to bring benefit to National Health Service patients.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 08/03/2016 11:36:26 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

421723

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department intends to establish or encourage national training schemes for care providers to ensure consistency in care provision across the sector.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	12118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of the Care Certificate, a recommendation of the Cavendish Review, will help to improve the consistency of training in the sector. As of 1 April 2015, all new social care support workers and healthcare assistants are expected to attain the new Care Certificate within their first twelve weeks of employment.</p><br /><p>The Department funds Skills for Care, the partner in the sector skills council for social care, to produce a range of resources for workers to develop the knowledge to support people who use the services. This includes the apprenticeships programme which is important in growing a consistently skilled workforce providing high quality care for the future.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/10/2015 13:14:05 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

458098

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Advocacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to increase the number of advocacy services available to mentally ill people before they are sectioned.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	30036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>When a person is detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, (“the Act”) they are legally entitled to an Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) who understands the Act and can support the detained patient. The provision of IMHA services is the responsibility of local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>For other mental health patients who need help and support in expressing their views, more general advocacy services, as well as family and friends, can provide support.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also currently exploring providing additional guidance to mental health professionals promoting advocacy services to psychiatric patients that they believe would benefit from such support.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/03/2016 14:15:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

444234

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis will be made available on the NHS to men who have sex with men.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	22187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is working with local authorities, clinicians, patient representatives and Public Health England to consider the clinical and cost effectiveness of providing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to at-risk groups to prevent them acquiring HIV. The PrEP clinical policy proposition is one of many going through NHS England’s 2016/17 prioritisation round.</p><br /><p>In July 2015 NHS England approved a significant new investment in a ‘Treatment as Prevention’ programme to help reduce transmissions from persons known to be HIV positive.</p><br /><p>We have made no estimates of the number of people accessing PrEP through private provision.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 22188 question first answered 20/01/2016 16:10:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

519198

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Asthma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatments are commissioned by specialist centres for severe asthma.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	37092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>NHS England commissions severe asthma services in line with national specifications to ensure that patient numbers are sufficient to support safe, quality service provision. It is revising the severe asthma service specification which is expected to be published later in 2016.</p><p>Nationally there are 27 trusts that have identified themselves as providing severe asthma services.</p><p>NHS England does not specify travel distances for patients attending treatment for severe asthma.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 37090 37091 question first answered 24/05/2016 12:40:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

429387

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Professions: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timetable he proposes for legislative reform of the regulation of health care professionals.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	16969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>This Government is grateful for the work of the Law Commissions of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in reviewing the regulation of health and (in England) social care professionals.</p><br /><p>The Law Commissions made 125 recommendations to reform the existing complex and burdensome regulatory system. The joint four UK country response to the Law Commissions was published on 29 January 2015 which accepted wholly or in part the vast majority of its recommendations.</p><br /><p>The Department is currently reviewing how best to take forward the work of the Law Commissions. We hope to be able to provide an update on this work soon.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 16974 question first answered 25/11/2015 15:17:47 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

519196

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Asthma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum distance recommended by NHS England is for people with severe asthma to travel to receive day-case treatment.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	37090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>NHS England commissions severe asthma services in line with national specifications to ensure that patient numbers are sufficient to support safe, quality service provision. It is revising the severe asthma service specification which is expected to be published later in 2016.</p><p>Nationally there are 27 trusts that have identified themselves as providing severe asthma services.</p><p>NHS England does not specify travel distances for patients attending treatment for severe asthma.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 37091 37092 question first answered 24/05/2016 12:40:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

470481

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Kidney Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the implications for his Department's policies on people with rare forms of kidney disease are of the report of the Rare Disease Forum, Delivering for patients with rare diseases: Implementing a strategy, published on 29 February 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	30936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department is committed to improving the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases for all patients, including those with rare forms of kidney disease through implementation of the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases, published in November 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Forum report, Delivering for patients with rare diseases: Implementing a strategy, published on 29 February 2016 includes 51 specific commitments to improve the lives of all those affected with rare diseases. The measures focus on improving diagnosis and early intervention for patients affected by a rare disease.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Rare Disease Forum is working to ensure that specific commitments in the Strategy are embedded in policy development and implementation across the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/03/2016 14:29:29 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

637926

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	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, what the average number of treatment sessions received by clients of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme was by clinical commissioning group for (a) clients who completed treatment and (b) all referrals ended in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	53334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>Data on the average number of treatment sessions received by clients of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme who completed treatment was first reported in April 2015. These are available by clinical commissioning group in the monthly activity data files from April 2015 onwards, which can be downloaded from the links under ‘Monthly Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Dataset Reports’ at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/iaptreports" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/iaptreports</a></p><p> </p><p>The average number of treatment sessions for all referrals, including those who did not complete treatment, is not reported.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 22/11/2016 14:26:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett