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1133345

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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 Cancer Screening Programmes in England Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Sir Mike Richards’ review of cancer screening programmes, whether the findings from that review will be incorporated into proposals on tackling workforce shortages for breast imaging and diagnostic workforce and included in the final NHS People Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	266830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service currently has a record number of specialist cancer staff and has committed to recruit an additional 1,500 staff across seven priority cancer specialisms by 2021.</p><p>The NHS interim People Plan was published on 3 June 2019. It acknowledges that further action must be taken to grow and recruit a world class cancer workforce to the NHS, and sets out a shared vision and plan of action to put NHS people at the heart of NHS policy and delivery.</p><p>In advance of publishing the final People Plan, soon after the conclusion of the 2019 Spending Review, the NHS will establish a national programme board to address geographical and specialty shortages in medicine, which will include the cancer workforce.</p><p>An independent review of cancer services led by Sir Mike Richards will report in summer 2019, NHS England and NHS Improvement will carefully consider any recommendations from this Review in the context of the NHS People Plan.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 27/06/2019 13:01:53 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1132421

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	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	Body Modification: Training
	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 businesses offering tattooing or piercings possess the appropriate training and qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	265460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for regulating and monitoring businesses offering cosmetic body piercing, including ear piercing, permanent tattooing, semi-permanent skin colouring (micropigmentation, semi-permanent make-up and temporary tattooing), electrolysis and acupuncture. Although there is no formal qualification needed for someone to practise in any of these vocations, all LAs require those providing tattooing or piercing to be licensed. Whilst the licensing process will not be dependent upon qualifications held by the operator, they would be required to be competent in methods of cleansing and sterilising of equipment.</p><p>We consider this is an area where progress can be most quickly and effectively made by practitioners, their organisations, industry bodies, training bodies and enforcement authorities working together to agree on suitable standards of good practice and competency.</p><p>Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, piercing and tattoo businesses have a legal duty to protect the health of employees and persons other than their employees, who may be affected by the practices. This information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/hswa.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/hswa.htm</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 25/06/2019 16:09:45 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1131295

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	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	Electronic Cigarettes: Children
	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 tackle underage vaping.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	263087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The European Union’s Tobacco Product Directive (2014/40/EU) legislates for, amongst other matters, the regulation of electronic cigarettes. It has been transposed into United Kingdom law by the UK Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016. The legislation introduced measures to regulate e-cigarettes to reduce the risk of harm to children through rules on product safety, labelling and restrictions on advertising for electronic cigarettes.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015 makes it illegal to sell an electronic cigarette to any one aged under 18 years. Local trading standards have enforcement powers to take action on breaches of both sets of regulations.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the evidence and data on youth vaping. Public Health England’s latest e-cigarette evidence review published in February 2019 indicates regular youth use of electronic cigarettes remains low. The Government has also made a commitment to review the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 by May 2021, and the Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015 by May 2020.</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 17/06/2019 14:56:16 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1130479

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Food: Labelling
	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 Cabinet colleagues on mandatory calorie labelling for restaurants, cafes and takeaways.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	261122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on improving the health and wellbeing of children and families.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 15:44:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1130086

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Opioids: Misuse
	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 quality of care and therapy provision for people with opioid addiction.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	260568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) routinely carries out reviews of substance misuse services. In their most recent assessment the CQC rated the majority of residential substance misuse centres and community substance misuse centres as good or outstanding.</p><p>Public Health England (PHE) has published a comprehensive review of the evidence on the drug misuse treatment system in England. In comparison with other countries and the international research, it shows the system is performing well but there are some areas where we can improve. Although the review covers drug treatment effectiveness, it does not address the quality of care and therapy. The review is available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-misuse-treatment-in-england-evidence-review-of-outcomes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-misuse-treatment-in-england-evidence-review-of-outcomes</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 16:11:01 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1128881

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Measles: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on making the measles vaccination compulsory before children start school.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	259034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>There have been no discussions between the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Education, on making the measles vaccination compulsory before children start school.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 06/06/2019 14:32:33 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1128929

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Asthma: Medical Equipment
	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 ensure that all asthma inhalers are recycled.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	259040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Sustainable Development Unit (SDU), a joint NHS England and Public Health England unit, has established a cross sector working group on low carbon inhalers. The group includes representation from a number of patient and clinician groups, as well as cross Government representation.</p><p>The SDU have recently reviewed a scheme operated by GSK that encourages return of inhalers for recycling, including recovery of the F-gases for reuse. The scheme is very welcome but limited in scope. The SDU has therefore invited industry suggestions to the national Low Carbon Inhalers Working Group on ways to increase recovery for environmentally safe disposal and recycling.</p><p>Furthermore, a cross system approach is now being developed into a system wide implementation plan, with specific actions being delivered by individual members of the group. All actions are supporting progress towards or exceed the NHS Long Term Plan commitment on low carbon inhalers. This will contribute to the overall National Health Service commitment in the Long Term Plan to reduce carbon emissions in line with the Climate Change Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 16:42:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1129093

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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 Cancer Screening Programmes in England Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the interim report: Independent Review of National Cancer Screening Programmes, published May 2019, whether he plans to increase support for the recruitment and training of new cancer experts to enable NHS services to cope with increasing demand for cancer services over the next 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	259047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service currently has a record number of specialist cancer staff and has committed to recruit an additional 1,500 staff across seven priority cancer specialisms by 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS interim People Plan, published on 3 June 2019, acknowledges that further action must be taken to increase the numbers of nurses in this field. It will undertake a detailed review of all branches of nursing in advance of the full People Plan, in order to identify steps to grow and recruit a world class cancer workforce to the NHS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 16:48:39 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1128577

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	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: Pharmacy
	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 potential merits of ensuring that there are asthma specialist pharmacists in all regions.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	257659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been undertaken on this subject.</p><p>There are currently 14 severe asthma centres in England. All specialist providers are required to develop a networked model of care as the vehicle for delivering an optimal pathway and maximising patient outcomes and experience.</p><p>It is expected that National Health Service patients with severe asthma are referred to their specialist asthma service by secondary care physicians where they will receive appropriate investigation and treatment.</p><p>Respiratory disease is a clinical priority within the recently published NHS Long Term Plan. The Plan has the overarching objective of improving outcomes for people with respiratory disease, including asthma.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/06/2019 14:27:14 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1128585

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	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: 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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of severe asthma services in (a) England and (b) North Staffordshire.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	257660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of provision of severe asthma services in England and North Staffordshire.</p><p>Respiratory disease is a clinical priority within the recently published NHS Long Term Plan. The Plan has the overarching objective of improving outcomes for people with respiratory disease, including asthma.</p><p>There are currently 14 severe asthma centres in England. All specialist providers are required to develop a networked model of care as the vehicle for delivering an optimal pathway and maximising patient outcomes and experience.</p><p>It is expected that National Health Service patients with severe asthma are referred to their specialist asthma service where they will receive appropriate investigation and treatment.</p><p>The closest specialist centres to North Staffordshire are located in Birmingham and Manchester. Services for patients in Stoke and North Staffordshire with severe asthma are provided by University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. The Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust also supports asthma patients.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/06/2019 14:24:58 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly