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1568667

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Integrated Care Boards
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 including (a) primary care optometrists and (b) other primary care clinicians on integrated care boards alongside primary medical clinicians such as GPs.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	127832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Care Act 2022 sets a minimum membership requirement for integrated care boards that includes representatives from National Health Service trusts, Primary Care and Local Authorities. However, the local areas can, by local agreement, go beyond the legislative minimum requirements in order to address their local needs.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 25/01/2023 14:59:25 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568668

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Primary Health Care
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 the wider use of other NHS Primary Care providers to ease the pressures on General Practice.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	127833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) 2019-24 five-year deal sets out the vision for how community pharmacy will support the NHS Long Term Plan by being better integrated into the National Health Service, delivering more clinical services, and becoming the first port of call for minor illness. All community pharmacies provide health advice including support for self-care and healthy living advice. NHS 111 phone and online as well as general practitioner practices can refer patients with a minor illness to a community pharmacy and this will be expanded to urgent and emergency care setting in March. Most pharmacies now also carry out blood pressure checks. From Autumn, pharmacies will also be able to supply oral contraception without a visit to general practice.</p><p>In addition, NHS England’s 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance published in December 2022 asks systems to expand direct access and self-referrals to community health services to empower patients to take control of their healthcare.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 25/01/2023 15:13:18 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568669

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Primary Health 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 his Department is taking steps to move towards patient self-referral as the default pathway for (a) community audiology and (b) other routine community NHS services.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	127834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>There are currently differing approaches to patient self-referral to audiology services across the country. The NHS England ‘2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance’ was published in December 2022. This set out a key action for systems to expand direct access and self-referral for a range of services where general practitioner involvement is not clinically necessary. By September 2023, systems are asked to put in place self-referral routes to audiology-including hearing aid provision as well as falls response services, musculo-skeletal physiotherapy services, weight management services, community podiatry, and wheelchair and community equipment services. Systems are also expected to put in place direct referral pathways from community optometrists to ophthalmology services for all urgent and elective eye consultations by September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 25/01/2023 15:05:52 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568673

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Primary Health Care
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 his Department has made of the potential merits of patient self-referral into routine NHS community services to reduce GP backlogs in England.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	127835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Direct access and self-referrals allow patients to take control of their healthcare, streamlines access to services and reduces unnecessary burden on general practitioner (GP) appointments. The NHS England ‘2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance’ was published in December 2022. This set out a key action for systems to expand direct access and self-referral for a range of services where GP involvement is not clinically necessary. By September 2023, systems are asked to put in place self-referral routes to audiology-including hearing aid provision as well as falls response services, musculo-skeletal physiotherapy services, weight management services, community podiatry, and wheelchair and community equipment services. Systems are also expected to put in place direct referral pathways from community optometrists to ophthalmology services for all urgent and elective eye consultations by September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 25/01/2023 15:03:16 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568677

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Ophthalmic 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure all NHS commissioners offer primary care optometrists the opportunity to provide Minor Eye Conditions Services to all communities across England.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	127836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>In England, integrated care boards are responsible for the planning and commissioning of services to meet local needs. This includes decisions on whether to commission locally enhanced services, such as minor eye conditions services, from primary eye care providers. NHS England’s transformation programme is also considering what eye care services can be safely moved out of hospital and into the community to ease ophthalmology pressures.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 127837 question first answered 25/01/2023 11:26:52 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1568678

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Ophthalmic 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 his Department has made of the potential merits of adding Minor Eye Care Services to the General Ophthalmic Services contract to ease the pressures on (a) GPs and (b) A&E waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	127837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>In England, integrated care boards are responsible for the planning and commissioning of services to meet local needs. This includes decisions on whether to commission locally enhanced services, such as minor eye conditions services, from primary eye care providers. NHS England’s transformation programme is also considering what eye care services can be safely moved out of hospital and into the community to ease ophthalmology pressures.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 127836 question first answered 25/01/2023 11:26:53 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1543411

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Human Papillomavirus: 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 steps his Department will take to increase the level uptake of the HPV vaccination in boys.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	89867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is offered to all school-aged children predominantly by school-based providers, with alternative sites available for those not in mainstream education. NHS England provides catch-up opportunities for anyone who may have missed their vaccination offer and NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency deliver annual communication campaigns to promote the HPV vaccine via general practitioners and universities. A HPV awareness campaign is planned for 2023 and will include a focus on the protective benefits of the HPV vaccine for boys.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 28/11/2022 16:15:08 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1535855

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Monkeypox: Disease Control
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 her Department and the UK Health Security Agency are taking to help ensure that the UK is prepared for any potential future outbreak of monkeypox.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	71149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to controlling both the current and any potential future outbreaks of monkeypox. Led by UKHSA, we have been working with the four public health agencies of the UK to monitor the epidemiology, and, if the situation deteriorates, we will not hesitate to do what is needed to respond effectively.</p><p>UKHSA are continuously scanning for new potential outbreaks of monkeypox by conducting extensive diagnostic testing of suspected cases through UKHSA laboratories and some NHS laboratories, comprehensive contact tracing of close contacts of confirmed cases and genomic sequencing of confirmed cases to map and respond to new clades of the virus. Full details can be found of our response can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monkeypox-outbreak-technical-briefings/investigation-into-monkeypox-outbreak-in-england-technical-briefing-8#part-6genomic-surveillance" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/monkeypox-outbreak-technical-briefings/investigation-into-monkeypox-outbreak-in-england-technical-briefing-8#part-6genomic-surveillance</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 02/11/2022 11:11:26 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1535856

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Monkeypox: Disease Control
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 her Department and the UK Health Security Agency are taking to help ensure that people at risk of exposure to monkeypox but not currently eligible for vaccination will be protected against the virus once the current vaccine rollout has concluded.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	71150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) current vaccination strategy is to target monkeypox vaccination for three groups: a) healthcare workers who are caring for and who are due to start caring for a patient with confirmed monkeypox, b) gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) at higher risk of exposure and c) people who have already had close contact with a patient with confirmed monkeypox.</p><p>UKHSA expert advice, endorsed by Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), is to offer two vaccine doses to the eligible cohort across the United Kingdom. UKHSA will continue to review the ongoing outbreak and issue updated advice on how to protect those at risk from monkeypox as required.</p><p>UKHSA has worked closely with stakeholder groups, including the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV and other charities to raise awareness through targeted communication channels amongst the GBMSM population of the epidemiology, risks and actions to protect themselves and others, alongside encouraging those within the eligible cohort to get vaccinated.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 02/11/2022 13:56:23 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day