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1131187

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	Medical Treatments
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 UK Government’s response to the resolution on improving the transparency of markets at the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva on the ability of people in the UK to access medicines.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	263223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom participates in various transparency initiatives, including the European Integrated Price Information Database, the World Health Organization’s Pharmaceutical Pricing Reimbursement Information Network, and the Global Fund Price and Quality Database. The UK has a long-established and globally-recognised track record of assessing the price of new, innovative medicines according to their clinical value, rather than pricing by their development costs or international reference prices.</p><p>We believe that is the right approach: ensuring the development of the best medicines in areas of high unmet need are rewarded. The Government could not, therefore, agree to a resolution which had the potential to increase medicines prices and reduce patient access, by reducing the ability of the National Health Service to undertake commercial negotiations with pharmaceutical companies on the price of new medicines.</p><p>The approach taken by the NHS has meant we were the first country in Europe to offer innovative CAR-T therapies, alongside many other new medicines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 19/06/2019 14:20:00 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1131208

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	NHS: Drugs
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 tackle shortages of (a) Adalat, (b) Nifedipine and (c) other common medicines.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	263235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The vast majority of medicines are not subject to supply problems and every day over 2 million prescription items are successfully dispensed in England.</p><p>Where problems do occur the Department’s Medicines Supply Team has well established procedures to deal with medicine shortages and works closely with all stakeholders to help prevent shortages and to ensure that the risks to patients are minimised when they do arise.</p><p>We are aware of ongoing supply issues with the Adalat range of the drug nifedipine due to manufacturing capacity constraints. We have been working closely with all suppliers of generic and other brands of nifedipine to maintain overall supply of this medicine to patients and have provided regular updates about the situation to the National Health Service.</p><p>We will continue to work closely with all manufacturers of nifedipine preparations to monitor the overall supply situation to ensure supplies continue to remain available.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 19/06/2019 14:22:30 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1131214

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	Prostate Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what forecast he has made of changes in the rates of prostate cancer in this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	263083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>No such forecast has been made. The age-standardised rate per 100,000 male population of newly diagnosed cases of prostate cancer rose from 149.5 in 2000 to 173.1 in 2017. This rise is largely due to the ageing population and the increase in prostate specific antigen testing.</p><p>Source: Office for National Statistics: Cancer registrations in England.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 17/06/2019 15:27:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1131255

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	Obesity
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 tackle obesity.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	263150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care (Steve Brine MP) to the hon. Member for Cardiff Central (Jo Stevens MP) on 28 February 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-02-25/225540/" target="_blank">225540</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 19/06/2019 14:17:06 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1131293

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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many companies are licensed to sell cannabis products to the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	263171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Any company meeting the standards for the manufacture of unlicensed medicinal products, can supply cannabis-based products for medicinal use.</p><p> </p><p>Cannabis-based products for medicinal use are Schedule 2 controlled drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, which means that manufacturers, importers and distributors of these products must hold valid Home Office and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) licences for the relevant activities which will include possession, supply and production of controlled drugs. Where products are sourced from abroad, importers must obtain an import licence from the Home Office and non-objection to import from the MHRA for each individual import of a controlled drug.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 19/06/2019 09:39:54 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

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

1131321

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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on ensuring that medical cannabis is available to people who need it.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	263063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The law was changed on 1 November 2018 to allow clinicians on the General Medical Council’s ‘Specialist Register’ to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use, where clinically appropriate and in the best interest of patients.</p><p>Interim clinical guidance has been issued by the Royal College of Physicians, the British Paediatric Neurology Association and the Association of British Neurologists to support doctors looking to prescribe cannabis-based products. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has been commissioned to develop updated clinical guidance on the prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products, which will be published by October 2019. It will be based on the best available international evidence and will have been produced using NICE’s world-renowned process for delivering such guidance.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 19/06/2019 14:21:18 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1131323

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	Lung Diseases: 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 assessment he has made of the merits for his Department's policies of the recommendation by the Committee on Climate Change in its Net Zero report to switch NHS patients to (a) dry powder and (b) low-global warming inhalers by 2027 to help the NHS meet its carbon targets.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	263022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement is currently reviewing cost and system pressures from changing prescribing practice linked to lower carbon inhalers and potential medication change impacts for patients. The NHS Long Term Plan has committed to a reduction in the carbon impact of inhalers of 4% of the total National Health Service carbon reduction required over the next 10 years to meet the current Climate Change Act targets.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 19/06/2019 14:16:14 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1131341

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	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent general practice clinical staff there were in (a) the NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group area, (b) the NHS England North (Cumbria and North East) region and (c) England in (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2017-18 and (iii) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	263139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The data requested is available in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 17/06/2019 15:10:26 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name PQ263139 Bridget Phillipson Staff in Practices in Sunderland and North England Table.docx title Nurses and Direct Patient Care staff (FTE )16-19
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1131343

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	General Practitioners: Sunderland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent GP clinical staff there were in each GP practice in the NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group area in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	263140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The data requested is available in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 17/06/2019 15:15:24 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name PQ263140 Bridget Phillipson Staff in each Practice in Sunderland Table Final.docx title GP FTE clinical staff in NHS Sunderland CCG 16-19
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson