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1062117

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Medical Examinations: Adoption
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 3 December 2018 to Question 195094, if he will make representations to NHS England and the General Practitioner Committee of the British Medical Association on the removal of GP fees for medical checks for prospective adopters ahead of the next annual contract negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As part of the general practitioner (GP) contract negotiations there will be a process later this year to consider which issues should be included in the negotiating remit for the 20/21 GP Contract.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/02/2019 17:43:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1063621

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Non-ionizing Radiation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment report on the health effects of UV radiation; and whether he plans to implement the recommendations in that report.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	222608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>In 2009 the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) provided advice on the health effects from ultraviolet (UV) radiation in their 13th report. This related to the effects form sunbed use because of the evidence accumulating about the particular associations with artificial tanning devices. The committee has not produced any additional advice or recommendations on the general risks of UV exposure since their statement in 1992 about the general impacts of UV exposure. As a result, the Sunbeds Regulation Act 2010 was implemented to prohibit under-18s from using sunbeds. Local authorities are responsible for enforcing the regulations and carry out inspections. The Department and the Health and Safety Executive have published guidance to support the enforcement and safe use of sunbeds, and Public Health England (PHE) continues to monitor the evidence on the impacts of the use of sunbeds.</p><p> </p><p>PHE discourages the use of sunbeds for cosmetic tanning and provides information to increase awareness of the health risks of excessive exposure to UV radiation and advice for people to protect themselves. Further information can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ultraviolet-radiation-and-sunscreen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ultraviolet-radiation-and-sunscreen</a></p><p> </p><p>An awareness campaign on the signs of skin cancer has also been carried out by PHE and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>PHE provides independent and expert advices on a range of topics, including UV radiation and staying safe in the sun. Further information can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/spring-sun-advice-from-public-health-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/spring-sun-advice-from-public-health-england</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/02/2019 15:44:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1063625

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	NHS: Fees and Charges
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of extending entitlement to discounted (a) prescriptions, (b) eye tests and (c) dental treatment to (i) apprentices earning the apprentice rate of the minimum wage and (ii) all other apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	222612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has extensive arrangements in place to help people access prescriptions, eye sight tests and dental treatment. This includes a broad range of National Health Service charge exemptions for certain medical conditions and related to age or entitlement to certain social security benefits. The Department has no current plans to amend these exemptions.</p><p> </p><p>Apprentices on a low income, who do not qualify for an exemption, may be eligible for full or partial help with prescription charges, dental treatment charges and the cost of sight tests, glasses and contact lenses through application to the NHS Low Income Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>On prescription charges, to support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption or the 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 question first answered 26/02/2019 11:43:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1063626

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what level of uptake has been achieved by the new entrant latent TB testing and treatment programme; b) what plans have been put in place to (a) increase uptake, (b) reduce variance between local authority areas and (c) share best practice and whether the programme is on target to accrue the savings to the public purse described in the Collaborative TB Strategy for England.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	222613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Test uptake among the eligible invited population in 2017 ranged between 19.4% and 82.4% depending on clinical commissioning group (CCG) area.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, 27 CCGs reported treatment data; for the 1,364 people who tested positive for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in these areas, 60.3% accessed treatment. Overall treatment completion among this group stood at 71.0% in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has invited CCGs with high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) to submit plans on how they will locally increase uptake of testing and treatment for LTBI, with the ability to access NHS England funding to support implementation of their plans. £35 million has been made available to support this work over the past four years. NHS England supports CCGs to develop local plans for increasing uptake of LTBI testing, including sharing best practice. This contributes to reducing variation between local authority areas.</p><p> </p><p>Modelling undertaken as part of the five-year TB strategy indicated that return on investment should begin to be recovered from year five onwards, with net savings at year 10 and beyond.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/02/2019 15:03:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1063647

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	GP at Hand: Birmingham
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 reason NHS England lifted the ban on the Babylon GP at Hand plans to expand into Birmingham before the independent evaluation by IPOS Mori of that service is published next month.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	222634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has considered the expansion of the service to Birmingham following initial concerns, in particular regarding access to immunisation and screening programmes for Babylon GP at Hand patients, and a solution has been identified. NHS England will now work together with NHS Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), national screening services, and Babylon GP at Hand to mobilise the service and agree a start date.</p><p>General practice payments are made to practices according to their registered patient list size, so the funding for general practice care will follow the patients. NHS England will shortly engage on changes to out of area registration rules, some of the current payments to primary care providers and the mechanisms by which new providers can enter the market.</p><p>The new General Practitioner Contract Framework made two changes to the current payment system:</p><p>- the rurality index payment will be amended to apply to patients living within a practice catchment area only, rather than to all patients. This is to better reflect costs; and</p><p>- the London adjustment will be amended to apply to patients resident in London, rather than registered with a London-based practice</p><p> </p><p>CCG allocations have been revised for 2019/20. Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s allocation takes account of the increased list size of the GP at Hand practice, with the CCG’s funding growth determined by an assessment of the CCG’s fair share of overall funding and rules on the pace of change in funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p>All patients registered with the Babylon GP at Hand practice are recorded as patients of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Hammersmith and Fulham CCG have commissioned an independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand practice. This will look at the impact of the service on patient experience, primary care workforce, use of other services, such as accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres, and system value.</p><p> </p><p>Babylon GP at Hand will provide physical premises in both London and Birmingham for those patients who require a face-to-face consultation. Under the current GP of Choice Policy, the CCGs where ‘out of area’ patients live are required to ensure out of hours care and home visits can be accessed by those patients in their resident area if they need it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 222635 222637 222638 222639 222640 question first answered 21/02/2019 16:24:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063648

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	GP at Hand: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding allocated to patients that sign up to the Babylon GP at Hand application is transferred to the Hammersmith and Fulham Care Commissioning Group where the application is hosted.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	222635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has considered the expansion of the service to Birmingham following initial concerns, in particular regarding access to immunisation and screening programmes for Babylon GP at Hand patients, and a solution has been identified. NHS England will now work together with NHS Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), national screening services, and Babylon GP at Hand to mobilise the service and agree a start date.</p><p>General practice payments are made to practices according to their registered patient list size, so the funding for general practice care will follow the patients. NHS England will shortly engage on changes to out of area registration rules, some of the current payments to primary care providers and the mechanisms by which new providers can enter the market.</p><p>The new General Practitioner Contract Framework made two changes to the current payment system:</p><p>- the rurality index payment will be amended to apply to patients living within a practice catchment area only, rather than to all patients. This is to better reflect costs; and</p><p>- the London adjustment will be amended to apply to patients resident in London, rather than registered with a London-based practice</p><p> </p><p>CCG allocations have been revised for 2019/20. Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s allocation takes account of the increased list size of the GP at Hand practice, with the CCG’s funding growth determined by an assessment of the CCG’s fair share of overall funding and rules on the pace of change in funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p>All patients registered with the Babylon GP at Hand practice are recorded as patients of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Hammersmith and Fulham CCG have commissioned an independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand practice. This will look at the impact of the service on patient experience, primary care workforce, use of other services, such as accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres, and system value.</p><p> </p><p>Babylon GP at Hand will provide physical premises in both London and Birmingham for those patients who require a face-to-face consultation. Under the current GP of Choice Policy, the CCGs where ‘out of area’ patients live are required to ensure out of hours care and home visits can be accessed by those patients in their resident area if they need it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 222634 222637 222638 222639 222640 question first answered 21/02/2019 16:24:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063650

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	GP at Hand
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of providing compensation to GP practices that lose income as a result of patients signing up to the Babylon GP at Hand application.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	222637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has considered the expansion of the service to Birmingham following initial concerns, in particular regarding access to immunisation and screening programmes for Babylon GP at Hand patients, and a solution has been identified. NHS England will now work together with NHS Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), national screening services, and Babylon GP at Hand to mobilise the service and agree a start date.</p><p>General practice payments are made to practices according to their registered patient list size, so the funding for general practice care will follow the patients. NHS England will shortly engage on changes to out of area registration rules, some of the current payments to primary care providers and the mechanisms by which new providers can enter the market.</p><p>The new General Practitioner Contract Framework made two changes to the current payment system:</p><p>- the rurality index payment will be amended to apply to patients living within a practice catchment area only, rather than to all patients. This is to better reflect costs; and</p><p>- the London adjustment will be amended to apply to patients resident in London, rather than registered with a London-based practice</p><p> </p><p>CCG allocations have been revised for 2019/20. Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s allocation takes account of the increased list size of the GP at Hand practice, with the CCG’s funding growth determined by an assessment of the CCG’s fair share of overall funding and rules on the pace of change in funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p>All patients registered with the Babylon GP at Hand practice are recorded as patients of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Hammersmith and Fulham CCG have commissioned an independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand practice. This will look at the impact of the service on patient experience, primary care workforce, use of other services, such as accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres, and system value.</p><p> </p><p>Babylon GP at Hand will provide physical premises in both London and Birmingham for those patients who require a face-to-face consultation. Under the current GP of Choice Policy, the CCGs where ‘out of area’ patients live are required to ensure out of hours care and home visits can be accessed by those patients in their resident area if they need it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 222634 222635 222638 222639 222640 question first answered 21/02/2019 16:24:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063651

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	GP at Hand: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients in Birmingham that sign up to the Babylon GP at Hand application are recorded as a patient of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG in London.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	222638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has considered the expansion of the service to Birmingham following initial concerns, in particular regarding access to immunisation and screening programmes for Babylon GP at Hand patients, and a solution has been identified. NHS England will now work together with NHS Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), national screening services, and Babylon GP at Hand to mobilise the service and agree a start date.</p><p>General practice payments are made to practices according to their registered patient list size, so the funding for general practice care will follow the patients. NHS England will shortly engage on changes to out of area registration rules, some of the current payments to primary care providers and the mechanisms by which new providers can enter the market.</p><p>The new General Practitioner Contract Framework made two changes to the current payment system:</p><p>- the rurality index payment will be amended to apply to patients living within a practice catchment area only, rather than to all patients. This is to better reflect costs; and</p><p>- the London adjustment will be amended to apply to patients resident in London, rather than registered with a London-based practice</p><p> </p><p>CCG allocations have been revised for 2019/20. Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s allocation takes account of the increased list size of the GP at Hand practice, with the CCG’s funding growth determined by an assessment of the CCG’s fair share of overall funding and rules on the pace of change in funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p>All patients registered with the Babylon GP at Hand practice are recorded as patients of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Hammersmith and Fulham CCG have commissioned an independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand practice. This will look at the impact of the service on patient experience, primary care workforce, use of other services, such as accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres, and system value.</p><p> </p><p>Babylon GP at Hand will provide physical premises in both London and Birmingham for those patients who require a face-to-face consultation. Under the current GP of Choice Policy, the CCGs where ‘out of area’ patients live are required to ensure out of hours care and home visits can be accessed by those patients in their resident area if they need it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 222634 222635 222637 222639 222640 question first answered 21/02/2019 16:24:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063652

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	GP at Hand
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 has been made of the trends in the level of patients presenting at (a) A&E Departments and (b) GP Walk-in Centres as a result of being deregistered from their local GP Practice after signing up for the Babylon GP at Hand application.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	222639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has considered the expansion of the service to Birmingham following initial concerns, in particular regarding access to immunisation and screening programmes for Babylon GP at Hand patients, and a solution has been identified. NHS England will now work together with NHS Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), national screening services, and Babylon GP at Hand to mobilise the service and agree a start date.</p><p>General practice payments are made to practices according to their registered patient list size, so the funding for general practice care will follow the patients. NHS England will shortly engage on changes to out of area registration rules, some of the current payments to primary care providers and the mechanisms by which new providers can enter the market.</p><p>The new General Practitioner Contract Framework made two changes to the current payment system:</p><p>- the rurality index payment will be amended to apply to patients living within a practice catchment area only, rather than to all patients. This is to better reflect costs; and</p><p>- the London adjustment will be amended to apply to patients resident in London, rather than registered with a London-based practice</p><p> </p><p>CCG allocations have been revised for 2019/20. Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s allocation takes account of the increased list size of the GP at Hand practice, with the CCG’s funding growth determined by an assessment of the CCG’s fair share of overall funding and rules on the pace of change in funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p>All patients registered with the Babylon GP at Hand practice are recorded as patients of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Hammersmith and Fulham CCG have commissioned an independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand practice. This will look at the impact of the service on patient experience, primary care workforce, use of other services, such as accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres, and system value.</p><p> </p><p>Babylon GP at Hand will provide physical premises in both London and Birmingham for those patients who require a face-to-face consultation. Under the current GP of Choice Policy, the CCGs where ‘out of area’ patients live are required to ensure out of hours care and home visits can be accessed by those patients in their resident area if they need it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 222634 222635 222637 222638 222640 question first answered 21/02/2019 16:24:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063653

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	GP at Hand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards his Department has put in place to ensure that patients that have signed up to Babylon GP at Hand application maintain access to a local GP practice in the event that they need to see a GP face-to-face.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	222640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has considered the expansion of the service to Birmingham following initial concerns, in particular regarding access to immunisation and screening programmes for Babylon GP at Hand patients, and a solution has been identified. NHS England will now work together with NHS Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), national screening services, and Babylon GP at Hand to mobilise the service and agree a start date.</p><p>General practice payments are made to practices according to their registered patient list size, so the funding for general practice care will follow the patients. NHS England will shortly engage on changes to out of area registration rules, some of the current payments to primary care providers and the mechanisms by which new providers can enter the market.</p><p>The new General Practitioner Contract Framework made two changes to the current payment system:</p><p>- the rurality index payment will be amended to apply to patients living within a practice catchment area only, rather than to all patients. This is to better reflect costs; and</p><p>- the London adjustment will be amended to apply to patients resident in London, rather than registered with a London-based practice</p><p> </p><p>CCG allocations have been revised for 2019/20. Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s allocation takes account of the increased list size of the GP at Hand practice, with the CCG’s funding growth determined by an assessment of the CCG’s fair share of overall funding and rules on the pace of change in funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p>All patients registered with the Babylon GP at Hand practice are recorded as patients of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Hammersmith and Fulham CCG have commissioned an independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand practice. This will look at the impact of the service on patient experience, primary care workforce, use of other services, such as accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres, and system value.</p><p> </p><p>Babylon GP at Hand will provide physical premises in both London and Birmingham for those patients who require a face-to-face consultation. Under the current GP of Choice Policy, the CCGs where ‘out of area’ patients live are required to ensure out of hours care and home visits can be accessed by those patients in their resident area if they need it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 222634 222635 222637 222638 222639 question first answered 21/02/2019 16:24:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe