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963986

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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, what steps he has taken to make it easier for people to receive a GP appointment.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	169775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has committed to ensuring that by 2019 everyone in the country has easier and more convenient access to general practice services. This includes ensuring that access is available at peak times of demand, including bank holidays and across the Easter, Christmas and New Year periods.</p><p>The latest National Health Service planning guidance, published by NHS England in February 2018, brought forward the delivery timescale to 1 October 2018, to ensure additional capacity is in place ahead of winter 2018.</p><p>As part of the General Practice Forward View, published by NHS England in 2016, a number of initiatives were put in place to support practices and other providers to improve access to general practice services, building on successful approaches piloted through the GP Access Fund schemes. This includes delivering services at scale with better use of digital technology, using a wider workforce and enabling self-care and direct access to other services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 14:39:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

963987

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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, what steps he has taken to increase the number of GP's in more populated areas.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	169776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>NHS England and Health Education England (HEE) are working together with the profession to increase the general practitioner (GP) workforce. This includes measures to boost recruitment, address the reasons why GPs are leaving the profession, and encourage GPs to return to practice.</p><p>The number of doctors entering speciality training has been increasing year on year. In 2017/18, there were 3,157 new starters recruited to speciality GP training posts, the highest number recruited ever. A £20,000 salary supplement is also available to selected trainees committing to completing their training in areas of the country which have historically struggled to recruit trainees.</p><p>In August 2017 NHS England announced plans to accelerate its international recruitment programme and recruit 2,000 doctors into English general practice over the following three years. To boost retention there is a broad offer available to support GPs to remain in the NHS including the GP Health Service, the GP Retention Scheme, and the recently launched £10 million GP Retention Fund which includes funds targeted at specific areas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 13:53:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

963992

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
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 page 28 of the Government's 2017 Drug Strategy, published in July 2017, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) potential benefits and disbenefits of the proposals to use locally retained business rates for the funding of alcohol treatment services and (b) effect of those proposals on the provision of such services in deprived areas.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	169387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>It is for individual local authorities to decide what resources to commit to different public health services, including alcohol treatment services, to meet the needs of their local populations.</p><p> </p><p>Under the current system of 50% retained business rates, local authorities that receive more in business rates income than their baseline funding level contribute through a tariff, which is used to top up local authorities that receive less business rates income than their baseline funding level.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that under any future system there will continue to be redistribution of business rates between local authorities to take account of their relative needs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 16:11:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

964003

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will adopt Macmillan Cancer Support's five recommendations as recently published on its website page entitled Support our vision for the future of the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	169710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Following the Government announcement of a new financial settlement for the National Health Service, NHS England is consulting cancer stakeholders on their experiences and priorities for cancer care in England, including evidence of what has worked. This will feed into the wider NHS ten-year plan to improve services and care, build on the progress already made in implementing the recommendations of the independent Cancer Taskforce’s 2015 report (Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: A strategy for England 2015-2020) and address the five points in Macmillan Cancer Support’s vision for the future of the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/09/2018 10:36:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

964009

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Diabetes: 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, if he will make an assessment of the effect of clinical commissioning groups' commissioning of FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring technology on patients' access to that technology throughout England.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	169910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>New figures from NHS England indicate that the majority, around 140 out of 195 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have now approved FreeStyle Libre or uptake. Earlier this year NHS England wrote to CCGs reminding them of their responsibilities and of the guidance that exists when it comes to flash glucose monitoring, and other treatments for people with type 1 diabetes.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England continues to work with CCGs to encourage them to adopt best practice.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/09/2018 10:33:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

964034

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Pharmacy: Sheffield Hallam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the proposed average payments to community pharmacies were in Sheffield Hallam constituency under the Pharmacy Access Scheme in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	169826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The average payments for community pharmacies located in the Sheffield Hallam constituency made through the Pharmacy Access Scheme were:</p><p>£8,007 per year in 2016/17; and</p><p>£15,173 per year in 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 14:10:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

964035

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Pharmacy: Sheffield Hallam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average payments to community pharmacies were in Sheffield Hallam in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	169827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The average payments to community pharmacies in the Sheffield Hallam constituency were:</p><p>£632,488 per year in 2016/17; and</p><p>£628,579 per year in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>These payments to pharmacies are to reimburse them for the cost of dispensed products and to remunerate them for the provision of nationally commissioned, advanced and enhanced services under the community pharmacy contractual framework, and some local services commissioned by NHS England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 14:06:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

964036

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Pharmacy: Closures
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 prevent the closure of community pharmacies.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	169828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>There remains good access to community pharmacies with 88% of the population able to access their local pharmacy on foot within 20 minutes. To help maintain access to face-to-face National Health Service pharmaceutical services in areas with fewer pharmacies the Government introduced a Pharmacy Access Scheme (PHAS), under which pharmacies eligible for the scheme receive a ‘top-up’ payment, thus requiring them to make smaller efficiency savings than other non-PhAS pharmacies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 14:03:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

947297

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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 estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS in England of special medicinal products over the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	167951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>In the most recent 12 month period for which data is available (June 2017 to May 2018) the cost of National Health Service special medicinal products dispensed in the community in England was £70.5 million down from £135.5 million in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/09/2018 10:25:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

947388

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Public Health England review of minimum unit pricing for alcohol is planned to be published; and what assessment he has made of the effect on public health of the time taken to implement a minimum unit pricing alcohol policy in England.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	167974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government is commissioning Public Health England to carry out a scientific review into the impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) following its recent introduction in Scotland. The timing of outputs from the review is still under consideration. The previous Government’s consultation in 2013 found that the evidence as it stood at that time did not conclusively demonstrate that MUP would reduce problem drinking without also penalising responsible drinkers. That remains the case, and that is why the Government intends to keep this policy under review.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/09/2018 10:23:25 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris