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1045894

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date	22/01/2019
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	Bees and Nuts: Allergies
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 is taking to raise public awareness of the risk of (a) peanut and (b) bee sting allergies in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	211199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) works closely with allergy patient groups and the media to raise public awareness of the risk of peanut and other food allergies. In September 2018 the FSA ran a month-long awareness campaign targeted at 16-24-year-old consumers to encourage more dialogue between consumers and food businesses. This campaign used a variety of communication channels, including social media. Another awareness raising campaign is planned for February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA also publishes a range of guidance, information and learning packs on food allergy issues for both those with food allergies and food businesses. FSA funded research is also made available to the public via the FSA website and scientific literature. This includes the highly-cited Learning Early About Peanut allergy study that looked at the introduction of peanut into the infant diet.</p><p> </p><p>Raising awareness of bee sting allergies is led by health visitors and school nurses who can sign post to appropriate resources.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/01/2019 17:14:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1045913

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	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, when the Government plans to begin work on a new alcohol strategy.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	211207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care and Home Office officials are continuing to hold discussions on the proposals for a new joint alcohol strategy and further announcements will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/01/2019 17:14:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1045948

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Influenza: 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 assessment his Department has made of the merits of monitoring influenza vaccination uptake among social care staff.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	211143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Frontline social care workers should be provided with influenza vaccine by their employer, with some staff able to access vaccination from their general practitioner or community pharmacy in a scheme funded by NHS England. Collecting comprehensive uptake data at a national level would be challenging. Most social care organisations do not have appropriate systems in place either to deliver influenza vaccine or collect uptake information and there are a large number of organisations, many independent, in the sector.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016/17, Public Health England undertook a pilot data collection in a sample of 320 care homes across England with a response rate of 51%. 70% of responding care homes do not have systems in place to collect data on staff influenza vaccination. In addition, only 38% of the responding care homes in the study sample provided data on vaccine uptake despite considerable local follow-up.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2018/19 season, NHS England is collecting data on the number of social care workers that access vaccination through the scheme they fund for some staff.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/01/2019 17:19:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1046071

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption
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 effect on public health of alcohol consumption in England.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	211276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>In 2016, Public Health England published its alcohol evidence review which found that since 1980, sales of alcohol in England and Wales increased by 42%, from roughly 400 million litres in the early 1980s, peaked at 567 million litres in 2008 and then declined.</p><p> </p><p>The review found that alcohol-related harms have increased in recent years, and that there are now over one million alcohol-related hospital admissions each year, half of which are people from the lowest socio-economic groups. Alcohol-related deaths have also increased, particularly for liver disease which has increased by 400%, since 1970.</p><p> </p><p>The alcohol evidence review can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-health-burden-of-alcohol-evidence-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-health-burden-of-alcohol-evidence-review</a></p><p> </p><p>Actions to help reduce alcohol harm include supporting:</p><p> </p><p>- healthcare professionals to give brief alcohol advice to hospital inpatients and in primary care;</p><p>- hospitals with the highest rate of alcohol dependence-related admissions to establish alcohol care teams as recommended in the National Health Service Long Term Plan; and</p><p>- local authorities to commission effective alcohol treatment to help people recover from dependence.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/01/2019 17:15:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1046072

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	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, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of alcohol misuse in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	211277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of costs to the National Health Service in England associated with alcohol misuse estimated these costs to be £3.5 billion each year in line with 2009/10 prices. The Government does not update this estimate on an annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/01/2019 17:15:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1046081

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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 NHS England will take to encourage the uptake of innovative and cost-effective medicines as set out in the 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	211348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access contains ambitions to improve patients’ outcomes and the health gain from medicines spend by simplifying, streamlining and improving access, pricing and uptake arrangements for cost-effective medicines; and delivering faster adoption of the most clinically and cost-effective medicines.</p><p>This will be supported by changes to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s value assessment of new products, availability of increased commercial flexibility, and support for the National Health Service to increase uptake where appropriate. Use of products, particularly those which provide greatest health gain for patients, will be monitored and reviewed through this scheme. NHS England is developing a cohesive commercial framework to support this.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/01/2019 17:19:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1046125

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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 estimate he has made of the number of generic drugs his Department is currently paying a premium for due to shortage of supply.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	211090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>30 concessionary prices have been granted so far for the month of January. However, we are still considering requests from the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee for January. The concessionary prices granted for each month can be found on the website of the NHS Business Services Authority.</p><p> </p><p>In primary care, concessionary prices ensure that patients continue to get their medication and community pharmacists are reimbursed fairly if the price of a generic medicine suddenly increases and community pharmacies cannot purchase the medicine at the price listed in the Drug Tariff. The sudden increase in a price may be the consequence of a supply issue but may have other causes including normal market forces leading to prices going up. Concessionary prices are granted for one month.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst a supply issue may lead to a price increase and therefore a concessionary price, the number of concessionary prices granted is not an indication of the number of medicines supply issues.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 211091 question first answered 30/01/2019 17:16:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1046126

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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 assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of recent trends in the shortage of supply for drugs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	211091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>30 concessionary prices have been granted so far for the month of January. However, we are still considering requests from the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee for January. The concessionary prices granted for each month can be found on the website of the NHS Business Services Authority.</p><p> </p><p>In primary care, concessionary prices ensure that patients continue to get their medication and community pharmacists are reimbursed fairly if the price of a generic medicine suddenly increases and community pharmacies cannot purchase the medicine at the price listed in the Drug Tariff. The sudden increase in a price may be the consequence of a supply issue but may have other causes including normal market forces leading to prices going up. Concessionary prices are granted for one month.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst a supply issue may lead to a price increase and therefore a concessionary price, the number of concessionary prices granted is not an indication of the number of medicines supply issues.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 211090 question first answered 30/01/2019 17:16:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1046153

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Finance
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 research undertaken by The King’s Fund published on 30 December 2018, for what reason there has been a 13 per cent reduction in funding for sexual health services between 2013 and 2017 despite an increase in attendance for those services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to assess local needs, and to secure services to meet those needs in line with their statutory responsibilities which include provision of open access sexual health services. Local authorities determine levels of spending on individual services they commission.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 211320 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:18:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1046156

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Finance
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 research entitled Sexual health services and the importance of prevention, published by the King’s Fund 30 December 2018, for what reason there has been a 13 per cent reduction in funding for those services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to assess local needs, and to secure services to meet those needs in line with their statutory responsibilities which include provision of open access sexual health services. Local authorities determine levels of spending on individual services they commission.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 211318 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:18:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger