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1130886

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative estimate his Department has made of the average cost of (a) caring for a dementia patient at home with care provided by family and (b) care provided in an in-patient setting.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	262230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such comparative estimate.</p><p>The average cost of caring for a dementia patient at home by family is not collected or reported centrally.</p><p>Data on the average cost of care provided in an in-patient setting is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/06/2019 13:33:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1130890

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	St Andrew's Healthcare: Northampton
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 placements NHS England has commissioned at St Andrew's in-patient Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service in Northampton in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	262331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>In 2018/19, NHS England commissioned 57 placements at St Andrew’s in-patient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Northampton. This is the total number of admissions during the period. Patients may have been admitted more than once during the same period, each admission will be counted separately.</p><p>The information requested on placements in different inpatient settings is either not available in the format requested or not held centrally.</p><p>The total number of placements in CAMHS Tier 4 in-patient units commissioned by NHS England in each of the past three years is set out in the following table. These figures represent admissions for patients under the age of 18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Commissioned Placements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>4,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>4,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>4,635</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Whilst the Assuring Transformation data set records the number of people with learning disabilities and/or autism who are inpatient settings, we are unable to provide the information requested as such information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>There are a number of steps that NHS England may take following any Care Quality Commission (CQC) visit if an inadequate rating is received. A cross stakeholder quality risk profile (QRP) assessment will be undertaken where relevant parties, including the CQC, NHS England and NHS Improvement, the provider and clinical commissioning group (CCG) would meet to discuss the risks via an assessment tool and discuss them to identify any required action as a consequence.</p><p>As part of that process, there would be clear discussion regarding the areas that led to inadequate ratings and how they relate to patients in the care of that specific facility. A decision would then be taken as to whether there is enough assurance that current actions will address the concerns or whether the level of assurance is such that escalation to a single item quality surveillance group (QSG) or a risk summit with the provider is required.</p><p>As part of this process, there would be discussions around actions required and whether it would be appropriate to provide additional support to facilities in terms of additional staff and specialist staff. An individual assessment would be undertaken of patients including their capacity and ability to consent to any continuation of their care or movement of care.</p><p>If it is determined that the appropriate action is to close the inpatient facility and any patient is to be moved, there would be whole system coordination by NHS England, CCGs, the CQC and the provider, whereby information from the individual risk assessment would inform prioritisation for the move. In terms of guidance given to other stakeholders on these processes there is a Standard Operating Procedure along with guidance on risk summits and QSGs. These are available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/risk-summit-guidance-july-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/risk-summit-guidance-july-2017.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/quality-surveillance-groups-guidance-july-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/quality-surveillance-groups-guidance-july-2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 262332 262333 262334 262335 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:32:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1130891

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Health Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what NHS England’s policy is on moving patients in NHS commissioned placements when the setting they are in receives a rating of Inadequate from the Care Quality Commission.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	262332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>In 2018/19, NHS England commissioned 57 placements at St Andrew’s in-patient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Northampton. This is the total number of admissions during the period. Patients may have been admitted more than once during the same period, each admission will be counted separately.</p><p>The information requested on placements in different inpatient settings is either not available in the format requested or not held centrally.</p><p>The total number of placements in CAMHS Tier 4 in-patient units commissioned by NHS England in each of the past three years is set out in the following table. These figures represent admissions for patients under the age of 18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Commissioned Placements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>4,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>4,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>4,635</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Whilst the Assuring Transformation data set records the number of people with learning disabilities and/or autism who are inpatient settings, we are unable to provide the information requested as such information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>There are a number of steps that NHS England may take following any Care Quality Commission (CQC) visit if an inadequate rating is received. A cross stakeholder quality risk profile (QRP) assessment will be undertaken where relevant parties, including the CQC, NHS England and NHS Improvement, the provider and clinical commissioning group (CCG) would meet to discuss the risks via an assessment tool and discuss them to identify any required action as a consequence.</p><p>As part of that process, there would be clear discussion regarding the areas that led to inadequate ratings and how they relate to patients in the care of that specific facility. A decision would then be taken as to whether there is enough assurance that current actions will address the concerns or whether the level of assurance is such that escalation to a single item quality surveillance group (QSG) or a risk summit with the provider is required.</p><p>As part of this process, there would be discussions around actions required and whether it would be appropriate to provide additional support to facilities in terms of additional staff and specialist staff. An individual assessment would be undertaken of patients including their capacity and ability to consent to any continuation of their care or movement of care.</p><p>If it is determined that the appropriate action is to close the inpatient facility and any patient is to be moved, there would be whole system coordination by NHS England, CCGs, the CQC and the provider, whereby information from the individual risk assessment would inform prioritisation for the move. In terms of guidance given to other stakeholders on these processes there is a Standard Operating Procedure along with guidance on risk summits and QSGs. These are available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/risk-summit-guidance-july-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/risk-summit-guidance-july-2017.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/quality-surveillance-groups-guidance-july-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/quality-surveillance-groups-guidance-july-2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 262331 262333 262334 262335 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:32:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1130892

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Health Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance NHS England has given to (a) clinical commissioning groups and (b) other NHS bodies on moving patients in NHS commissioned placements when the setting they are in receives a rating of Inadequate from the Care Quality Commission.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	262333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>In 2018/19, NHS England commissioned 57 placements at St Andrew’s in-patient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Northampton. This is the total number of admissions during the period. Patients may have been admitted more than once during the same period, each admission will be counted separately.</p><p>The information requested on placements in different inpatient settings is either not available in the format requested or not held centrally.</p><p>The total number of placements in CAMHS Tier 4 in-patient units commissioned by NHS England in each of the past three years is set out in the following table. These figures represent admissions for patients under the age of 18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Commissioned Placements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>4,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>4,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>4,635</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Whilst the Assuring Transformation data set records the number of people with learning disabilities and/or autism who are inpatient settings, we are unable to provide the information requested as such information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>There are a number of steps that NHS England may take following any Care Quality Commission (CQC) visit if an inadequate rating is received. A cross stakeholder quality risk profile (QRP) assessment will be undertaken where relevant parties, including the CQC, NHS England and NHS Improvement, the provider and clinical commissioning group (CCG) would meet to discuss the risks via an assessment tool and discuss them to identify any required action as a consequence.</p><p>As part of that process, there would be clear discussion regarding the areas that led to inadequate ratings and how they relate to patients in the care of that specific facility. A decision would then be taken as to whether there is enough assurance that current actions will address the concerns or whether the level of assurance is such that escalation to a single item quality surveillance group (QSG) or a risk summit with the provider is required.</p><p>As part of this process, there would be discussions around actions required and whether it would be appropriate to provide additional support to facilities in terms of additional staff and specialist staff. An individual assessment would be undertaken of patients including their capacity and ability to consent to any continuation of their care or movement of care.</p><p>If it is determined that the appropriate action is to close the inpatient facility and any patient is to be moved, there would be whole system coordination by NHS England, CCGs, the CQC and the provider, whereby information from the individual risk assessment would inform prioritisation for the move. In terms of guidance given to other stakeholders on these processes there is a Standard Operating Procedure along with guidance on risk summits and QSGs. These are available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/risk-summit-guidance-july-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/risk-summit-guidance-july-2017.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/quality-surveillance-groups-guidance-july-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/quality-surveillance-groups-guidance-july-2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 262331 262332 262334 262335 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:32:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1130893

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Mental Health Services: Children
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 placements in Assessment and Treatment Units NHS England have commissioned for patients under the age of 18 in each of the past 3 years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	262334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>In 2018/19, NHS England commissioned 57 placements at St Andrew’s in-patient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Northampton. This is the total number of admissions during the period. Patients may have been admitted more than once during the same period, each admission will be counted separately.</p><p>The information requested on placements in different inpatient settings is either not available in the format requested or not held centrally.</p><p>The total number of placements in CAMHS Tier 4 in-patient units commissioned by NHS England in each of the past three years is set out in the following table. These figures represent admissions for patients under the age of 18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Commissioned Placements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>4,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>4,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>4,635</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Whilst the Assuring Transformation data set records the number of people with learning disabilities and/or autism who are inpatient settings, we are unable to provide the information requested as such information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>There are a number of steps that NHS England may take following any Care Quality Commission (CQC) visit if an inadequate rating is received. A cross stakeholder quality risk profile (QRP) assessment will be undertaken where relevant parties, including the CQC, NHS England and NHS Improvement, the provider and clinical commissioning group (CCG) would meet to discuss the risks via an assessment tool and discuss them to identify any required action as a consequence.</p><p>As part of that process, there would be clear discussion regarding the areas that led to inadequate ratings and how they relate to patients in the care of that specific facility. A decision would then be taken as to whether there is enough assurance that current actions will address the concerns or whether the level of assurance is such that escalation to a single item quality surveillance group (QSG) or a risk summit with the provider is required.</p><p>As part of this process, there would be discussions around actions required and whether it would be appropriate to provide additional support to facilities in terms of additional staff and specialist staff. An individual assessment would be undertaken of patients including their capacity and ability to consent to any continuation of their care or movement of care.</p><p>If it is determined that the appropriate action is to close the inpatient facility and any patient is to be moved, there would be whole system coordination by NHS England, CCGs, the CQC and the provider, whereby information from the individual risk assessment would inform prioritisation for the move. In terms of guidance given to other stakeholders on these processes there is a Standard Operating Procedure along with guidance on risk summits and QSGs. These are available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/risk-summit-guidance-july-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/risk-summit-guidance-july-2017.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/quality-surveillance-groups-guidance-july-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/quality-surveillance-groups-guidance-july-2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 262331 262332 262333 262335 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:32:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1130894

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Mental Health Services: Children
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 placements in in-patient mental health hospitals for children and young people under the age of 18 with (a) autism, (b) a learning disability and (c) a mental health condition NHS England has commissioned in each of the past 3 years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	262335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>In 2018/19, NHS England commissioned 57 placements at St Andrew’s in-patient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Northampton. This is the total number of admissions during the period. Patients may have been admitted more than once during the same period, each admission will be counted separately.</p><p>The information requested on placements in different inpatient settings is either not available in the format requested or not held centrally.</p><p>The total number of placements in CAMHS Tier 4 in-patient units commissioned by NHS England in each of the past three years is set out in the following table. These figures represent admissions for patients under the age of 18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Commissioned Placements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>4,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>4,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>4,635</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Whilst the Assuring Transformation data set records the number of people with learning disabilities and/or autism who are inpatient settings, we are unable to provide the information requested as such information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>There are a number of steps that NHS England may take following any Care Quality Commission (CQC) visit if an inadequate rating is received. A cross stakeholder quality risk profile (QRP) assessment will be undertaken where relevant parties, including the CQC, NHS England and NHS Improvement, the provider and clinical commissioning group (CCG) would meet to discuss the risks via an assessment tool and discuss them to identify any required action as a consequence.</p><p>As part of that process, there would be clear discussion regarding the areas that led to inadequate ratings and how they relate to patients in the care of that specific facility. A decision would then be taken as to whether there is enough assurance that current actions will address the concerns or whether the level of assurance is such that escalation to a single item quality surveillance group (QSG) or a risk summit with the provider is required.</p><p>As part of this process, there would be discussions around actions required and whether it would be appropriate to provide additional support to facilities in terms of additional staff and specialist staff. An individual assessment would be undertaken of patients including their capacity and ability to consent to any continuation of their care or movement of care.</p><p>If it is determined that the appropriate action is to close the inpatient facility and any patient is to be moved, there would be whole system coordination by NHS England, CCGs, the CQC and the provider, whereby information from the individual risk assessment would inform prioritisation for the move. In terms of guidance given to other stakeholders on these processes there is a Standard Operating Procedure along with guidance on risk summits and QSGs. These are available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/risk-summit-guidance-july-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/risk-summit-guidance-july-2017.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/quality-surveillance-groups-guidance-july-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/quality-surveillance-groups-guidance-july-2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 262331 262332 262333 262334 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:32:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1130950

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Care Workers: Crimes of Violence
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 his Department has made of the number of days taken as sick leave by care workers who were attacked by patients in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	262235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Skills for Care estimate that care workers took 5.2 days off sick on average in 2017/18. The Department does not hold the reasons for days being taken off sick.</p><p>Adult social care employers have a responsibility to provide a safe environment for service users and employees and to protect people, as far as is reasonable, from violence and aggression at work. No member of staff should be expected to endure abuse or suffer fear from physical attack or threat as part of their job.</p><p>The Departments delivery partner, Skills for Care, has worked with adult social care employers to ensure they are able to minimise the risk to their workforce by effectively training and developing their staff to be able to support people through positive behaviour support. In addition, Skills for Care has published a range of guidance and resources to support social care organisations in managing the risks arising from violence and aggression.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/06/2019 13:28:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1130378

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Mental Capacity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the Code of Practice for Liberty Protection Safeguards.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	261206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act received Royal Assent on 16 May 2019. The Department has committed to placing a letter in the Library setting out details of the timescales for the Liberty Protection Safeguards Code of Practice, which it will do shortly.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/06/2019 14:59:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1130007

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Cancer: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned or supported examining the effect of air quality on cancer rates in specific locations.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	260535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department invests over £1 billion a year in health research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including to examine the effects of air quality on cancer rates in specific locations. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p>The NIHR funds a broad spectrum of research on the effects of air quality on health through the NIHR Health Protection Research Units (HPRUs). Since 2014, the NIHR has funded the HPRU in Health Impact of Environmental Hazards at a cost of £4.4 million. This Unit is a partnership between King’s College London and Public Health England and conducts a wide-ranging programme of research on the health impacts of air pollutants.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/06/2019 15:23:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1130041

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Genomics: Screening
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 NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on offering whole genome sequencing to (a) seriously ill children who are likely to have a rare genetic disorder, (b) children with cancer and (c) adults suffering from certain rare conditions or specific cancers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	260646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making the United Kingdom a leader genomic healthcare; the new NHS Genomic Medicine Service and the Long Term Plan commitments on genomics are central to achieving this. Building on the 100,000 Genomes Project and existing genetic services, NHS England announced in October 2018 that over the next 18 months work to mobilise the NHS Genomic Medicine Service would get underway.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan included a commitment to introduce whole genome sequencing as part of routine clinical care and to sequence 500,000 whole genomes by 2023/24. NHS England is working with the NHS and Genomics England to support the implementation of whole genome sequencing during 2019 for seriously ill children who are likely to have a rare genetic disorder, children with cancer, and adults suffering from certain rare conditions or specific cancers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/06/2019 10:37:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth