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1348087

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisation (a) developed and (b) owns the copyright for the facial recognition software for the NHS App; what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the NHS App was tested on a diverse range of faces; and if he will set out under what circumstances data collected by that App will leave (i) the device, (ii) the NHS and (iii) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	35632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2021 answer text <p>The facial verification software for the NHS App was developed by iProov who also own the copyright. iProov have developed their services using datasets which are highly diverse across age, ethnicity and gender and their services are continually performance-tested to ensure a high-level coverage across all face types.</p><p>NHS login and NHS App store and process personal data within the United Kingdom and European Economic Area. NHS Digital use two approved identity verification suppliers to check the user submitted photographic identity document. This data is processed outside of the device but remains within the control of NHS Digital as the data controller and within the UK. Data leaving the UK is heavily restricted. There are two data processors engaged by NHS Digital to support delivery of the NHS App who process data outside the UK.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 26/07/2021 12:40:16 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 16511 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1329294

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
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 Records: Data Protection
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 26 May 2021 to Question 3861 on Medical Records: Data Protection, in what format that information is held; and whether his Department holds information on the registered addresses of the organisations with which it shares NHS Digital data sets for the purposes of research and planning.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	10377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>The format of the data dissemination is dependent on the requirements of each data sharing agreement, the data set requested and the minimisation applied. The registered address for each organisation is held and contractual Data Sharing Framework and Data Sharing Agreements are maintained with legally binding terms and conditions.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/06/2021 15:34:10 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 5152 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1328911

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	Clinical Trials: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all people across the UK have equal opportunities to take part in clinical research.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	8599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) also places an emphasis on research activity following patient need including ensuring research is conducted in those parts of the country with the greatest disease burden. The NIHR’s Clinical Research Network (CRN) supports the set-up and delivery of commercial and non-commercial studies and trials across in England, enabling people to participate in relevant research across the country. All National Health Service trusts in England were involved in research supported by the CRN last year.</p><p>On 23 March 2021 the Government published its vision for the future of clinical research delivery in the United Kingdom. This aims to create a research system in which everyone has the opportunity to participate in clinical research, participation is as easy as possible and research is delivered where the patients have greatest need. An implementation plan and strategy setting out how the Government will begin to deliver the vision will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/06/2021 09:12:43 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 4595 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1328912

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical trials across all disease areas are resilient to disruption from future outbreaks of covid-19 and other pandemics.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	8600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>On 23 March 2021 the Government published its vision for the future of clinical research delivery in the United Kingdom. This includes the aim to create a research system resilient to future public health emergencies through the use of innovative trial designs and with the support of digital solutions and systems. To support this vision, we have identified five key themes which underpin the improvements we will take forward in the coming years as follows:</p><p>- Clinical research embedded in the National Health Service;</p><p>- Patient-centred research;</p><p>- Streamlined, efficient and innovative research;</p><p>- Research enabled by data and digital tools; and</p><p>- A sustainable and supported research workforce.</p><p>An implementation plan and strategy setting out how the Government will begin to deliver the vision will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/06/2021 09:35:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1328913

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	Clinical Trials
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 patients were recruited to clinical trials in each NHS Trust in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	8601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) supports the set-up and timely delivery of commercial and non-commercial studies in England. The number of people participating in research studies on the NIHR’s CRN portfolio is shown in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>970,840</p></td><td><p>813,860</p></td><td><p>1,549,185</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/06/2021 09:32:43 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1328914

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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: Newcastle upon Tyne
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve waiting times for mental health treatment assessments in Newcastle upon Tyne.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	8602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the impact of the pandemic on mental health services. To improve referral to treatment assessment times for adult mental health services in Newcastle upon Tyne, a robust triage rota has been put in place, along with a revised approach to booking assessment appointments and clearer route to step 4 pathway for patients with more complex presentations. In addition, more staff have been recruited and options explored around improving access including digital options to ‘self screen’.</p><p>Nearly £750,000 was earmarked in 2020-21 for improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) service improvements and waiting list initiatives, and the benefits from this are expected to be seen during the current year. In addition, the Clinical Commissioning Group has earmarked over £600,000 for investment in dementia and older people crisis services to meet demand and alleviate service pressures.</p><p>For children and young people’s mental health services, over £900k additional funding has been provided to Voluntary Sector providers 2020/21 to increase the support to children and young people in addressing their ongoing mental health needs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/06/2021 12:06:46 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1316279

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
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 Records: Data Protection
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 19 May 2021 to Question 707 on Medical Records: Data Protection, what the criteria are for making reference sets held at NHS Digital available for research and planning.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	3860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>Applications for data are assessed against the Data Access Request Service Standards.</p><p>These are reviewed and assessed by NHS Digital, in addition to independent oversight provided by the Independent Group Advising on the Release of Data. For the release of GPES Data for Pandemic Planning and Research and for future release of General Practice Data for Planning and Research, the Professional Advisory Group will also be consulted.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/05/2021 15:05:20 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1316280

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
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 Records: Data Protection
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 (a) organisations with addresses outside the UK and (b) private sector organisations had access to NHS Digital data sets for the purposes of research and planning in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	3861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 26/05/2021 11:19:28 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 2274 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1313985

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
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 Records: Data Protection
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 announcement on General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) service from NHS Digital, what the definition is of research purposes in respect of patient data; and whether that data will be shared with private sector research organisations.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>All data requests to NHS Digital will be assessed through the Data Access Request Service to ensure there is a legal basis for us to share data.</p><p>The collected General Practice Data for Planning and Research data will be made available for research and planning according to the same criteria as all other reference sets held at NHS Digital.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 19/05/2021 11:11:14 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 373 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1288324

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Oxygen: Blood Tests
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 29 January 2021 to Question 141981 on Oxygen: Blood Tests, what (a) training has been provided and (b) guidance has been issued to NHS staff to help them notice pulse oximeter reading issues relating to people with darker skin colours.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	156390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>Pulse oximetry is a well-established healthcare diagnostic technology widely used to manage patient care by providing a non‐invasive approximation of blood oxygen saturation. In view of the many factors that can affect the accuracy of pulse oximeter readings, including the potential impact of skin colour, clinicians are trained to place particular emphasis on relative changes to previous readings for any one individual.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/03/2021 12:08:15 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 85250 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah