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1107832

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	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, what the criteria are for people with diabetes to be eligible for insulin pump therapy on prescription through the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	238602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has published information on the criteria for patients eligible for insulin pump therapy, which includes supporting guidance for clinical commissioning groups. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/flash-glucose-monitoring-national-arrangements-funding.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/flash-glucose-monitoring-national-arrangements-funding.pdf</a></p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence also published guidance that should be used by prescribers to inform decisions on achieving the most relevant treatment for their patient. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/advice/mib110" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/advice/mib110</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:18:25 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1107834

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	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, how many people with diabetes were not eligible for insulin pump therapy through the NHS in (a) 2016-7, (b) 2017-8 and (c) 2018-9 to date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	238604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the number of people assessed and deemed not eligible for insulin pump therapy.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:56:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1107835

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	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, how many insulin pump therapy devices were prescribed by CCGs in (a) 2016-7, (b) 2017-8 and (c) 2018-9 to date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	238605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital conducts the National Diabetes Insulin Pump Audit as a part of the National Diabetes Audit Programme. This element of the programme is conducted on the basis of specialist diabetes services that operate out of hospital trusts, so the data is not published at clinical commissioning group level.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:19:15 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1105858

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	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 steps his Department is taking to tackle declining rates of the take-up of vaccines in England.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	238302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England, in partnership with NHS England and the Department, is undertaking many steps to improve vaccination coverage in England.</p><p> </p><p>This includes initiatives to improve access to the immunisation programme; communication with the public; data to better identify underserved individuals and populations; and training for healthcare professionals. An example of this is the ‘Help Us Help You’ flu vaccination campaign which can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/staywell/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/staywell/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:10:01 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1105860

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Human Papillomavirus: 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 he has made of the effectiveness of preparations to implement the extension of the HPV vaccination programme to boys.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	238304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>Preparation to implement the extension of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme to boys is underway. NHS England has carried out a series of assurance surveys to assess the preparedness of the system for the extension of the HPV vaccination programme to boys, specifically covering the service provision, delivery, data collection and coverage. The outcome of the exercise has shown that roll-out is on track for the 2019/20 academic year.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:11:44 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1105862

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of training on vaccines for health professionals.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	238306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has not carried out an assessment of the adequacy of training on vaccines for health professionals. It is the responsibility of individual providers to ensure that staff are competent and adequately trained.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:10:53 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1105863

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Mortality Rates: Children and Young People
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 the Government has made of changes in the levels of the mortality rate during (a) infancy, (b) childhood and (c) adolescence in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	238307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department commissioned Public Health England to undertake a review of trends in mortality rates across age groups in the United Kingdom. This provides an assessment for five-year age groups between 2001 and 2016. It was published on 11 December 2018 at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786515/Recent_trends_in_mortality_in_England.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/u</a><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786515/Recent_trends_in_mortality_in_England.pdf" target="_blank">ploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786515/Recent_trends_in_mortality_in_England.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Children’s mental and physical health is central to the NHS Long Term Plan. This follows the National Maternity Safety Ambition to halve the 2010 rates of neonatal deaths (as well as stillbirths, maternal deaths and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth) by 2025, and to achieve a reduction in these rates by 2020. Achieving this ambition would place the UK amongst other high-income countries with the lowest stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:08:32 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1105868

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	World Health Assembly: Taiwan
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 support Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly as an observer; and whether his Department has encouraged Taiwan to participate in technical meetings of the World Health Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	238323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department continues to support the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on this topic. The Government is working with likeminded countries to lobby the World Health Organization (WHO) at official level to issue an invitation to Taiwan to observe the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May.</p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom continues to support Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organisations where statehood is not a prerequisite and where Taiwan can make a valuable contribution. The UK believes the WHA and related technical meetings of the WHO meet these criteria.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:17:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1105917

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whats steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of alcohol related deaths (a) generally and (b) among young females.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	238410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is working with local authorities, the National Health Service and prevention and treatment providers in England to support their work in reducing the number of deaths from alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>This includes supporting improvements to help increase the number of people with alcohol problems who are in treatment and supporting NHS England’s tobacco and alcohol commissioning for quality and innovation scheme, which encourages hospitals to screen all inpatients about their alcohol use and offer appropriate interventions.</p><p> </p><p>PHE publishes data to show the number of alcohol related deaths at local authority level. This can be viewed at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/</a></p><p><br> <a href="https://healthierlives.phe.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://healthierlives.phe.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE is also working with NHS England to implement a programme targeting people who are alcohol dependent, as part the NHS Long Term Plan.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:14:33 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1105574

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	Urinary Tract Infections: Screening
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 he has made of the effectiveness of the gold-standard urinary tract infections test kit used by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	237733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The phrase global or gold standard test is sometimes used to refer to dipstick strip, which are available in home kits, and urine culture tests for urinary tract infection (UTI). The way in which laboratories determine if a UTI is present involves screening tests to look for human cells/blood/protein in the urine, which can be done by machines or using dipsticks, followed by culturing urine to determine if UTI pathogens are present and in sufficient numbers. This second stage process relies on bacterial media/culture techniques and is usually not a specific ‘kit’. If a pathogen is present then the third stage is to determine the antibiotic susceptibility profile of the bacteria.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on identification and treatment of UTI has been published for different age groups and clinical settings. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence have published guidance for under 16s at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg54" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg54</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/04/2019 11:13:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan