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788519

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what post-abortion support is provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	112541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not directly provide post-abortion support. The Secretary of State for Health approves independent sector providers to perform abortions and all providers must agree to comply with the Department’s Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs). The RSOPs require all providers to have protocols in place covering the support that should be in place for women following an abortion procedure, including post-abortion counselling for those women who require it.</p><p> </p><p>Arrangements for post-abortion support in National Health Service hospitals is a matter for local policy.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 112542 question first answered 16/11/2017 11:54:45 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

788520

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to increase the availability of post-abortion support provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	112542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not directly provide post-abortion support. The Secretary of State for Health approves independent sector providers to perform abortions and all providers must agree to comply with the Department’s Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs). The RSOPs require all providers to have protocols in place covering the support that should be in place for women following an abortion procedure, including post-abortion counselling for those women who require it.</p><p> </p><p>Arrangements for post-abortion support in National Health Service hospitals is a matter for local policy.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 112541 question first answered 16/11/2017 11:54:45 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

788534

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) plans to make arrangements for NHS prescription pre-payment certificates for people affected by the contaminated blood scandal; and if he will take steps to ensure that all EIBISS primary beneficiaries are universally entitled to prepayment certificates without the need for a means-test.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>As part of the discretionary support arrangements being put in place under the England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS), being run by NHS Business Services Authority, any beneficiary who is not entitled to receive free prescriptions will be able to apply for a pre-payment certificate which will be paid for by the EIBSS; this provision will not be means tested. These arrangements continue the pre-existing support provided by the former payments schemes.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/11/2017 12:04:22 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788535

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of English registrants of the (a) Caxton Foundation, (b) Macfarlane Trust, (c) Eileen Trust, (d) Skipton Fund and (e) MFET Ltd have not yet registered with the NHS Business Services Authority to receive support under the England Infected Blood Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Less than 2% of the beneficiaries of the payment schemes that have been contacted to seek their consent to have their personal data transferred to NHS Business Service Authority have not responded. Efforts are being made to ensure that all beneficiaries who wish to continue receiving support have given their consent for their data to be transferred.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/11/2017 12:05:55 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788537

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the bereaved former partners, widows and widowers of people now deceased who were infected by contaminated blood who subsequently (a) marry another person, (b) cohabit with a new partner or (c) form a civil partnership with a new partner will be eligible for financial support under the England Infected Blood Support Scheme on the same basis as people who do not so marry, cohabit or form a civil partnership.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>All widows, widowers and bereaved former partners of people who were historically infected with hepatitis C and/or HIV from National Health Service supplied blood or blood products may still qualify for support and assistance payments from the England Infected Blood Support Scheme irrespective of changes in their personal circumstances, such as re-marriage. The widow, widower or bereaved former partner should apply for discretionary support as previously.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/11/2017 12:01:52 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

786948

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have been made to NHS IT systems and cyber security since the cyber attack in May 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	112274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The National Health Service has robust measures in place to protect against cyberattacks, and since May we have taken further action to strengthen resilience and guard against future attack, including new, unannounced cyber security inspections by the Care Quality Commission, £21 million in funding to improve resilience in trauma centres, and enhanced guidance for trusts.</p><p> </p><p>Work is underway to determine the fastest and most cost effective way to move the NHS off unsupported operating systems, and we are working with the NHS to ensure unsupported systems are urgently upgraded, removed or isolated. The Department has also signed a Customer Support Agreement with Microsoft that will issue regular patches and updates for all existing Windows devices operating with Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and SQL 2005.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 112222 question first answered 15/11/2017 17:42:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

787008

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are able to receive treatment in (a) hospitals and (b) primary care settings in the event of a cyber attack.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	112221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working with the National Cyber Security Centre, NHS England NHS Digital and NHS Improvement to prepare and rehearse incident response plans and take action to strengthen communications when core computer systems are affected by cyber security incidents.</p><p>A number of changes have been made that aim to make sure that the National Health Service and its systems are as resilient as possible, protecting patient data, ensuring safe patient care, and reducing the impact of cyber-attacks when they next occur.</p><p>To improve resilience in hospitals, £21 million of funding has been allocated to addressing key infrastructure vulnerabilities in major trauma centres and ambulance trusts to reduce the impact on patient access in the event of future cyber-attacks.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/11/2017 17:43:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

787009

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken (a) since the WannaCry cyberattack in May 2017 to improve IT security in NHS organisations and (b) to ensure that NHS organisations update their IT systems.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	112222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The National Health Service has robust measures in place to protect against cyberattacks, and since May we have taken further action to strengthen resilience and guard against future attack, including new, unannounced cyber security inspections by the Care Quality Commission, £21 million in funding to improve resilience in trauma centres, and enhanced guidance for trusts.</p><p> </p><p>Work is underway to determine the fastest and most cost effective way to move the NHS off unsupported operating systems, and we are working with the NHS to ensure unsupported systems are urgently upgraded, removed or isolated. The Department has also signed a Customer Support Agreement with Microsoft that will issue regular patches and updates for all existing Windows devices operating with Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and SQL 2005.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 112274 question first answered 15/11/2017 17:42:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

787010

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to educate NHS staff on how to minimise vulnerability to cyberattacks.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	112223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>A new e-learning package has been produced for staff in the health and care system, with sections covering risks and responsibilities with regards to cyber security.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with the National Cyber Security Centre, NHS England, NHS Digital and NHS Improvement to prepare and rehearse incident response plans and take action to strengthen communications when core computer systems are affected by cyber security incidents.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/11/2017 17:40:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

786221

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to implement the recommendation in the Independent Mental Health Taskforce's Five Year Forward View for Mental Health on the need for more thorough capturing of data.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	112063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Significant progress has been made on data for mental health services, including the publication of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health (FYFV MH) Dashboard and improvements to the Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS)</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with NHS England, NHS Digital and Public Health England to develop a five year plan that will set out next steps for substantially improving data across mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has been working with NHS Digital to ensure changes are made to the MHSDS and the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies dataset to capture information on key FYFV MH priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Where existing national datasets have not been able to capture data on certain priority areas, bespoke collections have been implemented. This includes Out of Area Placements, Early Intervention in Psychosis and Children and Young People with Eating Disorders.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also leading data quality improvement work with NHS Digital, NHS Improvement, Public Health England and the Care Quality Commission across specialised and clinical commissioning group commissioned mental health services. The aim of this work is to ensure that the coverage and quality of national data is sufficient to report on all FYFV MH priorities.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/11/2017 17:30:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy