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1128845

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	NHS: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding (a) is currently available and (b) will be made available for pilot projects trialling new digital innovations in the NHS; and what (i) the criteria and (ii) the process is for applying for that funding.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	259150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>There are a number of schemes accessible to those seeking to trial digital innovations in the National Health Service. One example is the Digital Health Technology Catalyst competition which is a £35 million fund run over four years as part of the industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. This scheme aims to address challenges identified in the Accelerated Access Review and to help grow the digital health sector. In addition the Small Business Research Initiative connects public sector connects challenges with innovative ideas from industry, supporting companies to generate economic growth and enabling improvement in achieving Government objectives.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/06/2019 15:38:22 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1128880

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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 Illness: Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has plans to record the number of children of parents with mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	259449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to record this information.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/06/2019 15:26:00 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1128886

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Medical Equipment: 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 assessment he has made of the quality of medical devices being delivered to the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	259152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the safe and effective regulation of medical devices in the United Kingdom; we continue to strengthen safety while ensuring patients and the public have fast access to new, innovative devices.</p><p>All medical devices placed on the UK market must comply with the European Union Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EEC (MDD). The CE mark for a device is placed on a product by a manufacturer to attest to its compliance with the safety, quality and performance requirements of the MDD, before it can be placed on the market, which includes supply to the National Health Service.</p><p>Once a device is placed on the market, the manufacturer is required to continually monitor the performance of their device, submit vigilance reports to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) when incidents occur involving their device and take appropriate safety action when required. Additionally, the MHRA monitors adverse incident reported though the Yellow Card reporting system. Adverse incident reports can be submitted to the MHRA by members of the public, healthcare professionals and the device manufacturer.</p><p>Furthermore, the new EU Medical Devices Regulation 2017/745 (MDR), which entered into force in May 2017, have introduced more stringent requirements from manufacturers to ensure a high level of patient safety. These include increased scrutiny by notified bodies, particularly for higher risk devices, new standards for clinical evidence and more rigorous vigilance reporting requirements.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/06/2019 15:27:32 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1128952

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Chronic Illnesses: Mental Health
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 the mental health of people with long term conditions.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	259231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>On 21 March 2018, NHS England and NHS Improvement along with the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health published 'The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Pathway for People with Long-term Physical Health Conditions and Medically Unexplained Symptoms' which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/improving-access-to-psychological-therapies-long-term-conditions-pathway.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/improving-access-to-psychological-therapies-long-term-conditions-pathway.pdf </a></p><p>The guidance outlines the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) pathway, and accompanying benchmarks, to support the national expansion of IAPT services for adults with depression and anxiety disorders who also have long term conditions (such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or muscular dystrophy) and medically unexplained symptoms (such as chronic fatigue syndrome or irritable bowel syndrome). The expansion will see IAPT services co-located in existing primary and secondary care physical health pathways.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/06/2019 16:30:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1128966

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Psychiatry
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 specialist addiction psychiatrists have been employed in NHS hospitals in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	259234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes hospital and community health services workforce statistics for National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England. However, the information held by NHS Digital does not capture sufficient level of detail to identify specialist addiction psychiatrists.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/06/2019 16:29:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1129109

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Organs: Donors
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 encourage organ donation.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Solihull on 9 April 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-04-02/240020/" target="_blank">240020</a>.</p><p>A number of steps are being taken, including the implementation of the UK-wide ‘Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020’ Strategy (2013); the introduction of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent Act) 2019 from 2020 which will introduce a new system of consent for organ and tissue donation in England; a 12-month communication campaign, launched by NHS Blood and Transplant on 25 April 2019, to raise awareness of these changes and the options available under the new system; and, from 2020, teaching of the science relating to blood, organ and stem cell donation in all state-funded primary and secondary schools.</p><p>Shortages of organs for transplant are relevant to people from all backgrounds but are particularly acute for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) patients, who are more likely to need an organ transplant. It is for this reason the Department launched a campaign in July 2018, delivered by NHS Blood and Transplant, with support from the National Black, Asian, Mixed Race and Minority Ethnic Transplant Alliance, to raise awareness and break down barriers to donation within these communities. A Community Investment Scheme was also launched and in January 2019, 25 projects were successful in sharing £140,000 in funding to break down myths and barriers and increase support for organ donation among BAME communities. Organisations representing Jain, Sikh, Hindu, Muslim, Swahili, black and Asian Christians, black African and Caribbean and multi-faith groups received funding for their projects.</p><p>A toolkit is available to help hon. Members engage locally which includes details of the resources available to support such engagement. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://bit.ly/bameODtoolkit" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/bameODtoolkit</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/06/2019 16:12:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1129122

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Maternity Services: Safety
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 baseline budget for the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch maternity programme is for 2019-2020, and how many maternity investigations he expects to be funded by that budget.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	258876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>This response is based on information provided by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB).</p><p>The 2019/20 baseline budget for the HSIB maternity programme is £16 million. This provides funding for 1,000 investigations each year.</p><p>HSIB has budgeted the cost of training maternity investigators at 3.6% of each investigation. This is equivalent to £684 of the £19,000. The training cost will be taken forward to future years as investigators are employed on a one-year fixed term basis or on a secondment.</p><p>The average time taken to complete the initial 14 maternity investigations is 35.7 weeks. The time spent on each investigation varies due to factors such as the complexity of the case, family engagement, trust engagement and availability of specialist advice.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 258877 258878 question first answered 11/06/2019 16:19:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1129123

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Maternity Services: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the average Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch maternity investigation cost of £19,000 is for training of maternity investigators; and whether that cost will be taken forward in future years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	258877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>This response is based on information provided by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB).</p><p>The 2019/20 baseline budget for the HSIB maternity programme is £16 million. This provides funding for 1,000 investigations each year.</p><p>HSIB has budgeted the cost of training maternity investigators at 3.6% of each investigation. This is equivalent to £684 of the £19,000. The training cost will be taken forward to future years as investigators are employed on a one-year fixed term basis or on a secondment.</p><p>The average time taken to complete the initial 14 maternity investigations is 35.7 weeks. The time spent on each investigation varies due to factors such as the complexity of the case, family engagement, trust engagement and availability of specialist advice.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 258876 258878 question first answered 11/06/2019 16:19:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1129124

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Maternity Services: Safety
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 average time taken was to complete the initial 14 maternity investigations undertaken by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch maternity programme since its establishment in April 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	258878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>This response is based on information provided by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB).</p><p>The 2019/20 baseline budget for the HSIB maternity programme is £16 million. This provides funding for 1,000 investigations each year.</p><p>HSIB has budgeted the cost of training maternity investigators at 3.6% of each investigation. This is equivalent to £684 of the £19,000. The training cost will be taken forward to future years as investigators are employed on a one-year fixed term basis or on a secondment.</p><p>The average time taken to complete the initial 14 maternity investigations is 35.7 weeks. The time spent on each investigation varies due to factors such as the complexity of the case, family engagement, trust engagement and availability of specialist advice.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 258876 258877 question first answered 11/06/2019 16:19:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1129159

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Surgery
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 recommendations made by the Commission on the Future of Surgery, published by the Royal College of Surgeons, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the (a) interoperability and (b) safe data sharing of different data systems.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	259122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>On 17 October 2018, NHS Digital published the National Health Service digital, data and technology standards framework setting out key expectations for the use of data, interoperability, security and design standards within the NHS at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/our-work/nhs-digital-data-and-technology-standards/framework#principles" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/our-work/nhs-digital-data-and-technology-standards/framework#principles</a></p><p> </p><p>Specifically, it sets out that all NHS digital, data and technology services should support Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources-based application programming interfaces to enable the delivery of seamless care across organisational boundaries.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also created NHSX - a new unit dedicated to improving the technology experience within the NHS. NHSX has committed to ensure that future IT systems procured or developed by the NHS will adhere to a range of standards covering the content and format of information as well as ensuring any sharing of information meets the highest standards of safety and privacy.</p><p> </p><p>Safe data sharing is vital to the health and care system. We have already put in over £60 million to improve cyber resilience in hospitals and ambulance services and we’re continuing to invest in capabilities to prevent, detect and respond to cyber-attacks in real time. In addition, all organisations that have access to NHS patient data must complete the Data Security and Protection Toolkit which includes a single set of standards to help them improve their cyber security and carry out self-assessments to measure how well they are doing, and how much they still need to do.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/06/2019 16:32:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne