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760687

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has plans to introduce an opt-out system for organ donation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	105088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Since the launch of the United Kingdom-wide Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 Strategy in July 2013, organ donation rates have increased by 7% and transplant rates by 6% mainly through a strengthening of the donation infrastructure (e.g. increased specialist nurses, improved retrieval arrangements). In 2016-17, the UK had the highest ever deceased donor and transplant rates with 1,413 deceased donors and 3,710 transplants and there are now 24 million people on the Organ Donor Register.</p><p> </p><p>However, three people still die every day in need of an organ transplant. We have, therefore, announced that we will launch a 12 week consultation, before the end of this year, on increasing rates of organ donation, including a new “opt out” system of consent for England. The consultation will seek views on:</p><p>- How to increase rates of organ donation, particularly from BAME communities;</p><p>- How the issue of consent should be managed within the NHS;</p><p>- How technology could help people to discuss their preferences with family; and</p><p>- How opt out could work in practice, the safeguards needed and how families could be supported.</p><p>The Government will carefully consult, listen and take account of the views from people from a diverse range of ethnic, religious and cultural communities when considering any changes to the law.</p><p> </p><p>We are still committed to campaigns to raise awareness, and encourage families and friends to discuss their wishes on organ donation.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/10/2017 16:23:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

760693

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality of care homes since the publication of the report of the Care Quality Commission, The state of adult social care services 2014 to 2017, on 6 July 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	105123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>While this report shows that 79% of inspected adult social care services in England were rated good or outstanding, it is completely unacceptable that standards in some settings are below those rightly expected by care users and their families.</p><p>The Department is working with organisations from across the social care sector to implement Quality Matters – a commitment to improving quality to make a real difference for service users, carers, families and everyone working in the sector.</p><p>The Department will also be consulting on the future of social care. The consultation will set out options to improve the social care system and to put it on a more secure financial footing and address issues related to the quality of care and variation in practice.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/10/2017 15:12:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760700

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Visitors: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors were employed in (a) Greater London and (b) the London Borough of Newham in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	105170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows the number of health visitors employed in Greater London and the London Borough of Newham at 30 September 2010 to 2016. Data for May 2017 is also provided as this is the latest available.</p><p> </p><p>The number of health visitors employed by National Health Service organisations and reported through the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) shows a reduction to previous recent years. However this is not a complete picture of the health visitor workforce who may also be employed by non-NHS organisations including social enterprises, private sector organisations and increasingly the local authorities themselves. There is no complete picture of this workforce so it is not possible to tell if the reductions reported through ESR are real reductions or simply transfer of employment to non-NHS organisations and the below table should be interpreted with this in mind.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Health visitors in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Greater London and the London Borough of Newham as at the last day of each specified month</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Full-time equivalent</p></td><td><p>September-2010</p></td><td><p>September-2011</p></td><td><p>September-2012</p></td><td><p>September-2013</p></td><td><p>September-2014</p></td><td><p>September-2015</p></td><td><p>September-2016</p></td><td><p>May<em>-</em>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater London</p></td><td><p>1,074</p></td><td><p>1,056</p></td><td><p>1,118</p></td><td><p>1,193</p></td><td><p>1,411</p></td><td><p>1,639</p></td><td><p>1,556</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which: London Borough of Newham</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital, Provisional NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics.</p><p>Note: Data for the London Borough of Newham relates to those employed by NHS Newham CCG and Barts Health NHS Trust.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/10/2017 16:21:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

760705

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genomics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 8799, on genetics: screening, in what locations other than Cambridge NHS genome testing will take place.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	105166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>NHS England is currently preparing to procure a network of genomic laboratory hubs to provide comprehensive coverage across the country. The process is currently in the pre-procurement phase and therefore the defined geographies for these hubs have not yet been confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/10/2017 13:00:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760708

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide a list of IT exemplar trusts.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	105184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>NHS England are supporting 16 acute trusts and seven mental health trusts, through funding and international partnership opportunities, to become Global Digital Exemplars over the next two to three and a half years. A list of IT exemplar trusts is in the table attached.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/10/2017 12:48:53 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price attachment 1 file name List of GDEs.xlsx title PQ105184 attached doc.
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

760901

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Infant Foods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to commission the next Infant Feeding Survey.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	105352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>There are at present no plans to commission any further Infant Feeding Surveys.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/10/2017 16:26:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

760902

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breastfeeding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial support the NHS (a) provides to peer support breast-feeding and (b) has provided to such groups in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	105349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>NHS England holds no record of any financial support which will have been offered to fund peer-supported breast feeding. If the National Health Service does provide such schemes they would be within a local clinical commissioning group, rather than held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/10/2017 16:25:28 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

760109

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department has issued to hospital staff on dealing with homeless people who are seeking treatment but lack the documentation required for mandatory identity checks.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	10366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made by the Department of the effect of mandatory identity checks on access to healthcare for homeless people.</p><p> </p><p>There is no reason why a person of no fixed abode cannot pass the ordinary resident test, as long as they meet the ordinary residence standards. Further information on these standards is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ordinary-residence-pages" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ordinary-residence-pages</a></p><p>A person will be ‘ordinarily resident’ in the United Kingdom when that residence is lawful and adopted voluntarily and for settled purposes as part of the regular order of his or her life for the time being, whether of short or long duration.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, no guidelines have been issued by the Department to hospital staff on dealing with homeless people who are seeking treatment but lack the documentation required for mandatory ID checks.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has issued guidance to general practices to clarify that proof of identity is not required to register with a general practitioner – this is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/doctors/Pages/NHSGPs.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/doctors/Pages/NHSGPs.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 10365 question first answered 10/10/2017 15:16:02 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

760111

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of mandatory identity checks on access to healthcare for homeless people.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	10365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made by the Department of the effect of mandatory identity checks on access to healthcare for homeless people.</p><p> </p><p>There is no reason why a person of no fixed abode cannot pass the ordinary resident test, as long as they meet the ordinary residence standards. Further information on these standards is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ordinary-residence-pages" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ordinary-residence-pages</a></p><p>A person will be ‘ordinarily resident’ in the United Kingdom when that residence is lawful and adopted voluntarily and for settled purposes as part of the regular order of his or her life for the time being, whether of short or long duration.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, no guidelines have been issued by the Department to hospital staff on dealing with homeless people who are seeking treatment but lack the documentation required for mandatory ID checks.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has issued guidance to general practices to clarify that proof of identity is not required to register with a general practitioner – this is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/doctors/Pages/NHSGPs.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/doctors/Pages/NHSGPs.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 10366 question first answered 10/10/2017 15:16:02 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

760254

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Self-harm: Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2017 to Question 6832, and with reference to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 51973, whether the process for collection of data on the number of people who attended accident and emergency departments due to intentional self-harm has changed since the Answer of 14 November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	105042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>The process for collecting data on attendances at accident and emergency departments due to intentional self-harm has not changed.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/10/2017 12:58:37 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger