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1082558

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	Health: Screening
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 National Audit Office report entitled Investigation into the management of Health Screening, published 1 February 2019, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS screening laboratories are sufficiently staffed.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	229213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service Long Term Plan sets out specific workforce actions developed by NHS Improvement and others to have positive impact for workforces, including the screening and diagnostic workforce. NHS Improvement and the Department will discuss these actions when the education and training budget for Health Education England is set in 2019. This includes a proposal to recruit an additional 1,500 clinical and diagnostic staff across seven priority specialisms between 2018 and 2021.</p><p> </p><p>With specific reference to the national cervical screening programme that includes NHS laboratories, the replacement of liquid based cytology with human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as the primary screen, has had a significant impact on the ability to maintain staff in the cervical screening programme’s laboratory workforce. The HPV pilot evaluation suggested that the need for a cytology workforce could reduce by as much as 85% when HPV testing is introduced as the primary screen during 2019.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is undertaking a national procurement process to secure providers of laboratory services to deliver HPV primary screening across England. The outcome of the process will be known by the end of April 2019, with national coverage in place by December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>To maintain the service and accommodate current staffing levels a majority of existing HPV pilot sites and some non-pilot sites have already converted more of their cervical screening activity to HPV primary screening, freeing up cytology capacity.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Professor Sir Mike Richards is leading a major review of national cancer screening programme pathways as part of the NHS Long Term Plan’s renewed drive to improve care and save lives. Professor Richards’ review is due to report in summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/03/2019 18:24:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 106922 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1082564

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	Food: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the results of the consultation on mandating calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector will be published.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	229218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous MP) on 23 January 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-21/210542/" target="_blank">210542</a>.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/03/2019 18:24:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 106926 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1082386

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	General Practitioners
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 annual cost to a GP's surgery is of providing NHS GP funding formula funded primary care to someone between the ages of 20 to 49 years old.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	228781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>We do not collect information for primary medical care practices about the cost of providing care to individual patients or cohorts of patients.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/03/2019 18:24:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 106919 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1061227

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	General Practitioners: Oxford
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 trends in the level of GP appointment waiting times in Oxford.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	221835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The proportion of general practitioner (GP) appointments by date and time between booking date and appointment date in Oxford Clinical Commissioning Group for the months November 2017 to December 2018 is presented in the attached table. The data on GP appointments are from a new data collection and are still experimental i.e. the data and collection method are still being refined and improved. NHS Digital’s data on ‘time from booking to appointment’ does not take into consideration that many patients will be appropriately booking ahead as part of the continuity of care they receive for long-term conditions. Other factors that drive the time from a booking to an appointment include appointment availability at the practice, patient availability, the urgency of the appointment and GP advice.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/02/2019 17:24:06 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2019 10:24:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name 221835 formatted table.docx title GP appointments Oxford CCG previous answer version 103151 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name PQ221587 attached tables.docx title PQ221835 attached table
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1059040

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Public Health: Disinformation
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 has taken to tackle public health misinformation on social media platforms.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	219328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department ensures that all official information is badged appropriately with the Government crest; National Health Service branding or associated public health campaign branding, to reinforce its credibility. Any misinformation detected is dealt with on a case by case basis depending on the level of impact it could have on public health.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on their white paper on Online Harms. <ins class="ministerial">Information on the upcoming white paper and Government Communication Service’s existing advice </ins><del class="ministerial">The Government Communications Service has also recently published a toolkit ‘RESIST’ to assist government communicators in tackling disinformation which my Department will utilise. These documents</del> can be viewed at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-laws-to-make-social-media-safer" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-laws-to-make-social-media-safer</a></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/news/5-trends-in-leading-edge-communications/" target="_blank">https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/news/5-trends-in-leading-edge-communications/</a></ins></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/evaluation/tools-and-resources/" target="_blank">https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/evaluation/tools-and-resources/</a></del></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/02/2019 17:11:47 question first ministerially corrected 27/03/2019 11:27:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 103142 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1055805

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
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 ensure that people are not issued with a penalty charge for ticking the wrong box on the claim form when claiming for free dental care.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	217585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>All National Health Service dental practices are required to display a poster showing patient charges and to offer patients a free leaflet which sets out in detail who is entitled to free NHS dental services. Information on exemptions and support for people who are on a low income can also be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/healthcosts" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/healthcosts</a></p><p> </p><p>Eligibility checks are carried out on claims received for exemption from NHS Dental Patient Charges. Where eligibility cannot be verified, patients are asked to confirm their eligibility or to pay the relevant dental charge plus a penalty charge. Patients are, however, able to challenge penalty charges they believe are unjustified.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England have recognised the concern that some patients may not be clear on whether they are exempt from charges and have been working to further improve the information available to patients around eligibility. This includes promoting an easy read patient information booklet, creating an online eligibility checker and developing a national awareness campaign.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 217586 question first answered 12/02/2019 11:41:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 101141 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1055806

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
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 press release entitled, Dentists welcome official investigation into fines hitting vulnerable NHS patients, published on 30 January 2019 by the British Dental Association; whether he has plans to simplify the process for claiming free dental care to reduce the number of fines issued for ticking the wrong box on dental forms.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	217586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>All National Health Service dental practices are required to display a poster showing patient charges and to offer patients a free leaflet which sets out in detail who is entitled to free NHS dental services. Information on exemptions and support for people who are on a low income can also be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/healthcosts" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/healthcosts</a></p><p> </p><p>Eligibility checks are carried out on claims received for exemption from NHS Dental Patient Charges. Where eligibility cannot be verified, patients are asked to confirm their eligibility or to pay the relevant dental charge plus a penalty charge. Patients are, however, able to challenge penalty charges they believe are unjustified.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England have recognised the concern that some patients may not be clear on whether they are exempt from charges and have been working to further improve the information available to patients around eligibility. This includes promoting an easy read patient information booklet, creating an online eligibility checker and developing a national awareness campaign.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 217585 question first answered 12/02/2019 11:41:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 101142 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1055934

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Syphilis
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 oral evidence of Dr Olwen Williams, the President of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, to the Health and Social Care Committee on Sexual Health on 5 February 2019, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the increase in the number of cases of syphilis diagnoses recorded in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	217568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) routinely collects data on syphilis diagnoses made at sexual health clinics. Data for 2018 will be published in summer 2019. PHE is developing a Syphilis Action Plan, with recommendations for PHE and partner organisations, to address the continued increase in syphilis diagnoses in England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/02/2019 11:35:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 101138 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1055936

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Syphilis: Neonatal Mortality
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 oral evidence of Dr Olwen Williams, the President of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, to the Health and Social Care Committee on Sexual Health on 5 February 2019, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle the matter of neonatal deaths as a result of syphilis.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	217570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>No neonatal deaths due to syphilis have been reported to Public Health England (PHE) from 2010 to 2018 inclusive.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is developing a Syphilis Action Plan which includes a maternity strand with recommendations to strengthen efforts to control congenital syphilis (babies infected by syphilis while still in the womb) through improved detection, surveillance and clinical management.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/02/2019 11:34:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 101139 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1055963

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Breast Cancer: Screening
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 7 January to Question 203875, when NHS England plans to make a decision on which tumour profiling tests will be available to guide adjuvant chemotherapy decisions in early breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	217578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The tumour profiling tests that are available to guide adjuvant chemotherapy decisions in early breast cancer will be included in the forthcoming updated National Genomic Test Directory for cancer. The forthcoming test directory will include the updated National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/02/2019 11:38:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 101140 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin