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1059725

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Health Services: Technology
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 NHS Long Term Plan, what steps his Department is taking to improve the rate of adoption of ready for speed health technology products.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	220224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan and the second Life Sciences Sector Deal set out the Government and National Health Service commitment to ensuring that patients are able to receive the best treatments as fast as possible.</p><p> </p><p>From 2020, a new NHS England health tech funding requirement will identify the best value innovations as ‘ready to spread’ and help the NHS to adopt them quickly. This will apply to health tech products which have been assessed as cost saving by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). In addition, NICE will significantly increase the number of evaluations it does for health tech products, so that the NHS has the evidence it needs to decide the best products to adopt and spread.</p><p> </p><p>Improving the adoption and spread of high quality innovations is also a priority for the Accelerated Access Collaborative under the leadership of Lord Darzi. In October, they identified 12 products that should be supported for rapid spread across the NHS, and further products will be identified this year. The Academic Health Science Networks are also a key partner in supporting the adoption and spread of health tech across the system, and the NHS Long Term Plan commits to their continued role in improving access to innovation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/02/2019 17:32:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1059739

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	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, what assessment he has made of whether providing information to consumers based on the total number of calories in a product rather than per 100 grams would (a) better encourage people to lose weight and (b) be more easily understood by consumers.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	220257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>There has been no recent assessment of whether providing information to consumers based on the total number of calories in a product rather than per 100 grams would better encourage people to lose weight or be more easily understood by consumers.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering the opportunities offered by exiting the European Union, which include giving us greater flexibility to determine what information should be presented on packaged food and how it should be displayed, and we will work alongside industry and other stakeholders to decide what will be next for labelling. We want to build on the success of our current labelling scheme and ensure we are using the most effective ways to communicate information to families.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/02/2019 11:51:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1059754

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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 find a cure for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	220221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including irritable bowel syndrome. It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p>The NIHR has four live projects on Irritable Bowel Syndrome totalling approximately £3.84 million:</p><p>- A randomised, placebo controlled trial to determine the efficacy and mode of action of ondansetron in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea;</p><p>- ACTIB (Assessing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Irritable Bowel): A randomized controlled trial of clinical and cost effectiveness of therapist delivered cognitive behavioural therapy and web-based self-management in irritable bowel syndrome;</p><p>- Evaluation of faecal volatile organic compounds in the diagnosis of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease; and</p><p>- Eluxadoline for treating irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on all NIHR projects can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/" target="_blank">www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/02/2019 17:17:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1059764

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Cancer: Staff
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 forthcoming workforce implementation plan will include a plan to grow the workforce in key specialties for diagnosing and treating cancer.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	220151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key National Health Service interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce rapidly, including staff working on cancer, consider additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/02/2019 11:50:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1059803

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Respiratory System: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to collect data on the regional primary-care respiratory workforce in the NHS to address the long-term respiratory workforce challenge identified in the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	220250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Following the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan, the National Implementation Framework, to be published in the spring, will provide further information on how the Long Term Plan will be implemented. Additional details, based on local health system five year plans, will be brought together in a detailed national implementation plan in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/02/2019 17:23:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1059818

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	GP Practice Lists: Faversham and Mid Kent
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 patients are registered with each GP in Faversham and Mid Kent Constituency; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of GPs per head of population.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	220309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of patients registered to individual general practitioners (GPs) is not collected or held centrally. The number of patients registered in each GP practice in England is published monthly in NHS Digital’s ‘Patients Registered at a GP Practice’ publication. Practices are grouped according to their clinical commissioning group not parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p>Each general practice is required to provide services to meet the reasonable needs of their registered population. There is no recommendation for how many patients a GP should have, as the demand each patient places on their GP is different and can be affected by various factors, including rurality and patient demographics. The workforce required for each practice to meet patient needs also includes a range of health professionals in addition to GPs themselves, and the best skill mix is for practices to determine.</p><p> </p><p>The average number of patients seen at each GP practice in the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency per day is not held centrally. The average number of appointments per day is only available nationally or for individual clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>General practices are independent contractors to the National Health Service and their contracts require them to provide essential and additional services at such times within core hours, as are appropriate to meet the reasonable needs of patients. Core hours for GP practices contracted under General Medical Services (GMS) contracts are defined as 8:00 – 18:30, Monday – Friday, excluding weekends and bank holidays. Core hours for locally negotiated Personal Medical Services and Alternative Provider Medical Services are set out in their contract but largely mirror GMS opening hours or longer.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each practice to determine any appointments system which they feel best meets the needs of their patients. Also, it is for GP practices to organise the delivery of their services to meet the terms of their contracts and to meet quality and safety standards set by the Care Quality Commission. Contractually, GP practices should report any disruption in the delivery of their services which could compromise their ability to meet the needs of their patients. GP practices may seek support from their local commissioner, including agreement to close the practice list to new patients or temporary suspension of patient registrations.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 220310 question first answered 20/02/2019 11:47:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1059820

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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: Faversham and Mid Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average number of patients seen at each GP practice in the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency per day; and what guidance his Department provides on the safe number of patient contacts.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	220310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of patients registered to individual general practitioners (GPs) is not collected or held centrally. The number of patients registered in each GP practice in England is published monthly in NHS Digital’s ‘Patients Registered at a GP Practice’ publication. Practices are grouped according to their clinical commissioning group not parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p>Each general practice is required to provide services to meet the reasonable needs of their registered population. There is no recommendation for how many patients a GP should have, as the demand each patient places on their GP is different and can be affected by various factors, including rurality and patient demographics. The workforce required for each practice to meet patient needs also includes a range of health professionals in addition to GPs themselves, and the best skill mix is for practices to determine.</p><p> </p><p>The average number of patients seen at each GP practice in the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency per day is not held centrally. The average number of appointments per day is only available nationally or for individual clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>General practices are independent contractors to the National Health Service and their contracts require them to provide essential and additional services at such times within core hours, as are appropriate to meet the reasonable needs of patients. Core hours for GP practices contracted under General Medical Services (GMS) contracts are defined as 8:00 – 18:30, Monday – Friday, excluding weekends and bank holidays. Core hours for locally negotiated Personal Medical Services and Alternative Provider Medical Services are set out in their contract but largely mirror GMS opening hours or longer.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each practice to determine any appointments system which they feel best meets the needs of their patients. Also, it is for GP practices to organise the delivery of their services to meet the terms of their contracts and to meet quality and safety standards set by the Care Quality Commission. Contractually, GP practices should report any disruption in the delivery of their services which could compromise their ability to meet the needs of their patients. GP practices may seek support from their local commissioner, including agreement to close the practice list to new patients or temporary suspension of patient registrations.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 220309 question first answered 20/02/2019 11:47:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1059822

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	NHS: Drugs
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 paragraph 3.27 of the 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access, whether NHS England will issue a public consultation on a proposed new commercial framework.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	220230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England, together with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is developing a ’commercial framework’ setting out the parameters for the commercial approach for medicines in the health service in England. This framework will be tested with and informed through consultation with stakeholders. The intention is to publish the framework early in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/02/2019 17:18:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1059824

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	NHS: Drugs
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 paragraph 3.57 of the 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, what criteria will be used to define the five highest health gain categories; whether NHS England has plans to consult on the selection of categories; when he plans to announce those categories; and which comparator countries will be selected for comparison.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	220231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England, working with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and officials from the Department, has begun scoping work to support the identification of the five highest health gain categories as part of the implementation of the Voluntary Scheme. NHS England anticipates engaging with interested stakeholders, including the pharmaceutical industry, over the course of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/02/2019 17:21:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1059834

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Genito-urinary Medicine
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 31 January 2019 to Question 212365 on Genito-urinary Medicine: Contacts, whether the data provided on face to face contacts captures appointments in relation to (a) contraception, (b) STIs and (c) both matters; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	220226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital collects and publishes data from the Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset. The data captures appointments in relation to contraception provided by sexual and reproductive health clinics. The data do not capture detail on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) unless contraception services are integrated with genitourinary medicine services when limited information on STI related contacts (such as was STI advice/treatment given) are collected.</p><p> </p><p>Data on contraception and STIs are only captured in the context described above and are limited.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/02/2019 17:24:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth