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1020790

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
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	Prescriptions: 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, how many NHS prescription penalty notices were issued between August 2017 and August 2018; and how many recipients of those notices have subsequently been confirmed as having made a valid claim for free prescriptions.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	200141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) issued 1,306,138 prescription penalty charge notices between August 2017 and August 2018. The NHS BSA subsequently received notification that 302,761 of these went to people who had a valid prescription charge exemption. Such instances commonly arise when there is a data mismatch, due to an address or name change, and the NHS BSA can cancel the penalty charges upon being contacted by the recipient.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/12/2018 15:01:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1020791

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
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	Prescriptions: 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 process is in place for the NHS Business Services Authority to check a claimant's eligibility for free prescriptions with the Department of Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	200142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) and the Department for Work and Pensions have a data sharing agreement in place. This enables the NHS BSA to verify the accuracy of declarations from people who have claimed exemption from National Health Service prescription charges, on the FP10 prescription form, due to a qualifying Department for Work and Pensions benefit.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/12/2018 15:02:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1020792

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
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	Prescriptions: 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, when he plans to introduce the digitised system enabling pharmacies instantly to verify a person's entitlement to free prescriptions.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	200143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>Real Time Exemption Checking technology, enabling pharmacies to verify a person’s entitlement to free National Health Service prescriptions, is due to be piloted in early 2019. An evaluation of this pilot will then inform next steps.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/12/2018 15:01:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1020798

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
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	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust: Strokes
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 the adequacy of stroke care at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	200078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government and the National Health Service are committed to ensuring every patient has access to high quality, specialised stroke care.</p><p> </p><p>University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust currently admits around 800 stroke patients per year. UHCW provides hyper-acute and acute stroke care for patients from Coventry and Rugby, and in addition provides thrombolysis treatment for patients from South and North Warwickshire where medically appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group is the lead commissioner for Stroke Services at UHCW and monitors the quality of services provided. The Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) measures the quality and organisation of stroke care in the NHS. This programme looks at how well each specialist stroke centre is meeting the recommendations for best practice care as set out by the Royal College of Physicians. SSNAP reports on a quarterly basis, providing an overall rating between A and E, with A being the best performance. The latest SSNAP report showed that UHCW are performing at level B.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/12/2018 15:00:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1020583

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with officials from other Departments on the availability and price of fresh fruit and vegetables in UK shops to support its healthy eating policies.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	199926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>There are ongoing discussions between officials in the Department of Health and Social Care and other Government departments on improving the nation’s health and wellbeing, including improving diets. These include formal monthly and quarterly meetings as part of the governance of the childhood obesity programme.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/12/2018 14:59:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1020603

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received on the quality of fruit and vegetables available in the school fruit and vegetable scheme.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department ensures that the fruit and vegetables used in the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme meet strict quality standards. In the last year only one representation has been received, on behalf of one individual school, about the quality of produce used in the Scheme. The Department ensured that NHS Supply Chain, who operate the Scheme on the Department’s behalf, dealt with the issue speedily.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/12/2018 16:15:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1020605

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he holds on the treatments available for people with Parkinson’s disease in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	199802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS England commissions the specialised elements of Parkinson’s care that patients may receive from 25 specialised neurological treatment centres across England. NHS England has published a service specification setting out what providers must have in place to deliver specialised neurological care. This supports equity of access to high quality services for patients wherever they live. The specification can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d04/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d04/</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance ‘Parkinson’s disease: Diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care’, updated in 2017, sets out best practice for clinicians in the identification and treatment of Parkinson’s disease in line with the latest available evidence.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 199803 question first answered 13/12/2018 16:13:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1020606

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Parkinson's Disease
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 ensure that people with Parkinson’s disease in each region of the UK are offered the full range of available treatments.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	199803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS England commissions the specialised elements of Parkinson’s care that patients may receive from 25 specialised neurological treatment centres across England. NHS England has published a service specification setting out what providers must have in place to deliver specialised neurological care. This supports equity of access to high quality services for patients wherever they live. The specification can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d04/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d04/</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance ‘Parkinson’s disease: Diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care’, updated in 2017, sets out best practice for clinicians in the identification and treatment of Parkinson’s disease in line with the latest available evidence.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 199802 question first answered 13/12/2018 16:13:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1020616

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
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 eligible gay and bisexual men have completed the human papillomavirus vaccine programme.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination uptake and completion data to end March 2017, published in an evaluation report on the first year (2016/17) of the pilot, showed that 8,580 of 18,875 eligible men who have sex with men had received the first of a three dose vaccination course, and 519 had already received all three doses. The report can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/678987/HPV_msm_year1_evaluation_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/678987/HPV_msm_year1_evaluation_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Updated data to end March 2018 will be published in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/12/2018 16:09:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1020617

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans for a catch-up programme for all boys up to the age of 18 to access the human papillomavirus vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans for a catch-up programme for older boys as evidence suggests they are already benefitting greatly from the substantial herd protection which has built up from the success of 10 years of the girls’ human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme. The priority is to make sure that as many eligible 12-13 year old boys and girls, are offered protection from HPV infection from September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/12/2018 16:14:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson