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1092078

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Mental Health Services: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made towards meeting the target of having over 1,500 mental health therapists in primary care by March 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	234701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Data for the workforce providing mental health therapy services in the community via the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme are available from the 2015 IAPT Workforce Census, which recorded 8,588 IAPT staff (by headcount, equivalent to 7,205 full time equivalents) as at 30 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>More recent data are not available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/03/2019 17:39:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1092079

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Pharmacy: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made towards meeting the target of having over 1,300 clinical pharmacists working in GP surgeries by March 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	234702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The General Practitioner (GP) Forward View, published in 2016, set out plans to recruit an additional 1,500 clinical pharmacists into general practice by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>Following a recent consultation, several changes have been made to the data processing and methodology for general practice workforce data back to September 2015. Figures produced under the old and new methodologies are not comparable and revised figures have so far been published for December 2017, September 2018 and December 2018 only. The remainder of the September 2015 to December 2018 data is planned for publication on 25 April 2019 and cannot be disseminated before this date. The number of pharmacists working in general practice in March 2019 will be published in May 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The recently published five-year general practitioner (General Medical Services) contract included funding for the new Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, in Primary Care Networks (PCNs). PCNs will be guaranteed funding for up to an estimated 20,000 additional staff by 2023/24. This funds new roles for which there is both credible supply and demand. The scheme will meet a recurrent 70% of the costs of additional clinical pharmacists, physician associates, first contact physiotherapists, and first contact community paramedics; and 100% of the costs of additional social prescribing link workers. The scope of the scheme will extend gradually, reflecting available supply and funding. Funding will be available from July 2019 for clinical pharmacists through the scheme</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/03/2019 17:39:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1082309

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	Obesity: Children
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 children aged (a) four to five and (b) 10 to 11 years were recorded as obese in (i) England, (ii) each English region and (iii) each London borough in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	228739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p><strong></strong>Data on the number of children recorded as obese in England, each region and each London Borough aged four to five years and aged 10 to 11 years, are attached.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine attachment 1 file name Table 1_Number of children aged 4-5 years measured in the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) in the obese category.docx title PQ228739 attached table 2 file name Table 2_Number of children aged 10-11 years measured in the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) in the obese category.docx title PQ228739 attached table question first answered 13/03/2019 12:32:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1082319

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	E. coli
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 people have been diagnosed with E. coli in each financial year for which data are available since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	228743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The counts and rates of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteraemia (bloodstream infection) cases reported by National Health Service acute trusts in England are given in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>E. coli bacteraemia counts by financial year, England: 2012/13 to 2017/18</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>All reported E. coli bacteraemia cases</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>32,309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>34,286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>35,812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>38,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>40,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>41,060</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Source:</li></ol><p>Annual epidemiological commentary: Gram-negative bacteraemia, Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia, Meticillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteraemia and C. difficile infections, up to and including financial year April 2017 to March 2018</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/724030/Annual_epidemiological_commentary_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/724030/Annual_epidemiological_commentary_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Since the mid-2000s onwards, E. coli has been the major cause of bacteraemia. Given the increase in the number of E. coli bacteraemia reports made through the voluntary surveillance programme, the Department made reporting of E. coli bacteraemia by NHS acute trusts mandatory in June 2011.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Data prior to financial year 2012/13 are not available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/03/2019 12:25:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1081766

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government has made towards meeting its target of recruiting 5,000 more GPs by 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	228076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2015 the Government set the ambitious target to recruit 5,000 additional general practitioners (GPs) by 2020. It was double the growth rate of previous years, but it showed a commitment to growing a strong and sustainable general practice for the future. The government is still determined to deliver this commitment as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The recently published NHS Long Term Plan made a clear commitment to the future of general practice, with primary and community care set to receive at least £4.5 billion more in real terms a year by 2023/24, meaning spending on these services will grow faster than the rising NHS budget. Since the launch of the Long Term Plan, NHS England and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee have agreed a five-year GP (General Medical Services) contract framework from 2019/20. The new contract framework will be essential to deliver the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan through strong general practice services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and Health Education England (HEE) are working together with the profession to increase the GP workforce in England. This includes measures to boost recruitment, address the reasons why GPs are leaving the profession, and encourage GPs to return to practice.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, HEE recruited the highest number of GP trainees ever and the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme (TERs) is attracting GP trainees to parts of the country where there have been consistent shortages of GP trainees. Over 500 trainees entered the TERs scheme in 2016-2018 and a further 276 places are available in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has a number of schemes in place to reduce workload and improve working conditions for GPs and to support them to remain in the National Health Service including the GP Retention Scheme, the GP Retention Fund, the GP Health Service and the Releasing Time for Care Programme.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also committed to further expanding community based multi-disciplinary teams and will provide funding towards up to 20,000 other staff in primary care networks by 2023/24. This builds on the non-GP clinical staff already working in general practice, and will mean bigger teams of staff, providing a wider range of care options for patients and freeing up more time for GPs to focus on those with more complex needs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/03/2019 16:30:18 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1079375

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Sexually Transmitted Infections
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 Answer of 18 February 2019 to Question 220226 on Genito-urinary Medicine, what the number of appointments for STIs has been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	227106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of appointments for sexually transmitted infections are not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/03/2019 17:15:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1064898

registered interest
date	22/02/2019
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	Sexually Transmitted Infections: Screening
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 tests for sexually transmitted infections have been paid for by the public purse in each year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	224804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities pay for sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing. In England, the total number of STI tests, paid for by local authorities from 2013 to 2017 is given in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Further information is available in Public Health England ’s annual STI data tables at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables</a></p><p> </p><p>Total number of STI tests, paid for by local authorities from 2013 to 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total tests</p></td><td><p>7,373,761</p></td><td><p>7,604,000</p></td><td><p>7,778,264</p></td><td><p>7,808,902</p></td><td><p>7,772,537</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The services provided include STI testing which include tests for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV. The STI tests were expanded in 2015 to include tests (for herpes simplex virus, hepatitis A/B/C) that were not previously reported via GUMCAD. Therefore, data from 2015 for these STI tests are not directly comparable to data from previous years.</li><li>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables</a></li></ol> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 224805 question first answered 27/02/2019 16:14:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1064899

registered interest
date	22/02/2019
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	Sexually Transmitted Infections: Screening
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 number of tests for sexually transmitted infections administered over the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	224805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities pay for sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing. In England, the total number of STI tests, paid for by local authorities from 2013 to 2017 is given in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Further information is available in Public Health England ’s annual STI data tables at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables</a></p><p> </p><p>Total number of STI tests, paid for by local authorities from 2013 to 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total tests</p></td><td><p>7,373,761</p></td><td><p>7,604,000</p></td><td><p>7,778,264</p></td><td><p>7,808,902</p></td><td><p>7,772,537</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The services provided include STI testing which include tests for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV. The STI tests were expanded in 2015 to include tests (for herpes simplex virus, hepatitis A/B/C) that were not previously reported via GUMCAD. Therefore, data from 2015 for these STI tests are not directly comparable to data from previous years.</li><li>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables</a></li></ol> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 224804 question first answered 27/02/2019 16:14:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1064900

registered interest
date	22/02/2019
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	Sexually Transmitted Infections: Screening
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 in the last 12 months on the closure of physical clinics providing testing for sexually transmitted infections; what plans he has to encourage the use of online and postal testing services for sexually-transmitted infections; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	224806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>We have identified one item of correspondence received since 1 February 2018 about the closure of physical clinics providing testing for sexually-transmitted infections. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has mandated local authorities to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services, including sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment. Local authorities are utilising technology, such as online and postal testing services for sexually-transmitted infections, to manage lower risk and asymptomatic patients. As these services develop, they also have the potential to reach groups not currently engaged with clinic services. The expansion of digital services increases patient choice and service accessibility but local authorities must still meet their open access mandate and ensure that appropriate walk-in and appointment only physical services are still available to anyone wishing to use them.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/02/2019 16:17:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

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