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451012

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria his Department uses to determine whether public health issues require a national strategy to tackle them.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	26031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>We take account of a wide range of factors in determining the best approach to different public health issues. This includes consideration of the available evidence on the nature of the need or problem. The Department may take expert advice from Public Health England and other sources on these issues.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/02/2016 12:58:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

451013

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of the rationalisation of his Department's offices in London.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	26032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department has undertaken a number of refurbishments of its existing buildings, including Richmond House, Wellington House, and Skipton House, to support the rationalisation of its offices in London. In 2015-16 the Department spent £1,786,794 on refurbishment activity.</p><p> </p><p>Refurbishment costs relate to the general fit out, improvement and provision of furniture and equipment.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/02/2016 16:46:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

451020

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diseases: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) scurvy, (b) rickets, (c) cholera and (d) plague have been diagnosed in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	26106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre has provided counts of finished admission episodes (FAEs)<sup>1 </sup>with a primary diagnosis<sup>2</sup> of scurvy, rickets, cholera<sup>3</sup>, for 2010-11 to 2014-15<sup>4</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>These data are published in the diagnosis tables in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Admitted Patient Care annual publications:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB18849/prov-mont-hes-admi-outp-ae-April%202015%20to%20July%202015-toi-rep.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB18849/prov-mont-hes-admi-outp-ae-April%202015%20to%20July%202015-toi-rep.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>These data represent incidences of these diagnoses where there was a hospital admission. There may be more incidences where treatment was received in another health care setting. These figures should not be described as counts of people as the same person may have been discharged on more than one occasion in a year.</p><p>Between 2010 and 2015 there were 10 cases of plague (one case in 2014-15).</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>1. A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p><p>2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 7 prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</p><p>3. Clinical Codes. The following ICD-10 codes were used</p><p> </p><p>Scurvy: E54.X - Ascorbic acid deficiency</p><p>Rickets: E55.0 - Rickets, active</p><p>Cholera: A00 - Cholera</p><p> </p><p>4. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in National Health Service practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. Note that HES include activity ending in the year in question and run from August to July, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 August 2012 and 31 July 2013.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/02/2016 18:07:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

449855

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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, whether he has received requests to expedite the timetable of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation for a decision on HPV vaccination for boys; and whether he plans to review that timetable.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	25359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department and Public Health England (PHE) have received correspondence from hon. members, organisations and members of the public asking for the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s (JCVI’s) advice to be expedited.</p><p> </p><p>The JCVI has requested modelling work to help inform whether a human papillomavirus vaccination programme for boys would be cost-effective. It is anticipated that PHE will submit this to JCVI by early 2017. This is not an issue of resources, as the process of model development and checking the validity of the results is complex and requires close working between the modelling team and the scientific and clinical experts. We need to follow due process and ensure that decisions are based upon robust and rigorous cost-effectiveness analysis.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/02/2016 17:16:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

449856

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) timeline are of review of blood donations policy.
tabling member constituency	Pudsey
tabling member printed	Stuart Andrew
uin	25326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) decided at its meeting in January 2016 to carry out a review of deferral criteria for blood donors in relation to risks both from sexually transmitted diseases and from infections potentially transmitted by other routes, for example, tattooing or intravenous drug use.</p><p><br> The process will fully involve stakeholders (who can share thinking with and seek feedback from their communities), and will be incremental, with published progress reports and any intermediate advice. The terms of reference will be published once approved by SaBTO.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/02/2016 17:44:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew

449858

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Musculoskeletal Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives from the health sector on the development of services to treat arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	25320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department is in regular contact with stakeholders, such as Arthritis Research UK, and hosted a roundtable with them in November. The group is in the process of producing a toolkit for commissioners to support commissioning of physical activity interventions for people with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department has no plans to publish an arthritis action plan, NHS England and Public Health England are taking forward a number of projects.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically on MSK conditions, the National Health Service National Clinical Director for MSK, Peter Kay, has been working in partnership with the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance, to develop new MSK clinical networks across England to build consensus on the way forward for models of care. In addition, in February 2015, Public Health England, in partnership with NHS England and the Department, ran a local pilot campaign to raise public awareness of the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in Nottingham City and Hardwick Clinical Commissioning Group. The aim of the campaign was to support earlier diagnosis and thereby enable treatment to begin earlier to improve the quality of life for people with the condition. The results of the campaign are currently being evaluated.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 25321 question first answered 10/02/2016 12:56:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

449859

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Arthritis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to publish a funded arthritis action plan.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	25321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department is in regular contact with stakeholders, such as Arthritis Research UK, and hosted a roundtable with them in November. The group is in the process of producing a toolkit for commissioners to support commissioning of physical activity interventions for people with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department has no plans to publish an arthritis action plan, NHS England and Public Health England are taking forward a number of projects.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically on MSK conditions, the National Health Service National Clinical Director for MSK, Peter Kay, has been working in partnership with the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance, to develop new MSK clinical networks across England to build consensus on the way forward for models of care. In addition, in February 2015, Public Health England, in partnership with NHS England and the Department, ran a local pilot campaign to raise public awareness of the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in Nottingham City and Hardwick Clinical Commissioning Group. The aim of the campaign was to support earlier diagnosis and thereby enable treatment to begin earlier to improve the quality of life for people with the condition. The results of the campaign are currently being evaluated.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 25320 question first answered 10/02/2016 12:56:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

449863

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on research showing that e-cigarettes can cause cardiac damage.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	25258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>There have been no such discussions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognise that e-cigarettes can help smokers quit, and in August 2015, Public Health England published a review of the evidence, which concluded that they are significantly less harmful to health than cigarettes.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/02/2016 12:59:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

449864

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of blood donation.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	25259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) provide blood donation services to the National Health Service, supplying a reliable, efficient supply of blood in England and North Wales. To secure a consistent donor base, NHSBT runs donor recruitment campaigns throughout the year to attract new donors, for example last year’s Missing Types Programme which featured the removal of the letters of A O B from famous locations and high street brands. NHSBT also ran the #BleedForEngland campaign around the World Cup using rugby celebrities which led to 100,000 new donor registrations. The recently completed New Year 2016 recruitment campaign also saw more than 30,000 people register to give blood.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 February 2016 NHSBT confirmed that more than one million people are now registered to book blood donation appointments online.</p><p> </p><p>NHSBT is also taking specific action to increase the number of blood donors from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, particularly from Black African, Black Caribbean, Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian communities.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/02/2016 16:52:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

449865

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prostate Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to make high-dose prostate therapy available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	25260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is commissioned by NHS England. NHS England’s commitment was to ensure that a minimum of 24% of patients requiring radical radiotherapy had access to inverse planned IMRT from April 2013, and this has been achieved nationally.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/02/2016 13:26:03 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon