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1126030

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Vaccination: Children
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 parents are given adequate advice and information on vaccination programmes.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	253521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) ensures health professionals have current, accurate information on the benefits of immunisation, so they can communicate this information to parents. PHE provides the Department with expert evidence and advice (and nationally procures many vaccines). PHE also supports NHS England with information, expert advice, capacity and support at national and local level.</p><p>PHE recommends people visit the National Health Service website as the NHS is a highly trusted source of information. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/</a></p><p>There are also a range of information leaflets, available online and from health professionals, about the different vaccination programmes at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation#immunisation-leaflets-and-guidance-for-parents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation#immunisation-leaflets-and-guidance-for-parents</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:46:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1126059

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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, how many vacancies there are in (a) mammography and (b) breast radiology in each Clinical Commissioning Group.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	253555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:51:34 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

1126064

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Brain: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to establish a cross-departmental taskforce to address the issues and recommendations outlined in the report of the all-party parliamentary group on acquired brain injury entitled Acquired brain injury and neurorehabilitation - time for change.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	253567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Officials at the Department worked with colleagues across Government to respond to recommendations of the report by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on acquired brain injury. This response, which outlined the broad range of activity underway to address the issues raised by the APPG, was issued on 19 February 2019. A copy of the response is attached.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:42:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name DHSC APPG ABI Response.pdf title APPG Response
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1126283

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Primary Care Networks
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 he had with (a) the British Medical Association, (b) the Royal College of General Practitioners and (c) other representative groups before announcing the timetable for the creation of primary care networks.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	253710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has met with both Richard Vautrey and Helen Stokes-Lampard as representatives of the profession to discuss a range of issues, including, but not limited to, the creation of Primary Care Networks.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Departmental officials have been in regular communication with both the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the British Medical Association (BMA) throughout the development of the Primary Care Networks policy and will continue these close working relationships as the networks are implemented.</p><p> </p><p>The Primary Care Network Directed Enhanced Service specification, which sets out the timetable for networks, was agreed with the General Practitioners Committee and the BMA as part of negotiations on the contract for 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:44:50 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1126284

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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: Finance
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 has plans to allocate additional funding to GP practices to enable the recruitment and appointment of Primary Care Network medical directors.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	253711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Each Primary Care Network (PCN) is required to appoint a Clinical Director. Under the terms of the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES) contract specification published by NHS England in March 2019, PCNs can claim funding for this role. It is a population-based payment calculated using a baseline equivalent of 0.25 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) per 50,000 registered population size, as at 1 January 2019 (one WTE being paid £137,516 in 2019/20). This is a payment of £0.51430 per registered patient for the period 1 July 2019 to 31 March 2020 (which equates to £0.057 per patient per month), reflecting the fact that the Network Contract DES begins in July 2019 - this will be the point at which the Clinical Directors take up their posts.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:49:49 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1125919

registered interest
date	10/05/2019
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	Cystic Fibrosis: Drugs
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 the progress by NHS Scotland in securing supplies of Orkambi and Symkevi.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	252864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment. All issues relating to healthcare provision in Scotland, such as the availability of Orkambi and Symkevi are matters for the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/05/2019 16:48:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1125937

registered interest
date	10/05/2019
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	Radiology: 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 steps he is taking to increase recruitment of radiologists.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	252888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>In the Cancer Workforce Plan for England published in December 2017, Health Education England set out the case for additional training support for clinical radiology. The table below shows the increase in accepted post numbers, by recruitment year. Fill rates for clinical radiology in England over the last seven years have always been 100%. Clinical radiology is a popular speciality and each year has on average double the number of appointable candidates for the number of entry points (offers of places to commence the training programme).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </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><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of accepted radiology posts</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Health Education England</p><p>Locally, responsibility for assessing and managing staffing levels, including specialty staff, rests with individual National Health Service trusts and their boards who are best placed to decide how many staff they need to provide a given service.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/05/2019 16:48:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1125940

registered interest
date	10/05/2019
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: Access
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 steps he has taken to ensure that patients have adequate access to pharmacy services.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	252890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>In December 2016, the Department introduced the Pharmacy Access Scheme (PhAS), as part of a wider package of reforms to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework. The PhAS helps to support the financial viability of pharmacies in areas where there are fewer pharmacies.</p><p>The Department continues to monitor closely the market to identify and address issues that may impact patient access to pharmacy services. Access to National Health Service pharmaceutical services remains good: there are over 11,500 pharmacies in England, an increase of approximately 12% in the last decade.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/05/2019 16:49:34 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1125609

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
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	Heart Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative estimate he has made of the number of emergency ambulance dispatches for coronary heart disease in affected areas in England during the pollution episode in April 2019 and (a) the expected average and (b) the average over the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	252463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>According to the Daily Air Quality Index, there were ‘moderate’ to ‘very high’ levels of air pollution in some areas of the UK between 7 and 8 April 2019 and between 15 and 25 April 2019. The figures for emergency ambulance dispatches relating to coronary heart disease in this period are not available in the format requested and a comparative assessment has not been made.</p><p>In January 2019, the Government launched the Clean Air Strategy, which sets out plans for dealing with all sources of air pollution to save lives, protect nature and boost the economy.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 17/05/2019 12:30:27 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1125623

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
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 (a) increase public consultation on the creation of interim guidance for medicinal cannabis and (b) ensure patient and health professional organisations are engaged in the Department’s working group on medicinal cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	252465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not have a standing working group on medicinal cannabis. It has, however, held a number of engagement events with representatives of patients and health professionals in relation to this policy.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has been commissioned to update and replace interim clinical guidelines on the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use by October 2019. NICE has consulted with a wide range of stakeholders on the draft scope of the guidelines, including a stakeholder workshop held on 6 November 2018, which was attended by patient and health professional organisations. NICE is expected to issue a public consultation on draft guidelines, which will commence in summer 2019. Anyone interested in this topic, who wants to be involved in the consultation process, can register as a stakeholder at www.nice.org.uk by searching “GID-NG10124”.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/05/2019 15:25:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake