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1130374

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Babies: 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 guidance his Department has issued on the (a) use and (b) retention of information produced from Guthrie tests.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	261195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The Guthrie test was used for detecting phenylketonuria. However, as the newborn bloodspot screening programme screens for nine rare conditions, the heel prick test is performed using the newer technique of tandem mass spectrometry to detect conditions.</p><p>Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England have published the ‘NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme Code of Practice for the retention and storage of residual newborn blood spots’. This code of practice was published in January 2018 and applies to all newborn blood spot samples. It sets out arrangements for the retention, storage, use and release of residual newborn blood spots and related information and communication requirements.</p><p>The retention guidance is currently under review and will be updated shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 13:01:35 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1130375

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Public Health: Finance
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 his Department has made of the effect of trends in the level of public health spending on the local authority public health services.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	261268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities will receive over £3.1 billion in 2019/20 for use on public health, including for sexual health. It is for local authorities themselves to determine how best to use these resources based on their assessment of local need and with regard to their statutory duties. This funding is in addition to what the National Health Service spends on preventative interventions such as immunisation and screening, including over £1.2 billion on national public health functions in 2018/19.</p><p>Local authorities report their spending on public health against a series of spend categories, including for sexual and reproductive health. The spend data is published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Public Health England monitors and publishes data on trends for the wide range of indicators of public health set out in the Public Health Outcomes Framework. Most are stable or improving. That framework can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 261269 question first answered 11/06/2019 15:45:20 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1130376

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of trends in the level of public health funding of on the provision of local authority sexual health services.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	261269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities will receive over £3.1 billion in 2019/20 for use on public health, including for sexual health. It is for local authorities themselves to determine how best to use these resources based on their assessment of local need and with regard to their statutory duties. This funding is in addition to what the National Health Service spends on preventative interventions such as immunisation and screening, including over £1.2 billion on national public health functions in 2018/19.</p><p>Local authorities report their spending on public health against a series of spend categories, including for sexual and reproductive health. The spend data is published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Public Health England monitors and publishes data on trends for the wide range of indicators of public health set out in the Public Health Outcomes Framework. Most are stable or improving. That framework can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 261268 question first answered 11/06/2019 15:45:20 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1130377

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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, what plans his Department has to ensure the maintenance of the provision of local authority sexual health services.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	261270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have been mandated to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services and are best placed to understand and meet the public health needs of their local communities.</p><p> </p><p>Data published by Public Health England show that more people are accessing sexual health services, with attendances increasing by 7% between 2017 and 2018. This continues the trend of increases in attendances seen over the past five years. To help manage the overall increase in demand, local authorities are increasingly commissioning online services to manage lower risk and asymptomatic patients. These services also have the potential to reach groups not currently engaged with clinic services. The data can be viewed at the following link:</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><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 15:43:23 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1130455

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Diabetes: Mental Health Services
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 each hospital diabetes team includes a mental health professional.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	261213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>It is for individual clinical commissioning groups to commission treatment and services for people with diabetes and they are best placed to identify what is needed in their local areas.</p><p>On 21 March 2018 NHS England and NHS Improvement along with the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health published ‘The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Pathway for People with Long-term Physical Health Conditions and Medically Unexplained Symptoms’ which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/improving-access-to-psychological-therapies-long-term-conditions-pathway.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/improving-access-to-psychological-therapies-long-term-conditions-pathway.pdf</a></p><p>IAPT services provide evidence based treatments for people with anxiety and depression and the services are co-located in existing primary and secondary care physical health pathways. IAPT services will target the needs of people with depression and anxiety disorders who also have long term conditions such as diabetes.</p><p>In addition, a project working group has been established involving NHS England, Diabetes UK and other stakeholders which aims to develop a care pathway which, when adopted locally, would help improve access to emotional and psychological support for people with diabetes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 15:47:42 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1130460

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Influenza: Vaccination
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 level of uptake of the most recent flu vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	261072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>Cumulative influenza vaccine uptake is collected and evaluated by Public Health England (PHE) nationally and locally. The 2018 to 2019 season included the extension of the childhood programme to all those aged nine rising to 10 years old as well as the phased delivery of the newly licensed adjuvanted vaccine for those aged 65 and over.</p><p>The national school-age vaccination programme achieved the highest levels of vaccine uptake since it started (60.8%, 2,461,563/4,051,698 in 2018/19, compared to 59.5% in 2017/18 1,998,538/3,360,997). Vaccine uptake for the pre-school children’s influenza vaccine programme has also increased further compared to previous seasons. The following table shows uptake figures for 2018/19 and 2017/18.</p><p>Uptake in adult target groups was similar or slightly lower compared to recent seasons and further work is needed to identify underpinning reasons so that uptake can be improved.</p><p>Comparison of flu uptake in groups vaccinated in general practice.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Group</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65 and over</p></td><td><p>72.0% 7,260,596/10,087,873/-</p></td><td><p>72.9% 7,309,125/10,032,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>At risk</p></td><td><p>48.0% 3,276,592/6,820,919</p></td><td><p>49.7% 3,353,724/6,742,316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pregnant</p></td><td><p>45.2% 293,359/649,233</p></td><td><p>47.0% 318,057/676,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two and three year olds combined</p></td><td><p>44.9% 593706/1,322,663</p></td><td><p>44.0% 585791/1,330,150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804889/Seasonal_influenza_vaccine_uptake_in_GP_patients_1819.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804889/Seasonal_influenza_vaccine_uptake_in_GP_patients_1819.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The frontline health care workers with direct patient care saw the highest uptake since the programme started in 2002/3 (70.3% in 2018/19 738488/1,051,038).</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 14/06/2019 12:54:11 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1130479

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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 recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on mandatory calorie labelling for restaurants, cafes and takeaways.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	261122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on improving the health and wellbeing of children and families.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 15:44:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1130569

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people are able to book GP appointments through the NHS app.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	261165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>We are in the process of connecting each of the 7,245 general practitioner (GP) practices with the NHS App and the ability to book GP appointments is a functionality that must be enabled locally in each practice.</p><p>77% of the GP registered population can now download the app.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 16:56:42 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1130570

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GP appointments have been made through the NHS App since the launch of that App in December 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	261166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>This data is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 16:57:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson