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825425

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Pharmacy
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 effectiveness of the General Pharmaceutical Council's enforcement of standards for registered pharmacy premises; whether he has made an assessment of the effect of failure to apply such standards to pharmacy owners rather than only pharmacy professionals on the safety of patients; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	123566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made any assessment of the effectiveness of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a regulator of pharmacy professionals and pharmacy premises. The Professional Standards Authority, which in its review of the GPhC’s performance in 2016-2017, found that the GPhC had met all of the standards for good regulation, including all of the standards for fitness to practise.</p><p> </p><p>Standards to safeguard the health, safety and wellbeing of patients and the public are set by the GPhC. It is important to note that there are very different legal frameworks for upholding these standards and how the regulator deals with these for pharmacy premises as compared to pharmacy professionals. 87% of the pharmacies inspected by the GPhC in 2016-17 were meeting all of the standards it sets. Any pharmacy not achieving all of the standards is required by the GPhC to implement an action plan to improve the services they provide. In this period the GPhC agreed 469 action plans with pharmacies to ensure they improved the services they provide, and 99% of them made the necessary improvements so that they were meeting all of the standards. In the same period 140 cases were made affecting an individual pharmacy professional’s registration.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 123567 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:21:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

825426

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Pharmacy
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 whether the failure to apply sanctions for standards for pharmacy premises has resulted in a disproportionate number of individual pharmacist registrants who have been held to account for professional standards which may have been impacted by the working environment created by pharmacy owners; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	123567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made any assessment of the effectiveness of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a regulator of pharmacy professionals and pharmacy premises. The Professional Standards Authority, which in its review of the GPhC’s performance in 2016-2017, found that the GPhC had met all of the standards for good regulation, including all of the standards for fitness to practise.</p><p> </p><p>Standards to safeguard the health, safety and wellbeing of patients and the public are set by the GPhC. It is important to note that there are very different legal frameworks for upholding these standards and how the regulator deals with these for pharmacy premises as compared to pharmacy professionals. 87% of the pharmacies inspected by the GPhC in 2016-17 were meeting all of the standards it sets. Any pharmacy not achieving all of the standards is required by the GPhC to implement an action plan to improve the services they provide. In this period the GPhC agreed 469 action plans with pharmacies to ensure they improved the services they provide, and 99% of them made the necessary improvements so that they were meeting all of the standards. In the same period 140 cases were made affecting an individual pharmacy professional’s registration.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 123566 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:21:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

824572

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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	Pharmacy: Disclosure of Information
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 Freedom to Speak up Guardians have been nominated in community pharmacies; and whether his Department holds information on names of those Guardians.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	123373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number or names of Freedom to Speak up Guardians in community pharmacies.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is responsible for issuing the guidance on Freedom to Speak Up in primary care and has provided the following response:</p><p> </p><p>The number and names of Freedom to Speak Up Guardians in community pharmacies is not held centrally. Guidance for primary care providers was published in November 2016 on the NHS England website and a number of models for Freedom to Speak Up are detailed within that guidance, including having a named Guardian who is independent of the line management chain and not a direct employee. NHS England is working with the National Guardian's Office to assess the support that primary care providers, including community pharmacies, may need to comply with this guidance.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/01/2018 17:23:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

819159

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	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 take-up of the new enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s by (i) GPs and (ii) pharmacies in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 influenza seasons.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	121836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine was not available for use in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners (GPs) and pharmacies are responsible for ordering and purchasing flu vaccines for the adult seasonal flu programme (eligible individuals aged 18 years and over) directly from manufacturers.</p><p> </p><p>Information on what vaccines are being ordered by these independent contractors is not routinely collected. Information on vaccines used by pharmacies and GPs will be available after the end of a flu season when practice/pharmacies claim reimbursement for the cost of the vaccines they have used.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:50:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

819160

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	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 plans he has to encourage the take-up of the new enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s for the 2018-19 influenza season with GPs and pharmacies.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	121837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has updated their advice in the Green Book chapter on influenza so that clinicians are aware of the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation in relation to the adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England wrote to general practitioners and clinical commissioning groups (via NHS England local teams) in December 2017 to provide an update on the use of the adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine for 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>This update will also be made available to community pharmacies as part of confirming that the Advanced Influenza Vaccination service has been recommissioned in early 2018. Community pharmacies are able to order relevant vaccines as detailed in the service specification, including the enhanced vaccine for patients within the relevant cohort.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:47:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

819161

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	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 discussions he has had with representatives from (a) GPs, (b) patient organisations and (c) manufacturers on the availability of the new enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s for the 2017-18 and the 2018-19 season.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	121838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Officials at the Department and Public Health England have regular discussions with manufacturers on a range of issues. This has included discussion with Seqirus, the company that has produced the new adjuvanted trivalent flu vaccine (aTIV).</p><p> </p><p>Officials have had no discussions with general practitioner representatives or patient groups on the aTIV.</p><p> </p><p>Officials also attend meetings of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which includes a lay member.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:51:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

789115

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to develop a national strategy for self care.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	112866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Five Year Forward View made a specific commitment to do more to support people with long term conditions manage their own health. Further to this, sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) have a remit to consider how to improve self-care.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015 NHS England established the Realising the Value Programme. This was designed to identify evidence-based approaches that engage people in their own health and care and develop practical tools to support implementation. The programme has now published tools and guidance for local health economies, as well as an economic modelling tool to help services understand the costs and benefits.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also rolling out the Patient Activation Measure (PAM). The PAM is a tool which captures the extent to which people feel engaged and confident in taking care of their health and wellbeing, helping professionals to tailor support. NHS England has agreed to grant 1.8 million people with long term conditions across 27 areas access to the tool.</p><p> </p><p>Eight STP areas to take part in its new one year Building Health Partnerships programme supported by NHS England to facilitate strong engagement with the voluntary sector and local communities on actions that improve wellbeing and self-care. NHS England is also working with 15 new care models across the country to test how to deliver support for self-care, systematically and at scale. By working with the new care models, NHS England plans to offer tailored self-care support to 25,000 – 30,000 people by end of March 2018, delivered through health coaching/self-management education and social prescribing, supported by use of the PAM.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:42:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

786791

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to encourage clinical commissioning groups and local authorities to participate in national Self Care Week 2017 in order to empower people to look after their own health better.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	112284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has worked alongside the Self Care Forum to promote Self Care Week across the National Health Service, including showcasing best practice on social media. References can be found to the campaign both via NHS Choices and on NHS England’s on-going winter campaign, Stay Well this Winter. Links can be found below:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/selfcare/Pages/self-care-week-2017.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/selfcare/Pages/self-care-week-2017.aspx</a></p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/staywell/#SoKX6vgcUb035h8m.97" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/staywell/#SoKX6vgcUb035h8m.97</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2017 11:51:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

786792

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential savings that self care for self-treatable conditions can achieve in (a) general practice and (b) A&E.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	112285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>There is a growing body of evidence for the benefits of self-care both in improved patient outcomes and reductions in demand on the National Health Service. ‘Self-care’ covers a broad spectrum of interventions and is defined in different ways in different situations. We do not hold national data on the potential savings linked directly to self-care.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2017 11:24:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

786793

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of minor ailment schemes in community pharmacies on the costs associated with a reduction in the number of GP consultations as a result of those schemes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	112287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England and clinical commissioning groups commission minor ailment services from community pharmacies to meet local need. These services have been developed in areas of high demand on general practices, to treat minor illnesses and are reviewed locally by the commissioner of the service.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government has not made an assessment of the impact of the costs associated with a reduction in the number of general practitioners consultations, Monitor in its publication in 2013 “Closing the NHS Funding Gap – How to get Better Value Healthcare for Patients” estimated that with a 1% uptake of pharmacy-led minor ailments schemes nationally, £64 million could be saved.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2017 11:46:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron