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793918

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medicine: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to improve the accessibility and affordability of medicines developed from publicly-funded research.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Fiona Onasanya
uin	115007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) assesses medicines on the basis of their value to patients and to the National Health Service. The source of financial support in developing each medicine is not assessed.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS is required by law to ensure that all medicines recommended by NICE are funded within three months, ensuring patient access to cost-effective medicines in England. New medicines are not subject to payments under the voluntary Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme, and NHS England monitors access to innovative medicines via the Innovation Scorecard in recognition of the value this Government places on innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Many countries fund research and development (R&amp;D), often at an early stage. Private companies invest in R&amp;D also. It is not possible to assess the contribution made by public investment or private investment in bringing products to market.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and its partners recently published the response to the Accelerated Access Review which sets out plans to give patients quicker access to life-changing treatments; and, make the United Kingdom the best place in the world for industry to invest and innovate. A total of £86 million of funding has already been committed to make the vision a reality.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/11/2017 16:42:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4629 label Biography information for Fiona Onasanya

794119

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Halton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent GPs have been employed in the Halton CCG area in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	115207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The table below indicates the number of full-time equivalent general practitioners (GPs) employed in Halton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) from 2012 untill September 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Full-Time Equivalent GPs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>75<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>74<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>66<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>76<sup>2,3</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Data as of 30 September:</p><p><sup> </sup></p><p><sup>1</sup>Provisional data.</p><p><sup>2</sup>Excludes locums.</p><p><sup>3</sup>CCGs came into effect on 1 April 2013, for 2012 the figures are reflective of the practices which would subsequently constitute Halton CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/11/2017 16:40:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

794121

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which CCG's have experienced a reduction in the number of referrals in 2017-18; and by what (a) percentage and (b) number of cases each such CCG's referrals have so reduced.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	115209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics are published by NHS England throughout the year for specific work areas, including consultant-led referral to treatment and cancer waiting times. The publication calendar can be accessed online.</p><p> </p><p>This information is published at both provider and commissioner level and can be found at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/12-months-statistics-calendar/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/12-months-statistics-calendar/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/11/2017 16:45:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

794124

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships: Operating Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the administrative costs have been for each of the 44 sustainability and transformation plans in England since their commencement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	115212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) are not statutory organisations, but a new way for the National Health Service and local government to work together.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England does not collect figures on the administrative costs of STPs. It is for each STP area to decide how best to staff and deliver their plan, bearing in mind the need to keep costs to a minimum.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/11/2017 16:43:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

792987

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the negotiations of the next Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	114772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>No decision has been made about the timing of negotiations with industry on medicines pricing arrangements for 2019 onwards. The Department has regular and ongoing dialogue with patient representative groups about medicines pricing and access issues, and all those views will help to inform discussions between the industry and the Department on the new arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 114773 question first answered 27/11/2017 16:41:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

792988

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
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 engage with patient groups on the contents of the next Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	114773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>No decision has been made about the timing of negotiations with industry on medicines pricing arrangements for 2019 onwards. The Department has regular and ongoing dialogue with patient representative groups about medicines pricing and access issues, and all those views will help to inform discussions between the industry and the Department on the new arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 114772 question first answered 27/11/2017 16:41:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

793023

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Sexuality
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 doctors about the recent NHS England guidance on sexual orientation monitoring.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	114808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>None. The Sexual Orientation Monitoring Information Standard was developed by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Foundation on behalf of NHS England. As part of this work, organisations across the healthcare system were consulted to seek their views. The LGBT Foundation gathered intelligence and consultation data from a wide range of sources including individual general practitioners (GPs), GP practices and small, medium and large National Health Service foundation trusts, and health and social care trusts.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/11/2017 13:22:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

793034

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has budgeted for 2017-18 for a grant to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan for England.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	114819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 114820 114822 114824 question first answered 29/11/2017 14:39:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

793036

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that children are vaccinated against flu croup.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	114821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Croup can be caused by a range of respiratory viruses; the flu vaccine can help protect against croup which develops as a consequence of the influenza virus. The flu vaccine can only reduce croup caused by influenza.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service annual influenza vaccination programme delivers vaccine to healthy children. For 2017, those aged two to three years of age, those in reception class, and school years one to four are all eligible. To encourage and improve uptake, the flu vaccine for those in reception class and school years one to four are delivered in the school setting. The programmes aims to help protect young children and to reduce the wider spread of flu in households and communities.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/11/2017 14:36:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

793087

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of hours nurses spent on providing evidence for, or advice to, (a) people with multiple sclerosis, (b) neurology patients and (c) all NHS patients seeking to claim benefits in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	114872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>No estimate has been made.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/11/2017 16:44:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson