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789042

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	European Food Safety Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Article 49 of EU Regulation No 178/2002, whether the UK plans to seek participation with the European Food Standards Agency after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	113028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>Departments are currently working together to understand the impacts that withdrawal from the European Union will have across a number of sectors and cross-cutting areas, including the European Food Safety Authority. The European Food Safety Authority provides independent scientific advice and risk assessments covering a wide range of policy areas. Options for the future of risk assessment and scientific advice in the United Kingdom after the UK has left the EU are being considered by the Government. It will be our priority to maintain the UK’s high standards of food and feed safety, and to ensure we take a risk-based, proportionate approach when providing risk assessments.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 15:02:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

789064

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	Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of not aligning with the forthcoming EU clinical trials regulation on patient access to clinical trials.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	112982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made clear that a key priority through the negotiations will be to ensure that the United Kingdom remains one of the best places in the world for science and innovation. As part of exit negotiations the Government will discuss with the European Union and Member States how best to continue cooperation in the field of clinical trials. Regardless of the outcome of those negotiations the UK is committed to offering a competitive service for clinical trial assessment.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Health Research Authority, ethics services, National Institute for Health Research and National Health Service have been working towards implementation of the new European Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) since it was agreed in 2014. The application date of the CTR across the EU will be set by the European Commission. The current regulatory approval legislation will stay in place until such time as any changes are needed so there will be no interruption in UK clinical trials approval.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 17:06:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

789065

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	Pharmacy: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2017 to Question 67522, on pharmacy: disadvantaged, if he will provide the most up to date version of the data requested in that Question.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. Following the review process, NHS England published a summary of the outcome of the review process which sets out anonymised data against each application. This can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/summary-outcome-report-for-the-pharmacy-access-scheme-national-review-panel/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/summary-outcome-report-for-the-pharmacy-access-scheme-national-review-panel/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 14:57:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

789066

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	Asthma: Health Services
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 ensure adequate support for the families of people with asthma.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	112953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England advocates collaborative care planning approaches for all people with long term conditions, including those with asthma. Collaborative care planning involves a holistic assessment of the individual inclusive of their preferences and goals, and mindful of the role of those important to them, such as family and carers.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s Long Term Conditions Unit has worked with the Healthy London Partnership to support the development of an asthma commissioning toolkit. The toolkit sets out what children and young people should expect from asthma care, and includes practical resources that parents and families can use to help their child to manage their asthma. This also includes a number of campaigns via social media to support greater adherence to asthma care and treatment, particularly leading up to winter.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 15:08:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

789070

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	Smoking
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 coordinate with the devolved authorities the learning and development of best practice in helping people stop smoking.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	112954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>Departmental officials meet regularly with their counterparts in the devolved administrations to share learning and best practice in order to help people to stop smoking. These meetings are designed to share key research and policy developments to ensure that we are all able to learn from the experience of others. Health is a devolved competence which means that, ultimately, decisions on key aspects of tobacco control policy and implementation are matters for devolved administrations to determine.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 15:14:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

789072

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	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that access to dental services for the prevention of decay is not subject to significant regional or national variation across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	112956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has a legal duty to commission primary care dental services to meet local needs. Access to primary care dental services continues to increase nationally. 22.2 million adults were seen by a dentist in the 24 month period ending 30 June 2017 and 6.8 million children were seen by a dentist in the 12 month period ending 30 June 2017, but we know NHS England has further to go in ensuring access needs are met in all areas.</p><p> </p><p>New ways of providing National Health Service dental services are being tested which aim to further improve oral health and increase access to NHS dental services, by preventing as well as treating disease. Alongside this is NHS England’s recently launched Starting Well programme, which will run in 13 high needs areas to improve access to dental services for children known to be at greater risk of dental disease and who are not currently being seen by a dentist.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 14:44:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

789075

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	General Practitioners: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the fee chargeable by NHS general practices for providing medical information to patients for the purposes of other public authorities was last reviewed by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	113026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England contracts with general practitioners (GPs) as independent providers of medical services for the National Health Service. Under the terms of their contract, GPs are required to provide certain medical reports or complete certain forms for which a medical report is required by other legislation, for example, the Social Security Administration Act, free of charge to their registered patients.</p><p> </p><p>Outside their contractual requirements, GPs also offer a variety of other services which successive governments have regarded as private matters between the patient and the GP. In such cases, decisions on whether to charge a fee and the level of the fee charged are at the GP’s discretion.</p><p> </p><p>Where legislation requires a medical certificate, or report, the relevant Government Department enters into arrangements with the British Medical Association on the level of fees which will be paid to GPs for providing the required information. Such arrangements are formalised through the provisions of the GP contract.</p><p> </p><p>As these are private arrangements between GP practices and other organisations, the Department does not review the level of fees.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 14:50:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

789079

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	Pharmacy: Rural Areas
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 effect of changes in funding of community pharmacies on access to healthcare for people in rural areas who use such pharmacies as their first point of contact for healthcare and treatment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	112957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>We are monitoring the market carefully and apart from the recent announcement by Lloyds Pharmacy, the number of closures since the introduction of the reforms has not been significant.</p><p> </p><p>1,413 pharmacies currently receive payments under the Pharmacy Access Scheme to help protect access in areas where there are fewer pharmacies, and those with the greatest health need continue to have the greatest access to pharmaceutical services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 14:52:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

789081

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	European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Article 13 of EU Council Regulation No 302/93, whether the UK plans to seek formal cooperation with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	113030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>As part of the negotiations, we are examining the European Union security measures we are currently part of, including alternative health security arrangements. We are seeking a strategic partnership to continue a close working relationship with our European partners. However, whilst negotiations are ongoing, we are not in a position to speculate on the United Kingdom’s future participation in individual organisations, which includes the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a world leader in tackling serious cross-border threats to health and has a well-developed health protection system, which includes the collection of data on drugs and drug usage, that is highly regarded by European partners. It is in everyone’s interests to continue to collaborate closely and to continue sharing of data and intelligence.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 15:07:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

789093

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	General Practitioners: New Towns
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 increase the number of GPs in areas such as new towns where the population is rapidly expanding.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	112944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>It is for the local clinical commissioning groups and NHS England to commission local services including general practitioner (GP) services.</p><p> </p><p>Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group has been working together with general practices, GP localities, Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Health Education England and local stakeholders with patient groups and voluntary organisations to identify new ways of working, which will provide a sustainable primary care workforce. Using the principles within the General Practice Forward View (GPFV) local initiatives have already commenced.</p><p> </p><p>The GPFV published in April 2016 set out this Government’s commitment to 5,000 additional doctors in general practice by 2020. These GPs will be distributed across England in line with local need.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 14:53:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan