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820691

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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	Cancer: 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 maintain the quality of service of specialist diagnostic workforces in cancer treatment after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	122109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>We value the enormous contribution of all the staff working in health and social care from across the European Union and the rest of the world. We are committed to ensuring that the National Health Service and social care have the nurses, midwives, doctors, carers and other health professionals that they need to deliver the high quality service on which patients rely following the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has been very clear that EU citizens living lawfully in the UK will be allowed to stay.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has submitted evidence to the Migration Advisory Committee to ensure the position of staff in health and social care is fully understood and taken into account as part of their evidence gathering into the impact of the UK’s exit from the EU on the UK labour market.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England published the cancer workforce plan in December 2017 which sets out actions as recommended in the Cancer Strategy for England, including for the diagnostic workforce up to 2020/21. The plan also considers future challenges beyond 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of the devolved governments in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to ensure they have the specialist workforce to deliver cancer services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/01/2018 17:13:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

820695

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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	Cervical 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, what the take-up rate for cervical screening in (a) England, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) York was in 2017.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	122113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme measures coverage rather than uptake rate. NHS England is responsible for monitoring the coverage rates for cervical screening in all age groups and is committed to improving coverage and reducing variation between all age groups.</p><p> </p><p>Data are provided by NHS Digital and are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/article/7035/Cervical-screening-programme-coverage" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/article/7035/Cervical-screening-programme-coverage</a></p><p> </p><p>General practitioner/clinical commissioning group level coverage is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB24229" target="_blank">http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB24229</a></p><p> </p><p>The percentage of coverage for each area requested as at the end of 2016-17 is: England 72.0%; North Yorkshire 78.1%; York 73.0%.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/01/2018 11:48:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

820838

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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	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 activities Ministers of his Department took part in as part of STIQ day on 14 January 2018 in order to encourage more people to get regular sexual health checks.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	122256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>No specific activities were undertaken as part of STIQ day. We remain committed to continuing to reduce rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). To support this ambition, Public Heath England launched the ‘Protect against STIs’ campaign on 15 December 2017 aimed at 16 to 24-year-olds. The campaign uses innovative, nationwide digital advertising to highlight the increased likelihood of contracting an STI if having sex without a condom and help normalise condom use.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/01/2018 11:52:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

820900

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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	Chemotherapy: Standards
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 hospitals have met the national cancer waiting time standard for commencing chemotherapy treatment within 31 days of a clinical decision having been made in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	122318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>132 out of 139 National Health Service trusts reporting activity in November 2017 (latest data available) met the 98% standard of delivering an anti-cancer drug regimen within one month of a decision to treat.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England publishes quarterly performance data on cancer waiting times standards, along with monthly provisional statistics which can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/01/2018 11:55:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

820901

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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	Chemotherapy: Nurses
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 specialist chemotherapy nurses have there been practising in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	122319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Data for chemotherapy nurse specialists is not available in the information held by NHS Digital relating to the National Health Service workforce.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/01/2018 11:57:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

819795

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Spondyloarthritis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms have been put in place to identify accurately the number of individuals diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis within the NHS in England.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	121867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Improving Lives - The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, published on 31 October 2016, sets out the Government’s commitment to work with NHS England to identify opportunities for regular collection of data about incidence, prevalence, clinical activity and outcomes of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and services in England. The Government’s Mandate to NHS England reiterated this commitment.</p><p> </p><p>On 30 November 2017, the Government published Improving Lives - The Future of Work, Health and Disability in response to the Green Paper. This builds on the commitment to identify opportunities for routine data collection about MSK incidence, prevalence, clinical activity, and outcomes. The report outlined that a data advisory group, led by Arthritis Research UK, has been examining the issue. On 1 December 2017, the advisory group presented its recommendations to NHS England, which is currently considering the appropriate next steps.</p><p> </p><p>Improving Lives - The Future of Work, Health and Disability can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2018 14:07:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

819799

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	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, whether his Department uses artificial intelligence to spot breast Cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	121871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of a study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology into Artificial Intelligence (AI) in diagnosing breast cancer in women. Modern digital pathology techniques have created the opportunity to produce AI-based algorithms that could provide grading of tumours and prognostic insights that are not currently available through conventional methodology. However, the future availability of any new or novel tests on the National Health Service would be subject to large scale clinical trials demonstrating the safety and efficacy of the diagnostic approach and subsequent assessments of its cost effectiveness for routine use. Through its technology appraisal programme, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides authoritative, evidence-based guidance for the NHS on whether drugs and other treatments represent an effective use of NHS resources. NHS commissioners are legally required to fund drugs and treatments recommended by NICE within three months of final guidance.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2018 14:04:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

819810

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Obesity: Surgery
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 children under 18 years old have had gastric band operations in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	121882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital has provided a count of finished admission episodes<sup>1</sup> (FAE) where the patient was aged 17 or under and a primary diagnosis<sup>2</sup> of obesity was recorded alongside a main or secondary operative procedure<sup>3</sup> of bariatric surgery for the years 2012-13 to 2016-17<sup>4</sup>. This information is provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Procedure</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gastric Bypass</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gastric Band</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gastric Bubble/Balloon</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stomach Staples</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup>A FAE is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>The number of episodes where the procedure (or intervention) was recorded in any of the 24 procedure fields in a HES record. A record is only included once in each count, even if the procedure is recorded in more than one procedure field of the record. It should be noted that that more procedures are carried out than episodes with a main or secondary procedure. For example, patients undergoing a ‘cataract operation’ would tend to have at least two procedures – removal of the faulty lens and the fitting of a new one – counted in a single episode.</p><p> </p><p><sup>4</sup>HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that HES include activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/01/2018 14:20:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

819854

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Slaughterhouses: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2017 to Question 118905, on Slaughterhouses: Inspections, how many establishments in each group of those audit results received (a) improvement necessary and (b) urgent improvement necessary audit results.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	121926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Due to the way the data are gathered and extracted from the system, the numbers below detail the number of audits with unsatisfactory outcomes, rather than the number of establishments with unsatisfactory outcomes. That means that one establishment might have received more than one unsatisfactory outcome during the period accounted for. The data below are for England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>From August 2014 to December 2017- Improvement necessary</p><p> </p><p>Slaughterhouses (including slaughterhouses with co-located cutting plants and wild game establishments)</p><p>2014 – 29</p><p>2015 – 55</p><p>2016 – 45</p><p>2017 – 41</p><p> </p><p>Others (Cutting Plants)</p><p>2014 – 17</p><p>2015 – 36</p><p>2016 – 36</p><p>2017 – 39</p><p>From August 2014 to December 2017- Urgent Improvement necessary</p><p> </p><p>Slaughterhouses (including slaughterhouses with co-located cutting plants and wild game establishments)</p><p>2014 – 7</p><p>2015 – 5</p><p>2016 – 5</p><p>2017 – 7</p><p> </p><p>Others (Cutting Plants)</p><p>2014 – 1</p><p>2015 – 5</p><p>2016 – 1</p><p>2017 – 8</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2018 14:09:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

819897

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on the recruitment and retention of specialist cancer staff in that trust; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	121969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>I spoke to Dr Bruno Holthof, Chief Executive of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, on Wednesday 11 January. We discussed how the Trust is not currently changing cancer treatment regimes for its patients, or considering any change outside the standards set out by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. I also sought reassurance from the Trust that it is communicating effectively to patients, families and staff that there are no changes to cancer treatment programmes.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:45:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran