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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

820898

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	Lumacaftor/ivacaftor
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with cystic fibrosis who would be eligible for treatment with the drug Orkambi if it were available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	122316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of patients aged 12 and over with cystic fibrosis homozygous for the F508del mutation, in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance, that might be eligible for treatment with Orkambi (lumacaftor-ivacaftor) under its marketing authorisation was estimated to be approximately 4,000 during the topic selection considerations that led to the referral of Orkambi to NICE.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/01/2018 11:37:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

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

820918

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	Lumacaftor/ivacaftor
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the potential savings accruing to the public purse from reduced hospital admissions in the event that Orkambi were to be made available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	122336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no estimate. Through its technology appraisal programme, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides authoritative, evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on whether drugs and other treatments represent a clinically and cost effective use of resources. In developing its guidance, NICE takes into account all the costs and savings associated with the treatment.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/01/2018 11:31:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

820933

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	Dental 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 the average value of Units of Dental Activity (UDA) was in (a) Bradford South constituency, (b) Yorkshire and Humber and (c) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	122351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on the value of units of dental activity is not held centrally in the form requested. It is not, therefore, possible to provide information on the value, average value or the value as a proportion of the health spending of NHS England of contracted units of dental activity commissioned in Bradford South constituency, Yorkshire and Humber and England in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 122353 122355 question first answered 19/01/2018 14:13:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

820935

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	Dental 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 the value was of contracted Units of Dental Activity commissioned in (a) Bradford South constituency, (b) Yorkshire and Humber and (c) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	122353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on the value of units of dental activity is not held centrally in the form requested. It is not, therefore, possible to provide information on the value, average value or the value as a proportion of the health spending of NHS England of contracted units of dental activity commissioned in Bradford South constituency, Yorkshire and Humber and England in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 122351 122355 question first answered 19/01/2018 14:13:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

820937

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	Dental 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 the value was of contracted Units of Dental Activity as a proportion of the health spending by NHS England in (a) Bradford South constituency, (b) Yorkshire and Humber and (c) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	122355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on the value of units of dental activity is not held centrally in the form requested. It is not, therefore, possible to provide information on the value, average value or the value as a proportion of the health spending of NHS England of contracted units of dental activity commissioned in Bradford South constituency, Yorkshire and Humber and England in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 122351 122353 question first answered 19/01/2018 14:13:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins