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1062036

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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	Syphilis
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 6 February 2019 to Question 217570 on Syphilis, when Public Health England plans to publish its Syphilis Action Plan.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	221990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) plans to publish its Syphilis Action Plan in spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>PHE routinely collects data on syphilis diagnoses made at sexual health clinics that are published each summer. PHE is implementing an updated version of the Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Dataset (GUMCAD) sexually transmitted infections (STI) surveillance system from spring 2019 to better detect the complications of syphilis infection. The GUMCAD STI surveillance system can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/gumcad-sti-surveillance-system" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/gumcad-sti-surveillance-system</a></p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the surveillance of congenital syphilis will form part of the new PHE Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) Programme Integrated Screening Surveillance Service. Further information on the IDPS programme can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infectious-diseases-in-pregnancy-screening-programme-standards/our-approach-to-infectious-diseases-in-pregnancy-screening-standards" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infectious-diseases-in-pregnancy-screening-programme-standards/our-approach-to-infectious-diseases-in-pregnancy-screening-standards</a></p><p> </p><p>Increased professional and public awareness of syphilis in pregnancy and the neonate is planned via a new interactive IDPS e-learning package. The e-learning package can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/nhs-screening-programmes/" target="_blank">https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/nhs-screening-programmes/</a></p><p> </p><p>The provision of patient information and regional training events for healthcare professionals are being considered.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 221991 question first answered 20/02/2019 17:36:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1062037

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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	Syphilis
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 6 February 2019 to Question 217568 on Syphilis, what steps his Department is taking to improve the detection, surveillance and clinical management of syphilis.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	221991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) plans to publish its Syphilis Action Plan in spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>PHE routinely collects data on syphilis diagnoses made at sexual health clinics that are published each summer. PHE is implementing an updated version of the Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Dataset (GUMCAD) sexually transmitted infections (STI) surveillance system from spring 2019 to better detect the complications of syphilis infection. The GUMCAD STI surveillance system can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/gumcad-sti-surveillance-system" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/gumcad-sti-surveillance-system</a></p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the surveillance of congenital syphilis will form part of the new PHE Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) Programme Integrated Screening Surveillance Service. Further information on the IDPS programme can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infectious-diseases-in-pregnancy-screening-programme-standards/our-approach-to-infectious-diseases-in-pregnancy-screening-standards" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infectious-diseases-in-pregnancy-screening-programme-standards/our-approach-to-infectious-diseases-in-pregnancy-screening-standards</a></p><p> </p><p>Increased professional and public awareness of syphilis in pregnancy and the neonate is planned via a new interactive IDPS e-learning package. The e-learning package can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/nhs-screening-programmes/" target="_blank">https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/nhs-screening-programmes/</a></p><p> </p><p>The provision of patient information and regional training events for healthcare professionals are being considered.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 221990 question first answered 20/02/2019 17:36:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1062039

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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	Health: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 14 of the National Audit Report entitled Investigation into the management of health screening, published 30 January 2019, for what reasons the project to replace the National Health Application and Infrastructure Services is 22 months behind schedule.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	221993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p><strong></strong>The priority for NHS England has been to ensure that Capita provide a service that is stable and delivering safely for patients before the change takes place. Early service delivery issues in Primary Care Services England together with recent screening incidents have been the priority to ensure patient safety. The change required to remove the use of National Health Application and Infrastructure Services (NHAIS) is complex due to the aged architecture and local variations in how data is stored on each individual NHAIS database and the sensitivity of that information.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, NHS England has asked Sir Mike Richards to lead a review to improve the delivery of adult screening programmes, and will consider how current IT systems support the ambitions of the programmes.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/02/2019 17:37:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1062040

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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	Health: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to pages 19 to 23 of the National Audit Office report entitled Investigation into the management of health screening, published 30 January 2019, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that threshold targets in all cases of (a) abdominal aortic aneurysm, (b) bowel screening, (c) breast screening and (d) cervical screening are met.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	222010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Prevention and early diagnosis of cancer are key priorities for this Government, and the Department is already working closely with NHS England and Public Health England (PHE) to address the issues this useful report highlights.</p><p> </p><p>The Department holds NHS England to account for the delivery of all adult screening programmes through regular Section 7a accountability meetings where the three organisations review all the key performance indicators (KPIs) for the functions of the S7a agreement including screening coverage data, with a focus on review of any service improvement initiatives and mitigating actions NHS England have put in place where there is underperformance. Screening programmes are part of the bundle of preventative services commissioned by NHS England on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care under the Public Health Functions Agreement (or Section 7A agreement).</p><p> </p><p>NHS England agrees contracts with providers of adult screening programmes to deliver the targets set by the Department, and NHS England manages these contracts to deliver the required performance. National and local levels of performance are measured to reduce variation in local levels of performance against threshold targets.</p><p> </p><p>The Long Term Plan published in January sets an agenda to improve uptake of screening and ensure that all screening and vaccination programmes are designed to support a narrowing of health inequalities.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England also works closely with PHE and the Department and charities on campaigns to boost the proportion of the eligible population that attend for screening. These campaigns aim to increase awareness of the importance of screening and address variations and inequalities.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, NHS England announced in November 2018 that Professor Sir Mike Richards will lead a review of the national cancer screening programmes. The review, expected to report by summer 2019 will include recommendations about how best to maximise uptake of screening, and iron out variation in uptake rates between different geographical areas and different population groups.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/02/2019 17:38:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1056868

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
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 effect of the reduction to the public health budget on the number of patients admitted to hospital because of alcohol-related diseases and injuries.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	218297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities (LAs) will receive over £3 billion in 2019/20, ring-fenced exclusively for use on public health. It is for LAs themselves to determine how best to use these resources based on their assessment of local need and with regard to their statutory duties. Regulations require all LAs to provide an open-access sexual health service, and a condition attached to the grant requires them to use it with regard to the need to improve their substance misuse services.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England monitors and publishes data for every LA on a wide range of indicators of public health, and most are stable or improving. Last year 98% of adults accessed drug treatment services within three weeks, and attendances at sexual health services increased by 13% between 2013 and 2017.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 218298 question first answered 12/02/2019 15:27:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1056869

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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	NHS: Finance
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 his Department has made of the potential effect on patients' health of reducing the budget for (a) sexual health services and (b) drug and alcohol services by £85 million.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	218298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities (LAs) will receive over £3 billion in 2019/20, ring-fenced exclusively for use on public health. It is for LAs themselves to determine how best to use these resources based on their assessment of local need and with regard to their statutory duties. Regulations require all LAs to provide an open-access sexual health service, and a condition attached to the grant requires them to use it with regard to the need to improve their substance misuse services.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England monitors and publishes data for every LA on a wide range of indicators of public health, and most are stable or improving. Last year 98% of adults accessed drug treatment services within three weeks, and attendances at sexual health services increased by 13% between 2013 and 2017.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 218297 question first answered 12/02/2019 15:27:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1055934

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Syphilis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral evidence of Dr Olwen Williams, the President of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, to the Health and Social Care Committee on Sexual Health on 5 February 2019, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the increase in the number of cases of syphilis diagnoses recorded in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	217568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) routinely collects data on syphilis diagnoses made at sexual health clinics. Data for 2018 will be published in summer 2019. PHE is developing a Syphilis Action Plan, with recommendations for PHE and partner organisations, to address the continued increase in syphilis diagnoses in England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/02/2019 11:35:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 101138 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1055936

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Syphilis: Neonatal Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral evidence of Dr Olwen Williams, the President of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, to the Health and Social Care Committee on Sexual Health on 5 February 2019, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle the matter of neonatal deaths as a result of syphilis.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	217570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>No neonatal deaths due to syphilis have been reported to Public Health England (PHE) from 2010 to 2018 inclusive.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is developing a Syphilis Action Plan which includes a maternity strand with recommendations to strengthen efforts to control congenital syphilis (babies infected by syphilis while still in the womb) through improved detection, surveillance and clinical management.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/02/2019 11:34:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 101139 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1054862

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	National Child Measurement Programme
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 28 January 2019 to Question 213342, for what reasons his Department has no plans to extend the National Child Measurement Programme to measure children (a) after birth, (b) before school and (c) during adolescence.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	216349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The inclusion of additional data points in the National Child Measurement Programme would provide minimal insight but would substantially increase the delivery costs of the programme for local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/02/2019 15:15:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1054864

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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, with reference to page 8 of the January 2019 NAO report on the management of health screening, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of women who receive the results of cervical screening tests within 14 days from 55 per cent to the target rate of 98 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	216351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Prevention and early diagnosis of cancer are key priorities for this Government, and we are already working closely with NHS England and Public Health England to address the issues this useful report highlights.</p><p> </p><p>These include a national mitigation plan whereby a majority of existing HPV pilot sites have converted more of their cervical screening activity to human papilloma virus (HPV) primary screening. This has freed up cytology capacity which has been used for laboratories experiencing backlogs and therefore, samples have been transferred across the country. This has also been replicated amongst non-pilot sites who have converted to HPV primary screening when all other options for reducing their backlog have not proved successful.</p><p> </p><p>Most recently, a national resilience plan has been introduced whereby all existing laboratories have been given the opportunity to implement, as soon as possible, HPV primary screening prior to the conclusion of a procurement for new laboratory providers. Existing laboratory providers will continue this provision throughout the whole transitional period up to and following the commencement of the new service.</p><p> </p><p>As per the ministerial commitment, full geographical coverage of HPV primary screening within the NHS Cervical Screening Programme will be achieved by the end of December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, NHS England announced in November 2018 that Professor Sir Mike Richards will lead a review of the national cancer screening programmes. The review, expected to report by summer 2019 will include recommendations about future commissioning and delivery of cancer screening programmes in England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/02/2019 17:33:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger