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455735

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on establishing cancer clinical alliances; and what the function of those alliances will be.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	28737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>Forming cancer alliances to drive and support improvement and care pathways was a key recommendation of the independent Cancer Taskforce report, <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes</em>, published in July 2015. NHS England appointed Cally Palmer CBE as National Cancer Director to lead on implementation of the strategy and she has since established a new cross-system Cancer Transformation Board, which met for the first time on 25 January. There will also be a Cancer Advisory Group, chaired by Sir Harpal Kumar, to oversee and scrutinise the work of the Transformation Board. NHS England is currently working with national, regional and local partners to develop the model for cancer alliances, building on the successes of existing clinical networks.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/03/2016 12:22:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

455736

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mother and baby beds are available in mental health units or hospitals in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) the East Midlands region.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	28756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>We are advised by NHS England that there are seven mother and baby beds in mental health units for Nottinghamshire and a total of 13 in the East Midlands, provided as follows: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Perinatal (seven beds), and Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Mother and Baby Unit (six beds).</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/03/2016 16:20:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

455737

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
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 inform families with young children who were born before the cut-off for the new meningitis B vaccination programme about the symptoms of meningitis.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	28757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The introduction of meningitis B (MenB) immunisation in September 2015 was supported by a comprehensive media and communications campaign led by Public Health England (PHE) in association with health partners and meningitis charities. Key objectives of this campaign were two-fold: to promote vaccination to parents of eligible children and raise awareness of the disease among parents, and to emphasise that not all strains can be prevented by immunisation. This led to significant coverage of the disease and its symptoms across social media, national, local and parenting media. The coverage included practical advice on recognising the symptoms, and the need to act quickly, supported by interviews with families affected by the disease on major news channels. The introduction of the adolescent MenACWY campaign in August 2015 was supported by a similar campaign that provided further opportunities to raise awareness of meningococcal disease.</p><p> </p><p>PHE also produces a range of leaflets for the public providing detailed information to help parents with young children identify the early signs of meningitis. The leaflets include links to the web sites of meningitis charities and NHS Choices for those parents wishing to access more extensive information about meningococcal disease. PHE also supports influential meningitis charities in the implementation of awareness campaigns. In addition, PHE undertakes detailed surveillance of the disease, publishing routine reports and taking appropriate action to alert the public to any increase in incidence or change in the pattern of the disease. Appropriate media and communications activities are implemented to coincide with these publications, often ahead of the winter, when cases of the disease peak.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/03/2016 16:17:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

455738

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Task Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his policy to accept and implement the (a) 25 recommendations made to NHS England and (b) 21 recommendations made to his Department by the Mental Health Taskforce in its report published in February 2016.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	28759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>We welcome the publication of the independent Mental Health Taskforce report and accept its recommendations for the National Health Service and the Department. We will work with other Government Departments, NHS England and other health arm’s length bodies to work to embed the recommendations into our work programmes.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/03/2016 17:54:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

455739

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on funding for Erbitux from April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	28760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 24 February 2016 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=27585" target="_blank">27585.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 02/03/2016 12:21:15 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

455740

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the recommendations on page 13, paragraph 2, of the Mental Health Taskforce report, published in February 2016, what steps he is taking to ensure all local areas have a multi-agency suicide prevention plan.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	28772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>We welcome the recommendation by the independent Mental Health Taskforce that every area should have a local suicide prevention plan in place delivered through multi-agency groups.</p><p> </p><p>We will be working with Public Health England to engage and support local authorities that do not have a local multi-agency suicide prevention plan to put one in place.</p><p> </p><p>I will be meeting soon with Departmental officials and our delivery partner organisations on suicide prevention to explore ways in which we can work together to re-invigorate the National Suicide Prevention Strategy, including improving local delivery of its aims.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/03/2016 17:06:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

455741

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure that the pay calculator for junior doctors published by the Government is accurate; and when that calculator will be made available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	28769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The pay calculator accurately reflects the position of junior doctors were they to be working any of the illustrative rotas in the pay calculator. As pay is directly related to the number of hours worked including the number of unsocial hours, different rotas will give different results. NHS Employers are considering how to provide more information for juniors who are working a different balance of hours from those in the illustrative rotas.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 02/03/2016 12:32:33 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

455742

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
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 26 February 2016 to Question 28083, when he expects the Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme to (a) cover the whole country and (b) extend into other clinical areas including meeting the needs of children aged 0 to 5; and what other clinical areas he expects that programme to expand into.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	28771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Children and Young People’s Improving Access (CYP IAPT) Programme is delivered by NHS England and Health Education England. The service transformation programme is aiming to cover community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Partnerships of commissioners and providers across the whole of England by the end of 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The CYP IAPT programme is expanding geographically and in scope. As part of this expansion NHS England has worked with Health Education England and set up a 0-5’s expert reference group (ERG). The ERG is in the final stages of development of a competency based educational programme for early years practitioners from a range of disciplines. Three other new curricula are also at the final stages of development.</p><p> </p><p>― Combination Therapy - psychological and pharmacological interventions;</p><p>― Evidence Based Counselling; and</p><p>― Evidence Based Psychological Therapies for CYP with mental health problems and autism spectrum disorder and/or a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>All four curricula will be ready for delivery in higher education institutions within the financial year 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/03/2016 16:19:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

455743

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has conducted or commissioned on the length of time taken by doctors to adjust to day shifts after night shifts; and whether his Department has formed a policy on the minimum and maximum number of consecutive night shifts doctors should work.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	28777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not directly commissioned such research. A number of previously published papers and studies on shift working informed negotiations with the British Medical Association (BMA). The limits on working hours in the new contract were agreed in discussions with the BMA and include a maximum of four consecutive night shifts and a minimum of 48 hours rest after three or four consecutive night shifts. We have also agreed to review the operation of the contract with the BMA to identify whether we can move further on night working.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 02/03/2016 12:38:38 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

455744

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the illustrative rotas for junior doctors, published by NHS Employers on 18 February 2016, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of doctors switching to night shifts for a single shift only on the effectiveness of those rotas.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	28776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>It is a matter for employers to design rotas that meet the service needs of the National Health Service organisation and the training needs of the doctor. This would include the pattern of working night shifts subject to the limitations in the new contract. NHS Employers is committed to supporting employers to adhere to good rostering practices as the new contract is introduced and will feed this into the contract review process agreed with the British Medical Association as part of the contract negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 02/03/2016 12:34:37 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff