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1246241

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
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, what steps he is taking to increase the size of the breast imaging and diagnostic workforce.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	107634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>‘We are the NHS: People Plan for 2020/21 – action for us all’ sets out actions to support transformation across the National Health Service. This includes Health Education England (HEE) prioritising the training of 400 clinical endoscopists and 450 reporting radiographers. HEE is also facilitating a number of initiatives within breast imaging, including setting up and funding a National Breast Imaging Academy to tackle national workforce issues.</p><p>Alongside most other allied health profession students, diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers studying pre-registration courses at English universities are eligible for a new, non-repayable training grant of at least £5,000 per academic year – in addition to funding available through the Learning Support Fund and Student Loans Company. They can also benefit from further funding of up to £3,000 to cover, for example, childcare costs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/11/2020 13:56:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1245057

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
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	Rare Diseases: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that there is a geographical spread of rare disease diagnosis centres to ensure that patients are able to attain timely and accessible access to accurate diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	106324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare conditions and recognises the importance of patients across all areas of the United Kingdom being able to obtain a quick and accurate diagnosis.</p><p>The Government will be publishing a new UK Rare Diseases Framework by the end of 2020 which will outline the high-level direction for rare diseases in the UK. Helping patients across the UK access specialist care and get a final diagnosis faster will be priorities of this Framework, as identified by extensive stakeholder engagement with patients, their families, researchers and clinicians. The policies to deliver these priorities will be set out in future nation-specific action plans and will be supported by the recently published Genome UK Strategy, which outlines the Government’s vision to help people live longer, healthier lives using new genomic and other technologies to diagnose and treat rare disease.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/11/2020 13:54:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1245058

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
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	Rare Diseases: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
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 undertaking to ensure that the NHS and wider health system is prepared for the adoption of advanced therapy medicinal products for the treatment of rare diseases.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	106325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service is involved in research, development and adoption readiness of Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) through the Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre network, which is hosted by the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult and set up through funding from the UK Research and Innovation Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. ATMPs for the treatment of a range of conditions including rare diseases are appraised for clinical and cost effectiveness by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The NHS, the Accelerated Access Collaborative and direct commissioning teams work with a range of stakeholders to undertake detailed horizon scanning for ATMPs to ensure the relevant clinical and implementation preparations can be made where treatments are recommended by NICE.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/11/2020 13:45:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1245059

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
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	Rare Diseases: 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 plans his Department has to consult with rare disease patient groups throughout the UK to ensure that the proposed Innovative Medicines Fund is able to support access to innovative medicines for rare diseases.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	106326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>Proposals for the Innovative Medicines Fund are in development and we expect NHS England and NHS Improvement and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to lead an engagement exercise early next year.</p><p>The engagement exercise will involve the pharmaceutical industry, the National Health Service and associated bodies and patient groups, including those with rare diseases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/11/2020 14:41:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1237036

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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	Dementia: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure people with dementia can have safe social contact with their family and friends during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	94400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government guidance ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): Meeting with others safely (social distancing)’ provides guidance for seeing friends and family and can be used by people living with dementia and their family and friends. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing</a></p><p>The Government also published guidance on how people can make a support bubble with another household. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/making-a-support-bubble-with-another-household" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/making-a-support-bubble-with-another-household</a></p><p>Local lockdown regulations exempt those providing care or assistance to a vulnerable person from the prohibition on household mixing.</p><p>In the ‘Adult social care: coronavirus (COVID-19) winter plan 2020 to 2021’, published on 18 September, we set out tightened infection prevention and control measures to enable visits to care home residents to continue safely. The plan is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-social-care-coronavirus-covid-19-winter-plan-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-social-care-coronavirus-covid-19-winter-plan-2020-to-2021</a></p><p>We published visiting guidance on 22 July 2020 which outlined how providers, based on the views of their local Director of Public Health, could take a dynamic risk-based approach to allow visiting where safe. This guidance will shortly be updated to reflect the changes announced in the winter plan and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visiting-care-homes-during-coronavirus/update-on-policies-for-visiting-arrangements-in-care-homes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visiting-care-homes-during-coronavirus/update-on-policies-for-visiting-arrangements-in-care-homes</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/10/2020 16:37:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1235501

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Stem Cells: Donors
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 he has taken to encourage higher donor registration among mixed ethnicity donors to the UK stem cell and bone marrow register.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	91625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Since 2011 the Department has provided over £26.8 million in financial support to NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan to enable the establishment of a unified United Kingdom Stem Cell Registry and improve access to, and outcomes of, stem cell donation.</p><p>This includes improving equity of access to unrelated donor stem cell transplantation for all ethnicities, including those with mixed ethnicities, through targeted recruitment to the UK Stem Cell Registry. Anthony Nolan have established a taskforce dedicated to engaging with supporters from minority ethnic backgrounds, including those with mixed ethnicities, which will co-create content and recruitment campaigns that serve and resonate with target audiences. Additionally, they are working closely with partners – such as the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust and the Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign - to focus recruitment in ethnically diverse areas of the UK, and to target recruitment on currently under-represented groups.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/10/2020 10:11:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1231638

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	Stem Cells: Donors
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 he has taken to encourage higher donor registration among (a) all people and (b) mixed ethnicity donors to the UK stem cell and bone marrow register.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	85022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>Since 2011 the Department has provided over £26.8 million in financial support to NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan to enable the establishment of a unified United Kingdom Stem Cell Registry and improve access to, and outcomes of, stem cell donation. This includes improving equity of access to unrelated donor stem cell transplantation for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) patients through targeted recruitment to the UK Stem Cell Registry.</p><p>There are now 1.6 million donors on the UK’s aligned stem cell registry which is part of a worldwide network of 76 stem cell registries, which list over 36 million donors worldwide and co-operate to match donors to patients across the globe.</p><p>Current funding includes very specific stipulations about the numbers of newly registered bone marrow donors, and the proportion of umbilical cords stored in the UK Cord Blood Bank that must be from BAME backgrounds (35-40%). There are now 1.6 million donors on the UK’s aligned stem cell registry and the proportion of BAME donors in the UK registry has gone up from 11% to 14% between 2014 and 2019. In 2018, 22% of newly registered potential donors were from BAME backgrounds.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/09/2020 12:34:48 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1224453

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Mental Health Act 1983
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the Mental Health Act 1983; and whether he plans to make provisions on children's mental health services a central part of those legislative proposals.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	73799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>We have committed to publishing a White Paper which will set out the Government’s response to Sir Simon Wessely’s Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 and pave the way for reform of the Act.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish our White Paper as soon as it is possible to do so. We will consult publicly on our proposals and will bring forward a Bill to amend the Act when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Review made a number of recommendations around how the law works for children and young people. The Government will respond to these in the White Paper.</p><p> </p><p>The Mental Health Act 1983 covers the assessment, treatment and rights of people of all ages with a mental health disorder. It does not cover the provision of children’s mental health services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/07/2020 14:06:48 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1219155

registered interest
date	30/06/2020
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	Rare Diseases: 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, with reference to the findings of the 2017 Office for Health Economics report entitled Comparing Access to Orphan Medicinal Products in the United Kingdom and other European countries, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with rare diseases can access the latest treatments.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	66850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issues guidance for the National Health Service on whether drugs and other treatments represent an effective use of NHS resources through its technology appraisal (TA) and highly specialised technologies (HST) programmes, including drugs for patients with rare diseases. 86% of NICE’s TA recommendations, and 100% of its HST recommendations, for orphan drugs have been positive since 2013.</p><p>Through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme, we are already making important drugs available to patients. So far around 1,500 patients have benefited from the scheme, which enables drugs to be used in clinical practice in parallel with later stages of the regulatory process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 09:54:14 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1218760

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
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	Smoking: Public Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	66027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>Expenditure on smoking cessation promotion by Public Health England for the periods of 2018-19 and 2019-20 are as follows: <br></p><p>2018-19: £2.16 million <br></p><p>2019-20: £1.78 million</p><p>The figures reference expenditure for advertising on television, radio, national press, regional press, out of home (outdoor), cinema, social and digital advertising.</p><p>All figures rounded to the nearest £10,000 and do not include VAT.</p><p>Recruitment advertising and media partnerships are not included. Paid search is not included.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/07/2020 16:02:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman