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816763

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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 ensure that medical students are acquiring the basic clinical skills to make a diagnosis of ME/CFS.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	121190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council, which is an independent statutory body.</p><p> </p><p>This includes setting the standards of education at undergraduate level and approving medical school curricula, which emphasise the skills and approaches that medical students and newly qualified doctors must develop in order to deal effectively with whatever is presented to them and ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 10/01/2018 17:17:37 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

816937

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Prescribing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to encourage the use of social prescribing by GPs; and what recent discussions has he had with NHS Clinical Commissioners on social prescribing.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	121364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to the development of social prescribing due to both its ability to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and its potential to take pressure off general practice and other services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is encouraging general practitioners (GPs) to support social prescribing as one of the ten high impact actions to release capacity set out in the GP Forward View. NHS England is working with federations of GPs to increase support for social prescribing. Regional social prescribing networks spread good practice and innovation in social prescribing across England, providing support for clinical commissioning group commissioners and practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent discussions between the Secretary of State and NHS Clinical Commissioners on social prescribing. NHS England’s Clinical Lead for Social Prescribing met Julie Wood, CEO of NHS Clinical Commissioners in October 2017 to discuss how to raise the profile of social prescribing amongst commissioners.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 11:52:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

809872

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that the training of GPs includes the latest evidence on how to diagnose and treat ME.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	120492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The postgraduate training curriculum of doctors is set by the relevant Royal College and has to meet the standards set by the General Medical Council (GMC). It emphasises the skills and attributes that a doctor must develop in order to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and to develop a treatment plan to meet patients’ needs.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC published revised standards for postgraduate training curricula in May 2017. These provide an integrated standards framework for the development, approval and provision of postgraduate medical education and training in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/12/2017 11:39:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

809873

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has commissioned on the diagnosis and treatment of ME.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	120493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department, through the National Institute for Health Research, has recently commissioned one project on the treatment of symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). Professor Esther Crawley, of the University of Bristol, was awarded funding for research entitled, ‘Investigating the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of using FITNET to treat paediatric CFS/ME in the UK’. This project began in May 2016. Full details of the research can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/hta/14192109/#/summary-of-research" target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/hta/14192109/#/summary-of-research</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/12/2017 14:31:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

809010

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that the increases in the number of staff recruited as a result of the Government’s cancer plan are in line with local implementation plans so as to guarantee equality of provision across the country.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	120119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>On 5 December 2017 Health Education England (HEE) published its Cancer Workforce Plan. The plan outlined how HEE working with other arm’s length bodies will lead the workforce planning process for cancer at a national and local level.</p><p> </p><p>Workforce plans are to be submitted as part of, and aligned to Operational and Sustainability Transformation Plans (STPs) by March 2018 (unless otherwise agreed). STPs bring National Health Service providers, commissioners, local authorities, and other health and care services together to propose how they, at local level, can improve the way that health and care is planned and delivered in a more person-centred and coordinated way.</p><p> </p><p>To support this process, HEE will share regional data and host a national peer-learning event in January 2018 between Cancer Alliances and local HEE teams.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 21/12/2017 11:43:43 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

805991

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accountable Care Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has received representations from NHS Trusts to allow them to create accountable care organisations.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	119201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not received representations from National Health Service trusts. It is for local commissioners working with NHS England to decide who can use the draft contract. We believe it is right that local NHS leaders and clinicians have the autonomy to decide the best solutions to improve care for the patients they know best.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/12/2017 16:39:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

805202

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Incinerators: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the study on incinerators by the Small Area Health Statistics Unit will be published.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	118874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>It is expected that papers from the project will be submitted by the Small Area Health Statistics Unit to peer reviewed journals in early 2018, and it is likely that the papers will be published a few months after submission.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/12/2017 17:19:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

804266

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to provide incentives to medical students to enter general practice.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	118456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) has implemented a range of improvements to increase the number of general practitioner (GP) training places to 3,250 each year. In 2017 3,157 new starters were recruited to training posts – this is the highest number of GP trainees ever.</p><p>NHS England, HEE, the British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners have been working together to increase the number of medical students choosing to enter specialty GP training.</p><p>NHS England is funding a £20,000 salary supplement (Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme) to attract GP trainees to work in areas of the country where GP training places have been unfilled for a number of years. In 2018 up to 200 places will be offered.</p><p>The scheme is open to GP trainees committed to working for three years in areas identified by the GP National Recruitment Office as having the hardest to recruit to training places in England. GP training directors identified those areas which had the lowest fill rates consistently over the last four years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/12/2017 17:38:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

804278

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Visitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has commissioned research into potential changes in the effectiveness of health visitors and health visiting since the relocation of those services into his Department's responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	118482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Since 1 October 2015 local authorities have had responsibility for the commissioning of public health services for children aged zero to five (including health visitor services).</p><p> </p><p>The Department commissioned Public Health England to undertake two reviews focused on the transfer of health visiting services to local authority control: a review of the mandated elements of service, and a programme benefits realisation review.</p><p> </p><p>The Review of mandated services demonstrated widespread support to continue mandating the provision of health visitor reviews to families, to ensure that all families are given support at critical times and those families needing more help are identified and early interventions put in place. The report on the review of mandation for the universal health visiting service can be viewed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-health-visiting-service-mandation-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-health-visiting-service-mandation-review</a></p><p> </p><p>The Benefits Realisation Review demonstrated statistically significant improvements in access, parent reported experience, a number of child health outcomes and a contribution to addressing inequalities. This report was sent directly to local authorities; a copy is attached.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/12/2017 17:45:22 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price attachment 1 file name PHE Benefits Realisation Report.pdf title PHE report
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

802185

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Incontinence: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct NHS trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups to start compiling data on the numbers of children with incontinence problems.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	117872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to instruct National Health Service trust and clinical commissioning groups to collect data on the children with incontinence problems.</p><p> </p><p>However, as part of business planning for 2018/19, Public Health England is reviewing whether the new section dedicated to child and maternal health on their Fingertips digital platform would be a suitable place to make data about childhood continence available at a local level.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/12/2017 14:29:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew