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386885

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Multiple Myeloma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the National Institute of Health Research Technology Assessment programme to publish initial findings from its assessment of the benefits of antibiotic prophylaxis and its effect on healthcare associated infections in myeloma patients.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>This trial is led by the University of Birmingham. The project is recruiting ahead of schedule and expects to reach its target of 800 in the near future. The target was to do so by the end of November 2015. Publication of initial findings is expected in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/07/2015 13:00:57 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

386891

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neural Tube Defects
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the latest information they have regarding high risk groups suffering neural tube defects at birth.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on high risk groups suffering neural tube defects at birth is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no current mechanisms in place for monitoring the take-up of advice given on the NHS Choices website about preventing spina bifida.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers (BINOCAR) collects information about the mother and child, including postcode of residence, mother’s age, pregnancy length, pregnancy outcome, when and how the anomaly was identified and the details of each anomaly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on congenital abnormalities including spina bifida, hydrocephalus and anencephaly is collected by the British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers. Data is currently available for 2009–2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of live births for years 2009-2012</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Number of cases, birth prevalence (per 10,000 total births) and 95% CIs according to congenital anomaly subgroup; six BINOCAR registers (coverage: 36% of births in England and Wales): 2009-2012 – Live Births</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congenital anomaly</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spina bifida</p><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydrocephalus</p><p> </p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anencephalus and similar</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, health professionals use appropriate opportunities to advise all women who may become pregnant that they can most easily reduce the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect by taking folic acid supplements. This information is also available on the NHS Choices website.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) was, however, commissioned to provide advice to government on the impact of folic acid fortification to improve the folate status of women and therefore reduce the number of pregnancies affected by neural tube defects. This built on previous advice from SACN’s predecessor the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy in 2000. The Government is currently considering the recommendations that SACN made alongside other information sources, including the latest folate status data and expects to make an announcement on this in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1001 HL1002 HL1003 HL1004 HL1005 question first answered 14/07/2015 14:37:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

386892

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Spina Bifida: Health Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the take-up of advice given on National Health Service websites about preventing spina bifida is currently monitored.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on high risk groups suffering neural tube defects at birth is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no current mechanisms in place for monitoring the take-up of advice given on the NHS Choices website about preventing spina bifida.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers (BINOCAR) collects information about the mother and child, including postcode of residence, mother’s age, pregnancy length, pregnancy outcome, when and how the anomaly was identified and the details of each anomaly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on congenital abnormalities including spina bifida, hydrocephalus and anencephaly is collected by the British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers. Data is currently available for 2009–2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of live births for years 2009-2012</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Number of cases, birth prevalence (per 10,000 total births) and 95% CIs according to congenital anomaly subgroup; six BINOCAR registers (coverage: 36% of births in England and Wales): 2009-2012 – Live Births</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congenital anomaly</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spina bifida</p><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydrocephalus</p><p> </p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anencephalus and similar</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, health professionals use appropriate opportunities to advise all women who may become pregnant that they can most easily reduce the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect by taking folic acid supplements. This information is also available on the NHS Choices website.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) was, however, commissioned to provide advice to government on the impact of folic acid fortification to improve the folate status of women and therefore reduce the number of pregnancies affected by neural tube defects. This built on previous advice from SACN’s predecessor the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy in 2000. The Government is currently considering the recommendations that SACN made alongside other information sources, including the latest folate status data and expects to make an announcement on this in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1000 HL1002 HL1003 HL1004 HL1005 question first answered 14/07/2015 14:37:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

386893

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neural Tube Defects
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many live births where the child was diagnosed with spina bifida, hydrocephalus or anencephaly there have been in each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on high risk groups suffering neural tube defects at birth is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no current mechanisms in place for monitoring the take-up of advice given on the NHS Choices website about preventing spina bifida.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers (BINOCAR) collects information about the mother and child, including postcode of residence, mother’s age, pregnancy length, pregnancy outcome, when and how the anomaly was identified and the details of each anomaly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on congenital abnormalities including spina bifida, hydrocephalus and anencephaly is collected by the British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers. Data is currently available for 2009–2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of live births for years 2009-2012</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Number of cases, birth prevalence (per 10,000 total births) and 95% CIs according to congenital anomaly subgroup; six BINOCAR registers (coverage: 36% of births in England and Wales): 2009-2012 – Live Births</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congenital anomaly</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spina bifida</p><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydrocephalus</p><p> </p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anencephalus and similar</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, health professionals use appropriate opportunities to advise all women who may become pregnant that they can most easily reduce the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect by taking folic acid supplements. This information is also available on the NHS Choices website.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) was, however, commissioned to provide advice to government on the impact of folic acid fortification to improve the folate status of women and therefore reduce the number of pregnancies affected by neural tube defects. This built on previous advice from SACN’s predecessor the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy in 2000. The Government is currently considering the recommendations that SACN made alongside other information sources, including the latest folate status data and expects to make an announcement on this in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1000 HL1001 HL1003 HL1004 HL1005 question first answered 14/07/2015 14:37:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

386894

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Congenital Abnormalities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the postcodes of mothers of babies born with congenital abnormalities are yet available on the British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on high risk groups suffering neural tube defects at birth is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no current mechanisms in place for monitoring the take-up of advice given on the NHS Choices website about preventing spina bifida.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers (BINOCAR) collects information about the mother and child, including postcode of residence, mother’s age, pregnancy length, pregnancy outcome, when and how the anomaly was identified and the details of each anomaly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on congenital abnormalities including spina bifida, hydrocephalus and anencephaly is collected by the British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers. Data is currently available for 2009–2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of live births for years 2009-2012</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Number of cases, birth prevalence (per 10,000 total births) and 95% CIs according to congenital anomaly subgroup; six BINOCAR registers (coverage: 36% of births in England and Wales): 2009-2012 – Live Births</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congenital anomaly</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spina bifida</p><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydrocephalus</p><p> </p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anencephalus and similar</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, health professionals use appropriate opportunities to advise all women who may become pregnant that they can most easily reduce the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect by taking folic acid supplements. This information is also available on the NHS Choices website.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) was, however, commissioned to provide advice to government on the impact of folic acid fortification to improve the folate status of women and therefore reduce the number of pregnancies affected by neural tube defects. This built on previous advice from SACN’s predecessor the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy in 2000. The Government is currently considering the recommendations that SACN made alongside other information sources, including the latest folate status data and expects to make an announcement on this in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1000 HL1001 HL1002 HL1004 HL1005 question first answered 14/07/2015 14:37:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

386895

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neural Tube Defects
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications for health equality of their current policy regarding the prevention of neural tube defect-affected pregnancies.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on high risk groups suffering neural tube defects at birth is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no current mechanisms in place for monitoring the take-up of advice given on the NHS Choices website about preventing spina bifida.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers (BINOCAR) collects information about the mother and child, including postcode of residence, mother’s age, pregnancy length, pregnancy outcome, when and how the anomaly was identified and the details of each anomaly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on congenital abnormalities including spina bifida, hydrocephalus and anencephaly is collected by the British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers. Data is currently available for 2009–2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of live births for years 2009-2012</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Number of cases, birth prevalence (per 10,000 total births) and 95% CIs according to congenital anomaly subgroup; six BINOCAR registers (coverage: 36% of births in England and Wales): 2009-2012 – Live Births</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congenital anomaly</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spina bifida</p><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydrocephalus</p><p> </p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anencephalus and similar</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, health professionals use appropriate opportunities to advise all women who may become pregnant that they can most easily reduce the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect by taking folic acid supplements. This information is also available on the NHS Choices website.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) was, however, commissioned to provide advice to government on the impact of folic acid fortification to improve the folate status of women and therefore reduce the number of pregnancies affected by neural tube defects. This built on previous advice from SACN’s predecessor the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy in 2000. The Government is currently considering the recommendations that SACN made alongside other information sources, including the latest folate status data and expects to make an announcement on this in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1000 HL1001 HL1002 HL1003 HL1005 question first answered 14/07/2015 14:37:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

387044

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Infectious Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of (a) mumps, (b) measles, (c) rubella, (d) diphtheria, (e) tetanus, (f) pertussis, (g) hib disease there were in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) primary care trusts in London and (iv) London boroughs in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	5097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>National and regional data on the number of cases of measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis and <em>Haemophilus influenzae</em> type b (Hib) in England are published by Public Health England based on the number of laboratory confirmed cases. For tetanus, cases are based on clinical diagnosis only, although laboratory tests can support the diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no published figures for laboratory confirmed cases by primary care trusts or London boroughs, because of the risk of deductive disclosure and because laboratories do not always report the area of residence of the case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="7"><p>Number of laboratory confirmed cases of selected vaccine preventable diseases<sup>1</sup>, London and England: 2010 to 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Measles (London region/</p><p>England)</p></td><td><p>Mumps</p><p>(London region/ England)</p></td><td><p>Rubella</p><p>(London region/ England)</p></td><td><p>Pertussis</p><p>(London region/ England)</p></td><td><p>Diphtheria<sup>2</sup></p><p>(London region/ England)</p></td><td><p>Tetanus (London region/ England</p></td><td><p>Hib</p><p>London region/ England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>89/372</p></td><td><p>689/3880</p></td><td><p>7/12</p></td><td><p>55/409</p></td><td><p>2/2</p></td><td><p>1/10</p></td><td><p>4/28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>418/1068</p></td><td><p>318/2299</p></td><td><p>3/4</p></td><td><p>93/1053</p></td><td><p>1/2</p></td><td><p>1/3</p></td><td><p>2/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>139/1912</p></td><td><p>213/2476</p></td><td><p>5/65</p></td><td><p>785/9367</p></td><td><p>0/1</p></td><td><p>1/6</p></td><td><p>2/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>192/1413</p></td><td><p>461/3540</p></td><td><p>8/12</p></td><td><p>516/4621</p></td><td><p>1/3</p></td><td><p>0/6</p></td><td><p>3/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>59/111</p></td><td><p>452/2224</p></td><td><p>1/3<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>537/3388</p></td><td><p>0/1</p></td><td><p>2/7</p></td><td><p>4/12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>All except cases of tetanus which are based on clinical diagnosis only.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup> None of the cases presented with ‘classical’ respiratory diphtheria. In England there were six cases of cutaneous diphtheria and three cases of mild respiratory diphtheria; in London there were three cases of cutaneous diphtheria and one case of mild respiratory diphtheria.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup> one of the three cases was not confirmed by laboratory testing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/07/2015 16:55:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

387045

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which A&E departments in (a) Leicestershire and (b) the East Midlands have 24 hour mental health support.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	5079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/07/2015 14:58:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

387046

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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, what progress he has made in raising the number of health visitors available to new mothers and improving the universal service offer by 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	5064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The most recent official figures* for March 2015 show there are 12,077 health visitors in post, this is an increase of 3,985 health visitors since May 2010. In addition, over 1,000 health visitors were in training at the end of March 2015, who, if they complete their training, will be eligible to practise between September 2015 and February 2016. This significant expansion means the workforce is well-placed to deliver the Health Visitor Programme’s four level model, including the universal offer to new parents.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>*Published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/07/2015 13:09:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

387047

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all families benefit from targeted support under the Healthy Child Programme.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	5065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Healthy Child Programme is a progressive universal service which offers every child a schedule of health and development reviews, screening tests, immunisations, health promotion guidance and support for parents tailored to their needs. For children and families with greater needs and risks, a range of additional preventive and early intervention services are offered, including services promoting child development and emotional and psychological support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To ensure the programme remains up to date with the latest evidence, a review of the evidence base for the Healthy Child Programme was undertaken by Public Health England and published in March 2015. The findings of the review will ensure that the Healthy Child Programme is underpinned by robust, up-to-date evidence of what works.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review report is available on the gov.uk website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-rapid-review-to-update-evidence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-rapid-review-to-update-evidence</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To support the continued provision of the Healthy Child Programme following transfer of responsibility for planning and commissioning of public health services for children up to age five from NHS England to local authorities on 1 October 2015, we are mandating five universal health visitor reviews:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- the antenatal health promoting visit;</p><p> </p><p>- the new baby review;</p><p> </p><p>- the 6-8 week assessment (the health visitor or Family Nurse led check);</p><p> </p><p>- the one year assessment; and</p><p> </p><p>- the 2-2½ year review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Evidence shows that these are the key times to ensure that parents are supported to give their baby the best start in life, and to identify early those families who need extra help. This will help ensure all children under five and their parents get the support they need, whilst also providing an opportunity to identify those families where extra support may be needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/07/2015 16:20:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead