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1141248

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date	23/07/2019
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	Loneliness: Social Prescribing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the commitment made in the loneliness strategy to launch an online social prescribing platform for commissioners and practitioners.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	280961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has launched the online social prescribing platform for commissioners and practitioners which includes templates, resources and facilitates regional communities of practice. Further information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 16:27:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1141249

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Loneliness: Social Prescribing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the commitment made in the loneliness strategy to pilot accredited learning programmes for social prescribing link workers.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	280962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Accredited learning programmes for social prescribing link workers have been developed and are now being delivered by Connexus Healthcare. Further information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://conexus-healthcare.org/social-prescribing-qualification-training/" target="_blank">https://conexus-healthcare.org/social-prescribing-qualification-training/</a></p><p>After a successful six-month pilot course – the only one of its kind in the United Kingdom – Connexus and its partners have trained the country’s very first group of qualified social prescribers. Plans are now underway to unveil the next cohort of social prescribing courses and qualifications in autumn 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 16:21:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1141320

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Preventive Medicine: 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 resources his Department has allocated to raise awareness of his green paper and open consultation entitled Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	280942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Specific spending commitments in the Green Paper will be met from existing budgets. We plan to promote the consultation through social media and stakeholder engagement.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 16:23:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141358

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which public body is responsible for providing support to cancer patients to access radiotherapy when those people live long distances from radiotherapy centres.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	280994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>It is possible for patients receiving radiotherapy treatment to get a grant towards travel expenses. People on low incomes may be able to claim the costs from the Department for Work and Pensions through the Universal Credit or Personal Independence Payment schemes.</p><p>If a patient is referred to hospital or other National Health Service premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostic tests by a primary care professional, they may be able to claim a refund of reasonable travel costs under the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme. Information regarding who is eligible for a refund as part of this scheme can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/help-with-health-costs/healthcare-travel-costs-scheme-htcs/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/help-with-health-costs/healthcare-travel-costs-scheme-htcs/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 16:23:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1141368

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Cancer
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 taking to reduce instances of (a) breast cancer among women and (b) prostate cancer.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	280944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In October 2018, the then Prime Minister announced a package of measures that will be rolled out across the country with the aim of seeing three quarters of all cancers detected at an early stage by 2028 (currently just over half). The plan will radically overhaul screening programmes, provide new investment in state of the art technology to transform the process of diagnosis, and boost research and innovation. This follows on from publication in 2015 of the independent Cancer Taskforce’s Cancer Strategy for England which set out a vision of what cancer patients should expect from the health service, including effective prevention.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 16:24:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1141405

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Heart Diseases: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for patent foraman ovale closure, for the prevention of recurrent cerebral embolic stroke in adults, to be available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	280945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>On 17 July 2019, NHS England published its clinical commissioning policy for percutaneous patent foraman ovale closure for the prevention of recurrent cerebral embolic stroke in adults.</p><p>The policy describes the pathway which must be followed and the criteria which must be met for a patient to be eligible for this procedure. NHS England will be working with identified hospitals to ensure referral pathways are developed and implemented to support equitable access to services.</p><p>It can be accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/publication/percutaneous-patent-foraman-ovale-closure-for-the-prevention-of-recurrent-cerebral-embolic-stroke-in-adults-around-the-age-60-years-and-under" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/publication/percutaneous-patent-foraman-ovale-closure-for-the-prevention-of-recurrent-cerebral-embolic-stroke-in-adults-around-the-age-60-years-and-under</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 16:22:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1141419

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Babies: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to expand NHS provision of screenings for new-born babies.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	280946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) welcomes proposals to screen for new conditions via its annual call for topics. The call runs from September to December and allows members of the public and stakeholders to submit new conditions for the UK NSC to consider and assess it against its internationally recognised criteria. It is important that the addition of any new conditions to the newborn blood spot programme, or any population screening programme, is supported by robust peer-reviewed evidence.</p><p>Information about the annual call for topic can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-evidence-review-process" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-evidence-review-process</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 16:20:26 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1141452

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Nurses: Training
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 effect of the removal of student bursaries on differences in trends of the number of (a) students, (b) mature students and (c) part-time students on nursing courses in England.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	281118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In August 2017, the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration nurse training in England. New nursing, midwifery and allied health profession students studying in England moved from National Health Service bursaries to the standard student support system. The intention of the reforms is to boost participation, secure the future supply of home-grown nurses to the NHS, and enable universities to create additional nurse training places.</p><p>The standard student support system means that a typical student nurse has 25% more money to live on while they are studying than under the bursary system (albeit in the form of a student loan rather than a grant).</p><p>The interim People Plan published on 3 June 2019 sets out some of the steps needed to ensure the NHS in England have the staff they need to deliver high quality care, including growing our nursing workforce by 40,000 in the next five years.</p><p>The most recent data available from UCAS covers the B7 group of courses (nursing and midwifery courses aggregated together) rather than nursing. It is the latest position on the number of acceptances to nursing and midwifery courses as of 30 August 2019. Data for 2019 and the equivalent time point in previous years is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Acceptances to nursing and midwifery courses two weeks after the start of clearing. All applicants to English providers.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Academic year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing and midwifery</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acceptances 2 weeks after A-level results day</p></td><td><p>20,300</p></td><td><p>21,490</p></td><td><p>20,180</p></td><td><p>19,350</p></td><td><p>20,190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: UCAS clearing analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Nursing specific data, up to and including the 2018 end of cycle is shown in the following table. This data will be updated in December 2018.</p><p>The number of students over the last five years who accepted a place to study nursing at university is shown in the following table.</p><p>The Department does not hold data on part-time student trends.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Acceptances to nursing courses at English providers over the last five years</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Academic year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing course acceptances</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All acceptances</p></td><td><p>19,025</p></td><td><p>19,305</p></td><td><p>20,415</p></td><td><p>19,515</p></td><td><p>19,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acceptances from those aged 20+</p></td><td><p>13,030</p></td><td><p>13,230</p></td><td><p>14,065</p></td><td><p>12,845</p></td><td><p>12,430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: UCAS end of cycle data, 2018</p><p>Note:</p><p>- The 2016/17 academic year was the final year students starting a degree in nursing were eligible for the bursary.</p><p>- Students aged 21+ are classified as mature students for university funding purposes. The closest category in the UCAS end of cycle data was for those aged 20+.</p><p>- Nursing courses include adult, children’s, dual, learning disability, and mental health nursing.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 16:17:18 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens