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1126508

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date	14/05/2019
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	Cystic Fibrosis: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made on making (a) Orkambi and (b) Symkevi available on the NHS for people diagnosed with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	254113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England are leading the dialogue with Vertex Pharmaceuticals on access to their portfolio of cystic fibrosis medicines, including Orkambi and Symkevi.</p><p>NHS England has proposed an offer that would represent the largest ever commitment of its kind in the history of the National Health Service - in the region of £500 million over five years - and would provide immediate access for patients to all Vertex licensed medicines in advance of assessment by NICE. The Government fully supports the approach that NICE and NHS England are adopting. It is crucial that patients have access to the most effective and innovative medicines at a price that represents value to the NHS.</p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care held a meeting on 11 March with all the parties to discuss how best to reach a deal so that people with cystic fibrosis and their families can benefit as soon as possible. Vertex, NICE and NHS England subsequently met on Thursday 21 March and have agreed to continue discussions.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 20/05/2019 16:00:42 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1126597

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
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	Cataracts: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that cataract removal surgery is available to everyone who would benefit from it.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
uin	254121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), with their clinical expertise, are responsible for commissioning high-quality care to meet the needs of their populations. CCGs are required to carefully consider the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines in making commissioning decisions. These are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng77" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng77</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/05/2019 10:44:28 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

1126655

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
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	Opioids: Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2019 to Question 250763 on Opiates: Prescriptions, if he will make it his policy to include direct hyperlinks to reports or materials referenced in written answers to hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	254155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Further to the answer to Question 250763, the Care Quality Commission’s controlled drugs annual reports are available at the following links:</p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual update 2017’ (published July 2018).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20180718_controlleddrugs2017_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20180718_controlleddrugs2017_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual update 2016’ (published July 2017).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20170718_controlleddrugs2016_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20170718_controlleddrugs2016_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual report 2015’ (published July 2016).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20160714_controlleddrugs2015_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20160714_controlleddrugs2015_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual report 2014’ (published July 2015).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20150716_safer_management_controlled_drugs_annual_report_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20150716_safer_management_controlled_drugs_annual_report_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual report 2013’ (published August 2014).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20140811%20CQC%20Controlled%20drugs%20annual%20report%202013%20final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20140811%20CQC%20Controlled%20drugs%20annual%20report%202013%20final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/05/2019 13:38:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1126677

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
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	Pregnancy
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 paper entitled, Continuation of Unintended Pregnancy published by the Catholic Medical Association in March 2019, what plans his Department has to develop and improve support for mothers who wish to continue with a pregnancy.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	254178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Women who access healthcare services when pregnant have consultations and conversations with their health care professionals covering their clinical and social history and will be offered tailored advice and support. Care and advice is available to all pregnant women, including those for whom the pregnancy was unintended.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/05/2019 14:19:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1126678

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
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	Prescriptions: Universal Credit
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 NHS prescription forms to be amended to include tick boxes for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	254153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>A revised version of the FP10 prescription form, featuring a dedicated tick-box for use by Universal Credit claimants who meet the criteria for free National Health Service prescriptions, recently received Ministerial clearance.</p><p> </p><p>Any change involves major system and software updates across the NHS to allow the re-designed form to be used and processed. The revised paper form is currently being prepared for testing, to ensure it is compatible with the scanners used by the NHS Business Services Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The revised form will be introduced at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 20/05/2019 15:59:00 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1126030

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Vaccination: Children
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 ensure that parents are given adequate advice and information on vaccination programmes.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	253521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) ensures health professionals have current, accurate information on the benefits of immunisation, so they can communicate this information to parents. PHE provides the Department with expert evidence and advice (and nationally procures many vaccines). PHE also supports NHS England with information, expert advice, capacity and support at national and local level.</p><p>PHE recommends people visit the National Health Service website as the NHS is a highly trusted source of information. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/</a></p><p>There are also a range of information leaflets, available online and from health professionals, about the different vaccination programmes at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation#immunisation-leaflets-and-guidance-for-parents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation#immunisation-leaflets-and-guidance-for-parents</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:46:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1126031

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Dementia: 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) dementia and (b) Alzheimer’s are diagnosed (i) correctly and (ii) as quickly as possible.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	253522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s mandate to NHS England requires NHS England to deliver the actions set out in the Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan. The Implementation Plan envisages that:</p><p>“In every part of the country people with dementia having equal access to diagnosis as for other conditions, with an expectation that the national average for an initial assessment should be 6 weeks following a referral from a GP (where clinically appropriate), and that no one should be waiting several months for an initial assessment of dementia.”</p><p>We have made great strides in delivering the Challenge: this includes being above NHS England’s target for two thirds of people living with dementia to receive a formal diagnosis. Our focus now is on reducing the variation of local diagnosis rates and NHS England have programmes in place to further improve the quality and timeliness of diagnosis.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/05/2019 11:37:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1126042

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Former Ministers
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 paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	253612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Any such payments are published in the Department’s audited annual accounts, and these accounts can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/05/2019 10:38:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1126059

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	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, how many vacancies there are in (a) mammography and (b) breast radiology in each Clinical Commissioning Group.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	253555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:51:34 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

1126061

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Medicine: Research
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 he has made of the potential merits of ensuring it is made clear whenever health research is commercially funded.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	253523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The merits of clarifying research funding sources are enshrined in Health Research Authority policy on health and care research which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hra.nhs.uk/documents/1068/uk-policy-framework-health-social-care-research.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hra.nhs.uk/documents/1068/uk-policy-framework-health-social-care-research.pdf</a></p><p>Researchers are required to register studies on a public research register before they begin. All trials of medicines are automatically published by the European Union on the EU clinical trial register which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/" target="_blank">https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/05/2019 15:01:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly