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1025305

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
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 Written Statement of 12 December 2018 on the review of amendments made to the NHS Overseas Visitor Charging Regulations in 2017, HLWS1142, if he will publish the full text of that review.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	202322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to produce and publish a formal review document or the evidence collected as part of it. In undertaking the review, the Department called for evidence from interested stakeholders which included several confidential individual case studies from organisations who have not permitted the Department to share these within the public domain. A summary of the findings will be shared with contributors to the review and we will continue to keep the impact of the regulations under close review, working closely with our stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>National guidance is clear that National Health Service maternity treatment should always be considered as immediately necessary and provided to all patients regardless of whether or not they are entitled to receive it free of charge or there are doubts about whether they could pay if subsequently found to be chargeable under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 202323 202325 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:30:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1025306

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
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 Written Statement of 12 December 2018 on the review of amendments made to the NHS Overseas Visitor Charging Regulations in 2017, HLWS1142, if he will publish the evidence collected for that review.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	202323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to produce and publish a formal review document or the evidence collected as part of it. In undertaking the review, the Department called for evidence from interested stakeholders which included several confidential individual case studies from organisations who have not permitted the Department to share these within the public domain. A summary of the findings will be shared with contributors to the review and we will continue to keep the impact of the regulations under close review, working closely with our stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>National guidance is clear that National Health Service maternity treatment should always be considered as immediately necessary and provided to all patients regardless of whether or not they are entitled to receive it free of charge or there are doubts about whether they could pay if subsequently found to be chargeable under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 202322 202325 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:30:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1025308

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Maternity Services: Foreign Nationals
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 Written Statement of 12 December 2018 on the review of amendments made to the NHS Overseas Visitor Charging Regulations in 2017, HLWS1142, what information his Department holds on the effect of NHS charging on access to maternity services by vulnerable pregnant migrant women.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	202325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to produce and publish a formal review document or the evidence collected as part of it. In undertaking the review, the Department called for evidence from interested stakeholders which included several confidential individual case studies from organisations who have not permitted the Department to share these within the public domain. A summary of the findings will be shared with contributors to the review and we will continue to keep the impact of the regulations under close review, working closely with our stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>National guidance is clear that National Health Service maternity treatment should always be considered as immediately necessary and provided to all patients regardless of whether or not they are entitled to receive it free of charge or there are doubts about whether they could pay if subsequently found to be chargeable under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 202322 202323 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:30:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1025311

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	General Practitioners
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 full-time equivalent fully qualified GPs have been working in the NHS in England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	202303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The data requested are available in the following table, which sets out the number of full-time equivalent general practitioner (GP) partners, salaried GPs and GP retainers. GP registrars are excluded as they are not fully qualified GPs. Locums have been excluded as these figures are not comparable between 2015 and 2018. No reliable data for full-time equivalent GPs are available prior to September 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Fully-qualified, full-time equivalent GPs (including GP partners, salaried GPs and GP retainers)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>29,296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>28,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>27,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>27,558</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>All data is as at 30 September.</li><li>Each period, figures contain estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid GP records. September 2015 – 15.5%, September 2016 – 13.7%, September 2017 - 5.4% and June 2018 - 5.0%</li><li>Full time equivalent refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. 1 would indicate they work a full set of hours, 0.5 that they worked half time.</li><li>Figures shown do not include GPs working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres including drug rehabilitation centres and walk-in centres</li></ol> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/12/2018 14:14:03 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1025312

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Addictions: Rehabilitation
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 in-patient addiction treatment facilities the NHS has commissioned in England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	202304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 202305 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:35:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1025313

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Addictions: Rehabilitation
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 in-patient addiction treatment facilities local authorities commissioned in each year between 2012 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	202305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 202304 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:35:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1025314

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Psychiatry: 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 the fill rates have been for each psychiatric higher training specialty in each English region in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	202306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The fill rates for psychiatric higher training specialty programmes, for 2018 entry, are shown in the attached tables. Tables are split by geographic region.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/12/2018 17:34:15 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price attachment 1 file name 2018 Psych ST4 Fill Rates by Local Office.xlsx title PQ202306 attached table
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1025315

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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 Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the integration of mental health services and addictions services.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	202307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Ministers from the Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have discussed this issue.</p><p> </p><p>We know that there is clear evidence that drug and alcohol misuse is common among people with mental health problems and that people with co-occurring substance misuse and mental health conditions are too often unable to access the care they need.</p><p> </p><p>To help improve access to services, Public Health England has developed guidance to support a ‘no wrong door approach’ to commissioning and provision of joined up services for people with a dual diagnosis of mental health and substance misuse problems.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/12/2018 17:34:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1025316

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Medical Records
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 integrate the medical noting systems of NHS and non-NHS care providers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	202308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Interoperability and openness is one of the guiding principles set out in ‘The future of healthcare: our vision for digital, data and technology in health and care’, published on 17 October.</p><p>We are committed to creating a technology infrastructure that allows systems to communicate securely, using open standards for data and interoperability. This will enable health and care professionals to have access to the information they need to provide care.</p><p>We are encouraging local areas to ensure data is collected consistently and made available to support joined up and safer patient care by investing in the development of Local Health and Care Record Exemplars. This will enable data to be accessed as patients move between different parts of the National Health Service and social care. The first five Exemplars cover 23.5 million people and will each receive up to £7.5 million over two years.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/12/2018 17:31:28 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1024687

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
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: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that there is no disparity in access to treatments for rare diseases between the UK and economically similar countries in Europe.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	202087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the safe and effective regulation of medicines in the United Kingdom; ensuring patients and the public have fast access to new, innovative medicines, including medicines for rare diseases.</p><p> </p><p>The agreement of an implementation period will ensure that access to medicines continues, and patient safety is maintained, in both the UK and European Union markets. Beyond that, the Political Declaration sets out a plan for a free trade area for goods, underpinned by deep regulatory co-operation, as well as a joint commitment to explore close cooperation with the European Medicines Agency.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also continues to prepare for the unlikely outcome that we leave the EU without any deal in March 2019. The Department has been engaging with all pharmaceutical companies that supply the United Kingdom with pharmacy or prescription-only medicines from, or via, the EU/European Economic Area, on their contingency plans in the event of a no deal EU exit.</p><p> </p><p>Whatever the exit scenario, we will continue to ensure that UK patients are able to access the best and most innovative medicines including medicines for rare diseases and that their safety is protected.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/12/2018 17:36:24 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris