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506508

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cerebral Palsy: Children
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 introduce a national register of children with cerebral palsy that includes data on the number of children identified with that condition.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	33122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to establish a national register of children with cerebral palsy. PACE, the charity which supports children and families affected by motor disorders such as cerebral palsy indicates that the current United Kingdom incidence rate of cerebral palsy is around one in 400 births and that approximately 1,800 children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy every year.</p><p>It is the responsibility of the professional regulators to set the standards and outcomes for education and training and approve training curricula to ensure newly qualified healthcare professionals are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide high quality patient care. This includes training to diagnose and provide care for children with cerebral palsy.</p><p>Health Education England works with bodies that set curricula such as the General Medical Council and the royal colleges to seek to ensure training meets the needs of patients.</p><p>Employers are responsible for ensuring that staff receive appropriate development to continue to deliver safe and effective healthcare.</p><p>The Health Visitor training programme is not a condition specific programme of training. Health Visitors are all qualified nurses and/or midwives with a broad range of clinical skills. They undertake an additional year of training to be a health visitor during which they specialise in child and family issues.</p><p>Health Visitors can support families with a child with cerebral palsy in the management of the clinical aspects of the condition. They can also advise on links to other specialist services, resources and groups to support the needs of the family and the child.</p><p>The Department has asked the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence to prepare a clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of cerebral palsy. It is expected to be published in January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 33124 33125 question first answered 18/04/2016 13:52:03 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

506509

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obstetrics: Training
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 help raise awareness of practical obstetric multi-professional training among medical professionals.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	33123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>In November 2015 the Government announced a national ambition to halve by 2030 the rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth. In support of the National Health Service in achieving this ambition over £1 million has been allocated to Health Education England (HEE) to roll out training programmes to make sure staff have the skills and confidence they need to deliver world-leading safe care.</p><p>HEE’s Maternity Safety Steering Group have commissioned the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to produce a catalogue of quality assured standardised multi-disciplinary training packages in which practical obstetric multi-professional training will be included.</p><p>Each NHS trust in England will receive this catalogue and be asked to confirm which training they will implement. This will include medical and midwifery staff. Funding will be available to support this work.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 18/04/2016 16:15:22 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

506510

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cerebral Palsy
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 help improve awareness of cerebral palsy amongst health practitioners.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	33125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to establish a national register of children with cerebral palsy. PACE, the charity which supports children and families affected by motor disorders such as cerebral palsy indicates that the current United Kingdom incidence rate of cerebral palsy is around one in 400 births and that approximately 1,800 children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy every year.</p><p>It is the responsibility of the professional regulators to set the standards and outcomes for education and training and approve training curricula to ensure newly qualified healthcare professionals are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide high quality patient care. This includes training to diagnose and provide care for children with cerebral palsy.</p><p>Health Education England works with bodies that set curricula such as the General Medical Council and the royal colleges to seek to ensure training meets the needs of patients.</p><p>Employers are responsible for ensuring that staff receive appropriate development to continue to deliver safe and effective healthcare.</p><p>The Health Visitor training programme is not a condition specific programme of training. Health Visitors are all qualified nurses and/or midwives with a broad range of clinical skills. They undertake an additional year of training to be a health visitor during which they specialise in child and family issues.</p><p>Health Visitors can support families with a child with cerebral palsy in the management of the clinical aspects of the condition. They can also advise on links to other specialist services, resources and groups to support the needs of the family and the child.</p><p>The Department has asked the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence to prepare a clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of cerebral palsy. It is expected to be published in January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 33122 33124 question first answered 18/04/2016 13:52:04 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

506511

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cerebral Palsy: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specialist support is available for health visitors in diagnosing and referring children with cerebral palsy.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	33124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to establish a national register of children with cerebral palsy. PACE, the charity which supports children and families affected by motor disorders such as cerebral palsy indicates that the current United Kingdom incidence rate of cerebral palsy is around one in 400 births and that approximately 1,800 children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy every year.</p><p>It is the responsibility of the professional regulators to set the standards and outcomes for education and training and approve training curricula to ensure newly qualified healthcare professionals are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide high quality patient care. This includes training to diagnose and provide care for children with cerebral palsy.</p><p>Health Education England works with bodies that set curricula such as the General Medical Council and the royal colleges to seek to ensure training meets the needs of patients.</p><p>Employers are responsible for ensuring that staff receive appropriate development to continue to deliver safe and effective healthcare.</p><p>The Health Visitor training programme is not a condition specific programme of training. Health Visitors are all qualified nurses and/or midwives with a broad range of clinical skills. They undertake an additional year of training to be a health visitor during which they specialise in child and family issues.</p><p>Health Visitors can support families with a child with cerebral palsy in the management of the clinical aspects of the condition. They can also advise on links to other specialist services, resources and groups to support the needs of the family and the child.</p><p>The Department has asked the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence to prepare a clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of cerebral palsy. It is expected to be published in January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 33122 33125 question first answered 18/04/2016 13:52:03 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

506512

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 27141, by which criteria his Department plans to determine NHS support funding for community pharmacies under the Pharmacy Access Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	33132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>We have been in discussions with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) since December 2015 regarding the Government’s proposals for community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond. In parallel, we have sought views on our proposals from other pharmacy organisations and from patient groups. The details of the Pharmacy Access Scheme, including any criteria and a timetable for implementation, form part of this consultation.</p><p>We announced on 16 March 2016 that the consultation period was to be extended to allow more time to develop the proposed changes with the PSNC and others. It will now close on 24 May 2016.</p><p>Once we have carefully considered the outcomes from the consultation, we are looking to communicate final decisions as soon as possible, so that pharmacy contractors are fully informed some months before the funding reduction starts from October 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 33133 33134 question first answered 15/04/2016 13:03:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

506513

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 27141, what timetable he has set for the introduction of a Pharmacy Access Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	33133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>We have been in discussions with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) since December 2015 regarding the Government’s proposals for community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond. In parallel, we have sought views on our proposals from other pharmacy organisations and from patient groups. The details of the Pharmacy Access Scheme, including any criteria and a timetable for implementation, form part of this consultation.</p><p>We announced on 16 March 2016 that the consultation period was to be extended to allow more time to develop the proposed changes with the PSNC and others. It will now close on 24 May 2016.</p><p>Once we have carefully considered the outcomes from the consultation, we are looking to communicate final decisions as soon as possible, so that pharmacy contractors are fully informed some months before the funding reduction starts from October 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 33132 33134 question first answered 15/04/2016 13:03:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

506514

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 27141, what estimate he has made of the number of independent pharmacies which will lose their NHS support funding as a result of the Pharmacy Access Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	33134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>We have been in discussions with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) since December 2015 regarding the Government’s proposals for community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond. In parallel, we have sought views on our proposals from other pharmacy organisations and from patient groups. The details of the Pharmacy Access Scheme, including any criteria and a timetable for implementation, form part of this consultation.</p><p>We announced on 16 March 2016 that the consultation period was to be extended to allow more time to develop the proposed changes with the PSNC and others. It will now close on 24 May 2016.</p><p>Once we have carefully considered the outcomes from the consultation, we are looking to communicate final decisions as soon as possible, so that pharmacy contractors are fully informed some months before the funding reduction starts from October 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 33132 33133 question first answered 15/04/2016 13:03:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

506515

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Maternity Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what programmes are in place to reduce the number of babies born with a low Apgar score.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	33121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Apgar is a quick test performed on a baby at one and five minutes after birth. The one-minute score determines how well the baby tolerated the birthing process. The five-minute score tells the doctor how well the baby is doing outside the mother's womb.</p><p>In rare cases, the test will be done 10 minutes after birth. The Apgar test is done by a doctor, midwife, or nurse. Who examines the baby's breathing effort, heart rate, muscle tone, reflexes and skin colour. Most of the time, a low score at one minute is near-normal by five minutes.</p><p>Any score lower than 7 is a sign that the baby needs medical attention. The lower the score, the more help the baby needs to adjust outside the mother's womb. A lower Apgar score does not mean a child will have serious or long-term health problems. The Apgar score is not designed to predict the future health of the child.</p><p>In November 2015 the Government announced a national ambition to halve by 2030 the rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth. In support of this ambition more than 90 applications have received additional funding as part of a £2.24 million trusts safety equipment. Over £1 million is being invested to roll out training programmes to make sure staff have the skills and confidence they need to deliver world-leading safe care. We have also allocated £500,000 to develop, a new online system that can be used consistently across the National Health Service to enable staff to review and learn from every stillbirth and neonatal death.</p><p>The announcement also committed to publishing an annual report to update the public, health professionals, providers and commissioners on the progress we are making towards achieving the ambition. On 7 March we launched Sign up to Safety - ‘Spotlight on Maternity,’ a guidance document that asks all trusts with maternity services to commit publically to contributing towards achieving the Government’s national ambition.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 18/04/2016 16:16:36 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

506516

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Minister for Social Care's oral contribution of 3 December 2015, Official Report, column 608, what progress his Department has made on putting in place a national ambition to reduce the number of adults sent out-of-area for acute inpatient mental health care.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	33113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>In-line with the recommendations of the Independent Mental Health Taskforce published in February 2016, we have set a national ambition to eliminate inappropriate out of area treatments for adult acute inpatient care as a result of local acute bed pressures by 2020/21 at the latest. To achieve this ambition we expect areas to put in place local action plans and achieve year on year reductions from 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/04/2016 12:55:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

506517

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis will be made available on the NHS to people who have (a) been raped and (b) had underage sex.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	33093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>NHS England has recently announced that it would make available up to £2 million over two years to enable access for high risk individuals through early implementer test sites. NHS England will work with Public Health England and the Department to confirm the criteria for patient access and assessment of expressions of interest from local authority areas to confirm successful sites. The criteria which will be used to determine the locations of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Test Sites have not yet been established.</p><p>PrEP is an intervention in advance of sexual exposure, and therefore is not relevant for rape victims who may require post exposure prophylaxis after clinical assessment. With regard to those having underage sex, eligibility for treatment through test sites will depend on the clinical assessment of risk undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 33091 33092 question first answered 18/04/2016 13:58:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan