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524593

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	European Union Intellectual Property Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many midwives have been trained in identifying female genital mutilation (FGM) and in the new mandatory FGM reporting duties, and what percentage of midwives that represents.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the numbers of midwives who have been trained in identifying female genital mutilation (FGM) or the mandatory reporting duty to report FGM. Content on tackling FGM is included within the Level 3 Safeguarding training curriculum, published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health on behalf of an inter-collegiate group, which all midwives are required to undertake. Many organisations also deliver additional training, the content of which is decided locally.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the Department commissioned Health Education England to develop a range of FGM e-learning sessions available free of charge to National Health Service staff. As of 17 February almost 16,000 modules had been completed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As part of the Department’s FGM Prevention Programme, a package of FGM awareness materials was sent to all hospitals and general practitioner practices in February 2016. In addition, we have developed a flyer insert about the FGM mandatory reporting duty which will be included in the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) magazine, sent to approximately 45,000 RCM members.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 15/06/2016 13:39:25 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

524746

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Contraception
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who holds responsibility for (a) funding, (b) commissioning and (c) regulating the training of healthcare professionals to fit intra-uterine methods of contraception.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	40351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>No specific discussions have been held about the training of healthcare professionals to fit intra-uterine methods of contraception. The continuing professional development of doctors and nurses is the responsibility of individual employers. Health Education England has a role in ensuring employers remain committed to continuing professional development and in developing the overall strategy for workforce skills and development in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>Funding and commissioning of contraceptive services outside of the GP Contract is the responsibility of local authorities though the ring-fenced public health grant. Local authorities are mandated to ensure the provision of open access contraception services that enable reasonable access to a broad range of contraceptive substances and appliances (including intra-uterine methods) and advice on preventing unintended pregnancy. While not directly comparable because of changes in data collection, intra-uterine contraception fitted in sexual and reproductive health services increased from 65,300 in 2004/05 to 121,900 in 2014/15.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 40337 40338 40339 question first answered 17/06/2016 12:45:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

524752

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Contraception
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to ensure that healthcare professionals are trained to fit intra-uterine methods of contraception.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	40339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>No specific discussions have been held about the training of healthcare professionals to fit intra-uterine methods of contraception. The continuing professional development of doctors and nurses is the responsibility of individual employers. Health Education England has a role in ensuring employers remain committed to continuing professional development and in developing the overall strategy for workforce skills and development in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>Funding and commissioning of contraceptive services outside of the GP Contract is the responsibility of local authorities though the ring-fenced public health grant. Local authorities are mandated to ensure the provision of open access contraception services that enable reasonable access to a broad range of contraceptive substances and appliances (including intra-uterine methods) and advice on preventing unintended pregnancy. While not directly comparable because of changes in data collection, intra-uterine contraception fitted in sexual and reproductive health services increased from 65,300 in 2004/05 to 121,900 in 2014/15.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 40337 40338 40351 question first answered 17/06/2016 12:45:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

524753

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Contraception
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to increase the number of healthcare professionals in (a) primary and (b) community care trained to fit intra-uterine methods of contraception.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	40338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>No specific discussions have been held about the training of healthcare professionals to fit intra-uterine methods of contraception. The continuing professional development of doctors and nurses is the responsibility of individual employers. Health Education England has a role in ensuring employers remain committed to continuing professional development and in developing the overall strategy for workforce skills and development in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>Funding and commissioning of contraceptive services outside of the GP Contract is the responsibility of local authorities though the ring-fenced public health grant. Local authorities are mandated to ensure the provision of open access contraception services that enable reasonable access to a broad range of contraceptive substances and appliances (including intra-uterine methods) and advice on preventing unintended pregnancy. While not directly comparable because of changes in data collection, intra-uterine contraception fitted in sexual and reproductive health services increased from 65,300 in 2004/05 to 121,900 in 2014/15.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 40337 40339 40351 question first answered 17/06/2016 12:45:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

524754

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Contraception
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) local education and training boards, (b) Public Health England and (c) Health Education England on the training of healthcare professionals to fit intra-uterine methods of contraception.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	40337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>No specific discussions have been held about the training of healthcare professionals to fit intra-uterine methods of contraception. The continuing professional development of doctors and nurses is the responsibility of individual employers. Health Education England has a role in ensuring employers remain committed to continuing professional development and in developing the overall strategy for workforce skills and development in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>Funding and commissioning of contraceptive services outside of the GP Contract is the responsibility of local authorities though the ring-fenced public health grant. Local authorities are mandated to ensure the provision of open access contraception services that enable reasonable access to a broad range of contraceptive substances and appliances (including intra-uterine methods) and advice on preventing unintended pregnancy. While not directly comparable because of changes in data collection, intra-uterine contraception fitted in sexual and reproductive health services increased from 65,300 in 2004/05 to 121,900 in 2014/15.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 40338 40339 40351 question first answered 17/06/2016 12:45:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

524464

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Training
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 8 June 2016 to Question 38977, how the figure of 10,000 new nursing, midwifery and allied health training places by 2020 was calculated.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	40208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>As announced by the Chancellor in the Spending Review in November 2015, the Government has committed to remove the cap on the number of students studying nursing, midwifery and the allied health professions from 1 August 2017. This will enable universities to offer up to 10,000 new training places for students to start these courses in this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>This reflects estimates on the level of unmet demand for places in the current system where, as an example, for nursing, around two out of three nursing applicants who currently apply for a place are turned down.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/06/2016 08:11:26 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

524465

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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, when he plans to publish the final decisions on the Pharmacy Integration Fund.
tabling member constituency	Beckenham
tabling member printed	Bob Stewart
uin	40226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for the oversight of the Pharmacy Integration Fund. Initial priorities for the Fund in 2016/17 will be to support urgent care services and enhancing the health of care home residents. NHS England will publish further details throughout the five-year period of the Fund.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/06/2016 15:43:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3919 label Biography information for Bob Stewart

524466

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
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 improve uptake of cervical screening among all age groups.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	40222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>NHS England closely monitors the coverage rates for cervical screening in all age groups. NHS England is committed to improving coverage and reducing variation between all age groups.</p><p>Local NHS England commissioners analyse coverage rates within their area and work with general practices to improve coverage by sharing best practice. In addition a primary care cancer screening best practice guide has been developed jointly with the transforming cancer services team, clinical commissioning groups and local authority public health representatives. <br> <br> NHS England is working in partnership with Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support on the ACE (Accelerate, Coordinate, Evaluate) Programme aiming to generate knowledge about effective approaches to achieve earlier diagnosis. A number of ACE test sites are evaluating approaches to increase screening rates in a range of groups.</p><p>A range of research studies are also underway, such as Imperial College conducting a randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of texting non-responders on improving coverage. In addition, the Department’s Behavioural Insight team has undertaken a trial to investigate the use of behavioural insights to optimise the content of the invitation letter for cervical screening. Results are due shortly.</p><p>The Independent Cancer Taskforce recognised the importance of screening for cervical cancer and the potential of the new human papillomavirus (HPV) test in their report, <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes</em>, published in July 2015. NHS England has appointed Cally Palmer as National Cancer Director to lead the implementation of the strategy, and an implementation plan outlining the key first steps for the national cancer programme was published on 12 May. In addition, the routine HPV vaccination programme, offering immunisation to girls aged 12-14 years, is expected to reduce the already low rates of cervical cancer in these young women and allow them to be protected for years to come.</p><p>Ministers welcome cervical cancer prevention week and we are fully supportive of the work Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust does to raise awareness of cervical cancer and the importance of cervical screening for eligible women.</p><p>According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report, <em>Health at a Glance 2015: How does the United Kingdom compare?</em>, the UK has cervical screening rates well above the OECD average. Further information is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.oecd.org/unitedkingdom/Health-at-a-Glance-2015-Key-Findings-UK.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.oecd.org/unitedkingdom/Health-at-a-Glance-2015-Key-Findings-UK.pdf</a></p><p><a href="http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/8115071ec053.pdf?expires=1465810879&amp;id=id&amp;accname=guest&amp;checksum=102E30B1A256588EDD14918B5BE3AA4C" target="_blank">http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/8115071ec053.pdf?expires=1465810879&amp;id=id&amp;accname=guest&amp;checksum=102E30B1A256588EDD14918B5BE3AA4C</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 40223 40224 question first answered 17/06/2016 12:42:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

524467

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
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 support Cervical Screening Awareness Week.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	40223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>NHS England closely monitors the coverage rates for cervical screening in all age groups. NHS England is committed to improving coverage and reducing variation between all age groups.</p><p>Local NHS England commissioners analyse coverage rates within their area and work with general practices to improve coverage by sharing best practice. In addition a primary care cancer screening best practice guide has been developed jointly with the transforming cancer services team, clinical commissioning groups and local authority public health representatives. <br> <br> NHS England is working in partnership with Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support on the ACE (Accelerate, Coordinate, Evaluate) Programme aiming to generate knowledge about effective approaches to achieve earlier diagnosis. A number of ACE test sites are evaluating approaches to increase screening rates in a range of groups.</p><p>A range of research studies are also underway, such as Imperial College conducting a randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of texting non-responders on improving coverage. In addition, the Department’s Behavioural Insight team has undertaken a trial to investigate the use of behavioural insights to optimise the content of the invitation letter for cervical screening. Results are due shortly.</p><p>The Independent Cancer Taskforce recognised the importance of screening for cervical cancer and the potential of the new human papillomavirus (HPV) test in their report, <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes</em>, published in July 2015. NHS England has appointed Cally Palmer as National Cancer Director to lead the implementation of the strategy, and an implementation plan outlining the key first steps for the national cancer programme was published on 12 May. In addition, the routine HPV vaccination programme, offering immunisation to girls aged 12-14 years, is expected to reduce the already low rates of cervical cancer in these young women and allow them to be protected for years to come.</p><p>Ministers welcome cervical cancer prevention week and we are fully supportive of the work Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust does to raise awareness of cervical cancer and the importance of cervical screening for eligible women.</p><p>According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report, <em>Health at a Glance 2015: How does the United Kingdom compare?</em>, the UK has cervical screening rates well above the OECD average. Further information is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.oecd.org/unitedkingdom/Health-at-a-Glance-2015-Key-Findings-UK.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.oecd.org/unitedkingdom/Health-at-a-Glance-2015-Key-Findings-UK.pdf</a></p><p><a href="http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/8115071ec053.pdf?expires=1465810879&amp;id=id&amp;accname=guest&amp;checksum=102E30B1A256588EDD14918B5BE3AA4C" target="_blank">http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/8115071ec053.pdf?expires=1465810879&amp;id=id&amp;accname=guest&amp;checksum=102E30B1A256588EDD14918B5BE3AA4C</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 40222 40224 question first answered 17/06/2016 12:42:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

524468

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of how the uptake rate for cervical screening in England compares to that in the rest of Europe.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	40224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>NHS England closely monitors the coverage rates for cervical screening in all age groups. NHS England is committed to improving coverage and reducing variation between all age groups.</p><p>Local NHS England commissioners analyse coverage rates within their area and work with general practices to improve coverage by sharing best practice. In addition a primary care cancer screening best practice guide has been developed jointly with the transforming cancer services team, clinical commissioning groups and local authority public health representatives. <br> <br> NHS England is working in partnership with Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support on the ACE (Accelerate, Coordinate, Evaluate) Programme aiming to generate knowledge about effective approaches to achieve earlier diagnosis. A number of ACE test sites are evaluating approaches to increase screening rates in a range of groups.</p><p>A range of research studies are also underway, such as Imperial College conducting a randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of texting non-responders on improving coverage. In addition, the Department’s Behavioural Insight team has undertaken a trial to investigate the use of behavioural insights to optimise the content of the invitation letter for cervical screening. Results are due shortly.</p><p>The Independent Cancer Taskforce recognised the importance of screening for cervical cancer and the potential of the new human papillomavirus (HPV) test in their report, <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes</em>, published in July 2015. NHS England has appointed Cally Palmer as National Cancer Director to lead the implementation of the strategy, and an implementation plan outlining the key first steps for the national cancer programme was published on 12 May. In addition, the routine HPV vaccination programme, offering immunisation to girls aged 12-14 years, is expected to reduce the already low rates of cervical cancer in these young women and allow them to be protected for years to come.</p><p>Ministers welcome cervical cancer prevention week and we are fully supportive of the work Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust does to raise awareness of cervical cancer and the importance of cervical screening for eligible women.</p><p>According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report, <em>Health at a Glance 2015: How does the United Kingdom compare?</em>, the UK has cervical screening rates well above the OECD average. Further information is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.oecd.org/unitedkingdom/Health-at-a-Glance-2015-Key-Findings-UK.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.oecd.org/unitedkingdom/Health-at-a-Glance-2015-Key-Findings-UK.pdf</a></p><p><a href="http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/8115071ec053.pdf?expires=1465810879&amp;id=id&amp;accname=guest&amp;checksum=102E30B1A256588EDD14918B5BE3AA4C" target="_blank">http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/8115071ec053.pdf?expires=1465810879&amp;id=id&amp;accname=guest&amp;checksum=102E30B1A256588EDD14918B5BE3AA4C</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 40222 40223 question first answered 17/06/2016 12:42:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess