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date	27/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Internet
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 regulate the online sale of (a) antibiotics and (b) other medicine.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	65574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>In the United Kingdom, there are legal controls on the retail sale, supply and advertising of medicines which are set out in the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. These apply without distinction to medicines advertised, sold or supplied through the internet.</p><p> </p><p>This means that Prescription Only (POM) and Pharmacy medicines (P) can only be sold or supplied at registered pharmacy premises by, or under the supervision of, a pharmacist. Furthermore, POMs can only be sold or supplied in accordance with a prescription from a doctor, dentist or relevant healthcare professional. POMs cannot be advertised to the general public.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of antibiotics are only available as POM for supply only under the supervision of a suitably qualified healthcare professional.</p><p> </p><p>Websites offering to supply POMs without a relevant prescription are in breach of UK legal requirements and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency will investigate and take appropriate action including criminal investigation and prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 07/03/2017 10:37:42 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

669001

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antibiotics: Drug Resistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to set up a National Antibiotic Register for recording all hospital and community patients who have an antibiotic resistant infection.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	58778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>Such a system already exists. Hospital microbiology laboratories routinely record the results of testing bacteria isolated from infections for susceptibility or resistance to antibiotics. These data are voluntarily submitted to a national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) database called Second Generation Surveillance System (SGSS) maintained by Public Health England. Currently, 98% of hospital laboratories submit their AMR data to SGSS.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 16/01/2017 16:56:07 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

669006

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antibiotics: Drug Resistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to record on death certificates antibiotic resistant infection as the patient's cause of death.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	58772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>There is currently provision for recording resistant infections on death certificates. For example, guidance on recording deaths from MRSA was issued in 2005 by the then Chief Medical Officer. However, it is often the case that by the time someone dies they may have a number of diseases and complications of illness or treatment. It is, therefore, a matter of clinical judgment to decide whether a condition present at or just before death was a primary or secondary cause of a patient’s death.</p><p> </p><p>The World Health Organization is currently working on a revision (ICD 11) of its diagnostic coding system ICD 10. This is due in 2018 and will have a more comprehensive coverage of types of antimicrobial resistance.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 16/01/2017 16:27:56 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

669007

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antibiotics: Drug Resistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all blood assay results showing infection or resistance to antibiotics go onto a national register.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	58773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>Hospital microbiology laboratories routinely record the results of testing bacteria isolated from blood for susceptibility or resistance to antibiotics. Since 1989, Public Health England (and its predecessors, the Public Health Laboratory Service and the Health Protection Agency) have requested that laboratories submit their stored data on resistance in bacteria isolated from blood to a national database called Second Generation Surveillance System (SGSS). Currently, 98% of hospital laboratories submit their antimicrobial resistance data.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 16/01/2017 16:55:14 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake