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986394

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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: Sign Language
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 hospital staff can support British sign language interpreters to assist deaf patients.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	178534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Compliance with the Accessible Information Standard is a legal duty: organisations that provide National Health Service care or adult social care have been required to meet the Standard since August 2016. Compliance with the Standard is also a requirement of the NHS Standard Contract 2018/19.</p><p>Commissioners must actively support compliance by organisations from which they commission services and they must also seek assurance from providers with regard to compliance.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission, when inspecting providers, also looks at how services implement the Accessible Information Standard.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/10/2018 16:17:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

986418

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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	Dental 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 plans he has to allow dental therapists to hold NHS dental contracts.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	178535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>There are two forms of primary care dental contract, a General Dental Services Contract or a Personal Dental Services Agreement. Dental therapists are able to hold either of these providing the individual meets the general criteria set for holding such contracts or agreements. There are no plans to change these requirements.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/10/2018 16:13:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

984587

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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	Speech and Language Disorders: 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 plans Public Health England has to use its Fingertips tool to provide local areas with data on (a) the estimated incidence of speech, language and communication needs in their local population and (b) the known prevalence of speech, language and communication needs.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	177393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>By early 2019 Public Health England (PHE) will add data about child development outcomes at two to two and a half years, including the percentage reaching expected levels of communication skills, to the child health section of Fingertips. PHE will also add data from the early years foundation stage profile about the percentage of children at five years reaching expected levels in communication and language skills to Fingertips.</p><p> </p><p>PHE will include estimates of prevalence of speech, language and communication needs in children as part of a needs assessment report for each local authority and clinical commissioning group, to be published on Fingertips in early 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Overarching indicators from the early years foundation stage profile on school readiness are on Fingertips and available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/search/school%20readiness#page/0/gid/1/pat/15/par/E92000001/ati/6/are/E12000002" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/search/school%20readiness#page/0/gid/1/pat/15/par/E92000001/ati/6/are/E12000002</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/10/2018 13:10:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

984588

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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: Children and Young People
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 NHS Providers on (a) replacing did not attend with was not brought when children and young people miss appointments and (b) ensuring that when a child or young person is not brought to an appointment both the referrer and the family are notified and there is a process for following-up.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	177394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for the local National Health Service. Each health organisation should have information sharing protocols in place for when a child or young person misses or does not attend a planned appointment. This information should be held as part of the child’s record and communicated directly to the child’s registered general practice and targeted health services, such as health visiting, school nursing or child and adolescent mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>There are mechanisms available within health services to flag such issues. This may depend on the individual case and the significance of the appointment due to be attended, for example, a child not attending for chemotherapy or dialysis may be deemed to be at significant risk.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 17/10/2018 13:25:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

984589

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that the training for the proposed Designated Senior Leads for Mental Health in schools includes information on the link between speech, language and communication needs and mental health, and how to recognise and respond appropriately to speech, language and communication needs.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	177395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>We are working closely with the Department of Education to deliver the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper proposals, which includes proposals for the Designated Senior Leads. The responsibility for the content of the training for the Designated Senior Leads sits with the Department of Education.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 17/10/2018 13:18:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

943829

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Livewell Southwest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the social enterprise Livewell South West will receive additional resource from the planned increase in funding for Agenda for Change.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	165714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department, consistent with the Written Ministerial Statement (HCW5803) published on 27 June, has now published guidance on its website about the eligibility criteria for additional funding in 2018/19. Organisations are asked to respond directly to the Department and we understand that Livewell South West has applied for funding.</p><p> </p><p>It would be wrong to pre-empt the outcome of individual applications. The Department has committed to consider all requests it receives and to confirm its decision as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 23/07/2018 16:59:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

934318

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Genito-urinary Medicine
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 A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England, published by his Department in March 2013, when his Department plans to update that publication.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	160386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department's publication, A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England (2013), is kept under review. There are no plans to update it at this time.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/07/2018 16:22:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

934319

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Genito-urinary Medicine
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 improve sexual health outcomes for people aged 50 and over; and what guidance is issued to health professionals to improve sexual health outcomes for those people.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	160387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England’s (PHE) Health promotion for sexual and reproductive health and HIV strategic action plan, 2016 to 2019 aims to reduce health inequalities and achieve improvements in sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention across the life course.</p><p>PHE uses scientific evidence, evaluation and community engagement to undertake activities to improve sexual health outcomes for people aged 50 and over. Targeted and universal health promotion approaches include the national sexual health information programme to improve the public and professional understanding of sexually transmitted infections and sexual wellbeing; the national HIV prevention programme; the HIV self-sampling service; the set of documents highlighting reproductive health as a public health issue for women from across the life course and the forthcoming action plan due to be published in March 2019.</p><p>Further information on targeted and universal health approaches across the life course is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/488090/SRHandHIVStrategicPlan_211215.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/488090/SRHandHIVStrategicPlan_211215.pdf</a></p><p>Further information on reproductive health is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reproductive-health-what-women-say" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reproductive-health-what-women-say</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/07/2018 16:08:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

934320

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the agenda of the next meeting of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is planned to be published.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	160388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) code of practice states that the agenda for a JCVI meeting is published about one week before the meeting. The next meeting is scheduled to be held on 3 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The JCVI code of practice is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/07/2018 13:01:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

934322

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Baby Care Units
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to allocate further funding specifically for the improvement of facilities for families on neonatal units.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	160389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to allocate funding specifically for the improvement of facilities for families on neonatal units. Plans to allocate funding specifically for the improvement of facilities for families on neonatal units are the responsibility of individual hospital trusts. When designing neonatal services, the Department expects trusts to follow the principles set out in the ‘Toolkit for high-quality neonatal services’ which includes the provision of dedicated facilities for parents and families of babies receiving neonatal care.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/07/2018 13:02:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard