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1003770

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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 Health: 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 steps he is taking to reduce levels of tooth decay in children in regions in which such decay is significantly above the national average.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	189662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>In England local authorities (LAs) are responsible for assessing the oral health needs of their local population, developing oral health strategies and commissioning oral health improvement programmes to meet the needs of their local population.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2018 Public Health England (PHE) published a stocktake which reported on oral health improvement programmes, commissioned by local authorities targeting children under five years old in England. Of the 95% of LAs who responded, the majority are commissioning oral health improvement programmes for under-fives. The stocktake can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707180/Oral_health_improvement_programmes_commissioned_by_local_authorities.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707180/Oral_health_improvement_programmes_commissioned_by_local_authorities.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England has launched ‘Starting Well: A Smile4Life Initiative’. This programme of dental practice-based initiatives aims to reduce oral health inequalities and improve oral health in children under the age of five. The programme has been launched in 13 high priority areas chosen on the basis of decay experience at a LA level and existing oral health improvement plans.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/11/2018 16:06:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

999512

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Heroin: Medical Treatments
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 allocate funding to local authorities that plan to implement heroin assisted treatment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	187009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for making decisions on how to spend their allocation of the public health grant based on the needs of their local population. Local authorities are responsible for commissioning drug treatment to meet those needs, including heroin assisted treatment services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/11/2018 15:08:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

994108

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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	NHS: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of staffing in the NHS of the IR35 tax changes.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	183335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>No sector wide assessment has been made of the effects on the National Health Service of the IR35 tax changes.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 29/10/2018 17:25:35 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

989625

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
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 oral contribution by the Prime Minister on 17 October 2018, if he will publish the procedure for a diabetic to obtain a Freestyle Libre Glucose Monitoring System through the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	180697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Regional Medicines Optimisation Committee North, one of four NHS England committees providing guidance on the use of drugs and devices, has issued advice on the use of Freestyle Libre to support clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), suggesting a careful start to its use and data collection to better understand the benefits for patients. However, ultimately it is for CCGs, who are primarily responsible for commissioning diabetes services, to meet the requirements of their population. In doing so, they need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the needs of the local population, are based on the available evidence and take into account national guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/10/2018 16:26:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

972317

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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: Easington
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 NHS Digital General and Personal Medical Services workforce data, for what reason the number of patients per FTE GP has increased in Easington constituency since March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	174033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of patients per full time equivalent general practitioner (GP) in Easington is not currently published within the NHS Digital General and Personal Medical Services workforce data.</p><p> </p><p>When assessing primary care capacity, it is important to also consider wider workforce within primary care. Many practices have increased capacity for patient care through increasing the skills mix within practice clinical teams including nurse practitioners, specialist nurses to manage those patients with chronic diseases, emergency care practitioners and pharmacists. This is something that is particularly the case within the Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield geographical area and is something that the Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) advises they have both supported and encouraged.</p><p> </p><p>Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG advises that its primary care strategy outlines a general practice five point plan. This includes support for GPs considering retirement to encourage them to stay in general practice longer; giving GPs the flexibility of working across many sites; incentivising GPs to work in this alternative model across several practices as opposed to being a locum; and the GP Career Start initiative aimed at attracting GPs who are looking for the opportunity to take up a post in general practice at an early point in their career and recruiting new GPs from Europe. This strategy is currently being implemented.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/10/2018 16:57:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

971606

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	NHS: Telephone Services
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 minimise the use of automated telephone messages by (a) the NHS and (b) general practices.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	173562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Many National Health Service organisations, including general practices, use automated telephone messages as a way of reminding patients about their upcoming appointments. This can provide improved access to care for patients in a way that makes best use of clinicians’ time while avoiding missed appointments and their associated costs. We would expect NHS organisations to respond to feedback to ensure they use automated messages as effectively as possible and if patients wish to opt out of such reminders, they may contact their local NHS provider to request this.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 17/09/2018 11:22:07 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

971607

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spends on (a) supporting and (b) promoting careers in medicine to young people from deprived communities.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	173563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England operates a widening participation programme which aims to develop a healthcare workforce that can relate to and be representative of the communities it serves. The programme includes specific activity conducted through the Sutton Trust’s Pathways to Medicine Programme, that relates to widening access to medical careers for under-represented groups and people of disadvantage.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this, Health Education England has established a five-year partnership with the Sutton Trust, backed by investment of over £210,000 over the five years, to work with two universities, in supporting around 300 individuals from under-represented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds to enter medical training. There around 550 participants who have gone through or are going through the programme.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 09/10/2018 11:06:50 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

971494

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	NHS: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 24 July 2018 to Question 166138 on NHS: Data Protection, if he will make an assessment of the financial effect on the NHS of the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	172604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>There are no current plans to undertake an assessment of the financial effect implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may have on the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>However, the impact of the GDPR’s potential impact on general practitioner practices has been raised as part of the General Medical Services contract negotiations which are currently on-going. Negotiations are confidential and neither we, nor the General Practitioner Committee, comment on the content of negotiations as it may prejudice the outcome.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 17/09/2018 11:27:22 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

971495

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support the Government provided to GP surgeries to prepare for the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	172605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The implications of the General Data Protection Regulation on general practitioner practices have been raised with NHS England as part of the wider General Medical Services contract review discussions.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 172606 question first answered 17/09/2018 12:50:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

971496

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional resources he has provided to GP surgeries to manage the extra administrative burden since the introduction of General Data Protection Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	172606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The implications of the General Data Protection Regulation on general practitioner practices have been raised with NHS England as part of the wider General Medical Services contract review discussions.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 172605 question first answered 17/09/2018 12:50:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris