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1124756

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to improve support and treatment for people with a gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	910735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>We want to reduce gambling-related harm, protect the vulnerable and make sure that those experiencing problems are getting the help they need. The NHS Long Term Plan set out our commitment to invest in expanding National Health Service specialist clinics to help more people with serious gambling problems.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 07/05/2019 16:19:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1124763

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to secure the long-term future of the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	910734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>We are increasing the National Health Service budget by £33.9 billion in cash terms over the next five years. This major investment will support the NHS to continue to deliver world class care. The NHS Long Term Plan has set out a vision for the NHS, ensuring that every penny is well spent.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 07/05/2019 16:19:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

1123858

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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: West Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made on the number of mental health beds that are currently available in West Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	249245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of mental health beds is not held at constituency level. The average number of consultant-led, overnight, mental illness beds available in Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust is 518 as at Q3 2018/19.</p><p>Note:</p><p>Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust (RW5) is used as an indication of consultant-led mental illness beds available in West Lancashire</p><p>Source: KH03 NHS England and NHS Improvement</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/05/2019 16:10:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1123944

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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: 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, with reference to the Children and Young People's Transformation Programme in the NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, if he will publish the timeframe for the implementation of the essential paediatric Workforce implementation plan; and take steps to ensure that the workforce implementation plan will be funded from the public health budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	249197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service budget will increase by £33.9 billion in cash terms, the equivalent of £20.5 billion in real terms by 2023/24, reflecting the fact that the NHS is the Government’s top spending priority.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan prioritises services for children and young people. It provides a clear focus on improving the health of children and young people across mental health, learning disabilities, cancer and elsewhere. It is critical in prioritising services for children and young people in future, and it will continue to influence the wider issues that impact on children’s health. Creation of a Transformation Programme for Children and Young People will provide an improved strategic and coordinated response to meet the diverse needs of children and young people.</p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has asked Baroness Harding to take forward the development of a People Plan, as part of the overall implementation plan for the Long Term Plan, in order to ensure the challenges of supply, reform, culture and leadership can be met. This will sit alongside the broader Implementation Plan that will be developed at all levels to make the Long Term Plan a reality. An interim People Plan will be published this spring and a full plan will be published within two months of the conclusion of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/05/2019 16:09:07 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1123956

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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 and Care Professions Council: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) discussions he has had with representatives of the Health and Care Professions Council and (b) representations his Department has received on the potential effects on health professionals of that organisation's decision to increase registration fees.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Peter Heaton-Jones
uin	249347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has many discussions with stakeholders across the health and care sector. I have written to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) asking it to consider the impact of its proposed fee rise on part-time workers, which was raised by hon. Members at a Westminster Hall Debate held on 14 March 2019. The HCPC responded to this letter on 1 May, explaining the practical difficulties and potential perverse incentives of introducing differential fees for part-time workers.</p><p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified 79 items of correspondence received since 24 September 2018 about the HCPC’s decision to increase registration fees. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only. In addition to this, the Department has received nine Written Parliamentary Questions on this matter, and engaged with hon. Members at a Westminster Hall Debate on the proposed HCPC fee rise on 14 March 2019. The HCPC is independent of Government and funded by registrants’ fees on a cost recovery basis.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/05/2019 16:06:59 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4524 label Biography information for Peter Heaton-Jones

1123962

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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 and Social Services: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of workforce vacancies in the health and social care sectors.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	249334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>Posts may be vacant, for a variety of reasons including maternity and career breaks. Trusts make decisions based on local needs about how they fill these posts, including looking at short-term options for cover, including bank and agency staff.</p><p>Since April 2017, NHS Improvement collect vacancy rates of National Health Service staff from individual NHS trusts and publish them as part of their ‘Quarterly performance of the NHS provider sector’ report found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf</a></p><p>As at 31 December there were 100,521 full time equivalent vacancies in NHS trusts, this is an 8.4% vacancy rate. Of these, approximately 80% and 85% of the nursing and medical vacancies are being filled by bank and agency staff.</p><p>Skills for Care estimate that there are approximately 110,000 jobs that are vacant in adult social care, this is an 8% vacancy rate.</p><p>The NHS People Plan sets out the next step in our mission to make the NHS a world class employer and deliver the workforce which the NHS needs.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/05/2019 16:08:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1124009

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
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 has any plans to make the Free Fruit and Vegetable Scheme available to all school children in England.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	249307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme provides children in Key Stage 1 attending state-funded primary schools with one free portion of fruit or vegetable every school day. There are no current plans to extend the Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/05/2019 16:05:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1123527

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Lung Cancer: Diagnosis
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 increase the number of diagnoses of lung cancer before it has reached stage 3 or 4.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	248575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan included an ambition that 75% of cancers will be diagnosed at stage 1 and 2 by 2028. The plan sets out a number of key steps to achieve this, including raising greater awareness of symptoms of cancer, accelerating access to diagnosis and treatment and maximising the number of cancers that we identify through screening. Meeting this ambition will also require the National Health Service to harness new technological advances to target at risk patients more effectively; directing our research and innovation effort to the areas where the data tells us we can have the biggest impact; and mobilising the NHS so that we can adopt proven new approaches more quickly.</p><p>In February 2019, NHS England announced that Targeted Lung Health Checks will be one of the first projects to roll out following the launch of the NHS Long Term Plan that was published in January 2019. The Targeted Lung Health Check programme will cover 10 initial sites covering 14 clinical commissioning groups until 2023 in areas that have been selected as they have some of the highest rates of lung cancer mortality. People aged 55-74 that have ever smoked will be invited to have a free lung check. Results from these initial sites will form the basis for a wider rollout across the country.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 02/05/2019 15:53:55 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1123528

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Lung Cancer: Health Education
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 tackle the misconception that only people who smoke are at risk of developing lung cancer.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	248576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) continues to run awareness campaigns focused on the symptoms of lung cancer where the messaging is relevant to both smokers and non-smokers.</p><p>For example, the PHE Be Clear on Cancer Respiratory Symptoms campaign encourages those with a persistent cough or inappropriate breathlessness to visit their doctor, with the aim of improving earlier diagnosis of heart and lung disease, including lung cancer. The campaign has run twice nationally, in 2016 and 2017. This campaign can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/be-clear-on-cancer" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/be-clear-on-cancer</a></p><p>The precursor to this campaign centred on one main symptom, that of a persistent cough, as a possible symptom of lung cancer. This lung cancer campaign ran nationally three times, in 2012, 2013 and 2014.</p><p>The Be Clear on Cancer campaign materials, explain that although lung cancer is more common in smokers, those who have never smoked can also get the disease, including details of the number of people diagnosed with lung cancer each year. The leaflet is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/46/resources/1744" target="_blank">https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/46/resources/1744</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 02/05/2019 15:40:01 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1123562

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the rules are on blood donations for men who have sex with men who also use PrEP.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	248720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant implements a three-month deferral period for men who have sex with men, irrespective of whether an individual routinely takes pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk against infection with HIV. This deferral period is based on expert independent advice, provided by the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs, to protect donors and the patients who receive donated blood.</p><p>At a population level, men who have sex with men have a higher risk of acquiring a blood-borne virus or a sexually transmitted disease. Using PrEP can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV but it does not eliminate it. PrEP also does not reduce the risk of an individual becoming infected by other sexually transmitted infections, such as syphilis and hepatitis, and subsequently transmitting these infections through donated blood.</p><p>NHS Blood and Transplant appreciates that any deferral is disappointing if an individual would like to save lives by giving blood. NHS Blood and Transplant is currently working with LGBT+ groups to explore more individualised assessments and hope to report their findings towards the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 02/05/2019 16:12:23 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald